Design Educator
Creative Technologist
Doctoral Candidate
CTE Advocate
I’ve spent over a decade working at the intersection of education, design, and technology—teaching, building, researching, and learning. I’m passionate about helping students find their voice through creative media, and I believe that good design should be both intentional and inclusive.
This site is a living document of my practice—an archive of work, a place to test ideas, and a reflection of how I think as both a maker and a mentor.
Entering the Dissertation Phase
This site represents the culmination of my work leading up to the dissertation phase of the Interprofessional Education Doctorate Program at Kent State University. Since beginning this journey in August 2022, I’ve grown significantly as a scholarly practitioner—deepening my understanding of design education, broadening my perspective, and strengthening my commitment to meaningful, inclusive learning experiences.
Now, as I move into the final phase of this doctorate, I see my profession through new lenses. I’m excited to give back—through research that is reflective, practice-oriented, and rooted in real-world classroom impact.
Current Research Focus
Exploring how AI-powered tools can enhance inclusive, project-based learning in CTE and interactive media classrooms. I’m particularly interested in how platforms like ChatGPT can support differentiated instruction and boost student engagement in creative problem solving.
The Carnegie Project
Education Doctorate
Overview
The work done in the Interprofessional Leadership program at Kent State is aligned with Carnegie Project Education Doctorate’s (CPED) Principles.
These principles ensure the work:
- Is framed around questions of equity, ethics and social justice to bring about solutions to complex problems of practice.
- Prepares leaders who can construct and apply knowledge to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals, families, organizations and communities.
- Provides opportunities for candidates to develop and demonstrate collaboration and communication skills to work with diverse communities and to build partnerships.
- Provides field–based opportunities to analyze problems of practice and use multiple frames to develop meaningful solutions.
- Is grounded in and develops a professional knowledge base that integrates both practical and research knowledge, that links theory with systemic and systematic inquiry.
- Emphasizes the generation, transformation and use of professional knowledge and practice.
Aligning the work to CPED Principles
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