Ph.D. Sociology, George Mason University
M.A. Sociology, DePaul University
B.A. Peace Studies, Chapman University

Awards Received

• Institutional Responsibility Award (2017) Northern Virginia Community College
• Faculty of the Year Award Nominee (2016) Northern Virginia Community College
• Quality Matters National Recognition for Online Course Design Standards (2016)
• George Mason University Provost Summer Fellowship Award (2016)
• National WOW Award for Open Education Resource course design (2014)

Areas of Interest

• Consumer behavior, Brand communities and consumption lifestyles
• Leisure studies, Sociology of work
• Rural Sociology including rural inequality, rural health, and labor markets
• Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Citizen and police relations