Street Cred

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Welcome to the Bubbly Professor…a blog about wine and spirits education.

As for myself, as the Director of Education and Certification for the Society of Wine Educators I am in charge of creating all of the organization’s wine- and spirits-focused educational materials. These include text books/study guides, workbooks, and online courses as well as exams and certification instruments. During my 12-plus years at SWE, I have introduced webinars, ebooks, online prep classes, computer-based testing, and online proctoring to SWE. I am the author of the Certified Specialist of Wine Study Guide, the Certified Specialist of Spirits Study Guide, and WineSpeak 101 (the book).

Street Cred:

  • M.B.A, B.A. (political science), University of California at Berkeley
  • Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) and Certified Wine Educator (CWE), Society of Wine Educators
  • Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) and Certified Spirits Educator (CSE) Society of Wine Educators
  • WSET Levels 1, 2, and 3
  • 2012 Banfi Award Winner (for highest grade of the year in the CWE [Certified Wine Educator] Exam)
  • 2009—Winner of the WOSA Sponsored Professional Wine Writers Competition (creator of the award-winning essay that featured as its prize a 2-week trip to the Winelands of South Africa)
  • SME (Subject Matter Expert) and ID (Instructional Designer) for over 25 fully accredited Professional Wine Studies and Culinary Management Courses (higher ed, both in-class and on-line)
  • 16 Years Full-time Chef Instructor, Wine Educator, and Director of Education at Le Cordon Bleu Colleges – North America (both o-t-g (on the ground) and on-line)
  • 15 Years Food and Beverage Director, Banquet Manager, Chef (Holiday Inn/Bristol Hotels and Resorts)
  • Educator of the Year—Career Education Corporation—2007
  • Educator of the Year— Career Education Corporation—2009
  • The “Ultimate Culinary Educator” – Food Educator’s Learning Conference—2009
  • Areas of Expertise:  Student Engagement, Testing and Assessments, Train the Trainer, Brain-based Learning
  • Conference Sessions led, Classes given – literally too many to count!

The Bubbly Professor is “Miss Jane” Nickles of San Marcos, Texas.

Contact me at:  missjane@prodigy.net