The Journey
The through-line was
never a title.
How a person ends up working across journalism, education, psychology, policy, and healthcare — and why it was never as scattered as it sounds.
For most of my life, “What do you want to be?” was a question I genuinely could not answer. Other people seemed to choose a lane at eighteen and drive it. I never could. Every field I stepped into only revealed three more doors I wanted to walk through.
So I stopped apologizing for it. I became a journalist to understand how power works. I became an educator to understand how people learn. I went into psychology and behavior analysis to understand why we do what we do. I moved into policy because understanding means little if nothing changes. And I'm becoming a nurse because I want to be there, hands-on, when it counts.
It turned out the thing I couldn't name was the very thing connecting all of it — a stubborn need to understand people, and to be genuinely useful to them. That's the whole portfolio. Everything else is just chapters.
— Selected Publications
Writing to understand.
A book, two dozen-plus articles, op-eds, and formal recommendations — most of it an attempt to think a problem all the way through, in public.
Navigating the Path
A Comprehensive Guide for Parents of Special-Needs Children
I kept meeting the same parents — in clinics, in classrooms, on advisory committees — doing everything they could to navigate a system that rarely explains itself. This book is the guide I wished I could hand each of them: practical, plain-spoken, and built from real cases rather than theory.
The full list
- 2025The Intersection of Psychology and Technology: Enhancing Human Well-Being in the Digital AgeeLearning Industry
- 2025The Future of Online Learning for Mental Health Professionals: Accessing CEUseLearning Industry
- 2025The Role of eLearning in Mental Health Awareness and SupporteLearning Industry
- 2024Recommendation on Cannabis Controlled-Substance Rescheduling (Docket No. DEA-1362)U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- 2024Disability Settlement Recommendations for Wichita Public Schools' Student Handbook & PoliciesPolicy Brief
- 2024Letters to the Editor: Kind People, Jim Chadwell, Environmental StoriesThe Dallas Morning News
- 2023Letters to the Editor: Plano Firefighters, White Rock Trail, Dana BarnesThe Dallas Morning News
- 2022The Deadly Signs of Mass ShootersDenton Record-Chronicle
- 2021Educational Approach to Leadership: A Holistic Conference (with P. Russell)Conference Paper
- 2021Chaotic Crime Scenes: No Place for Unarmed Mental Health ProfessionalsDenton Record-Chronicle
- 2021Hypnosis as an Intervention: A Response to Medical and Psychological EmergenciesResearch Paper
- 2021Good Leadership for Students in COVID-19 TimesThe Dallas Morning News
- 2021Criminal Justice Reforms: A Leadership Change from the Echo ChamberEssay
- 2021A Holistic Approach in Patient Communication for First RespondersConcept Paper
- 2021First Responder Organizations and ApproachOrganizational Report
- 2020Change Theories: A Systematic Approach to EducationResearch Paper
- 2019Virtual Reality to Treat Veterans Diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderResearch Paper
- 2019The Ethical and Legal Issues of the Psychology ProfessionResearch Paper
- 2019Power Struggle Relationships: Emotional Labor Between CouplesResearch Paper
- 2019Making a Research Claim: An Academic Approach to Qualitative and Quantitative ResearchResearch Paper
- 2019A Reform on Empathy: Evaluating the Hug Between Botham Jean's Brother and Amber GuygerEssay
- 2018Affirmation, Validation, and Good Versus Bad RelationshipsResearch Paper
- 2017Oppositional Defiance Disorder: Maladaptive Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersResearch Paper
- 2017Effects of Video Games on Societal ViolenceResearch Paper
- 201710 Things Every High School Freshman Should KnowArticle
- 2016Should Students Diagnosed with Autism Have a Dual Diagnosis?Research Paper
- 2016Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: What Effects Does It Have? An Empirical ReportEmpirical Report