Barb

Barb has developed educational content and multimedia since 2004. Her work since that time has included roles in academic consulting, instructional design, emerging solutions in education, AI content creation, and project and program management. Barb’s expertise in emerging technology and educational solutions includes competency-based learning, holistic systems for learning and career pathways, data-analytics learning and services, adaptive learning technology, and XML information content structures. Barb is also an adjunct professor teaching online collegiate level courses in legal studies and criminal justice. She currently teaches online courses at University of Maryland, University College (UMUC), where she also serves as a Course Chair for Advanced Legal Research and Advanced Legal Practices courses. In her former career, Barb was a criminal defense attorney for eight years.

Barb was raised in Wyoming, so she has an appreciation for beautiful landscapes, wide-open spaces, with peace and quiet. She attended the University of Wyoming where she attained her J.D. in Law and completed her undergraduate studies, doubling majoring with a B.A. in Psychology and Administration of Justice. Barb now lives in Louisville, CO, with her husband just minutes away from the beautiful foothills of Boulder CO. She is enjoying visiting the Bay Area in California these days, where her daughter attends college. Barb loves live music, flowers, and watching college and professional basketball!

If I weren’t a writer/editor I would be: floral shop owner. (Love, love, love flowers!)

My morning routine is: I “slow-wake” by reading the news in bed, morning walk with my dog Ruby, coffee, then start my work for the day.

I most admire: my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Sandeen. She brought joy and light into the classroom everyday!

My superpower is: tuning out “noise” and turning on laser focus.