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2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Beaver College of Health Sciences Faculty


Beaver College of Health Sciences

Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

DAWN C. BOTTS (2007)
Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders; Graduate Program Coordinator; and Director of the Communication Disorders Clinic
B.S., Mississippi University for Women
M.A., University of Tulsa
Ed.D., Delta State University
Graduate Faculty 

MELISSA BRIGHT (2015)
Clinical Educator and Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.A., East Tennessee State University
M.S., Appalachian State University

DONNA M. BROWN (1989)
Clinical Educator in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., West Virginia University
M.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana

KARALEE COLE (2016)
Clinical Educator and Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., University of Iowa
M.A., University of Iowa

THALIA J. COLEMAN (1992)
Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.A., South Carolina State College
M.A., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., University of Florida
Graduate Faculty

JENNIFER COCHRAN DALTON (2011)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., Kent State University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

JORDAN HAZELWOOD (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., University of Illinois
M.Ed., University of Georgia

BLISS HEMRIC (1996)
Clinical Instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University

LOUISE CATHERINE KEEGAN (2012)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.Sc., University College Cork (Ireland)
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Graduate Faculty

JOSEPH F. KLEIN, III (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.A., Marietta College
Ph.D., University of South Alabama
Graduate Faculty

ANGELA S. LOSARDO (1994)
Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., State University of New York College at Geneseo
M.S., State University of New York College at Buffalo
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Graduate Faculty

GARY C. McCULLOUGH (2014)
Associate Dean in the Beaver College of Health Sciences and Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.A., Washington and Lee University
M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D.., Vanderbilt University
Graduate Faculty

KIMBERLY C. McCULLOUGH (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.A., M.S., Baylor University
Ph.D.., University of Tennessee 
Graduate Faculty

CHARLES ROBIN MOREHOUSE (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.Sc., M.Sc., Dalhousie University
M.A., Au.D., University of Florida
Graduate Faculty

SHERRY L. STREET-TOBIN (1997)
Clinical Educator in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., Indiana University
M.A., The University of Memphis

JENNIFER PHARR VAN GILDER (1999)
Clinical Educator in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.A., M.A., Appalachian State University
Graduate Faculty

PAIGE WILLIAMS (2014)
Clinical Educator in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University

HELEN HOUSTON WOLTER (2011)
Cinical Educator in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.A., Rhodes College
M.A., Appalachian State University

Department of Health & Exercise Science

GREGORY ANOUFRIEV (2010)
Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
M.D., Riga Medical University (Riga, Latvia)

MELANIE DAWN AUSTIN (2000)
Lecturer in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University

REBECCA ANN BATTISTA (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
B.S., University of Delaware
M.S., Indiana University Bloomington
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Graduate Faculty

ERIN D. BOULDIN (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., University of Florida
M.P.H., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of Washington

KELLY J. COLE (2016)
Professor and Chair in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

SCOTT R. COLLIER (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., State University Cortland College
M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University
Graduate Faculty

RICHARD W. CHRISTIANA (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton
M.A., State University of New York at Albany
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

KIMBERLY S. FASCZEWSKI (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.A. University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
M.S., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

ASHLEY GOODMAN (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., Gardner-Webb University
M.A., The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)

REBECCA M. KAPPUS (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., University of Toledo
M.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Graduate Faculty

STEVEN R. McANULTY (2001)
Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Auburn University
Graduate Faculty

JEFFREY M. McBRIDE (2003)
Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science and Director of the Graduate Program in Exercise Science
B.S., West Virginia University
M.S., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., Southern Cross University
Graduate Faculty

EDWARD K. MERRITT (2012)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., Virginia Tech
M.S., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

MARCO MEUCCI (2014)
Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S.S., University of Rome Foro Italico (Italy)
M.S., Universidade de Tràs-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal)
Ph.D. University of Rome Foro Italico (Italy)
Graduate Faculty

JAMIE LYNN MOUL (1987)
Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science and Coordinator of the Athletic Training Program
B.S., West Chester State College
M.Ed., University of Virginia
Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

ALAN R. NEEDLE (2013)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., Boston University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Delaware
Graduate Faculty

DAVID CHRISTOPHER NIEMAN (1990)
Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., Pacific Union College
MPH, DHSc, Loma Linda University
Graduate Faculty

LAURIE A. RIVERA (2005)
Lecturer in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.Ed., The Citadel

JAN C. ROWE (1988)
Lecturer in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.A., Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Ed.D., Appalachian State University

ROBERT ANDREW SHANELY (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., California State University, Fullerton
M.A., Northern Arizona University
Ph.D., University of Florida
Graduate Faculty

CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SHREVE (2008)
Lecturer in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., M.S., Virginia Tech

CAROLINE J. SMITH (2013)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.Sc., Ph.D., Loughborough University (United Kingdom)
Graduate Faculty

JEFFREY TOD SOUKUP (2003)
Clinical Instructor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science and Director of the Appalachian Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Watauga Medical Center
B.S., Florida Southern College
M.S.S., U.S. Sports Academy
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Graduate Faculty

ABIGAIL S. L. STICKFORD (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.A., DePauw University
M.S., Ph.D., Indiana University
Graduate Faculty

JONATHON L. STICKFORD (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Indiana University
Graduate Faculty

N. TRAVIS TRIPLETT (2003)
Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Health and Exercise Science and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Exercise Science
B.S., Wake Forest University
M.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

ALAN CHRISTOPHER UTTER (1995)
Director of the Office of Student Research; Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science; and Coordinator of the Health Promotion Program
B.S., M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Faculty

COLLEEN M. UTTER (1995)
Lecturer in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., University of Pittsburgh
M.A., Appalachian State University

HERMAN van WERKHOVEN (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.Eng., B.S.S., University of Pretoria (South Africa)
M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

JENNIFER JANINE ZWETSLOOT (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., M.A., California State University, Chico
Ph.D., East Carolina University

KEVIN ALLEN ZWETSLOOT (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science
B.S., M.A., California State University, Chico
Ph.D. East Carolina University
Graduate Faculty

RITCHIE GENE SHUFORD (2012)
Lecturer in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
A.A., Western Piedmont Community College
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., Appalachian State University

Department of Nursing

JEAN BERNARD (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.S.N, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Ph.D., East Tennessee State University

DANA BRACKNEY (2010)
Lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Lab Director
B.S.N., Rush University
M.S.N., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., East Tennessee State University

TERESA D. CARNEVALE (2011)
Instructor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., Winston-Salem State University
M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

SHARON A. CUMBIE (2010)
Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N, M.S.N., Medical College of Georgia
Ph.D., University of Colorado

CYNTHIA GEOUGE DAVIS (2008)
Lecturer in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

JAMIE GLOVER (2016)
Clinical Instructor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

JANE GULLETT (2013)
Clinical Instructor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., Lenoir-Rhyne University
M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Charlotte

LINDA S. JOHANSON (2010)
Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Nursing
A.D.N., Lincoln Land Community College, Illinois
B.S.N., Sangamon State University
M.S., University of Illinois Medical Center
Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Graduate Faculty

SUSAN H. LANE (2013)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing and Graduate Program Director
BSN, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
MSN, Gardner Webb University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

PHOEBE A. POLLITT (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.S.N., East Carolina University
Graduate Faculty

KIMBERLY S. PRIODE (2011)
Instructor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., Radford University
M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

LaSHANDA SHELL (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S.N., Duke University
Ph.D., University of Virginia

REBECCA TURPIN (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., Tennessee Technology University
M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., East Tennessee State University

Department of Nutrition & Health Care Management

JOHN ARROWOOD (2016)
Lecturer in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
M.S., Winthrop University

KRISTIN LANAE BALL (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.A., Wheaton College
M.S., Meredith College
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

MELISSA DAVIS GUTSCHALL (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

SARAH RITCHEY JORDAN (2003)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.S., University of Mississippi
M.S., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Graduate Faculty

SANDI J. LANE (2011)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.S., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
M.S., University of New Haven
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte

LISA STASCO McANULTY (2000)
Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management and Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics
B.S., University of Florida
M.S., Texas Tech University
Ph.D., Auburn University
Graduate Faculty

LAURA H. McARTHUR (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.A., Rice University
M.A., Johns Hopkins University
M.S., Texas Tech University
Ph.D., University of California, Davis

ELIZABETH SUSAN MCGRADY (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.S., M.Ed., University of Florida
M.H.A. Tulane University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

MURUGI NDIRANGU (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.Ed., M.Ed, Kenyatta University
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

SUSAN DIANE ROGGENKAMP (2000)
Associate Dean in the College of Health Sciences and Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.H.A., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

MARTIN MENZO ROOT (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management and Director of the Graduate Program in Nutrition
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Graduate Faculty

THOMAS K. ROSS (2016)
Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
Ph.D., Saint Louis University

TRENT JOSEPH SPAULDING (2011)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management
B.S., M.I.S.M., Brigham Young University
Ph.D., Arizona State University

KYLE LOUISE THOMPSON (2010)
Lecturer in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management and Director of the Dietetic Internship
B.A., Oral Roberts University
M.S., East Carolina University

DAVID R. WILLIAMS (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management and Director of the Health Care Management Program
B.A., Wofford College
M.B.A., M.H.A., Georgia State University
Ph.D., The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Department of Recreation Management & Physical Education

DALE ATKINS (2016)
Chair of the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.A., Morehead State University
M.A., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.S., Eastern Kentucky University
Ph.D., Indiana University

MARY ANN BOLICK (2002)
Lecturer in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., Appalachian State University

JERRY P. CANTWELL (2005)
Lecturer in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University

ERIC D. FRAUMAN (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., M.Ed., University of Florida
Ph.D., Clemson University
Graduate Faculty

PAUL L. GASKILL (1986)
Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
A.A., Montgomery County Community College
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

MARION (MANDY) BOYD HARRISON (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education and Coordinator of the Recreation Management Program
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., Southern Illinois University
Ph.D., Clemson University
Graduate Faculty

KRISTIAN LAMAR JACKSON (2008)
Lecturer in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., North Carolina State University
M.Ed., University of Georgia

JANA JOY JAMES (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., M.S., University of Georgia
Ph.D., Clemson University
Graduate Faculty

MICHAEL WAYNE KERNODLE (1989)
Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.A., M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DEREK JASON MOHR (2000)
Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.A., Ed.D., West Virginia University

EDGAR LYMAN PECK (2009)
Lecturer in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
A.A., Mohawk Valley Community College
B.A., B.S., M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

ERIK RABINOWITZ (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.A., Colorado State University
M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Graduate Faculty

IRYNA SHARAIEVSKA (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.A., M.S., Keiv National Taras Shevchenko University
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BENJAMIN ANDREW SIBLEY (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., Wake Forest University
M.A., University of South Carolina (Columbia)
Ph.D., Arizona State University

JENNA SORRELLS (2016)
Lecturer in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.P.H., UNC Greensboro

J. SCOTT TOWNSEND (2001)
Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education and Coordinator of the Physical Education Program
B.S., M.S., Ed.D., West Virginia University

MELISSA JANE WEDDELL (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., Ball State University
M.B.A., Southern Illinois University
Ph.D., Clemson University

STEPHANIE THERESA WEST (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education
B.S., Auburn University
M.S., Georgia Southern University
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Graduate Faculty

Department of Social Work

BENJAMIN E. ALEXANDER-EITZMAN (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work
B.A., The Colorado College
M.S.W., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Washington University
Graduate Faculty

KELLIE REED ASHCRAFT (1997)
Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Director of the MSW Program
B.S., Central Michigan University
M.S.W., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

SARAH S. DONOVAN (2015)
Lecturer in the Department of Social Work
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.S.W., UNC- Chapel Hill

KRISTIN W. HARMON (2014)
Lecturer in the Department of Social Work
B.S.W., Appalachian State University
M.S.W., Appalachian State University

JULIE SPRINKLE HILL (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work
B.S.W., Appalachian State University
M.S.W., Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Graduate Faculty

MICHAEL L. HOWELL (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work
B.S.W., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.S.S.W., University of Louisville
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Graduate Faculty

JUDY KAPLAN (1995)
Lecturer in the Department of Social Work
B.S., M.S.W., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DENISE L. LEVY (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work and Director of the BSW Program
B.S.E.D., M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

DEBORAH L. PHILLIPS (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work
B.A., Furman University
M.S., Florida State University
M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

LAUREN E. RENKERT (2000)
Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Social Work
B.S.W., Florida Atlantic University
M.S.W., Barry University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Graduate Faculty

HEATHER THORP (2006)
Lecturer in the Department of Social Work
B.S.W., The Ohio State University
M.S.S.A., Case Western Reserve University

KELLY A. WILLIAMS (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work
B.A., M.S.W., University of Michigan
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty