Experience

Johnson County Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor/Chair

  • Aug 2006 - Present

  Responsible for developing and managing curriculum for the Horticultural Sciences Department at JCCC, develop certificate (Horticultural Sciences Certificate and Landscape technician Certificate) and degree programs (AAS, Horticultural Sciences) articulating a 2+2 transfer agreement with Kansas State University, recruit, interview, and hire faculty and the green house staff, supervise, manage, and evaluate adjunct faculty and Greenhouse staff, develop and manage department budget, manage student complaints and appeals, evaluate and revise cooperative agreements with metropolitan community colleges, serve on the science division curriculum committee, serve on Educational Affairs to review and approve College-wide curriculum, serve on the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) task force to revitalize the program review process, serve on the Kansas Agriculture Response Corps (KAERC), serve on the city of Mission's Park and Recreation Committee, serve as an academic advisor providing individual career and guidance counseling to undergraduate students, deliver numerous horticulture presentations, initiate, coordinate, market, and schedule guest speakers for an educational outreach Scholar in Residence Program and Native Plant Symposium, initiate, plan and organize the annual Horticultural Science Day, serve on the American Society for Horticultural Sciences (ASHS)'s Nominations and Elections Committee and working group for international issues. 2021- Selected to participate in the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enhance internationalization of Stem courses. Appointed to review textbook for Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices by Hartmann, Kester, Davies, and Geneve (Prentice Hall). Hired to review a textbook for The Fundamentals of Horticulture by Chris Bird (Cambridge University Press).   Show less



University of Missouri-Kansas City

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 2000 - Aug 2006

  Developed Plant Science undergraduate program for the School of Biological Sciences Wrote the curriculum and instructed the following courses: o Freshman biology course for biology majors: Biol. 108 - Introductory Biology. o For juniors and seniors, 35-40 students/course annualy: Biol. 305 - Marine and Freshwater Biology, Biol. 326 - Biology Conservation, Biol. 327 - Biogeography and Biodiversity, Biol. 346 - Plant Biology, Biol. 427 - Plant Physiology, and LS. 497 - Advances in Genetic Engineering (Special Topics). Provided academic advising and thereby motivated undergraduate students to graduate on time. Selected as the High School-College Program Coordinator to administer a Dual Credit Program, involving 13 Missouri high schools. Recipient of excellent teaching evaluations. Invited reviewer for ‘Principles of Biology’, Brooker R.J., Widmaier, E.P., Graham, L.E., Stiling, P., McGraw Hill Education. 2005. Show less



KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY – Kerala, India

• Assistant Professor

  • 1988 - 1990

   Taught Plant Propagation and additional undergraduate classes. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS  Recognized as a horticultural expert and collaborated with a team of scientists to plan and implement sericulture projects at the Tribal Area Research Centre in Amboori, Kerala, India.  Taught Plant Propagation and additional undergraduate classes. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS  Recognized as a horticultural expert and collaborated with a team of scientists to plan and implement sericulture projects at the Tribal Area Research Centre in Amboori, Kerala, India.



KERALA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Kerala, India

• Agricultural officer

  • 1986 - 1988

  Researched and managed cropping systems for Kallada Irrigation Project, financed by the World Bank. Researched and managed cropping systems for Kallada Irrigation Project, financed by the World Bank.