Ohio University

College of Health Sciences and Professions

Faculty and Staff Overview

The Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions is proud of our excellent faculty and staff.

Dean's Office
Department of Interdisciplinary Health Studies
Department of Social and Public Health
School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness
School of Nursing
School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences
Department of Social Work
Community Engagement

Dean's Office

Susan Abbott

Records Management Associate

abbotts@ohio.edu

Tia Barrett

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

barrettt@ohio.edu

Caela Chadwell

Records Management Specialist

chadwelc@ohio.edu

Trey Fairchild

Creative Design Specialist

trey.fairchild@ohio.edu

Joe Higgins

Writer

higginj2@ohio.edu

Rick Hodges

Health Policy Executive in Residence

hodgesr@ohio.edu

Misty Hutchison

Records Management Senior Specialist, Clinical Education

hutchism@ohio.edu

Thomas Johnson

Rural Outreach Executive in Residence

johnsot9@ohio.edu

Elizabeth Jones

Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement

jonese4@ohio.edu

Betsy Kunstel

Senior Academic Advisor

kunstel@ohio.edu

Randy Leite

Associate Professor and Dean

leite@ohio.edu

Melody Lynch

Administrative Specialist, Dublin

lynchm@ohio.edu

Marianne Malawista

Senior Director for Clinical Education

malawist@ohio.edu

Sally Marinellie

Associate Professor and Senior Associate Dean

marinels@ohio.edu

Thomas Martin

Technical Coordinator, Dublin

martint2@ohio.edu

Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

mccarthj@ohio.edu

Amanda Mikkelson

Event and Conference Services Manager, Dublin

mikkelso@ohio.edu

Senior Director of Community Relations

millerr9@ohio.edu

Paa Kwesi Nyarko-Krampah

Instructional Technologist

nyarko@ohio.edu

Beth Pierce

Administrative Specialist

piercee@ohio.edu

Dan Pittman

Associate Director of Communications

pittmand@ohio.edu

Tracy Plouck

Population Health Executive in Residence

plouck@ohio.edu

Mark Riley

Technical Support Analyst

rileym1@ohio.edu

Billie Jo Ross

Administrative Services Assistant

rossb1@ohio.edu

Christina Schoch

Records Management Specialist

schoch@ohio.edu

Regina Schwartz

Senior Director of Communications and Marketing

schwarr1@ohio.edu

Administrative Specialist, Dublin

searls@ohio.edu

Kathy Spicer

Assistant Dean for Academic Assessment

spicerk@ohio.edu

Katie Thomson

Student Success Advisor

thomsonc@ohio.edu

Beth Tragert

Director of Finance

tragerte@ohio.edu

Ginny Valentin

Senior Director of Central Ohio Programs and Partnerships, Dublin

valentv1@ohio.edu

Professor, Director and Chief Sponsored Research Officer

vattem@ohio.edu

Allie Wallis

Assistant Director of Marketing

allie@ohio.edu

Cory Warner

Associate Director of Operations, Dublin

warnerc@ohio.edu

Sara White

Director of Retention and Advising

whites2@ohio.edu

Jenni Young

Executive Assistant to the Dean

youngj5@ohio.edu

Megan Zech

Assistant Director, CLDC

zech@ohio.edu

Department of Interdisciplinary Health Studies

Chelsea Freeman

Academic Advisor

freemac2@ohio.edu

Meredith Gartin

Visiting Assistant Professor, Global Health

gartin@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor and Chair

gilloglt@ohio.edu

Gillian Ice

Professor and Director of Global Health

iceg@ohio.edu

Stephanie Johnson

Administrative Specialist

johnsos1@ohio.edu

Debra McBride

Assistant Director, Global Health

mcbrided@ohio.edu

Megan Weber

Coordinator, Global Health

megan.weber@ohio.edu

Department of Social Public Health

Department Chair, Department of Social and Public Health

basta@ohio.edu

Sara Berens

Lecturer

berenss@ohio.edu

Julie Brown

Assistant Professor

brownj14@ohio.edu

Jennifer Chabot

Associate Professor

chabot@ohio.edu

Rebekah Crawford

Visiting Professor

crawforr@ohio.edu

Assistant Professor

croninc@ohio.edu

Heather Harmon

Associate Lecturer

harmonh@ohio.edu

Gregory Janson

Associate Professor

gregory@ohio.edu

Assistant Professor

jingx@ohio.edu

Caroline Kingori

Associate Professor

kingori@ohio.edu

Jennine Mick

Lecturer

mick@ohio.edu

Juli Miller

Lecturer

millerju@ohio.edu

Janelle Mitchell

Assistant Clinical Professor

moorej9@ohio.edu

Michele Morrone

Professor

morrone@ohio.edu

Shannon Nicks

Assistant Professor

nicks@ohio.edu

Lindsay Radomski

Administrative Specialist

radomski@ohio.edu

Tommy Raimondi

Graduate Program Manager

raimondi@ohio.edu

Timothy Ryan

Professor

ryant@ohio.edu

Kristin Schuller

Assistant Professor

schuller@ohio.edu

Alexander Sergeev

Associate Professor

sergeev@ohio.edu

School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness

Lecturer

barrm@ohio.edu

Administrative Instructor and Registered Dietitian

bohyer@ohio.edu

Administrative Specialist

boney@ohio.edu

Lecturer

bookman@ohio.edu

Associate Professor

brannan@ohio.edu

Lecturer

brooksa@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor

chasep@ohio.edu

Michael Clevidence

Associate Lecturer

cleviden@ohio.edu

Kristine Ensign

Lecturer

ensign@ohio.edu

Roger Gilders

Professor

gilders@ohio.edu

Assistant Professor

groomsd@ohio.edu

Associate Clinical Professor, Dublin

harrisl2@ohio.edu

Lecturer

hovland@ohio.edu

Associate Professor

howec@ohio.edu

Michele Kabay

Assistant Clinical Professor

kabay@ohio.edu

Associate Lecturer

murrayd1@ohio.edu

Dietetic Internship Director, Dublin

orben@ohio.edu

Hyun Young Park

Research Assistant

parkh4@ohio.edu

Associate Professor

perrys1@ohio.edu

Associate Professor

jeff.russell@ohio.edu

Lecturer

salabak@ohio.edu

Assistant Professor

simonj1@ohio.edu

Professor

starkeyc@ohio.edu

Professor, Director and Chief Sponsored Research Officer

vattem@ohio.edu

Barbara Wright

Administrative Services Associate

wrightb2@ohio.edu

Jennifer Yoder-Clevidence

Lecturer

yoderj@ohio.edu

Assistant Professor

yom@ohio.edu

Christine Zachrich

Assistant Clinical Professor

zachrich@ohio.edu

School of Nursing

Sarah Allen O'Brien

Lecturer

obriens@ohio.edu

Amanda Alonzo

Lecturer

alonzo@ohio.edu

Tahnee Andrew

Lecturer

andrewt@ohio.edu

Cathy Baker

Lecturer

bakerc2@ohio.edu

Nana Boadum

Instructional Designer

boadum@ohio.edu

Melvina Brandau

Assistant Professor

brandaum@ohio.edu

Cheryl Brimner

Operations Coordinater

brimner@ohio.edu

Mary Beth Brown

Lead Nursing Academic Advisor

brownm8@ohio.edu

Michael Brown

Manager of Corporate Partnerships

brownm6@ohio.edu

Assistant Professor

bryantr@ohio.edu

Sherleena Buchman

Assistant Professor

buchmans@ohio.edu

Randi Carroll

Manager of Corporate Partnerships

carrolr2@ohio.edu

Kathryn Chapman

Administrative Specialist

chapmank@ohio.edu

Professor, Associate Director of Nursing Research and Scholarship

chertok@ohio.edu

Leslie Coonfare

Lecturer, Dublin

coonfare@ohio.edu

Destany Cox

Administrative Services Assistant

coxd5@ohio.edu

Debra Cox

Lecturer, Clinical Emphasis

coxd2@ohio.edu

Lauren Dick

Grants Development and Performance Coordinator

dick@ohio.edu

Renee Dodd

Manager of Corporate Partnerships

doddr@ohio.edu

Douglas Dygas

Hospital Relationship Manager/Academic Advisor

dygas@ohio.edu

Erin Fraunfelter

Accounting Support Senior Specialist

fraunfee@ohio.edu

Mary Lou Garey

Assistant Clinical Professor

garey@ohio.edu

Cindy Gee

Lecturer, Clinical Emphasis

geec@ohio.edu

Eliza Harper

Assistant Professor

harpere@ohio.edu

Deborah Henderson

Professor and Director

hendersd@ohio.edu

Heather Highland

Records Management Specialist

highlanh@ohio.edu

Katherine Holter

Assistant Clinical Professor

holterk@ohio.edu

Terri Hood-Brown

Assistant Professor

hood-bro@ohio.edu

Assistant Professor

hopgoodd@ohio.edu

Kim Hughes

Assistant Clinical Professor

hughesk@ohio.edu

Whitney Johnson

Lecturer, Clinical Emphasis

johnsonw1@ohio.edu

Leslie Johnson

Academic Advisor

johnsol3@ohio.edu

Chad Kopenski

Academic Advisor

kopenski@ohio.edu

Stephanie Marazon

Assistant Clinical Professor

marazons@ohi.edu

Twila Mayle

Clinical Coordinator

maylet@ohio.edu

Deborah Meyer

Visiting Assistant Professor

meyerd1@ohio.edu

Associate Professor and Associate Director, Graduate Division

millerc3@ohio.edu

Kimberlee Miller-Wenning

Lecturer

millerk5@ohio.edu

Renee Morris

Senior Director of Corporate Relations

morrisr1@ohio.edu

Darlene Norton

Academic Advisor

nortond@ohio.edu

Robyn Rice

Lecturer, Simulation Emphasis

ricer2@ohio.edu

Hilary Ridgway

Administrative Services Associate

ridgwayh@ohio.edu

Penelope Roberts

Lecturer

robertsp@ohio.edu

Monica Ronez

Lecturer, Laboratory Emphasis

ronez@ohio.edu

Danielle Schabel

Lecturer

schabeld@ohio.edu

Carol Schaumleffel

Assistant Professor

schaumle@ohio.edu

Jill Smith

Administrative Services Associate

smithj26@ohio.edu

Patricia Snider

Associate Director of BSN Operations

sniderp@ohio.edu

Kathleen Tennant

Assistant Professor - Emeriti

tennant@ohio.edu

Rosemary Thomason

Manager of Corporate Partnerships

thomasor@ohio.edu

Clinical Professor and DNP Associate Director, Dublin

vogtm@ohio.edu

Logan Waldie

Academic Advisor

waldie@ohio.edu

Janet Williams

Clinical Coordinator

willij17@ohio.edu

Vicki Wilson

Professor

wilsonv2@ohio.edu

Margaret Selena Yearwood

Assistant Professor

yearwood@ohio.edu

School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences

Wesley Aldrich

Occupational Therapist

aldrich@ohio.edu

Joann Benigno

Associate Professor and Coordinator

benigno@ohio.edu

Program Director/Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

bowlby@ohio.edu

Fancois-Xavier Brajot

Assistant Professor

brajot@ohio.edu

Stephannie Brajot

Speech Therapist

brajots@ohio.edu

Lecturer

brandes@ohio.edu

Lecturer

brooksb1@ohio.edu

Jennifaye Brown

Assistant Clinical Professor

brownj18@ohio.edu

James Cacchillo

Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

cacchill@ohio.edu

Justin Carr

Physical Therapist

carrj4@ohio.edu

Professor and Director

chleboun@ohio.edu

Melissa Colwell

Occupational Therapy Assistant

colwell@ohio.edu

Sarah Cornwell

Administrative Services Associate

landerss@ohio.edu

Michele Courtney

Assistant Clinical Professor

courtnm1@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor

crowa@ohio.edu

Paula DeLorm

Assistant Clinical Professor, Assistant Director of Clinical Education

delorm@ohio.edu

Emily Elliott

Physical Therapy Assistant

elliotte@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

fisherj4@ohio.edu

Professor Emeritus

garber@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

gengc@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor and Academic Coordinator

howman@ohio.edu

MaryBeth Hughes

Administrative Specialist, Dublin

hughesm1@ohio.edu

Fuh-Cherng Jeng

Associate Professor

jeng@ohio.edu

Associate Professor

kimy2@ohio.edu

Clinical Supervisor

kinnardk@ohio.edu

Bentley Krause

Associate Lecturer

krausea@ohio.edu

Associate Professor and Coordinator

leec1@ohio.edu

Tara Legar

Physical Therapist Manager

legar@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor, Director of Clinical Education

lugo@ohio.edu

Brenda Martinez-Nieves

Lecturer, Dublin

martineb@ohio.edu

Casey Matthews

Physical Therapist

passen@ohio.edu

Clay Matthews

Physical Therapist

matthewc@ohio.edu

Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

mccarthj@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor

meierr@ohio.edu

Natalie Metzger

Physical Therapist

metzgern@ohio.edu

James Montgomery

Professor and Associate Director

montgoj@ohio.edu

Clinical Supervisor

nanceb@ohio.edu

Coordinator, Admissions & Recruitment, Dublin

nussle@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor

odenthaj@ohio.edu

Chorong Oh

Assistant Professor

ohc@ohio.edu

Cheryl Prusinski

Lecturer

prusinsk@ohio.edu

Clinical Training and Assessment Chair (CTAC) Coordinator, Dublin

reest1@ohio.edu

Wesley Riffle

Physical Therapy Assistant

rifflew@ohio.edu

Mindy Robson

Records Management Associate

robsonm@ohio.edu

David Russ

Associate Professor

russd@ohio.edu

Teresa Schleter

Records Management Associate

schleter@ohio.edu

Sammy Simons

Physical Therapist

simonss@ohio.edu

Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Program Director

sindelar@ohio.edu

Kim Sutton

Lecturer

suttonk@ohio.edu

Kevin Swank

Physical Therapist

swankk@ohio.edu

Sarah Taylor

Clinical Supervisor

taylors@ohio.edu

Stephen Trotta

Physical Therapist

trotta@ohio.edu

Teresa Tyson-Drummer

Administrative Specialist

tyson-dr@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

vasiloff@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor

vaughanb@ohio.edu

Denielle Vazquez

Recruitment and admissions coordinator

vazquezd@ohio.edu

Tara Wallace

Clinical Business Operations Manager

wallact1@ohio.edu

Nilesh Washnik

Assistant Professor

washnik@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor

wayner@ohio.edu

Lori Woods

Lecturer

woodsl1@ohio.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor

wrightj2@ohio.edu

Professor

xul@ohio.edu

Department of Social Work

Terry Cluse-Tolar

Professor

cluse@ohio.edu

Annelle Edwards

Lecturer

edwarda2@ohio.edu

Warren Galbreath

Associate Professor

galbreat@ohio.edu

Sarah Garlington

Assistant Professor

garlingt@ohio.edu

Associate Professor

leem3@ohio.edu

Deborah Pack

Administrative Specialist

packd@ohio.edu

Lynette Peck

Lecturer

peck@ohio.edu

Assistant Professor

shadik@ohio.edu

Lecturer and Field Director

shawk@ohio.edu

Solveig Spjeldnes

Associate Professor

spjeldne@ohio.edu

Sarah Webb

Lecturer

webbs2@ohio.edu

Community Engagement

Tiffany Arnold

Lecturer

arnoldt2@ohio.edu

Erica Baker

Exercise Physiologist, HeartWorks

bakere@ohio.edu

Megan Beatty

Director, HeartWorks

beattym@ohio.edu

Jenn Bennett

Director, WellWorks

bennetj7@ohio.edu

Amanda Brooks

Assistant Program Manager

brooksa1@ohio.edu

Holly Brooks

Program Coordinator, Alexander Schools

brooksh@ohio.edu

Annie Laurie Cadmus

Engagement and Marketing Coordinator, WellWorks

cadmus@ohio.edu

Susan Chabot

Program Coordinator, Millcreek Elementary

chabots@ohio.edu

Josh Christen

Clinical Exercise Physiology Coordinator/Risk Reduction Coordinator, WellWorks

christej@ohio.edu

Steve Clusman

Fitness Center Coordinator, WellWorks

clusman@ohio.edu

Ellie Hammond

Exercise Physiologist, HeartWorks

hammone1@ohio.edu

Rick Hodges

Health Policy Executive in Residence

hodgesr@ohio.edu

Philip Hutchison

Program Coordinator, Alexander Elementary

hutchip1@ohio.edu

Thomas Johnson

Rural Outreach Executive in Residence

johnsot9@ohio.edu

Senior Director of Community Relations

millerr9@ohio.edu

Jennifer Moore

Program Coordinator, Athens Schools

woodsj2@ohio.edu

Courtney Morefield

Program Coordinator, Trimble Elementary

morefiel@ohio.edu

Cynthia Parsons

Administrative Specialist, WellWorks

parsonc1@ohio.edu

Kathy Partusch

Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse, HeartWorks

partusck@ohio.edu

Tracy Plouck

Population Health Executive in Residence

plouck@ohio.edu

Jo Ellen Sherow

Kids on Campus Program Manager

sherow@ohio.edu

Crystal Smith

Program Coordinator, Federal Hocking Schools

smithc14@ohio.edu