2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Faculty


The primary responsibility for designating Graduate Faculty rests with the chairs of the academic departments. In order to be qualified to teach a graduate course, a faculty member must be classified as Graduate Faculty and must either have an earned doctorate/terminal degree in the teaching discipline or related discipline or the requisite professional experience. Department chairs must provide written justification for the appointment of graduate faculty who do not hold the terminal degree. Appointments to the Graduate Faculty must be agreed upon by the appropriate College Dean and by the Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies. The Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies will maintain a current list of Graduate Faculty with their classifications as Full Graduate Faculty, Associate Graduate Faculty, or Graduate Instructor and with their terms of appointment. Each year, the Graduate Dean will provide each College Dean and Department Chair with this current list. Each Department Chair may then recommend reappointment of Graduate Faculty whose term has expired, recommend the appointment of new Graduate Faculty who qualify for a particular membership classification, and recommend removal of Graduate Faculty who are no longer at Longwood University or who no longer qualify for Graduate Faculty membership. These recommendations will be forwarded to the appropriate College Dean and to the Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies for final concurrence. There shall be three designations:

  1. Graduate faculty - expected to actively engage in the graduate program of the university and pursue professional activities consistent with that participation. The term for Full Graduate Faculty membership is six years. Reappointment to additional terms is unlimited.
  2. Associate Graduate Faculty - expected to actively engage in the graduate program of the university and to pursue professional activities consistent with that participation. The term for Associate Graduate Faculty membership is a maximum of three years. Reappointment to additional terms is unlimited.
  3. Graduate Instructors - expected to assume graduate responsibilities as specified at the time of appointment. The term for Graduate Instructor membership is a maximum of three years. Reappointment to additional terms is unlimited.

*Graduate faculty membership does not correlate with the terminology of faculty rank (Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, etc.)

Depending on the above designation, the faculty may

  • Instruct students at the graduate level;
  • Chair or serve on graduate theses, projects, seminar papers, comprehensive examinations, or dissertation committees;
  • Supervise graduate internships, practica or clinical,
  • Serve as a representative on the Graduate Council and/or graduate committees;
  • Supervise graduate directed or independent studies;
  • Advise graduate students; or
  • Serve as graduate program director

CHERYL L. ADKINS, Professor of Management (2000)
B.S., Longwood College, M.B.A., Salisbury State University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

MANUELA C. AGUILAR, Clinical Audiologist (2014)
M.S., University of South Florida; Au.D., Arizona School of Health Sciences

QUENTIN R. ALEXANDER, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education (2015)
B.A., M.Ed., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; M.Ed., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

KATHRYN D. ALVES, Assistant Professor of Special Education (2017)
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

STEPHANIE W. BAILEY, Clinical Educator (2014)
B.S., Radford University; M.A. Appalachian State University

BRIAN D. BATES, Professor of Anthropology (1998)
B.S., Longwood College; M.A. and Doctorate, University of London Institute of Archaeology

PAUL T. BARRETT, Professor of Management (2008)
B.A., University of Maryland; M.Ed., Towson University; Ph.D., Regent University

XUN BIAN, Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate (2011)
B.A., Illinois Western University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

AMANDA J. BLAISDELL, Assistant Professor of Health Education (2017)
B.S., M.A.T., University of New Hampshire; Ed.D., He.D. A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

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

GRETCHEN L. BRAUN, Professor of Education (2002)
B.A., University of Michigan; M.S., Longwood College; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

STEPHANIE BUCHERT, Associate Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychology (2004)
B.A., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State University

DARRELL R. CARPENTER, Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Cyber Security and Director of the Center for Cyber Security (2016)
B.S., Wayland Baptist University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas - San Antonio

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)
B.A., James Madison University; M.A. ED., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., Old Dominion University

JUSTIN C. CONTAT, Assistant Professor of Economics (2015)
B.S., University of Florida; M.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

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

KEVIN S. DOYLE, Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Chair of the Department of Education and Special Education (2012)
B.A., College of William and Mary; Ed.S., James Madison University; Ed.D., University of Virginia

SUZANNE M. DONNELLY, Associate Professor of Science Education (2010)
B.S., University at Albany - State University of New York; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University at Albany - State University of New York

SHARON S. EMERSON-STONNELL, Professor of Mathematics (1992)
B.S., M.S., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., University of North Texas

LU FANG, Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate (2017)
B.S., B.A. Nanjing University; M.A., Renmin University of China; Ph.D., University of Georgia

KAREN H. FEATHERS, Assistant Professor in Special Education (2010)
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., Longwood University; Founder and Director of the Ukraine Special Needs Orphanage Fund

DANETTE C. GIBBS, Assistant Professor of Psychology (2011)
B.A., Harding University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Toledo

KELLYN D. HALL, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders (2015)
B.S., M.S., Baylor University; Ph.D., University of Illinois

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

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

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

TAMMY M. HINES, Assistant Professor of School Librarianship (2010)
B.S., Ferrum College; M.S., Longwood College; M.L.S., Florida State University

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

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

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

LINDA K. LAU, Associate Professor of Information Management Systems (2000)
B.S., M.B.A., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

ERIC L. LAWS, Professor of Psychology (2000)
B.S., Christopher Newport College; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

DAVID L. LEHR, Professor of Economics and
Chair of the Department of Accounting, Economics, Finance, Real Estate and ISCS (2001)
B.A., State University of New York at Fredonia; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

VIRGINIA V. LEWIS, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education (2003)
B.S., Longwood College, M.I.S., Virginia Commonwealth University; Ph.D., University of Virginia

DAVID LOCASCIO, JR., Associate Professor of Education and Associate Dean of the College of Education and Human Services (2004)
B.A., Rutgers University; M.S., Lynchburg College; Ph.D., University of Virginia

MATTHEW D. LUCAS, Professor of Physical Education (2006)
B.S., Longwood College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Virginia

MELANIE B. MARKS, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Development (1993)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Texas A & M University

KATRINA MAYNARD, Associate Professor of Education (2010)
B.A., M.T., Ph.D., University of Virginia

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

HUA ‘MEG’ MENG, Assistant 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., Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education (2017)
B.S., M.S., California State University - Fullerton; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

SARA E. MILLER, Associate Professor of Education (2011)
B.A., Messiah College; M.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., College of William and Mary

RICHARD W. MONROE, Visiting Professor of Supply Chain Management (2015)
B.S., Southern Technical Institute; M.S., Western New England College; Ph.D., Old Dominion University

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

SURMA MUKHOPADHYAY, Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Cyber Security (2015)
B.Tech., West Bengal University of Technology; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

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

JEANNINE R. PERRY, Associate Professor of Education and Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies (2003)
B.A., Hiram College; M.S., Ph.D., Kent State University

ELIZABETH A. POWER-deFUR, Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Director of the Longwood Speech, Hearing and Learning Services (2004)
B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Virginia

WENDY J. PULLIAM, Clinical Supervisor in Communication Sciences and Disorders (2007)
B.H.S., University of Kentucky; M.S., Western Kentucky University

MELISSA C. RHOTEN, Professor of Chemistry (2000)
B.S., James Madison 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

STEVEN A. SAMARAS, Assistant Professor of Management (2015)
B.B.A., Loyola University of Chicago; M.B.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln

LEAH N. SHILLING-TRAINA, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education (2010)
B.S. Slippery Rock University; M.A., Ed.D., University of Pittsburgh

WENDY H. SMITH, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education (2008)
B.A., M.S., Central Washington University; Ph.D., University of Colorado

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

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

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

MARIA A. TIMMERMAN, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education (2008)
B.A., Eastern Illinois University; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

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

BENNIE D. WALLER, Professor of Information Systems and Finance (2003)
B.S.B.A., Longwood College; M.B.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

MAUREEN J. WALLS-MCKAY, Assistant Professor, Graduate Instructor of Psychology (1996)
B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Towson State University; Psy.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

CHARLES D. WHITE, Associate Professor of Management (2010)
B.A., The Baptist College of Florida; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

LAUREN S. WYNNE, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education (2014)
B.S., M.Ed., Ed.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., Georgia State University

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

LING YANG, Assistant Professor of Accounting (2013)
B.M.A., Nanjing University; M.S., Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

YUEMING ZOU, Assistant Professor of Marketing (2016)
B.S., Hunan Business College; M.B.A., Chongqing Technology and Business University; Ph.D., Old Dominion University