• Coordinator of Student Teaching, 1995-1998.
• Associate Professor of Education, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 1982 to present.
• Elementary Teacher, Mount Vernon City Schools, 1963-1982.

• International Reading Association
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• National Middle School Association
• Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

• Who's Who Among American Teachers
• Celebrate Literacy Honor Award from the International Reading Association
• MVNU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Award for Excellence in Advising and Retention at MVNU for 2010-2011 Academic Year

• Workshop, "Content Reading Strategies for Social Studies" for Mount Vernon Middle School Teachers, June 2005
• Workshop, "Course Assessment Techniques," MVNU Faculty, August 2005
• Workshop, "Course-Embedded Assessment," MVNU Faculty January 2006
• Presentation: "Content Reading Strategy to Meet Ohio Academic Content Standards: Social Studies & Language Arts, Grade 6," North Central Regional Literacy Team, May 2006
• Presentation: "Content Area Reading for Grades 4 – 12" ACSI—Columbus, October 2010

• http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/ (adolescent literature)
• http://www.readwritethink.org/ (reading)
• http://www.potw.co.za/ (elementary math—problem of the week)
• http://www.mathstories.com/ (math word problems for children)
• http://www.voya.com/ (adolescent literature)

II Chron. 7:14 - . . . If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

• Past job: worked on a farm (helped milk cows, drove tractor, baled hay, etc.), ran the snack bar in a movie theater during children's summer matinees
• past hobby: drag racing
• current hobby: attending sporting events in which my students and neighbors are involved, watching college and professional basketball and professional baseball, reading