Apr 19, 2024  
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College of Human Ecology Faculty


Judy Siguaw, Professor and Dean
(BBA, Lamar University; MBA, DBA, Louisiana Tech University)
Ginger A. Woodard, Associate Professor and Associate Dean
(BS, Meredith College; MEd, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Michael Wheeler, Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
(BS, Appalachian State University; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Mary Lisa Pories, Teaching Instructor and Grants Administrator
(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MSW, PhD, East Carolina University)

Department of Child Development and Family Relations

Sharon Ballard, Associate Professor and Chair
(BS, University of Maine; MS, PhD, University of Tennessee)
Eboni Baugh, Assistant Professor
(BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MS, East Carolina University; PhD, Florida State University)
Susannah Berry, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS, East Carolina University)
Sheresa Blanchard, Assistant Professor
(BS, Seton Hall University; MEd, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Barbara Brehm, Teaching Instructor
(BA, Hope College; MEd, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Andrew Brimhall, Assistant Professor
(BS, MS, Brigham Young University; PhD, Texas Tech University)
Elizabeth A. Carroll, Associate Professor
(BS, University of Mississippi; MS, East Carolina University; JD, Mississippi College)
Priti Desai, Associate Professor
(MPH, Emory University; MS, PhD, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India)
Bernice Dodor, Associate Professor
(BS, University of Ghana; MS, PhD, Iowa State University)
David A. Dosser, Jr., Professor
(BS, University of Georgia; MEd, Georgia State University; PhD, University of Georgia)
Kate Taylor Harcourt, Assistant Professor
(BS, MS, PhD, Auburn University)
Archana Hegde, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Nirmala Niketa, India; PhD University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Jennifer Hodgson, Professor
(BA, University of Akron; MS, Northern Illinois University; PhD, Iowa State University)
Jakob Jensen, Assistant Professor
(BS, Brigham Young University; MS, PhD, Auburn University)
Cheryl Johnson, Associate Professor
(BS, Oregon State University; MS, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic and State University)
Bryce L. Jorgensen, Assistant Professor
(BS, Brigham Young University; MS, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic and State University)
Angela Lamson, Professor
(BA, MS, PhD, Iowa State University)
Sandra Lookabaugh, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Linda Mitchell, Associate Professor
(BSEd, MEd, Ohio University; PhD, The Pennsylvania State University)
Damon Rappleyea, Associate Professor
(BS, Brigham Young University; MEd, University of Oregon; PhD, Texas Tech University)
Natalia Sira, Associate Professor
(MD, Uzhhorod State University; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic and State University)
Alan Taylor, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Brigham Young University; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Chia Jung (Ruby) Yeh, Assistant Professor
(BA, MA, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology; PhD, Texas Woman’s University)
Katharine Wickel, Assistant Professor
(BS, Brigham Young University; MS, Purdue University,Calumet; PhD, University of Minnesota)

Department of Criminal Justice

William P. Bloss, Professor and Chair
(BS, University of Houston-Downtown; MA, PhD, Sam Houston State University)
James Anderson, Professor
(BS, MS, Alabama State University; PhD, Sam Houston State University)
Heidi Bonner, Assistant Professor
(BA, Gustavus Adolphus College; MS, San Jose State University; MA, PhD, State University of New York, Albany)
Abdullah Cihan, Assistant Professor
(LLB, Dicle School of Law; MA, PhD, Sam Houston State University)
Patrick Cundiff, Assistant Professor
BA, Kent State University; MA, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University)
Dennis Honeycutt, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MPA, East Carolina University)
Gerald Mark Jones, Professor
(BS, University of Georgia; MS, Georgia State University; PhD, Sam Houston State University)
John Kerbs, Associate Professor
(BS, Emory University; MSW, University of California, Berkley; MA, PhD, University of Michigan)
Megan Magers, Assistant Professor
(BA, BS, MS, University of Louisville; PhD, University of Central Florida)
Jonathan Maskaly, Instructor
(BA, University of Nevada, Reno; MA, University of Nevada, PhD, University of South Florida)
Jonathan Sorensen, Professor
(BS, Pan American University; MA, PhD, Sam Houston State University)
Michele Stacey, Assistant Professor
(BA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; PhD, University of Missouri, St. Louis)

Department of Interior Design and Merchandising

Katherine L. Swank, Associate Professor and Chair
(BA, MA, PhD, Michigan State University)
Marina Alexander, Associate Professor
(BS, Kerala University, India; HDSM [Honor Diploma in Systems Management], Kerala University, India; Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management, IGNOU, India; MS, PhD, Auburn University)
Runying Chen, Associate Professor
(BS, China Textile University; MS, Bowling Green University; PhD, Ohio State University)
Charles Gustina, Associate Professor
(BA, Georgetown University; MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University)
Susan Martin Meggs, Associate Professor
(BA, MFA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; MEA, Pace University)
Erin Dodd Parrish, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, PhD, North Carolina State University)
Jaya Rose, Assistant Professor
(BS, Eastern Michigan University; MFA, University of California, Los Angeles)
Rebecca Sweet, Associate Professor
(BA, Emory and Henry College; BFA, MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University; MEd, University of Virginia)
Ginger A. Woodard, Associate Professor and Associate Dean
(BS, Meredith College; MEd, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Jungmin Yoo, Assistant Professor
(BA, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul;  MS, PhD, Oregon State University)

Department of Nutrition Science

Melani Duffrin, RD, Professor and Interim Chair
(BS, MS, Western Illinois University; PhD, Ohio University)
Oyinlola Babatunde, RD, Assistant Professor
(BS, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; MS, University of West Indies, Kingston Jamaica; PhD, Florida International University)
Virginia Carraway-Stage, RD, Assistant Professor
(BS, MS, East Carolina University; PhD, North Carolina State University)
Sylvia Escott-Stump, RD, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Janet Fletcher, RD, Teaching Instructor
(BS, Tennessee Technological University; MS, University of Tennessee)
William Forsythe, Professor
(BS, MS, University of Florida; PhD, Michigan State University)
Margie L. Gallagher, RD, Professor Emerita
(BS, University of Tennessee; MS, University of Florida; PhD, University of California, Davis)
Nancy G. Harris, RD, Clinical Instructor
(BS, Winthrop College; MS, East Carolina University)
Kimberly Heidal, RD, Associate Professor
(BS, MHS, Western Carolina University; PhD, University of Nebraska)
Ian Hines, Assistant Professor
(BS, University of North Carolina at Asheville; PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center)
Laura Matarese, RD, Associate Professor
(BA, Ohio Dominican University; Ms, Case Western Reserve University; PhD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
Diana Saum, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MS, The Ohio State University)
Roman Pawlak, RD, Associate Professor
(BS, Wyzsze Seminarium Duchowne, Podkowa Lesna, Poland; MS, Andrews University; PhD, University of Southern Mississippi)
Elizabeth Wall-Bassett, RD, Associate Professor
(BS, Western Carolina university; PhD, Clemson University)
Laurel Wentz, RD, Assistant Professor
(BS, Pennsylvania State University; MS, University of Florida; PhD, Florida State University)
Michael Wheeler, Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies
(BS, Appalachian State University; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

School of Hospitality Leadership

Robert M. O’Halloran, Professor and Director
(BS, University of Massachusetts; MBA, PhD, Michigan State University)
Alleah Crawford, Associate Professor
(BA, MS, PhD, Auburn University)
Cynthia Deale, Professor
(BS, University of Puget Sound; MS, Michigan State University; PhD, University of Denver)
Jacqueline DeChabert-Rios, Teaching Instructor
(BS, Howard University; MS, Florida International University; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Dori Finley Dennison, Professor
(BS, MS, Kansas State University, Manhattan; PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia)
David L. Edgell, Sr., Professor
(BS, University of Kansas; BA, American University; MA, Indiana University; PhD, University of Cincinnati)
George Fenich, Professor
(BS, SUNY Cortland; MS, Rennsalaer Polytechnic University; PhD, Rutgers University)
Kathryn Hashimoto, Associate Professor
(BM, Ithaca College; MBA Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; MBA Marketing, MS, Fairleigh Dickinson University; PhD Marketing, Century University; PhD Curriculum and Instruction, University of New Orleans)
Seung Hyun (Jenna) Lee, Assistant Professor
(BS, MS, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Ph.D. University of Central Florida)
Jay Lee, Assistant Professor
(BA, BBA, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; MS, University of Nevada Las Vegas; PhD, Kansas State University)
Seung Hyun (Jenna) Lee, Assistant Professor
(BS, MS, University of Nevada Las Vegas; PhD, University of Central Florida)
David Rivera, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, University of South Carolina; PhD, Texas Tech University)
Mel Weber, Associate Professor
(BS, MBA, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia)

School of Social Work

Shelia G. Bunch, Professor and Director
(BS, East Carolina University; MSW, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PhD, North Carolina State University)
Margaret Arnd-Caddigan, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Illinois; MA, MSW, University of Chicago; PhD, Loyola University, Chicago)
Paige Averett, Associate Professor
(BS, Montreat College; MSW, Washington University in St. Louis; PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Lena W. Carawan, Associate Professor
(BSW, East Carolina University; MSW, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Tracy Carpenter-Aeby, Associate Professor
BA, MSW, PhD, University of Georgia)
Brenda J. Eastman, Associate Professor
(BSW, MSW, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University)
LaTonya Gaskins, Teaching Instructor
(BSW, Elizabeth City State University; MSW, East Carolina University)
Mary S. Jackson, Professor
(BA, Notre Dame College of Ohio; MSSA, PhD, Case Western Reserve University)
Janine Jason-Gay, Teaching Instructor
(BSW, MSW, East Carolina University)
Carol Jenkins, Associate Professor
(BS, Binghamton University; MPA, PhD, Syracuse University)
Kerry Littlewood, Assistant Professor
(BSW, North Carolina State University; MSW, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Monte Miller, Associate Professor
(BSW, MSW, PhD, University of Maine)
Blace Nalavany, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Tampa; MSW, PhD Florida State University)
Elizabeth Osborne, Teaching Instructor
(BSW, East Carolina University; MSW, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
John H. Pierpont, Associate Professor
(BA, McMurry College; MTh, Southern Methodist University; MSW, PhD, University of Kansas)
Nancy Pierson, Field Director
(BA, Rowan University; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary; MSW, East Carolina University)
Kelley Reinsmith-Jones, Assistant Professor
(BA, University of Alaska Southeast; MSW, Eastern Washington University; PhD, Gonzaga University)
Michael Robinson, Assistant Professor
(BS, DePaul University University; MSSW, PhD, University of Louisville)
Intae Yoon, Associate Professor
(BA, Konkuk University; MSW, PhD, University of South Carolina)