Forensics, Film & Television, Peace Rhetoric, and First Amendment Issues.
Originally from Illinois, I am currently in my second decade of teaching and higher education. GMU is my 6th institution, having taught at Bradley University, Miami of Ohio, West Texas A & M, Western Kentucky University, and Wiley College. I am proud to serve as the current Director of Forensics for Mason's speech team.
Trauma in Performance
Digital Divide in Higher Education
COMM 100 Basic Public Speaking
COMM 310 Performance of Communicative Literature
COMM 430 Persuasion
Others: Basic Public Speaking, Advanced Public Speaking, Advanced Speech Writing, Basic Interpersonal, Advanced Interpersonal: Love & Intimacy, Group Communication, and Persuasion.
BA, Northern Illinois University: Communication - Film and Television Production and Rhetorical Film Criticism Emphasis
MA, Illinois State University: Communication - Media Emphasis
Bystander Trauma in Coaching Forensics, Panel, National Communication Association, Baltimore, MA, November 2019.
The Digital Divide in Forensics: Competing Online, Paper, Developmental Conference, AFA/NFA/PKD/PRP, Online, June 2020.