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Profile Summary

Research interests include education, higher education, developmental education, sustainability, food studies, institutional change, partnerships with non-profits, food systems, regenerative agriculture; research within poststructural and critical paradigms, including feminist poststructuralism, post-qualitative. My dissertation is a feminist analysis of a partnership between a university and community partners to develop a Food Studies major. Research assistant at the National Center for Developmental Education at Appalachian State University. I also conducted research for the AppalFRESH consortium of faculty researching sustainable food systems.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Agriculture
• ☆ Art Education
• ☆ Rhetoric
• ☆ Sustainable Development
• ☆ Nonprofit Organization Administration

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Research Meta-Research

Data & AI Data Insights

Work Experience

Writer

StoryMoss

June 2025 - Present

Consultant - Subject Matter Expert

K Lemke Consulting

March 2020 - Present

Research Assistant

National Center for Developmental Education

August 2015 - May 2017

Researcher

Appalachian State University Sustainable Development

May 2016 - August 2016

President of the Board of Directors

San Luis Valley Local Food Coalition

January 2012 - June 2015

Director of Developmental Education

Adams State University

May 2007 - June 2015

Education

Ed.D

Appalachian State University

August 2015 - May 2019

Ed.S - Developmental Education

Appalachian State University

July 2012 - August 2014

MA English/ Rhetoric and Composition

University of Northern Colorado

August 1995 - August 1997

BA Psychology/English minor Music

Lawrence University

September 1989 - June 1993

Certifications

• Permaculture Design Certificate

  Design School for Regenerating Earth

  March 2025 - Present