For the last decade, my relationship with learning has transformed and reframed my identity from enthusiastic college graduate to steadfast lifelong learner. In this time my skills, abilities, and knowledge have expanded across disciplines, while converging and integrating with a career in online education. Earning a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production, Master of Fine Arts in Dance, Master of Business Administration, and now, Doctor of Education in Instructional Systems Design & Technology has provided me with just-in-time learning for various professional roles I’ve held from Media Production Specialist to Associate Director of Media Services and Director of Online Professional Learning. For the last three years, I’ve led a cross-functional team of instructional designers, educational technologists, and media professionals to design, develop, and market online learning at Sam Houston State University. Together, our goal has been to collaborate with leaders, experts, community members, and learners to affect positive change within the lives and educational journeys of our online learners.
As I continue to carefully consider my career trajectory and discuss my ongoing development with mentors, my scholarship, efforts in learning design, and service to the field of education stand out as growing strengths. Through coursework in the instructional systems design and technology program, I’ve been afforded opportunities to explore ongoing curiosities and research interests that intersect and integrate online learning, new media, storytelling, experience design, emerging technologies, and organizational development. Exploring and developing these professional competencies has increased my ability to lead others to leverage technology in ways that is impacting the future of learning. For me, the Instructional Systems Design & Technology program acts as a catalyst for integration and opportunity as the arc of my career begins to focus. The projected outcomes of this program align with my professional goals and are demonstrated through evidence of competency exhibited throughout this dossier. The following sections highlight synergy and praxis that connect my goals, focus areas, knowledge, and expertise.
Over the next 2-3 years, I will complete my Doctorate of Education in Instructional Systems Design and Technology, obtain a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and develop innovative technologies that integrate AI/VR/AR/MR to enhance adult learning experiences. Within the next decade, I aim to establish myself as a leader in learning experience design and will begin forging new strategic partnerships between industry, the workforce, and higher education.
"My goal is to become a transformative leader in the field of learning experience design, leveraging emerging technologies to innovate and design impactful learning experiences for adult professionals."
My long-term vision is to establish clear pathways that empower the next generation of professionals to develop their careers. Ultimately, I believe that honing my skills and harnessing my passions will enable me to create positive impact in the lives of others and contribute to our economy through innovative learning experiences. By addressing economic and societal challenges through my scholarship, learning design, and service, I aim to become a catalyst for positive change in our world.
To strategically support my goals and vision, I intend to integrate focus areas in emerging technologies, adult learning experience design, and workforce & organizational development. My goals are ambitious, and I feel integrating several disciplines will be key to forging a path forward, innovating the future of learning, and making a societal impact. Each focus is highlighted below:
Given my goal to develop learning experiences around artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augemented reality, and mixed reality, a focus on developing knowledge and expertise in emerging technologies is crucial. This focus area will allow exploration of cutting-edge advancements and their practical applications in enhancing adult learning experiences. Components in this area could include:
Expanding knowledge, experience, and leadership abilities within the focus area of learning experience design for adult learners will support my leadership goals and serve as a strong foundation from which to create impactful learning experiences for the workforce and industry partners. Components in this area could include:
Forging strategic partnerships between industry, the workforce, and higher education is a key focus area that integrates with other areas. Designing enhanced adult learning experiences with emerging technologies will support workforce and organizational development in our region, state, and beyond. Components in this area could include:
By concentrating on these focus areas—emerging technologies, adult learning experience design, and workforce & organizational development—I will ensure that my goals are supported by a coherent and integrated approach to developing the required knowledge, experience, and abilities needed to achieve them. These focus areas are not isolated but interrelated, each enhancing and supporting the others to create a robust framework for my professional development.
Strategically aligning my efforts in these areas with my career goals will enable me to leverage cutting-edge technologies to design impactful learning experiences, build strong partnerships, and drive innovation within the field of learning design. My commitment to collaboration with researchers, industry leaders, and tech companies will further enhance my ability to stay at the forefront of advancements, ensuring that the solutions I develop are both relevant and transformative.
The evidence exhibited throughout my dossier, including successful projects, research endeavors, and strategic partnerships, clearly integrates these focus areas and demonstrates my capability to lead and innovate in the field. This integrated approach will not only help me achieve my immediate goals but also contribute to the broader goal of making a positive societal impact.
My diverse educational background and professional experience in instructional systems design and technology have enabled me to develop an integrated and continually evolving knowledge base that extends beyond a primary focus area. My expertise spans emerging technologies, adult learning experience design, and workforce and organizational development. Together, these domains broaden my ability to engage with complex learning challenges and strengthen my trajectory as a developing scholar-practitioner whose work bridges theory, design, and organizational impact.
My engagement with emerging technologies combines applied technical skill with a growing commitment to research-informed practice. I have developed hands-on proficiency in data science, project management, Python, SQL, HTML, and CSS, which support my ability to design and implement technology-enhanced learning environments. This applied work is increasingly shaped by theoretical perspectives related to learning analytics, sociotechnical systems, and human–technology interaction, particularly in understanding how data and tools influence learner experience and decision-making.
As my work in this area continues to mature, I recognize the need to deepen my theoretical grounding in ethical AI, education, and advanced data-informed evaluation methods. Strengthening these areas will allow me to more critically examine the implications of emerging technologies and to design evaluation strategies that move beyond performance metrics toward meaningful measures of learning and impact. I plan to pursue this growth through continued scholarly engagement, collaboration with technical specialists, and the integration of research-informed evaluation in future projects.
My expertise in adult learning experience design integrates instructional design theory, collaborativist and constructivist learning perspectives, human-centered design (HCD), media production, and learning analytics. These frameworks guide my design of learning environments that emphasize relevance, learner agency, and meaningful application. My background in film production, digital design, and audio production further supports the creation of instructional media that enhances engagement and supports knowledge transfer in adult and professional learning contexts.
While I have developed strong competencies in designing engaging and learner-centered experiences, I am continuing to expand my expertise in inclusive and accessible design practices and in advanced assessment strategies that measure long-term skill transfer and performance. Developing these areas will allow me to better align learning experiences with diverse learner needs and with evidence of sustained learning impact, strengthening the scholarly grounding of my design practice.
My work in workforce and organizational development connects learning design to broader systems, performance, and change processes. Through partnerships between educational institutions and industry, I have contributed to initiatives that align workforce needs with instructional strategy, drawing on theories of organizational learning, transformational change, and performance improvement. Leading cross-functional teams in these contexts has expanded my understanding of how learning functions within complex sociotechnical systems, where organizational structures, technologies, and human practices interact to shape performance and innovation.
As I continue developing in this area, I aim to deepen my expertise in large-scale program evaluation and in sociotechnical frameworks that address organizational friction and barriers to learning and performance. Building these competencies will support my ability to assess the long-term impact of learning initiatives and to contribute more substantively to organizational development scholarship and practice.
These areas of knowledge and expertise function as interconnected components of my evolving professional identity. My work with emerging technologies informs how I design for adult learners, while my understanding of organizational systems shapes how I evaluate and scale learning solutions in workforce contexts. Moving forward, my development as a scholar-practitioner depends on deepening the theoretical grounding of my applied work, strengthening my capacity for research-informed evaluation, and expanding my engagement with professional and scholarly communities. By intentionally growing in these areas, I am working toward a more integrated practice in which scholarship, learning design, and service mutually inform one another and contribute to meaningful, system-level impact.
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