College of Allied Health Sciences

Stephen W. Thomas, Professor and Dean

(BA, Texas Christian University; MS, EdD, University of Arizona)

David Cistola, Professor and Associate Dean for Research

(BS, State University of New York; MD, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine)

Kevin F. O’Brien, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

(BA, University of Rhode Island; MA, Georgetown University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Beth Velde, Professor, Assistant Dean of Special Projects

(BS, MS, University of Illinois; MSOT, Misericordia University; PhD, University of Calgary)

Department of Biostatistics

Paul W. Vos, Professor and Chair

(BA, Calvin College; MS, PhD, University of Chicago)

Jason Brinkley, Assistant Professor

(BA, MA, East Carolina University; MS, PhD, North Carolina State University)

Xiangming Fang, Assistant Professor

(B.Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology; MS, PhD, University of Iowa)

Suzanne Hudson, Associate Professor

(BS, Michigan State University; MS, California Institute of Technology; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, PhD, University of Oregon)

Andrada Ivanescu, Assistant Professor

(BS, Universitatea de Vest, Romania; MS, PhD, Florida State University)

Kevin F. O’Brien, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

(BA, University of Rhode Island; MA, Georgetown University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Qiang Wu, Assistant Professor

(B. Finance, University of Science and Technology of China; MS, University of Iowa; PhD, University of Iowa)

Department of Clinical Laboratory Science

Kathleen M. Schulman, Clinical Assistant Professor and Acting Chair

(BS, St. Johns University; MS, Long Island University)

David Cistola, Professor and Associate Dean for Research

(BS, State University of New York; MD, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine)

Stanley Humienny, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; BS, East Carolina University)

Ann C. McConnell, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

(BS, University of Florida; MAEd, East Carolina University)

Joanna Moore, Adjunct Clinical Instructor

(BS, East Carolina University)

Cynthia Oliver, Adjunct Clinical Instructor

(BS, University of Evansville)

Dawn Peele, Adjunct Clinical Instructor

(BS, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; MBA, East Carolina University)

P. Karen Sullivan, Associate Professor

(BS, Clinch Valley College; MS, East Tennessee State University; PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University)

Gwen Taylor, Adjunct Clinical Instructor

(BS, East Carolina University)

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Gregg D. Givens, Professor and Chair

(BS, MS, Ithaca College; PhD, Florida State University)

Rose L. Allen, Associate Professor and Director of Distance Education

(BA, MA, PhD, Wichita State University)

Laura Ball, Associate Professor

(BA, BS, West Virginia University; MA, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; PhD, University of Nebraska)

Deborah E. Bengala, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies

(BS, Ohio University; MA, Western Michigan University)

Kathleen T. Cox, Associate Professor

(BS, Ithaca College; MA, PhD, Ohio State University)

Deborah S. Culbertson, Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Audiology Clinic and Director of Clinical Operations

(BA, University of Maryland; MS, Idaho State University, PhD, University of Iowa)

Monica S. Hough, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

(BA, CUNY Brooklyn College; MA, University of Florida; PhD, Kent State University)

Kelly P. James, Clinical Supervisor

(BS, East Carolina University; MA, Appalachian State University)

Sherri M. Jones, Professor

(BS, MS, PhD, University of Nebraska)

Timothy A. Jones, Professor

(BS, PhD, University of California, Davis)

Lori Kincannon, Clinical Supervisor

(BS, MS, Florida State University)

Joseph Kalinowski, Professor

(BA, PhD, University of Connecticut; MS, Northeastern University)

Julia Morrow, Clinical Instructor and Coordinator of External Clinical Education

(BA, MA, University of Pittsburgh)

Jamie L. Perry, Assistant Professor

(BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; MS, Northern Illinois University; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Twyla Y. Perryman, Assistant Professor

(BS, MS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, PhD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)

Heather L. Ramsdell, Assistant Professor

(BA, Iona College; MS, Boston University; PhD, University of Memphis)

Michael P. Rastatter, Professor

(BS, Clarion University; MS, State University of New York, Fredonia; PhD, Bowling Green State University)

Sharon Rutledge, Clinical Assistant Professor

(BS, MS, East Tennessee State University; AuD, University of Florida)

Martha L. Smith, Clinical Professor

(BA, Meredith College; MS, PhD, East Carolina University)

Andrew Stuart, Professor

(BS, BEd, MS, PhD, Dalhousie University)

Marianna M. Walker, Associate Professor

(BS, MS, East Carolina University; PhD, North Carolina State University)

Department of Health Services and Information Management

Xiaoming Zeng, Associate Professor and Chair

(MD, Peking Union Medical College; PhD, University of Pittsburgh)

Anthony Bartholomew, Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor

(BS, East Carolina University; MA, Webster University; MBA, East Carolina University)

Paul D. Bell, Professor

(BA, MS, State University of New York, Albany; PhD, North Carolina State University)

Myra M. Brown, Associate Professor, Health Services Management Internship Co-Coordinator, Health Information Management Program Director

(BS, MBA, East Carolina University)

Robert Campbell, Assistant Professor and Graduate Health Informatics Certificate Director

(BA, Bethany College; MLS, EdD, University of Pittsburgh)

Leigh W. Cellucci, Associate Professor

(BS, College of Charleston; MA, College of William and Mary; PhD, University of Virginia-Charlottesville)

Susie T. Harris, Assistant Professor

(BS, MBA, PhD, East Carolina University)

Jolyn Johnson, Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor

(BS, MPA, East Carolina University)

Michael H. Kennedy, Associate Professor, Acting Program Director Health Services Management

(BA, North Carolina State University; MA, Webster University; MHA, Baylor University; PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Robert Kulesher, Associate Professor

(BA, Villanova University; MHA, Washington University in St. Louis; PhD, University of Delaware)

Mark Lane, Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor

(BS, Seton Hall University; MBA, Rutgers University)

Elizabeth J. Layman, Professor

(BA, University of Minnesota; MA, College of St. Catherine; PhD, Georgia State University)

Richard Scott Rahm, Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor

(BSBA, Auburn University, East Carolina University; MBA, East Carolina University)

Thomas Ross, Associate Professor

(MBA, MA, University of Cincinnati; PhD, St. Louis University)

Patricia D. Royal, Assistant Professor, Graduate Health Care Administration Certificate Director

(BS, Mount Olive College; MSW, EdD, East Carolina University)

Bonita Sasnett, Assistant Professor, Health Services Management Internship Co-Coordinator

(BSBA, MAEd, EdD, East Carolina University)

Lilless Schilling, Adjunct Teaching Associate Professor

(AB, University of Michigan; MA, Columbia University Teachers’ College; MA, PhD, Ohio State University)

H. Glyn Young, Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor

(BS, MSW, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PhD, North Carolina State University)

Department of Occupational Therapy

Leonard Trujillo, Associate Professor and Chair

(BS, Colorado State University; MA, Webster University; PhD, Texas A&M University)

Wanda Bennett, Adjunct Teaching Instructor

(BS, MS, East Carolina University)

Anne E. Dickerson, Professor

(BS, Temple University; MS, Southwest Texas State University; MS, PhD, Florida International University)

Denise Donica, Assistant Professor

(BA, BS, Indiana University; MHS, DHS, University of Indianapolis)

Sharon Elliott, Adjunct Clinical Instructor

(BS, Kean University; MS, East Carolina University)

Annette Jones, Clinical Instructor and Admissions Coordinator

(BS, Elizabethtown College; MBA, Pennsylvania State University)

Mary W. Hildebrand, Assistant Professor

(BS, University of Tulsa; MOT, Texas Woman’s University; OTD, Washington University School of Medicine)

Carol Lust, Associate Professor

(BS, Texas Woman’s University; MAEd, Texas Tech University; EdD, North Carolina State University)

Jane Painter, Professor and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator

(AS, BS, Indiana University; MHS, University of Florida; EdD, North Carolina State University)

Beth Velde, Professor, Assistant Dean

(BS, MS, University of Illinois; MSOT, Misericordia University; PhD, University of Calgary)

Department of Physical Therapy

Walter L. Jenkins, Associate Professor and Chair

(BPE, Purdue University; MS, West Virginia University; MSPT, Indiana Central University; DHS, University of Indianapolis)

Bruce C. Albright, Professor

(BS, University of Maryland; MS, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University)

Leslie K. Allison, Assistant Professor

(BS, University of Pennsylvania; MS, Oregon State University; PhD, University of Maryland)

Sonja Bareiss, Assistant Professor

(BS, MS, Rockhurst University; PhD, East Carolina University)

Amy Gross McMillan, Associate Professor

(BS, University of Delaware; MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD, University of Delaware)

Patricia Hodson, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Education

(BA, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; BSPT, MS, East Carolina University; DPT, Simmons College)

Kandy Hounard, Adjunct Clinical Instructor

(BS, University of Toledo; MA, Ball State University)

Sarah E. Johnson, Clinical Instructor

(BS, MS, DPT, East Carolina University)

Terry Jones, Associate Professor

(BA, Washburn University; MS, PhD, University of Kansas)

Susan J. Leach, Assistant Professor

(BEd, University of Toledo; MS, Columbia University; PhD, Louisiana State University)

Stephanie Slayton, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

BS, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse; MPT, PhD, Elon University)

Jacob Thorp, Clinical Assistant Professor

(AAS, Professional Skills Institute; BS, Trevecca Nazarene University; MS, Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center; DHS, University of Indianapolis)

Dorsey Williams, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies and Research

(BA, University of Virginia; MA, University of Maryland; PhD, University of Delaware)

Kevin Youngs, Clinical Assistant Professor

(BS, MPT, East Carolina University)

Department of Physician Assistant Studies

J. Patrick Carter, Clinical Assistant Professor and Interim Chair

(BS, University of Kansas, BS, Wichita State University; MPAS, University of Nebraska)

Kelly Brillant, Clinical Assistant Professor

(MPH, BS, PA-C, Nova Southeastern University)

Elizabeth Bunting, Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator

(BS, North Carolina State University; MS, East Carolina University)

Julie Daniel-Yount, Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Education Coordinator

(BS, Barton College; BS, East Carolina University; MHS, Duke University)

Larry Dennis, Associate Professor

(BS, West Texas State University; BS, University of Texas Medical Branch; MPAS, University of Nebraska)

Carolyn Pugh, Clinical Assistant Professor

(BA, Duke University; BS, East Carolina University; MHS, Duke University)

Jane Trapp, Clinical Associate Professor

(BS, George Washington University; MSEd, Wilkes University)

Department of Rehabilitation Studies

Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr., Professor and Interim Chair

(BA, MS, PhD, Florida State University)

Paul P. Alston, Professor

(BS, East Carolina University; MEd, PhD, University of Georgia)

Martha Chapin, Professor and Director of BS in Rehabilitation Services and Coordinator of Minor in Alcohol and Drug Studies

(BA, University of Arkansas; MA, PhD, Michigan State University)

Mary Crozier, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Substance Abuse Counseling Certificate Program

(BA, Old Dominion University; MA, University of Virginia; EdS, EdD, College of William and Mary)

Cheryl Gentile, Adjunct Assistant Professor

(BA, Hunter College; MS, East Carolina University)

Michael T. Hartley, Assistant Professor

(BS, MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison; PhD, University of Iowa)

Stephen Leierer, Associate Professor

(BA, Wheaton College; MA, University of Iowa; PhD, Florida State)

Jerry F. Lotterhos, Adjunct Teaching Instructor

(BS, MSW, Louisiana State University)

Nathalie Mizelle, Assistant Professor

(BS, North Carolina Central University; MS, East Carolina University; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Robert Morphet, Adjunct Assistant Professor

(BA, St John Fisher College; MS, East Carolina University)

Beverly Sheaffer, Adjunct Assistant Professor

(BA, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, MA George Washington University, PhD, East Carolina University)

Sharon Shallow, Clinical Instructor and Graduate Internship Coordinator

(BS, MAEd, East Carolina University)

Shari Sias, Associate Professor and Director of the Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling Program

(BA, Marshall University; MEd, The Citadel; PhD, College of William and Mary)

Steven Sligar, Associate Professor and Director of the Vocational Evaluation Program

(BA, State University of West Georgia; MEd, Auburn University; EdD, Northern Illinois University)

Mark A. Stebnicki, Professor and Director of the Rehabilitation Counseling Program

(BS, MS, RhD, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)

Paul Toriello, Professor and Director of the PhD Program

(BA, MS, Wright State University; RhD, Southern Illinois University)

Henry D. Wong, Adjunct Assistant Professor

(BS, MS, East Carolina University; RhD, Southern Illinois University)

Glyn Young, Adjunct Assistant Professor

(BS, MSW, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PhD, North Carolina State University)