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Education

Education

  • MLIS, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (in progress)

  • PhD, Information Science, University of North Texas

  • MA, 20th Century American Literature, Texas A&M-Kingsville

  • MS Ed., Secondary Education, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

  • BA, English, Texas A&M-Kingsville

Texas Teaching Certifications

  • Special Education EC-12

  • Generalist EC-4

  • English Language Arts and Reading 4-12

  • Journalism 7-12

  • Gifted and Talented EC-12

  • English as a Second Language EC-12

Personal Interests

  • Wogging (walking & jogging)

  • Reading historical fiction and short stories

  • Traveling

  • Cooking/Baking

  • My fur-babies

Illinois Teaching Certifications

  • Early Childhood Education (Self Contained General Education)

  • English As A Second Language

    English Language Arts

  • Gifted Education Teacher

  • Language Arts

  • Learning Behavior Specialist I

  • Secondary Education

Research Interests

  • Information behaviors in the classroom

  • Link between genius and mental illness

  • LIS education and pedagogy

  • Educational technology

  • Information access in minority communities

  • Digital curation

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