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Experience

My teaching background includes more than thirty-five years of teaching and administration, working with various people in a variety of diverse settings:

  • parents

  • children

  • youth

  • teens

  • young adults

  • adults

  • persons with disabilities 

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This professional journey has led to the authorship of several books about parenting, marriage, creative ways to teach, publications regarding effective teaching and other family life education topics, programs and presentations associated with effective teaching, service as the President of the Family Science Association (FSA), co-chair of the International Conference on the Future of Education, associate editor of the Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, and several local and national teaching awards. I fundamentally believe in "teaching as an intervention" and it is this focus that drives my desire to make a transformational difference in the lives of my students. 

  • preschool

  • elementary school

  • middle school

  • high school

  • community

  • college

  • university

Courses Taught

University of Florida

• FYC 3001 – Principles of Family, Youth and Community Sciences (Face-to-Face only)

• FYC 3101 – Parenting and Family Development (Face-to-Face only)

• FYC 3115 – Human Services (Face-to-Face only)

• FYC 4503 – Methods of Family Life Education (Face-to-Face only)

• FYC 4905 – Family and Cultural Diversity (Study Abroad only, Master's)

• FYC 4905 – German Culture and Family Life (Study Abroad only, Master's)

• FYC 6222 – Parenting and Child Relationships ((Face-to-Face only, Master's)

• FYC 6932 – Marriage and Relationship Education (Face-to-Face only, Master's)

• FYC 6932 – Youth and Family Relationships (Online only, Master's)

• FYC 6932 – Professional Development (Doctoral; Face-to-Face only)

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Utah State University

• USU 1010 – Connections (Face-to-Face only)

• FCHD 1010 – Balancing Work & Family (Online, Face-to-Face)

• FCHD 1500 – Human Development across the Lifespan (Face-to-Face only)

• FCHD 2400 – Marriage and Family Relationships (Face-to-Face, Interactive Broadcast)

• FCHD 3210 – Families and Cultural Diversity (Online, Face-to-Face)

• FCHD 4830 – Family Life Studies Senior Project (Online only)

• FCHD 4990 – Readings in Family and Cultural Diversity (Online, Face-to-Face)

• FCHD 4990 – Emotional Intelligence in Marriage and Parenting (Face-to-Face only)

• FCHD 5540 – MFHD 5540 – Methods in Family Life Education (Face-to-Face, Master’s)

• FCHD 6070 – Family Theories (Face-to-Face, Master’s, Doctoral)

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Note: All courses are undergraduate courses unless otherwise specified.

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