Office of the Dean
Name | Position | Phone | |
Melba Spooner | Dean | 828-262-2230 | spoonermc@appstate.edu |
Terry McClannon | Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Program Services | 828-262-6107 | mcclannontw@appstate.edu |
Monica Lambert | Associate Dean for Academic Partnerships, Assessment and Accreditation | 828-262-7173 | lambertma@appstate.edu |
Amy Cheney | Director of Digital Teaching and Learning | 828-262-6091 | cheneyal@appstate.edu |
Lynn Church | Business Officer | 828-262-2234 | chrchla@appstate.edu |
Rebecca Coats | Director of Assessment and Accreditation | 828-262-7322 | coatsrb@appstate.edu |
Oana Devera | Student Record Specialist | 828-262-2839 | deveraoc@appstate.edu |
Tammie Gelderman | Administrative Support Associate | 828-262-7106 | watkinsts@appstate.edu |
Kim Guenther | Executive Assistant to the Dean | 828-262-2230 | guentherkj@appstate.edu |
Michelle Hoag | Administrative Support Specialist | 828-262-6891 | |
Theresa Makdad | Program Associate | 828-262-6107 | makdadtm@appstate.edu |
Stephanie Moretz | Scholarship Coordinator/Accelerated Admissions Recruiter | 828-262-8554 | moretzsml@appstate.edu |
Hannah Reeder | Interim Director for the Academy at Middle Fork | 828-262-6066 | reederhs@appstate.edu |
Betsy Rosenbalm | Director of the Public School Partnership | 828-262-6108 | rosenbalmem@appstate.edu |
Rebekah Saylors | Director of Marketing, Communications, and Engagement | 828-262-2663 | saylorsrw@appstate.edu |
Development
Name | Position | Phone | |
Gina Harwood | Executive Director of Development | 828-262-6563 | harwoodrl@appstate.edu |
Office of Field Experiences
Name | Position | Phone | |
Monica Lambert | Associate Dean for Academic Partnerships, Assessment and Accreditation | 828-262-7173 | lambertma@appstate.edu |
Carrie Afanador | Student Teaching (Clinical Internship) Coordinator | 828-262-8378 | afanadorca@appstate.edu |
Louise Moore | Early Core Field Experience Supervisor | 828-262-8383 | moorelf@appstate.edu |
Bill Peacock | Director of Early Core Field Experience & International Student Teaching | 828-262-2025 | peacockws@appstate.edu |
Hannah Reeder | Director of Clinical Education | 828-262-6066 | reederhs@appstate.edu |
Diane Wilcox | Early Core Field Experience Program Coordinator | 828-262-7750 | wilcoxdh@appstate.edu |
Undergraduate Program Directors
Name | Program | Phone | |
Jerianne Taylor | Career and Technical Education | 828-262-6352 | taylorjs@appstate.edu |
Dionne Sills Busio | Child Development: Birth through Kindergarten (licensure) | 828-262-2019 | sillsbusiodm@appstate.edu |
Teressa Sumrall | Child Development: Family and Child Studies (non-licensure) | 828-262-2660 | sumralltc@appstate.edu |
Leslie Bradbury | Elementary Education | 828-262-2224 | upsonlk@appstate.edu |
Chris Cook | Middle Grades Education | 828-262-6062 | cookcm5@appstate.edu |
Aftynne Cheek | Special Education | 828-262-7833 | cheekae1@appstate.edu |
Tracie Salinas | Secondary Education, Director | 828-262-2376 | salinastm@appstate.edu |
Jennifer Geib | Secondary Education: Biology | 828-262-2174 | geibjc@appstate.edu |
Carol Babyak | Secondary Education: Chemistry | 828-262-2756 | babyakcm@appstate.edu |
Leslie Cook | Secondary Education: English | 828-262-7301 | cookls@appstate.edu |
Laura Mallard | Secondary Education: Geology (Earth Science) | 828-262-8008 | mallardl@appstate.edu |
Rwany Sibaja | Secondary Education: History | 828-262-8476 | sibajaro@appstate.edu |
Deborah Crocker | Secondary Education: Mathematics | 828-262-2381 | crockerda@appstate.edu |
David Sitar | Secondary Education: Physics | 828-262-2463 | sitardj@appstate.edu |
Victoria Grube | Special Subjects: Art Education | 828-262-8265 | grubev@appstate.edu |
Brooke Hofsess | Special Subjects: Art Education | 828-262-2095 | hofsessba@appstate.edu |
Ben Sibley | Special Subjects: Health and Physical Education | 828-262-6300 | sibleyba@appstate.edu |
Paul Sebastian | Special Subjects: Languages, Literature and Cultures | 828-262-2932 | sebastianpl@appstate.edu |
Catherine Fountain | Special Subjects: Languages, Literature and Cultures - Spanish Education | 828-262-2308 | fountainca@appstate.edu |
Benjamin Souza | Special Subjects: Languages, Literature and Cultures - Spanish Education | 828-262-2305 | souzabj@appstate.edu |
Suzi Mills | Special Subjects: Music Education | 828-262-6441 | millssw@appstate.edu |
Gordon Hensley | Special Subjects: Theatre Education | 828-262-3028 | hensleyg@appstate.edu |
Graduate Program Directors
Name | Position | Phone | |
Mark Schwarze | Clinical Mental Health Counseling | 828-262-6046 | schwarzem@appstate.edu |
Sara Olin Zimmerman | Curriculum Specialist | 828-262-2216 | zimmermnsj@appstate.edu |
Amy Cheney | Educational Media | 828-262-6091 | cheneyal@appstate.edu |
Beth Campbell | Elementary Education | 828-262-2224 | campbellea@appstate.edu |
Andrew Koricich | Higher Education | 828-262-7232 | koricichma@appstate.edu |
Kimberly Becnel | Library Science | 828-262-7753 | becnelke@appstate.edu |
Kristen Benson | Marriage and Family Therapy | 828-262-8884 | bensonke@appstate.edu |
Christopher Cook | Middle Grades | 828-262-6062 | cookcm5@appstate.edu |
Jill Van Horne | Professional School Counseling | 828-262-2590 | vanhornejw@appstate.edu |
Elizabeth Frye | Reading Education | 828-262-7623 | fryeem@appstate.edu |
Barbara Howard | School Administration | 828-262-7619 | howardbb@appstate.edu |
Rebecca Shankland | Special Education | 828-262-2865 | shanklandrk@appstate.edu |
Cathy Clark | Student Affairs Administration | 828-262-2448 | clarkcr@appstate.edu |
Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership
Name | Position | Phone | |
Vachel Miller | Director | 828-262-2280 | millervw@appstate.edu |
Chris Osmond | Associate Director | 828-262-7754 | osmond@appstate.edu |
Vacant | Program Associate | 828-262-7647 |
Technology Support
Name | Position | Phone | |
Micheal Bennett | Technology Support Specialist | 828-262-6068 | bennettmg@appstate.edu |
Max Bilson | Technology Support Specialist | 828-262-6810 | bilsonma@appstate.edu |