She is the coordinator of the Center for Best Practices in Teaching and Learning in the School of Health Professions & Wellness. She teaches in the undergraduate, graduate, and STEP program within the School of Health Professions & Wellness. She earned an EdD in Instructional Leadership with Nurse Educator Specialization from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. She completed her BSN, RN and MSN at Jacksonville State University. She has presented "Flipping Fluid and Electrolytes", flipped classroom strategies for the nursing classroom, at the American Association of School of Health Professions & Wellness. She has recently presented original research, "Lateral Violence and Men in Nursing", at the Elizabeth A. Morris Clinical Session for the Alabama State Nurses Association and "Developing Diverse Nursing Students" for the Alabama League of Nursing.