Every project is a unique experience, full of lessons and memories.”

Golden Key International Honor Society Member

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."  -- "Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt (266)," June 25, 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1963.

Research Interests:
Memory, Veterans Studies, Henri Bergson
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Education:

• Current PhD student, Humanities, Faulkner University
• Master of Arts, Humanities, American Military University, Summa Cum Laude
• Bachelor of Arts - Antioch University Seattle
• Children’s Literature Writing Program, Charter Oak State College
• Alene Moris National Education for Women’s Leadership Institute, University of Washington
• Certified Scrum Master

​Publications:

• "Cervantes: The Enduring Survival of the Creative Mind in Don Quixote",  JOSTES: The Sacrifice of Survival 
• Inclusion in antiBODY: An Anthology of Poetry and Medicine
• Making History, PVR 11

Work in Progress:
Humanities PhD

Academic Presentations:
Upcoming Special Session Presiding Officer:  Veterans Studies-City of God, City of Destruction, PAMLA, November 2020

Upcoming Presentation:  J4J: A Workshop for Veterans, First Responders and Others Living with PTS, ViS 2020, TBD due to Corona2019

Presentation:  Exploring Bergson’s Theory of Laughter: A Human Phenomena, PAMLA, November 2019

​Special Session Presiding Officer:  Veterans Studies-Humor in the Military, PAMLA, November 2019

Presentation:  Public Memorials in the Context of Bergson’s Theory of Memory, Mellon Conference 2019

Presentation: Esemplastic Memory, PAMLA, November 2018

Special Session Presiding Officer:  Veterans Studies-Perceptions on the World Stage, PAMLA, November 2018

Presentation:  A Soldier’s Metamorphosis: PTSD and Bergson’s Theory of Memory, Endnotes 2018

Poster Session:  Exploring Bergson's Theory of Memory: A Way to Understand PTSD, NEMLA April 2018

Exploring Bergson's Theory of Memory: A Way to Understand PTSD, PAMLA, November 2017

Service:

• Instructor - J4J Workshop
• Contributor - US National Library of Congress, Veterans History Project
• Past Board Member - Northwest Veterans Museum
• Past Secretary and Webmaster – Emerald City Business & Professional Women (BPW)
• Past Vice President of Promotions – WMRRA
• PENS Writers Group, Founding Member
• American Legion Post 234 – Past Communications Officer, Webmaster, and Historian
• City of Mountlake Terrace Past Library Board Member

Professional Associations:

• American Legion
• Daughters of the American Colonists
• Golden Key International Honor Society
• Huguenot Society
• Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
• Scrum Alliance
• Veterans Studies Association

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