Faculty & Staff

Dr. Elizabeth Frye	Professor Literacy Education Interim Chair	fryeem@appstate.edu
Dr. Aftynne Cheek	Associate Professor Interim Assistant Chair	cheekae1@appstate.edu
Dr. Morgan Blanton	Clinical Associate Professor Literacy Education	blantonmv@appstate.edu
Dr. Denise Brewer	Associate Professor Child Development	brewerdm@appstate.edu
Dr. Beth Buchholz	Associate Professor Literacy Education Director of Literacy Education Graduate Program	buchholzba@appstate.edu
Dr. Dionne Sills Busio	Associate Professor Child Development	sillsbusiodm@appstate.edu
Dr. Peijuan Cao	Assistant Professor Literacy Education	caop@appstate.edu
Dr. Kelly Clark	Assistant Professor Special Education	clarkka4@appstate.edu
Dr. Randa Dunlap	Assistant Professor Child Development	dunlaprl1@appstate.edu
Amanda Gregory	Lecturer Child Development	gregoryad1@appstate.edu
Dr. Lindsay Griendling	Assistant Professor Special Education	griendlinglm@appstate.edu
Dr. Robin Groce	Professor Literacy Education	grocerd@appstate.edu
Dr. Angie B. Harris	Assistant Professor Special Education	harrisab7@appstate.edu
Dr. Susan Hedges	Assistant Professor Special Education Director of Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program	hedgessh@appstate.edu
Dr. James Larsen	Assistant Professor Child Development	larsenja@appstate.edu
Jenny McCourry	Lecturer Literacy Education	mccourryjs@appstate.edu
Tonya Moore	Lecturer Literacy Education	mooretr1@appstate.edu
Dr. Kindel Turner Nash	Professor Literacy Education Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Childhood Literacy	nashkt@appstate.edu
Dr. Ashley Pennell	Assistant Professor Literacy Education	mcclainae@appstate.edu
Dr. Daniel Poling	Assistant Professor Director of Graduate Certificate Program	polingdv@appstate.edu
Dr. Debra Prykanowski	Associate Professor Special Education Graduate and Undergraduate Program Director of Special Education	prykanowskida@appstate.edu
Rhonda Russell	Senior Lecturer Child Development	russellrl@appstate.edu
Dr. Rebecca Shankland	Associate Professor Special Education	shanklandrk@appstate.edu
Dr. Pam Shue	Associate Professor Child Development Program Director of Birth-Kindergarten	shuepl@appstate.edu
Dr. Teressa Sumrall	Associate Professor Child Development Program Director of Child Developement	sumralltc@appstate.edu
Dr. Woodrow Trathen	Professor Literacy Education	trathenwr@appstate.edu
Dr. Christopher Van Loan	Professor Special Education	vanloancl@appstate.edu
Dr. Devery Ward	Professor Literacy Education Director of the Anderson Reading Clinic	mockdr@appstate.edu
Dr. Rong Zhang	Assistant Professor Literacy Education	zhangr@appstate.edu
Dr. Andrea Anderson	Director of Lucy Brock Child Development Lab	andersonaw@appstate.edu
Kaaren Hayes	Director and Outreach Coordinator of Parent to Parent Family Support Network	hayeskl@appstate.edu
Melissa Isaacs	University Program Associate	isaacsm@appstate.edu
Claudia Palta	Student Services Manager	paltacv@appstate.edu
Cassandra Parrish	Assistant Director of Lucy Brock Child Development Lab	steffencj@appstate.edu
Kaitlyn Reda	Program Coordinator of Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program	redakm@appstate.edu
Beth Sibley	Assistant Director of Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program	sibleyem@appstate.edu

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Promotion, tenure, and merit guidelines

These are the promotion, tenure, and merit guidelines for the Department of Child Development, Literacy, and Special Education.

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Promotion, tenure, and merit guidelines