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Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 2003) Eliza L. Dean, Ph.D., teaches in the Birth-Kindergarten program at Western Carolina University. She attended the University of Tennessee for her graduate work and worked with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in the child development center on campus. Her research interests include infant and toddler child care and the Swedish system of early childhood education. Jane S. Hall, Ph.D., directs and teaches in the on-campus and distance education Birth to Kindergarten program at Western Carolina University. Her specialized interest of study includes problem solving methods that lead to internal locus of control in preschool children. JoeDavid M. Hall, B.S. in the Birth to Kindergarten program at Western Carolina University, and currently in the MAED program of school counseling at WCU. Bruce Henderson, Ph.D., formally or informally went through a dozen majors when he was in college. One thing he never actively considered was teaching. However, through a series of serendipitous occurrences, he found himself as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development teaching child psychology to a class of 35 undergraduates who volunteered to be taught by him rather than the professor in the 600-student section. He has been teaching ever since. For the past 25 years he has taught in the psychology department at Western Carolina University. His research areas are the development of children's curiosity and memory. April Lewandowski holds a BA Degree in English from Asbury
College and an MA in English from Western Carolina University.
Ms. Lewandowski presently resides in Boulder, Colorado, where she
is an Assistant Project Handler for Underwriters Laboratories and
also teaches at Red Rocks Community College. Irene Mueller, Ed,D,, RHIA, an Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, is the Health Information Management Program Director at Western Carolina University. After working as a Librarian in Florida, she earned a second bachelor’s degree at WCU in 1992 and then moved to Montana. She developed, taught, and managed distance education courses for the Montana State University College of Technology in Great Falls, Montana using FirstClass, WebCt, and interactive compressed video technology. Her EdD in Adult and Higher Education is from Montana State University - Bozeman Terry Nienhuis, Ph.D., has been a faculty member in the English Department at WCU since 1972. Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Terry received his BA. in English from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and his MA. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Originally a specialist in 18th Century English Literature, Terry has also become a specialist in Modern Drama, Contemporary Drama, Film, and Shakespeare. He was instrumental in initiating the English Department's Minor in Film Studies.Terry is also a professional actor, having acted in over 40 stage roles and 15 television and movie projects since 1977. Valorie Nybo, Ed.D., is currently an Assistant Professor of Health Education and Coordinator for Health 123, a Liberal Studies course at Western. She is currently Chairperson of Western's MERLOT Committee. Before coming to Western in 2000, Dr. Nybo had twelve years of experience in teaching and 15 years in public and community health. She has consistently used technology for both learning and teaching since 1980 when computers were high end if they had two 5.25 floppy drive. She received her Ed.D. from the University of Tennessee in 1976. Cynthia A Phipps currently works as a school psychologist for the Macon County Schools in Franklin, NC. She received her Masters in School Psychology from Western Carolina University and taught for the Psychology Department as an adjunct assistant professor. While teaching at Western Carolina University, she participated in researching students' perceptions of cooperative learning strategies. She also received a Masters in Community Counseling from Minnesota State University and has worked in a regional Mental Health Center, supervised a County Mental Health Center, served as the Executive Director of a Rape Crisis Center and provided counseling services as a private licensed professional counselor. Maurice L. Phipps, Ph.D., has taught at Western Carolina University since 1992. He has been using cooperative learning in the college classroom for fifteen years and has attended seminars on this subject by David and Roger Johnson from the Center for Cooperative Learning at the University of Minnesota. He has taught and led four extended teaching seminars organized by WCU. He also participated in researching students' perceptions of cooperative learning strategies at WCU. Besides teaching in an academic setting, Maurice has taught extended expedition style outdoor leadership courses in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, California, Texas, New York and Minnesota, besides North Carolina. Alvin C. Proffit, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations at Western Carolina University. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Marshall University and a doctorate from West Virginia University. He has been an elementary and middle school teacher, a secondary guidance counselor, assistant principal, principal, and school superintendent. He served for eight years on the faculty of Radford University. While at Radford, Dr. Proffit held the positions of Department Head of Educational Studies, Coordinator of Graduate Education, and Director of the Program of Educational Leadership. Lisen C. Roberts, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Counseling in the Department of Human Services. She serves as Program Leader for School Counseling and is the former Director of the Child and Family Studies undergraduate program here at Western. Her graduate degrees are in School Counseling/Consultation and Family Studies from Keene State College (NH) and The University of Tennessee, respectively. Lisen is passionate about teaching about interpersonal dynamics in family and school settings. Bil Stahl, MLS, MS is the University Librarian. He has an extensive background in applying information technology to higher education at both the institutional and state-wide level. One of his major research interests is the impact of IT on society and especially its impact on communications and knowledge creation. Catherine M. Taylor, B.S. in the Birth to Kindergarten program at Western Carolina University has been teaching as an early childhood teacher since 1994 at a nationally accredited preschool. James Ullmer, Ph.D., is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Western Carolina University. Prior to that, he taught at Texas A & M University and in the University of Wisconsin System. He holds a BA Degree in Economics and a MEAS (Master of Environmental Arts and Sciences) Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He received his PhD Degree in Economics from the University of Tennessee in 1996.
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