Publications and Awards

Publications

• "Shaping the Futures of Learning in the Digital Age: Humanizing Online Teaching to Equitize Higher Education." Co-author with Brock, Michelle-Pacanski and Vincent-Layton, Kim. Current Issues in Education. Vol.21, Issue 2. June 18, 2020.   https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/1905/870 

• "10 Tips for Creating Effective Instructional Videos." Faculty Focus, 31 March 2017.

• "Frank R. Stockton: ‘The Lady or The Tiger?’” in Research Guide to American Literature: Realism and Regionalism 1865-1914, edited by Gary Scharnhorst and Tom Quirk. New York: Facts on File, 2010. 267-273.

• "Clubs and Salons." In American History through Literature, 1870-1920, edited by Tom Quirk and Gary Scharnhorst. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 267-273. 

• Review of Birthing a Nation: Gender, Creativity, and the West in American Literature, by Susan J. Rosowski. American Literary Realism, 34.1 (Fall 2001). 82-84.

• “Visualizing the Page: Cross-Cultural Influences in ESL Students’ Technical Writing.”  The Selected Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Southwest Symposium 1997: 93-99.

Awards

• Purdy Award (Faculty Member of the Year), Modesto Junior College, fall 2020.

• Beacon of Hope Award (President's Award), Modesto Junior College, spring 2020.

• Blackboard Catalyst Award, Exemplary Course, 2012.

• “Hero of the Year Award,” Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Modesto Junior College, 2012.