She joined the faculty in August 1999, teaching Marketing, Internet Marketing, Economics, Online Economics, Finance and Management courses in the University's two-year BTE program. She earned her MBA in Marketing Management from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota in 1998, and is currently studying for her Ph.D. in E-Business through Capella University, also in Minneapolis. She was named a Service Learning Ambassador at Miami University in 2000. She has a strong interest in distance education programs and how they may be applied to two-year academic programs. She and her students in the BTE program are also known for their customer satisfaction survey work for police departments and other governmental agencies in Southwestern Ohio.