Aug. 1999 - present: Fulltime Instructor of Psychology, Sociology, and Social
Work, Muskegon Community College, Muskegon MI. Teach:
General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Introduction to Social Work,
Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, Development Across the Life
Span, Principles of Sociology, Social Problems. Service on Assessment,
Curriculum, Enrollment, Orientation, Institutional Effectiveness Committees
and Student Success Task Force.
Aug. 1992 - 1999: Fulltime Instructor of Psychology, Sociology, Criminal Justice
Gogebic Community College, Ironwood, MI. Teach: Introduction to
Sociology, Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Human
Development Across the Life Span, Marriage and the Family,
Psychology of Child Development, Introduction to Corrections,
Criminology, Client Relations in Criminal Justice. Served on the
Curriculum and Contract Negotiating Committees.
Jan. 1990 - 1992: Graduate Student Instructor and Adjunct Instructor,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Kellogg
Community College, Battle Creek, MI. Courses taught:
Introduction to Corrections, Human Development, Marriage and Family.
May 1991 - 1992: Social Worker, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI.
Responded to patients in the hospital emergency room services and
completed mental status examinations and psychiatric referrals,
conducted intake interviews and treatment plans for patients admitted
to the crisis stabilization unit and supervised in-patient treatment.
May 1982 - 1987: Parole and Probation Officer, Klamath Falls, OR.
Completed pre-sentence investigation reports for circuit court and
supervised a caseload of 100 felony offenders in the community
including home visits, drug and polygraph testing, search and seizure,
with powers of arrest. As Field Office Sex Offender Specialist, worked
closely with client court ordered therapists. Wrote progress reports for
the court and testified in probation and parole hearings.
Jan. 2003 - 2007. Ph.D. Educational Psychology, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN.
Successfully completed 21 graduate courses completed (5 quarter credits each).
G. P. A.: 3.86
PSY 7020: Program Seminar II
PSY 7610: Tests and Measurement
PSY 7630: Qualitative Research
PSY 7655: Advanced Research Methods
PSY 8110: Teaching Psychology
PSY 8210: Principles of Psychopathology
PSY 8130: Adult Learner in the Classroom
PSY 8140: Mentoring Psychological Research
PSY 8160: Strategies Career & Life Planning
PSY 8170: Principles of Instructional Design
PSY 8181: Practicum in Academic Psychology
PSY 8330: Ethics Standards of Professional Practice
PSY 8920-21: Comprehensive Examination I & II
PSY 9301 - 04: Dissertation Research I - IV
Required Colloquia:
Track 1: June 20 – 27, 2003; Location: Roseville, MN.
Track 2: June 19 – 25, 2004; Location: Scottsdale, AZ.
Track 3: Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2005; Location: Atlanta, GA.
Jan. 2000 – 2002. Ph.D. student, Counseling and Educational Psychology, Michigan
State University, Lansing, MI. (Department changed in 2001 to Culture,
Learning & Technology with required courses re-scheduled to MWF during
the day, that I could not enroll in due to my own teaching schedule. This is
the reason I completed my degree at Capella University.) Successfully
completed 8 graduate courses (3 semester credits each). G. P. A.: 3.85
CEP 900 Proseminar Educational Psychology I
CEP 901 Proseminar in Educational Psychology II
CEP 904 Socio-emotional Development across the Lifespan
CEP 909 Cognition and Technology
CEP 910 Motivation and Learning
CEP 914 Psychology and Pedagogy Science
CEP 956 Mind, Media, and Learning
PSY 803 Higher Order Cognitive Processes
Sept. 1990 - 1993: Masters Degree, Sociology Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI. Successfully completed 36 graduate semester courses (3 – 4
credits each) with 30 graduate credits toward Ph.D., with the Special Program
of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (SPADA) credential. G. P. A.: 3.5
BIOS 506 Biology of Addictive Drugs
SOC 561 Violence and Violent Offender
SOC 566 Advanced Criminology
H&HS 570 Field Education Special Program Alcohol & Drug Abuse
(practicum working with children exposed to alcohol/drugs in utero)
SOC 581 Logic and Analysis
SOC 603 Contemporary Theory
SOC 616 Etiology of Substance Abuse
SOC 618 Seminar in Substance Abuse I
SOC 625 Social Psychology
PEBR 648 Development of High Risk Child
SOC 660 Theories of Crime
SOC 661 Current Issues in Criminology
SOC 683 Research Design and Data Collection
SOC 693 College Teaching Practicum
SOC 694 Professional Writing
SOC 710 Independent Research
SOC 735 Graduate Research – Doctoral
SOC 893 Research Design
Masters Thesis: Quantitative Study of Offenders Sentenced to Special
Alternative Incarceration from 1988 – 1990, Kalamazoo County, MI.
Sept. 1974 - 1978: Bachelors Degree, Major: Psychology. Minor: Family Life
and Human Sexuality. Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
Successfully completed 130 credits and the following 8 graduate courses
beyond BA. G. P. A.: 3.0
HEC 510 Child Development,
HEC 511 Seminar in Human Sexuality
CED 520 Personal Growth & Development.
PSY 555 Psychopathology of Children,
PSY 577 Learning Disorders
HEC 581 Education For Family Life,
PSY 587 Physiological Psychology
PSY 588 Findings in Neuropsychology,
Journal Review
Sept. 2000 – present. Serve on review committee for National Education Association’s
Thought and Action Journal. Con Lehane, Editor.
Conference Presentations
March, 2006. Liberal Arts Network Development (Traverse City, MI).
Presentation: The Value of Student Evaluations of Instruction to Improve Instruction.
March, 2008. New Mexico Higher Education Assessment and Retention Conference (Albuquerque, N.M.).
Presentation: Correlational Research of Student Learning Across 60 sections of General Psychology.
June, 2008. Teaching Leadership and Assessment Conference (NISOD, Austin, TX).
Presentation: Identification of Institutional Data to Measure Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Learning Outcomes.
March, 2009. Conference on College Teaching and Learning (Jacksonville, FL).
Presentation: Designing Student to Student Feedback Practices to Enhance Engagement in an On-line Class.
Jan. 2010. National Institute Teachers of Psychology (Tampa, FL).
Presentation: Implementation of a Hyperlinked Course Calendar Interface to Access Assignment Rubrics,
Tests, and Submit Student Work.