Erin, who earned her Doctor of Education degree from East Tennessee State University, brings over a decade of experience to the role. She has worked in secondary and postsecondary education and served as an educational consultant for educational programming. Her areas of expertise include experiential learning, international education, student retention, and program management. She began her work by managing community engagement opportunities for high school seniors who needed to fulfill internship requirements toward capstone projects.
Erin’s love for international education stirred from her own experiences growing up abroad in Southeast Asia with her family. This experience allowed her to learn new cultures, overcome obstacles through grit and determination, and develop a passion for international learning from a young age. It was this experience that fostered her dissertation topic, which focused on students who self-design their own gap year and how these experiences created meaning and helped students shape their own self-authorship.
Before joining Forman, Erin’s efforts in the classroom focused on working with underrepresented student populations with a variety of interests in developing their executive functioning skills to further develop students’ personal and professional interests. She also consulted for various for-profit and higher educational institutions, which, combined with her teaching experiences, gave her a deep knowledge of the holistic needs for student success, especially regarding real-world application of newly acquired skillsets.