Honors and Awards:

  • Curriculum Academic Effectiveness, and Policy Development's Sustained Excellence Award - Academic Affairs, Academic Effectives and Policy Development Office, MSU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2024)

  • Appreciation Award for Outstanding Service to the College of Health and Human Sciences - CHHS Dean's Office, MSU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2024)

  • Roadrunners Who Soar - Faculty Award, MSU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2021)

  • Applied Learning Center Hall of Distinction, The Applied Learning Center, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2018)

  • Inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society, San Diego State University, (1999) 

  • Graduated cum Laude, with Distinction in Sociology (1999)

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Irvine

MA, Sociology, University of California, Irvine

BA, Sociology, Minor in Psychology, San Diego State University