MOUNTAIN STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES, GRADUATE FACULTY, AND STAFF

Senior Administration
Charles H. Polk
President
Ed.D., North Carolina State University

Cynthia D. Alexander
Chief of Staff and Corporate Secretary
M.S.S.L., Mountain State University

Jon Reed
General Counsel
J.D., West Virginia University

James Silosky
Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
ABD, Touro University; M.B.A., Marshall University

Ron Ward
Chief Business Officer
M.B.A., Liberty University

Graduate Faculty
Dan Adams
Director, Physician Assistant Program; Assistant Professor
M.P.A.S., University of Nebraska

Vincent Beach
Senior Academic Officer, Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., City University of New York

Debra Campbell
Didactic Academic Coordinator, Physician Assistant Program
M.H.S., Mountain State University; PA-C

Elizabeth Layne Diehl
Provost, MSU Martinsburg
J.D., West Virginia University

Wayne Ellis
Director, CRNA Program; Professor
Ph.D., Texas A&M University; RN, CRNA, ARNP

Mary Frances Hash
Director, Medical Assisting Program; Associate Professor
M.A., Marshall University; CMA

Patsy Haslam
Senior Academic Officer, Health Sciences; Professor, Nursing
Ed.D., West Virginia University; RN

James E. Hodge
Professor, Mathematics
Ed.D., West Virginia University

Brian Holloway
Dean of Graduate Individualized Study and Spectrum Programs; Professor, English
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Jill Hopkins
Provost, Beckley Campus
Ed.D., West Virginia University

Roland Jacobs
Assistant Professor, Business
Ph.D., University of Washington

Joan Klemballa
Professor, Nursing
Ph.D., University of Maryland; RN, FNP-C

Melissa Lilly
Clinical Coordinator, Physician Assistant Program
B.S., The College of West Virginia; PA-C

James McCoy
Assistant Professor, English
Ph.D., Florida State University

Kenneth Miller
Dean of Leadership Studies; Associate Professor
Ph.D., North Central University

Mark Miller
Senior Academic Officer, Experiential Learning; Professor
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jessica Sharp
Senior Academic Officer, Graduate Nursing; Professor, Nursing
Ph.D., George Mason University; RN, FNP-C, BC-APN

Arnold Simonse
Professor, Social Work
D.S.W., Catholic University of America

Michael C. Stamper
Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Ph.D., Ohio University

Alan Tillquist
Senior Academic Officer, Business and Technology
D.B.A., Nova Southeastern University

Ruth Wylie
Director of Online Leadership Studies
Ph.D., West Virginia University

Adjunct Graduate Faculty
Angela Basham-Calloway, D.O.
Douglas M. Burns, Ph.D.
J. D. Carpenter, Ed.D.
Macgorine Cassell, Ph.D.
Don Caudill, Ph.D.
Nancyann Cervantes, Ph.D.
Ronald Easterly, Ph.D.
Robert Fisk, Ph.D.
Barbara Frame-Cook, M.S.N., RN
Mary Jo Frank, Ph.D.
Fred Harrington, Ph.D.
Jonathon Hartiens, Ph.D.
Kristi Hawkins, Ed.D.
Rodney Huff, M.S.N.
Art Hupka, Ph.D.
Christopher Jones, Ph.D.
Carter Kaplan, Ph.D.
Judith Maloney, Ph.D.
Neil R. Manning, Ph.D.
William Martin, Ph.D.
Michael Meadows, M.S.
Sondra Muskopf, Ed.D.
Carl Overmiller, M.D.
James. M. Owston, ABD, Ed.S.
John Schnefer, Ph.D.
Rhonda Shepperd, Ed.D.
John Sidor, Ph.D.
Vernon Stanley, Ph.D., M.D.
Christine Sytsma, M.S.
Ruth Tunick, Ph.D.
Anita Vestal, Ph.D.
Linda Williams, J.D.
Don Yost, M.S.W.

Institutional Review Board
Kenneth Miller, Ph.D., Chair
Patsy Haslam, Ed.D.
Brian Holloway, Ph.D.
India Housch, Ph.D.
Everett Lilly, Ph.D.
Jessica Sharp, Ph.D.