Educational Background
Certification, Notary Public - North Carolina Secretary of State
Registered, Tax Preparer - Internal Revenue Service
Volunteer Training, English Language Tutor - ProLiteracy, Cape Fear Literacy Council
Certificate, Online Education - Saddleback College
MA, Geography - CSULB
BA, Geography and History - UCLA
Professional Background
Paralegal / Legal Assistant
Administrative Professional
Customer Service
Geography Instructor
Freelance Education Materials Author and Reviewer
Instructional Designer / Technical Writer / Content Designer / Internal Training
CONTRIBUTIONS
Attended and led specialty group business meetings at the Annual Meeting of the American of Association Geographers (AAG) in Boston, MA in April 2017
· Developed governing documents, including bylaws, and materials libraries for final term as Chair of two specialty groups, successfully elected all leadership positions for first-time since 2011.
Organized and served on panel sessions at the Annual Meeting of the American of Association Geographers (AAG) in San Francisco, CA in March/April 2016
· “Blended Learning: Teaching Geography Online and Face-to-face”
· “Tips and Strategies for Teaching an International Field Course” (co-organizer)
Chaired, organized and served on panel sessions at the Annual Meeting of the AAG, in Chicago, IL in April 2015
· “Engaging Local Geographies: Bringing the surrounding area into the lower division classroom”
· “Geography at a Distance: Best Practices in Teaching a Lower Division Introductory Course Online”
· “Geography’s Learning Communities: Experiences linking Geography courses with non-Geography courses in lower division cohorts”
· “Creating a Geography Buzz: Innovative ways to promote geography” (co-organizer)
· “Critical pedagogy in Geography IV: Exploring Low Cost Alternatives to the Traditional Textbook in Geography”
· “Geography and Online Education A: What are the key challenges and opportunities afforded by online higher education?”
· “Welcome to the AAG annual meeting! A discussion on navigating and making the most of the conference”
Chaired, organized and served on panel sessions at the Annual Meeting of the AAG in Tampa, FL in April 2014
· “Doing Geography: Teaching with Webmaps in the lower division classroom”
· “World Regional Geography: Strategies for effectively teaching the World in a lower division classroom”
· “Geography and Service Learning: Engaging values and people in the lower division classroom”
· “Geography and Social Media: Engaging lower division geography students in the virtual field”
Chaired, organized and served on panel sessions at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Los Angeles, CA in April 2013
· Geography and Diversity: Teaching controversial topics in a diverse lower division classroom”
· “Breaking out, and out of, the book: Strategies for introducing outside content while building on the introductory geography textbook”
· “Doing Geography: Including non-guided, independent fieldwork lessons in the lower division, lecture course”
· “Doing Geography: Integrating (geo)spatial thinking and geospatial techniques into introductory Geography courses”
· “Geography, Social Media and Distance Learning: Integrating Individual Nodes into a Networked Classroom”
Chaired, organized and served on panel sessions at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
in New York, NY in February 2012
· “Doing Geography: Considerations and strategies for field work in lower division, lecture courses”
· “Geography and Diversity: Teaching to cultural and learning diversities in the lower division geography classroom”
· “Geography and Diversity: Showcasing the “Diversity Discipline” among Administrators and Campus Colleagues”
· “Strategies for Sustaining Geography in Merged, Blended, and Multidisciplinary Departments” (panelist)
Chaired, organized and served on a panel session at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, in Seattle, WA in April 2011
· “Intro Geography: Undergraduate coursework in community colleges and beyond”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Washington D.C. in April 2010
· “The European Capital of Culture: the Politics of a Becoming Europe”
development
Five-day series of workshops hosted by Cape Fear Community College Small Business Center Network in Wilmington, NC in October/November 2019
· SCORE Association presents “Simple Steps to Starting A Business”
Ten-week course presented by Liberty Tax Service in Wilmington, NC in October to December 2018
· Tax Preparer Course and Certification
· Internal Revenue Service Tax Preparer ID (PTIN)
Nine-hour workshop presented by Cape Fear Literacy Council in Wilmington, NC in October/November 2019
· Pro-Literacy Certified English as a Second Language Tutor
Leadership Positions held since in 2011 and 2013
· Chair of AAG Community College Affinity Group for 2013-2015 and 2015-2017
· Chair of AAG Geography Education Specialty Group for 2015-2017
Two-day series of interactive workshops hosted by Kingsborough Community College Academic Affairs in Brooklyn, NY in September 2014
· Autumn Institute on Learning Communities, “Designing and Building a Learning Community Program”
Semester-long faculty course in online education at Cypress College, CA from January to May 2014
· Cypress College Distance Education Faculty Basics
Week training program for GIS in education hosted by ESRI at Redlands, CA in June 2013
· “ESRI Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS Institute” Competitively Selected Applicant
Annual AP reading hosted by College Board/Educational Testing Service in Cincinnati, OH
· AP Reader for Human Geography
Ongoing staff development program offered at Fullerton College, CA begun Spring 2011
· Teaching and Learning Certificate hosted by Fullerton College Basic Skills
Semester-long program offered at Fullerton College, CA for Fall 2009
· “Basic Skills Adjunct Training Program” Selected Applicant
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