Academic Leadership: I have 25+ years of experience managing large teams, teaching leadership to undergraduate and graduate students, and writing about my endless fascination with teaching and learning. I served as the founding director of the Centre for Innovation and Teaching Excellence (CITE), working with faculty to develop creative and powerful learning experiences in various methods of delivery. I now proudly serve as the dean of the School of Health & Community Services at Medicine Hat College. My blog tracks recent academic activity (see About for a complete list of lectures and presentations).

Research and Scholarship: Along with Dianne Conrad, I co-authored Assessment Strategies for Online Learning: Engagement and Authenticity, published by Athabasca University Press in 2018. This book became an academic bestseller during the pandemic, and I continue to work with faculty from different disciplines to rethink postsecondary assessments in the way of generative artificial intelligence (see Publications for a list of my other academic writings).

Current Projects: My research interests include the impact of technology, and I am especially interested in the work of Ursula Franklin, Jacques Ellul, and Marshall McLuhan. The impact of technology on teaching is also a big part of the book I co-edited with Josh Seeland entitled, Academic Integrity and the Role of the Academic Library: Institutional Examples and Promising Practices.

Service: I have served on the Advisory Board for Education and Outreach of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. I also provide strategic planning and visioning services to non-profits in SE Alberta. Past organizations I have worked with include Medicine Hat Community Housing Society and the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society.