Chief financial officer and director of Divergent Pathways, Inc., a corporation primarily providing education services, along with a diversified product line of coaching, travel, and touring services for gifted, twice exceptional, and other neurodivergent young people.Responsibilities:Oversee the operations and finance activities of Divergent Pathways, Inc. including maintaining organizational budget, providing quarterly financial and sales reports. Prepare corporate business plans, budgets, and schedules. Ensure compliance with organizational and legal requirements. Analyze, develop, and implement financial policies and strategies for the maintenance and expansion of projects and program offerings of Divergent Pathways, Inc. Handle daily cash balances, ensure adequate cash flow, make decisions about corporate funding, insurance, and banking. Ensure corporate compliance with regulations and statutory requirements and execute the decisions, resolutions, and changes of the Board of Directors of Divergent Pathways, Inc. This includes planning and executing board meetings, strategic planning, developing corporate agenda, and overseeing shareholder meetings. Take meeting minutes and disseminate them to board members.

Courses taught:SOC 250: Elementary StatisticsTopics include statistical analysis for sociological research, scales of variable measurement, probability, random, Central Limit Theorem, Empirical Rule, hypothesis testing, association.SOC 260: Data AnalysisTopics include SPSS and PSPP, quantitative research, surveys, data coding, data entry, data editing, data analysis, frequency distribution, cross-tabulation, correlation, and regression.SOC 270: Introduction to Research MethodsTopics include framing research questions and hypotheses, qualitative research methods and analysis, quantitative research methods and analysis, mixed methods, and research ethics.SOC 354: Qualitative Research MethodsTopics include interviewing, focus group interviews, ethnographic studies, case studies, content analysis, and mixed methods research.SOC 355: Quantitative Methods of Social ResearchTopics include research ethics, application of statistical methods, technologies for social science data gathering, and research presentation.

Course taught:MAIA 640: Scope and Methods of International Affairs

Courses taught:MGMT 2: Operations and Management TheoryTopics include strategic planning, span of control, authority, delegation and organizational, controlling, decision-making tools, information systems, operations, motivation, leadership, and human resource development. MGMT 33: Personnel ManagementTopics include personnel administration and supervision, job analysis, recruitment, selection andplacement, employment training and development, performance appraisal, position compensation and benefits, motivation, employee rights, and union management relations.ECON 1: Principles of Economics (Microeconomics).Topics include supply and demand, pricing, production, competition, uncertainty, and game theory.ECON 2: Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics).Topics include output, inflation, unemployment, international trade, and economic modeling.

Courses taught:ADM 101: Public AdministrationCourse exploring the evolution of public administration as an academic discipline, the context in which public administration takes place, the meaning of public service in a democratic society, and the importance of personal and professional ethics.SOC 101: Principles of SociologyCourse that examines social theory in the context of cultural, socioeconomic, and political settings. Significant themes include race, sex and gender, religion, and age. Additionally, the course explores research methods and calls for students to prepare a scientifically sound research proposal.ICS 101: Intercultural StudiesCourse emphasizing communication among various cultures with a focus on preparing business students for future intercultural interaction.

Provide business consultation services and establish an independent study curriculum consistent with guidelines provided by the California State Department of Education to two high school age clients seeking to create small businesses in handmade cutlery creation and herpetoculture breeding.Provide coaching and training on the creation of a business proposal, feasible business plan, and instruments for formative and summative evaluation of the business projects. Solve problems through recommendations and practical solutions.Assist in generating strategies for growth, improvement, marketing, and brand development.Business currently in pilot phase operating under existing private school affidavit.

Courses taught:SOC 713: Introduction to Applied Research MethodsMaster's level course examining ontology, epistemology, methodology, and methods of research. Topics include quantitative and qualitative methods, validity, reliability, theory, sampling, instrumentation, research procedure, data analysis, and research presentation. SOC 714: Survey Research MethodsMaster's level course concerning the design, administration, and interpretation of survey questionnaire research. Topics include research design, sample size calculation, sampling and recruitment strategies, survey creation and administration, and the analysis and interpretation of collected data.SOC 715: Program EvaluationMaster's level course examining formative and summative evaluative research; evaluation of processes, impacts, and outcomes; and the utilization of quantitative data and analysis in evaluation.SOC 794: Political SociologyMaster’s level course that examines the theories and analytical tools of political sociology – the study of group dynamics in a political context. The course will address power, the notion of the nation-state, social movements, the sociology of economics, government’s role in preserving social welfare, political actors, exclusion and discrimination in democracies, and the sociology of international politics.

Course taught:SOC 364/L: Social StatisticsTopics include organizing and analyzing quantitative sociological data, data gathering, research presentation, SPSS, and ethics.

Courses taught:POLS 107: US GovernmentTopics include the federal system; political parties; nominations and elections; the legislative, executive and judicial branches; and civil liberties and civil rights.POLS 423: Political ScienceTopics include problems and issues inherent in different governmental styles and the political process of democracies and other forms of government.HIST 420: Contemporary World HistoryTopics include the Industrial Revolution, World War One, the Great Depression, World War Two, the Cold War, and Globalization.HUMA 180: Ethics and Critical ThinkingTopics include Epistemology, Argument Construction/Analysis, Inductive and Deductive Reasoning, Logical Fallacies, Perception, Moral Approaches, and Social Responsibility.SOCS 299: Society and TechnologyTopics include global trends in technological innovations, technology and the family, technology and government, technology and education, technology and the workplace, technology and the law.SOCS 321: Intercultural RelationsTopics include cultural studies, intercultural communication, identity and values, diversity, reasons for intercultural misunderstandings, and conflict resolution.ITCS 101: Computer ApplicationsTopics include saving, locating, and opening files; entering data within files; formatting data within files; modifying data within files; calculating and sorting data within worksheets; inserting citations in a document and presentation; and selecting and modifying text.

Conduct geopolitical, social, and travel-related analysis to generate global insight flashpoints, daily analytical briefs, and country reports concerning countries in Europe and Central Asia. This includes political, legal, and economic developments; protests and civil unrest; travel advisories; transportation disruptions; natural disasters; incidents of terrorism; and dangers to public health.Issue advisories to client agencies and organizations concerning international crisis and emergency incidents in Europe and Central Asia. Provide real-time external situational awareness reporting and analysis to client agencies and organizations concerning international crisis and emergency incidents. Monitor sources to identify relevant incidents. Conduct incident analysis including identifying the time at which the event occurred, geo-locating the incident, determining its severity and the type of incident.Gather client requested information concerning the security situation in countries within Europe and Central Asia.Conducted research to develop an analyst foreign deployment program and led a panel to create an employee-centered bonus referral system.

Planned, scheduled, conducted, and oversaw job analysis services to compile employment data to determine client eligibility for services. Provided job seeking skills preparation, resume development, and job leads to clients. Proctored and scored vocational testing. Collected data and calculated step-wise estimate of diminished earning capacity.