Child Development Instructor

At the CSU, Los Angeles, CSU, Fullerton and other colleges in California, I was a professor for 13 years. I taught courses including Infant Development (pregnancy and birth), Child Growth and Development (attachment, temperament, and parenting styles), and Home, School, and Community (discipline and self-esteem). Additional classes included Creative Experiences for Young Children, Child and Adolescent Cognition, and Social and Emotional Development. 

Child Care Worker

For two years at Parent Education Network, I designed, prepared and implemented developmentally appropriate activities for children, ranging in the age from newborn to twelve years of age. This included working with prenatally-exposed infants.

Research and Teacher's Assistant

At California State University, Los Angeles I assisted professors by coding interviews, doing library research, aided with courses consisting of over ninety students, taught classes, graded papers, scored tests, and recorded grades. I was the first graduate student in the department to teach her own class. I also was the Co-President of the Child Development Association (CDA).

Educational Assistant

At the Disabled Student Services at California State University, Chico, I proctored exams, read and scribed for students, and helped students with library research.

Child Development Aide 

At the Children’s Center, at California State University, Chico I set up activities, interacted with children, communicated the childrens' needs and accomplishments to their parents, observed preschoolers, and did anecdotal note taking.

• Parent volunteer, Lagunitas Elementary School 

• Exhibit support volunteer, Pretend City Children’s Museum, Irvine

• Parent volunteer, University of California, Irvine, Early Childhood Education Center

• Presentation given on discipline to the MOMS Club, Glendora

• Child Life Program Volunteer at Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles

• Educational Intern, Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center, Chico State University

• Classroom Aide, Community Action Volunteers in Education, Chico

• Afterschool Program Volunteer, Chico Community Children's Center

• Parenting styles and academic achievement in college students, Psychological Reports, 2004, 93(3), 823-829.

• Causal attributions regarding conflicts between friends in middle childhood, Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 2002, 30(1), 65-74.

• Why do fights happen? Speculations of 9- to 11-year-olds on the causes of conflicts with friends, The Society for Research on Adolescence Meeting, 2000

• The relationship of maternal and paternal parenting styles to college students' academic achievement, The CSULA Symposium of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, 2000

• Issues of conflicts with friends during middle childhood, The Society for Research in Child Development Conference, 2001

• Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society of Higher Education), 1999-2002

• Graduate Alumni Scholarship, Special Recognition in Graduate Studies Scholarship, Alumni Certificate of Honor, Graduate Equity Fellowship, 1999

• Psi Chi (The National Honor Society in Psychology), Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society in Education), CSU, Chico, 1993-1997

• Phyllis Poe Memorial Scholarship, San Luis Obispo High School, 1992