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About the Professor

I was born in a very small town in northwest Kansas.  We all worked on the ranch and at my fathers business.  It was here that I learned the values of hard work and persistence.  

After high school graduation,  I first attended a community college.   The major difference was  that most of the students lived on campus.  I really enjoyed college and hoped to become a teacher.   Even at that time, I contemplated becoming a college professor.

Next, I completed dual B.S. degrees at Kansas State University (Go Wildcats) in education and administration.  Somewhere along the line I took an anatomy and physiology course and became hooked.  I wanted to learn more about physiology and was eager to experience life outside the Kansas borders.  So.... I accepted a teaching assistantship at the University of Texas at Austin.  Here I completed a masters degree and was soon hired as an instructor at my undergraduate alma mater.  It was apparent to me that most college professors possessed doctorate degrees, so I began work on a Ph.D.

It was also at this time that I married my husband, David.   Both my spouse and I completed our Ph.D. work in May of 1989.  Our first daughter was born in June of 1989. We moved to Syracuse, New York a few days after her birth.  David worked for a major pharmaceutical company and I taught at Onondaga Community College.  We lived near Syracuse for seven years, and during this time we welcomed two sons and another daughter to our family.  (Yes, I do have four children).

A change in my husbands employment brought us here to Evansville.  I began teaching here at USI in the Fall of 2006. 

I truly enjoy teaching, and seek to improve my skills on a daily basis.  If you ever have any comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to call or e-mail me.  I look forward to the semester ahead and I hope that you looking forward to it also.

See you in class!

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