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Curriculum Vitae

Education

Exp Summer 2022

University of South Alabama | Doctorate of Philosophy

Instructional Design & Development
Dissertation topic: “Comparing Public School Teacher Perceptions of ADHD with 

Accuracy of Knowledge of ADHD” 

GPA 3.64/4.0 

2014

University of South Alabama | Bachelor's Degree

Business Administration, Economics

GPA 3.5/4.0 Cumulative

2001

Bishop State Community College | Associates Degree

Graphic Communications Technology

(Graphic Design)

Work
Experience

2017 - Present

Instructional Designer/Faculty Development | Innovation in Learning Center

Work directly with faculty members developing technological and pedagogical strategies for courses, providing LMS support and best practices, presenting content on teaching and learning in web and classroom settings, as well as provided support and skill development training for colleagues within the department (Graduate Assistantship Position)

2014-2016

Writing Consultant | USA Writing Center

Worked directly with students of all levels, guiding writing practice and content organization across all disciplines, including thesis and dissertation guidance 

2013-2014

Advertising & Graphic Design | The Vanguard/Due South Magazine

Business advertising sales and graphic designer for print and digital publications. Experience included a rebrand of The Vanguard with complete layout revision and logo/brand design, along with a Subsequent material produced included new promotional and pricing guides for publications. 

2001-2011

Productions Manager | Edgewood Frame Shop/Four Corners Gallery/Ashland Gallery

Was hired twice by Edgewood and Ashland Gallery - In these positions, I was responsible for overseeing a schedule of production for picture framing orders, including design, material ordering/management, client communications, and general maintenance of shop

Skills
& Expertise

  • Highly efficient in graphic design, video, and audio software, including specifically (but not limited to) Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Panopto, Camtasia, Adobe Audition, Logic Pro, Audacity, and Adobe XD 

  • Have extensive experience in Learning Management Systems (LMS), with full proficiency in Sakai, Canvas, and Articulate Rise

  • Served on vetting committee for the University of South Alabama for LMS search (2019), becoming versed in multiple LMSs, such as Brightspace D2L, Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, and Google Classroom 

  • Completed Human Performance Improvement (HPI) certificate requirements (2019) at The University of South Alabama

  •  National Association of Collegiate Scholars Inductee (2012) along with multiple Dean's Lists

  • Granted Region's Bank Economics Scholarship (2013)

Courses

  • Fundamentals in Teaching (FIT) Developer on current project expounding upon module offerings in original DECO course extending pedagogy practice beyond online to the classroom as well

  • SUNY COIL Course (Summer 2021) Complete course design for faculty getting started with SUNY’s Collaborative Online International Learning within a course 

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro Faculty/Student Course (Spring 2021) Worked with team of three to establish a training course in accessibility and some of the document functions of Acrobat Pro – the course was designed for faculty and later adjusted to suit student workers

  • Designing Effective Courses Online (DECO) (Spring 2019) Lead course designer (team of three) for creating faculty course for effectively engaging students online and empirical online pedagogy – course is in its third iteration to suit Canvas LMS 

  • “Designing Effective Courses Online (DECO) – An Intro Course for Effective Pedagogy in Online Courses for College Faculty” Elearning Journal 2019 (Nov) 

  • "Assessing Knowledge & Experience Among K-5 Educators in the Mobile County Public School System” Independent Graduate Research (Seeking publication) 2019 

  • “U.S. GDP and Electricity Consumption by State: A Predictive Model” Independent Undergraduate Research 2014 

  • “Under the Roof of the Orphanage” The Collegiate Scholar 2012 (Spring) 

  • “Welcome to the Company, Ladl” Oracle Fine Arts Review 2015 

  • “Blind Date” Alabama’s Emerging Fiction Writers 2019 

  • “Tapestry” Graduation Publication - Editor 2014 

  • “Conference on Teaching and Learning 2018 Proceedings” Conference proceedings and branding - Editor 2018 

Publications

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