• Ph.D. in Education, University of Kentucky, 2008
• Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, University of Kentucky, 2003
• MSSW, University of Louisville, 1990
• B.A. in Sociology, Brescia College, 1987

• EDS 227 Teaching as Research: Children and School Structure
• EDS 349 Education and Culture
• EDS 355 Extended Experience in Alternative Settings
• EDS 480 Students with Special Needs-Secondary
• GSTR 210 Writing Seminar II: Identity and Diversity in the U.S.
• CFS 350 Family Law and Policy

• History of education in Kentucky
• African American women in Kentucky history

• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
• Kentucky Historical Society Foundation
• Phi Delta Kappa International
• Kentucky Education Association
• National Association of Multicultural Educators
• Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education

• “The Reorganization of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Young Women’s Christian association in Louisville, Kentucky in 1924,” (July 2009). Under review by The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society.
• “‘Not True Friends To Their Own Race’: White YWCA Women’s Take On African American Women’s Approach to Social Reform,” (March 2009). Paper presented at the Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington.
• “Getting off the Diversity Tour: Creating opportunities for student self-awareness,”(March 2009). Paper presented at the Equity and Social Justice in Education Conference, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey.
• “Puzzled and Perplexed: Using Oral History to Teach Research to First Year Students,” (October 2008). Paper presented at the Appalachian College Association Summit, Abington, Virginia.
• “The Interracial Work of the Young Women’s Christian Association in Kentucky,” (October 2008). Paper presented at the Ohio Valley History Conference, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, Tennessee.

I grew up in Western Kentucky never really knowing the beauty of Eastern Kentucky, until I moved to Berea. My seventh grade teacher first mentioned Berea to me as she encouraged me to attend college. I tucked that bit of information away, but I stayed in Western Kentucky. I moved to Lexington to attend the University of Kentucky in 2000, and I decided to stay in the region. Although I had been a social worker for many years, as I completed my doctoral work in education, I came to better understand the influence classroom teachers have in the lives of children.

I view my work in helping to prepare teachers as an extension of my work on behalf of children. It has been forty years, since Miss Hines told me about Berea College. Never underestimate the power of a teacher to influence a child.