Resume (CV) Overview

Project Director and Research Faculty
Department of Counseling & Student Affairs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky 
– Wrote and directed the $1.92 million federal grant through the HRSA BHWET program

Associate Professor (2020-2021) and Assistant Professor (2014-2020)
Department of Counseling & Student Affairs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky 
– Taught graduate counseling courses (2014-2021)
   (career development, group counseling, professional identity, ethics, practicum/internship, research)
– Counseling Clinical Coordinator (2014-2021)
– Program Co-Coordinator, CCR Certificate (2017-2021)
– Program Coordinator, CMHC Program (2015-2016)
– Co-Director, Talley Family Counseling Center (2014-2015)
– Received the College Faculty Excellence Awards in Teaching (2019) and Public Service (2020)

June 2021 – July 2023

Aug 2014 – June 2021

Instructor & Graduate Career Counselor
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
– Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in career development
– Individual Clinical Supervisor
– Assistant Clinical Coordinator
– Graduate Career Counselor

Aug 2006 – May 2013

Traumatic Grief Counselor, Selah Carefarm
MISS Foundation, Cornville, Arizona
– Individual counseling, group grief retreats, and therapeutic walks for clients who lost a child or loved one traumatically or unexpectedly.
– Developed and led group programs
– Directed and supervised interns, volunteers, and clients.
– Completed social media posts, research, and grant writing.
– Assisted client interactions with carefarm rescue animals.

May 2021 – Present

Care Team Coordinator, Fall 2023 voyage (Germany to Thailand)
Semester at Sea, Institute for Shipboard Education
– Managed the administration of the voyage Care Team including tracking and reporting response plans; managing electronic case files; coordinating the notifications, logistics, and academic engagement of each student in need of support; promoting the academic and non-academic re-integration of students to the shipboard community following an emergency or crisis; providing outreach, consultation, support, referral, and resources to students and voyagers in crisis; ensuring continuity of care/support with the academic, counseling, medical teams and ISE.

Care Team Consultant / Associate / Phone Counselor
Alachua County Crisis Center, Gainesville, Florida  
– Responded to homes, hospitals, or accident scenes
– Received the award for “outstanding contribution in extending crisis intervention philosophy into the community” (2008)
– Crisis Intervention Training Team for law enforcement

Patient and Family Volunteer
Haven Hospice, Gainesville, Florida
– Assisted terminally ill patients and their families
– Assisted chronically ill patients transitioning to Hospice