Degrees

Master of Arts in Professional Writing, 2009
Concentration: Applied Writing, Support Area: Composition & Rhetoric
Thesis: Intrinsic Connections Among Drafting, Designing, and Communicating

Bachelor of Science in Communication, 2003
Program: Public Relations; Minor: Marketing

Certificates

"Teaching with Artificial Intelligence", Certificate, Auburn University, 2025.

"Creating Inclusive Content", LinkedIn Learning. Sabrena Deal, University of Georgia, 2025. 

 "Expanding the Nest (Innovator)", Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, 2024.
 
"TILT: Assignment Design for Transparency in Teaching and Learning (Souvenir Badge)", Center for Excellence in in Teaching and Learning, 2024.
 
"What Educational Psychology Can Teach Us About Student Success (Badge)", Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, 2024.
 
"Introduction to uHoo Analytics (Souvenir Badge)", KSU Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, 2024.

“Adobe Certified Associate in Print and Digital Design”, Certification, Adobe Systems, 2019-2022.

“Digital Publishing for Educators”, Certificate, Adobe Systems, 2019.

“Designing Infographics”, Certificate, Adobe Systems, 2019.

“Build-a-Web Course”, Certificate, Office of Distance Education, Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University, 2018.

“Introduction to News Design”, Certificate, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, 2016.

“Online Course Development”, Certificate, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Kennesaw State University, 2015.

“Teachapalooza V”, Certificate, The Poynter Institute, 2015.