Biography

Instructional Design & Technology at Southwestern University in our Center for Teaching, Learning & Scholarship. At Southwestern, I collaborate with faculty, staff and students to explore and try out "techy things" to bring new experiences to students and broaden the scope of the learning environment. As an AI enthusiast and educator I encourage and explore with others using AI as a tool for course activities, reimagine assignments and learning methodologies, student projects and research, and to reduce mundane and repetative tasks. I also manage our SU Makerspaces and student employees who support our community in using the studios and assist with other related projects. I like to envision and think outside the box, mix seemingly disparate interests and expertises, and explore and play with new "technologies".

A Steep Learning Curve, Southwestern Magazine, Spring 2021

It’s Just Not the Same, Part 1

Joe S. Mundy Award for Exemplary Service

Bob Lilly Guest Coach SU Football

Past experiences include software development for academic and course needs at Drexel University and as contractor, certified technical trainer for Novell services, manager of server systems at Texas Comptroller, and author/co-author of several technical books.

Author/co-author:

    Linux for Dummies 3rd & 4th editions

    Installing and Configuring Web Servers Using Apache