Academic Profile
Credentials and Areas of Expertise
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Post-Professional Certificate in Educational Leadership (August 2024)
School of Education, William & Mary
Postgraduate Master of Teaching, May 2022
Professional Licensure with PreK-12 Endorsements in ESL and Spanish
School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia
Ph.D. in Education (Instructional Leadership Track), 2012
School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Dissertation: Implementation and Outcomes of an English-Portuguese Online Tandem Language Exchange [LINK]
Ed.Sp in Instructional Technology (Learning Management Systems), 2004
School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia
M.A. in Spanish, 1992
Graduate School, Saint Louis University
B.A. in Communication and Spanish, 1990
College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis University
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES & LICENSES
Professional Post-Graduate PreK-12 Teaching License, 2022
(Effective July 2022 - June 2032)
Endorsements in Spanish and ESL
VA Dept. of Education, Office of Licensure
Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion, 2021
Cornell University (eCornell)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Teacher Education (World Languages)
- Language Pedagogy (Spanish, Portuguese, ESL)
- Spanish & Latin American Culture & Civilization
- Virtual Language Exchanges
- Educational Technology
- Content Creation for Web
- Multimedia Design, Video & Audio Production
- Student E-Portfolios