Academic Advisor, Undergraduate ECE Program
Adjunct Faculty Member in Literature and General Education
Academic Information
M.Ed., Antioch University Midwest, 2006, School of Education AYA Integrated Language Arts.
B.A., Antioch University Midwest, 2003, Humanities.
Biographical Information
I have taught a wide variety of students from middle school, to high school honor’s English, inclusion and my favorite—the non-traditional adult. Having been a non-traditional student myself, I embrace the opportunity to help others realize their dreams of a higher education. As a writer and twenty-year award winning large-scale event planner, I guide my Senior Project students to their potential and sometimes into the discovery of their life’s passion! I use my personal passion of blending literature and philosophy to bring to life the authors in the Modern World Literature, literature workshops, and Applied Learning Theory classes. I am currently working on a novel entitled The Wetlands that has gained an agent’s interest through my participation in the 2009 Antioch Writer’s Workshop. I also attended the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame Summer Teacher’s institute Teacher’s Rock (2008) Cleveland, Ohio and the Robert McKee Story Seminar (2006) Las Vegas, Nevada.
At Antioch University Midwest I have taught Senior Projects, Modern World Literature, ECE Applied Learning Theory, Existentialism and various literature workshops. I also teach Introduction to Western Philosophy and World Religion online for the Tennessee Board of Regents (Roane State). I have occasionally accepted long-term substitute teaching positions at area high schools and maintain my Ohio AYA Teacher’s license (provisional) for Integrated Language Arts.
Areas of Interest
- Writing: fiction
- The epic --from Homer, through Melville, and Joyce
- John Steinbeck independent scholar
- Joseph Campbell independent scholar
- Carl Jung
Professional Organizations and Affiliations
- Antioch Firehouse Writers
- International John Steinbeck Society of Japan
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
- Nantucket Historical Association
Other
- Recipient: All USA Today Academic First Team, Scholarship, First Team Speaker
- Internship U.S. Department of State under Madeline Albright. Helped write the Legacy of Leadership book distributed on Capitol Hill and Embassies. Washington, D.C. summer 2000
- All Ohio Academic First Team, Scholarship, First Team Speaker
- Datatel Scholar and Scholarship
- Phi Theta Kappa Ni Pi Historian and President (international top ten chapter)--Numerous Scholarships,
- Candidate for International Phi Theta Kappa President
- Nu Pi Chapter Transfer Scholarship 2000
- Honor’s Scholar--numerous Scholarships, Alumni Scholarship 1999
- Sinclair’s Loaned Executive to the United Way-Major Firms spring 2000
- National Dean’s List 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00
- Sinclair Community College Commencement Speaker 2000
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