Thanks for visiting my website! I’m a lecturer in the Business Communication Program in the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. From 2017-23, I was a lecturer in the English Department’s Foundations Writing Program, where I also served as an affiliate faculty member in the Rhetoric, Composition, and Teaching of English (RCTE) graduate program. In addition, I served on the faculty of Community Classroom, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences’ Lifelong Learning program for which I taught The Craft of Professional Editing. 

I’ve been an educator since 1986. I’ve taught in five state universities — two of which are Hispanic serving Institutions — and in four countries outside the US. I have an extensive service record — including eight administrative positions — that includes program directorships, curriculum coordination, program assessment, and faculty governance. I have also presented more than 30 conference presentations, held several editorial posts for academic journals, published a chapter in Writing Spaces, Volume 3, and served as a consultant in the private sector.

I hold a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University, an M.A. in English from Northeastern University, and a B.A. in English from the University of Maine at Fort Kent. I also have TEFL certification (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) from the Maximo Nivel Language Center in San Pedro, Costa Rica.

My primary teaching areas include business communication, technical and professional writing, multimodal composition, English as a Second Language, and American literature. I’ve also taught public speaking, film theory and criticism, history of ideas, dramatic arts, introductory linguistics, and general humanities courses. I currently administer the website Takes on Tucson, which features articles composed by my former students in UA’s Foundations Writing Program.

Please feel free to contact me via LinkedIn if we share similar professional interests or experiences.