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• Worked with faculty, staff, and students to develop, maintain, and enhance a programmatic framework which identifies and addresses our communities teaching and learning needs.• Coordinated and collaborated with Student Advising, Academic Support, the Center for Servant Leadership, and Instructional Technology.• Facilitated faculty and staff pedagogy research through development programming including faculty/staff presentations, faculty/staff learning communities, pedagogy grants, and a peer-reviewed regional pedagogy conference.• Sought internal and external resources to fund this center programming.

• Served on the faculty executive committee, contributed leadership to shared governance.• Chaired academic council comprised of department chairs and select program directors.• Facilitated communication between the faculty executive and curriculum committees.• Facilitated communication between the faculty executive committee and academic council.

- Chair of English, Communication, and Modern Languages – 8/12 to 5/13 - Chair of English and Communication Studies – 5/11 to 8/12, 5/13 to 5/14• Provided leadership for a department which is staffed by 13 faculty (8 full time/ 5 part time) and houses Literature, Creative Writing, Journalism, Communication, Mexican American Studies, Women’s Studies, and Composition.• Directed the Composition Program for a three month period while filling a vacancy.• Recruited, oriented, supervised, and evaluated full time and part time faculty.• Facilitated curriculum evaluation and enhancement to better meet the needs of our graduates and the broader university community.• Coordinated department assessment efforts to meet institution and accrediting body standards.• Facilitated administrative functions such as managing the budget, scheduling classes, and documenting program evaluation.

• Facilitated the development of an academy curriculum.• Recruited, supervised, and evaluated academy faculty.• Collaborated with the Admissions Office and the Center for Servant Leadership in the design, implementation, and evaluation of academic, administrative, and co-curricular functions.• Trained administrative staff on addressing issues of cultural diversity, confronting disciplinary situations, and facilitating low ropes course exercises.• Organized and facilitated service projects working with community agencies.

• Developed an educationally based residential program housing approximately 840 residents.• Created and implemented an academically connected programming model. • Directly supervised an Associate Director, five Graduate Intern Hall Directors, and ½ time Administrative Assistant, and indirectly supervised 26 student staff members and a number of student organizations and interest groups.• Facilitated administrative functions related to housing, staffing, and budget.• Successfully collaborated on both day to day and long term initiatives with other departments including Security, Facilities, Counseling, and Health Services.• Conducted routine assessments of needs, services, programs, and satisfaction.• Constructed job descriptions for new staff positions.• Responded to crisis situations including medical emergencies, suicidal residents, sexual assaults, physical assaults, and grieving families.• Facilitated teams evaluating and modifying crisis response protocol.• Served as a judicial hearing officer for multiple level judicial cases.

• Managed and supported the day to day operational functions for a system of approximately 600 residents. • Supervised the International Host program and served as the liaison for the ELS program. Worked with residents of varied English speaking ability from countries around the world including Saudi Arabia, Japan, Africa, Brazil, and Russia.• Coordinated housing selection, opening, and closing functions. • Worked closely with facilities to meet current and anticipated resident needs.• Served on multiple selection committees for student and professional staff hires.• Responded to crisis situations including medical emergencies, suicidal residents, sexual assaults, physical assaults, and grieving families.• Participated on teams to evaluate and modify crisis response protocol.• Served as a judicial hearing officer for multiple level judicial cases.

• Coordinated residential functions for an area which included at varying points 5 residence halls, 2 fraternity houses, and 21 college-owned houses. • Supervised the Wellness program and the Special Interest House program.• Responded to crisis situations including medical emergencies, suicidal residents, sexual assaults, physical assaults, and grieving families.• Participated on teams to evaluate and modify crisis response protocol.• Served as a judicial hearing officer for multiple level judicial cases ranging from alcohol violations to arson.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Communication Studies

Dissertation: Practice as pedagogy and the promise of possibility: Exploring the production and formation of hate.

Master’S Degree, Human Resource Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics