Fielding Graduate University

Areas of Instruction:

• OMD 652-Leadership
• Organizational Coaching

Scholarly & Professional Interests:

• Coaching Across Gender, Race, and Ethnic Culture
• Women’s Development
• Transformative Learning
• Leadership & Career Development
• Human Development in Organizational Settings

Professional Memberships:

• Institute of Coaching
• National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation

Honors and Awards:

• Fellow at the Institute for Social Innovation – Fielding Graduate University – June 2011-2012
• Current Fellowship related research - qualitative study of the coaching experiences of women leaders

Publications:

• View from the Field: Challenges of Coaching Across Layers of Culture; Encounters, Experiences and Growth Opportunities – EBC News, November, 2011
• Learning Space, Cultural Diversity and the Performative Arts: New Dimensions in Transformative Education. Peter Lang Publishers (2008).

Presentations:

• Conference Presentation: Strong, Sick & Tired: Living Lives on the Strong Black Woman Flip Side. Spelman College, Atlanta, GA – June, 2011
• Workshop Presentation: From Theory to Practice: Real-World Applications of Transformative Learning & Social Justice Theory – School of Human & Organizational Development Annual Session - Fielding Graduate University – July, 2010.
• Workshop Presentation: Fostering Critical Transformative Learning in Strong Black Women: Creating New Ways of Doing & Being – School of Educational Leadership & Change Annual Session - Fielding Graduate University – September, 2009.
• Workshop Presentation: Innovations in Transformative Learning: Space, Culture, & the Arts – Seventh Annual International Conference on Transformative Learning – University of New Mexico – October, 2007
• Workshop Presentation: Intersectional Models of Women’s Health: Uniting Theory and Practice Towson University – March, 2007.
• Paper Presentation: Rethinking Meaning and Implications of the Strong Black Woman Ethic: A Goal Directed Transformative Learning Paper - Sixth International Conference on Transformative Learning - Michigan State University – October, 2005

Professional Experience:

• Adjunct Faculty – Evidence Based Coaching Graduate Level Certificate Program – Fielding Graduate University – Santa Barbara, CA, 2010 – Present
• Visiting Professor - Faculty - Devry University Online – Naperville, IL, 2006 –Present
• Senior Consultant - Genesis Coaching & Consulting – Atlanta, GA, 1996-Present
• Genesis Coaching Center for Women – Atlanta, GA 1997-Present
• Management - Delta Air Lines, Inc. - Atlanta, GA, 1987-1996