Expertise

Through community responsive research methodologies, I explore how educational institutions become places where faculty, students, and communities flourish. In 2013 I introduced Applied Critical Leadership as a framework for equitable organizational transformation and it has continued to evolve through Cultural Resonance, an approach that centers belonging, identity, and human connection in educational systems. My current scholarship advances Faculty Success as an emerging interdisciplinary field of inquiry, integrating leadership, organizational change, community-engaged scholarship, and educator well-being to strengthen institutions in service of students and society.

Keywords that define my research are:

-Cultural Resonance

-Applied Critical Leadership

-Faculty Success

-Institutional Servingness

-Organizational Transformation

-Higher Education Leadership

-Leadership Development

-Culturally Responsive Leadership

-Equity-Centered Systems Change

-Faculty Development

=Organizational Learning

-Educational Improvement

Organizational Affiliations

Vice Provost - Faculty Success, Faculty Success

Vice Provost for Faculty Success, Faculty Success

Past Affiliations

Associate Vice President, Strategy, California Lutheran University (United States, Thousand Oaks) - CLU

Adjunct Professor, California State University, San Marcos (United States, San Marcos) - CSUSM

Head of School, AD, & Professor, University of Auckland (New Zealand, Auckland) - UoA

Assistant Professor, California State University, San Marcos (United States, San Marcos) - CSUSM

Associate Professor, California State University, San Marcos (United States, San Marcos) - CSUSM

Professor, California State University, San Marcos (United States, San Marcos) - CSUSM

Education

Elementary Bilingual Education
1994, BAEd, University of Arizona (United States, Tucson) - UA

Graduated Cum Laude

Bilingual Exceptional Education
1997, MS, University of Arizona (United States, Tucson) - UA
Education & School Psychology
2000, Ph.D., University of Arizona (United States, Tucson) - UA