BA Niagara University 1988; MS, PhD Syracuse University 1991, 1997
Visiting Assistant Professor, Colgate University 2000-2001; Assistant Professor, Syracuse University 2001-2005
Educational psychology, learning disabilities, reading
Social-emotional learning/conflict resolution; early reading intervention/literacy development
"School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Implementation and Evaluation and Two Urban Elementary Schools." (Proceedings of Persistently Safe Schools HFI National Conference, 2004); "Positive Psychology Goes to School." (Psychology in the Schools, 2004); co-authored "Effects of intensive reading remediation for second and third graders and a one-year follow-up." (Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004); "Early Reading Intervention: A classroom prevention study and a remediation study." (In S. Foorman, Ed. Preventing and Remediating Reading Difficulties: Bringing Science to Scale, York Press)
School Psychologist (Syracuse City Schools, 8 years)