She has also been the Director of the Arizona State Office of Rural Health program since 1995. She has developed and teaches two service-learning courses: a Rural Health Service Learning Institute intensive week-long course (CPH-597d 1-credit elective) and a course in Applied Aspects of Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (CPH532a) 4-credits) required for HBHP students in the MPH program. For this latter course she was awarded the 2009 Delta Omega Award for Innovative Public Health Curriculum. She also teaches a 3-credit required course for DrPH students on Public Health Communication (CPH642).