Areas of Expertise:
Learning how students learn, Teacher Reform/Change, Teacher Beliefs on learning, STEM education/Nature of Engineering [NOE], Urban Teacher Education
Board Member: Scott County Watersheds; Davenport, IA
District Director of SECME: Southeastern Consortium for Minority’s in Engineering. Davenport, IA
STEM Magnet School, Grant Writing Team; Booker T. Washington STEM Magnet Academy; Champaign, IL
Presenter/Director, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, Public Engagement Symposium
Speaker, Booker T. Washington Parent Discussions Meeting on STEM Education
Researcher/Director: McClain County Community Schools STEM Initiative called BETABRAIN
Vineyard Church- Urbana Champaign, IL & Valparaiso, IN; Vineyard Church Leadership Team: Prayer Ministry; Prophetic Ministry; Hope Center Children’s Director; School of Kingdom Ministry Graduate/Leader
Professional Societies
American Educational Research Association
Association of Science Teacher Education
Association for Supervision and Curriculum
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
National Science Teacher’s Association
Phi Lambda Theta-Lifetime Member
Indiana University Northwest resources and social media channels