The University WAC Committee is composed of Appalachian faculty members from various disciplines who advise the WAC program and Gen Ed. Council about matters concerning Composition, WID, and other writing courses.
2024-2025 WAC Committee
2023-2024 WAC Committee
Elizabeth Carrol, Chair (WAC Program Director) carrollel@appstate.edu
Sarah Zurhellen (WAC Assistant Director) zurhellenss@appstate.edu
Ellen Lamont (Sociology) lamontec@appstate.edu
Ellen Lamont is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University, an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research examines how gender and sexuality shape intimate relationships in a variety of contexts. She is the author of The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date with University of California Press. Her work has been published in Gender & Society, Men & Masculinities, and Sociological Forum and covered by news outlets such as The Atlantic, BBC, Cosmopolitan, and The New York Times. She is currently working on a new project on gender, work, and family in Appalachia funded by grants from the American Sociological Association and the University Research Council. Ellen teaches courses on gender, family, and intimate relationships. She was inducted into the College of Arts and Sciences Academy of Outstanding Teachers in 2018 and awarded Teacher of the Year in 2019. She is currently the honors coordinator for the department.
Marc Kissel (Anthropology) kisselm@appstate.edu
Marc Kissel is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology. He studies the evolution of modern humans and the processes by which hominins became human; the evolutionary arc of human warfare, Neandertal behavior; quantitative genetics; computer modeling; semiotics; and paleoanthropological theory
Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu
Joe Klein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Joe teaches classes in fluency disorders and research methods and supervises therapy for people who stutter. Joe has presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and The National Stuttering Association annual conventions in the United States and for Friends: The Association of Young People who Stutter in India and the US. He has also published articles about stuttering in Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders,Perspectives in Fluency Disorders, and The Journal of Fluency Disorders. Joe’s research interests are in the areas of support and therapy for people who stutter. Joe lives in Boone, NC with his wife, Holly, and children, Zachary, Greta, Emaline, and Abraham.
2021-2023 WAC Committee
Elizabeth Carrol, Chair (WAC Program Director) carrollel@appstate.edu
Sarah Zurhellen (WAC Assistant Director) zurhellenss@appstate.edu
Ellen Lamont (Sociology) lamontec@appstate.edu
Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu
Tonya Coffey (Physics and Astronomy) coffeyts@appstate.edu
2021-2022 WAC Committee
Elizabeth Carrol, Chair (WAC Program Director) carrollel@appstate.edu
Sarah Zurhellen (WAC Assistant Director) zurhellenss@appstate.edu
Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu
Tonya Coffey (Physics and Astronomy) coffeyts@appstate.edu
Beth Fiske (Nursing) fiskeea@appstate.edu
2019-2020 WAC Committee
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu (Fall 2019) | Elizabeth Carrol, Chair (WAC Program Director) carrollel@appstate.edu (Spring 2020)
Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC) hartsa@appstate.edu (Fall 2019) | Sarah Zurhellen (WAC Assistant Director) zurhellenss@appstate.edu (Spring 2020)
Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu
Tonya Coffey (Physics and Astronomy) coffeyts@appstate.edu
Beth Fiske (Nursing) fiskeea@appstate.edu
2017-2019 WAC Committee
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC) hartsa@appstate.edu
Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu
Tonya Coffey (Physics and Astronomy) coffeyts@appstate.edu
Aleksander Lust (Government and Justice Studies) lusta@appstate.edu
2016-2017
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC) hartsa@appstate.edu
Joe Klien (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjk@appstate.edu
Kim Priode (Nursing) priodek@appstate.edu
Kim Becnel (Library Science) becnelke@appstate.edu
2015-2016 Committee Members
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC) hartsa@appstate.edu
Joe Klein (Communication Sciences and Disorders) kleinjf@appstate.edu
Kim Priode (Nursing) priodeks@appstate.edu
Leslie Cook (English) cookls@appstate.edu
2014-2015 Committee Members
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Sherry Alusow Hart (Assessment Director for WAC; WAC Program Interim Director, Spring 2014) hartsa@appstate.edu
Dee Parks (Computer Science) parksda@appstate.edu
Ila Prouty (Art) proutyi@appstate.edu
Jeff Tiller (Technology and Environmental Design) tillerjs@appstate.edu
Amanda Finn (WAC Consultant) finnae1@appstate.edu
2013-2014 Committee Members
Sherry Alusow Hart, Chair (WAC Assessment) hartsa@appstate.edu
Dee Parks (Computer Science) parksda@appstate.edu
Jeff Tiller (Technology & Environmental Design) tillerjs@appstate.edu
Ila Prouty (Art) proutyi@appstate.edu
2011-2013 Committee Members
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Bob Heath (Curriculum & Instruction) heathrr@appstate.edu
Gabe Fankhauser (Music) fankhauserg@appstate.edu
Jammie Price (Sociology) pricejl@appstate.edu
Sherry Alusow Hart (WAC Assessment) hartsa@appstate.edu
2010-2011 Committee Members
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Bob Heath (Curriculum and Instruction) heathrr@appstate.edu
Jessica Wood (Anthropology) woodj@appstate.edu
Carla Meyer, (Language, Reading, and Exceptionalities) meyerck@appstate.edu
Sherry Alusow Hart (WAC Assessment) hartsa@appstate.edu
2009-2010 Committee Members
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Sherry Alusow Hart (WAC Assessment) hartsa@appstate.edu
Jammie Price (Sociology) pricejl@appstate.edu
Susan Perry (Health, Leisure and Exercise Science) perryss@appstate.edu
Gabe Fankhauser (Music) fankhauser@appstate.edu
2008-2009 Committee Members
Georgia Rhoades, Chair (WAC Program, Director) rhoadesgd@appstate.edu
Ray Williams (Biology) willmsrs@appstate.edu
Jammie Price (Sociology) pricejl@appstate.edu
Anna Ward (Theater and Dance) wardag@appstate.edu
Sherry Alusow Hart (WAC Assessment) hartsa@appstate.edu