Professional Development & Certifications

My approach to teaching and instructional design is shaped by sustained, intentional professional development in pedagogy, learning science, and educational technology. Rather than treating certifications as isolated credentials, I view them as complementary forms of training that inform how I design courses, support faculty, and evaluate learning environments across modalities.

This page documents both core credentials and ongoing professional learning that support my work as a sociologist and instructional designer.

Core Credentials

Canvas Certified Educator HE, Instructure

Completed formal certification in designing learner-centered Canvas courses, with emphasis on alignment among learning objectives, instructional activities, and assessments, as well as the development of personalized and accessible learning pathways in online and hybrid environments.

Quality Matters (Peer Reviewer, Applying the Quality Matters Rubric), Quality Matters

Completed course design training grounded in Quality Matters standards, emphasizing alignment, accessibility, clarity, and continuous course improvement through evidence-based review and quality assurance practices. Currently serving as a Quality Matters Peer Reviewer (Subject Matter Expertise: Social Sciences)

Specialized Pedagogical Training

AI-Supported Teaching and Learning, Educause; Magna; Microsoft; LinkedIn Learning

Completed professional development focused on responsible, transparent, and pedagogically grounded uses of generative AI in higher education, with attention to academic integrity, equity, assessment design, and student sensemaking. This training informs my work supporting faculty in integrating AI as a tool for learning rather than substitution or automation.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL), CAST

Completed formal training grounded in the CAST Universal Design for Learning framework, emphasizing proactive course design that reduces barriers and supports learner variability through multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression across online and hybrid modalities.

Online Assessment & Course Alignment, Magna

Participated in workshops and institutes emphasizing backward design, authentic assessment, and alignment across course-level and module-level outcomes, with a focus on improving clarity, coherence, and equity in online and hybrid course design.

Ongoing Professional Learning