RCC Science

Biography
I am a chiropractor and an adjunct professor of anatomy and physiology at Rogue Community College. I have been teaching here since 2001. I like the balance of sharing my clinical insight with students and reinforcing my academic knowledge by teaching. I attended Brigham Young University for undergraduate work and graduated in 1998 with a BS in Human Anatomy and my Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Parker University in Dallas Texas.

Degrees Earned
Parker University, BS
Parker University, DC

Degrees Earned
Cal State Univ Long Beach, BA
San Jose State University, MS

Biography
I was born and raised in Mainz, Germany. I received my Diplom (=Master’s Degree) in Biology from the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. I worked a few years in the pharmaceutical industry. Then, I moved to the United States to attend the University of California at Berkeley. I received my PhD in Entomology in 1995.

Degrees Earned
University of California, BA
University of Oregon, MSc

Biography
I was born and raised in Chicago, attended college in downstate Illinois and then proceeded to live, work and study in New York City, Oxford, GA, Milwaukee, WI, Chicago again, Pella, IA, Portland, OR, Ashland, OR, Santa Fe, NM, Coos Bay, OR, Ashland again and now Grants Pass. I feel delighted to have lived in every quadrant of the United States (midwest, NE, SE, NW and SW), and Oregon is definitely my favorite! I also feel delighted to have worked with students at every level from elementary school to graduate school, and community college is definitely my favorite! Wherever I live, I study, teach, read lots of books, converse openly and take in cats. I continue to live a studious life with my husband Gary (a poet) and our cat Roxie (a chaser of bugs). To me the good life is a life rich in ideas.

Degrees Earned
University of Illinois, BS
Columbia University, MA
University of Illinois, PhD
Southern Oregon University, MAT
Certificates
Oregon Teaching License/1999

Degrees Earned
Barstow Community College, A.A.
Cal State Polytechnic University, B.S.
Cal State University San Bernardino, M.A.
Cal State University San Bernardino, M.S.

Certificates
California Teaching Certificate
Life Science California Teaching Certificate
Physical Science California Administrative Certificate Michigan Teaching Certificate
Life Sciences California Community College Teaching Certificate
Professional Education California School Leadership Academy

Biography
I teach Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, General Biology, and Oceanography here at RCC. I love all sciences, and I will do whatever I can to help others enjoy, learn, and understand the living world around them and within them.

Degrees Earned:
Oregon State University, B.S.
Oregon State University, M.S.
University of Nebraska at Kearney, M.S.

Biography
I was born in Medford and lived here until the age of seven at which point my family moved to Pendleton (OR) where I lived until graduate school. My mother taught at the local community college, Blue Mountain Community College, which I also attended. I gained a lot of respect for the community college environment from her work and the excellent teaching I received in mathematics and computer science.

My undergraduate work led to a double major in physics and applied mathematics at Walla Walla College while also taking more chemistry and biology than most physics majors. At Oregon State University, I completed a Masters of Science in physics with a minor in biophysics (one of two of the first students to add biophysics to their physics degree). I have been teaching at the community college level since 1994 and at RCC since 1997.

I currently live in Medford with my spouse and rescue cats (currently George and Rufus). For recreation I enjoy reading, hiking and traveling to other places with good hiking.

Degrees Earned:
Walla Walla College, B.S.
Oregon State University, M.S.