Interest and areas of expertise
Research
- Self-Directed and Self-Regulated Learning
- Social Science Instructional Methodologies
- Professional Learning Communities/Critical Friends Groups
- Rural Education
- Highly Mobile Student Populations and Student Churn
Education
Ed.D., Walden University, 2013
Teacher Leadership in Curriculum and Instruction
Dissertation Topic:
“Problem-Based Learning and Critical Friends Groups: Improving Student Self-Regulated Learning,” Dr. Paul Englesberg, advisor
M.A., University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 2000
Social Studies Education
B.A., Winona State University, Winona, MN, 1997
History
Classes I teach
- EDUC/PSYC 203: Educational Psychology
- EDUC 331: Instructional Design and Assessment for Middle and Secondary Grades
- EDUC 342: Social Studies: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction
- Middle Level Methods
Profile
After receiving my B.A. in History in 1997 and my M.A. in Education in 2000, I taught in the secondary social studies classrooms of Wisconsin and Wyoming. In 2012, I moved to Arizona to design online learning for the University of Military Intelligence. After two years, I took a position at Hannibal Lagrange University where I taught graduate and undergraduate courses in middle and secondary education. In all my moving around and traveling, I have come to experience the joy of allowing the Lord to guide my steps. Jeremiah 29:11 states, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I am truly blessed and honored that the Lord has seen fit to guide my steps to those of Messiah College.
Hobbies
Fly Fishing, Hiking, Green Bay Packers Football