Staff

Dr. Amber Kinser
Chair and Professor of Communication, Gender, and Family Studies

Communication Studies and Storytelling

Ph.D., Purdue University
kinsera@etsu.edu
423.439.7577

Dr. Jamie Branam Brown
Professor of Human Services

Counseling and Human Services

Human Ecology: Individual and Family and Sociology; Women in Transition; Gender; Youth Violence

Ph.D, The Ohio State University

brownjb@etsu.edu
423.439.7667

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
leroyfra@etsu.edu
423.439.4223

Dr. Phyllis Thompson

Chair, Counseling & Human Services, and Associate Professor of Literature

18th-century British Literature, Gender Studies, Girls Studies, Women Authors, YA Literature

Ph.D, Louisiana State University
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
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
martindj@etsu.edu
423.439.4125

Dr. Karin Bartoszuk
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

Karen Brewster
Chair and Professor of Theatre and Dance, Costume, Makeup and Mask Design
MFA, Michigan State University

Dr. Wesley Buerkle
Associate Professor of Speech Communication

Interim Head, Communication Studies and Storytelling Department
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Dr. William Douglas Burgess
Chair and Professor of History

Ancient History

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Michael Anthony Bruni-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

Dr. Dorothy Dobbins
Assistant Professor Emerita of Social Work

Ph.D., Case Western

Dr. Stacey Lynn Williams 
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

Dr. Joe Keith Green
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

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

Dr. Leslie MacAvoy
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

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

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