Human Services Faculty and Staff

Departmental Staff: 

Name Position Email Phone Number
April Perry Department Head alperry@wcu.edu 828.227.7310
Emily Virtue Assistant Department Head evirtue@email.wcu.edu 828.227.3371
Myles Jude Student Success Coordinator mjude@wcu.edu 828.227.3325
Vacant Administrative Support Specialist    

Birth-Kindergarten Faculty:

Name Position Email Phone Number
Cathy Grist

Program Director,  Professor

 clgrist@wcu.edu 828.227.2272
Derek Becker Associate Professor drbecker@wcu.edu 828.227.2196
Donna Harris Instructor dharris@wcu.edu 828.227.3346
Alex Joyner Instructor ajoyner@wcu.edu 828.227.7730
Sarah Pedonti Assistant Professor spedonti@wcu.edu 828.227.3311
Meghan Malloy Assistant Professor of Practice mmalloy@email.wcu.edu  
Myra Watson

Assistant Professor, Director of Teacher Education

 mkwatson@wcu.edu 828.777.6734

Counseling Faculty: 

Name Position Email Phone Number
Lisen Roberts

Program Director Professor

 lroberts@wcu.edu 828.227.2291
Beth Anderson

Assistant Professor

 banderwalk@email.wcu.edu  
Melodie Frick Professor mhfrick@wcu.edu 828.654.6563
Melissa Mecadon-Mann Assistant Professor mmecadonmann@wcu.edu 828.654.6550
Nancy Valverde Assistant Professor nvalverde@wcu.edu 828.654.6551
Phil Waalkes Assistant Professor pwaalkes@email.wcu.edu  

Educational Leadership Faculty: 

Includes faculty for Masters of School Administration (MSA) & Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)

 

Name Position Email Phone Number
Heidi Von Dohlen

Program Director: MSA, Associate Professor

 hbvondohlen@wcu.edu 828.227.7310
Emily Virtue

Associate Professor

 evirtue@wcu.edu 828.227.3371
Cathy Andrews Associate Professor of Practice: andrewsc@wcu.edu 828.227.4900
Aarti Bellara Program Director: Ed.D., Associate Professor abellara@wcu.edu 828.227.7310
Brandi Hinnant-Crawford Bardo Distinguised Professor in Ed. Leadership bhinnantcrawford@email.wcu.edu  
Jennifer Jarrett Assistant Professor jjarrett@wcu.edu  
Tiffany Newsome Assistant Professor tnewsome@wcu.edu 828.227.7310
Jess Weiler Associate Professor jrweiler@wcu.edu 828.777.6743
Deana Orta Principal Fellows Coordinator: MSA dorta@wcu.edu  

Higher Education & Student Affairs Faculty:

Name Position Email Phone Number
Needham Yancey Gulley Professor nygulley@wcu.edu 828.227.3372
Kelsey Jones

Assistant Professor of Practice, LEAD Minor Coordinator

 kjones@wcu.edu 828.227.2115
April Perry

Human Services Department Head, Professor

 alperry@wcu.edu 828.227.7310

Human Resources Faculty: 

Name Position Email Phone Number
Siham Lekchiri

Program Director Associate Professor

 slekchiri@wcu.edu 828.227.2493
Marie-Line Germain Professor mgermain@wcu.edu 828.227.3959
Sarah Minnis Associate Professor sminnis@wcu.edu 828.227.3464
John Sherlock Professor sherlock@wcu.edu 828.227.3380

Parks & Rec. Mgt/Exp. Outdoor Ed.:

Includes faculty for the Parks and Recreation Management (PRM) Undergraduate Program & the Experimental Outdoor Education (EOE) Graduate Program. 

Name Position Email Phone Number
Paul Stonehouse

Program Director: PRM, Associate Professor

 pstonehouse@wcu.edu 828.227.2965
Andrew Bobilya

Program Director: EOE, Professor

 ajbobilya@wcu.edu 828.654.6552
Rebekah Henderson Associate Instructor: PRM rhenderson@wcu.edu 828.227.3845
Tayna Poole Instructor: PRM tbpoole@wcu.edu 828.227.3844
Roslynn Archer Assistant Professor of Practice: PRM powellr@wcu.edu 828.227.3971
Callie Schultz Associate Professor: EOE csschultz@wcu.edu 828.227.3844
Jeremy Schultz

Associate Professor: PRM & EOE, PRM Minor Coordinator

 jschultz@wcu.edu 828.227.2212