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

Research Interests:
Narrative inquiry in qualitative research, the politics of remediation, multiliteracies, teaching online, the uses of instructional technology in Basic Writing, faculty development.

Organizations:
Membership Chair of TYCA-Northeast (Two Year College English Association)
Steering Committee Member of the New Jersey Writing Alliance (NJWA)

Presentations:
"Troubling Discourse: Basic Writing and Computer-Mediated Technologies." Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Atlanta, GA, April 2011.

“A Panel on College Placement: Accuplacer and Beyond.” New Jersey Writing Alliance Conference (NJWA), Rutgers University, May 2010. Representative of Bergen Community College on a panel with representatives from Montclair State University, Rutgers University, Seton Hall University, Ramapo College, Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College.

“Confronting Iconic Discourse: Spaces for Renewal in a Basic Writing Program" with Kelly Keane. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Louisville, KY, March 2010.

"Compromising Data: Representations of 'Remedial' Writers." The International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, May 2009.

"(Dis)located Narratives: Membranous Lines of Autobiographical Narrative and Transnational Inquiry." American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY, March 2008.

“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 (NJWA) 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 (NJWA) 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 (NJWA) 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.

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