Welcome to My Blog

Hi there! My name is Stephanie Diana Wilson- Gast and I am a doctoral student at Concordia University Chicago in their online program for Doctorate of Business Administration. My Masters degree was completed also online at Southern New Hampshire University in Operations Management with the emphasis in Project Management.  Prior to my dissertation completion I will be getting married and once completing my DBA program I will become Dr. Mrs. Stephanie Diana Eubank, however, my husband and children refer to ourselves as Bears so I am more affectionately “Mommy Bear” and “Doctor Bear”. 

While working full time as one of the country’s experts in Condo Mortgage Underwriting Compliance I have been working on my educational goals. Once I have completed my degree I will not only be the only person in my field with a doctorate degree but, the first woman in my family to have a doctor prefix at the beginning of my name. My hope is that my research will help bring some clarity to remote teams and the leadership of said teams. Especially in this time of redevelopment during COVID.

The focus broad topic of my dissertation is remote employment which has never been timelier with the recent lockdowns of quarantine during the COVID-19 crisis. 

This blog is meant to help me do three things:

• Get some helpful info I have learned in my research to help others in business in these turbulent times. 
• To organize practical research and academic research on remote teams to help organize my dissertation.
• Also to help gain participants for my case study during my research. 

With two years left of my program I am seeking companies and individuals with remote teams that were remote prior to COVID-19 that are willing to be part of a case study research.  The research will consist of surveys via email and a 30 min skype meeting individually. 

If you’re a newly remote worker and would still like to be part of the research you are welcome as well. 

If interested please shoot me an email at crf_wilsonsd2@cuchicago.edu.  Thanks!