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About Me

I am a motherscholar: a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Education and Human Services and an instructional designer in the Feliciano School of Business at Montclair State University. As of the writing of this biography, I have had almost twenty years in the academy as an undergraduate student and graduate student (x 3!) and in a variety of alternative academic careers in multiple colleges and universities: faculty developer and educator, instructional designer, technical trainer, and instructional technologist.

Degrees

Ph.D. Candidate, Teacher Education and Teacher Development, Montclair State University

M.S., Instructional Design, Quinnipiac University

M.A., Theatre Production and Stage Management, Montclair State University

B.A., Independent Major in Theatre Performance, Quinnipiac University

Memberships

Member, American Educational Research Association

Divisions

Division F – History and Historiography

Division G – Social Context of Education

Division J – Postsecondary Education

Division L – Educational Policy and Politics

Special Interest Groups

Faculty Teaching, Evaluation, and Development

Online Teaching and Learning

Instructional Technology

Narrative Research

Research on Women and Education

Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices

Sociology of Education

Member, National Women’s Studies Association

Member, International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry

Member, International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship

Member, The MotherScholar Project