- B.S., Appalachian State University
- M.Ed., University of North Carolina – Charlotte
- Ed.D., Gardner-Webb University
- Children’s Literature
- Perspectives in Education
- Children’s Literature
- Curriculum and Instructional Design
- Children’s Literature
- Perspectives in Education
- Children’s Literature
- Curriculum and Instructional Design
- Submitted an article titled “Reconsidering Homework in the Elementary School Classroom” to the New Teacher Advocate (August 2016)
- Presented Active Student Response Can Keep Students Engaged at the 2015 NC-ACTE Annual Fall Forum in Raleigh, NC (September 24, 2015)
- Presented Increasing Student Achievement with Active Student Response at the 2014 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA (February 6, 2014
- Submitted an article titled “To Assign or Not to Assign: Rethinking Homework” to the New Teacher Advocate journal (August 2013)
• Single-sex education
• Student engagement and active student learning
• Classroom culture and relationships
• Parental involvement
• Manipulative-based learning
• Homework
• Student engagement and active student learning
• Classroom culture and relationships
• Parental involvement
• Manipulative-based learning
• Homework