{"id":2672,"date":"2019-09-25T12:07:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T17:00:33","slug":"humans-of-duke-sanford-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Humans of Duke Sanford"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com\/v\/t51.2885-15\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8ae9d6&amp;_nc_ohc=lgqeJ8mh2rEAX-bqFkg&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&amp;edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&amp;oh=00_AT_hA-RSeAqk1ZecTfkLR9Ooj3jpUWlFsQpH7SMW_OMNyg&amp;oe=62BBB70D\" title=\"\u201cI was a first-generation college student and so my father worked in a factory and his brother worked in factories and they were in unions at one time. They felt like the unions were really giving them a voice. So I wanted to do something where I can help staff, help people, and help them navigate organizational politics and their day to day work. But, I didn\u2019t know what that was called. There weren\u2019t HR master\u2019s programs when I went back and got my masters, so I kind of created a program with my advisor, taking classes in business school and in the school of psychology and creating my own curriculum\u2026\n\u2028My first job here was staff-labor relations, and I had to advise management on policies and procedures. At one point, I was working with the bargaining units, the unions here at Duke.  That kind of took me back to things my family used to say. I could relate to both sides of the house, I could bring people to a comfortable mediation. That was very fulfilling.\u201d - Sumetrice Porter, Human Resources Manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"659\" alt=\"\u201cI was a first-generation college student and so my father worked in a factory and his brother worked in factories and they were in unions at one time. They felt like the unions were really giving them a voice. So I wanted to do something where I can help staff, help people, and help them navigate organizational politics and their day to day work. But, I didn\u2019t know what that was called. There weren\u2019t HR master\u2019s programs when I went back and got my masters, so I kind of created a program with my advisor, taking classes in business school and in the school of psychology and creating my own curriculum\u2026\n\u2028My first job here was staff-labor relations, and I had to advise management on policies and procedures. At one point, I was working with the bargaining units, the unions here at Duke.  That kind of took me back to things my family used to say. I could relate to both sides of the house, I could bring people to a comfortable mediation. That was very fulfilling.\u201d - Sumetrice Porter, Human Resources Manager\" src=\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n-1.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-2673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n-1.jpg 659w, https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a first-generation college student and so my father worked in a factory and his brother worked in factories and they were in unions at one time. They felt like the unions were really giving them a voice. So I wanted to do something where I can help staff, help people, and help them navigate organizational politics and their day to day work. But, I didn\u2019t know what that was called. There weren\u2019t HR master\u2019s programs when I went back and got my masters, so I kind of created a program with my advisor, taking classes in business school and in the school of psychology and creating my own curriculum\u2026<br \/>\n\u2028My first job here was staff-labor relations, and I had to advise management on policies and procedures. At one point, I was working with the bargaining units, the unions here at Duke.  That kind of took me back to things my family used to say. I could relate to both sides of the house, I could bring people to a comfortable mediation. That was very fulfilling.\u201d &#8211; Sumetrice Porter, Human Resources Manager #HumansofDukeSanford #Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI was a first-generation college student and so my father worked in a factory and his brother worked in factories and they were in unions&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Humans of Duke Sanford<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,26],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Humans of Duke Sanford - Humans of Duke Sanford<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Humans of Duke Sanford - Humans of Duke Sanford\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI was a first-generation college student and so my father worked in a factory and his brother worked in factories and they were in unions&#8230;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Humans of Duke Sanford\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-25T16:07:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-24T17:00:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"659\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"659\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carol Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carol Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/\",\"name\":\"Humans of Duke Sanford - Humans of Duke Sanford\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-25T16:07:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-24T17:00:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/3da5164abbcd01222964cceffbc2fbf1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/2019\/09\/25\/humans-of-duke-sanford-80\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/humans.sanford.duke.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/70857700_422443715366180_1665734476517984686_n-1.jpg\",\"width\":659,\"height\":659,\"caption\":\"\u201cI was a first-generation college student and so my father worked in a factory and his brother worked in factories and they were in unions at one time. 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