Staff directory

• Hometown: Saugatuck, MI
• High School: Heritage High School
• Professional Experience:I began my work as a counselor at MCC back in 2006 when I was finishing my Master of Arts degree at Western Michigan University. Fortunately, the Counseling and Advising Center was in need of an adjunct counselor when I completed my field practicum and I was able to begin my journey as a professional counselor right here at MCC! In 2011, an opportunity at GRCC presented itself to me which allowed me to expand my counseling vocabulary by working with a wonderfully diverse caseload of students who had a wide spectrum of disabilities. Working in Disability Support opened my eyes to a world in which students overcame barriers, often which seemed insurmountable, while pursuing and achieving their educational goals. In fall 2014, with great excitement, I accepted a position as a full-time counselor here at MCC. I’m proud to say that the knowledge I gained while working at MCC assisted me in building a solid foundation for my counseling career. I consider myself fortunate to have been presented with all of the opportunities, in life and counseling that I have been presented with. As for the future, I am dedicated to attaining new knowledge, assisting others in the acquisition of new knowledge and encouraging self-reflection that may assist others in becoming the best versions of themselves that they can imagine.
• Academic Degrees: BA Aquinas College, Master of Arts- Counseling in Higher Education, Western Michigan University

• Lived on an island off the coast of Belize for a year
• Hiked a portion of the Appalachian Trail
• Passionate about music and other forms of artistic expression

• Professional Experience: Shae is a former Muskegon Community College Nursing Program graduate. She holds a current State of Michigan Registered Nurse (RN) license and a Certified Nurse Aide Train-the-Trainer certification, as well as an Interim Occupational Teaching Certificate (IOC). She has been an adjunct faculty member since 2008 and joined MCC as a full-time faculty member in 2014. Shae has experience working in various hospital nursing settings, outpatient clinics, pain management, wound care, home care, career and technical education, and auditing.
• Academic Degrees: Masters of Nursing degree with an education specialty focus from Ferris State University

Faculty Reference

If would like to obtain a professional reference from your faculty member to add to your portfolio, please complete make sure to complete an official MCC Letter of Recommendation Permission Form.  If a specific employer does not require the use of their form, please also provide your faculty member with a copy of the Nursing Department Reference Form. (Click on links for form copies.)

• Hometown: Battle Creek, MI
• High School: St. Phillip Catholic Central
• Professional Experience: I have had the privilege of teaching English and Literature courses for over 10 years and have been with Muskegon Community College since 2015. After teaching and designing courses online for over ten years, it was exciting to be back in the classroom.
  I enjoy sharing my love of language and literature on a daily basis with students. I revel in the challenge of reaching students through literature and hope to help each of them become deep thinkers and ultimately, better human beings.
  I am the Editor of River Voices, Muskegon Community College’s literary magazine, and offer students the opportunity to work as Co-Editor(s) in an ENG101/ENG102 Honors Course(s). I am also one of the faculty advisors for Sigma Kappa Delta, the English Honor Society for Two-Year Colleges.
• Academic Degrees: BA, English, Grand Valley State University, MA, English, College of Charleston
• Classes Taught: ENG231 – Women’s’ Literature, ENG 102 – English Composition, ENG 101 – English Composition, CSS – College Success Seminar

After spending twelve years in Charleston, SC, it was a joy to come back to West Michigan.  I live in Grand Haven with my husband and two beautiful children. We spend most of our free time outside, near the water.

My hobbies include: reading (of course), yoga, running, and hiking. I love historical fiction, memoirs, almost every kind of poetry, and movies based on true events.

Some of the Books that Changed my Life:

• Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
• The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler
• The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Beloved, Toni Morrison
• I Know why the Cage Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
• The Midwife, Chris Bohjalian
• The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
• What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty

• Hometown: Grand Rapids MI
• Professional Experience: Research and Professional Interests – Physical, Visual, and Memory Rehabilitation with patients suffering from Vestibular dysfunction, Problems with Chronic Wound Healing especially as presented in patients with diabetes, Effective use of Technology in teaching introductory science classes, and Advocacy for individuals with physical disabilities.
• Academic Degrees: Ph.D. Medical Sciences from University of Florida College of Medicine, M.S. in Microbiology and Cell Sciences from University of Florida,
• Classes Taught: BIOL 152 – Human Anatomy

• Saxophonist
• 5 children
• learned how to walk and drive again after complete bilateral vestibular loss
• performed in two Super Bowl Halftime shows
• traveled as short term missionary to Romania, China, and the Dominican Republic

Click here to view his Winter 2023 schedule/office hours.