Educational Background

• M.S., Mathematics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

 Thesis: Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems: A Numerical Approach.
 Advisor: John M. Neuberger, Ph.D.

• B.S., Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
• A.S., Math and Science, Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA

Professional Background

• August 2008 - Present: Associate Professor, Departments of Physics and Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
• August 2004 - August 2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
• Aug. 2000 – August 2004: Instructor, Department of Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
• Aug. 1997 – Aug. 2000: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mathematics, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
• Summers of 1998 and 1999: Core Faculty, Mathematics, Four Corners Math and Science Summer Program,  NAU,  Flagstaff, AZ
• Jan. 1995 – Aug. 1997: Assistant Director of the Math and Science Center, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ.  Also helped students with problem solving in math, physics, and chemistry
• Jan. 1995 – Aug. 1997: Mathematics and Physics Tutor.  Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Jan. 1990 – June 1991: Physics Lab Technician.  Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA
• Jan. 1989 – June 1991: Mathematics Tutor.  Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA

Awards

• Student Choice's Award, VVC, 2009
• Student Choice's Award, VVC, 2008
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers. 2006-2007
• Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year. 2000, NAU
• Tutor of the Semester. 1995, ASU Athletics Department
• Tutor of the Year. 1991, VVC

Publications

• Printed Test Bank for Introductory Statistics, Eight Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison - Wesley 2007
• Printed Test Bank for Elementary Statistics, Seventh Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison - Wesley 2007
• Instructor's Solution Manual for Calculus for The Life Sciences, by Bittinger, Brand, and Quintanella, Addison - Wesley 2006
• Student's Solution Manual for Calculus for The Life Sciences, by Bittinger, Brand, and Quintanella, Addison - Wesley 2006
• Printed Test Bank for Introductory Statistics, Seventh Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison - Wesley 2004
• Printed Test Bank for Elementary Statistics, Sixth Edition, by Neil Weiss, Addison - Wesley 2004
• Nonlinear Elliptic Value Problems: A Numerical Approach. (Thesis), NAU 2000

Grants

• VVC Faculty Grant Program. Submitted May 2009 (Funded for $1200)
• Title V Grant Team Member. Submitted March 2004 (Funded for $2.7 million over 5 years)
• VVC Faculty Grant Program. Submitted April 2003 (Funded for $2500)
• Title V Grant Team Member. Submitted February 2003 (Not Funded)
• Upward Bound Grant Team Member. Submitted December 2002 (Not Funded)
• Tracking Basic Skills Students for Academic Success. Submitted May 2002 with Joe Pendleton (Not Funded)

Presentations

• Integration by Parts and The Hydrogen Atom. Victor Valley College, 4/2003
• Matrices in Physics Education. Victor Valley College, 10/2002
• Teaching as a Career.  Victor Valley College, 4/2001
• Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems.  MAA Southwest regional conference, 4/2000
• Bifurcation Diagrams and Stability of Critical Points.  NAU Applied Math seminar series, 2/2000

Membership

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
• American Mathematics Association of Two year Colleges (AMATYC)
• California Mathematics Council Community Colleges South (CMC^3-South)
• Society of Physics Students (SPS)
• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• American Physics Society (APS)