Education:
Master's Degree in Education - Instructional Design,
Undergraduate degrees in Computer Information Systems and Supervision both from Purdue University Calumet

Professional Activities:
Diane began her career in the late 1970's as a Process Engineer and Contract Consultant. She worked for U.S. Steel and Inland Steel through the early 1980’s. From 1981 - 1988, she was a part-time instructor at Purdue University Calumet. In 1989, she became a Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University Calumet. In 1992, she started her own computer training company, Compu-Train, Inc, located in Merrillville, Indiana until 2004. While running her business, she had been an adjunct instructor for Davenport University, Indiana University Northwest, and Purdue University Calumet. In Fall 2002, she started as a full-time Lecturer for the Computer Information Systems (CIS) department at Indiana University Northwest.