Education:  

• Doctorate of Philosophy in Health Education (2007)
• Master of Arts in Elementary Education (1997)
• Bachelor of Science in Special Education (1994)

Teaching

• Twelve plus years of post-secondary teaching experience  
• Seven years as a special and elementary educator 
• Taught a variety of topics in health at the undergraduate and graduate levels including health behavior theory, methods of teaching health education, health promotion program planning, foundations of community health, substance abuse prevention, stress management, personal health management, HIV/AIDS prevention, violence prevention, injury prevention, behavior management through positive discipline, death and dying, pre-student teaching for health educators, student teaching for health educators, and human sexuality 

Experience: 

• Senior Lecturer, ASU
• Health Education and Health Promotion Program Coordinator, ASU
• Assistant professorship in the Health Education Program at the University of New Mexico
• Coordinated UNM’s School Health Education Program for both graduate and undergraduate students and taught undergraduate and graduate level health education courses

Areas of expertise include health education, educational psychology, behavior management, positive discipline, elementary education, and special education.