Courses

I began teaching in 1991 as a high school Chemistry teacher in Athens, TX, the “brick and mortar” style, as they say. After two years, I realized I wanted to know more about chemistry, so I applied to the graduate Chemistry program at The Pennsylvania State University. I taught there as a lab instructor and then as a research assistant while working on my Ph.D. in chemistry in the Thomas E. Mallouk nanomaterials laboratory. Then I was off to DuPont as a Senior Research Chemist in the Lycra® spandex division.

However, in 2003 I started to wonder about bigger questions and began my journey into the Catholic Church. I decided to stay home and raise children, being open to life, and along the way I gained experience as a home school mom, teaching my own kids and online classes for Kolbe Academy from 2014 – 2018. In 2014, after completing a M.A. degree in dogmatic theology completely online, I began teaching online courses for Holy Apostles College & Seminary and Seton Hall University, where my hero, Fr. Stanley L. Jaki had been a Distinguished Professor. I’ve been doing so for about a decade now. I also teach a course at Belmont Abbey College and recorded a course for Word on Fire Institute.

So, I have experience teaching all levels from high school to college, seminary, university, and for the public interest, and I have been advocating for online courses for a decade as a student, parent, and instructor. I don’t think they should replace in-person courses, but they fill a need for many students and instructors who otherwise would not be able to connect, making online education a crucial component of modern higher education. The key is engagement! I have kept up with LMS technology and pedagogy. These are the courses I currently teach online at various institutions, and I’m proud to say I still do it all from home.

Seton Hall University

Adjunct Professor (2016 – present)
Digital Humanities Fellow

Faculty Page

Science and the Church

Catholic Theology of Science

Catholic Literature of Conversion

Catholic Classics of Interiority

Modern Women of Faith

Holy Apostles College & Seminary

Adjunct Professor (2014 – present)
Undergraduate Faculty Committee

Faculty Page

Chemistry

Physics

College Mathematics

Reading Science in the Light of Faith

Evolution and Catholic Thought

Belmont Abbey College

Our Physical World

Kolbe Academy Online

Online Instructor (2014 – 2018)

Chemistry

Physics

AP Chemistry

AP Physics 1

Introduction to Physics and Chemistry

Word on Fire Institute

Fellow (2018 – present)

Science for Evangelists