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Art

Amy Evans

Amy L. Evans
Department Head and Associate Professor of Art
423.318.2574
amy.evans@ws.edu

Laura Osteen

Laura Osteen
Assistant Professor of Art and Digital Media
423.585-2632
Laura.Osteen@ws.edu

Jessie Van der Laan

Jessie Van der Laan
Assistant Dean of Humanities, Assistant Professor of Art
423.318.2748
jessie.vanderlaan@ws.edu

Communication

Shane Goosie

M. Shane Goosie
Assistant Professor of Communication
423.585.6949
marc.goosie@ws.edu

Matthew Lawson

Matthew Lawson
Associate Professor of Communication
423.318.2332
matthew.lawson@ws.edu

Malcom McAvoy

Malcolm McAvoy
Department Head, Communication
423.585.6964
malcolm.mcavoy@ws.edu

Marci Nimick

Marci Nimick
Associate Professor of Communication
423.798.7986
marci.nimick@ws.edu

Robert Pratt

Robert E. Pratt, II
Dean of Humanities and Assistant Professor of Communication and Debate
423.585.6952
robert.prattII@ws.edu

Taylor Richard

R. Taylor Richard
Associate Professor of Communication
865.774.5835
taylor.richard@ws.edu

Robin Ringer

Robin Ringer-LaPointe
Associate Professor of Communication
865.774.5841
robin.ringer@ws.edu

English

Steven Alcorn

Steven V. Alcorn
Associate Professor of English
423.798.7968
steven.alcorn@ws.edu

Abbey Anderson

Abbey Mabe Anderson
Associate Professor
423.585.6967
abbey.anderson@ws.edu

Devon Burton

Devan Burton
Assistant Professor of English
865.774.5808
devan.burton@ws.edu

Kay Heck

Kay Heck
Associate Professor of English and Quality Matters Coordinator
865.774.5832
sandra.heck@ws.edu

Kenneth Hill

Kenneth Hill
Assistant Professor of English
423.585.6966
kenneth.hill@ws.edu

Samantha Isasi

Samantha Isasi
Associate Professor of English
Sevier County Campus
865.286.2786
samantha.isasi@ws.edu

Sherri Jacobs

Sherri M. Jacobs
Associate Professor of English
423.585.6965
sherri.jacobs@ws.edu

Candace Justice

Candace D. Justice
Associate Professor of English, and Director of Instructional Design
423.585.6924
candace.justice@ws.edu

Paul Ludwig

Paul Ludwig
Assistant Professor of English
423.585.6949
paul.ludwig@ws.edu

Coming Soon

Chippy A. McLain
Associate Professor of English
423.585.6956
chippy.mclain@ws.edu

Jay McMahan

Jay McMahan
Assistant Professor of English
423.748.5843
jay.mcmahan@ws.edu

Chris Morelock

Chris Morelock
Department Head of English and Associate Professor of English
423.585.6780
christopher.morelock@ws.edu

Lori McCallister

Lori Owen
Associate Professor of English
423.798.7943
lori.owen@ws.edu

Brad Owens

Craig "Brad" Owens
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Reading and Writing
423.318.2568
craig.owens@ws.edu

Gracie Rossie

Gracie Rossie
Instructor of English
865.774.5807
gracie.rossie@ws.edu

Teresa Smith

Teresa Smith
Assistant Professor of English
423.585.6927
teresa.smith@ws.edu

Kelsey Solomon

Kelsey Solomon
Assistant Professor of English
423.585.6963
kelsey.solomon@ws.edu

Carla Todaro

Carla L. Todaro
Associate Professor of English
423.585.6926
carla.todaro@ws.edu

Foreign Language

Michelle Mitrik

"Miki" Michelle Mitrik
RHiTA Lead Faculty, English as a Second Language Coordinator and Associate Professor of Spanish
423.585.6930
michelle.mitrik@ws.edu

Erika Stevens

Erika D. Stevens
Lead Faculty of Foreign Language and Associate Professor of Spanish
865.774.5830
erika.stevens@ws.edu

Music + Theatre

Elissa Keck

Elissa Keck Hodge
Assistant Professor of Music
423.585.6957
elissa.keck@ws.edu

Laura Ritter

Laura L. Ritter
Department Head, Music and Theatre
423.585.6969
laura.ritter@ws.edu

Philosophy

Matthew Baddorf
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
423.585.6931
matthew.baddorf@ws.edu

Roger Turner

Roger Turner
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
423.585.6948
paul.turner@ws.edu

Staff

Gayle L. Nelsen
Executive Aide
423.585.6922 gayle.nelsen@ws.edu

Debbie Wilson

Debbie L. Wilson
Executive Aide
423.585.6947
debbie.wilson@ws.edu

Writing Lab

Jennifer Mayes
English Learning Lab Technician
423.585.6970
jennifer.mayes@ws.edu