Awards and Accomplishments

Awards and Honors

• Open SUNY Online Teaching Community Leader, awarded August, 2020
• Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador, 2019
• Outstanding Peer Support, #EmTechMOOC, 2018
• SUNY FACT² Award for Excellence in Instruction, Community Colleges, 2016
• SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service, 2014
• GCC President’s Innovation Award Recipient for Teaching and Supporting Instruction in a Virtual Environment
• Robert & Sally Bermudes Scholarship for Research Travel, 2013 (SUNY College at Brockport)
• Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Member
• Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Member

Publications

• Contributor, “Trends in Distance Education – What College Leaders Should Consider” published by the Instructional Technology Council (ITC), November 2014.

• “The Social, Cultural, and Economic Effects of the Implementation of Rural Free Delivery in Late 1890s America.” 2013.

Professional Affiliations

• SUNY Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology (FACT²⁾ Council Member – Community College Representative (appointment: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2021)
• Upstate New York College Consortium Instructional Designers and Technologists Community of Practice (UNYCC IDT COP) Member
• WNY-BUG (Western New York Blackboard Users Group) Member
• American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Member
• Directors of Online and Distance Education (DOODLE) Member
• Open SUNY COTE Fellow
• Coursera Mentor, #EmTech MOOC
• Instructional Technology Council (ITC) New Initiatives Group Member
• Leadership Genesee (LG) Curriculum Committee Member
• Genesee Country Village & Museum (GCVM) Member and Volunteer
• Wehle Museum of Sporting Art Volunteer Tour Guide