Capella University
PhD in Public Safety- Criminal Justice, August 2010, GPA: 4.00/4.00

University of Wisconsin Platteville
Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice: May 2005, GPA: 4.00/4.00

University of Wisconsin Platteville
Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice: May 1999
Minor in Psychology: May 1999

• State of Wisconsin Social Worker, State of Wisconsin Quality Service Reviewer, "Stop the Hate" Trainer

5/2005 - Present: University of Wisconsin Platteville Criminal Justice Department
Instructor for the Master of Science Criminal Justice Program: 5/2005 - Present
Coordinator Online Undergraduate Criminal Justice Program: 8/2007 - Present
Instructor for the Campus & Online Undergraduate Program: 8/2007 - Present

• Advising criminal justice students with course planning and career aspirations
• Collaborating with the Distance Learning Center to enhance online learning
• Participating in course enhancement training and incorporating technological advances
• Developing and revising courses, lectures, assignments, and objectives
• Composing and providing lectures, exams, projects, and weekly discussion
• Grading student discussions, assignments, comprehensive exams, and final papers
• Overseeing student activities via the UW Platteville Criminal Justice Association
• Recruiting, hiring, and mentoring online Criminal Justice Instructors

3/2000- 1/2004 & 11/2006- 8/2007: Dane County Alternatives to Incarceration
Assistant Coordinator
Social worker for the Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP)
Social worker for the Bail Monitoring Program (BMP)

• Conducting evaluations and investigations of Dane County Jail inmates
• Ongoing supervision of EMP and BMP clients via weekly appointments
• Providing case consultation, treatment recommendations, and community support
• Assembling, programming, and installing Sobrietor and house arrest equipment
• Testing urinalysis specimens for drug screening and addressing positive results
• Writing assessments, evaluations, and status reports for criminal court proceedings
• Testifying at bail hearings and corresponding criminal court proceedings
• Assisting clients with intake appointments for the Drug Court Program
• Drafting court memorandums, violation reports, and arrest warrants
• Referring clients for services- medical, alcohol and drug, mental health, employment
• Staffing cases with Victim Witness staff, District Attorneys, and Probation and Parole

01/2004 - 11/2007: Dane County Department of Human Services- Child Protection
Social Worker/Intake Investigator for Child Neglect, Physical, Emotional, & Sexual Abuse

• Drafting, filing, and presenting petitions to Dane County Court Commissioners and Judges
• Providing Expert testimony during criminal trials
• Testifying at custody hearings, preliminary hearings, and related pre-trial proceedings
• Conducting forensic cognitive graphic interviewing of victims
• Teaming with a Multi Disciplinary Team via Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center
• Completing Interstate Compact home study evaluations and step parent adoption studies
• Preparing Permanency Plans, Safety Procedures, and Substantiation Notices
• Writing children, parent, and family assessments
• Participating in Emergency On Call rotations to include taking custody of children
• Referring clients and victims for services- medical, drug and alcohol, mental health, housing
• Supporting victims undergoing SANE (Sexual Assault Nursing Examiner) exams
• Supervising UW Madison graduate student interns
• Presenting for UW Madison School of Social Work, Family Services, Madison School District

7/1999 - 3/2000: Volunteers in Probation
Serving as the Executive Director

• Maintaining the Transitional Living, Mentorship, and Community Service Programs
• Overseeing employees and UW Madison Internship students
• Presenting to the Board of Directors at monthly meetings
• Screening Dane County Jail inmates for program eligibility
• Supervising jail diversion clients in a temporary housing setting
• Preparing written client case summaries for Dane County Courts

5/1999 - 10/1999: Bockari House (Juvenile/Transitional Group Home)
Case Manager

• Supervising court ordered juvenile group home clients
• Providing guidance, support, crisis intervention, and counseling to troubled youth
• Performing client orientations, writing incident reports, preparing progress reports
• Relaying cases status and referral opinions with social workers, lawyers, and the courts

9/1996 - 5/1999: University of Wisconsin Platteville Police Department
Community Service Officer

• Securing and locking campus buildings and offices
• Assisting students and staff with office related requests
• Distributing parking passes, data entry, and radio transmission
• Issuing parking citations in restricted campus areas

5/1998 - 7/1998: State of Wisconsin Probation and Parole
Wisconsin Department of Corrections Intern

• Holding consultative meetings with clients via office and home visits
• Obtaining statements and creating case plan strategies
• Conducting background investigations
• Preparing pre-sentence investigation reports
• Writing violation reports, transfer summaries, and chronological notes
• Referring clients for services- mental health, alcohol and drug, housing

7/1996 - 5/1998: Platteville Police Department
Telecommunicator and Parking Enforcement

• Dispatching for Platteville Police, Rescue, and Fire Department
• Answering emergency 911 calls and paging corresponding parties
• Compiling case report data: criminal histories, license checks, and case reports
• Volunteering with the Bicycle Safety course and the D.A.R.E. Program
• Collecting parking citation and permit fees
• Distributing parking tickets

6/1995 - 7/1996: Southwest MEG Drug Unit
Executive Assistant

• Transcribing verbatim under cover drug sale purchases via wire transmission
• Drafting grants and compiling reports for the Office of Justice Assistance
• Documenting evidence during the execution of search warrants
• Providing criminal court testimony for the Grant County Court
• Maintaining financial accounts- balancing checking accounts, paying bills, employee payroll

3/1994 - 7/1996: Grant County Sheriffs Department
Administrative Assistant for the Detectives

• Transcribing interview tapes and case reports
• Recording of evidence during the execution of search warrants
• Coordinating meetings with the District Attorney's Office

August 2010: Dissertation: School Violence: Social Bond Theory and Physical Fights

• This dissertation was a causal comparative (with a correlational subcomponent) study to assess whether there is a significant difference in the number of physical fights at school between students who have school attachments, involvements, beliefs, and commitments and students who do not have school attachments, involvements, beliefs, and commitments.

Summer 2009: A Need to Comprehensively Assess Clients Addicted to Controlled Substances

• This comprehensive case study includes a cocaine addicted client's case history, treatment plan, and a comprehensive look at cocaine addiction and treatment. The case study stresses the need to consider mental health disorders, risky behavior, legal involvement, housing, parenting, education, and job skills.

Summer 2009: A Need for a Qualitative look at School Violence

• This qualitative research proposal stresses the need to unveil the theoretical roots of physical fighting at school in order to address the issue of school violence. A phenomenological look at the problem is subsequently proposed in order to gain a richer understanding of the lived experience of the adolescents who have engaged in a physical fight at school.

Summer 2009: A Need for Action Research to promote Child Advocacy for Child Maltreatment Victims

• This action research proposal provides an applied sociological look at advocating for the needs of child victims of substantial maltreatment following the maltreatment disclosure. Sociological theories (dramaturgy and symbolic interactionism) and theorists (Foucault and Habermas) provide theoretical support for the action research study.

Spring 2009: A Need to Recognize the Significance of the Differential Reinforcement Theory

• This research proposal highlights the impact of the witnessing, learning, and later mimicking acts of violence as proposed by the Differential Reinforcement Theory. The proposal specifically includes a literature review, qualitative and quantitative methods, measures to address validity, reliability, and credibility, and a budget analysis.

Spring 2009: A Need to Address the Over Representation of Minorities in Wisconsin Prisons

• This research stresses the need to consider revision of policies and practices that have led to the over representation of minorities in Wisconsin prisons.

Fall 2008: A Need to Look at Parenting Programs from Behavioral Theoretical Approach

• This research stresses the need to utilize parenting programs that go beyond knowledge based learning by addressing specific behaviors and actions parents can engage in to manage and reduce negative child behaviors while also reinforcing positive behaviors in order to truly lower the prevalence of child abuse. This research teases a part the epistemological tenets of the behavioral theory.

Fall 2008: A Need to Address Juvenile Delinquency from a Theoretical Perspective

• This research reveals that approaching juvenile delinquency from the tenets of the labeling theory versus the deterrence theories, is more beneficial to rehabilitate juveniles. This research also stresses the need for the community and the school system to work collaboratively via programs such as Balanced Juvenile Restorative Justice (BARJ).

Summer 2008: A Need to Tackle Rape Myths on College Campuses to Reduce the Prevalence of Sexual Assault

• This research stresses the need to not only educate college students on rape and rape myths, but also to ascertain support from campus police agencies via the availability of resources, rapport enhancement measures, and model programs and policies (e.g. The University of Michigan Department of Public Safety's Sexual Assault Guarantee).

Summer 2008: A Need to Enhance or Revise the D.A.R.E. Program to Produce Lasting Effects

• This research reveals that the Drug Abuse Resistance and Education program does not show long term success rates- especially in absence of the D.A.R.E. booster sessions.

Summer 2008: A Need for School Resource Officers to Enhance Rapport & Increase Safety

• This research stresses the need for coordination between local law enforcement agencies and school districts as school resource officers have been found to enhance rapport between law enforcement and youth while also increasing safety in schools.

Spring 2005: A Need for Child Advocacy Centers, Multidisciplinary Teams, & Forensic Interviewing to Minimize System Re-Victimization

• Spring 2005: A Need for Child Advocacy Centers, Multidisciplinary Teams, & Forensic Interviewing to Minimize System Re-Victimization