I attended Lake Land College (LLC) as a student and have taught at LLC since the spring of 1999. I taught adjunct at LLC prior to teaching full time. I have taught courses at the Kluthe Center, on the Mattoon campus in the Field House  and the John Deere Ag. Tech building. The scope of the discipline I teach ranges from the local to the global. I have had some students placed in internships at LLC that have turned into full time jobs for them and took them to work in jobs in state capitol cities and even in the nation’s capital city.

  I enjoy reading both nonfiction and fiction books, collecting books and watching streaming tv shows and movies. Two of my favorite tv series are Ted Lasso and Deadwood. I also enjoy playing the guitar, piano, writing music with a former LLC instructor of mine and listening to most types of music, but have yet to gain a sincere appreciation for hard rock and heavy metal. I also enjoy cooking, eating, woodworking and traveling. Three things I could live without are snakes, misquotes and beets.