Education
Salve Regina University, Ph.D. in Humanities, Candidate (ABD), Expected 2025
Research interest: Ethics of automated algorithmic (e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning) decision making based on reliance on statistical methods and specifically applied to criminal justice predictive risk-based sentencing and parole decisions
Lamar University, M.Ed. in Digital Learning & Leading, 2018
Kappa Delta Pi international honor society in education, 2018
Pensacola Christian College, B.S. in Business, 2001
Double concentration in Management and Marketing
Work Experience
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Manager, Managed Systems & Services, March 2022 – Present
Sauk Valley Community College
- Dean of Information and Security, July 2018 – March 2022
- Pandemic Administrator, SHIELD Collection Site Lead, March 2020 – August 2022
- Director of Information Services, December 2016 – July 2018
- Coordinator of Web and Integrations, May 2014 – December 2016
- Web Developer, February 2008 – May 2014
Kishwaukee College
- Coordinator, Web and Print Publications, January 2006 – January 2008
Presentations
Invited Presentations
“Ethical Issues in Artificial Intelligence,” Per Scholas AI Explorers Employee Interest Group, July 2024
Conference Presentations
- “Alignment or Assertion: Looking Beyond the Hype of Generative AI and Existential AI Risk,” Humanities and Technology Association, October 2023
Non-Academic Presentations
- “Calendars in Cascade Server”, Cascade Server User Conference, September 2012
- “Modular CSS with Sass in Cascade Server”, Cascade Server User Conference, September 2014
- “5 Unbelievable Tricks to Help You COPE (Create Once, Publish Anywhere)”, Cascade Server User Conference, September 2015
- “The Art of the ‘One Person Band’”, HighEdWeb Michigan, May 2016
Institutional Service
- Technology Services Shared Leadership Team, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022 – Present
- ADA/Accessibility Committee, Sauk Valley Community College, 2019 – 2022
- Technology Commission (CIO group), Member/President, Illinois Council of Community College Administrators, 2018 – 2022
- President’s Cabinet, Sauk Valley Community College, 2018 – 2022
- Leadership Council, Sauk Valley Community College, 2017 – 2022
- Online Learning Committee, Member, Sauk Valley Community College, 2017 – 2022
- Information Security Committee, Chair, Sauk Valley Community College, 2017 – 2022
- Institutional Review Board, Member, Sauk Valley Community College, 2017 – 2022
- Emergency Preparedness Committee, Member/Chair, Sauk Valley Community College, 2016 – 2022
- HLC accreditation working group, Member, Sauk Valley Community College, 2010 – 2011
- Web Committee, Sauk Valley Community College, 2008 – 2021
- CIS Advisory Committee, Member/Chair, Kishwaukee College, 2007 – 2017
- AQIP accreditation committee, Member, Kishwaukee College, 2007
Community Service
- Steering Committee Member, Connect Whiteside, 2022 – Present
- Member, Rotary International, 2019 – Present
- Board Member/Chair/Vice Chair/Treasurer, Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce, 2018 – Present
- Board Member, Blackhawk Hills Regional Council, 2017 – Present
Courses Taught
- CIS 118 – Web Site Development, Kishwaukee College, 1 section, 2007
Professional Training
- Sauk Valley Community Leadership Program, 2016 – 2017
Professional Memberships
- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Student Member, 2018 – Present
- International Association of Privacy Professionals, Higher Education Member, 2020 – Present
- Association for Computers and the Humanities, Student Member, 2022 – Present
- Association for Computing Machinery, Student Member, 2022 – Present
Personal Research Memberships
- Member, General Society of Mayflower Descendants (William Brewster)
- Member, Jamestowne Society (Francis Epes I)