Objectives

• To contribute my knowledge and experience
  • to advance the search for knowledge in the fields of for-profit education management, quality assurance, services marketing, and marketing research
  • to facilitate communication between colleagues, management, vendors, and customers through internal marketing methods

Summary

• Ph.D. (ABD December 29, 2011) Business Administration with specializations in Marketing and Management (anticipated completion Winter 2012)
• Proposed dissertation: Exploring faculty perceptions of academic quality in Gainful Employment programs
• Eight years' experience teaching business and general education courses to adult learners at a for-profit career college
• Three years' experience producing faculty development workshops
• Background in marketing research and graphic design
• Competent in Microsoft Office 2007/2010, including Access and Excel. Experience with SPSS 16
• Member of the Oregon chapter of the Organizational Development Network (ODN)

Qualities

• Learning-centered
• Patient and empathetic
• Curious and involved
• Intrinsically motivated
• Conscientious
• Analytical

Skills Computer Experience

• Microsoft Windows XP/7
• Microsoft Office 2007/2010
• SPSS 16
• Proofreading and editing
• Web design and content management
• Public speaking
• Scholarly research and writing

Courses Taken (Graduate Level)

• Total Quality Management
• Managing Change
• Organizational Management
• Management Accounting
• Managerial Economics
• Marketing Management
• Service Marketing
• Consumer Behavior
• Customer Relationship Management
• Product Management
• Market Research I and II
• E-Commerce
• The Art and Science of Adult Education
• Foundations of E-Learning
• Statistics/SPSS

Courses Taught (Associates Level)

• Introduction to Marketing
• Consumer Behavior
• E-Commerce
• Sales Management
• Advertising
• Professional Selling
• International Marketing
• Public Speaking/Verbal Communication
• Business Management
• Marketing and Finance
• Organizational Management
• Human Resources Management
• College and Career Success
• Professional Development
• Business Ethics
• General Office Procedures
• Keyboarding
• Introduction to the Internet
• Windows XP
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Publisher

Education

• 2005-present | Ph.D. Business Administration with specializations in Marketing and Management | Northcentral University (www.ncu.edu) |
  anticipated completion date Winter 2012
• 2000 | B.S. Painting/drawing/printmaking | Portland State University
• 1992 | B.S. Business Administration with focus in Marketing Management | California State University at Los Angeles

Work Experience

• 2003-present | Pioneer Pacific College, Wilsonville/Clackamas, Oregon
• 1997-2003 | Administrative support and freelance graphic design for various organizations including U.S. Bank and Freightliner
• 1992-1997 | ASIE Marketing Research, Glendale, CA | Millward Brown International, Los Angeles, CA | Marylander Marketing Research, Encino, CA

 

Do you ever get the feeling that this is how adult education works? Teachers blithely pour in the "knowledge," students try to absorb it, and at the end of the day, what was learned? Both parties go away feeling as if something was missing in the exchange.