Research Overview

​I explore how people teach, learn, and connect in online environments. Specifically, I focus on the relational, emotional, and design elements that shape engagement and impact. My research sits at the intersection of education, technology, and human development, and examines how educators navigate presence, trust, and adaptability in online settings.

I use qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to investigate instructional relationships, emerging technologies (including AI), faculty identity, and scalable innovation in teaching. I am driven by questions about how learning experiences are designed, how they are felt, and how they can evolve to meet complex, human-centered challenges.

Core Research Agenda

Beyond immediacy: instructor dependability as presence in Asynchronous Online Learning

Adjunct Faculty and Emotional Labor in Online Teaching

Expoloring Faculty Experiences of Teacher-student relationships in online courses

Teacher-student relationships in an online graduate program: A phenomenological analysis

Synchronous video-based communication technologies and online learning: An exploration of instructors perceptions, experiences, and expectations

Video use in online and blended courses: A qualitative synthesis

Developing faculty to teach with technology: Themes from the literature

Strategic Collaborations

A mixed-methods examination of SoTL research engagement in a virtual professional learning community

Exploring pharmacy students’ confidence in medical cannabis with AI chatbots

Voices from the threshold of psychiatry residency

Early career faculty professional development in higher education: A systematic review

Graduate Teaching Assistant professional development in higher education: A systematic review

Center for teaching and learning websites as online faculty development: A framework