Faculty and Staff Overview | Ohio University

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 Specialist

abbotts@ohio.edu

Tia Barrett

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

barrettt@ohio.edu

Randi Carroll

Manager of Corporate Partnerships

carrolr2@ohio.edu

Caela Chadwell

Records Management Specialist

chadwelc@ohio.edu

Renee Dodd

Manager of Corporate Partnerships

doddr@ohio.edu

Chelsea Freeman

Student Success Advisor

freemac2@ohio.edu

740-566-0884

Grover Center W361

Rick Hodges

Health Policy Executive in Residence

hodgesr@ohio.edu

Thomas Johnson

Rural Outreach Executive in Residence

johnsot9@ohio.edu

Elizabeth Jones

Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement

jonese4@ohio.edu

Melissa Kimmel

Executive in Residence

kimmel@ohio.edu

Elisabeth Kunstel

Director of Advising and Retention

kunstel@ohio.edu

740-593-9336

Cheri Landrum

Accounting Support Senior Specialist

landruc1@ohio.edu

Grover Center W319

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

Grover Center W124 Athens, OH 45701

Sally Marinellie

Associate Professor and Senior Associate Dean

marinels@ohio.edu

Thomas Martin

Technical Coordinator, Dublin

martint2@ohio.edu

John McCarthy

Professor and Associate Dean

mccarthj@ohio.edu

Amanda Mikkelson

Event and Conference Services Manager, Dublin

mikkelso@ohio.edu

Rebecca Miller

Senior Director of Community Relations

millerr9@ohio.edu

Grover Center W129D Athens, OH 45701

Paa Kwesi Nyarko-Krampah

Instructional Technologist

nyarko@ohio.edu

Beth Pierce

Administrative Specialist

piercee@ohio.edu

Dan Pittman

CHSP Communications Specialist

pittmand@ohio.edu

Tracy Plouck

Behavioral Mental Health Executive in Residence

plouck@ohio.edu

Billie Jo Ross

Administrative Assistant

rossb1@ohio.edu

Christina Schoch

Records Management Specialist

schoch@ohio.edu

Michal Searls

Program Coordinator

searls@ohio.edu

Kathy Spicer

Assistant Dean for Academic Assessment

spicerk@ohio.edu

Rosemary Thomason

Manager of Corporate Partnerships

thomasor@ohio.edu

Denise Tolitsky

Manager of Corporate Partnerships

tolitsky@ohio.edu

Beth Tragert

Director of Finance

tragerte@ohio.edu

Ginny Valentin

Senior Director for Central Ohio Programs and Partnerships

valentv1@ohio.edu

Sara White

Assistant Dean for Student Success

whites2@ohio.edu

740-593-0581

Grover Center W362

Jenni Young

Executive Assistant to the Dean

youngj5@ohio.edu

Megan Zech

Assistant Director, CLDC

zech@ohio.edu

Department of Interdisciplinary Health Studies

Cynthia Boles

Leslie Coonfare

Assistant Professor of Instruction

coonfare@ohio.edu

Tobe Gillogly

Assistant Clinical Professor and Chair

gilloglt@ohio.edu

Grover Center E178 Athens, OH 45701

Gillian Ice

Professor and Director of Global Health

iceg@ohio.edu

Stephanie Johnson

Administrative Specialist

johnsos1@ohio.edu

Grover Center W182 Athens, OH 45701

Debra McBride

Assistant Director, Global Health

mcbrided@ohio.edu

Department of Social Public Health

Sara Berens

Assistant Professor of Instruction

berenss@ohio.edu

Grover W332

Julie Brown

Assistant Professor

brownj14@ohio.edu

Grover W351

Jennifer Chabot

Associate Professor

chabot@ohio.edu

Grover W353

Kitty Consolo

Associate Professor

consolo@ohio.edu

740-587-7879

Rebekah Crawford

Visiting Professor

crawforr@ohio.edu

Grover W344

Cory Cronin

Assistant Professor

croninc@ohio.edu

Grover Center W359

Rifat Haider

Assistant Professor

haider@ohio.edu

Grover W333

Heather Harmon

Associate Professor of Instruction

harmonh@ohio.edu

Grover W341

Gregory Janson

Associate Professor Emeritus

gregory@ohio.edu

Grover W349

Thomas Kamau

Associate Professor

kamau@ohio.edu

740-588-1536

Caroline Kingori

Associate Professor

kingori@ohio.edu

Grover Center W347

Jennine Mick

Assistant Professor of Instruction

mick@ohio.edu

Grover W348

Juli Miller

Assistant Professor of Instruction

millerju@ohio.edu

Grover W345

Janelle Mitchell

Assistant Clinical Professor

moorej9@ohio.edu

Grover W346

Michele Morrone

Professor, Department Chair

morrone@ohio.edu

Grover W339

Shannon Nicks

Assistant Professor

nicks@ohio.edu

Grover W356

Cristina Popescu

Assistant Professor of Instruction

cristinap@ohio.edu

Grover W331

Lindsay Radomski

Administrative Specialist

radomski@ohio.edu

Grover W324

Tommy Raimondi

Graduate Program Manager

raimondi@ohio.edu

Grover W335

Michael Reece

Assistant Professor of Instruction

reece@ohio.edu

Grover W324

Timothy Ryan

Professor Emeritus

ryant@ohio.edu

Grover W355; Grover E318A (Lab)

Kristin Schuller

Assistant Professor

schuller@ohio.edu

Grover W357

Alexander Sergeev

Associate Professor

sergeev@ohio.edu

Grover W343

Liesta Walker

Associate Professor of Instruction

walkerl1@ohio.edu

740-588-1559

School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness

Marcus Barr

Assistant Professor of Instruction

barrm@ohio.edu

Grover Center E184 Athens, OH 45701

Angela Bohyer

Assistant Professor of Instruction

bohyer@ohio.edu

Jane Boney

Administrative Specialist

boney@ohio.edu

Grover Center E160B Athens, OH 45701

Trina Bookman

Assistant Professor of Instruction

bookman@ohio.edu

Grover Center E176 Athens, OH 45701

Robert Brannan

Professor

brannan@ohio.edu

Anna Brooks

Assistant Professor of Instruction

brooksa2@ohio.edu

Grover Center E171 Athens, OH 45701

Paul Chase

Assistant Clinical Professor

chasep@ohio.edu

Michael Clevidence

Assistant Professor of Instruction

cleviden@ohio.edu

Grover Center E190 Athens, OH 45701

Kristine Ensign

Assistant Professor of Instruction

ensign@ohio.edu

Grover Center E187

Robert Galbreath

Roger Gilders

Professor

gilders@ohio.edu

Adam Haggerty

Research Assistant

haggertya@ohio.edu

Laura Harris

Clinical Professor

harrisl2@ohio.edu

DIEC Rm 264 Dublin, OH 43016

Angela Hillman

Assistant Professor

hillman@ohio.edu

Jana Hovland

Assistant Professor of Instruction

hovland@ohio.edu

Grover Center E186 Athens, OH 45701

Cheryl Howe

Associate Professor

howec@ohio.edu

Grover Center E154 Athens, OH 45701

Michele Kabay

Assistant Clinical Professor

kabay@ohio.edu

Vatsala Maitin

Visiting Professor

maitin@ohio.edu

Deborah Murray

Professor of Instruction

murrayd1@ohio.edu

Grover Center E152 Athens, OH 45701

Kim Orben

Assistant Clinical Professor

orben@ohio.edu

Hyun Young Park

Research Assistant

parkh4@ohio.edu

Sharon Perry

Associate Professor

perrys1@ohio.edu

Jeff Russell

Associate Professor

jeff.russell@ohio.edu

Anssi Saari

Assistant Clinical Professor

saari@ohio.edu

Dane Salabak

Assistant Professor of Instruction

salabak@ohio.edu

Janet Simon

Assistant Professor

simonj1@ohio.edu

Chad Starkey

Professor

starkeyc@ohio.edu

Grover Center E146 Athens, OH 45701

Dhiraj Vattem

Professor

vattem@ohio.edu

Jason White

Assistant Clinical Professor

whitej4@ohio.edu

Jennifer Yoder-Clevidence

Assistant Professor of Instruction

yoderj@ohio.edu

Christine Zachrich

Assistant Clinical Professor

zachrich@ohio.edu

Grover Center E172 Athens, OH 45701

School of Nursing

Sarah Allen O'Brien

Assistant Professor of Instruction

obriens@ohio.edu

Amanda Alonzo

Assistant Professor of Instruction

alonzo@ohio.edu

Cathy Baker

Assistant Professor of Instruction

bakerc2@ohio.edu

Beth Barnett

Nana Boadum

Instructional Designer

boadum@ohio.edu

Melvina Brandau

Assistant Professor

brandaum@ohio.edu

Cheryl Brimner

Operations Coordinator

brimner@ohio.edu

Mary Beth Brown

Lead Nursing Academic Advisor

brownm8@ohio.edu

Rebecca Bryant

Associate Professor

bryantr@ohio.edu

Sherleena Buchman

Assistant Professor

buchmans@ohio.edu

Dana Buechner-Wiegand

Visiting Professor for Graduate Clinical Enrichment

buechner@ohio.edu

Kathryn Chapman

Administrative Specialist

chapmank@ohio.edu

Ilana Chertok

Professor, Associate Director of Nursing Research and Scholarship

chertok@ohio.edu

Maranda Clement

Debra Cox

Assistant Professor of Instruction

coxd2@ohio.edu

Elizabeth Delaney

Susan Dowell

Douglas Dygas

Hospital Relationship Manager/Academic Advisor

dygas@ohio.edu

Susan Farus-Brown

Daisy Fox

Matthew Fox

Erin Fraunfelter

Accounting Support Senior Specialist

fraunfee@ohio.edu

Mary Lou Garey

Assistant Clinical Professor

garey@ohio.edu

Cindy Gee

Assistant Professor of Instruction

geec@ohio.edu

Mashawna Hamilton

Britney Hamman

Eliza Harper

Assistant Professor of Instruction

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 of Instruction

hood-bro@ohio.edu

Daniel Hopgood

Assistant Professor

hopgoodd@ohio.edu

Sheryl House

Kim Hughes

Assistant Clinical Professor

hughesk@ohio.edu

Molly Johnson

Leslie Johnson

Academic Advisor

johnsol3@ohio.edu

Tammy Keith

Christina King

Administrative Services Assistant

kingc33@ohio.edu

Grover E317

Chad Kopenski

Academic Advisor

kopenski@ohio.edu

Cheryl Kovach

Camille Leadingham

Stephanie Marazon

Assistant Clinical Professor

marazons@ohi.edu

Rebekah Martindale

Academic Advisor

Charlotte McManus

Charman Miller

Associate Professor and Associate Director, Graduate Division

millerc3@ohio.edu

Kimberlee Miller-Wenning

Assistant Professor of Instruction

millerk5@ohio.edu

Tamara Moyer

Assistant Professor of Instruction

moyert@ohio.edu

Michelle Napier

Darlene Norton

Academic Advisor

nortond@ohio.edu

Whitney Norton

Assistant Professor of Instruction

johnsonw1@ohio.edu

Natalie Perry

Visiting Professor for Graduate Clinical Enrichment

perryn@ohio.edu

Teresa Polen

Robyn Rice

Assistant Professor of Instruction

ricer2@ohio.edu

Hilary Ridgway

Administrative Services Associate

ridgwayh@ohio.edu

Penelope Roberts

Assistant Professor of Instruction

robertsp@ohio.edu

Monica Ronez

Assistant Professor of Instruction

ronez@ohio.edu

Danielle Schabel

Assistant Professor of Instruction

schabeld@ohio.edu

Carol Schaumleffel

Assistant Professor

schaumle@ohio.edu

Dana Scott

Pamela Sealover

Lindsey Shotts

Jill Smith

Administrative Services Associate

smithj26@ohio.edu

Patricia Snider

Associate Director of BSN Operations

sniderp@ohio.edu

Jacqueline Stumbo

Stacie Sweet

Kristin Tedesco

Kathleen Tennant

Assistant Professor - Emeriti

tennant@ohio.edu

Michelle Theiss

Jeanne Tiberio

Ronald Vance

Christy Vickers

Marjorie Vogt

Clinical Professor and DNP Associate Director, Dublin

vogtm@ohio.edu

DIEC Rm 262 Dublin, OH 43016

Logan Waldie

Academic Advisor

waldie@ohio.edu

Anita Wamsley

Janet Williams

Records Management Specialist

willij17@ohio.edu

Margaret Selena Yearwood

Assistant Professor of Instruction

yearwood@ohio.edu

School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences

Wesley Aldrich

Occupational Therapist

aldrich@ohio.edu

Nathan Bell

Administrative Specialist

nbell@ohio.edu

Joann Benigno

Associate Professor and Coordinator

benigno@ohio.edu

Melissa Bowlby

Program Director/Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

bowlby@ohio.edu

François-Xavier Brajot

Assistant Professor

brajot@ohio.edu

Stephannie Brajot

Speech Therapist

brajots@ohio.edu

Nicole Brandes

Assistant Professor of Instruction

brandes@ohio.edu

Becky Brooks

Assistant Professor of Instruction

brooksb1@ohio.edu

Jennifaye Brown

Assistant Clinical Professor

brownj18@ohio.edu

Grover Center W291 Athens, OH 45701

James Cacchillo

Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

cacchill@ohio.edu

Janis Carnahan

Administrative Specialist

carnahan@ohio.edu

Justin Carr

Physical Therapist

carrj4@ohio.edu

Gary Chleboun

Interim Director

chleboun@ohio.edu

Grover Center W289 Athens, OH 45701

Melissa Colwell

Occupational Therapy Assistant

colwell@ohio.edu

Sarah Cornwell

Administrative Services Associate

landerss@ohio.edu

Michele Courtney

Assistant Clinical Professor

courtnm1@ohio.edu

Ashley Crow

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

Jeffrey Fisher

Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

fisherj4@ohio.edu

Norman Garber

Professor Emeritus

garber@ohio.edu

Cheryl Geng

Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

gengc@ohio.edu

Dustin Grooms

Associate Professor, Physical Therapy

groomsd@ohio.edu

Janice Howman

Assistant Clinical Professor and Academic Coordinator

howman@ohio.edu

MaryBeth Hughes

Administrative Specialist, Dublin

hughesm1@ohio.edu

Fuh-Cherng Jeng

Professor

jeng@ohio.edu

Youngsun Kim

Associate Professor

kimy2@ohio.edu

Kristi Kinnard

Clinical Supervisor

kinnardk@ohio.edu

Bentley Krause

Associate Professor of Instruction

krausea@ohio.edu

Chao-Yang Lee

Associate Professor and Coordinator

leec1@ohio.edu

Tara Legar

Physical Therapist Manager

legar@ohio.edu

Kristin Lugo

Assistant Clinical Professor, Director of Clinical Education

lugo@ohio.edu

Brenda Martinez-Nieves

Lecturer, Dublin

martineb@ohio.edu

6775 Bobcat Way MEB-2 Suite 164 Dublin, Ohio 43016

Casey Matthews

Physical Therapist

passen@ohio.edu

Clay Matthews

Physical Therapist

matthewc@ohio.edu

John McCarthy

Professor and Associate Dean

mccarthj@ohio.edu

Kalyn McDonald

Assistant Clinical Professor

mcdonaldk@ohio.edu

Rebecca Meier

Assistant Clinical Professor

meierr@ohio.edu

Natalie Metzger

Physical Therapist

metzgern@ohio.edu

James Montgomery

Professor and Associate Director

montgoj1@ohio.edu

Brandie Nance

Clinical Supervisor

nanceb@ohio.edu

James Odenthal

Assistant Clinical Professor

odenthaj@ohio.edu

Chorong Oh

Assistant Professor

ohc@ohio.edu

Cheryl Prusinski

Assistant Professor of Instruction

prusinsk@ohio.edu

Thomas Rees

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

Sammy Simons

Physical Therapist

simonss@ohio.edu

Betty Sindelar

Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Program Director

sindelar@ohio.edu

Kim Sutton

Assistant Professor of Instruction

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

Jeff Vasiloff

Assistant Clinical Professor, Dublin

vasiloff@ohio.edu

Brooke Vaughan

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

Robert Wayner

Assistant Clinical Professor

wayner@ohio.edu

Lori Woods

Assistant Professor of Instruction

woodsl1@ohio.edu

Janice Wright

Assistant Clinical Professor

wrightj2@ohio.edu

Grover Center W164 Athens, OH 45701

Li Xu

Professor

xul@ohio.edu

Department of Social Work

Glenn Abraham

Michael Ashton

Alicia Castro

Assistant Professor of Instruction

ashbauga@ohio.edu

740-597-1727

Morton Hall 522

Terry Cluse-Tolar

Professor, Chair of the Department of Social Work

cluse@ohio.edu

Michel Coconis

Sasha Collins

Assistant Professor of Instruction

collinss1@ohio.edu

740-597-1636

Morton Hall 582

Annelle Edwards

Assistant Professor of Instruction

edwarda2@ohio.edu

Warren Galbreath

Associate Professor

galbreat@ohio.edu

Sarah Garlington

Assistant Professor

garlingt@ohio.edu

Richard Greenlee

Mingun Lee

Associate Professor

leem3@ohio.edu

Deborah Pack

Administrative Specialist

packd@ohio.edu

Lynette Peck

Assistant Professor of Instruction

peck@ohio.edu

Mary Jane Preece

Tracy Pritchard

Stacey Saunders-Adams

Jenny Shadik

Assistant Professor

shadik@ohio.edu

Kerri Shaw

Associate Professor of Instruction and Field Director

shawk@ohio.edu

Morton 567

Joy Shytle

Lisa Skeens

Kelly Vacca

Sarah Webb

Assistant Professor of Instruction

webbs2@ohio.edu

Community Engagement

Tiffany Arnold

Assistant Professor of Instruction

arnoldt2@ohio.edu

Grover W334

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

Wellness Program 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

Rebecca Miller

Senior Director of Community Relations

millerr9@ohio.edu

Grover Center W129D Athens, OH 45701

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

Behavioral Mental 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