She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi in the area of Education, Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). She currently teaches teachers to work with English language learners in the undergraduate program at UNA. She has just completed writing a program for a Master’s level program (MATESOL) to train educators to work with English language learners. The proposal for the new program is expected to be approved in Fall 2009 and implemented in the Spring of 2010. She also teaches Educational Research and Teaching Reading in the Content Areas.