Education

Northern Illinois University; Ed.D. in Business Education and Office Administration, 1989
Northern Illinois University; M.S. in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, 1983
Michigan State University, B.S. in Personnel Management, 1981
Certified in A+ PC Troubleshooting, Network Administration, and Advanced Network Administration

Teaching Format

Face-to-face
Online MBA

Employment History

Director Online Education & Technology UW-Whitewater 7/07-Present
Executive Director Online Education UW-Whitewater 7/01-6/07
Master Teacher/Technology Coordinator UW-Whitewater 11/97-6/01
Full Professor UW-Whitewater 8/95-Present
Associate Professor UW-Whitewater 8/92-7/95
Assistant Professor UW-Whitewater 8/88-7/92
Lecturer Northern Illinois University 7/85-5/88
Sales Representative Ryerson Steel Inc 9/83-6/85
Teaching Assistant Northern Illinois University 1/82-5/83

Teaching/Administrative Experience

Received College of Business and Economics
Hermsen Teaching Award, 1995

2001-Present
Executive Director Online Education

• Supervise On-Line MBA Support Staff
• Provide technological support for all students enrolled in the Online MBA program. (Note: 13 classes will be offered in Fall, 2000 with enrollment of approximately 400 students.)
• Provide technological support for 25 faculty members teaching or interested in teaching on-line courses.
• Act as laison between faculty members team teaching with professors in International Hospitality and Tourism Degree Program.
• Plan, develop, and present faculty training workshops to improve on-line technical skills and teaching techniques.
• Act as laison between the server administrator and the faculty and students at UW-Whitewater.
• Develop and support marketing efforts for the Online MBA program.
• Develop and support web page efforts for the Online MBA program.
• Write grants to obtain funding to support the Online MBA program.
• Test new technological equipment that may be used to teach on-line courses in the future.
• Act as Master Teacher and assess courses prior to their being offered.
• Gather data through student surveys and interviews to identify how to improve Online MBA courses.
• Create master cd-rom for on-line courses and oversee production of cd-roms for students.

1997-2001
Master Teacher/Technology Coordinator Online Education

• Provide technological support for all students enrolled in the Online MBA program. (Note: 13 classes will be offered in Fall, 2000 with enrollment of approximately 400 students.)
• Provide technological support for 25 faculty members teaching or interested in teaching on-line courses.
• Act as laison between faculty members team teaching with professors in International Hospitality and Tourism Degree Program.
• Plan, develop, and present faculty training workshops to improve on-line technical skills and teaching techniques.
• Act as laison between the server administrator and the faculty and students at UW-Whitewater.
• Develop and support marketing efforts for the Online MBA program.
• Develop and support web page efforts for the Online MBA program.
• Write grants to obtain funding to support the Online MBA program.
• Test new technological equipment that may be used to teach on-line courses in the future.
• Act as Master Teacher and assess courses prior to their being offered.
• Gather data through student surveys and interviews to identify how to improve Online MBA courses.
• Create master cd-rom for on-line courses and oversee production of cd-roms for students.
• Lead Teacher and Curriculum Chair for Computer-End-User Technologies Major

Personally taught the following courses:

Undergraduate Courses:

• Computer End-User Technologies
• Network Administration for the End-User
• Computer End-User Planning and Implementation
• Computer End-User Information Management
• Computer End-User Systems Management
• Business Communications
• Administrative Communications

Graduate Courses:

• Human Factors in Office Automation
• Business Technologies
• Network Administration for the End-User
• Seminar in Business Communications
• Thesis Committee member for Ms. Dorothy Sanchez
• Research Committee member for Mr. Paul Scheel

University Service

Present SBDC Workshops for local business people on pc hardware and software such as pc troubleshooting, network administration, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.

Active member of several department, college and university committees.

My most rewarding service activity is being the advisor for the student chapter of OSRA, an organization for computer technology majors.

Research:

Although my research interests vary, my primary interests concerns issues associated with distance education and computer technologies. At present, I have published over 25 articles and delivered over 40 presentations.

Research Awards:

Recipient of the Robert E. Slaughter Research Award for the best dissertation in the field of Business Education and Office Administration, 1990.

Recipient of the College of Business and Economics Research Award, 1996