黑洞社区

• Ph.D. in Adult and Continuing Education from Kansas State University
  • Dissertation:
• Master's degree in history from 黑洞社区
  • Focus on disease history and culinary history
• Master's degree in political science from the University of Iowa
  • Focus on civil rights, Constititutional law, and research methods 

 

• Effective teaching methods in the higher education setting
• Program and course assessment

• Statistics and research methods for social scientists
• Learning theory and instructional design
• American politics and government

• Editor and primary contributor to Teaching Today, a monthly newsletter for Wichita State instructors, 2019-ongoing
• 鈥�Presence鈥� and hundreds of other pages of instructor training through
• 鈥溾�� and ongoing blogging through KSARN.org
• 鈥溾�� and ongoing blogging through LinkedIn
• 鈥溾�欌�� and over 100 other blog articles at IDA.wichita.edu, now suspended blogging project
• 鈥�,鈥� WCET Frontiers, 2016
• 鈥�,鈥欌赌� WCET Frontiers, 2016
• 鈥�,鈥� Chapter Nine in Police Use of Force: Important Issus Facing the Police and the Communities They Serve, 2016
• 鈥�鈥� C2C Digital Magazine, Spring/Summer, 2015
• 鈥溾�� Fairmount Folio, 2014
• Western Civilizations One, Online textbook published by the Learning House, 2011
• Western Civilizations Two, Online textbook published by the Learning House, 2010
• American National Government, Online textbook published by the Learning House, 2009
• Instructional Design and Curriculum Development, Online textbook published by the Learning House, 2009
• 鈥淭he Presidency of George W. Bush,鈥� Article in an online textbook published by the Learning House, 2009
• 鈥�,鈥� Online Classroom, 2006
• 鈥�,鈥� in Arabs in the Americas: Interdisciplinary Essays on the Arab Diaspora, 2006
• 鈥�,鈥� Adult Learning, 1998

Courses Taught

• Advanced Research Methods for Criminal Justice, Online
• American Character, Face-to-Face
• American History I, Online and Face-to-Face
• American History II, Online and Face-to-Face
• American National Government, Online and Face-to-Face
• Beliefs About Knowledge and Learning, Online
• Comparative Politics, Face-to-Face
• Current Events, Online and Face-to-Face
• Current World Events, Online
• Developmental English, Face-to-Face
• Educational Accessibility: Assistive Technology, Online
• Educational Accessibility: Legal Landscape, Online
• Educational Accessibility: Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning, Online
• Instructional Theory, Online
• International Relations, Online
• Introduction to Educational Statistics, Online
• Issues in American Politics, Online and Face-to-Face
• Learning Theory and Instruction, Online
• Learning Theory and Curriculum Design, Online
• Masterpieces of World Literature One, Face-to-Face
• Masterpieces of World Literature Two, Face-to-Face
• Minority Literature for Criminal Justice, Face-to-Face
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Face-to-Face
• Quantitative Methods for the Public Sector, Online
• Search for Meaning in a Changing World, Face-to-Face
• State and Local Government, Online
• Statistics for Social Sciences, Online
• Western Civilization One, Telecourse, Online, and Face-to-Face
• Western Civilization Two, Telecourse, Online, and Face-to-Face
• Writing I, Face-to-Face
• Writing II, Face-to-Face

• Leadership in the Advancement of Teaching Award, 2024
• Cadman Gallery Photo Contest, 2023, Second Place for "Spring Storms on the Road"
• President's Distinguished Service Award, 2021

• Second Principal Investigator on FCC grant, 2023-24
• Second Principal Investigator on FAA grant, August 16-April 2019
• Academic Consultant on Kansas Humanities Major Grant, 2018

• Serve on both MA Thesis and EdD Dissertation committees: 2022-present
• Served on the Executive Board of DisabilityIN: Wichita, 2020
• Serve on the Wichita State Accessibility Commmittee, 2017-present
• Serve on the Wichita State Re-integration  Sub-committee on Instruction, 2020-2021
• Member of the CAS review committee evaluating the Wichita State Office of Disability Services, 2020
• Participant in various campus and professional activities as an volunteer. For example:
  
  • Member of the Research Review Panel for AHEAD, 2019-2023
  • Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Online Consultant for Fall, 2020 Zoom-based actvities
  • Hippodrome judge, 2019
  • GRASP Judge, 2020
  • AHEAD National Conference Volunteer, 2019
  • OLC Innovate Volunteer, 2018

Presentations and National Exposure

• 鈥�,鈥� podcast guest at the Disability History Association Podcast, Episode #21, 2020.
• 鈥淲hen Training Graduate Students Creates a Public Good: Professional Development Badges Move From Blackboard to Everyone,鈥� co-presentation with Dr. Kerry Wilks, Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, 2020 (anticipated)
• 鈥淟earning to Use Accessibility Tools,鈥� Sedgwick County Business Leadership Network/DisabilityIN: Wichita Forum, 2019
• 鈥淏ut I Don鈥檛 Have One in My Class: The Challenges of Building a Culture of Accessibility on Campus,鈥� The Consortium for Title IX and Equity Officers in Higher Ed Conference, 2019
• 鈥淯niversal Design in the Classroom,鈥� training session for Michael Tilford Conference: 鈥淔rom Knowledge to Practice: Professional Development for a More Equitable Campus,鈥� 2019
• Featured prominently in 鈥�,鈥� Inside HigherEd, 2019
• Interviewed for, 鈥�,鈥� Helix Education鈥檚 Enrollment Growth University podcast episode 89, 2019
• 鈥�,鈥� AHEAD Equity and Excellence Conference, 2019
• 鈥淜ansas Accessibility Resources Network (KSARN) Explained,鈥� AHEAD Equity and Excellence Conference, 2019
• Pre-session Workshop, 鈥淧ractical Accessibility for Improving Orientation,鈥� NODA Annual Meeting, 2019
• 鈥淭raining Students in Accessibility Using Free KSARN Resources,鈥� 黑洞社区 Tech Accessibility Summer Camp, 2019
• Keynote Address, 鈥淲ichita State鈥檚 Progress Toward a Fully Accessible Future,鈥� Kan-AHEAD Annual Meeting, 2019
• 鈥�,鈥� co-presentation with Dr. Kerry Wilks, Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, 2019
• 鈥淲hat is KSARN and What Can it Do for Me?,鈥� iTrac, 2019
• 鈥淎ccessibility Versus Accommodations: What鈥檚 the Difference and Why Does it Matter?,鈥� Summer Strategies Conference, University of Kansas, 2019
• 鈥淎ccessibility Concerns When Teaching About Art and Music,鈥� Cowley County Community College Summer Symposium, 2019
• Invited Speaker, 鈥淓nvisioning an Accessible Future Means Being the Change and Managing it Too,鈥� OLC Innovate, 2018
• Keynote Speaker, 鈥淎chieving an Accessible Future,鈥� Combined Faculty Training Day for Fort Scott, Neosho County, and Allen Community Colleges
• Keynote Speaker, 鈥淎ccessibility is Nothing to Fear,鈥� Cowley County Community College Summer Symposium, 2018
• 鈥淎ccessibility and Blackboard Ally at 黑洞社区,鈥� Kansas Blackboard Users鈥� Group, 2018
• 鈥淎ccessible Face-to-Face Presentation,鈥� iTrac, 2018
• 鈥�,鈥� WCET 29^th Annual Meeting, 2017
• Full Conference Address, 鈥淎ccessibility is a Bright Line,鈥� University of Missouri at Kansas City Open Education Conference, 2017
• 鈥淚mproving Accessibility in OER鈥檚,鈥� University of Missouri at Kansas City Open Education Conference, 2017
• 鈥淎ccessibility, Universal Design, and Quality,鈥� Wichita State College of Health Professions Faculty Bootcamp, 2017
• 鈥淎ccessibility in the Face-to-Face Classroom,鈥� Wichita Area Technical College Teaching Academy, 2017
• 鈥淎ssessing the Impact of Standardization on Online Criminal Justice Courses,鈥� American Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, 2017
• 鈥淢ore P.D., Less Time, Less Money,鈥� iTrac, 2017
• 鈥淒esigning with Green Light Principles and the LEARN Model,鈥� UBTech. 2016
• 鈥淟ayered Competency: A New Model for Higher Education,鈥� University of Missouri at Kansas City Focus on Assessment Conference, 2016
• 鈥淲hat We Know About Foods of the First Thanksgiving 鈥� from a Mayflower Descendent,鈥� Museum of World Treasurers, 2016
• 鈥淔ood on the Great Plains, Eating Like a Cowboy,鈥� Reflection Ridge Retirement Community, 2015
• 鈥淥nline Spanish Courses: Taking Spanish Instruction Into the 21^st Century,鈥� Kansas World Languages Association Conference, 2015
• 鈥淓ncouraging Faculty Buy-In Through Recognition and Training,鈥� co-presentation with Dr. Mark Porcaro, Colleague-to Colleague Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology, 2015
• 鈥淎ssuring Quality in Online Courses,鈥� Continuing Education in Kansas Conference, 2015
• 鈥淨uality Online Spanish Instruction? 隆S铆 Se Puede!鈥� Distance Teaching and Learning Conference, 2015
• 鈥淐olonial Food: The Making of American Cuisine,鈥� Museum of World Treasurers, 2015
• 鈥淔rom Medical Procedure to a Gift From Father: Female Sexual Awakening and the Rise of the Vibrator,鈥� Gender and Sexuality Conference, 2015
• 鈥淥pen Up! Using Open Educational Resources in Online and Face-to-Face History Courses,鈥� Kansas Association of Historians Annual Conference, 2015
• Panel Chair, 鈥淧lace and Policy, Midwestern Voices, Midwestern Ideals,鈥� Kansas Association of Historians Annual Conference, 2015
• 鈥淭he Great American Pasture: Bison and Beef on the Great Plains,鈥� Kansas Association of Historians Annual Conference, 2014

Lifelong Learning Activities

Iowa Culinary Institute

Des Moines Area Community College

2009-2011

• 35+ hours of culinary instruction
• Court of Master Sommeliers Level One Certification

Additional Professional Training and Certifications

• Certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator (CWMF), Mindful Leader
• Certified Professional in Training Management (CPTM), Training Industry
• Disability Law for DSS Directors, Staff, and ADA Officers, AHEAD Management and TRIO Institute, 2019
• Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC), International Association of Accessibility Professionals, 2018
• Certificate in Accessible Technology, California State University Northridge, 2018
• Accessibility 101 Bootcamp, AHEAD Equity and Excellence Conference, 2017
• Leadership Academy, 黑洞社区, 2016-2017
• Master Reviewer, Quality Matters, 2016
• Online Teaching Certificate, Florida Community College University, 2008

Consulting

• Faculty trainer for University of Kansas Medical Center, Family Medicine, 2020. Ongoing consulting work 2023-present
• Content creation partner for , LTD, 2020
• Accessibility consulting for Kansas State University, 2019
• Accessibility consulting and training for Cowley County Community College, 2019
• Blackboard Accessibility Webinar Director, monthly 2018-2019
• Accessibility consulting for Butler University, Indianapolis, 2018
• Accessibility consulting for Colby Community College, 2018
• Accessibility training for the Kansas Council of Instructional Administrators, 2018
• Accessibility consulting for Southern New Hampshire University, 2018
• Accessibility consulting for Seward County Community College, 2017
• Accessibility training for Emporia State University, 2017