Educational background

Galillee College, Israel
Religious Mosiac in the Holy Land

Governors State University, University Park, IL
Master of Arts - Major: English
Thesis: The Art of Comedy in Franz Kafka's Life and Literature

Nazareth University, Nazareth, Mich.
Master of Education - Major: Education
Thesis: Reaching Multiple Intelligences: A Practical Analysis for the Content Classroom of Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences

William Woods University, Fulton, Mo.
Bachelor of Arts - Major: Theatre Arts/English

Work experience

Current - Job Title: Professor at KCC - 9 years
Prior - Job Title: College Teacher, part-time - 11 years
Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Davenport University, Kalamazoo, MI

Professional affiliations

American Association of University Women
American Association of University Professors
Community College Humanities Association
Copyright Alliance
Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association (MIFA), certified judge
Midwest Institute for International and Intercultural Education
National Association for Women in the Arts
National Council of Teachers of English

Honors and awards

Galillee College, Israel tuition award, 2008
Center for Russian Eastern European Studies University of Michigan Visiting Scholar, 2004
Center for Advanced Study of International Development Michigan State University Visiting Scholar, 2002
US Department of Education Title VIa award Summer Workshop grant with Midwest Institute for International and Intercultural Education 2000, 2002
Fulbright-Hayes Group Travel Award to Czech Republic and Slovakia, 2001
The State of Michigan Professional Education Certificate English/Speech expires 2012
Institute of Certified Travel Agents, Wellesley, MA Certificate of Recognition
New Tribes Bible Institute, Waukesha, WI Certificate in Biblical Studies
Sigma Tau Delta, National Honary Scholastic Society
Alpha Psi Omega, National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity
Marquis Who's Who in America 2009
Cambridge Who's Who Registry Among Executive and Professional Women 2009

Publications

Showing Spiritual Truth to Deconstructed Lives (Published: International Institute for Christian Studies)
Early 20th-century Jewish Influences on Prague/Eastern Europe (Published: International Institute University of Michigan Center for Russian and European Studies)
Czech Republic: Cornering the Convoluted (Published: Midwest Institute for International and Intercultural Education)
Czech Republic: Franz Kafka's "Prison" (Published: Midwest Institutefor International and Intercultural Education)
Sacred and Mystical Places of India (Published: Midwest Institute for International and Intercultural Education)
Hindu Women: The Rites of Passage (Published: Western Michigan University)
Addie's Bell Toll (Published: Governers State University)