Assistant Dean

• 2021 - Present

Adjunct Faculty

• Sep 2013 - Present

Engaging traditional and non traditional learners students on the intersection of new media, culture, and society in a community college classroom setting. Special focus is placed on the intersectionality of race, socioeconomic status, and gender and the multitude of representations and discourses found within media.Assessing the effectiveness of student learning communities as it relates to projected student learning outcomes.Utilizing new technologies in the instruction of online journaling and ePortfolio development. Show less

Staff Associate

• Feb 2016 - Dec 2020

Facilitating meaning making for first generation, income eligible, and historically underrepresented students in their pursuit of higher education; co-leading a cross functional working team in partnership with the institution's Achieving the Dream initiative, disaggregating student outcomes and identifying campus wide opportunities to support equity in student success; leading cultural and organizational change with an emphasis on persistence and retention of historically underrepresented students in a multitude of roles/functions, developing best practices through the engagement of research;collaborated on the development and implementation of an institutional pilot program addressing the needs of second semester freshmen on academic probation. Show less

Retention Specialist

• Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

Monitored Early Alerts submitted by faculty and conducted one on one resource coordination meetings with alerted students, addressing academic and social issues, and provided appropriate campus resource referrals.Conducted student outreach in person, via telephone, and email, with appropriate follow up and documentation.Collaborated with Learning Assistance Center on the development of a triaging system designed to identify a student’s level of assistance needed in order to better serve the student, as well as streamlining the provision of referrals. Show less

Adjunct Lecturer

• 2016 - Present

Human Development 100: The Study of Human Change (large lecture format; n=150 and additional supervision of up to ten teaching assistants) Human Development 400:Social Justice (n=35)Human Development 300: Social Science Research Methods (n=48)Human Development 200: Introduction to Human Development (n=48)Introduction to Human Rights (n=25)Human Rights and Education (n=12)Reading lists include Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow; Allan Johnson's Privilege, Power, and Distance; bell hooks; Judith Lorber; Paulo Freire; Linda Tirado, Kiese Laymon, Ta-Nehisi Coates; Jeff Chang; Bettina Love. Media engaged includes Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts; Kendrick Lamar; Beyonce. Show less

TRIO Programs, Student Support Services/Upward Bound

• Sep 2012 - Jan 2016

Monitored compliance of federal and state regulations of grant funded programs; developed, monitored, and evaluated institutional data requests to support student retention and grant management.Managed Student Support Services and Upward Bound enrollment and persistence data, developing U.S. Department of Education required annual performance reports; advised enrollment management liaison on programmatic demographic and eligibility distributions and deficits, with a focus on program and service growth. Conducted preliminary analysis, summary, and report generation of mid-term evaluations within the framework of proactive and reactive student support contacts and resource opportunities, with recommendations to faculty and advising staff for enhanced academic outreach. Show less

Grants Assistant/Social Media Strategist

• Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

Implemented a recursive social media strategy to drive unique visits to department websites and cultivate community partnerships through the development and curation of a Community and Public Affairs blog under direction of the Dean (ccpablog.com).

Interim Academic Support, Discovery Program

• Feb 2014 - May 2014

Special Projects, Liberal Arts Division

• Sep 2011 - May 2012

Conducted focus group interviews and data collection with students determining qualitative factors attributed to persistence, retention, and attrition. Counseled students faced with termination of financial aid and dismissal from the college as the result of poor academic performance and advised students in danger of losing federal and state funding as the result of surpassing the 150% financial aid credit rule. Drafted a strategic response program, including a developmental life skills and institutional engagement (FYE) course that highlights goal articulation and objective measurement as measurable learning outcomes for second semester freshmen on academic probation. Supported Enrollment Management through academic information and advising campaign for accepted unregistered students. Show less