Degrees:
B.A., B.F.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ed.M., Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College

Courses Taught:
Developmental Skills I and II, English Skills, Composition I, Composition I Online, and Composition I Hybrid

Special Interests:
New Literacy Studies, using instructional technology to address multiliteracies, teaching online, the dynamics of authority in the classroom. Currently researching hybrid formats, the uses of instructional technology in Basic Writing.

Organizations:
Kappa Delta Pi, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), National Association for Developmental Education (NADE), New York College Learning Skills Association (NYCLSA), The League for Innovation in the Community College, The Laboratory for International Theatre Exchange (LITE)

Presentations:
“The Multimedia Research Paper”: Faculty of the Future Conference, Bucks County Community College, June 2007.

“The Multimedia Research Paper” with Kelly Keane: New Jersey Writing Alliance Conference, Middlesex County College, May 2007.

"(Im)Possibilities of Autobiographical and Narrative Curriculum Theorizing: Transnational Perspectives”: American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS), University of Illinois-Chicago, April 2007.

“The Research Paper Project” with Dorothy Altman and Kelly Keane: New Jersey Writing Alliance Conference, Monmouth University, May 2006.

"The Generative Possibilities of Performative Exchange in Qualitative Research" Ways of Knowing in Educational Research Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, March 2006.

"Researching Readiness for Composition: An Assessment Process" with Beth
Snyder: New Jersey Writing Alliance Conference, Rutgers University,
April 2005.

"The Resource Envelope: Reinforce Outcomes by Sharing Materials with Adjuncts Electronically" with Bonnie MacDougall and William Jiang: League for Innovation in the Community College Conference on Information Technology, Tampa FL, November 2004.

"When Clicks Meet Bricks: How Hybrid Courses Are Transforming the Classroom" League for Innovation in the Community College Innovations Conference, San Francisco CA, March 2004.

"TOPP (The Online Professor Program): Teaching and Learning are TOPP Priority" with Judith Rae Davis and Michael Redmond: League for Innovation in the Community College Conference on Information Technology, Long Beach CA, November 2002.

"The Hybrid: Authority and Community in Developmental English" with Judith Rae Davis: League for Innovation in the Community College Confernece on Information Technology, Minneapolis MN, November 2001.

"The Hybrid: Web-enhanced Courses for Developmental Learners" with Judith Rae Davis and Elizabeth Marsh: New York College Learning Skills Association, Saratoga Springs NY, March 2001.

Other:
New Jersey Writing Alliance (NJWA) Steering Committee, Webmaster

Honors:
Outstanding Service to Distance Learning at Bergen Community College, March 2003.