Areas of professional development and research/scholarly interest:   

• Online learning and teaching

• Technology and learning 

• Learning Assistance/Academic Support program design and evaluation

• First-year college program design and evaluation

• College student retention 

• Critical thinking and communication

• Women's narratives - identity, self-expression, and self-stories

• Communication and self-expression in the digital age

• Emerging technologies & connecting online learners

• Social networking, multi-media sharing, collaborative work-spaces, and mobile technologies

• Digital storytelling

• Digital and information literacy

• Creative writing/creative nonfiction

• Virtual arts

• Allyship

• Creative Expressions