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My Work Experience

Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies

Ph.D. from Cornell University
MA and BA from Univ. of Kansas
B.J. in Journalism from Univ. of Kansas
Also, taught at SUNY Fredonia, Middlebury College, and Cornell University

Leadership Position
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Leadership Training

President and Founder, Center for Humanities Communication

Co-Director, 4Humanities

Member of the Board of Directors, Empire State Performing Arts Center, (The Egg), Albany, NY

Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Wellesley Institute.
American Council on Education (ACE) Southern Regional LeadershipForum for Women Administrators

Center for Humanities Communication

Resources and Training for Communicating the Humanities

Co-Founder and President, with Prof. Alan LIuThe mission of the Center for Humanities Communication is to curate and contribute to an open-license digital clearinghouse of quality humanities advocacy and communication materials, and to mentor “new voices” of humanities communicators able to enter organizations, professions, and media roles that bring the humanities to the public. We believe that a widely sourced and centrally coordinated Center for Humanities Communication can directly and effectively support individuals, groups, and organizations, locally and nationwide, in their work advocating and communicating about the humanities.

About the CHC

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Students from the Call for Social Change Class

Who am I ?
I am a parent, partner and professor who is passionate about empowering our young.

What do I do?
I teach, mentor, and advocate for the importance of a balanced and holistic education through which students expand their thinking into new and creative directions.

What problem am I trying to solve?
Despite an ever-increasing need for more humanity-centered solutions, the Liberal Arts and the Arts and Humanities get a bad rap, and as a result fewer kids are enrolling in these programs.

What is my solution?
My goal is to reimagine and refresh curricular programs, as well as enhance communication and share mutually beneficial ideas and solutions.

What makes my work different?
Like many, I want to show students and parents the wondrous world of the arts and humanities and the cross-disciplinary opportunities they afford. But I do so with an eye toward the future and the needs of the future workforce. I include the voices and visions of the next generation through a holistic approach to our work-lives and to the building of diverse and inclusive communities.

Why do I do what I do?
Because my dream was to be graphic designer or a set designer. But I had no mentor, no money, no understanding of what I could do with a degree in the arts. So I took a different path. Today, I want every young person—especially first generation students—to understand how they can turn their passions into meaningful and creative careers.
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The Arts and Humanities in the 21st Century Workplace

This is a website I created to feature concrete examples about the professional pursuit of the Arts and Humanities across a variety of different fields.

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