EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Management
Marquette University, 2003 Industrial Engineering is the "engineering of people" so I learned a great deal on how to engineer our lives to be more efficient and effective. This makes me extremely helpful in situations of space maximization or process improvements. But it makes me pretty obnoxious in places that are not using effective line management (read: Airport security lines). My engineering degree taught me how to think critically and to be innovative and I am so fortunate that this degree found me. |
Doctor of Philosophy, Higher Education
Loyola University Chicago, 2019 Master of Education in Higher Education Loyola University Chicago, 2010 After working professionally for five years, I returned to school part-time in Fall 2008, while continuing to work full-time. However, after being laid off in 2009, I chose to complete my higher education program full time. During this experience, I confirmed that my hearts work was helping students discover their passion, recognize their potential, and become better versions of themselves. I opted to pursue my Ph.D. because I love puzzles, asking questions, and uncovering answers (and new questions). |
HONORS
Loyola University Chicago, Alpha Sigma Nu, 2018
Jesuit Honor Society |
Alpha Sigma Nu recognizes students who distinguish themselves in scholarship, loyalty and service and encourages its members to a lifetime pursuit of intellectual development, deepening Ignatian spirituality, service to others, and a commitment to the core principles of Jesuit education.
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American Educational Research Association, 2013
Article of the Year |
The Queer Studies SIG annually recognizes the best published article on LGBT / queer studies in education over the previous two calendar years.
I, along with my co-authors, received this honor for our article: Transgender College Students:An Exploratory Study of Perceptions, Engagement, and Educational Outcomes. |
American College Personnel Association, 2011
Annuit Coeptis Emerging Professional |
The Annuit Coeptis Award is a national award that honors three senior professionals and five emerging professionals at a dinner where there can be wide-ranging discussion and exchange about professional issues. The dinner carries on a tradition established by Professor Philip A. Tripp and Ursula Delworth who dearly loved to challenge their contemporaries and junior colleagues in a spirit of personal and professional sharing, high good humor and thoughtful intellectual debate.
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