Susan Epps
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Dr. Epps, Assistant Department Chair
Assistant Clinical Track Professor
She also serves as the Admissions Coordinator

 

EDUCATION:
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Ed.D. Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, East Tennessee State University, May 2002

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M.A. Student Development, with honors,  Appalachian State University, May 1995

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B.A. English,  Wake Forest University, May 1988


AWARDS/HONORS:

-Research Award in Doctoral category (National Academic Advising Association - NACADA), Oct. 2002

-Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, President of ETSU Chapter 112


PUBLICATIONS:

 

Co-Author with Jeff Brunson and Pam Murray, Breathings from the Heart (2007).

Book Review of Challenging and supporting the first year student: A handbook for improving the first year of college. (2005). M.L. Upcraft, J.N. Gardner, B.O. Barefoot, and Associates. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, in the NACADA Journal 25 (2), 2005 (review currently on-line at: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Journal/bkrev_762.htm , journal to be published in October 2005.

Barnhart, B.C., Davenport, M.J., Epps, S.B., Nordquist, V.M. (2003). Developmental Coordination Disorder. Journal of Physical Therapy (83), 722-731.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
bulletInstructor, Teaching and Learning for PT, ETSU PT program
bulletCo-Instructor, Professional Issues I, ETSU PT program
bulletGuest lecturer, Health and Wellness, ETSU PT program
bulletGuest lecturer, Administration and Management, ETSU MPT program
bulletInstructor, PHYT 1000, Academic Advantage Program, ETSU
bulletInstructor, PHYT 2000, Introduction to Physical Therapy, ETSU
bulletInstructor, HDAL 1010, Career Planning and Life Skills, Spring 1995, ETSU
bulletInstructor, HPC 2200, Life and Career Planning, Fall 1994, ASU
bulletCo-Instructor, Freshman Seminar, Fall 1994, ASU

PRESENTATIONS:

bullet“Advising as Theatre and You’re the Set Designer!”
bullet NACADA National Conference, Cincinnati, OH, October 2004
bullet"So you want to be a PT, OT, RN, PA, MD…?”
bullet NACADA National Conference, Cincinnati, OH, October 2004
bullet“The Nature of the Beast: The Worklife of the Professional Advisor”
bullet NACADA National Conference, Cincinnati, OH, October 2004 (based on dissertation research)
bullet"Legal Defense for the Academic Advisor
bulletNACADA  National Conference, Las Vegas, NV, post-conference workshop, October 2005 (invited), co-presenting with Steve Robinson, Asst. Registrar, University of Alabama
bulletNACADA National Conference, Cincinnati, OH, post-conference workshop, October 2004, (invited), co-presenter with Steve Robinson, Asst. Registrar, University of Alabama
bullet"Take THAT! Responsibility that is..."
bulletNACADA Mid-Atlantic/Mid-South Regional Conference, Roanoke, VA, April 2000
bulletCPAH Colloquium Series, February 2000
bulletNACADA National Conference, Denver, CO, October 1999
bullet"Motivation: How to Get it and Keep it"
bulletARC Center, ETSU, October 1999
bulletSuccess in College series, ETSU, March 1998
bullet"Legal Issues in Advising"
bulletStudent Development Institute, Appalachian State University, June 1998
bullet"Choosing a Major"
bulletPre-Physical Therapy Society, ETSU, March 1998
bullet"All the World's a Stage - You're on it!"
bulletSouthern Association of College Student Affairs (SACSA), Daytona Beach, FL, November 1995 (co-presented with Michael Rheiner, Va. Tech)
bullet"What Do You Wear to a Rave?"
bulletStudent Development Institute, Appalachian State University, June, 1995
bulletGraduate Student and Faculty Forum, Florida State University, February, 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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