2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
    May 09, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Administration and Graduate Faculty


Administration and Graduate Faculty

College of Graduate & Professional Studies Administration

Jeannine R. Perry: Dean, College of Graduate and Professional Studies
Sarah Tanner-Anderson: Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies
Julienne M. Boone: Director, Graduate Admissions and Recruitment
Kate Morgan: Director, Graduate Student Support
Scott Couchman: Assistant Director, MBA Admissions and Student Services
Stephanie Carwile: Graduate Admissions & Recruitment Specialist
Jamie L. Eacho: Assistant Director, Marketing & Recruitment 
Brooke L. Greenbank: Director, Professional Studies Admissions and Recruitment
Katie H. Manis: Budget Administrator
Roxanne Martin: Assistant Director, Professional Studies
Juliette C. Mersiowsky: Professional Studies Teacher Education Director

Longwood Graduate Faculty

Faculty are determined eligible to teach graduate courses by their department chair, College Dean and Academic Affairs in accordance with FPPM guidelines on Faculty Qualifications and Credentials. This determination can be made at the time of hire, upon a change in faculty education or experience, and/or upon the offering of newly developed graduate level courses. 

Graduate teaching assignments are made by the department chair with assistance from the graduate program director and must be agreed upon by the appropriate College Dean and by the Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies.

Full-time graduate faculty are listed below.

KATHRYN D. ALVES, Associate Professor of Special Education (2017)
Program Director for Special Education
B.A., M.T., Ph.D., University of Virginia

JENNIFER M. APPERSON, Professor of Counselor Education and Psychology (1985)
B.A., Stephens College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Akron

FRANK W. BACON, Professor of Finance (1990)
B.S., University of Richmond; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

R. (BOB) BARNWELL, Assistant Professor of Marketing (2019)
B.S., University of Virginia; M.B.A., Tennessee State University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University   

AMANDA J. BLAISDELL, Associate Professor of Health Education (2017)
Program Director for Health and Physical Education
B.S., M.A.T., University of New Hampshire; Ed.D., D.H.Ed. A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

ANGELICA D. BLANCHETTE, Associate Professor of Education (2014)
B.A., M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Virginia

DARRELL R. CARPENTER, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Cyber Security (2016)
B.S., Wayland Baptist University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas - San Antonio

PAUL E. CHAPMAN, Professor of Education (2013)
B.A., M.A., Ed.S., Ph.D., Virginia Tech

AUDREY P. CHURCH, Professor of School Librarianship (2000)
B.A., Bridgewater College; M.S., Longwood College; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

KARLA B. COLLINS, Associate Professor of School Librarianship (2012)
Program Director for School Librarianship
B.A., James Madison University; M.A. ED., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., Old Dominion University

ANN CRALIDIS, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders (2012)
B.A., Elon College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

KAREN H. FEATHERS, Associate Professor in Special Education (2010)
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., Longwood University; Ed.D., Gwynedd Mercy University

JENNIFER M. GERLACH, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education (2022)
B.A., University of Tennessee Knoxville; M.Ed., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

KARI E. HAMPTON, Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education (2017)
B.S., Longwood University; M.Ed., University of Virginia; D.H.Ed., A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

CARL A. HARVEY, II, Associate Professor of School Librarianship (2015)
B.S., Ball State University; M.Ed., M.L.S., Indiana University - Purdue University of Indianapolis

JAMES C. HAUG, Professor of Management (2007)
B.S., Columbia University; M.B.A., University of California at Berkeley; D.B.A., The George Washington University

CHRISTOPHER D. JONES, Associate Professor of Special Education (1998)
B.S., M.S., Longwood College; Ph.D., University of Virginia

JUSTIN R. JORDAN, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education (2022)
B.S., M.A.Ed., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

AFTAB A. KHAN, Associate Professor of Special Education (2015)
B.S., M.A., M.Phil., University of Karachi; M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto

ALISON KING, Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders (2019)
Program Director for CSDS
B.S. Appalachian State University; M.A. University of South Carolina; Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University 

CLAIRE R. LAROCHE, Associate Professor of Business Law and Legal Environment (1998)
B.S., College of Charleston; J.D., University of South Carolina Law School; M.B.A., College of William and Mary

DAVID L. LEHR, Professor of Economics (2001)
Program Director for the MBA
B.A., State University of New York at Fredonia; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

VINCENT MAGNINI, Professor of Management (2021)
B.S., Virginia Tech; M.B.A., Wichita State University; Ph.D, Old Dominion University

MELANIE B. MARKS, Professor of Economics (1993)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Texas A & M University

KATHLEEN A. MCCLESKEY, Associate Professor of Counselor Education (2013)
B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Virginia

HUA ‘MEG’ MENG, Associate Professor of Marketing (2016)
B.S., M.A., Sichuan University - China; M.B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Kent State University

ROBERT D. MICHAEL, JR., Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education (2017)
B.S., M.S., California State University - Fullerton; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

MICHAEL S. MUCEDOLA, Associate Professor of Health Education (2013)
B.S. Ithaca College; M.S. State University of New York, Campus at Cortland; Ph.D., Walden University

STEVEN MUELLER, Assistant Professor of Management (2022)
B.S., Baldwin Wallace University; M.A., University of Texas, El Paso; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno

PUBALI MUKHERJEE, Assistant Professor of Marketing (2023)
B.Tech., National Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Binghamton University, SUNY

HANNAN NAEENI, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management (2019)
B.S., Amirkabir University of Technology; M.S. Amirkabir University of Technology; Ph.D., C.T. Bauer College of Business; Ph.D. Stuart School of Business

TAMMY PARLIER, Assistant Professor of Reading, Literacy and Learning (2021)
Program Director for Reading, Literacy, and Learning
B.S., James Madison University; M.Ed., Pacific Lutheran University; Ed.D., Liberty University

THOMAS J. PLAHOVINSAK, II, Associate Professor of Economics (2017)
B.S., Villanova University; Ph.D., Northeastern University

LAURA POE, Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Cyber Security (2020)
B.S. Accounting, Virginia Commonwealth University; B.S. Information Systems, Virginia Commonwealth University; M.S. Information Systems, Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A. Theological Studies, Liberty University; Ph.D. Technology Management, Indiana State University

MARSHA RUTLEDGE, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education (2018)
Program Director for Counselor Education
B.S., Old Dominion University; MsEd, Old Dominion University; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University  

SHANNON W. SALLEY, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders (2007)
B.S., M.S., James Madison University; SLP.D., Nova Southeastern University

DAWN SCHWARTZ, Assistant Professor of Accounting (2020)
BSBA, MBA, Longwood University; DBA, Liberty University; Ph.D. Liberty University

WENDY MANN SNOW, Associate Professor of Education (2012)
B.A., M.T., Ph.D., University of Virginia

JENIFER R. SPISAK, Associate Professor of School Librarianship (2017)
B.A., M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

ADRIENNE SUDBURY, Assistant Professor of Economics (2020)
B.S., M.S., The University of Tennessee; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SARAH L. TANNER-ANDERSON, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership (2017)
Program Director for Educational Leadership
B.A., M.A., Longwood University; Ed.D.; George Washington University

RONDA L. WALKER, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders (2017)
B.S., Clemson University; M.S., East Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Greensboro

ERIN WALLACE, Assistant Professor of Communication Science & Disorders (2020)
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S. Old Dominion University; Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University

REBECCA WETMILLER, Assistant Professor of Accounting (2019)
B.S., Virginia Tech; M.S., Virginia Tech; Ph.D.,  Virginia Tech

HALEY M. WOZNYJ, Associate Professor of Management (2017)
B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Charlotte

YIWEI ZHAO, Assistant Professor of Finance (2022)
B.S., Nanjing University of Science and Technology; M.S., St. Joseph’s University; Ph.D., University of Hawaii Manoa