Honors College Faculty/Staff

Bio

I have taught in the Honors College for nine years, and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to learn alongside both my colleagues and my students. I value the WCU Honors College’s distinctive curricular emphasis on leadership, service, and civic engagement. I have taught honors foundations courses including Self-Awareness and Development, Ethics and Moral Choice in a Technological Age, and Decision-Making and Public Discourse.

I serve as the Advisor of the Honors Seminar Pathway, where I have also enjoyed teaching special topics courses such as Leadership & The Good Life, The Good Death, Personal Leadership Development, and a new course, Myth, Morality, and the Media Machine. As the Coordinator of the Minor in Civic and Professional Leadership, I have taught both the foundation course, Theories of Leadership for Today’s Societies, and the capstone course, Contemporary Challenges in Leadership.

My scholarship spans leadership, ethics, digital culture, pedagogy, and grief, and includes peer-reviewed publications as well as creative work in poetry. You can find my published scholarship in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Leadership Studies, the Journal of Leadership Education, the National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Collections, the Journal of Religious Leadership, and the Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy. My writing has also been featured in books published by Ethics Press and Emerald. Grounded in a commitment to collaborative leadership, I strive to bridge academic rigor and compassionate care in order to cultivate purpose, flourishing, and belonging as a teacher, scholar, and leader. I especially enjoy supporting students as they build confidence and deepen their commitment to serving their communities.

In addition to my work in the Honors College, I teach religious studies courses in the Department of Philosophy including Ideas of the Bible and Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. I direct the Leadership and the Good Life Project, which seeks to foster communities of practice committed to building trust across enduring differences while engaging questions of human flourishing. Finally, I serve on WCU’s Undergraduate Research Council, the Council for Diversity, Inclusion, and Academic Excellence, and the project planning team for Yale University's Center for Faith and Culture, contributing to the expansion of the Life Worth Living network.