Professional Development

Committee Work

  • Senior Learning Assessment Analyst Hiring Committee member, 2026
  • HLC Accreditation Committee, Criterion 4 member, 2025 – 2027
  • CSIT Dean Hiring Committee member, 2024 – 2025
  • Educational Affairs, division representative, 2023 – 2026
    • Chair, 2025 – 2026
    • Procedures Subcommittee member, 2024 – 2025
    • General Education/Cultural Diversity Subcommittee member, 2024
    • AI Ad Hoc Subcommittee member, 2023 – 2024
  • CSIT Career Fair Board, 2022 member- present
  • CoLab Advisory Board member 2022, chair – present
  • JCCC Instructional Chairs Council member, 2022 – present
  • Peer Review Committee, chair, 2023 – 2025
  • Student Media Board Committee member, 2022 – 2025
  • DEI General Committee member, 2021
  • Web Development and Digital Media Departmental Committees, 2020 – present
    • Curriculum Committee member
    • Marketing Committee member
    • Advisory Committee member

Awards

  • Applied to Excellence Assessment Award, 2026 (in review)
  • BNSF Railway Faculty Achievement Award Winner, 2025

Grants

UISFUL STEM Grant: Japan – Web Development and Japanese Language in Tokyo

Faculty Leader, 2022 – 2024

  • Completed four semesters of Japanese at JCCC
  • Exploratory trip to Tokyo, summer 2023
  • Study abroad trip with students, summer 2024
  • Researched Japanese design and web development

Carl Perkins: OER Resources for Web Development and Digital Media

Faculty, 2021 – 2022

  • Developed OER resources for Digital Video Tools curriculum
  • Developed OER resources for Motion Graphics Tools curriculum

Conferences

  • Master Teacher Workshop, JCCC, Overland Park, KS 2025
  • NISOD Annual Fall Virutal Conference, Oct. 16th – 18th, 2024
  • AIGA Design Conference, Oct. 10th – 12th, virtual, 2024
  • Teaching Professor Virtual Conference, 2021
  • Kansas Board of Regents Webinar Series on OER, 2020

Community Involvement

  • Remake Learning Days, activity host, May 2nd, 2026
  • NEA Delegate for Kansas, 2026
  • Educational Affairs Professional Learning Days Presentations, 2024 – 2025
  • Remake Learning Days, activity host, May 3rd, 2025
  • JCCC STEM Poster Symposium, volunteer judge, May 1st, 2025
  • Night at the Nelson, faculty presenter, April 11th, 2025
  • Kansas State University Fine Art Department, Art Careers Seminar, alumni guest speaker, 2023, 2024
  • Early College Partnerships & Outreach’s “Women in Gaming” High School Conference hosted at JCCC, program presenter, 2023
  • CodeDay Kansas City, Oct. 12th – 13th, JCCC, volunteer supervisor
  • Olathe High School Faculty Professional Development Event at JCCC, guest speaker, 2022
  • JCCC Admissions Recruitment Nontraditional Student Night, JCCC, guest speaker
  • CSIT Career Fair, volunteer, 2021 – 2026
  • Shinnennkai, Hearth of America Japan-American Society’s New Year’s Celebration, Kansas City, MO 2025
  • CSIT Recruitment Office Senior Day Event at JCCC, CSIT guest speaker, 2023
  • Olathe North High School CSIT Presentation at JCCC, CSIT guest speaker, 2022
  • Olathe 8th Grade Career Expo Event, volunteer, 2022, 2023
  • JCCC Student Agency, Faculty Mentor, 2020
  • Talk20MHK 2017, Manhattan Public Library, Manhattan, KS June 22nd 2017, lecture