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Sample Career Highlights
  • Cathy O’Neil Couza Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity, Western Illinois University.

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    Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, Western Illinois University.

  • Received the G. Pritchy Smith Multicultural Educator Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) and the WIU Provost’s 2009 Excellence in Multicultural Teaching award.

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    Received Distinguished Alumni Leadership in Education award from Grand Valley State College.

  • Created a 10-hour DVD course titled “Effective Strategies for Learning and Teaching about Diversity in the USA”.

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  • I received the University of Illinois, College of Education, Distinguished Alumni Award.

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    Developed and taught “Dealing with Diversity,” a 24-hour telecast distributed through the PBS Adult Learning Service.

  • Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois.

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    Began teaching at Western Illinois University as a professor of Educational Psychology in the department of Educational & Interdisciplinary Studies. 

  • M.A. from Indiana University.

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    B.Ph. from Grand Valley State University.