Faculty Team of Experts

Christine Allwine

• Bachelor, Secondary Education, Ohio University.
• 3 years teaching Math at Worthington Kilbourne High School, 3 1/2 years teaching Math and Science at SEPTA Correctional Facility in Nelsonville.
• 5 years experience working with Hocking College
• 11 1/2 total years experience

Roger Barrows

• Associate Degree, Electronics; Associate Degree, Telecommunications and Broadcasting.
• 11 years experience working with Hocking College
• 11 total years experience

• Bachelor, Business Administration (Information Systems), Masters, Mathematics.
• 2 years Mathematics instructor at Ohio University.
• 13 years Mathematics instructor, 8 years Math Coordinator, 4 years Assoc. Dean working with Hocking College.
• 15 total years experience

Sharon Barrows

• Associate Degree in Office Administration.
• Worked 2 years part-time casual-temporary in various clerical positions throughout Hocking College.
• 6 years experience working with Hocking College
• 8 total years experience

Rita Bennett

• Masters, English, Bachelor and Masters, Communication.
• 2 years technical writer for state government, 3 years Speech instructor at Ohio University Chillicothe Branch
• 26 years experience working with Hocking College
• 31 total years experience

• Bachelor, English Language and Literature and Teaching Certification; Masters, English Language and Literature; Doctoral work, English Language and Literature.
• 3 years high school English teacher/tutor/substitute teacher
• 19 years experience working with Hocking College
• 22 total years experience

Bill Coffey

• Bachelor, Business Administration, Ohio State University; Masters, Communications, University of Akron.
• 30 years training announcers and news personnel while owning commercial radio stations in Cambridge and Troy, Ohio. Also trained news and commercial writers. 1 1/2 years teaching Radio Station Programming and Operation while doing graduate work at University of Akron. Taught speech one quarter each at Muskingum Technical College and Clark Technical College. Conducted several Public Relations seminars and sales clinics.
• 7 years experience working with Hocking College
• 39 total years experience

Tracey Conrad

• Bachelor, English; Masters, English.
• 3 years Writing instructor at Ohio University.
• 14 years experience working with Hocking College
• 17 total years experience

Tonga Cox

• BS, Ohio University, Journalism/minor in Business; Masters in Education, Ohio University, focus in English, ESL certification.
• 3 years teaching Business English, Writing, Poetry and Creative Writing at Universida San Francisco DeQuito in Ecuador; 1 year Fullbright in Ecuador teaching ESL; 1 year in Soul Korea working for English Children Services; 2 years teaching High School Journalism and English in Pasco County Schools.
• 4 years experience working with Hocking College
• 11 total years experience

Mar Crone-Magyary

• Bachelor Education , Ohio State University
• ASPO Certified Childbirth Educator
• UCLA Lactation Educator
• 7 years teacher, director, owner of early childhood program
• 13 years, family and birth education , Riverside Methodist Hospital
• 8 years, preschool and Kindergarten teacher, Athens, Ohio
• 2 years, Hocking College, Coordinator, Nanny Program
• 3 years Hocking College, Coordinator, Educational Paraprofessional
• 33 total years experience

Kathy Devecka

• BA, University of Pittsburgh, English Language/Literature/Speech/Theater Arts; MA, University of Pittsburgh, English Language/Literature; MA, University of Michigan, Theatre; Artistic Intern in Speech and Voice, American Repertory Theater and Harvard; ABD, University of Michigan, Dual Emphasis: Acting & Directing and Theater History/Dramatic Criticism.
• 28 years teaching English Language, Literature and Theater in various junior colleges, colleges, and universities in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Ohio. Also served as an educational applied theater consultant, a voice-over artist for Ohio University Public Television and various other on-air and on-camera projects, a voice coach, actor, director and playwright.
• 3 years experience working with Hocking College
• 30 total years experience

Kate Enger

• Masters & PhD in Clinical Psychology from Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
• 11 years training and experience in hospital, residential, school, and outpatient settings; design and ran educational groups in a treatment setting for 5 years; responsible for educational and process group curriculum for 3 years.
• 1 year experience working with Hocking College
• 20 total years experience

Dianne Fleming

• Bachelor, Mathematics; Masters Mathematics.
• 5 years Math instructor at various colleges (including Ohio University, OU Zanesville, West Virginia University-Parkersburg); 2 years teacher at New Hope Academy (Math, Spanish, Health, Gym); 7 years private Math tutoring (elementary through college including home schoolers).
• 8 years experience working with Hocking College
• 22 total years experience

Susan Fletcher

• Bachelor, Communications from Ohio University; Masters, Communications, Arizona State.
• 5 years teaching high school English and Publications in Ohio and Arizona; 7 years teaching Speech and Small Gorup Communications at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
• 2 years experience working with Hocking College
• 13 total years experience

Jane Ann Fuller

• Bachelor, Honors Tutorial College, English, Creative Writing, Ohio University; Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Poetry, University of Iowa; Doctoral work, OU.
• High School Substitute teacher. 1 year English instructor at Ohio University.
• 18 years experience working with Hocking College
• 19 total years experience

Nancy Garner

• Bachelor in Education and Masters in English Studies, the Ohio State University.
• 19 1/2 years teaching Language Arts at Upper Arlington High School.
• 4 years experience working with Hocking College
• 23 1/2 total years experience

Jan Garske

• Masters, Psychology, School Psychologist Certification and License.
• 10 years school psychologist serving ages birth - 22 years, 3 years private practice/consulting, part-time instructor of psychology OU.
• 14 years experience working with Hocking College
• 27 total years experience

Jeff Hanson

• Bachelor in Comparative Literature and Masters in American Literature from San Diego University, PhD in Creative Writing from Ohio University.
• 1 semester at San Diego State.
• 13 years experience working with Hocking College
• 13 total years experience

Jerry Hart

• Bachelor, Masters, and Ph.D., Mathematics.
• 7 years Math/Physics instructor at State University of New York. 6 years Math instructor at Ohio University. Teaching awards at SUNY and OU. 10 years Industrial Management experience. Author of Math and Pharmaceutical books.
• 15 years experience working with Hocking College
• 38 total years experience

Sharon Hatfield

• Bachelor, English and Biology from Lincoln Memorial University, Masters, Journalism, OU, MFA, Creative Nonfiction, Groucher College.
• High School Substitute teacher. 1 year English instructor at Ohio University.
• 25 years as a writer/editor in journalism, public information and technical editing.
• 4 years experience working with Hocking College
• 29 total years experience

Gail Horvath

• Bachelor, Political Science. Graduate work, Higher Education.
• 6 years Director of Children's Services Agency. 8 years owner/operator of retail business.
• 17 years experience working with Hocking College
• 31 total years experience

Charlotte Irwin

• Bachelor and Masters, Mathematics
• 7 years Mathematics instructor at Ohio University, 6 years Mathematics instructor at Mississippi State University.
• 11 years experience working with Hocking College
• 24 total years experience

Bruce Jones

• Bachelor, Mathematics, Psychology (7-12 certificate for teaching Psychology, Mathematics, and Computer Science), Masters, Education (Educational Administration major; Principal's certificate expired), Ph. D., Education (curriculum and instruction; cognate in research and statistics)
• 9+ years teaching Jr./Sr. high and elemantary school, 5 years teaching K-12 Computer Science classes (and Computer Coordinator)
• 17 years (6+ years Math Coordinator) experience working with Hocking College
• 31 total years experience

Ewelina Just

• Masters in Micro Biology from University of Warsaw, Masters in Mathematics from Ohio University.
• 4 years teaching Math at Ohio University.
• 2 years experience working with Hocking College
• 6 total years experience

Suzanne Knauerhase

• Bachelor, Political Science, English; Masters, English Literature. Teaching Certificate, English as a Second Language. Additional graduate work in English Lit and creative writing.
• 1 year teaching ESL continuing education classes at Mill Street Apts. Athens, Ohio, 2 years teaching English at community college in Illinois.
• 15 years experience working with Hocking College
• 18 total years experience

Karen Kornmiller

• Bachelor and Masters in Education, Ohio University.
• 2 years teaching English and Spanish at Fairfield Union, 6 years teaching English and Spanish at Lynchburg Clay, 24 years administration and teaching English at Southwest Indian School, 3 years Mission Representative and teaching English at Circleville Bible College.
• 4 years experience working with Hocking College
• 40 total years experience

Randy Lawrence

• Bachelor, Communications Education (Writing, Literature, Speech, Journalism, and Theatre); Masters, Secondary English Education.
• 23 years instructor in colleges and public schools; magazine editor, columnist, and free-lance writer.
• 15 years experience working with Hocking College
• 38 total years experience

Ron Luce

• PhD, English; MA, English; BA, English.
• 3 years graduate assistant at Ohio University and 1 year instructor at Verginia Tech.
• 21 years experience working with Hocking College
• 25 total years experience

Cheryl Mansky

• Bachelor degrees in Mathematics and Russian Languages and Literature. Masters degree in Mathematics.
• 7 years Mathematics instructor at various two-year colleges.
• 11 years experience working with Hocking College
• 18 total years experience

Mason Martin

• Bachelor,Ohio University, Psychology and Criminology with emphasis in Potical Science and Philosophy, Masters, Ohio University, Sociology with an emphasis on Culture.
• 2 years teaching Intro to Sociology and Social Problems.
• 2 years experience working with Hocking College
• 4 total years experience

Jane McClain

• Bachelor, Business Administration, Masters, Organizational Communications.
• 8 years Job Placement-Career Planning Counselor, 8 years Industrial Safety Trainer, Technical Writer and Training Manual Editor, 2 years substitute teacher.
• 8 years experience working with Hocking College
• 26 total years experience

Florence McGeoch

• Bachelor, Education; Masters, Reading; Ph. D., Supervision of Reading.
• 2 1/2 years teaching Reading at Federal Hocking Middle School, 2 1/2 years teaching Elementary School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
• 33 years experience working with Hocking College
• 38 total years experience

Cathy Merrell

• BA in English/Language Arts, M.Ed. in Secondary Education, and Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction, and Supervision from University of Oklahoma.
• 27 years teaching English and elementary, middle school, and high school gifted programs in Ohio and Oklahoma. Also taught reading and study skills.
• 1 year experience working with Hocking College
• 28 total years experience

Awni Mikhail

• Bachelor, English, Ohio University; Masters, English, University of North Carolina.
• 1 year teaching Freshman Composition at University of North Carolina
• 14 years experience working with Hocking College
• 15 total years experience

Deni Naffziger

• Bachelor, English/Creative Writing, Bowling Green State University; Masters, Literature with a Creative Writing emphasis, Ohio University, Fulbright Scholar, 1990-91
• 3 years English Composition Instructor at Ohio University.
• 22 years experience working with Hocking College
• 25 total years experience

Eva North

• Associate of Individualized Study.
• 3 years Insurance Billing Clerk at Doctors Hospital of Nelsonville.
• 26 years experience working with Hocking College
• 29 total years experience

Bonnie Proudfoot

• Bachelor, Art and English Education; Masters, Creative Writing from Hollins College; Masters, English Literature, WVU; Ph. D., Creative Writing, Ohio University, expected in 2002. Teaching certification in English 5-12 and Art K-12.
• 3 years teaching Creative Writing, Waynesburg College, 4 years teaching Creative Writing, Literature, Composition and Rhetoric and Research, WV University, 2 years teaching Composition and Rhetoric at Fairmont State College, 4 years teaching Creative Writing, Intro to Literature and Composition at OU.
• 6 years experience working with Hocking College
• 19 years total experience

Laurel Ransom

• Associate of Arts and Communications; Bachelor, Interpersonal Communications; Masters, Interpersonal Communications.
• 2 year Adjunct Instructor at Ohio University
• 7 years experience working with Hocking College
• 9 total years experience

Ruth Reilly

• Bachelor, General Studies, concentration in Journalism, Film and English; Masters,Journalism.
• 3 years Education Coordinator at Cleveland Rape Crisis Center and taught Special Children's Writing Classes
• 19 years experience working with Hocking College
• 22 total years experience

Judy Rotkis

• Bachelor, English; Masters, Counseling. Graduate work: Curriculum and Instruction.
• 3 years teaching English and Religion at Elizabeth Seton H. S. in Illinois, 5 years teaching Religious Education at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
• 25 years experience working with Hocking College
• 33 total years experience

Carla Ryan-Hirst

• Associate, Mental Health Technology; Bachelor, Psychology; Masters, Curriculum and Instruction. TESL (ESL) Certificate.
• 5 years teaching Phys Ed at Ohio University. Taught children's intramural Phys Ed classes. Tutored for Reading Resource Room at Ohio University for Children's Services. 1 year tutoring L. D. students, Athens City Schools.
• 17 years experience working with Hocking College
• 23 total years experience

Cindy Sabo

• Office Manager, Worker's Compensation Specialist, Inventory Specialist, Full Charge Bookkeeper, Purchasing Clerk, Secretary
• 5 years experience working with Hocking College
• 33 years experience

Melody Sands

• Bachelor and Masters in Journalism, OU with minors in Marketing.
• 4 years teaching Journalism at OU, 10 years executive editor and co-owner of Athens News, 2 years executive editor of Business Xpansion Journal and Business Xpansion Quarterly, 10 year owner of Only in Ohio Retail and Catalog Store.
• 3 years experience working with Hocking College
• 29 total years experience

Jeff Sawyer

• Bachelor, Psychology; Masters, Psychology (focus on memory and statistics).
• 14 total years experience

Merilynne Smith

• Bachelor, English and Secretarial Science; Masters, Comparative Literature (special interest in folklore and oral history); Language certificate the Sorbonne (Paris); Graduate work: Reading, World Lit, folklore, French, and Writing Methods.
• 8 years teaching in public schools, 2 years ESL instructor in private schools, 16 years Writing instructor at college/university level.
• 17 years experience working with Hocking College
• 43 total years experience

Ellen Sostarich

• Bachelor, Secondary Education English and French; Masters, English and American Literature.
• 3 years high school English and French teacher.
• 25 years experience working with Hocking College
• 28 total years experience

Julie Sutherland

• Bachelor, Secondary Education/Mathematics, Ohio University; Masters, Mathematics, Ohio State University.
• 2 years teaching Mathematics at Ohio State
• 13 years experience working with Hocking College
• 15 total years experience

Monica Thomas

• Bachelor, Secondary Mathematics, Masters, Ohio University, Mathematics Education.
• 4 years teaching Mathematics at Licking Co. JVS.
• 5 years experience working with Hocking College
• 9 total years experience

Carolyn Tripp

• Bachelor, English; Masters, Secondary Supervision; Doctoral work Educational Administration, Higher Education.
• 8 years high school teacher, 14 years university administration/teaching.
• 13 years experience working with Hocking College
• 37 total years experience

Jim Wallace

• Bachelor, Secondary Education; Masters, English Language and Literature
• 2 years graduate assistant at Ohio University.
• 23 years experience working with Hocking College
• 25 total years experience

Randy Ware

• Bachelor and Masters in Psychology at Montana State University.
• 1 semester Part-time instructor at Montana State University
• 2 years experience working with Hocking College
• 2 1/2 total years experience

Marc Wayner

• Bachelor, Psychology and English; Masters, Counseling; Ph. D., Psychology.
• 31 total years experience

Marishka Wile

• Bachelor, Anthropology and Archaeology; Masters, Applied Linguistics.
• 1 year instructor at Ohio University, 1 year instructor at UIA, Costa Rica, 3 years instructor at Maryville College in Tennessee.
• 8 years experience working with Hocking College
• 13 total years experience

Kris Williams

• Bachelor, Technical Writing
• Masters, Interpersonal Communications.
• 20 total years experience

Renee Williams

• Bachelor, Secondary Education, English concentration; Masters, English and American Literature.
• 3 years teaching English at Ohio University
• 16 years experience working with Hocking College
• 19 total years experience

Connie Winters

• BFA Theater, BFA Dance, Ohio Teaching Certificate for Speech and Theater grades 9 to 12, Ohio Teaching Certificate for Elementary grades 1 to 8, assorted graduate classes.
• 15 years teaching Elementary (grades 1 to 8), 6 years teaching Early Childwood Education (Ohio University), 2 years teaching for Hocking College Early Childwood Education Program.
• 23 years total teaching experience

Cathy Wright

• Bachelor, College of Wooster, Masters of Art, College of World Learning Inc, Vermont.
• 1 year English teacher, Athens HS, 1 year English teacher at Middlebury University, VT; 2 years ESL teacher in MD; 5 years ESOL teacher in MD.
• 2 years experience working with Hocking College
• 13 total years experience

Cynthia Yeager

• BS, Sociology, BFA, Creative Writing; MA, English and 2 years graduate work in English
• 1 year teaching Freshman Composition at BowlingGreen, 5 year teaching Freshman and Junior Composition at Ohio University, 4 years experience in Service Learning, 2 years advertising copy writer for radio, 15 years grant writing experience, 9 years field consultancy work for Ohio Arts Council & Ohio River Board Initiative.
• 17 years experience working with Hocking College
• 36 total years experience