Qualifications to Serve as a Consultant to Improve Major Oral and Written Skills
Academic Background:
- B.A. in English from the University. of Michigan
- Studied at the University of Sheffield, England, taking Education courses & performing student teaching responsibility; also, she performed her student teaching in Ann Arbor, MI
- M.A. in English-Education from the University of Michigan
- Ph.D. in Education (Curriculum and Instruction) from the University of Michigan, doctoral work focusing on teaching English Composition to Deaf College Students
Professional Background:
- Supervisor of Student Teachers
- High School English Teacher
- College 3English Teacher (for over forty years)
- Owner/Publisher of Two Publishing Companies (for over twenty-six years)
- Editor and/or Contributor to Three Books
- Author of Five Books, the two most recent: 17th edition of Bare Essentials: A Handbook for Beginner Writers and Bare Essentials Bits—The Book: Helping You Solve the Puzzles of Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Choice
- Blogger
- Exhibitor at several professional conferences, i e., BookExpo and Conference on College Composition and Communication, and Conferences of the National Council of Teachers of English
- Presenter at several professional conferences, ie., Conference on Composition and Communication and Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English
- Motivational Speaker
Three of the Most Treasured Professional/ Service Recognitions:
- Elite Member of the International Women’s Leadership Association
- College Classroom (on the campus of Mott Community College [Flint, MI] Named after Dr. Hayes-Scott
- Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an International Public Service Sorority
Personal Background:
- Passionately in Love with Teaching
- Passionately in Love with Writing
- Passionately in Love with Supporting Female Entrepreneurs and Those Needing Support with Language Use
- Most definitely, Passionately in Love with Life!
In the Winter of 2015, she became a blogger. Her blogs have detailed her experiences teaching/coaching writers. The results, within sixteen weeks, yielded the publication, Community College Students’ Literary Collage, a compilation of children’s and adult short stories, poems, and short plays. She continues to blog.