Education:

Ed.D. Boston University
M.Ed. Suffolk University
B.A. Syracuse University 

Teaching Experience:

Silver Lake Junior High: Developmental Reading 

Bridgewater State College: Adult Education – Preschool Reading Development 

Suffolk University: Creative Arts, Reading and Its Teaching, Community Literacy, Integrated Studies 

Appalachian State University: Visiting faculty – Kellogg Institute for Developmental Education Leaders

Publications:

Editor of NADE Self-Evaluation Guides: Models for Learning Assistance/Developmental Education Programs (Clearwater, Florida: H&H Publishers Company. 1995). This publication has been called "the primary standard in the field of developmental education against which to measure program effectiveness."(Casazza, 1999)

With Martha Maxwell, Striving for excellence: program evaluation through national standards. In M. Maxwell (Ed.) From Access to Success: What Works Best in College Assistance Programs. Clearwater, Florida: H&H Publishers. 1994. 

With H.R. Boylan, G. Shaw, G. Maternick, P. Saxon. What we know about developmental educators: Report of a NADE Survey. Research in Developmental Education 16(2). 2000. 

With H.R. Boylan, G. Shaw, D.P. Saxon, G. Materniak, L. Rodriguez. Topics for training and professional development: Report of a NADE survey, Part II. Research in Developmental Education (16)4. 2001. 

Best Practice in Developmental Education (Chapter working title). In National Guide for Community College Programs for Under-prepared Students (in progress) 

Professional Leadership:

Founding member, NADE Program Certification Program*
Member of Advisory Council Editorial Board. The Learning Assistance Review. *
Executive Council/training coordinator, NADE Program Certification Board
Director, Council on Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
Chair and co-chair, NADE Professional Standards and Evaluation Committe
Directorate board, American College Personnel Association, Commission XIV
Board of directors, Learning Assistance Association of New England
Board of directors, chair Editorial Board, New England Reading Association

President, vice president, secretary, Massachusetts Reading Association.
*current 

Honors:

Sara E. Chase Memorial Scholarship; Sylvia Brown Memorial Scholarship; Durrrell, Cooper, and Crossley Research Award; Delta Kappa Gamma; Pi Lambda Theta; NADE Award for Outstanding Service to Professional Standards, Learning Assistance Association of New England Award for Outstanding Support for Developmental Education by a College Administrator.