Experience

University of Texas of the Permian Basin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Course Developer/Content Creator, Communication Lecturer, Basic Course Director

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  Fully create and develop online/virtual courses and course content from start to finish (packaged and utilized). Distance education instructor with a 5/5 standard course load teaching Public Speaking, Organizational/Interpersonal/Cross and Inter Cultural Communication & Leadership courses. Extensive Learning Management experience. Oversee fellow educators and assist with yearly accreditation review reports for general education courses in the Communication Department. Manage Canvas master course shells utilized by all Communication Department employees. Show less



Instructional Connections, Inc.

• Communication Consultant- Academic Assistant and Coordinator

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  Coach distance education courses in Communication Studies. Facilitate online discussion and monitor online discussion boards. Assist and maintain timely correspondences with students and answer general course concerns and questions. Evaluate and grade student speeches, discussion board postings, and papers. Communicate with course faculty and staff to ensure academic success for all students involved in distance learning. Coach distance education courses in Communication Studies. Facilitate online discussion and monitor online discussion boards. Assist and maintain timely correspondences with students and answer general course concerns and questions. Evaluate and grade student speeches, discussion board postings, and papers. Communicate with course faculty and staff to ensure academic success for all students involved in distance learning.



Vatterott College

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Career Services Coordinator

  • May 2015 - Aug 2016

  Provide students with the necessary tools and resources needed to put their career skills to use; provides job search guidance, resume review, mock interviewing, resume referral, career fair opportunities, and community outreach.

• Director of Education

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2016

  Leader of educational effectiveness assessment and improvement, faculty development and performance appraisals. Oversee and manage all campus instructor/educational faculty and staff. Communicate and reinforce institutional expectations with students at orientation and classroom junctures. Monitor student academic progress; oversee that probation is properly reviewed with students as identified by registrar; implements a strategy for student tutoring. Coach students who have unsatisfactory academic and attendance performance, maintain written organizational documentation. Create and implement expanded initiatives to recognize successful student academic achievement. Ensure organizational and educational success. Show less

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2016

  Create online course content and build courses in Canvas and Pearson Lab & Mastering. Instruct and facilitate communication courses including Skills for Successful Communication and Interpersonal Communication Skills for Nursing Students. Handle correspondences with students and staff in regards to course concerns and questions. Evaluate and grade all student assignments. Create and update course syllabus, lessons, and exams. Empower students to allow them to become leaders within their communities. Show less



Rape Counselors of East Alabama, Inc.

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communication and Marketing Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Organize community outreach and events; work with victims and their families to make successful recoveries. Create and facilitate fundraising opportunities including grant applications. Assist in utilizing social media and marketing to bolster awareness, funding, and event attendance for RCEA, United Way, and similar organizations within the Auburn community. Discover funding opportunities and complete grant applications in order to obtain funds for the not-for-profit organization. Graduate school internship for capstone project. Show less



Auburn University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2014

  Shadow and assist two professors in an introductory communications course on public speaking. As a research assistant I worked in the Lab for Usability, Communication, Interaction, and Accessibility. My primary duties were to oversee lab functions such as Morae, Tri-Caster (including Handbrake), and Eye Tracking Software. I also facilitated and ran focus groups as well as transcribed the audio recordings from these meetings. Shadow and assist two professors in an introductory communications course on public speaking. As a research assistant I worked in the Lab for Usability, Communication, Interaction, and Accessibility. My primary duties were to oversee lab functions such as Morae, Tri-Caster (including Handbrake), and Eye Tracking Software. I also facilitated and ran focus groups as well as transcribed the audio recordings from these meetings.



Buffalo Wild Wings

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bartender

  • Jul 2012 - Mar 2014

  Customer Service, count change, keep the store clean, take orders promptly and correctly. Customer Service, count change, keep the store clean, take orders promptly and correctly.



Universal Account Servicing

• Internship

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

  Internship through Missouri Western State University. Create and retain sales leads for new and returning clients, public relations and social media, create presentations and marketing materials. Internship through Missouri Western State University. Create and retain sales leads for new and returning clients, public relations and social media, create presentations and marketing materials.



Missouri Western State University--St. Joseph, MO

• Content Tutor

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2012

  Tutor students in public speaking, introductory communication classes, PASW SPSS statistics for Liberal Arts majors, and organizational communication. Tutor students in public speaking, introductory communication classes, PASW SPSS statistics for Liberal Arts majors, and organizational communication.



Advance Auto Parts

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Manager

  • Jul 2009 - Jan 2012

  Motivate team members, review applications and interview/hire new team members, oversee inventory functions, delegate tasks, look up parts and help customers, handle cash and deposits, open and close the store, ensure team safety, work closely with the management team to ensure financial success. ASE Certified- Parts Specialist Certification Tests (P2) December 2011 Motivate team members, review applications and interview/hire new team members, oversee inventory functions, delegate tasks, look up parts and help customers, handle cash and deposits, open and close the store, ensure team safety, work closely with the management team to ensure financial success. ASE Certified- Parts Specialist Certification Tests (P2) December 2011