- Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace, UN SDG Academy, 2018
- A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) offered by the United Nations Sustainable Development Academy. This MOOC was developed by UN Environment, the Environmental Law Institute, Columbia University (Earth Institute), Duke University (Nicholas School of the Environment), and University of California - Irvine (Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation).
- LGBTI Inclusion in the Workplace, USAID, 2017
- Training presented LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex) terminology and definitions, government non‐discrimination policies, and information on how to promote an LGBTI inclusive workplace. The training is dedicated to helping improve the lives of all citizens around the world by becoming more inclusive and by ensuring that all persons have access to and reap the benefits equality.
- USAID Ethics Training, USAID, 2016, 2017
- Training presented LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex) terminology and definitions, government non‐discrimination policies, and information on how to promote an LGBTI inclusive workplace. The training is dedicated to helping improve the lives of all citizens around the world by becoming more inclusive and by ensuring that all persons have access to and reap the benefits equality.
- Finding and Using Development Data, USAID, 2017
- Subject matter experts provide development practitioners with an introduction on how to find and use data resources, improve their understanding of data quality, strengthen their analytical capabilities, and empower them to use basic visualization design principles relevant to international development.
- Logic Models Training, USAID, 2017
- The USAID Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation (MEL) team presented the methodology to create and use logic models for programmatic development. Logic models visually present and represent relationships between resources, actors, and objects and must be included in USAID Project Appraisal Documents (PADs). Various logic model examples were showcased and discussed as they relate to development hypotheses.
- Risk and Resilience Workshop, USAID, 2017
- Day-long workshop with Tim Frankenberger, President of TANGO International Inc. and a recognized global leader in resilience research and implementation. Sessions included: comprehensive risk assessment, resilience assessment, resilience programming, strengthening resilience capacities, and resilience investments.
- Foreign Affairs Counter Threat (FACT) Training, USG Training Facility/USA, 2017
- Training program is a general security awareness program designed to prepare personnel and adult family members from all backgrounds to live and work overseas while serving under the Department of State (DOS) Chief of Mission authority. The program is a student-centered approach to security awareness and situational response training which includes classroom sessions and practical applications culminating in final exercise scenarios. Course included: surviving hostage situations, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), advanced vehicle handling skills, tactical medical, defensive tactics, protective countermeasures, surveillance detection, and counter threat tactics.
- Personnel Recovery Employee Education, Management, and Prevention (PREEMPT), USAID, 2016
- Four-day training to prepare, train, and equip USAID employees and management to respond to the threats associated with isolation. Additionally, to provide the necessary assistance to isolated personnel upon return to ensure successful reintegration back to society. Trainings focus on: personnel recovery overview, proper use of communications and tracking equipment, and conduct after an isolating incident.
- Programming Foreign Assistance, USAID, 2016
- In this five-day course developed in collaboration with the U.S. State Department, participants learn rules, policies, and specific procedures that govern programming of foreign assistance, from strategic planning, activity and pre-obligation planning, and full and open competition to performance management and evaluation. PFA focuses on U.S. foreign assistance in the inter-agency context to familiarize USAID and other USG staff with the requirements and tools that support results-based management of our nation's foreign aid program.
- Formative Assessment, American University of Armenia, 2016
- An institutional training workshop discussing the use, benefits, and outcomes of formative assessment. The workshop focused on both formal and informal practices to monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve teaching and by students to improve learning.
- Developing Student Learning Outcomes and Aligning Assignments, Armenia, 2015
- An institutional training workshop to help faculty develop student learning outcomes. The workshop focused on course-based student learning outcomes, a review of Bloom’s Taxonomy, how to align assignments and learning outcomes, and how to create concise, doable, and measurable student learning outcomes.
- Public Scholarship in Action, University of Delaware, 2012
- A workshop on engaging the public in scholarly research through the use of new media, social networking, and outreach projects. Workshop included discussion and activities to engage creative communication, problem-based learning, web-based media, and ‘how not to give a talk’.
- Science Outside the Lab, Arizona State University, Washington DC, 2011
- Science Outside the Lab, presented by Arizona State University’s Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO), explored the relationships among science, policy, and societal outcomes in a place where many important decisions about these things are made – Washington, D.C. Learned how to communicate persuasively with government officials to provide advice, guidance, and technical assistance with scientific research. During the two-week workshop, we met with representatives from the State Department, Congress, NASA, US Army, EPA, private industry, and various university and professional society leaders.
- Dissertation Writing Workshop, University of Delaware, 2010
- Over two weeks, this workshop offered by the UD Center for Writing Development introduced strategies for academic writing and research. The primary focus of the workshop was to assist the development of graduate dissertations through analysis and evaluation training and to learn how to manage multiple projects, establish timelines, meet professional responsibilities, and monitor our research performance through journaling.
- Conference for Graduate Teaching Assistants, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Delaware, 2006, 2010
- Three-day conference offering sessions designed to prepare first-time teaching assistants for the classroom. Session topics include Teaching Discussion Sections in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Tips from TAs; Learning and Teaching with Technologies and Making Learning Engaging, Interesting, and Fun: The TA as Facilitator.