Administration, Faculty, and Staff
281 ACADEMIC SUCCESS & PUBLIC SERVICE Ronald Layne. . . . . . . . . . . Dean, Academic Success & Public Service A.S., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; B.A., University of North Carolina Asheville; M.A., Western Carolina University Dr. Bo Bennett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair, Human Services Technology B.S., South University; M.A., University of the Rockies; Ph.D., Walden University Shelly Blackburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair, Academic Related Instruction B.S., Appalachian State University; M.Ed., Western Carolina University Phyllis M. Boone. . . . Administrative Assistant, Academic Success & Public Service A.A.S., A.A., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Jennifer Bosworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair, Education B.S., University of North Carolina Greensboro; M.A.T., Western Carolina University Angela Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Library Assistant, Public Service & Systems Support A.A.S., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; B.S., University of Phoenix Rhonda Davidson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair, Health & Physical Education B.S., M.A., Gardner-Webb University Susan Donato. . . . Library Assistant, Acquisitions & Interlibrary Loan B.S., Kent State University Claire Golcher . . . . . . . Library Assistant, Public Service & Cataloging Support A.A.S., Fashion Institute of Technology Erica Hennig. . . . . . . . . . . . Librarian, Cataloging & Technical Services B.A., Sweet Briar College; M.A., M.L.I.S., University of South Carolina Peggy Higgins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Librarian, Systems & Access Services B.A. East Carolina University; M.L.I.S., University of NC at Greensboro; M.A. Winthrop University Tamara Reynolds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor, Education B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.Ed., Union Institute and University Laura Shears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor, ACA B.A., Hope College; M.Ed., North Carolina State University; Ed.S., Appalachian State University Emily Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director, Writing Center B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Wake Forest University Sharon Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coordinator, Academic Learning Center A.A.S. (2 degrees), Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; B.A., University of North Carolina Charlotte Russell Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director, Library Services B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.L.I.S., University of North Carolina Greensboro
Vacant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor, Health & Physical Education
ALLIED HEALTH Dr. Jon R. Wiener.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean, Allied Health B.S., M.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of Virginia Caroline Amerson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor, Dental Hygiene B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., University of Tennessee at Knoxville Tisha Anderson, C.D.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair, Dental Assisting Diploma, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; B.H.S., Nova Southeastern University Christy Andrews, R.N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair, Nursing B.S.N., Western Carolina University; M.S.N., University of North Carolina Charlotte Jane Blount, M.S., C.A.S., O.T.R./L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chair, Occupational Therapy Assistant B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., Springfield College Abra Brooks, R.D.H.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor, Dental Hygiene Certificate, A.A.S., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; B.S., East Tennessee State University Rene Brooks, R.T. (R)(ARRT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor, Radiography A.A.S., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; B.S., Regis University Chastity Case, R.T.(R), R.D.M.S., R.V.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair, Sonography A.A.S., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; Certificate, School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA; B.S., Oregon Institute of Technology; M.A., East Carolina University Kedren Cooper, R.D.M.S., R.V.T. . . . . Instructor, Medical Sonography A.A.S., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; B.S., Mars Hill University Meghann Cooper, R.N. Instructor, Nursing A.D.N., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Western Carolina University Meghann Cooper, R.N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor, Nursing A.D.N., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; Paula Covert, C.D.A., R.D.H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor, Dental Assisting C.D.A., Ontario Business College; A.A.S., Lake Superior College; B.S.D.H., M.S.D.H., University of Missouri-Kansas City Candace Crump C.M.A. (AAMA). . . . . . . . . . . Chair, Medical Assisting A.A.S., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Tipton Dillingham, R.N.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coordinator, Nursing Clinical A.D.N., Guilford Technical Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N., University of North Carolina Greensboro Lindsay Edwards, R.V.T. . . Instructor, Veterinary Medical Technology A.A.S., Haywood Community College; A.A.S., Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
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