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Work Experience

English teacher – Wicomico County (grades 9 – 12)
Reading intervention specialist – Wicomico County (grades 6 through 8)
Adjunct professor – Salisbury University (Reading in the Content Areas)
Professional development instructor – Wicomico County
Academic Coaching – Worcester County – Pocomoke

Committees

Wor-Wic Developmental Education Committee (Director)
Wor-Wic Faculty Professional Development Committee (Chair)
Wor-Wic Student Success Priority Team member
Wor-Wic Community College Faculty Council (former president)
Eastern Shore Reading Council member (former president & membership director)
Eastern Shore Writing Project – Teacher Consultant

Community Service

Diakonia Volunteer – Food pantry and thrift store

Awards

2018 Light of Literacy – Nominee, Higher Education

Publications

• “High School GPA: An Alternate Placement Tool.” Capella University (dissertation), 2015

Presentations

Presentations
• “High School GPA: An Alternate Placement Tool.” Capella University (dissertation), 2015
• “Using High School GPA as an Alternate Placement Tool.” Poster session, presented at AFACCT, Carroll Community College, January 2015.
• “Dreaming Big: What Happens if Common Core Promises Come True?” (With Elaine Vander Clute, Suzy McKeen and Beth Jones). Presented at AFACCT 2015, Carroll Community College, January 2015.
• “Using GPA to Waive out of Developmental English Course: from Pilot to Policy.” Presented at MACC Summit, December 2015.
• “Redesigning Remediation to Increase Equity and Improve the Success of Nontraditional Learners.” Presented at Voices for Research on Community College Conference, Community College Research Center, April 2019.
• “Redesigning Remediation to Increase Equity and Improve the Success of Nontraditional Learners.” Presented at DEAM conference, Community College of Baltimore City, March 2019.
• “Understanding Developmental Education.” College Council, Wor-Wic Community College, April 2022.
• “Due dates, Time Management, and assignment completion: Tips to Support Struggling Students Succeed.” Faculty Professional Development, Wor-Wic Community College, August 2022.
• “Creating a Bot-Resistant Writing Assignment.” (With Mel Reddish) Faculty Professional Development, Wor-Wic Community College, August 2023.
• “Cracking the Code: Using ChatGPT to Write Code Inserts for Writing Prompts.” Faculty Professional Development, Wor-Wic Community College, April 2024.
• “7-Week Redesign: Effectively Redesigning Your 15-Week Class Structure.” Faculty Professional Development, Wor-Wic Community College, May 2025.
• “Strategies to Engage Students.” Faculty Professional Development, Wor-Wic Community College, January 2024

Interests

Animal rescue
Paddleboarding