Melanie Street Harper

Profile Updated: October 9, 2019
Residing In: Peachtree City, GA USA
Spouse/Partner: Doug Harper
Occupation: Registered Behavior Technician
Children: Bobby is 16, born 2003, diagnosed autistic at age 2, and making great progress.
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Full Name:

Melanie Street Harper

Goes By /Nickname:

Melanie

# of Miles from Morehead City:

10 hour car ride

Family Residing in Carteret County:

Parents

Frequency of Visits Back to Morehead:

1x year

I'd like to...

just continue visiting Carteret County.

Other Places Lived Since High School:

Bloomington, IN
Rennes, Bretagne, France
Fort Wayne, IN
Vinings (Atlanta), GA
Peachtree City, GA
Might as well have officially lived in Schaumberg IL and Dallas TX, as much time as I spent there for work.

"Schooling" After WCHS:

Indiana University - Bloomington
BS Ed - French, Spanish and Gifted Education, 1993
Indiana University - Bloomington
MS Ed - Instructional Systems Technology, 1997
MIS - Information Systems, 1997
Arizona State University
Grad Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis, 2018 (complete!)

Marital Status:

Married

Been Married Since:

1994

Spouse/Partner Info:

Doug is a Midwesterner by birth, but has acclimated to the South quite nicely since we moved here in 1997. He also attended IU-B as an undergrad, which is where we met. We went to grad school together after getting married, and have the same degree. He is a senior eLearning manager for Deloitte, one of the large accounting firms.

Employer:

Southside ABA LLC

Other Jobs Held Since High School:

1990-1993 - Indiana University - Bloomington, Computer Lab Assistant
1993-1994 - Murphy & Associates, was a jack-of-all-trades for a small real estate company
1994-1997 - Center for Excellence in Education at IU-B, Graduate Assistant, taught courses on using th Internet in the classroom and maintained the center's technical equipment
1997-2000 - Ernst & Young, various locations in the U.S., developed and delivered SAP and other technical training for EY clients
2001-2003 - Intellinex, spun-off branch of E&Y, same role in addition to being the webmaster
2003 - 2011 - full-time mom, part-time freelance eLearning consultant for ACS and web designer for M3 Ideas
2011 - 2015 - working full-time in eLearning for ACS/Xerox Learning Services - design and develop online and traditional learning experiences for Xerox and Xerox clients; laid off from Xerox with much of my group in Nov 2015
2016 - Started in March 2016 with GP Strategies doing the same work, with several of the same people
2019 - Starting internship in March 2019 to complete the requirements to first become a Registered Behavior Technician, and then a Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Jobs Held While In High School:

Shoney's, the Sanitary, Fran's

Activities in High School:

French Club, Spanish Club maybe?, National Honor Society, Drama

What's Keeping Me Busy These Days:

Full-time work; helping run local Challenger Baseball (Little League International's Special Needs program); general parenting stuff; working out; learning gluten-free, dairy-free cooking (oh joy)

Comments:

Looking forward to the reunion!

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Bobby in the ocean, Indian Beach July 2009




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