PhD (organizational psychology); MA (organizational management); BS (management)

Courses taught include organizational behavior, workplace etiquette, human psychology, personnel psychology, social and organizational psychology, business and society, business management, business leadership, child psychology, adolescent psychology, human growth and development, abnormal psychology, introduction to psychology, leadership and supervision, general psychology, introduction to sociology, strategic management (capstone for business and health care majors), group dynamics, service marketing, information management, consumer behavior, and human development.

Professional Experience:

Adjunct:

Colorado Community College
American Intercontintenta College Online
Davenport University  
University of Northwestern Ohio (director of distance learning)
Southern New Hampshire University

Assessment and Grading:
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah
Write performance tasks for MBA program. Participate in Committee Reviews for assessment items. Grading of MBA assessments.

Committee Chair for Masters and PhD Students:
Walden University, Minneapolis, MN

Interim Director of Distance Learning
University of Northwestern Ohio, Lima OH

Teaching:

Course Name: Thesis Practicum
Description: This course teaches the student how to research and design the thesis. In addition, students are taught to use APA, write abstractions and correctly cite and reference their work.

Course Name: Organizational Behavior (graduate)
Description: This course addresses the behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. It provides insight about effectively managing and leading the change-adept organization. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to an integrative framework addressing the effect of individual and social behavior in viewing the changes taking place in the environment, strategy, structures and processes of organizations. Special attention is paid to contemporary management issues such as diversity in the work place, focus on quality and speed, morale crises and corporate social responsibilities.

Course Name: University Colloquium (undergraduate)
Description: This course gives students a basic understanding of what is expected of them in college. They learn time and stress management, good study habits and how to be successful in college. Students are required to write a paper expressing what they have learned in the course and how they will apply it to future studies.

Course Name: Professional Etiquette (undergraduate)
Description: This course gives students a basic understanding of workplace etiquette. Students learn how to write resumes and cover letters, conduct meetings and work with other employees (undergraduate).
Where: Davenport University

Course Name: Human Psychology (undergraduate)
Description: This course gives the student a broad understanding of the nature human psychology. The course examines research methods, and theories of behavior.

Course Name: Personnel Psychology
Description: In this course students learn about the psychology and practical issues associated with the hiring, training, development, and management of employees. These core topics include: job analysis, criterion development, and personnel selection and classification, testing and measuring performance, and reliability of predictors.

Course Name: Social and Organizational Psychology
Description: This course is an introduction to the concepts of behavioral science applied to the study of human behavior in organizational settings. Students will examine individual responses and group influence in an organizational context. Major areas of study include persuasion, conformity, obedience, prejudice, attitude formation and change, social behavior, altruism and aggression.

Course Name: Business and Society (undergraduate)
Description: This survey course provides students with a general introduction to business and how it relates to our economic society.

Course Name: Business Management and Leadership (undergraduate)
Description: This survey course examines the elements of management and leadership as they apply to modern organizations.

Course Name: Child and Adolescent Psychology (undergraduate)
Description: This course gives the student a broad introduction into the cognitive, psychosocial, and physical development of children. Students are exposed to the various widely recognized stages of child development including infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.

Course Name: Psychology (undergraduate)
Description: Focusing on scientific aspects of human behavior, examination of the history, methods and theories of psychology as a behavioral science. The brain and the senses are explored as they relate to human development.

Course Name: Human Growth and Development (undergraduate)
Description: A 200 level course designed to teach students about development from birth to old age. Course discusses many theories and ideas as to how growth and development occur.

Course Name: Abnormal Psychology (undergraduate)
Description: Course provides a broad overview of the world of abnormal behavior. Discusses the history, causes, and types of abnormal behavior. A variety of treatment options are also discussed.

Course Name: Human Growth and Development (undergraduate)
Description: A survey of human development from conception through death, emphasizing physical, cognitive, emotional, and psycho-social factors.

Course Name: Introduction to Psychology (undergraduate)
Description: An introductory course consisting of basic theories and concepts in psychology.

Course Name: Death and Dying (undergraduate)
Description: An introduction to the phenomenon of death and dying. The student is exposed to theories of death and dying as well as the needs of the terminally ill.

Course Name: Leadership and Supervision (undergraduate)
Description: This course identifies the basic behavioral skills of the supervisor and leader role. The course engages students in a number of activities that will provide the opportunity to develop those skills, including motivating, supervising, communicating, resolving conflict, leading, coaching and negotiating. The course emphasizes self-assessment and experiential exercises aimed at skill development.

Course Name: General Psychology (undergraduate)
Description: An introduction to psychology.

Course Name: Introduction to Sociology
Description: A study of human society, its cultures, social organization, and institutions. The individual’s behavior in the group, social stratification, group personality and social change are examined. Students benefit by developing a framework within which to regard the self and others.

Course Name: Strategic Management (undergraduate)
Description: As the capstone for business and health care majors, students apply their knowledge of the functional areas of management to simulate strategic management decisions experienced in actual cases. Coursework includes integration of internal organizational analysis, external environmental examination, strategy formulation and strategy implementation and control.

Course Name: Group Dynamics (undergraduate)
Description: A course to help students become more effective small group members and leaders by providing them with research based tools.

Course Name: Service Marketing (undergraduate)
Description: This course delves into the conceptual and analytical framework for applying marketing principles to the service section of the economy. The focus is on developing and understanding the impact of unique service characteristics on the development of marketing strategies.

Course Name: Information Management (undergraduate)
Description: This course is a survey of information systems and the management issues associate with such systems. Management of personnel, equipment and information are discussed. Students also become familiar with the terminology associated with the data processing industry.

Course Name: Consumer Behavior (undergraduate)
Description: This course researches, analyzes and discusses consumer buying habits.

Course Name: Human Development
Description: A survey of human development from conception through death, emphasizing physical, cognitive, emotional, and psycho-social factors.

Course Name: Intro to Psychology
Description: An introductory course consisting of basic theories and concepts in psychology.