She received a Master’s degree from the University of Arizona in 1982 and the Ph. D. in Spanish American Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995. Ann is Director of the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Interdisciplinary Studies Program in which she also teaches classes in Service Learning and Latin American Literature in Translation. Recently she was the first person from Campbell University to be nominated by Americorp Vista’s Campus Compact organization for the Thomas Erlich Award for Civically Engaged Faculty members. In 2011, Ann completed a National Certification as a Medical Spanish Interpreter from the University of Arizona’s National Center for Interpretation, Translation, Research, and Policy. She teaches Beginning and Intermediate Spanish, Medical Spanish, Conversational Spanish, and American Literature.