First Generation Faculty & Staff

Abby HumphreyProfile page
Program Coordinator for First Generation Initiatives
Office locationStudent Center, 145,
Gainesville

Abby Meyer, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor of Psychological Science
Office locationBarnes Hall, 202,
Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Clinical Health Sciences, Health Informatics and Administration, Pre-Nursing

Alisha DeLozierProfile page
Assistant to the Dean III
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 403,
Dahlonega

Allison GalloupProfile page
Professor and Collections & Initiatives Librarian
Office locationJohn Harrison Hosch Library, 220,
Gainesville
Library Technology Center, 383,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Special and digital collections


Alyson Paul, Ph.D.Profile page
Vice President of Student Engagement and Success and Chief Student Success Officer
Office locationPrice Memorial, 211,
Dahlonega

Alyssa AnnisProfile page
Director, Communication and Marketing
Office locationChestatee Building, 212,
Dahlonega
Health Sciences Building, 214,
Gainesville

Amanda Moffett, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 253,
Gainesville

Amanda NashProfile page
Assistant Dean of Libraries – Associate Professor
Office locationJohn Harrison Hosch Library, 104,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Reference and Instruction, Information Literacy, Library Administration

Amanda Reynolds, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 427,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Animal Physiology, Environmental Stressors, Cardiovascular Physiology, Fish and Reptiles; (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Physician's Assistant)

Area(s) of Expertise: Clinical Health Sciences, Pre-Nursing

Area(s) of Expertise: Modern Latin American Art, Topics in Contemporary Art, Global Pop Art

Andrew Jakiel, Ed.D, SFMAProfile page
Associate Professor
Office locationConvocation Center, 005,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Corrective Exercises, Critical & Catastrophic Injury Management, Performance Enhancement, Soft Tissue Mobilization, Sports Supplementation & Nutrition, Therapeutic Exercises and Rehabilitation, Therapeutic Modalities

Andrew Johnson (Student Impact Initiatives)Profile page
Executive Director of Student Impact Initiatives
Office locationStudent Center, 145,
Gainesville


Amanda Moffett, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 253,
Gainesville

Austina JordanProfile page
Head of Access Services - Professor
Office locationJohn Harison Hosch Library, 135,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Access Services; Student Employees in the Library; Management and Leadership

Beth CollinsProfile page
Assistant Director, Advising CMG
Office locationUniversity Center 400, 2142,
Cumming
Area(s) of Expertise: Biology, Clinical Health Sciences Pathway, Education Pathway, Elementary and Special Education, Middle Grades Education, Health Informatics and Administration, Natural Sciences Pathway, Pre-Nursing; Dual Enrollment

Betsy Chaput, PACEProfile page
Administrative Assistant III
Office locationStudent Center, 115,
Gainesville

Bibek Chand, Ph.D. Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationStrickland Academic, 148,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Security studies, Sino-Indian relations, small states in international politics, geopolitics

Bonnie (BJ) RobinsonProfile page
Director, UNG Press
Office locationDowntown Office Building, 338,
Dahlonega

Brittany BarronProfile page
Coordinator of Nationally Competitive Scholarships
Office locationAdministration Building, 111,
Gainesville

Bryan Dawson, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Department Head and Professor of Psychological Science
Office locationBarnes Hall, 211,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Industrial/Organizational psychology and Cross-cultural psychology

Camille WalkerProfile page
Administrative Assistant to the Sr. Dean of Students
Office location
Dahlonega

Charlotte WadeProfile page
Executive Director of Service Excellence
Office locationDowntown Office Building, 102,
Dahlonega

Chris Barnes, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Dean Academic Administration
Office locationFaculty Center, 715,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Nineteenth Century British Literature, the Novel

Christy OrrProfile page
Executive Director, Student Orientation and Success
Office locationStewart Success Center, 302,
Dahlonega

Chuck Robertson, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor, Psychological Science
Office locationBarnes Hall, 201,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Generalist, Cognitive psychology, and Developmental psychology/Gerontology



Crystal Edenfield, Ed.D.Profile page
Director of First Year Experience
Office locationMultiple Campus

Crystal West
Administrative Unit Assessment Coordinator
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 5165,
Gainesville




Derek SuttonProfile page
Academic Advising Coordinator
Office locationChestatee Building, 162,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Mathematics, Physics, Dual Degree Mathematics/Engineering, Dual Degree Physics/Engineering, Regents Engineering Pathway (REP) Program, Chemistry, Biology, Biology Education

Diane Cook, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor of Psychological Science
Psychological Science
Office locationStrickland Academic, 103,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Developmental psychology/Gerontology

Diane FarrellProfile page
Director of Career Services
Office locationStewart Success Center, 333,
Dahlonega

Diogo Pinheiro, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationStrickland Academic, 203,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Sociology of Science, Globalization, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture

Efren Velazquez, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor of Psychological Science
Office locationStrickland Academic, 218,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Health psychology and Cross-cultural psychology

Emily Crawford Das
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office locationWatkins Academic Building, 143,
Gainesville

Erin Bush, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor, History
Office locationBarnes Hall, 325,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Digital History, Long 20th Century United States History, History of Crime and Punishment, Sensational Trials, Social/Legal History, Gender Studies

Erin ConnellyProfile page
Assistant Director, Training/Development Academic Advising
Office locationStudent Center, 134,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Training & Development

Eugene Van Sickle, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs
Office locationBarnes Hall, 225,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Colonial America and early American Republic

Francisco Guzman Fulgencio, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationRogers Hall, 107,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Physics



Haley CarterProfile page
Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Office locationHealth Sciences, 119,
Gainesville

Heath WilliamsProfile page
Interim AVP and Chief of Staff
Office locationMilitary Leadership Center, 106,
Dahlonega

Holly VerhasseltProfile page
Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Chief Research Officer
Office locationDowntown Office Building, 307,
Dahlonega

Irene KokkalaProfile page
Executive Director
Chief Online Learning Officer
Office locationLibrary Technology Center, 368,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Online Teaching & Learning, Instructional Technology, Learning Communities, Biology

Isaac AgyekumProfile page
Associate Professor
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 219,
Gainesville

Jack Powell, Ed.D.Profile page
Assistant Dean, Student Services
Office locationStudent Center, 201
Gainesville

Jacob Bateman McDonald, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor of Geography & Geospatial Science
Office locationArt & Technology Building, 2202,
Gainesville

Jacob Gardner, Ph.D., CSCSProfile page
Department Head and Professor
Office locationConvocation Center, 006,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Biomechanics, lower extremity energetics of landings, gait analysis, knee osteoarthritis

Jaime Salinas Zabalaga, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4114,
Gainesville
University Center 400, 267,
Cumming

Jeanelle Morgan, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor & Associate Department Head
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 161,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics, Microbiology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Honors Program, Pre-Respiratory Therapy)

Jeff MarkerProfile page
Director, School of Communication, Film & Theatre
Office locationPerforming Arts, 132,
Gainesville

Jennifer HerringProfile page
Associate Director of Student Impact Initiatives
Office locationStudent Center, 145,
Gainesville

Jennifer Mook, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor, Biology
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 171,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Herpetology, Genetics, Cell Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Veterinarian)



Jill Schulze, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Dean, College of Science & Mathematics
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 145,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Animal Behavior, Ornithology, Field Ecology, Coral Reef Ecology

Area(s) of Expertise: Policy innovation and diffusion; Risk and risk management; Gender issues (such as gender equality); Big data and Public Administration

John LeybaProfile page
Dean of the College of Science & Mathematics
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 404,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Nuclear Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Fast Chemical Separations and Quantification, Rapid Complex Matrix Dissolutions, Sample Dissolutions Using Green Methodologies, Trace Element Detection Using Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Techniques, Radiochemical Analyses, Alpha Spectroscopy, and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy

Area(s) of Expertise: Applied Cognition, Assessment, Educational Measurement, Evidence-Based Reasoning, Language and Literacy, Memory, Quantitative Methodology

Area(s) of Expertise: Library Management and Administration, Legal and Governmental Research and Access Service, ADA

Area(s) of Expertise: Biology, Kinesiology, Natural Sciences Pathway


Karrie Ann Fadroski, M.S.Profile page
Principal Lecturer/Outreach and Engagement Coordinator
Outreach and Engagement Coordinator of the Environmental Leadership Center
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 407,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Entomology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Dentistry)

Katherine Adams, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
Office locationOakwood Building, 121,
Gainesville

Kathryn Narciso, Ph.D.Profile page
Senior Lecturer of Psychological Science
Office locationBarnes Hall, 230,
Dahlonega
Strickland 133,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Industrial/Organizational psychology and Generalist

Kristie KiserProfile page
Director of Tutoring Services
Office locationOakwood Building, 143,
Gainesville

Kyle Murphy, MPHProfile page
Associate Director, Student Involvement
(He, Him, His)
Office location
Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: World literature, British Literature, Chaucer, Medieval Literature, Mythology, and Composition

Laura RussellProfile page
Program Coordinator for Veterans and Adult-Learners
Military-Connected and Adult Learner Programs
Office locationHoag Student Center, 417,
Dahlonega
Student Center, 145,
Gainesville

Linda Purvis, Ph.D. Profile page
Associate Professor, Biology
Office locationWatkins Academic Building, 188,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Poultry Science, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology (Advising Area of Expertise: Poultry, Agriculture)

Linda RowlandProfile page
Director of Institutional Research
Office locationDowntown Office Building, 302,
Dahlonega

Lindsay BaileyProfile page
Director, Strategic Technology Initiatives for Division of Student Engagement & Success
Office locationHoag Student Center, 415,
Dahlonega

Lisa GeddingsProfile page
Career Services Specialist
Office locationStewart Success Center, 341,
Dahlonega

Lori BramlettProfile page
Assistant Director of Enrollment Services
Office locationBuilding A, 102,
Blue Ridge




Mary LedfordProfile page
Administrative Assistant III
(They, Them)
Office locationDunlap-Mathis, 121,
Gainesville

Melissa LockabyProfile page
Collection Management Librarian & Coordinator of Information Services
Collection Management Librarian & Coordinator of Information Services
Office locationLibrary Technology Center, 168,
Dahlonega

Michael Lanford, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationOakwood Building, 121,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Ethnography, Globalization, Higher Education, Institutional Innovation, Life History, Relational Sociology, Research Methods, Social and Cultural Theory, Writing

Michele Ruby, M.S.Profile page
Associate Director of Engagement and Student Professional Development
Office locationCottrell Center, 259,
Dahlonega


Monique MartinezProfile page
Reference Services Librarian
Office locationAcademic Building, 2126,
Cumming



Nathan Price, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Office locationBuilding A, 109,
Blue Ridge
Area(s) of Expertise: Populism, the European Union, Voting behavior in Western Europe and the United States

Area(s) of Expertise: Pedagogy, Language Technology, 19th Century Spanish Literature

Pablo MendozaProfile page
Director, Multicultural Employee Affairs
Office locationAdministration Building, 161,
Gainesville

Patricia TodebushProfile page
Department Head for Chemistry & Biochemistry
Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 207,
Gainesville

Paula TenchProfile page
Dept Head - Assoc. Professor - Elementary and Special Education
Office locationOakwood Building, 119,
Gainesville

Prahlad Jat, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationArt & Technology Building, 2108,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Machine Learning, Spatial Statistics, Geo-spatial Analytics, Sustainable Water Resource Management, Ecological & Environmental Risk Assessment

Qing LiuProfile page
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office locationWatkins Academic Building,142,
Gainesville

Rachel Perez-Udell, Ph.D.Profile page
Lecturer
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 436,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Plant Biology, Reproductive Ecology

Area(s) of Expertise: Psychology, Criminal Justice, General Studies , Behavioral Sciences Pathway, Learning Support for Business Admin Pathway


Ric Kabat, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4120,
Gainesville

Samantha Ledbetter, LCSWProfile page
Staff Therapist
Office locationStudent Center, 125,
Gainesville


Sara Mason, Ph.D.Profile page
Department Head, Sociology & Human Services
Office locationStrickland Academic, 185 A,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Tourism & Leisure Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Culture, Memory, and Place.

Sarah DeanProfile page
Director Supplemental Instruction
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 2128,
Gainesville

Sarah SnyderProfile page
Department Business Manager
Office locationNewton Oakes Center, 126,
Dahlonega



Shannon ShockleyProfile page
Program Manager for Strategic Support
Office locationAdministration Building, 137,
Gainesville



Sharon Jones, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE®clProfile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationHealth Sciences, 248,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Critical Care, PACU, Nursing Administration, Nursing Education, Adolescent Mental Health


Sheri Hardee, Ph.D.Profile page
Dean, College of Education/Professor
Office locationNewton Oakes Center, 127,
Dahlonega

Stacie RowleyProfile page
Executive Director, Housing & Residence Life
Office locationStudent Center, 364,
Dahlonega

Steve ShepherdProfile page
Director of Development for the College of Science and Mathematics
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 121,
Dahlonega

Susann Doyle-Portillo, Ph.D.Profile page
Department Head, Psychological Science
Office locationStrickland Academic, 124,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Social psychology

Tanya HargroveProfile page
Career Services Specialist
Office locationStudent Center,346A,
Gainesville

Teresa MooreProfile page
Associate Director Evergreen Learning
Office locationContinuing Education, 208,
Dahlonega

Thinh KieuProfile page
Professor of Mathematics
Office locationWatkins Academic Building, 148,
Gainesville

Thomas Greene, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor, History
Assistant Director, Honors Dahlonega Campus
Office locationBarnes Hall, 305,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Early medieval Europe, history of religion, sensory history, history of emotions, medievalism, world history


Area(s) of Expertise: Argumentation and Debate, Political Communication, Public Address, and Culture and the Media

Valerie SurrettProfile page
Associate Professor
Assisant Director of Honors, Gainesville Campus
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4156,
Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Critical Pedagogy, Autoethnography, Video Gaming

Yaneli Solache ArroyoProfile page
Financial Aid Specialist I
Office locationStudent Center, 234,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: New hire and rehire onboarding, employment and income verifications, social media administrator, general HR support