Knowledgeable in geography teaching approaches including inquiry-based and decision making approaches to teaching and learning. Knowledge gained in a wide variety of areas including human/cultural geography, and statistical analysis utilizing Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and ArcGIS. Mapping skills including the use of layers to analyze scale, change, diversity and systems of cultural movement. Proficient use of qualitative methods, and statistics used in a variety of analyses. My course work has provided an overall global perspective to problem-solving and analytical expertise in a variety of geographic content areas. I am interested in research and working in international geographic education.My Achievements Include: Attending my first AAG Conference in Denver, Colorado 2023!I received a Certificate of Appreciation Award at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference 2022/Research in Reading and Literacy SIG.. Presenter/Discussant at the 17th COEHD Colloquium at The University of Texas at San Antonio, February 2025• Acting Editorial Assistant for a Handbook on International Research on Writing, Vol. II.• Peer Reviewer for the 2017 AERA Conference paper submissions.• Attendance at the American Education Research Association conferences in Chicago, Illinois (2015) and participant in the 2017 Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Attendee at the 2018 AERA conference in New York, and 2023 Conference in Philadelphia. Online Zoom attendance in Orlando, Florida via Zoom (2021).• Contributor to several research projects in academia with an international focus.• Discussant at a Round Table event in 2015 at the TALE Conference in San Antonio, Texas.Discussant at the San Diego, California American Educational Research Association (2022).Key Competencies: Policies & Procedures Field Applied ResearchScientific & Academic ResearchStatistical ReportingStrategic Planning & ExecutionLeadershipProgram DevelopmentBudget & Cost ControlsEvent Planning & CoordinationProject ManagementCommunicatorProblem SolverInterpersonalOrganizedLong Range PlannerAnalyticalDetail OrientedDecisiveResults OrientedCreativeMulticulturalEnthusiasticEthicalMotivatorAdaptableMotivatorDedicatedTransitional Business Situations
