Expertise

Research:

  • Social Problems and Social Change
    • Non-profit management, local food economies

She has over 30 years of administrative experience in the higher education, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. She has extensive experience with managerial oversight of various organizational functions including strategic planning and assessment, policy development, fundraising, budget oversight, and personnel management and development.

She is particularly interested in the impact of supportive communities on group culture, individual outlook, and resilience.

Teaching interests:

  • Leadership
  • Public Sector and Nonprofit Management
  • Business Communication and Ethics
  • Social Sciences
Degrees
PhD, University of Alabama, Philosophy in Political Science , 1999
MA, University of Alabama, Women's Studies, 1991
BS, University of Montevallo, Communication Arts, 1984