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I have worked 6 years for the Chicago School of Psychology school (Dallas Campus) as an Associate Professor and now as a part-time Affiliated Professor. I teach on-ground Master degree and PhD students. I have a consulting company which specializes in: Aviation/Airline Safety, Accident Investigations, System Safety, and designing specialized training programs.
I worked 12 years part-time for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide campus.  When available, I serve on panels for the National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board, and Society of Applied Learning Technology.

Prior to this, I worked in several key management positions: DFW Airport Board, American Airlines - Ground Safety, AMR Services – Director Safety Training & Environmental, Legend Airlines – Director Safety & Compliance, and AHI Facility Services – Vice President Safety, Training & Environmental.

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While working at the DFW Airport Board, Director of Compliance and Simulated training, earned a Doctor of Philosophy with Distinction in Education:  Training and Organizational Leadership from Northcentral University.  My dissertation was titled ‘Qualitative Case Study of Andragogy Perceptions and Culture at a Major U.S. International Airport’.

During my time with AMR,  I earned Cum Laude degrees at Our Lady of the Lake University in Master of Science in Organization Leadership, Master of Arts in Human Science: Psychology and Human Resource Development, and a Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Science: Sociology and Psychology

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Just recently I started to wonder what hobbies do I really love? Living on the road with the airlines, I learned how to glider fly in Hawaii, archery in South Africa (not at animals), and soccer appreciation in Spain. The more I traveled the smaller the world became to me. I met many wonderful people around the world, including some famous people. Of course, not everything went as planned: from being chased off the Toronto Airport ramp by a flock of geese, escorted out of the Marriott Hotel casino in Warsaw Poland for wearing tennis shoes, and losing two international televisions in Madrid Spain because I didn’t pay off the Custom agents. I learned from experience that communication, cooperation and collaboration are very important.

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As you can probably figure out my husband and I don't have any children, just four legged ones! This is Bernie our rescue (she runs the house).

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We have two Old English sheepdogs.

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I love teaching online, Zoom and on campus. As a professor, my aim is to motivate students to begin a personal exploration toward effective, ethical communication.  This can only happen to adult learners if they feel genuinely inspired by the improvement made within the short period of a quarter and confident in their ability to learn.  I practice and continually refine pedagogical strategies that reveal how power, knowledge, and discourse are inextricably woven together with the arts of persuasion.

Acquiring knowledge by study is learning, which is the purpose of education.  For learning to occur the prerequisite is for students to recognize that the subject matter is important.  Learning is bridge building of unfamiliar content.  Learners are a varied and unpredictable group.  Learners actively construct their own understanding through their experiences; they are not passive recipients of information.

Teaching is a process by which I enjoy helping students learn by guiding them through the process both individually, and at other times instructing an entire class, and still encouraging class participation.  Spontaneity is a valued part of teaching. If the teaching appears memorized, and if there are no visual aids, learning will likely not take place. I am a facilitator of learning and as every good cognitive theorist would do, I allow the learners to take center stage.  Students need specific knowledge of their learning results and feedback must be specific. Listening to students’ during class and interjecting my suggestions and-or corrections is teaching. Most importantly communicate, collaboration and cooperation are the key ingredients.