My scholarship focuses on peer tutoring, learning centers, and the design of learning support in higher education. Across authored and edited volumes, my work integrates learning science, empirical research, and institutional practice, and is widely used in tutor education, professional training, and research on peer-led learning.
Lead Editor
The Handbook of Peer Tutoring defines the emerging interdisciplinary field of peer tutoring in higher education. Bringing together leading scholars from learning centers, writing centers, psychology, communication, education, and composition studies, the volume synthesizes current research, establishes shared theoretical foundations, and identifies future directions for scholarship.
The book is used by scholars, graduate students, professional staff, and advanced peer tutors, and addresses questions of effectiveness, equity, methodology, and program design in peer-led learning. It includes a foreword by Saundra McGuire.
Author (with Michelle Steiner)
This volume supports administrators and directors of peer tutoring and learning centers in articulating program value, designing effective services, and engaging in ongoing assessment. It integrates theory, empirical research, and practical guidance on topics such as tutor training, space design, assessment, and institutional alignment.
The book is used by learning center administrators across a wide range of institutional types and program models.
The Rowman & Littlefield Guide for Peer Tutors
Author
This book introduces peer tutors to the scholarship of teaching and learning as it applies to one-to-one and small-group learning. Grounded in learning science and cognitive research, it provides a principled framework for decision-making in tutoring sessions across disciplines and institutional contexts.
The Guide for Peer Tutors is widely used as a core training text in peer tutoring programs across higher education and supports tutor education in learning centers, writing centers, and related peer-led learning environments.