B.S. Education, Ohio University (1999)
Masters of Arts in Teaching, Marygrove College (2002)
U.S. Presidential Scholars Ohio Teacher of Year Award (2006)
Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach (2005-present)
Quote: "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view" - Kenobi
Quote: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" Nelson Mandela
B.S. Education, Bowling Green State University (1999)
M.A. Education, University of Findlay (2002)
Quote: "The impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes."
B.S. in Secondary Education, University of Akron (1991)
M. A. in Literature, University of Akron (1998)
Assistant Drama Director, TRHS (2005-2019)
Assistant Director, The National Writing Project at KSU (2012-Present)
Quote: "If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone" Shakespeare
B.S. Education, Kent State University (2010)
USAPL Powerlifting Coach (2017-Present)
Middle School Football Coach (2016-Present)
OHSAA Official (2018-Present)
Quote: "Make each day your masterpiece." John Wooden
B.S. Education, Ohio University (2017)
"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." - John Muir
Kent State University, B.S. Zoology, 1991 Kent State University, M.A. Biology, M.A. Teaching, 1994
Undergraduate degree in health and physical education, Ohio State University
All-American in Synchronized Swimming, Ohio State University
Masters in Sociology of Sports, Kent State University
Special Olympics coach
Undergraduate degree in social studies, Kent State University (1965)
Masters in special education and hearing impaired, Kent State University (1968)
Post-graduate work at New Mexico State University (1972)
Special Education Supervisor, Kent City Schools 1976-1984
Head Wrestling Coach, Kent City Schools 1978-1981
Quote: "Do not pray for easy times; pray to be stronger. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks." - John F. Kennedy
Bachelor of Arts in English, Miami University (1991)
Masters of Arts in Teaching, Kent State University (1995)
Masters of Arts in Painting, Kent State, 2004
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) - Outdoor Educator Course (1995)
Outward Bound Teacher's Seminar (1998)
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship recipient (2000)
Quote: "Panta Rei" - Heraclitus