Over 40 years of varied experience in higher education as a teacher, mentor, educational developer,  researcher and presenter

Professional Experience

Educational Consultant on Teaching Effectiveness and Assessment of Educational Programs


Dates Employed: January 2005 – Present

Employment Duration: 15 yrs


I am currently seeking temporary, contract, part-time educational development or assessment/accreditation work. I work with faculty, administrators and staff to make the daunting tasks of curriculum/ course revision, and program assessment or self- study for accreditation manageable and worthwhile. 


My presentations on effective teaching promoting lasting learning, assessment of students, teaching, and educational programs engage the participants and they leave with new useable skills.

 


Examples of Recent Projects:

  • Taught a remote one week course on how to teach effectively to 80 new NAVY ROTC instructors
  • Facilitated two- week remote Course Redesign Institute for faculty at Villanova University
  • Remote presentations on how to teach remotely and engage online students  at Community Colleges and Universities in USA an Saudi Arabia
  • Educational researcher for NSF grant with STEM faculty at Savannah State University
  • Developed an essentials of teaching course for QEDEX https://qedex.org/



University of the Sciences 

Total Duration: 20 yrs

Assistant Provost for Faculty and Assessment Development, Professor

Dates Employed: January 2012 – June 2019


Changed the culture to be more accepting of the assessment of programs for improvement and accountability.

Collaborated with faculty to conduct Scholarship of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment


Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, Professor

Dates Employed: July 1999 – June 2019


Changed the culture of teaching from traditional lectures to active, learning-centered teaching.

Onboarded and help launch the career of 80% of the faculty at the university.

Promoted teaching success with struggling or new faculty.

Fostered innovative teaching practices.

Collaborated with faculty conduct and disseminate Scholarship of Teaching and Learning activities.


School of Public Health- Allegheny University of the Health Sciences

Associate Dean of Curriculum


Dates Employed: January 1995 – June 1999

Developed a problem-based learning (PBL) MPH curriculum

Trained faculty and students to use PBL to increase deep student learning


McMaster University

Director of the Geriatric Educational Development Unit


Dates Employed: Aug 1988 – Dec 1995


Worked with all the Health Sciences Universities and Colleges in Ontario to develop education on the elderly for health professionals


Education

University of Pittsburgh

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

Field Of Study: Educational and Developmental Psychology

Masters Degree 

Field Of Study: Educational and Developmental Psychology


Washington College

Washington Colleege  Bachelor's degree, Magna Cum Laude

Field Of Study: Psychology