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Adams, Susan

Alderman, Brian

Allen, Seth

Anderson, Cara

Bernard, Ryan

Black, Jacqueline "Anita"

Blevins, Christy

Blevins, Randall

Boring, Cody

Boyer, Pepsi

Brammer, Erika

Brown, Mica

Brumlik, Alexander

Byington, Elizabeth "Lori"

Carter, Timothy

Cash, Michelle

Caudill, Jason

Clay, Shea

Connor, Mary

Crook, Edith

Cusaac, Joan

Darko, George

DeFord, John "Kevin"

Dollar, Elizabeth "Liz"

College of Arts and Sciences eldollar@king.edu Lee Women's Auxiliary Building (FAB) 205 423-652-4839 Elizabeth Dollar Elizabeth Dollar <p>I was born in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in Johnson City, TN, so powerful stories and music are in my blood.  It has always been my passion to tell stories through live theatre. I believe that theatre transforms both the audience and the creators by letting us delve into humanity in a living, breathing communal experience.  As a director, my concern is always on reaching the audience. I want to get under their skin and for the experience to linger in their thoughts.  I consider myself an eclectic. I use both traditional and non-traditional methods to achieve the desired vision for the production, and I thrive on strong collaboration with the creative team. Whatever the ensemble uses, the process needs to be organic.  I believe that art is necessary for our communities to thrive; we need theatre that engages us in debate, laughter, sorrow, wonder, reality, and dreams.</p> <p>I graduated from Ohio University with a Master of Arts in Theatre History and Criticism.  During my time at OU, I was blessed to study under Toni Dorfman, William Condee, Vincent Cardinal, and Charles Smith.  It was then that I learned to love the process of dramaturgy.  My research included dramaturgy, translation, and adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's <em>Mother Courage and her Children</em> with Judith Malina in the title role, dramaturgy for Shakespeare's <em>Much Ado About Nothing</em>, and dramaturgy for Stephen Metcalfe's <em>Strange Snow.</em>  </p> <p>I began as a teaching artist at King University in the fall of 2000.  At the time, I was the only faculty member in theatre.  For the past several years, I have witnessed the growth of the theatre program with the creation of a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre degree, 3 faculty members, and an increase in the number and variety of theatre productions.  I have been blessed to experience young theatre artists in action and putting themselves on the line everyday.  Mentoring theatre artists is the best part of my job as a teaching artist.</p> "Liz" "Liz" Dollar

Dotterweich, Martin

Doyle, Daniel

Drum, Kathryn

Eastwood, Justin

Edwards, James

Evans, Roy

Fay, IV, Charles

College of Arts and Sciences cwfayiv@king.edu Wilson White Hall 28 423-652-4850 Charles Fay, IV Charles Fay, IV <p>As will all truly interesting endeavors, I fell into Academia.  I could tell you that from an early age I had visions of being a college professor, that however would not be true.  What is true, I loved science I loved to “know”.  I started my pursuit of vocation by getting an undergraduate degree, with the poorly defined, “I want to be an engineer”.  When looking at different engineering schools, Engineering physics seemed at the time, adequate.  I had no idea what engineering physics entailed, beyond the cursory title of engineering.  What I found was a course of study that was deeply mathematical, wildly practical and infinitely interesting.  For me the attraction began with a study of Einstein's theory of special relativity.  I am fascinated by the ability of math to model the behaviour of the universe.  I see science as the conjunction of experience and logic.  This then was something to know, a picture of what C.S. Lewis might call the deep magic of the universe.</p> <p>Being an educator only came after entering graduate school, and being responsible for teaching physics labs to undergraduate students.  For me, physics is at its heart a way to understand the rules that govern the interaction of matter in the universe.  They are the basic rules by which we all live.  It is important for students to understand the depth language of mathematics in helping to explain that which we experience.  I am profoundly interested in this intersection of mathematics and the practical.</p> <p>After studying at the University of Illinois, I obtained a masters degree at the University of Missouri in Kansas City.  Then I worked several years as a the instructional lab coordinator for Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky.</p> <p>At Michigan State University, I studied in the area of computational condensed matter, particularly in the analysis of hard computational problems such as maximum independent set and vertex cover.</p> <p>Before working at King University, I worked at Ferris State University for several years, teaching introductory physics.</p> Fay, IV

Fetterman, James "Jim"

Finley, James

Fitsanakis, Vanessa

Flannagan, William "Pat"

College of Arts and Sciences wpflanna@king.edu Patrick Chapel #12 423-652-4846 William Flannagan William Flannagan <p>Every day when I come to work, I know two things: 1) I am going to learn something today and 2) I am going to try to teach my students something today.  Both the learning and the teaching are symbiotic and are informed by my constant immersion into the musical compositions that I study and perform.  From King David to the devotional chants of early monks to the brilliance of Morten Lauridsen in the 21st century, music speaks to the spirits of people in ways that mere words are incapable. </p> <p>As an undergraduate I, as many, felt rather directionless. The influence of one music teacher at King College changed my life and provided me with that direction for which I was searching.  Following his advice, I pursued advanced degrees in music and have since performed in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Sterling Castle in Scotland, the Apollo Theater in Greece, etc.  How did this happen to a directionless student from Bristol, TN?  It happened because of the hard work of many teachers who invested themselves in me.  It also happened because I finally listened to God's call for my life.</p> <p>My goal everyday is to assist other students in finding their strengths, identifying their weaknesses, and to provide them with the necessary tools of evaluation to be successful after they leave King University. My work is focused mostly on music history and choral music and if this process leads them into a life of professional music, that is wonderful.  However, if the experiences at King lead them into other callings, that is equally rewarding.</p> <p>Away from the college, my life is focused upon family.  Beyond that, I am a life-long baseball fan (especially St. Louis Cardinals), I'm a vegetable gardener of sorts, and love a good game of cards to relax.  People who know me well know that I love good food. I love to cook it, to eat it and to learn about the foods from other cultures.<br />  </p> "Pat" "Pat" Flannagan

Foreman, Robin

Fraysier, Donna

Galloway, Edwin

Gillen, Logan "Logan"

Gilmer, John

Gilmore, Randall

Gomez, Christina

College of Arts and Sciences cmgomez@king.edu Marie Bristol Hall 206 423-652-4803 Christina Gomez Christina Gomez <p>Spanish is my passion. I remember as a high school student taking a Spanish class and realizing there was a whole new world and culture that I had not explored. I discovered through learning Spanish, I would not only be able to expand my knowledge and potential as a person, but that I would be able to share my knowledge with others and be able to communicate with a community of people I would otherwise not be able to share life with.           </p> <p>Through teaching Spanish, I am able to impart my personal experience and my passion for the language to my students in hopes that they will be enticed with a new cultural experience and a more enlightening experience in life. Many students go into learning a foreign language with misconceptions and negative attitudes. I encourage my students to see learning Spanish as an opportunity rather than a requirement.</p> <p>It is amazing to see students’ facial expressions change as I explain the benefits of learning Spanish to them. I share with them how Spanish is the second widely spoken language in the US, how many jobs are requiring fluency in Spanish, and that people who speak Spanish may receive higher salaries than those who do not. I also tell my students how they will be able to have a bigger worldview knowing another language, and be able to travel and meet people who speak Spanish. I even share my personal story of how I met my husband in Honduras and how we communicate in Spanish, which usually surprises the students and gives them a new perspective on Spanish, it becomes more relevant to them.</p> <p>In the classroom, I focus on communication. Many students take years of Spanish and know the grammar but are unable to speak the language. I create a safe environment in my classroom for speaking the target language. I tell my students it is OK to make mistakes and that in the languages we speak (both our native language(s) as well as our second language(s) and so on) we will always make mistakes, we will never speak a language perfectly. I focus on communication and incorporate culture through activities and oftentimes will focus on a particular country to give our in class exercises a cultural context. I maintain a positive and fun attitude while teaching Spanish to show my students that learning Spanish can be fun and exciting.</p> <p>I encourage my students to go beyond the classroom by getting involved in the Spanish speaking community. I give them different resources such as organizations, community centers, and places they can go to meet Spanish speaking people and get involved in their lives. I also tell them to listen to music in Spanish, watch movies in Spanish, go to tiendas, travel to a Spanish speaking country for an extended amount of time, and to immerse themselves as much as possible in the Spanish speaking world.</p> <p>Teaching Spanish brings great joy to my life and I feel the most accomplished when students come to me saying they are serious about learning Spanish, want to travel to Spanish speaking country to become more fluent, or when they tell me they have switched their major or minor to Spanish. I feel fulfilled when a see a previous student and they tell me how my class inspired them to learn Spanish. Teaching Spanish is a gift to me and I am so glad I can be a vehicle to motivate others and give them a new perspective on learning the Spanish language.</p> <p>Besides teaching, I enjoy running marathons, reading, traveling, and spending time with my husband and our three dogs. </p> Gomez

Graham, Bernadine

School of Education nsgregg@king.edu Surrett Room 143, King University-Hardin Valley 865-690-5803 ext. 3137 Nancy Gregg Nancy Gregg <p>Dr. Nancy Surrett Gregg joined King University's School of Education faculty as of August, 2014, and will be serving students at King's Hardin Valley campus in Knoxville. She is an 8th generation East Tennessean and a lifelong native of this beautiful region. A graduate of Loudon High School, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and began her career as a 1st and 2nd grade teacher. During her time in the classroom, her love for working with children and youth prompted her to want to do more to counsel students. As a result, she earned a Master of Arts degree in Educational Psychology and Counseling from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. She served as a school counselor/teacher in grades K-8, where she blended counseling through the creative arts and teaching skills to provide a wide variety of learning experiences for her students.</p> <p>Dr. Gregg’s continuing quest for new challenges within the world of education led her to leave public schools and become Project Director for Hiwassee College’s Upward Bound program, a U.S. Department of Education Title IV grant program. Her desire to improve her knowledge in administration led her to Lincoln Memorial University where she earned an Educational Specialist degree in Educational Administration and Supervision. </p> <p>In 1999, Dr. Gregg began working with a variety of U. S. Department of Education grant projects at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). During her time at UTK, she managed multiple grant projects, wrote grant proposals, and earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Collaborative Learning. She is a frequent presenter on strategies to support academic aspirations of low-income students who are potentially the first ones in their families to enter college. She has been a contributing writer to multiple publications, including <em>Finding Funding: Grantwriting From Start to Finish </em>(5th Edition), 2008. Dr. Gregg also serves as a peer reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education in selected grant funding competitions. Her specialty areas include multicultural education, educational partnerships, grant writing, and instructional methods.  Her training as a ropes course facilitator and experiential learning facilitator are also important components within her instructional strategies and practices at every level, from elementary to post secondary teaching.</p> <p>Dr. Gregg is an avid traveler and has done short-term mission work in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Liberia, Kingdom of Tonga, and Zimbabwe, as well as in the southeast regions of the U.S. She has also enjoyed extensive travel experiences throughout Europe, Central America, Australia, and New Zealand. At her previous faculty post, she planned and facilitated multiple mission trips for college students both in the U.S. and in Central America. She plans to work with her King University colleagues to develop additional opportunities for students to engage in service-learning and mission-related projects within educational settings, along with opportunities for study abroad experiences.</p> Gregg

Harosky, Tammy

Harris, Shannon

Helbert, Jodi "Jodi"

Helt, Gail

Hess, Heather

Hicks, Andrew

Hicks, Laura

Holden, Cecelia

Holloway, Kimberley

Hoover, Charlotte

Hu, Tao "Eric"

Hudson, Donald "Don Michael"

Johnson, Eugene

Jones, III, Herbert

Knight, Margaret "Margaret"

School of Behavioral and Health Sciences maknight@king.edu Ann Knoxville (865) 690-5803 Margaret Knight Margaret Knight <p>Through teaching and mentorship, I try to plant as many seeds as possible each day.  But, even before I entered academia, I worked to train people in medical record coding and compliance on an informal basis and came to see such education as an opportunity for people to improve their lives.  That realization was formalized with an adjunct position at Delgado Community College's Health Information Management program in 1998.  While most of my career has been spend working in healthcare, I re-entered academia in 2010 at the University of Tennessee Department of Public Health in their Master's program.  I am grateful to continue my academic career at King University whose mission of teaching adults aligns well with my own.</p> <p>While in New Orleans, I attended the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and earned a Master's in Public Health in 1998.  In 2004, I received a fellowship to attend the University of Texas at Dallas and earned a Master's of Science in Applied Sociology and a PhD in Public Affairs.</p> <p>I am beginning my work with students in the Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration program based at the Knoxville campus.  I am starting with teaching Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Healthcare Policy, and Population Health.  I look for to the start of this work.</p> <p>My research interests include:</p> <ul> <li>Health systems research including the effect of nonclinical decisions on medical outcomes.</li> <li>Healthcare disparities created by policy decisions and societal constraints.</li> <li>The effects of state and federal policy decisions on accessibility of primary care.</li> <li>The effects of protocol-based medical education on the critical thinking skills of clinicians.</li> </ul> <p>My service interest include working to improve the lives of the people in our community and am currently seeking volunteer opportunities that will allow me to assist with that goal.  </p> "Margaret" "Margaret" Knight

Knowles, Amy "Amy"

Kreiss, Daniel "Dan"

Krizanac-Bengez, Ljiljana "Lily"

School of Behavioral and Health Sciences lkrizanacbengez@king.edu Department of Health Sciences: Franklin103 615-236-9814 Ljiljana Krizanac-Bengez Ljiljana Krizanac-Bengez <p><em>"Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity."</em> <em>(</em>Titus 2:7)</p> <p>I hold MD PhD degree from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. I believe that the greatest learning experiences come from working with different group of people as to achieve academic, professional, and spiritual growth.  I have been involved in pre-clinical and clinical medical science, and completed post-doctoral fellowships at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (1993-1996) and Cleveland Clinic (1999-2002).</p> <p>Between 1999 and 2011, I was employed at the Cleveland Clinic; first as a post-doctoral fellow at the Cerebrovascular Research Center, Neurosurgery, and upon receiving an AHA grant was promoted to project staff (Research Assistant Professor), working in both bio-medical and clinical science & clinical trials.</p> <p>Most recently I have served as Associate Professor and Chair of Health Services Administration Program at Chancellor University, Cleveland, OH. While there, I was instrumental in creating a program in Health Informatics & Information Management (HIIM) at the baccalaureate degree.</p> <p>As of January 2014, I serve as Lead Faculty and Program Coordinator of Health Informatics at King University, School of Behavioral & Health Sciences. I will be using my skill set to serve our new program and our students.</p> <p>What are my interests? Professionally, I am passionate about Medical science & research (translational & clinical); Education; Program development; Management; Leadership. In my private life, I truly enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I enjoy walking, playing tennis and swimming. Have genuine love for children and animals, and am a loyal friend! I have a wonderful family who has been supportive of my work and education. In return, I enjoy serving and helping others to achieve their full potential.</p> <p>With self-knowledge comes a greater awareness of who we are, what our true goals in life are, and what direction we want to set for our life.  This, in a nutshell, is the gift of maturity. I see myself as a service-oriented professional who thrives on socially meaningful work.</p> <p><em>"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."</em> (Mathew 6:21)</p> "Lily" "Lily" Krizanac-Bengez

Krug, Emily

Laughlin, Vonda

Lee, George

Legg, Linda

Liendo, Martha

Linderman, William

Little, Charles

Littleton, Robert

Macione, Beatriz

Mayden, Kelley

McDonald, John

McRae, Sheri

Mears, Gregory

Mongold, Jennifer

Morgan, Rhonda

Morrison, Brendia

Murphy, Michael "Mike"

Neal, Penelope

Nelson, Monica

O'Neil, Jennifer

Ong, Han Chuan

Ong, Laura

College of Arts and Sciences leong@king.edu E. White Hall 211 423-652-4805 Laura Ong Laura Ong <p>I always knew <em>that</em> I wanted to teach, even before I knew <em>what</em> I wanted to teach.  And now, after several years of academic and geographical roaming, I am thrilled to be back home in the mountains, teaching at King University.  I grew up in Greene County, Tennessee as a child of a music teacher and a tobacco breeder.  Since many of my extended family farmed tobacco, my initial interest in biology stemmed from a desire to boost disease resistance in crop plants, to help improve yields and incomes in farming communities.  However, once I started to learn the intricate details of the interactions between pathogens and their hosts, I began to appreciate all types of disease-causing microbes for their own sakes.  I love to learn about, and teach about, anything related to microbes and/or disease.</p> <p>During my graduate work, I studied plant defense mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level.  My dissertation research focused on protein-level interactions between the bacterium <em>Pseudomonas syringae</em> and two of its plant hosts, soybean and the model plant Arabidopsis.  My research results indicated that a particular <em>P. syringae</em> virulence protein altered target proteins in soybean and Arabidopsis plants in similar ways, suggesting that both plants use related mechanisms to combat a single bacterial disease.  This research gives me hope that plant disease resistance research in Arabidopsis will translate fairly quickly and easily to the improvement of crop plants.</p> <p>So far, the courses I have taught at King University are Microbiology and Immunology (for non-Biology majors), Microbiology (for Biology majors), Human Anatomy and Physiology 2, Cell Biology, Plant Physiology, and Interdepartmental Science Seminar.  While I originally specialized in plants and microbiology, I really enjoy teaching A & P because everyone has a body, and everyone should know how their body works! </p> <p>I am a mom to three handsome, noisy, messy, and absolutely perfect sons, and much of my time away from King is spent taking care of them.  In my remaining spare time, I love to garden and read fiction, and my all-time favorite author is Alexander McCall Smith.  If I myself were a fictional character, I would probably be Hermione Granger or a hobbit.  I also love watching football and traveling with my husband.</p> Ong

Osborn, Kyle

Oster, Gloria

Overbay, Mark

Owens, Ashley

Pate, Mark

Paulson, Keri-Lynn

Peltier, Matthew

Percy, Janet

Pesakovic, Gordana

Pickard, Simeon

Pitts, George

Raines, Donna

Ratcliff, Holly

College of Arts and Sciences heratcliff@king.edu E. 10950 Spring Bluff Way (865) 769-3103 Holly Ratcliff Holly Ratcliff <p>I am originally from Bristol, Tennessee, and graduated from King College as a traditional undergraduate in 1995 with a degree in Political Science/History. After forgoing law school, I spent a gap year living in Vail, Colorado before moving to Knoxville, Tennessee to start graduate school at the University of Tennessee. Yes, I did snow ski a lot while I lived in Vail; and, no, I have not been back nor have I snow skied since I left. </p> <p>After moving to Knoxville, I began graduate work in the Political Science department at UT with the intention of completing a Master of Public Administration degree (with a concentration in Urban Planning). At the same time, I worked for the university as a production assistant at the Center for Transportation Research in the Southeastern Transportation Center and Tennessee Transportation Assistance Program initiatives, which helped to fuel my interest in pursuing an MPA in planning. When the university decided to eliminate the Urban Planning degree, integrating it into a civil engineering program, I started graduate classes in the English department at UT instead, and I took a new position with the university's Office of Information Technology as a technical writer and editor. During my graduate career at UT, I focused primarily on 19th Century/Victorian and early 20th Century/Modern British literature, with an interest in the works of Wilkie Collins, Anne Bronte, Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy, Christina Rossetti, William Thackeray, Joseph Conrad, and Ford Madox Ford. I completed my work in the spring of 2002, culminating in a thesis that studied three British women and their travel writings, letters, poetry, art work, and journal entries, stemming from my desire for non-fiction, archival-based research, rather than literary criticism or theoretical analysis. </p> <p>In 2006, while an adjunct for the Department of English at UT, I was offered a full-time corporate position as a marketing coordinator for the Midsouth region of an international engineering firm. This opportunity, coincidentally, ended up taking me almost full-circle back to my Center for Transportation Research days at UT, since this firm concentrated in civil and environmental engineering and planning related to multi-level transportation projects. During my time there, I worked on several large-scale projects with the firm, including the monumental SmartFIX40 interstate realignment/reconstruction project through downtown Knoxville. </p> <p>In 2010, I left the engineering firm and returned to teaching part-time at Tusculum College in their GPS program in Knoxville. Primarily, I taught courses and workshops in rhetoric and composition, research and writing, and business/professional communication. In the fall of 2011, I also began teaching part-time at both Pellissippi State Community College and King College, taking on a number of the Quest classes in the Knoxville area. In the spring of 2014, I started full-time at King University as the Assistant Director of the ACE in Knoxville, making myself available to help students in all of the programs in the area with their written communication, oral communication, and research writing projects. I am also the course writer/owner for a LIBS/ENGL Quest course as well as a TCOM course in professional communication for the Information Technology program, which are very thought-provoking, enjoyable, and rewarding endeavors for me.</p> <p>When I'm not working on campus, I live on a farm in East Knoxville with a number of shelter dog rescues, several cats, and three horses (for right now). Interestingly enough, I have a 35-year-old horse that my mother purchased as a yearling when I was in Kindergarten, who I rode through almost all of my childhood and adolescent years. 35 is unusually old for a horse, so I consider myself blessed to get to spend so much of my life with such a trusty and hardy companion. Currently, I ride one of my other horses, Eddie, and we compete in an equestrian sport called 3-day eventing that incorporates the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and stadium jumping into one multi-phase competition. This occupies much of my free time and is a life-long passion. I have found that people who ride horses as youngsters either grow out of it, or they don't. I definitely have not! I also enjoy reading a lot. I am intrigued by the literary genres of the Victorian gothic and the more contemporary area of Steampunk fiction, but I do not get -- at all -- the current cultural fascination with vampires, werewolves, aliens, and zombies. </p> Ratcliff

Remillard, Annie

College of Arts and Sciences aremill@king.edu Bristol Hall 206 423-652-4804 Annie Remillard Annie Remillard <p>I am a native French speaker from Montréal, Québec, Canada. I moved to Florida in the United States in 2001 to be with my husband who is a Yacht Captain.  We moved to the Tri-Cities in 2004, because we both have a great love for the mountains. I completed a Master degree in Education with a concentration in French in 2006. </p> <p>Before teaching, I spent 10 years with the Department of Children’s Services in Ste-Thérèse, Québec, Canada working with children and their families.  I also spent time as a school counselor with Frontier Health in Kingsport, Tenn.  After I completed my Master’s degree in 2006, I taught French at Johnson County High School in Mountain City, Tenn. I have been working at King College since 2006.</p> <p>Areas of French in which my teaching primarily is focused include French language and culture, civilization, grammar, conversation, composition, as well as Francophone film, second language acquisition, and Québécois literature.  My research interest lies primarily with international students in East Tennessee who speak English as a second language.</p> <p>While at King, I have organized multiple study abroad trips for students including three to France and Montréal. I also participate in mission trips.  The most recent was a January-term trip to France. Thirteen French and History students spent part of their winter break with me and Dr. Shannon Harris, associate professor of History, on a twelve-day study abroad trip to Nice and Paris, France, which included day trips to both Monaco and Italy.</p> <p>In October 2012 and 2013, I presented “Languages and Cultures: Preparing Student for Global Citizenship” in Knoxville, Tenn., at the Appalachian Colleges Association Summit. </p> <p>If I could claim any experience in my life as life changing, it would be conducting research in Cameroon, Africa for six weeks with 11 other French professors during the summer of 2010 as part of the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA).</p> <p>I truly believe that being exposed to other cultures helps to shape our views and opinions of the world we live in and, therefore, prepares us to be better citizens.  </p> Remillard

Rhinehart, Deana

Roache, Amber "Amber"

Roberson, Shawn

Roberts, Andy "Matt"

School of Education mroberts@king.edu Matthew King Building 16A 423.652.4780 Andy Roberts Andy Roberts <p>Dr. Matthew Roberts is Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Academic Dean for King University. Dr. Roberts earned his Bachelor of Arts from East Tennessee State University in English and Foreign Languages, his Master of Arts in Applied English Linguistics from the University of Houston, and his Doctor of Education from Appalachian State University with cognates in language and literacy acquisition.</p> <p>Roberts’ teaching career in literature, language, and education has focused on diverse learners and linguistic minority groups in Texas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.  Prior to King, Roberts’ teaching experience includes appointments at Rice University (Houston, TX), University of Houston, Houston Independent School District, Paideia Academy (Cary, NC), and Appalachian State University (Boone, NC).</p> <p>In 2007, Roberts was recipient of the prestigious Cratis D. Williams Fellowship for his contributions to rural education in North Carolina. Roberts was the co-founder and editor of the Appalachian Family Storytelling Project, a family literacy initiative that spanned five counties in western North Carolina; this project worked to connect pre-service teachers at Appalachian State with students and families in documenting the region’s oral history.</p> <p>Dr. Roberts came to King in 2008 as a faculty member in the School of Education where he continues to teach courses in literacy development and educational psychology.  In 2010, Roberts was named King’s first Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Director. The QEP is part of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges’ (SACSCOC) requirement for institutions to identify a focus and direction where signature curricular improvement would be positively impactful. Roberts’ support through QEP initiatives assisted peer mentor-based programs to flourish and define distinct learning communities visible in King’s undergraduate core curriculum classes, as well as meeting King’s commitment to improving oral and written communication as the institution’s QEP topic. In 2014, King University’s QEP Impact Report successfully received no referrals in a review by the Committee on Fifth-Year Interim Reports.  In 2012, Roberts was named Dean of Academic Affairs, and in 2013 he was named Chief Academic Officer for the University. Roberts also serves as the institution’s Accreditation Liaison to SACSCOC.</p> <p>Under Roberts’ leadership, several achievements and improvements have occurred for King University:</p> <ul> <li>King University was approved as a SACSCOC Level V institution with its first doctoral degree, the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)</li> <li>The establishment of King’s third satellite campus located in Nashville, Tennessee</li> <li>The successful completion of SACSCOC on-site committee reviews of King’s instructional locations in Knoxville, TN, and Big Stone Gap, VA, with no referrals.</li> <li>The continued development of articulation agreements and partnerships with community colleges and institutions throughout Tennessee and Virginia</li> <li>The addition of two new instructional locations in Harriman, TN, and Blount County, TN</li> <li>From 2013 to 2014, a 24 percent increase in the total number of full-time faculty serving four campuses.</li> </ul> <p>Roberts’ current research interests include social cognitive theory and self-efficacy as they relate to instructor performance and demands in a quickly changing higher educational landscape.  He has published and presented papers on teacher efficacy and linguistic/social distance theory. Roberts’ scholarship is both broad and focused: He has studied the work of Russian psychologist, Lev Vygotsky, under renowned scholar Michael Cole (UC Davis), and playwriting under Edward Albee at the University of Houston.</p> <p>Roberts serves as an at-large member of the Administrative Council at Mountain View United Methodist Church in Kingsport, TN where he is also a lead musician in the praise band. Roberts and his wife, Jessie, have two girls, Lucy and Emma, ages 6 years and 18 months. They enjoy hiking and singing loudly in the car.</p> "Matt" "Matt" Roberts

Robinson, David

Robinson, Michael "Scott"

College of Arts and Sciences msrobinson@king.edu Scott Bristol Hall 213 423-652-6012 Michael Robinson Michael Robinson <p>I spent my formative years in the hills of East Tennessee and in the swamps Southern Louisiana, hunting, fishing, and playing basketball.  I enrolled at LSU with little sense for my future.  I was blessed with excellent political science professors who, along with the historic events of 2001, shaped a deep curiosity for the nature of politics and of political animals, and especially a curiosity for those so-called utopian political systems of the twentieth century that caused prolific destruction and suffering.  Accordingly, my courses typically strive to enlighten students who are also curious about the constitution of human nature and how our political institutions and behaviors are thereby shaped.  I teach a wide array of political science courses from survey courses on U.S. Politics and World Politics to seminars on Constitutional Design, Ancient Political Thought, Modern Political Thought, and special topics such as Gun Control in the United States.   When I am not teaching or spending time with my wife Jill, I can be found, or not, as far away from civilization as possible, hunting or fishing for some kind of wild animal or another.</p> <p>My scholarly research interests focus on the concepts of trust and civility in political philosophy and in constitutional design, and are geared around questions like: under what political conditions can a trusting populace and civil society emerge and flourish?  What institutional mechanisms effect trust and civility?  I am especially interested in the philosophical justifications used in revolutionary movements, and the effect of such justifications on the societies that emerge from revolutions.  I am currently working on a book-length manuscript that investigates the effect of John Locke’s political thought on American political culture.</p> <p>I am Associate Editor of VoegelinView.com, a political theory web journal with an international audience that focuses on the political writings of Eric Voegelin and of his followers.  I am also a member of various academic societies, including the American Political Science Association, The Association for Political Theory, and the Eric Voegelin Society.   </p> "Scott" "Scott" Robinson

Rorie, Stacey

Rudd, Joshua "Josh"

Sanders, Sandra "Sandy"

Sapp, James

Sellstrom, Teresa

Severson, Mariesa

School of Nursing mrseverson@king.edu R. #109 615- 236-9815 Mariesa Severson Mariesa Severson <p>I have been a Registered Nurse for the last 28 years. I began my nursing career as an RN working in the Acute Care Hospital setting in the Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, OB surgical and Neonatal units.  After years of enjoying bed-side care, I chose to go back to Graduate School to become a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, graduating in l996 with a Master of Science in Nursing Degree, (WHNP) from Arizona State University.  After graduating I enjoyed working in private practice as an OB/GYN WHNP for almost 4 years.  I concurrently taught Prenatal Education in the first 15 years.  During this time I realized how very much I enjoyed teaching as a vital part of my nursing practice.<br /> <br /> In 2000 my family relocated to Charlotte,  North Carolina.  For the next 7 years, while raising my young family, I served as a Nurse Educator for Carolina's Medical Center. <br /> <br /> In 2008 we relocated again to the Nashville, TN area.  I longed to have a career where I could share my clinical experience and my love of teaching all in the same profession.  I finally found it with higher education and have enjoyed being a University Professor for the last 7 years in the School of Nursing.  My experience in teaching includes on-ground lecturer, clinical instructor and coordinator, lab simulation instructor as well as on-line instructor.  I am passionate about program planning.  I have special interest in the development of simulation programs and feel it is a vital part of developing critical thinking in the field of Nursing for continuing education in nursing and for nursing students.  I am a member of the United Methodist Church. I have been a member of SIGMA THETA TAU International Honor Society of Nursing. </p> <p>I have been married to my best friend for the last 27 years and have 3 beautiful children. I enjoy the outdoors with my family, hiking, camping and appreciating and learning about wildlife.  I love music, singing and dancing.  I play my piano as a source of relaxation and  I try to travel whenever possible.  I also enjoy public speaking and have been an invited conference speaker for both The Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and the International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA).  I have co-authored many articles and have served as a peer reviewer for The Journal of International Childbirth Education Association.  I have also been involved in designing and writing simulation software.. </p> <p>I serve as a professor in the School of Nursing at our Franklin Campus in the RN to BSN program and will be active here in student recruitment and with program planning.  I feel both blessed and honored to be part of the family at King University and have the utmost respect for its great heritage and its outstanding faculty and students!</p> <p><em><strong>Proverbs 4:13  </strong>“Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.” NIV</em></p> <p><em><strong>Romans 12:6-7  </strong>“We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;”</em>  NIV</p> Severson

Shaw, Karen

Shim, Changsub

Simoson, Andrew

Slaughter, Christopher

Slemp, Tracy

Sloan, Alyssa

Story, Brandon

Streetman, William "Craig"

College of Arts and Sciences wcstreetman@king.edu Craig Tadlock-Wallace, room 206 423-652-4158 William Streetman William Streetman <p>At its root, philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom.  Accordingly, philosophers apply a great deal of concentrated, intellectual effort to the most fundamental problems and issues of human life.  This means that we are all philosophers to one degree or another, for all of us at some point must face questions about such things as the nature of justice, the meaning of life, the existence of God, human rights, the nature of reality, the nature of the soul, who we are, what we are, what we can know, how we ought to live, and what we ought to do.  As it is, philosophical problems pervade the depths of every discipline, and the skills learned by doing philosophy serve any profession. </p> <p>I am grateful to have been exposed to philosophy as an academic discipline during my undergraduate years at Presbyterian College and, then, in practice as an officer in the US Army. I am fortunate to have studied philosophy formally at Denver Seminary and the University of Kentucky. I am particularly thankful to be teaching philosophy at King University and encouraging others in the philosophical quest both in the classroom and through academic research.  </p> <p>I have published widely in the areas of Ancient Greek and Classical Islamic philosophy and am presently working on projects in the fields of Asian philosophy and the philosophy of mind.  I feel most alive in the classroom and teach courses in a wide range of areas within the discipline. I am also Director of the Snider Honors Program, a member of the Buechner Institute Governing Board, and Chief Marshal for King’s convocation and commencement ceremonies.   When not in the classroom or at my desk, I am typically on a long bike ride or spending quality time with my wife, Reagan, and my two children, Logan and Sophia.  </p> "Craig" "Craig" Streetman

Strickland, Joseph

Teng, Wen-Yuan "William"

Thomas, Rebecca "Becky"

Todt, Kendrea

Toomey, Susie

Traynor, Wendy "Wendy"

Van Antwerp, Sue Ellyn

Vance, Thomas

Vande Brake, Katherine

Vaughan, Laura "Kelly"

Williamson, Amanda

Wood, Jerry

Wood, LaDonna

Yokshas, Lisa