Lori Brooks
University of Phoenix

I have worked with adult learners for the past 20 years and although technology has changed quite a bit over that time, the goals of students have not. Students want an education that will give them confidence to pursue their dreams. Therefore, I am particularly interested in technology and pedagogy. I am currently a full time faculty member at the University of Phoenix facilitating undergraduate introductory courses. I also facilitate graduate courses in Education with a Technology focus. I hold a PhD in e-Learning Leadership and a Master of Science in Management.

Judith Drilling
University of Phoenix

I have worked in Education for the past 16 years and my passion is assisting students to succeed in meeting their educational goals. As an instructor, I strive to create a learning environment which encourages students to grow academically, professionally, and personally. I obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from California State University, Fresno in 1999. I began my professional career in teaching as an Independent Living Skills Instructor. In this position I provided education and training to at risk youth in the areas of home management, educational planning, health matters, employment, as well as interpersonal skills. I then went on to earn a Master's Degree in Organizational Leadership in 2002 as well as a Certificate in Human Resources Management in 2004. I have been teaching online for University of Phoenix since 2008, teaching mostly Critical Thinking and Psychology of Learning classes. I also taught an Introduction to Psychology class at a local career college.

Michelle Reinhardt
Purdue University Global

Michelle M. Reinhardt, M.A. joined Purdue University Global as a full-time instructor in 2003 and currently serves as course lead and faculty mentor in the school of Business and IT. Her research interests are in the areas of student motivation and engagement.

Dora Finamore
Purdue University Global

Dora C.D. Finamore, EdD, joined Purdue University Global in 2004 and currently serves as a full-time adjunct in the School and Business and IT. She has extensive experience in private practice as a licensed clinical mental health counselor and has been a professor of Business and Psychology for 17 years.

E. Valerie Hewitt
Purdue University Global

E. Valerie Hewitt joined Purdue University Global om 2007 and currently serves as an adjunct instructor in the School of Business and IT. Her research interests are in the areas of the retention of first-year online students and increasing student success.

Loretta A. Millam
Purdue University Global

Loretta “Laurie” Millam, EdS, MBA, joined Purdue University Global in 2002 and currently serves as Academic Department Chair in the School of Business and IT. Her research interests are in the areas of student success and learning strategies specifically for first-term students.

Linda Watson
Purdue University Global

Linda Watson, MBA, joined Purdue University Global in 2006 and currently teaches serves as an adjunct instructor in the School of Business and IT. Her current research interests include the areas of student success and engagement, particularly for first-term students.

Mark Mabrito
Professor of English
Purdue University Northwest

Mark Mabrito has been a professor in the English Department at Purdue Northwest since 1989 and a participant in TCC since 1998. He is the director of professional writing and creator of the Online Certificate in Writing for Interactive Media at PNW. His research interests include writing for new media, interactive media, virtual worlds, and workplace writing, with publications in such journals as Written Communication, Journal of Business and Technical Writing, American Journal of Distance Education, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Computers and Composition, among others.

Elias Saade
Pepperdine University
Graduate School of Education and Psychology

Prior to joining GSEP, Professor Saade was a Transitional Kindergarten Teacher for the Walt Disney Company. In addition to implementing developmentally appropriate instruction, he designed personalized curriculum to meet the needs of diverse early learners. Professor Saade received a BA from the University of California, Irvine in Psychology and Social Behavior and Education, an MS in Learning Design and Innovation from Pepperdine University, and is currently receiving his EdD in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University.

Sohee Linda Lee
Pepperdine University,
Graduate School of Education and Psychology

Linda Lee is an instructional designer with experience working in higher education, nonprofit organization, and corporate settings. Prior to her current role, she was a classroom teacher with a passion for creating meaningful learning experiences and inclusive environments for the students. Currently, she works collaboratively with her team and faculty to plan, design, develop, and review online and hybrid courses and course materials to meet the unique standards of the university.

Linda holds a master’s degree in Learning Design and Technology from University of Southern California. Her specialties and interests include: Online learning, Learning Technologies, Multimedia Design, and Faculty Training and Development.

Jacob Fry
Pepperdine University
Graduate School of Education and Psychology

Graduate student at Pepperdine’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology in the Master’s of Science in Organizational Leadership and Learning program and Graduate Assistant with the Virtual Initiatives Team. A recent graduate of the Collins College of Hospitality Management with a Bachelor’s of Science in Hospitality Management from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, Class of 2021. Currently is the Executive Director of Plants 4 the People, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the community garden and food education space. Pursuing a career in education, leadership, and community.

Jennifer Miyake-Trapp
Pepperdine University
Graduate School of Education and Psychology

Dr. Jennifer Miyake-Trapp is a scholar-practitioner committed to pursuing social justice and educational equity through instructional transformation. She strives to empower educators to enact asset-based pedagogical approaches in diverse learning contexts. Her primary interests focus on culturally sustaining curriculum and instruction, teacher critical reflection, instructional design, learning technologies, and English language teaching. Always close to K-12 classrooms, she frequently collaborates with local public schools to develop student-centered, community-based programs and partnerships. Dr. Miyake-Trapp is a leader in online learning and currently serves as Chair of the MS in Leadership suite and the EdD in Learning Technologies programs at the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology.

Katherine Watson
Santiago Canyon College
Orange, California, USA

This is in fact an autobio! I am the child of radio actors who became educators. Learning as much about as much as there is, is my deep desire. I have been teaching for more than half a century, at first in vegetable-picking fields and rude classrooms, then in brick-and-mortar, and finally online. My doctorates are in theoretical and applied linguistics; my subject matters range from anthropology and zoology through English, humanities, journalism, ESL, and French. My publications include literary and scientific translations French-English and English-French, as well as research in language learning and acquisition. I enjoy swimming in the open sea and sailing atop it; I love to write and to read, to dream and to imagine. I have participated in every single TCC!

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