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Lansing Community CollegeProfessor
Aug. 2020Lansing, Michigan, United StatesI teach public speaking courses to undergraduate students who don't yet know they have the ability to be really good public speakers.
Lansing Community CollegeAdjunct Professor
Jan. 2020 - Aug. 2020Lansing, Michigan AreaAs an adjunct I prepared lessons and activities for my students and facilitated learning and classroom discussions. My task was to teach the material, but also to engage, welcome, attract, and entertain my students so that their desire was to attend class and want to succeed. Essentially, I teach students communication skills. I love seeing them hate public speaking on day one and love public speaking when the semester ends.
Grand Valley State UniversityTedX GVSU Speaker
Mar. 2018 - May. 2020Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan AreaI was invited to be one of the speakers at the TedX GVSU event on March 16, 2018. The theme was "shape." A video of my talk will be available soon on youtube through TED. My talk was "Back to Basics: Reviving passion for your work."
Grand Valley State UniversityAdjunct Professor of Communication
Aug. 2016 - Aug. 2020Allendale MIAs an adjunct I prepared lessons and activities for my students and facilitated learning and classroom discussions. My task was to teach the material, but also to engage, welcome, attract, and entertain my students so that their desire was to attend class and want to succeed. Essentially, I teach students communication skills. I love seeing them hate public speaking on day one and love public speaking when the semester ends.
Totally AwesomeWriter, Public Speaker and Stand Up Comedian
Feb. 2014Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan AreaI am a stand up comedian. I write my own jokes, sets, and skits. I have two blogs that showcase my writing skills and videos to showcase my comedy and story telling performances. *Featured Speaker ACE Women's Conference Lansing Community College October 17, 2024
*September 2016 headlining comedian at H.U.G.S. Ranch fundraiser Dorr MI
*April 2016 Finalst for Funniest Person in Grand Rapids
*January 2016 emcee host and headliner at Mustang Family Fundraiser, Caledonia, MI
*January 2016 featured comedian at Funnier By The Lake Showcase, Chicago
*January 2016 featured comedian at Rupert's Brew House, Kalamazoo, MI
*December 2015 featured comedian at The Sunday Night Funnnies Grand Rapids, MI
*November 2015 featured comedian at The Lone Oak Vineyard Comedy Showcase Jackson, MI
*September 2015 featured comedian at Louie's Back Room Stand Prov in Kalamazoo, MI
*August 2015 featured story teller at The Moth Story Slam in Detroit
*July 2015 featured comedian at Brass Chuckles Comedy, Chicago
*July 2015 featured comedian at Dr. Grins' Grand Rapids Dirty 13, Grand Rapids
*June 2015 featured comedian at Chicago Women's Funny Festival, Chicago
*April 2015 second place Funniest Person in Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
*April 2015 featured comedian at Slanted Door: Queer Comedy and Story Telling, Chicago
*April 2015 headlining comedian at Alphabet Soup Comedy, Madison, WI
*April 2015 featured comedian at Just Dickin' Around Comedy, Chicago
*March 2015 headlining comedian at SHOUT: Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
*March 2015 featured comedian Laughfest, Grand Rapids, MI
*June 2014 emceed and opened for national headlining comedian Fortune Feimster
Grand Rapids Community CollegeAdjunct Professor of Communication
Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2016Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan AreaAs an adjunct I prepared lessons and activities for my students and facilitated learning and classroom discussions. My task was to teach the material, but also to engage, welcome, attract, and entertain my students so that their desire was to attend class and want to succeed.
Wyoming High School Wyoming Public SchoolsHigh School Social Studies Teacher
Sep. 1997 - Aug. 2020Wyoming, MII teach Economics and Current Events. I am not an educator, but an edutainer. If I expected my students to be interested in what I was teaching, I needed to make it interesting for them.
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