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Dean's Office
Rebecca A. Pyles, Ph.D., Dean
As
the child of an Air Force officer, Rebecca Pyles
lived and attended school in England and six states
in the USA. Following her father's retirement, her
parents settled in Missouri and she completed her
Bachelor's of Science in Biology from the University
of Missouri at Kansas City. Dr. Pyles enrolled in
graduate school at The University of Kansas, where
she completed M.S., M.Ph., and Ph.D. degrees,
concentrating in the areas of systematics and ecology
in the biological sciences. After receiving her
Ph.D. in 1988, she taught at the University of
Kansas and the University of Tulsa.
In 1991, Dr. Pyles joined the faculty of Biological
Sciences at East Tennessee State University as an
Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate
Professor in 1997. Her research in amphibian biology
has attracted numerous undergraduate and graduate
students, some of whom now serve as faculty at other
universities.
From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Pyles served as the first
full-time Director of University Honors Programs at
ETSU. In 2002, she accepted the position as Interim
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and in 2004,
became the university's first Director of
Undergraduate Research. Dr. Pyles continues to teach
undergraduate courses in the University Honors
Scholars program and graduate courses in the
Department of Biological Sciences. She is married to
James R. Stewart, Senior Research Scientist in
Biological Sciences at ETSU, and lives in
Jonesborough, Tennessee.
"Becoming Dean of ETSU's new Honors College is a
challenge I look forward to with great excitement
and enthusiasm. I can't think of a more exciting
opportunity than to serve a college dedicated to
helping students from all areas of the university to
set high academic goals and become more deeply
involved in their studies. The Honors College will
join with our many prestigious academic colleges and
departments to promote student success in the
outstanding degree programs we have available at
ETSU. I look forward to working with our exceptional
faculty, staff, and students to develop and support
opportunities for students to achieve and excel."
Honors
College
Box 70589
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-6077
Fax (423) 439-6080 email:
pylesr@etsu.edu
University
and Midway Scholars Honors Programs
Michael A. Cody,
Ph.D., Director, University and Midway Honors
Scholars Programs
Michael
Cody was born in Sumter, South Carolina, and grew up in
the mountains of western North Carolina, not far from
East Tennessee State University. He majored in music at
Mars Hill College but left without completing his
degree, choosing instead to move to Nashville, where he
wrote songs and played in a band through most of the
1980s. In 1991, he enrolled at the University of North
Carolina at Asheville, where in 1993 he completed his
Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Language with
a concentration in Creative Writing. He went on to
receive his Master of Arts in English from Western
Carolina University in 1995 and his Ph.D. in English
from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, in
2000. He taught for a year at Murray State University in
Kentucky before joining the ETSU faculty in August 2001.
A tenured
associate professor in the Department of English, Dr.
Cody teaches early American literature at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to
courses in this specialty area, he has taught Native
American literature and Southern literature, as well as
courses on song in popular culture, American gothic
literature and criminal minds in literature and film.
Along with his teaching, Dr. Cody served the Department
of English for four years as director of its
honors-in-discipline program and for two years as
assistant chair for undergraduate studies.
Dr. Cody has presented papers at all levels of professional
meetings, international to local, and his literary
articles have appeared in several professional journals.
In 2004 he published his first book, Charles Brockden
Brown and the Literary Magazine: Cultural
Journalism in the Early American Republic. In
addition to scholarly work, he is an award-winning short
story writer, and he is at work on a novel. In spite of
a hectic schedule, he still occasionally grabs his
guitar and sings a song or two.
He lives
in Jonesborough, Tennessee, with his wife, Leesa, and son
Raleigh. He has an older son, Lane, and daughter-in-law,
Morgan, and granddaughters, Mackenzie and Eden, all of
whom live near Columbia, South Carolina.
University & Midway Honors Scholars Programs
Honors House
Box 70294
Ada Earnest House
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-7881
Fax (423) 439-7880
email: codym@etsu.edu
University
and Midway Scholars Honors Programs
Judith Harrell,
Information
Research Technician
Judy Harrell has been with ETSU since 1986. She and
her husband enjoy Nascar racing and traveling to the
Amish country. They have two sons, Jeff and Scotty,
and two grandchildren, Makenna and Nolan.
University Honors Programs
Honors House
Box 70294
Ada Earnest House
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-7881
Fax (423) 439-7880
email:
harrellj@etsu.edu
University and Midway Scholars Honors Programs
Brenda Rice,
Secretary
Brenda Rice has been with ETSU since 2000. She and
her husband, Johnny, enjoy traveling and spending
time with their two grandsons, Dakota and Grayson.
They have two children, Jennifer and Ryan.
University Honors Programs
Honors House
Box 70294
Ada Earnest House
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-7886
Fax (423) 439-7880
email:
ricebw@etsu.edu
Honors-in-Discipline Programs
Karen Kornweibel,
Ph.D.,
Director, Honors-in-Discipline Programs
Karen Ruth Kornweibel was born in Sacramento, California
where she grew up loving school, listening to cheesy 80s
pop music, doing lots of reading, and playing soccer.
After high school she earned her BA in General
Literature at the University of California, San Diego in
1994. At that point the West Coast phase of her life
ended; she spent the next six years at The University of
Texas at Austin where she earned an MA and a PhD in
Comparative Literature with concentrations in African
American Literature, Latin American Literature, and 19th
Century Russian prose.
After completing her PhD, Dr. Kornweibel was an
Assistant Professor of English for four years at Stephen
F. Austin State University. She then moved to Ohio
University as an Assistant Professor in the African
American Studies Department where she spent three
wonderful and productive years.
Dr. Kornweibel came to ETSU in 2007. Happy to be a part
of the new Department of Literature and Language, she
regularly teaches survey courses on American literature,
African American literature, and European literature,
and has offered topics courses on Caribbean literature,
the African American Slave Narrative, and Magical
Realism. Her two most recent publications are an article
are on the play Venus by contemporary African American
playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and another article on the
Cuban testimonial novel Reyita by Daisy Rubiera
Castillo Bueno. Dr. Kornweibel served for two years as
the coordinator of the English Honors-in-Discipline
program before taking on the position of Director of
Honors-in-Discipline programs in The Honors College.
In addition to having presented papers at various
regional and national conferences in the United States,
Dr. Kornweibel has studied, presented papers, and/or
done research in Mexico, Russia, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and
Barbados. She lives in Jonesborough, Tennessee, with her
husband, Daniel, and son, Benjamin. She loves to read,
cook, travel, and wander around the beautiful forests
and mountains of East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina backpacking, camping, and fly fishing. 201 Yoakley Hall
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-7506
Fax (423) 439-6080
email: kornweib@etsu.edu
Honors-in-Discipline
and
Fine and
Performing Arts
Scholars Program
Eva S. Lynch, Secretary
Eva S. Lynch was born in Governor's Island, NY (a
former Army base off the island of Manhattan, NY)
and has lived in New York, Maine, Dominican Republic,
and New Jersey. Her and her husband, Frank, moved
down to Johnson City from Hackensack, NJ, in October
2007 (Eva's husband was born and raised in Kingsport
and is now retired).
Eva is of Hispanic descent -- her parents were born
and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, but
are U.S. citizens (father served in the U.S. Army
and is a retired Presbyterian minister as well as
former head chaplain at Mid-State Correctional
Facility in Fort Dix, NJ; mother is a member of the
Synod of the Northeast for The Presbytery, as well
as, an enabler for the Hispanic Churches in the
Presbytery). Eva also has two sisters, Lydia and
Deveda, and two nieces, Laila and Jasmine.
The Lynches have a son, Petty Officer Third Class
Adam Diaz, who is serving in the U.S. Navy and a
daughter, Celeste, who is a senior at Montclair
State University, New Jersey majoring in secondary
education.
Eva has served as a member of the Deacon board and
was a regular choir member as well as a Sunday
school teacher (2nd-4th grade) at her home church in
New Jersey. In her spare time, she enjoys bowling
(averages 162), singing, baking treats for family,
friends and office mates, arts and crafts, and
reading.
Honors-in-Discipline Programs and Fine and
Performing Arts Scholars Programs
206 Yoakley Hall
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-7507
Fax (423) 439-6080
email:
lynche@etsu.edu
Fine and
Performing Arts
Scholars Program
Patrick
Cronin, Director
Patrick Cronin is former holder of The Basler
Chair and the first holder of the Permanent Artist
in Residence position at East Tennessee State
University. As a professional actor, member of
Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association, and
the American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists, Mr. Cronin has appeared in over
150 professional plays and 200 film and TV shows.
He appeared as a regular cast member in 11 series,
including Seinfeld, Home Improvement, Hill Street
Blues, Alice, Knot's Landing, Family Matters and in
the films, Splash, Rampage and Rocky V.
Mr. Cronin received his bachelor of arts degree
from La Salle University and his master's in
directing from Temple University, where he taught
for five years. He is the father of ETSU graduates
James and Charlie Cronin and is married to Dr. Amber
Kinser, ETSU's Director of Women's Studies.
"I am proud to be the first director of the Arts
Scholars Program under the aegis of the new ETSU
Honors College. Expanding the definition of
Honors, ETSU has created a division of the Honors
College that uniquely honors the arts and the
contributions that art and artists make to the city,
the region and the world. ETSU has created a place
in which gifted women and men can come together to
create their art in a college that recognizes the
place that the arts have always held in
human culture. The Arts Scholars Program
affords singularly gifted women and men the
opportunity to be part of a creative community,
while at the same time placing their artistic
achievements in an Honors College context."
Fine & Performing Arts Scholars Program
P.O. Box 70667
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-6513
Fax (423) 439-6080
email:
croninp@etsu.edu
Fine and
Performing Arts
Scholars Program
Scott Contreras-Koterbay, Associate Director
Scott Contreras-Koterbay has been at ETSU since
1998, the same year that he received his doctorate
from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He has
lived in many countries and travelled to even more
(about 34, some of which don't exist anymore),
published articles on aesthetics, contemporary art,
and written reviews of artists' exhibitions, and he
published his book "A Kierkegaardian Description of
the Individual" in 2004, one of the very few English
language books describing art and its role in Soren
Kierkegaard's philosophy.
At ETSU, Scott teaches in the Department of Art &
Design- modern and contemporary art as well as art
historiography- and the Department of Philosophy-aesthetics and ethics. He is married to Karlota Isla
Contreras-Koterbay, who is the Gallery Director of
the Slocumb Galleries at ETSU and originally from
the Philippines. On top of all that, he reads, cooks
Indian food (and is learning to cook Filipino food),
and plays with his dog Santi when he's not trying to
figure "what the heck is art?", the title of one of
his next books. Scott Contreras-Koterbay, Ph.D.
Department of Art & Design/Department of Philosophy
East Tennessee State University
Fine & Performing Arts Scholars Program
P.O. Box 70708
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-5692
Fax (423) 439-6080
email:
koterbay@etsu.edu
International Programs and Services
Maria
Costa, Director
Maria Costa was born in
Sao Paulo, Brazil and came
to the United States in the mid 1980s as an
international student. She attended ETSU, where she
received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
In 1992, she joined the office of international
programs as the International Student and Study
Abroad Advisor and in 2001 became Associate
Director. She lives in Erwin with her husband,
John, and son, Daniel.
"As someone deeply transformed by the experience
of studying abroad, I am committed to the support
and development of all areas related to
international education at ETSU. As we join the
newly created Honors College, I look forward to
working with colleagues who believe that
international education opportunities must reach all
qualified ETSU students, and that it is a pivotal
component of educating students in a diverse world.
Joining the college will not only give our office a
home for the first time in 20 years, it also will
give us allies in the pursuit of our vision of
internationalizing the campus and the curriculum."
International Programs and Services
P.O. Box 70668
Johnson City, TN 37614-0720
Phone: (423) 439-7737
Fax (423) 439-7131
email:
costa@etsu.edu
International Programs and Services
RJ Powell, Advisor
 RJ began his career at East Tennessee State University in 2009 in the College of Nursing as an academic advisor to Pre-Nursing students. He joined
the Honors College staff in June 2011 as the International Student Advisor in International Programs and Services. RJ began his international experience
while in high school, studying abroad in Germany. While working on his B.A. in Modern Foreign Languages at James Madison University, he had the
opportunity to travel to Latin America, India and South Korea. RJ moved to Johnson City in 2003 to attend Emmanuel Christian Seminary for a M.Div.
in Church History. He has since traveled to the Middle East twice on an archeological tour and to do volunteer work.
RJ has a passion for international and multi-cultural experience, and is grateful to work in an environment that encourages others to explore their
global neighborhood.
International Programs and Services
P.O. Box 70668
Johnson City, TN 37614-0720
Phone: (423) 439-7737
Fax (423) 439-7131
email:
powellrj@etsu.edu
International Programs and Services
Kelly
Hill, Study Abroad Advisor
Kelly Hill joined the staff of East Tennessee State
University after spending two years in Sydney,
Australia working on her Master's Degree and acting
as the Coordinator in Australia for the Walt Disney
International Program. Originally from Grand Rapids,
Michigan, Kelly graduated with a BA in Management
from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Through her
undergraduate studies at Hope College Kelly
participated in a summer study abroad program in
Vienna, Austria, another summer study abroad in
London, England, and finally a study abroad semester
in Wollongong, Australia. Her positive experience in
Australia led her to return to Australia to receive
her MA in Commerce and Economics at the University
of New South Wales.
Kelly's favorite hobby is
traveling internationally and learning about other
cultures. While traveling she loves to take photos
of her travels and then put them in scrapbooks.
Kelly is an avid tennis fan and also enjoys watching
soccer and cheering on the University of Michigan
football team. She looks forward to helping ETSU
students experience the positive life changing
impact of studying abroad.
International Programs and
Services
P.O. Box 70668
Johnson City, TN 37614-0720
Phone: (423) 439-7737
Fax (423) 439-7131
email:
hillkl@etsu.edu
International Programs and Services
Janice
Howell, Executive AideJanice
Whitaker Howell is from Johnson City and has been
employed by ETSU since 1992. She is the Executive
Aide for International Programs and Services and is
the support for the Director and Study Abroad
Advisor. She attributes her many years in the same
department to the wonderful work environment, the
very knowledgeable and experienced team in
International Programs, and getting to meet and work
with so many interesting international students from
all over the world. 'I have a job I love and am very
fortunate to be part of International Programs, the
Honors College, and ETSU.' Her favorite idiom is 'Everyone smiles in the same language!' She
has two wonderful children and two awesome
grandchildren.
International Programs and
Services
P.O. Box 70668
Johnson City, TN 37614-0720
Phone: (423) 439-7737
Fax (423) 439-7131
email:
howellj@etsu.edu
International Programs and Services
Erin Butler, Secretary
Originally from Newport, Tennessee, Erin moved
to Johnson City in 2004 to attend ETSU and graduated
in May 2007 with a double major in Sociology and
Spanish. Regarding continued education, she
plans to pursue a Masters of Education with a
concentration in English as a Second Language.
Eventually, she hopes to teach abroad and be
instrumental in helping with community development
in less developed countries.
Erin loves to cook, work in the garden and
make fruit jams. She also enjoys playing golf,
watching UT football and spending time with friends
and family.
International Programs and Services
P.O. Box 70668
Johnson City, TN 37614-0720
Phone: (423) 439-7737
Fax (423) 439-7131
email:
butlere@etsu.edu
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities
Frosty Levy, Ph.D.,
Director
After graduating with a Ph.D. in
genetics and botany, accepted position as faculty
member in ETSU' Department of Biological Sciences.
For many years his research emphasized the genetic
basis of sterility in plant hybrids. Frosty teaches
courses at ETSU in population genetics, genetics,
conservation and plant taxonomy. With Dr. Tim
McDowell, he co-founded the ETSU Arboretum.
Approximately five years ago, Frosty began a
research collaboration with infectious diseases
specialists at the James H. Quillen VA Medical
Center and James H. Quillen College of Medicine
where they have been studying the genetics and
epidemiology of antibiotic resistance.
Frosty
enjoys hiking anywhere, fishing the small mountain
streams, and growing trees and vegetables.
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities
P.O. Box 70703
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-6926
Fax (423) 439-6080
email: levyf@etsu.edu
Dean's Office
Curriculum
Coordinator
Harold
Zimmerman was born in suburban Philadelphia and grew
up in Pennsylvania and the Connecticut suburbs of
New York City. Desiring an education close to the
sea, he attended college on Long Island, NY at Stony
Brook University, where he majored in English and
Art History. He eventually ventured inland and
received an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Indiana
University � Bloomington. Before coming to ETSU,
Harold spent two years as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in
the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford
University.
Harold's interests are many and varied. While he is
trained as a literary critic, linguist, and
historian of the European Middle Ages, most
specifically Anglo-Saxon England, he is not as
ponderous as that training might make him sound.
Over the last ten years, he has taught college
courses on subjects as varied as Greek and Roman
poetry, journalism and punditry, the plays of
Shakespeare, transatlantic Modernism, 20th-century
fiction, and the concept of truthiness in modern
society. He has written on subjects as diverse as
medieval politics, silent film, saintly
missionaries, poetics, insult battles, royal
genealogies, and the Iraq war. He enjoys variety,
contemporary fiction, low-brow art, beast epics, and
trashy sci-fi.
Harold Zimmerman
Honors
College
Box 70589
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-6074
Fax (423) 439-6080 email:
zimmermh@etsu.edu
Dean's Office
Linda Wyatt, Ed.D., Project Manager
Linda
Wyatt joined the staff of East Tennessee State
University in 1989 after leaving her position as
Assistant Budget Officer at Florida Community College at
Jacksonville, Florida. She began her career at ETSU in
the College of Education working in the Department of
Supervision and Administration, now known as the
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Analysis. She has worked in the Department of
Mathematics and the School of Graduate Studies.
Linda obtained her Ed.D. in Postsecondary and
Private Sector Leadership, M.A. in Liberal Studies, and
her B.B.A. with a concentration in Management from East
Tennessee State University.
Linda and her husband Jerry have three children,
Michelle, Eric, and Daniel.
Honors
College
Box 70589
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-6075
Fax (423) 439-6080 email:
wyattlg@etsu.edu
Dean's Office
Donna Williams, C.P.S., Office Coordinator
Donna Williams began her employment with ETSU in 1995.
Donna is an avid sports fan and enjoys traveling.
She has one son, Seth, and two grandchildren, Max and Wyatt.
Honors College
Box 70589
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-6076
Fax (423) 439-6080 email:
williadj@etsu.edu
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