01/2024 - Present

Instructional Designer III / University of Houston Gessner College of Nursing, Sugar Land, TX

• Designed and developed undergraduate through doctorate in-person and hybrid courses in Canvas.

• Increased accessibility of learning material by 20% using WCAG.

• Developed and conducted professional development for faculty.

• Configured and managed the college’s SharePoint environment, implementing advanced permission structures, optimized file organization, and custom page layouts.

• Provided custom graphic design using the Adobe Creative Cloud product suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and Adobe Express).

• Created custom instructional materials using Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel).

03/2024-present

Learning Designer / Nectar, Contract

• Consulted with faculty developers to advise best practices while developing fully online courses for a brand-new graduate program.

• Collaborated with course builders to ensure quality within Brightspace.

• Provided feedback to instructors which included creative ways to solve problems they were facing.

08/2022 - Present

Adjunct Professor / University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria, TX

• Designed and taught a fully online Introduction to Statistical Methods course which has been delivered in both Blackboard Learn Original and Canvas.

• Analyzed learner data to formulate a strategy for improving student outcomes which resulted in a higher grade average and more positive course evaluations.

03/2018 - 01/2024

Instructional Designer / Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

• Collaborated with faculty and media designers to create rigorous hybrid and fully online undergraduate and graduate courses for a diverse audience.

• Utilized Articulate Storyline 360/Articulate Rise to create federal and state mandated HR trainings.

• Provided support for Blackboard and Kaltura for faculty.

• Recipient of the College of Science and Engineering Technology Staff Excellence Award, 2023.

07/2016 - 03/2018

Instructional Technology Specialist / University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria, TX

• Facilitated the design and development of a brand new, fully online RN-BSN program in Blackboard Original.

• Delivered e-Learning, Blackboard, and Panopto support for faculty as well as students.

• Recipient of the Outstanding Staff Member of the Year award, 2017.

08/2012 - 05/2014

Instructional Design Specialist / Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

• Graduate assistant to the Instructional Design team where I provided online course quality assurance, assessment creation, and course content deployment.

AUGUST 2025 - Present

Ed.D. in Learning, Design, & Technology / University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

MAY 2014

M.S. in Statistics / Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

President of the Statistics Club, Won Best Interdisciplinary Research Award and 2nd Place Masters Student Award at the 2014 Conference of Texas Statisticians

MAY 2012

B.A. in Mathematics / Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

Member of Pi Mu Epsilon, Principal oboist in Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, Research Assistant in Graph Theory