Dalton State welcomes new faculty members for fall

Published 10:25 pm Friday, August 10, 2007

New faculty members were welcomed to Dalton State College recently during a program of faculty orientation activities on campus.

“We are eagerly looking forward to having these new individuals with us as colleagues and showing them off to our students,” said John Hutcheson, vice president for academic affairs. Hutcheson noted that 14 full-time teaching faculty members have been added to the teaching ranks for the 2007-2008 academic year as well as a number of support staff.

“The professional credentials and the previous accomplishments of this year’s group of new faculty members, whether they are joining us as replacements for retirees or as additions to our corps of instruction, show every promise of sustaining the high standards and superior achievement set by their predecessors,” he said.

Joining the Business Administration faculty are Bruce Hungerford, associate professor of management information systems, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida; Harold Jones, associate professor of management with a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama; Alan Larson, temporary instructor in economics, who earned his Ph.D. from Kansas State University; and Stephen LeMay, associate professor of marketing, who earned a D.B.A. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

The college’s Division of Education is welcoming two new temporary instructors in education, Lelia Mullis and Lynn Murphy, who are both Ed.D. graduates of the University of Georgia.

The Humanities Division is welcoming Kris Barton, assistant professor of Speech, who earned his Ph.D. from Florida State University; Leslie Collins, temporary instructor in English, who earned a M.A. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; and Cathy Hunsicker, assistant professor of reading, who earned a M.Ed. from Kutztown University.

New to the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics are Jean Johnson, associate professor of Earth Sciences, who earned her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and Kay Wagner, instructor in computer science, who earned a M.S. from Kennesaw State University.

The college’s Technical Division is adding three additional positions. They include radiologic technology instructor/clinical coordinator Cynthia Fisher, who earned her A.A.S. from Dalton State College, and respiratory therapy instructor/clinical coordinator Christy Walker, who earned a B.S. from the Medical College of Georgia.

Also new to the Technical Division is Rebecca Lowery, instructor in drafting and design technology, who earned an A.A.S. degree from Dalton State College.

Support staff new to Dalton State include Kimberly Park, admissions recruiter, and Robin Callahan Sharp, alumni relations coordinator.

Two members of the library staff, Lee Ann Cline and Melissa Whitesell, were each promoted this fall to the rank of assistant librarian.