糖心APP

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
糖心APP 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

鈥� 鈥淗igh School GPA: An Alternate Placement Tool.鈥� Capella University (dissertation), 2015

Presentations

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

Interests

Animal rescue
Paddleboarding