Bio

I grew up in a very small town in Indiana. In fact, it wasn't until I was about 7 or so that we got our first stoplight. I finished secondary school at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Humanities in Muncie, Indiana. I earned my B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in Psychology & History and my M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Human Development & Family Studies.

I currently serve as a Professor of Human Development & Family Science and Director of the Undergraduate Research Program for the School of Human Ecology at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, where I started in 2003. I teach two of the introductory courses in our Human Development & Family Science program--by my request--and the capstone three-semester interdisciplinary Honors course sequence for the School of Human Ecology. My scholarly expertise is in the areas of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning [SoTL], and Family Violence.

In my personal time, I enjoy cooking and gardening with my family.