PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS                                                         

·         Published monograph and articles:

o        “Pioneer Women of the West Virginia Legislature,” West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter, Morgantown, West Virginia. Summer 1997.

o        Women in the West Virginia Legislature, a monograph published by the Institute for Public Affairs, West Virginia University, December 1997.

o        Author of two articles on women legislators in GOLDENSEAL magazine, Fall 1998.

·         Recipient of 2005-2006 Mini-Grant for Classroom Teacher from The Education Alliance.

·         Elected President of the Jackson County Board of Education, July 2004.

·         Participation in National and State conferences in Political Science and Library Science.