Who am I?

·          I have been at Elgin Community College (ECC) since August 2003, and have taught Introduction to Psychology, Human Sexuality, Child Psychology, Human Growth and Development and Educational Psychology. 

·         I hold a doctorate in Adult and Higher Education from NIU and a MS in psychology with a minor in statistics from the University of Massachusetts- Amherst.  My BS is also in psychology from the University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign.

·         I held a previous full time position at Labette Community College in Parsons, Kansas.

·         I currently serve as the faculty union's senate's social media officer and the chair of the Faculty Development Committee.  Additionally I serve on the team that reviews changes to administrative procedures, ECC's safety committee, ECC's Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the 403b/457b Team.

·         My areas of research interest have included phonology and reading, academic misconduct (plagiarism), self-directed learning, active learning, multicultural infusion, writing across the curriculum and the use of AI in education.