Lecturer
Biography
Professional Experience
2013-Current Lecturer & Associate Director
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Department of Child & Family Studies
UT Early Learning Center for Research & Practice
2002-2013 Lecturer & Program Director
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Department of Child & Family Studies
UT Early Learning Center for Research & Practice
1996-2002 Instructor & Program Coordinator
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Department of Child & Family Studies
UT Child Development Laboratories
1999-2000 Facilitator Goals 2000
Department of Child & Family Studies/Knox County Schools
1991-1996 Program Coordinator
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
UT Child Development Laboratories
1990-1991 Acting Master Teacher
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
UT Child Development Laboratories
Infant Program
1988-1990 Graduate Assistant
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Department of Child & Family Studies
UT Child Development Laboratories
Preschool Program
1988 Assistant Teacher
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
UT Child Development Laboratories
Infant Program
Education
Child & Family Studies, M.S.
Emphasis: Child Development
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
August 1992
GPA: 4.0
Human Ecology, B.S.
Major: Child & Family Studies
Concentration: Early Childhood Development
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
August 1988
Highest Honors
Awards and Recognitions
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, College of Human Ecology, 1990
• Clarence Kuo Outstanding Graduate Teacher, Child Development Laboratories, 1989, 1990
• Chancellor’s Citation for Professional Promise, University of Tennessee, 1988
• Top College Graduate, College of Human Ecology, 1988
• Dean’s Student Advisory Council, College of Human Ecology, 1988
• Outstanding Undergraduate Student, College of Human Ecology, 1988
• Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Child & Family Studies, 1987, 1988
• Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key, Omicron Nu National Honor Societies
• Robert R. Neyland Merit Scholarship, 1983-1987
• Rehabilitation Corporation of Tennessee Scholarship, 1987-1988
• Jessie Harris Scholarship, 1985-1986