I am:
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An established professional in two different areas, with ten years of information technology support experience and ten years of student administration and support.
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A first generation college student and Organizational/Educational Leadership PhD holder. I successfully defended a Dissertation-By-Publication in April of 2025.
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Actively seeking enrichment and employment experiences that help people and that focus on educational and/or organizational development, support, research, teaching, and administration.
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Deeply passionate about inclusivity and opportunities to thrive for non-traditional, non-dominant, and under-supported students and individuals.
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Physically disabled, psychologically neurodiverse, queer, asexual-spectrum, and doing research to support students, employees, groups, technology, processes, change, and educators in those areas.
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A musician, a prior dancer/college athlete, an avid video gamer, total nerd, and a proud dog dad IG: @umlaut_wiener.
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SKILLS & CV
Demonstrated Professional Competencies
Social Justice & Institutional Equity
Queer and feminist critique, disability/crip theory, equitable relations in education, and ethical questioning are lenses. Brave Space conversation tenets, constructive critique, the embrace of dissonance, and inter (and intra)-group dialogue are frameworks for approach. Excellent record of cross-campus presentation, course, and workshop-focused collaboration. Commitment to new work and room to grow.
Social Justice & Institutional Equity
Teaching, Training, and Workshop Facilitation
Higher Education classroom experience grounded in a basis of student teaching instruction at all pre-secondary levels (Pre-K, Elementary, Middle, and High School). Panel work, workshopping, facilitation, lecturing and inclusivity-centric presentations. Pedagogy focused on co-construction of knowledge and classroom experience including dialogic and participatory course structures.
Teaching, Training, and Workshop Facilitation
Faculty/Staff/Student Guidance and At-Risk Support
Pipeline program curriculum and teaching, early alert tracking, one-on-one success and academic coaching. Trauma/ ASD/neurodiversity and disability-informed care, on-call crisis support, and direct conduct experience. Experience with supervising staff contingents, both graduate and undergraduate, some quite large (40+). Currently assisting a PhD cohort of 170+ in milestone navigation, and holistic academic success, including hiring and assignment.
Faculty/Staff/Student Guidance and At-Risk Support
Qualitative Research
Successful initiatives in disability support for students in academia, employees with disabilities in working contexts, non-profit collaboration, participatory design, LGBTQIA+/Greek Life support, consent and agency conversations, and queer/crip/disability theory applications in both Higher Education and HRD. Methodological approaches include case studies, autoethnographic and narrative inquiries, and grounded theory. Dissertation by Publication, completed in April 2025.
Qualitative Research
IT, A/V, Design, Instructional Support and Project Management
Process scaling and collaborative project management. Experienced in accessible design needs, particularly in text and document accessibility for persons with blindness or low-vision. Information Technology career including Tiers 1, 2, and 3 (phone, desktop support, server administration), usually educationally-focused. Prior marketing management and design experience. A/V editing and instructional technology work, including faculty training.