Staff
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Staff
Dr. Phyllis Thompson
Program Director
Heidi Marsh
Executive Aide
Dellene Watt
Tuition Scholar
Ana Gerbassi
Graduate Assistant
Steering Committee
Brittany Wilkins
Associate Professor
Jamie Brown
Professor
Mickey White
Assistant Professor
Dellene Watt
Tuition Scholar
Jill Leroy Fraizer
Professor
Heidi Marsh
Executive Aide
Jean Swindle
Assistant Professor
Phyllis Thompson
Program Director
Rebecca Tolley
Professor
Ana Gerbassi
Graduate Assistant
Marquis Clark
Professor
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Faculty
Dr. Amber Kinser
Chair and Professor of Communication, Gender and Family Studies Communication and Performance
Ph.D., Purdue University
kinsera@etsu.edu
423.439.7577
Chair and Professor of Communication, Gender and Family Studies Communication and Performance
Ph.D., Purdue University
kinsera@etsu.edu
423.439.7577
Dr. Jamie Branam Brown
Professor of Human Services Human Ecology: Individual and Family and Sociology; Women
in Transition; Gender; Youth Violence
Ph.D, The Ohio State University
Dr. Jill LeRoy-Frazier
Professor of Liberal Studies
Assistant Dean, School of Continuing Studies and Academic Outreach
English Language and Literature
Ph.D. University of Michigan-Ann Harbor
CV
leroyfra@etsu.edu
423.439.4223
Professor of Liberal Studies
Assistant Dean, School of Continuing Studies and Academic Outreach
English Language and Literature
Ph.D. University of Michigan-Ann Harbor
CV
leroyfra@etsu.edu
423.439.4223
Dr. Phyllis Thompson
Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Associate Professor of Literature
18th-century British Literature, Gender Studies, Girls Studies, Women Authors, YA Literature
Ph.D, Louisiana State University
CV
thompsop@etsu.edu
423.439.4135
Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Associate Professor of Literature
18th-century British Literature, Gender Studies, Girls Studies, Women Authors, YA Literature
Ph.D, Louisiana State University
CV
thompsop@etsu.edu
423.439.4135
Patricia Buck
Part-Time Instructor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Literature
British and World Wide Literature
MA, East Tennessee State University
CV
buck@etsu.edu
423.439.4339
Part-Time Instructor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Literature
British and World Wide Literature
MA, East Tennessee State University
CV
buck@etsu.edu
423.439.4339
Darcy J. Martin
Part-Time Instructor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Liberal Studies
MA, East Tennessee State University
CV
martindj@etsu.edu
423.439.4125
Part-Time Instructor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Liberal Studies
MA, East Tennessee State University
CV
martindj@etsu.edu
423.439.4125
Affiliate Faculty
Dr. Karin Bartoszuk
Professor of Human Development & Learning
Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Human Development and Family Studies
Ph.D., Auburn University
Professor of Human Development & Learning
Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Human Development and Family Studies
Ph.D., Auburn University
Michael C. Braswell
Emeritus Professor
Rehabilitation/Correctional Doctorate
Ed.S., University of Georgia
Emeritus Professor
Rehabilitation/Correctional Doctorate
Ed.S., University of Georgia
Karen Brewster
Chair and Professor of Theatre and Dance, Costume, Makeup and Mask Design
MFA, Michigan State University
Chair and Professor of Theatre and Dance, Costume, Makeup and Mask Design
MFA, Michigan State University
Dr. Wesley Buerkle
Associate Professor of Speech Communication
Communication Studies Program Head
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Associate Professor of Speech Communication
Communication Studies Program Head
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Dr. William Douglas Burgess
Chair and Professor of History
Ancient History
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chair and Professor of History
Ancient History
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Michael Fowler
Assistant Professor of Art History
Ph.D., Columbia University
Dr. Rebekah Byrd
Associate Professor of Counseling & Human Services
Counselor Education
Ph.D, Old Dominion University
Associate Professor of Counseling & Human Services
Counselor Education
Ph.D, Old Dominion University
Dr. Dorothy Dobbins
Assistant Professor Emerita of Social Work
Ph.D., Case Western
Assistant Professor Emerita of Social Work
Ph.D., Case Western
Dr. Kelly Dorgan
Associate Professor of Communication
Health Communication and Intercultural/Interracial Communications
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Associate Professor of Communication
Health Communication and Intercultural/Interracial Communications
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Dr. Stacey Lynn Williams
Professor of Pyschology Social and Health Psychology
Ph.D., Kent State University
Professor of Pyschology Social and Health Psychology
Ph.D., Kent State University
Dr. Donald Good
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.D., University of South Carolina
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.D., University of South Carolina
Dr. Joe Keith Green
Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
Philosophy of Religion, Ethics and Religion, Philosophical Issues Related to Hate
Ph.D., Brown University
Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
Philosophy of Religion, Ethics and Religion, Philosophical Issues Related to Hate
Ph.D., Brown University
Dr. Deborah Harley-McClaskey
Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Special Education
Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Ed. D, East Tennessee State University
Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Special Education
Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Ed. D, East Tennessee State University
Dr. Elwood Watson
Professor of History
Recent American History, African American History, American Studies, Gender History,
Cultural History
Ph.D., University of Maine
Dr. Shawna Lichtenwalner
Associate Professor of Literature
18th and 19th Century Literature
Ph.D., Auburn University
Associate Professor of Literature
18th and 19th Century Literature
Ph.D., Auburn University
Dr. Leslie MacAvoy
Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy
Ph.D., McGill University
Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy
Ph.D., McGill University
Dr. Dinah Mayo-Bobee
Associate Professor of History
The Early Republic, The Politics of Slavery, Congressional History, Political Biography,
U.S. Presidents to 1900, the American Revolution
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. Martha Moraa Michieka
Associate Professor of Linguistic, Sociolinguistics, and TESOL
Ph.D., Purdue University
Associate Professor of Linguistic, Sociolinguistics, and TESOL
Ph.D., Purdue University
Dr. Delanna K. Reed
Assistant Professor of Communication and Performance
Cultural Studies in Education
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Dr. Melissa Schrift
Professor of Anthropology
Ethnicity, Race and Class, Gender, Popular and Consumer Culture, Medical Anthropology,
Applied Anthropology, China, U.S. Culture
Ph.D., University of Hawaii
Dr. Judith Slagle
Professor of Literature
18th-Century British Literature
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Professor of Literature
18th-Century British Literature
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Paul Tudico
Senior Lecturer
Philosophy of Law, Moral and Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics
ABD, Bowling Green State University
Rebecca Tolley
Professor of Library Administration and American History
MA, East Tennessee State University