Kerri graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and a minor in Sociology from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada. Her focus was bio-archeology, and she helped categorize and analyze collections of human remains from the Bronze Age for The Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.  She holds a Master of Arts in Humanities from Tiffin University, focusing on Interdisciplinary Studies and Media. She joined Austin Community College in 2011.  She has taught online, hybrid and face-to-face courses in Humanities in the Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities departments.  Kerri is a founding member of the Great Questions program at ACC and manages the program’s curriculum, training, and administration.  She has presented on student engagement at numerous events, including but not limited to The Great Teaching Retreat, Digital Fellows, Digicon, DE Symposium, and ACC  Development Days. Kerri has been teaching online for over 15 years and has focused her training and research on engaging and enriching the student experience in her courses.