"I've been a college professor, an assessment specialist, a consultant, a CTO for a global nonprofit operating in five countries, and a startup entrepreneur. I am still a consultant, and I run a multimedia animation studio in Sparta, NC, as well as teach classes at the local community college. I'm learning every day.

I believe that we never stop learning. Also, we often learn best from constructive feedback about our mistakes. In my experience as a learning systems designer and developer, I've found that different techniques work better for different subject areas. I try to use a project-based approach to learning, either collaborative or individual, in as many of my classes as I can.

Fun fact(s): I’m a gardener, a writer, and a professional photographer.

I look forward to teaching, learning, and building with you!

I have a Ph.D. in the social sciences, and I've spent over two decades studying people.

I've held a variety of roles in academic, corporate, and nonprofit sectors, as a worker and executive. I've also spent countless hours developing corporate training and job skills acquisition materials and programs in a variety of industry sectors.

I've been a photographer since the age of 13. I was classically trained at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and I specialize in natural light macro, landscape, and portraiture photography.

Having been steeped in a liberal arts education with a core humanities curriculum, as well as a scholar of complex systems, including Ph.D. level understanding and expertise of how humans learn and behave in the world, I am well poised to interpret individual and collective human behavior throughout the history of our existence, especially from an holistic perspective that contextualizes the reasons for these behaviors (and how they may or may not have been recorded) across a variety of phenomena.

I'm excited to discuss your tutoring needs and see if we will be able to work together to achieve your learning goals!" less...