About WID Consultants
WID consultants offer support to the WAC Program and serve as liaisons between RC 2001 (Introduction to WAC) faculty and WID programs. WID consultants serve on panels discussing their writing and teaching and read scholarship on WID concerns, discussing their work with the WAC Program.
If you are interested in being a WID Consultant, please email Director Elizabeth Carroll (carrollel@appstate.edu).
Current WID Consultants
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Dr. Whitney Bevill
Dr. Whitney Bevill is the Humanities Librarian for Collection Management at App State's Belk Library and Information Commons and has several overlapping scholarly interests. She earned a Ph.D. in French from the University of Virginia, where she specialized in Francophone Algerian literature. While working on her dissertation, she won grants to interview the subject of her research, the exiled Algerian author Malika Mokeddem, about her craft and her life. She is also the author of the Library of Congress Guide to French and Francophone Cinema, which showcases Library resources to help users learn about different French-language film genres, movements, actors, directors, and film industries. As co-organizer of App State's first Francophone film festival, she is excited to bring the Francophone world to Boone and to boost interest in the humanities. Dr. Bevill also holds an M.Ed. in language education from the University of Charleston, where she won an award for Outstanding M.Ed. in Languages Student and helped organize a delegation to welcome Chinese professors to the university.
Her interest in culture, literature, and language has been lifelong, and was especially sparked by her time as an ESL teacher in China, Poland, Turkey, and France. During those years, she taught English grammar, conversation, civilization, writing, phonetics, and test-taking to beginning to advanced learners, from 5-year olds to adults. While teaching, she also learned the value of travel and of different ways of living, which informed her scholarship as well as her interest in social justice through education. She has presented conference papers and workshops both nationally and internationally on topics such as the impact of poverty on education, cinematic representations of racism, the ethics of filmic representations of colonization, North African Francophone literature, and the role of information capitalism in information literacy instruction. -
Dr. Melinda Bogardus
Melinda Bogardus joined App State in August 2021 as an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing. She teaches students in the pre-licensure nursing baccalaureate, registered nurse baccalaureate, and master of nursing education programs. Melinda obtained a PhD in Nursing from East Tennessee State University in May 2020. She holds a master’s degree in nursing with a family nurse practitioner concentration and a bachelor’s degree in History and Anthropology.
Before joining App State and since 1999, Melinda worked as a family nurse practitioner in urban and rural community and public health and some specialty service settings, most significantly providing primary and women’s health care to women with HIV/AIDS in Miami and Homestead, FL. Over the past several years, Melinda has provided primary care services to Latino/a/x folks, immigrant and immigrant-affected, and to individuals and families engaged in farm work. She currently volunteers with AppHealthCare’s Farmworker Health Program to provide care to its clients in Ashe and Alleghany counties. Additionally, Melinda has worked with and served as secretary and treasurer for a local grassroots organization focused on welcoming and integrating immigrants into the communities of the High Country, the Immigrant Justice Coalition.
Melinda has lived in the High Country for roughly 14 years—13 years in Boone. She and her partner Tim enjoy hiking and gardening in this beautiful part of the country. They have a wonderful canine
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Dr. John Craft
John R. Craft is Professor in the Graphic Communications Management Program at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, USA. He has served as a full member of the Graduate Faculty and has had articles published in GATF (Graphic Arts Technical Foundation) World, Visual Communications Journal, International Circle of Graphic Arts Journal and other numerous publications. He teaches courses in cross-media production, digital media composition, and Web development. He is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and has a doctorate in Technology Education from North Carolina State University.
He serves on the Graphic Arts Merit Badge Committee (1967 Eagle Scout). Additionally, he has served as First-Vice President for the International Graphic Arts Education Association (now Graphic Communications Education Association). He also served as Regional Vice President for Region 3 for the IGAEA. He was elected as the first president of the National Association of Industrial Technology’s (now the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering) Graphics Division in 1998. He served as president for a two-year term and as past president for two years. He was elected for a second term as President of the Graphics Division for 2009 — 2011. He has received a research grant from the Electronic Documents Systems Foundation for the study “Catalog Production: Breaking away from tradition”. He acquired a $1,044,000 software donation from EskoGraphics. In 1990, he established Appalachian State University as an Authorized Training Center for the Aldus Corporation, leading to software site license agreements with Adobe, Inc. Appalachian State University was the only Aldus authorized training center in North Carolina. -
Corie Haylett
Corie Haylett has been at App State since 2013 and is Lead Faculty Mentor for the Business Communications course in the College of Education. She also teaches the Workforce Venture and Innovation course and has taught a variety of communication and management courses prior to joining App State. Professionally, she was self-employed as a promotional marketing manager and served as Managing Paralegal for a small law firm in Ohio for many years. Her education includes the completion of an Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership and Management at St. Thomas University (ABD), and she earned a Master's Degree in Communications from Northwestern University, a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, and an Associate's Degree in Paralegal Administration from the University of Toledo. Corie is also a Stanford University Certified Project Manager. On a more personal level, she has lived in Boone for the past 15 years, is married with two children, and she is a huge animal lover. Her hobbies include traveling, boating, watching movies with her family, and spending time with her dogs. -
Jacqueline Tilton
Jacqueline Tilton is an Assistant Professor in the Management Department at Appalachian State University where she teaches Business Ethics. She earned her PhD from the University of Arkansas as the Frank & Donna Oldham Doctoral Fellow and was recognized as the 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher.
Her research aims to understand and give voice to the disparate experiences of diverse employees and additionally discover the mechanisms that serve to mitigate or exacerbate organizational and societal inequality. In particular, much of her research focuses on economic diversity.
Previous WID Consultants
2021-2022
Ann Ward, Communication
Marc Kissel, Anthropology
Melissa Medaugh, Management
Sarah Beth Hopton, Rhetoric & Writing Studies (English)
2019-2021
Beth Ellington, Marketing & Supply Chain Management
Ellen Lamont, Sociology
Heather Waldroup, Art History & Honors College
Belinda Walzer, Rhetoric & Writing Studies (English)
2018-2019
Carol Babyak, Chemistry
Beth Fiske, Nursing
Paul Gaskill, Recreation Management
Damiana Gibbons Pyles, Curriculum & Instruction
Jonathan Sugg, Geography & Planning
2017-2018
Jeanne Dubino, English and Global Studies
Anna Cremaldi, Philosophy
Brooke Hester, Physics and Astronomy
Rick Klima, Math
Saskia van de Gevel, Geography & Planning
2016-2017
Rick Elmore, Philosophy
Jennifer Zwetsloot, Health and Exercise Science
Darci Gardner, French
Aleksander Lust, Government and Justice Studies
2015-2016
Margot Olsen, Applied Design
Della Marshall, Social Work
Megan Johnson, Library Sciences
Allison Harl, Rhetoric and Composition
Kim Becnel, Leadership and Education Studies
2014-2015
Emily Daughtridge, Theatre & Dance
Bill Schumann, Appalachian Studies
Brian Smentkowski, Government and Justice Studies
Jeanne Dubino, Global Studies
2013-2014
Rachel Forrester, Business and Professional Writing
Linda Johanson, Nursing
Joe Klein, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Tony Bly, History
2012-2013
Dee Parks, Computer Science
Jeff Tiller, Technology and Environmental Design
Rebekah Cummings, Family and Consumer Sciences
Ila Prouty, Art
2011-2012
Cameron Lippard, Sociology
Rodney Duke, Philosophy/Religion
Becky Batista, Health, Leisure, Exercise Science
Laura England, Sustainable Development
2010-2011
Katie Adams, Creative Writing
Leslie Cook, English Education
Tracy Smith, Curriculum and Instruction
Jim Young, Geography
2009-2010
Gabe Fankhauser, Music
Susan Perry, Health, Leisure, Exercise Science
Sarah Greenwald, Math
Amy Galloway, Psychology
Kathy Schroeder, Geography
2008-2009
Jammie Price, Sociology
Anna Ward, Theatre and Dance
Ray Williams, Biology
Sheila Phipps, History
Nikki Bennett, Chemistry