About me

I am a proactive experienced innovator with strong analytical, fiscal, ethical, and organizational leadership skills. As a dedicated educator, I am adept at turning problems and concepts into opportunities emphasizing programmatic focus and successful outcomes. Confident team leader with expertise in coordinating and leading diverse multifaceted stakeholders. Skilled analytical researcher with the ability to translate knowledge into strategic solutions and applications.

• Design and provide project management support of the ID component of a $4 million STEM educational grant project for teacher training.
• Program management of university-level projects: Masters of American Sign Language, Open Education Week, Project PREP, Project InTERSECT.
• Design and facilitate the badging process for several grant-funded projects.
• Support the Open Education Initiative program
• Develop, facilitate, and administer the Teaching Online Foundation course for UNF faculty.
• Manage, lead, develop, and oversee Instructional Design Assistants.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to translate concepts into effective learning materials.
• Chairperson and ID for Quality Matters to design and evaluate courses for quality assurance.
• Develop training, and write articles for faculty and staff.
• Evaluate and disseminate educational technology, industry regulations, and best practices.

• Managed Online Initiative Team to restructure, design, and deliver online programmatic initiatives to meet institutional goals, including instructional design project management for the Doctorate of Nursing Practice program and others.
• Cultivated multi-disciplinary partnerships with Faculty Commons, Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning, UD Online, Morris Library, and other units on campus to promote teaching, learning, and faculty support.
• Member of a diverse team of multi-disciplinary faculty supporting the Transformation Grant process call for proposals and review of submissions.
• Co-developed, designed, and created the 3D printing Project Blueprint for UD community.

• Initiated and conducted research administrator focus groups across multiple departments and colleges to identify training needs and research perceptions. Improved training, facilitated communication, and fostered relationships between the research office and departments based on the focus group findings.
• Managed team to expand and evaluate grant proposal solutions; active member of the committee charged to improve professional development course management systems. Chaired teams to improve and coordinate research-related training and educational programs to meet federal and institutional mandates.
• Managed and projected educational budget and prepared internal reports. Purchased supplies and equipment for educational activities with Excel and UD Financials system.

• Managed and developed complex operating procedures as the program transitioned from physical to digital unit including online course and faculty development; student technical support processes; and proctored exam processes for departments, sites, and individuals.
• Fostered meaningful relationships with faculty to achieve timely and effective instructional design support for the online environment, content, and assessments, including work with the Sarajevo Graduate School of Business via World Bank partnership.
• Staff supervision and team leader to develop methods to achieve programmatic goals: faculty award program, faculty fellows training program, LMS transitions, and course acceleration project.
• Analyzed the distance learning enrollment trends to develop an agile response to the technical administration of more than 250 courses consisting of 500 sections each semester for more than 10,000 registrations per year. Documented straightforward software procedures and solutions for faculty, students, and staff resulting in comprehensive technical support for the distance learning population.

• Quality Matters Peer Reviewer
• QM Rubric 7th edition Certification
• FERPA training, Advanced Security Awareness training
• Online Learning Consortium Advanced Instructional Designer Badge
• TOPkit Hackathon Fall 2021, Fall 2023
• Badgr Instructor, Badgr Web Explorer
• TOPkit Advisory Board 2022-present
• Online Learning Journal Reviewer (2019-present)
• Online Learning Consortium Member
• Academic Integrity Committee 2020
• AACU OER Institute 2021-2022
• Implementation of AI in Online Teaching and Learning (Issue 29, 2023)

The University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

• Doctor of Education
• Master of Education

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

• Bachelor of Arts, Psychology