Activities

Phi Theta Kappa Advisor                                                                   2010-Present

Beta Sigma Phi Advisor                                                                     2011-present

·         Started Amarillo College Chapter

Habitat for Humanity AC Chapter                                                     2009-2010

Badgerama volunteer                                                                        Summer 2009

Volunteer trainer for AC Online

Lambda Pi Eta - National Speech Communication Honor Society, Secretary and Public Relations

Mortar Board, WTAMU

Gamma Beta Phi Society (Top 20% of graduating class)

Participated in Service Learning Project at Panhandle Independent Living Center in Amarillo

Planned and produced "Voices of the Earth" Storytelling Festival and workshop with other graduate students

Committees

Amarillo College Assessment Committee                                          2008

Amarillo College Faculty Senate                                                        2009-2012                              

Amarillo College Faculty Senate Questions Committee                    2010, 2011 (Chair)

Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Scholarship Committee (Chair and Representative) 2010-2011

Who's Who Among American College and Universities Selection Committee         2010-2011

USA Today All-USA Academic Team Scholarship Committee        2010-2011

General Education Communication Competency Committee            2009, 2010, 2011 (Chair)

Amarillo College Faculty Development Committee                           2010

Honors/Awards

Certificate of Dedication from Beta Sigma Phi                                 2011

John F. Mead Award Nominee                                                          2008, 2010, 2011

Badger of Honor                                                                                 2009

Chosen by peer group of faculty to attend Greater Southwest Teaching Seminar in Taos, NM in 2008

National Collegiate Communication Arts Award Recipient

Dean's List

Who's Who Among American College and Universities

Recipient of Harrington Fine Arts Scholarship

Professional Memberships

Texas Speech Communication Association

Southern States Communication Association

Texas Community College Teachers Association

            Legislative Committee Member                                              2007-2010

Presentations

"Gender Role Reversal: 'Samantha' from the HBO Series, Sex and the City," a Rhetorical Analysis

            Presented at Southern States Communication Undergraduate Honors Conference

Tampa, FL                   2004

            Presented at Texas Speech Communication Association Conference

Dallas, TX                   2004

            Presented at WTAMU Student Research Conference                                   2004

Program-Online Teaching Strategies

            Presented at TCCTA Annual Convention                                                      2008

Your First Day

Amarillo College New Faculty Academy                                                       2009-2011

Multicultural Issues in the Classroom

            Presented with Lynae' Jacob and Dr. Robert Byrd at Amarillo College       2009

Conferences

TCCTA Annual Convention                                       Dallas, TX       February 2008 and 2009

TCCTA Faculty Leadership Conference                    Austin, TX      October 2007

Greater Southwest Teaching Seminar                         Taos, NM        2008

Amarillo College Teaching Seminar (ACTS)              Santa Fe, NM  2007, 2009, 2011