Experience

Education

California Institute of Integral Studies (2019)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Transformative Studies (summa cum laude)

1453 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103

https://www.ciis.edu/

American Public University (2009)

Master of Public Health (MPH) (summa cum laude)

111 West Congress Street, Charles Town, WV 25414

https://www.apus.edu/

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2005)

Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts

220 E Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

https://www.unc.edu/

Louisiana State University (2002)

Pleasant Hall, 1146, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Graduate School Coursework in Biological Psychology

https://www.lsu.edu/

University of North Carolina Wilmington (2000)

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology (cum laude)

601 College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403

https://uncw.edu/

Fayetteville Technical Community College (1998)

Associate of Arts (AA) in Liberal Arts (cum laude)

2201 Hull Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28303

https://www.faytechcc.edu/

Career

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, KINESIOLOGY (2022 to Present)

ONLINE ACADEMIC/COORDINATING COACH (2019 to Present)

Provide academic assistance to university students in psychology, public health, and general studies, including synchronous and asynchronous coaching sessions, tutorials, and webinars. Identify students’ unique learning strengths, develop plans for academic support, and drive toward mastery of subject. Meet with students to review progress, identify obstacles, and ensure completion of the program. Design and implement lesson plans, document and communicate progress reports, and provide constructive feedback for students by providing data analysis, evaluation, and instructor development support. Supervise Academic Coaches as course Coordinating Coach.

ADJUNCT FACULTY, PSYCHOLOGY (2013 to 2019)

Provide learning activities and support that lead to the achievement of course objectives and contribute to the educational environment of the college and the community. Plan, develop, and teach courses within the curriculum in a manner that facilitates student learning at a variety of times and locations, including in a virtual environment. Utilize a course syllabus for each course, following established institutional guidelines, and create engaging lessons that promote student involvement and application of the material. Submit required college reports and forms in a timely manner. Meet with and advise students by appointment and/or electronic communication. Evaluate students to measure their progress in achieving course objectives and inform students in a timely manner of their progress.

CONSULTING PROFESSOR, (2012 to Present)

Support continuous quality improvement of course development by analyzing course data and identifying gaps and driving development to improve the quality of courses. Consult with faculty in course development to facilitate faculty understanding and expectations related to identified best practices and course design and development. Coach instructors on effective pedagogical approaches, help generate strategies for streamlining course preparation, and instruct faculty in the design and development of hybrid, online, and on campus courses using LMS and instructional strategies and technologies. Perform targeted updates to existing courses, developing new learning modules and assessments.

Review course content, reading and evaluating courses and providing feedback on courses overall rigor, quality, and cohesiveness. Copy edit and proofread, involving correcting, strengthening, and organizing content with the intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete work. Responsible for edits of curriculum development, publications, and other documents needing review, as requested. Correct spelling and grammar, editing curriculum-based materials in keeping with the latest trends and needs in class and virtual environments. Create curriculum-based products easy for teachers to use, engaging for students, and improve student success.

COURSE PEER REVIEWER, (2012 to Present)

PROGRAM COORDINATOR OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (2011-2013)

Establish relationships with local, national, and international organizations for education program implementation. Initiate tobacco cessation and prevention collaboration for program advertisement and development. Directed a new CME series collaborating with internal conference services and external design group to create CME lectures, web site specifications and graphics, and project advertisements. Initiated partnerships with the Texas Medical Association and Texas Academy of Family Physicians for advertising project in medical journals. Collaborated with 16 local schools, various charitable/philanthropic organizations, national and international academic universities, and numerous foreign countries, such as Germany, Spain, South America, and India to implement tobacco cessation and prevention programs. Assist in project operations for nationwide youth curricula development, implementation, and functional analysis.

Coordinate research activities for multiple tobacco cessation and prevention projects targeting medical professionals, health educators, school personnel, adolescents, and the general community.  Independently establish project priorities to meet anticipated and unanticipated deadlines.  Manage participant recruitment, research conduction, intervention implementation, utilization and development of clinical tools, and program concerns and issues. Organized Continuing Medical Education (CME) lecture series distribution to 26,000+ Texas medical professionals. Direct curricula operations in 17 states for 180+ project sites.  Recruit new sites in participatory and non-participatory states.

RESEARCH COORDINATOR (2004-2011)

Provide academic assistance, advising, and mentoring to university students in Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) and Master of Public Health (MPH) public health and kinesiology courses, including synchronous and asynchronous teaching, coaching sessions, tutorials, and webinars. Identify students’ unique learning strengths, develop plans for academic support, and drive toward mastery of subject. Meet with students to review progress, define and evaluate competency achievements, identify obstacles, and ensure completion of the programs. Create undergraduate and graduate courses, design and implement lesson plans, document and communicate progress reports, and provide constructive feedback for students by providing data analysis, evaluation, and development support.

Provide academic assistance and mentorship to doctoral candidates as dissertation committee delegate. Guide and encourage candidates in design, execution, and analyses of original, high-quality, doctoral-level dissertation projects. Identify students’ scholastic interests, develop strategies for successful researching, writing, and data analyses, and promote mastery of subject specialization. Meet with students to review progress, identify obstacles, and ensure completion of the dissertation process and doctoral program.