Phone: 828-227-3676
Email: mccullough@wcu.edu 
Office Address: ST 136C

Education:

• Ed.D candidate, Western Carolina University
• M.S., Northern Illinois University
• B.S., Northern Illinois University

Areas of Interest:

• Promoting diversified learning environments as a means to combat underrepresentation of minorities in higher education
• Fostering learning-ownership transitions in first-year students
• Investigating the effects of increased numbers of women scientists and perceptions of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in adolescent girls.
• Comparing faculty perceptions of important to the validity of near and far transferability.
• Investigating employee buy-in, perceptions, and resistance during an institutional transformation: are there connections between subordinate motivation and leadership style during institutional transformation.

Selected Publications & Presentations:

• McCullough, E. (2009). Transformative learning experiences in University Experience (USI 130), a foundation course in Western Carolina University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) pilot study. Western Carolina University, QEP in action series. [oral presentation]
• Hutcherson, J., Jenkins, T., Kincaid, S., McCullough, E. Sage, S., & Wade, A. (2009). Improving the graduation rates of black males and obtaining post-secondary credentials: Memorandum detailing selected recommendations for secretary Arne Duncan [public policy proposal]
• Heulett, S., Hollifield-Hoyle, H., Kincaid, S., McCullough, E. (2008). Analysis of Western Carolina University’s educational leadership foundations (ELF) internship programs: Understanding internship quality and the perceptions of internship participants
• Benoist, D. M.; Jellen, E. E.; Ryzhov, V. “Investigations of the Size Dependence of Various Non-Covalent Macrocycle Complexes on Their Stability During Collision-Induced Dissociation in a Linear Ion Trap.” 55th ASMS Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
• Jellen, E.E., Ryzhov, V. Probing the Stability and Structure of Metalloporphyrin Complexes with Basic Peptides by Mass Spectrometry. European Journal of Mass Spectrometry: 10.1255/ejms. 704
• Jellen, E.E.; Chappell, A. M.; Ryzhov, V. Effects of Size of Non-Covalent Complexes on the Stability During Collision-Induced Dissociation. Rapid Communications of Mass Spectrometry, 2002; 16 (19): 1799-1804.
• Hayes, L. A.; Chappell, A. M.; Jellen, E. E.; Ryzhov, V. Binding of Metalloporphyrins to Model Nitrogen Bases: Collision-Induced Dissociation and Ion-Molecule Reactions Studies. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 12391 (2003) 118-127.
• Jellen, E.E.; Weinecke, A.M. ; Ryzhov, V. “Investigating the Reactivity of Metal Complexes with Benzene: IM Reactions.” 52nd ASMS Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.