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About Me

I've spent over twenty years weaving together learning science, learning design, and facilitation across contexts most people treat as separate worlds — university classrooms, corporate training programs, international education partnerships, workforce development, and now AI-integrated learning.
 

The thread that holds across all of them: I help people develop real capability — not just knowledge, not just skills, but the confidence and judgment to step into what's next.

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Professional Experience & Partnerships

  • Professor of Instructional Design & Technology, Department of Media, Career Studies and Leadership Development, Appalachian State University (2010 - Present)

  • ​Senior Consultant, Learning Strategy & Design: Waveshift Consulting (2025 - present)

  • Faculty Mentor, AAC&U Institute on AI in Pedagogy and the Curriculum (2024 - present)

  • Collaborator/Faculty Fellow and certified facilitator, Voltage Control (2024 - present)

Credentials & Expertise

A learning designer with deep expertise in learning science, instructional design, and facilitation. For over two decades, I've conducted active research in learning sciences—including active learning, trauma-informed teaching, cognitive load theory/multi-tasking, and cognitive apprenticeship—while designing and implementing courses and learning experiences across face-to-face, hybrid, online, and blended modalities. I've consulted with institutions, corporations, and organizations across industries to translate research into practice and build organizational capacity for human-centered learning design in the face of complex technological landscapes.

Prior Professional Positions

  • Director, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, Radford University (2004 - 2010)

  • Director, Department of Instructional Design & Technology, Troy University (2002 - 2004)

  • Instructional Designer/Project Manager, Interactive Design & Development (2000 - 2002)

Education

  • Ph.D., Instructional Design & Technology; Concentration in Educational Psychology, Virginia Tech, 2002

  • M.A., English, Radford University, 1995

  • B.A., English & Graphic Design (double major), Lyndon State College (now Vermont State University), 1992

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