Dec 26, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2023-2024 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)
Associate 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

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

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

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

ELIZABETH CAMPBELL (2011)
Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., State University of New York, College at Oneonta
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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

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

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)
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

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

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

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

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

JOHN A. HENSON (2011)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S. Appalachian State University 
M.A. Boston University

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

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

MINA MIN (2017)
B.Ed., Gyeongin National University of Education, South Korea
M.S.Ed, Indiana University
Ph.D, Indiana University

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

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

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

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

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

MELBA SPOONER (2016)
Dean of the Reich College of Education and Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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

CACEY L. WELLS (2019) 
B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

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

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

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

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

PAMELA L. SHUE (2019) 
Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Child Studies
B.S. The Pennsylvania State University
M.Ed., ​Ed.D. Temple 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

KRISTIN BENSON (2017)
Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., Florida State University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Virginia Tech

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

DOMINIQUE S. HAMMONDS (2015)
Associate 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

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

AMY MILSOM (2019)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., M.Ed., D.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University

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

MARK SCHWARZE (2014)
Associate 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

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

DIANE M. WARYOLD (2004)
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

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

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

KIM ELIZABETH BECNEL (2010)
Associate 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

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

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

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

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

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

STACEY D. GARRETT (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., College of William and Mary
M.A., James Madison University
Ph.D., Clemson University

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

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

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

ALECIA YOUNGBLOOD JACKSON (2003)
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

ANDREW KORICICH (2016)
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

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

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

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

TERRY W. McCLANNON (2008)
Associate Dean for Program Affairs and Student Services in the College of Education and Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Ed.D., Appalachian State University

VACHEL W. MILLER (2008)
Director of the Doctoral Program and 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

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

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

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

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

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

CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL OSMOND (2010)
Associate Director of the Doctoral Program and Associate 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

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

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

MATTHEW THOMAS-REID
Assistant 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

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)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville


Department of Reading Education & Special Education

MORGAN BLANTON (2017)
Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.Ed., University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Ed.D., Gardner-Webb University

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

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

JASON DEHART (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., M.A., Ed.S., Lee University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

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

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

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

SUSAN HEDGES (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., Hollins University
M.A., University of East Anglia-United Kingdom
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

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

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

MONICA A. LAMBERT (2001)
Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education and Associate Dean of the College of Education
B.S., M.A., West Virginia University
Ed.D., Florida Atlantic University

DAVID J. PEYTON (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., Wilmington University
M.S.Ed., Northern State University
Ph.D., University of Florida

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

DEBRA PRYKANOWSKI (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.S., Syracuse University
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
Ph.D., University of Florida

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

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

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

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

SHUAI ZHANG (2019)
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education
B.A., Shandong Normal University
M.A., Ph.D., Texas A & M University