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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Reich College of Education Faculty


Reich College of Education

Department of Curriculum & Instruction

TEMPESTT ADAMS (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S.,  NC State University
M.B.A., Pfeiffer University
Ph.D.,  UNC-Charlotte

MARY ELIZABETH BELLOWS (2013)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., Stephen F. Austin State University
M.S., Texas A&M University-Commerce
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Faculty

LESLIE U. BRADBURY (2006)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., James Madison University
MA.Ed., East Carolina University
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

HERBERT F. BROWN (2007)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Graduate Faculty

JAMES ALLEN BRYANT, JR. (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., College of William and Mary
Ph.D., University of North Dakota

ANN-MARIE CLARK (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia
M.A., University of Kentucky
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Faculty

SUSAN A. COLBY (2003)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., University of Minnesota
M.A., University of Colorado
Ed.D., East Carolina University
Graduate Faculty

CHRISTOPHER COOK (2015)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S. & M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

CHRYSTAL O. DEAN (2008)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Graduate Faculty

MARY W. FERRELL (1990)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
M.S., Appalachian State University
B.A., Pfeiffer University

SHANAN H. FITTS (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., University of Utah
M.A., University of New Mexico
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Graduate Faculty

DAMIANA GIBBONS PYLES (2011)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., B.A., M.A., University of Wyoming
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate Faculty

JEFFREY M. GOODMAN (1993)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
M.A., Appalachian State University
B.A., Harvard College

TRACY JO GOODSON-ESPY (2004)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.S., Middle Tennessee State University
Ed.D., Vanderbilt University
Graduate Faculty

ERIC CHANDLER GROCE (2004)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S.Ed., The University of Texas at Tyler
M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Graduate Faculty

LISA A. GROSS (2007)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University
M.S., University of Missouri-St. Louis
M.S., Northern Illinois University
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Graduate Faculty

GREGORY S. MCCLURE (2010)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., Appalachian State University
MS.Ed., Shenandoah University
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

JENNIFER RICHARDSON McGEE (2012)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., North Carolina State University
M.S., University of Florida
Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Faculty

DIANA L. MOSS (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Reno
Graduate Faculty

LINDA C. PACIFICI (1999)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., Virginia Tech
M.S., Radford University
Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Graduate Faculty

LISA L. POLING (2010)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., Franklin University
M.A., Wright State University
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Graduate Faculty

LAURIE A. RAMIREZ (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Utah
Graduate Faculty

THERESA A. REDMOND (2011)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., Saint Michael’s College
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ed.D., Boston University
Graduate Faculty

TRACY W. SMITH (2000)
Professor and Assistant Chair in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
A.B., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

JERIANNE S. TAYLOR (2005)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S. & M.Ed., Clemson University
Ed.D., NC State University

HOLLY J. THORNTON (2006)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Graduate Faculty

ASHLEY WHITEHEAD (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., Oakland City University
M.S., Indiana State University
Ph.D., North Carolina State University

DAVID ARTHUR WILEY (2011)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Temple University

RACHEL E. WILSON (2011)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
A.B., Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

SARA OLIN ZIMMERMAN (1992)
Interim Chair and Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.G.S., B.S.Ed., M.S., Ph.D., University of Kansas
Graduate Faculty

Department of Family & Child Studies

ANDREA W. ANDERSON (2011)
Director of the Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory Program
B.S., Western Carolina University
M.A., Appalachian State University

DENISE M. BREWER (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Child Studies
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.Ed., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Faculty

DIONNE SILLS BUSIO (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Child Studies
B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

CHERYL L. LEE (1994)
Professor in the Department of Family and Child Studies
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

RHONDA DOSS RUSSELL (2010)
Lecturer in the Department of Family and Child Studies
B.A., Freed-Hardeman University
M.A., Appalachian State University

CAROL SHIVEL SOULÉ (1993)
Lecturer in the Department of Family and Child Studies
B.A., Florida Atlantic University
M.A., University of Georgia

MORIAH M. STEGALL (2017)
Lecturer in the Department of Family and Child Studies
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University

TERESSA SUMRALL (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Child Studies
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Department of Human Development & Psychological Counseling

LEROY G. BARUTH (1988)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.S., M.S., Mankato State University
Ed.D., University of Arizona
Graduate Faculty

KAREN L. CALDWELL (2000)
Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., Mars Hill College
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Graduate Faculty

CATHERINE R. CLARK (1997)
Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.S., M.S., Ed.D., Indiana University
Graduate Faculty

LAURA E. GAMBREL(2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., Goucher College
M.A., Naropa University
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Graduate Faculty

DOMINIQUE S. HAMMONDS (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.S., North Carolina State University
M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Faculty

GLENDA JOHNSON (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., Talladega College
M.A., Ohio State University
M.A., Prairie View A& M University
Ph.D., Sam Houston State University
Graduate Faculty

NICKOLAS A. JORDAN (2011)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University
Graduate Faculty

MELIA SNYDER (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Faculty

JAMES M. LANCASTER (2002)
Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., M.A., Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

GERALDINE A. MILLER (1992)
Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., Moorhead State University
M.S.E., University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Ph.D., Ball State University
Graduate Faculty

CHRISTINA M. ROSEN (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., St. Leo University
M.A., Ed.D., University of Cincinnati
Graduate Faculty

MARK SCHWARZE (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., M.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Graduate Faculty

JILL VAN HORNE (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., Lenoir-Rhyne College
M.A. Ed., Western Carolina University
Ph.D., University of North-Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Faculty

DIANE M. WARYOLD (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.S., State University College at Cortland, New York
M.Ed., University of Florida
Ed.D., Florida State University
Graduate Faculty

JON L. WINEK (1993)
Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.S., University of Michigan
M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Graduate Faculty

Department of Leadership & Educational Studies

ROMA BOWEN ANGEL (2002)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Meredith College
M.A., Wake Forest University
Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

KIM ELIZABETH BECNEL (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., University of Louisiana at Lafayette
M.A., University of Southern Mississippi
M.L.I.S., Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Graduate Faculty

LESLIE BOLT (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., M.S., Virginia Tech
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Graduate Faculty

BARBARA SCARCELLA BONHAM (1988)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., Kutztown University
M.S., Bloomsburg University
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

HUNTER REED BOYLAN (1980)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies and Director of the National Center for Developmental Education
B.A., Miami University
M.Ed., Temple University
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Graduate Faculty

BRANDY STAR BRYSON (2012)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., M.S.W., University of Georgia
Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)
Graduate Faculty

AMELIA W. CHENEY (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., Wake Forest University
Ed.D., Appalachian State University
Graduate Faculty

MICHAEL WILLIAM DALE (1988)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., M.A.T., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

AUDREY DENTITH (2015)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies and Director of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership
B.S., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
M.Ed., Temple University
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

LOUIS B. GALLIEN, JR. (2013)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., Taylor University
M.A., Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

WILLIAM M. GUMMERSON (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., Ed.S., Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Graduate Faculty

DAVID R. HOSTETLER (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Westminster College
M.A.T.S., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
M.A., J.D., Duke University
Graduate Faculty

BARBARA B. HOWARD (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Wake Forest University
M.A., Ed.D., Appalachian State University
Graduate Faculty

ALECIA YOUNGBLOOD JACKSON (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., University of Georgia
M.S., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

ANDREW KORICICH (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
M.B.A., Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

PATRICIA LEVINE-BROWN (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Liberal Studies
M.A., Jacksonville University
Ed.S., Appalachian State University
Ed.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Faculty

JENNIFER LUETKEMEYER (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., University of North Florida
M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University
Graduate Faculty

GEORGE ALBERT MAYCOCK (1984)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., University of Florida
Ed.D., Texas Tech University
Graduate Faculty

TERRY W. McCLANNON (2008)
Department Chair and Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Ed.D., Appalachian State University
Graduate Faculty

VACHEL W. MILLER (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Saint John’s University
M.A., University of Minnesota
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Graduate Faculty

ROBIN A. MOELLER (2011)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
M.A., University of Northern Iowa
Ph.D., Indiana University
Graduate Faculty

PRECIOUS MUDIWA (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.Ed., University of Zimbabwe
M.Ed., Ed.D., Idaho State University
Graduate Faculty

PETER JOHN NELSEN (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Graduate Faculty

GEORGE H. OLSON (1991)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., American International College
M.A., University of New Hampshire
Ph.D., Florida State University
Graduate Faculty

PATRICK M. O’SHEA (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Graduate Faculty

CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL OSMOND (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University
M.A., Stanford University
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

ALVIN C. PROFFIT (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., Marshall University
Ed.D., West Virginia University
Graduate Faculty

ROBERT L. SANDERS (2003)
Associate Dean in the School of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., Indiana University
M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky
Ed.D., University of Cincinnati
Graduate Faculty

JOHN HOLSTON TASHNER (1976)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., M.S., Old Dominion University
Ed.D., University of Virginia
Graduate Faculty

KRISTA P. TERRY (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Lyndon State College
M.A., Radford University
Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Graduate Faculty

MATTHEW THOMAS-REID
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., Mars Hill College
M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

GAYLE M. TURNER (1999)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Stanford University
M.I.T., Seattle University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

PAUL R. WALLACE (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Graduate Faculty
 

Department of Reading Education & Special Education

BETH BUCHHOLZ (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S., Ph.D Indiana University
Graduate Faculty

AFTYNNE CHEEK (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Ed., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

ELIZABETH M. FRYE (2004)
Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., M.A., Ed.D., Appalachian State University
Graduate Faculty

JUSTIN GARWOOD (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., State University of New York at Brockport
M.Ed., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

J. THOMAS GILL (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., Randolph-Macon College
M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Virginia
Graduate Faculty

CONSTANCE R. GREEN (1987)
Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., M.Ed., Florida Atlantic University
Ph.D., University of Florida
Graduate Faculty

ROBIN GROCE (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Graduate Faculty

ELIN M. HOFFMAN (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., Indiana University Southeast
M.S., Ph.D., Indiana University
Graduate Faculty

REBECCA JORDAN (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., University of Richmond
M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DAVID ALLEN KOPPENHAVER (2004)
Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., The College of Wooster
M.Ed., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

LARRY J. KORTERING (1992)
Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., Hope College
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ed.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Graduate Faculty

MONICA A. LAMBERT (2001)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., M.A., West Virginia University
Ed.D., Florida Atlantic University
Graduate Faculty

ROSE MARIE MATUSZNY (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.Ed., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

ROBERT DARRELL MORRIS (1989)
Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education and Director of the Reading Clinic
B.A., Randolph-Macon College
M.A., University of Richmond
Ed.D., University of Virginia
Graduate Faculty

SUSAN MAYFIELD POGOLOFF (1997)
Associate Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S.Ed., University of Oklahoma
M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate Faculty

REBECCA KAY SHANKLAND (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Graduate Faculty

CATHERINE C. SMITH (2013)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

WOODROW R. TRATHEN (1993)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Utah
Graduate Faculty

CHRISTOPHER L. VAN LOAN (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., Florida State University
M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Florida
Graduate Faculty

DEVERY MOCK WARD (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Graduate Faculty

MARGARET GESSLER WERTS (1998)
Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., Emory University
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Ed.S., University of Iowa
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Faculty