WAC Committee

Elizabeth Carrol, Chair (WAC Program Director) carrollel@appstate.edu 

Sarah Zurhellen (WAC Assistant Director) zurhellenss@appstate.edu

Ellen Lamont (Sociology) lamontec@appstate.edu

Ellen Lamont is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University, an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research examines how gender and sexuality shape intimate relationships in a variety of contexts. She is the author of The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date with University of California Press. Her work has been published in Gender & Society, Men & Masculinities, and Sociological Forum and covered by news outlets such as The Atlantic, BBC, Cosmopolitan, and The New York Times. She is currently working on a new project on gender, work, and family in Appalachia funded by grants from the American Sociological Association and the University Research Council. Ellen teaches courses on gender, family, and intimate relationships. She was inducted into the College of Arts and Sciences Academy of Outstanding Teachers in 2018 and awarded Teacher of the Year in 2019. She is currently the honors coordinator for the department.

Marc Kissel (Anthropology) kisselm@appstate.edu

Marc Kissel is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology. He studies the evolution of modern humans and the processes by which hominins became human; the evolutionary arc of human warfare, Neandertal behavior; quantitative genetics; computer modeling; semiotics; and paleoanthropological theory

Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu

Joe Klein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Joe teaches classes in fluency disorders and research methods and supervises therapy for people who stutter. Joe has presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and The National Stuttering Association annual conventions in the United States and for Friends: The Association of Young People who Stutter in India and the US. He has also published articles about stuttering in Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders,Perspectives in Fluency Disorders, and The Journal of Fluency Disorders. Joe’s research interests are in the areas of support and therapy for people who stutter. Joe lives in Boone, NC with his wife, Holly, and children, Zachary, Greta, Emaline, and Abraham. 

• Elizabeth Carrol, Chair (WAC Program Director) carrollel@appstate.edu
• Sarah Zurhellen (WAC Assistant Director) zurhellenss@appstate.edu
• Ellen Lamont (Sociology) lamontec@appstate.edu
• Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu
• Tonya Coffey (Physics and Astronomy) coffeyts@appstate.edu

• Elizabeth Carrol, Chair (WAC Program Director) carrollel@appstate.edu
• Sarah Zurhellen (WAC Assistant Director) zurhellenss@appstate.edu
• Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu
• Tonya Coffey (Physics and Astronomy) coffeyts@appstate.edu
• Beth Fiske (Nursing) fiskeea@appstate.edu

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) (Fall 2019) | Elizabeth Carrol, Chair (WAC Program Director)(Spring 2020)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC) (Fall 2019) | Sarah Zurhellen (WAC Assistant Director)(Spring 2020)
• Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
• Tonya Coffey (Physics and Astronomy)
• Beth Fiske (Nursing) 

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC)
• Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
• Tonya Coffey (Physics and Astronomy)
• Aleksander Lust (Government and Justice Studies)

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC)
• Joe Klien (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
• Kim Priode (Nursing)
• Kim Becnel (Library Science)

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC)
• Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
• Kim Priode (Nursing)
• Leslie Cook (English)

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC; WAC Program Interim Director, Spring 2014)
• Dee Parks (Computer Science)
• Ila Prouty (Art)
• Jeff Tiller (Technology and Environmental Design)
• Amanda Finn (WAC Consultant)

• Sherry Alusow Hart, Chair (WAC Assessment)
• Dee Parks (Computer Science)
• Jeff Tiller (Technology & Environmental Design)
• Ila Prouty (Art)

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director)
• Bob Heath (Curriculum & Instruction)
• Gabe Fankhauser (Music)
• Jammie Price (Sociology)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (WAC Assessment)

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director)
• Bob Heath (Curriculum and Instruction)
• Jessica Wood (Anthropology)
• Carla Meyer, (Language, Reading, and Exceptionalities)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (WAC Assessment)

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (WAC Assessment)
• Jammie Price (Sociology)
• Susan Perry (Health, Leisure and Exercise Science)
• Gabe Fankhauser (Music)

• Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program, Director)
• Ray Williams (Biology)
• Jammie Price (Sociology)
• Anna Ward (Theater and Dance)
• Sherry Alusow Hart (WAC Assessment)