Meet our Faculty and Staff

School of Nursing Dean's Office

Wendy Downey
Interim Dean
Associate Professor
wrdowney@radford.edu
Waldron 351, RUC 1022 | 540-831-7700

Christi Callahan
Interim Associate Dean
Assistant Professor
ccallahan7@radford.edu
Waldron 351, RUC 1025 | 540-831-7189

Sharla Cooper
Director - Academic Support Engagement & Retention
Associate Professor
scooper@radford.edu
Waldron 319 | 540-767-6188

Taryn Tretick
Administrative Assistant - Main campus
ttretick@radford.edu
Waldron 351 | 540-831-7656

Danny Bradley
Administrative Assistant - RU Main
drbradley@radford.edu
Waldron 302 | 540-831-XXXX

Montana Shively
Administrative Assistant - RUC
mshively2@radford.edu
RUC 10th Floor | 540-831-1995

Faculty & Staff - Pre-licensure Programs (TBSN & ABSN)

John Spraker
Clinical Resource Coordinator - Undergraduate Programs
jtspraker@radford.edu
Waldron 301 | 540-831-7746

Amy Beachy
Instructor
abeachy1@radford.edu
RUC 1009 | 540-831-1829

Sarah Keaton
Assistant Professor
skkeaton@radford.edu
RUC 1018 | 540-831-1947

Adriane Biggio
Assistant Professor
abiggio@radford.edu
RUC 1024 | 540-831-1077

Sarah Knoeckel
Assistant Professor
sknoeckel@radford.edu
Waldron 337 | 540-831-7700

Kelly Brown
Instructor
kaharris@radford.edu
Waldron 315 | 540-831-7709

Lisa Kuppler-Lee
Instructor
lkuppler-lee@radford.edu
RUC 1033 | 540-831-1745

Crystal Burton
Assistant Professor
cburton24@radford.edu
Waldron 316 | 540-831-7700

B. Marie Levitt
Instructor
bmlevitt@radford.edu
Waldron 335 | 540-831-7700

Tara Chitwood
Assistant Professor
tmchitwood@radford.edu
RUC 1004 | 540-831-2041

Sarah Mullins
Instructor
smullins25@radford.edu
RUC 1008 | 540-831-1555

Louise Coats
Instructor
lcoats@radford.edu
Waldron 332 | 540-831-7710
Joanna Murray
Instructor
jmmurray1@radford.edu
RUC 1003 | 540-831-1673

Carolyn Cochran
Instructor
cmcochran@radford.edu
RUC 1030 | 540-831-1351

Paula Pitcher
Assistant Professor
ppitcher@radford.edu
RUC 1017 | 540-831-1841

Laurie Dellosso
Assistant Professor | ABSN Coordinator
lddellosso@radford.edu
RUC 1028 | 540-831-1722

Anne Prucha
Instructor
aprucha@radford.edu
Waldron 336 | 540-831-7706

Jessica Fenton
Instructor | TBSN Coordinator - Main Campus
jwhittake@radford.edu
Waldron 324 | 540-831-7658

LeAnna Ratliff
Instructor | TBSN Coordinator - RUC
lratliff1@radford.edu
RUC 1023 | 540-831-1781

Ellen Greene
Instructor
ecoltrane@radford.edu
Waldron 330 | 540-831-6428

Helen Reed
Instructor | Academic Leadership Fellow (2021-2024)
hireed@radford.edu
Waldron 328 | 540-831-7707

Aaron Gunter
Clinical Instructor
akgunter@radford.edu
RUC 10th floor | 540-831-7700

Stacey Rorie
Assistant Professor
srorie@radford.edu
RUC 1029 | 540-831-1966

Jayme Haynes
Assistant Professor
jghaynes1@radford.edu
Waldron 329 | 540-831-7708
Kristin Shargots
Instructor
kshargots@radford.edu
RUC 1027 | 540-831-1830

Vanessa Hedge
Assistant Professor
vhedge@radford.edu
RHEC 307F, Waldron 338 | 540-831-7210

Dommetae Sohrabi
Instructor
dsohrabi@radford.edu
Waldron 323 | 540-831-7189

Darleen Hoffert
Assistant Professor
dhoffert@radford.edu
Waldron 334 | 540-831-7647

Shannon Souther
Instructor
ssouther@radford.edu
Waldron 330 | 540-831-7646

Erinn Hokanson
Assistant Professor
ehokanson@radford.edu
RUC 1001 | 540-831-2186

Rebecca Underwood
Instructor
runderwood3@radford.edu
Waldron 315 | 540-831-7649

Katie Katz
Associate Professor
krkatz@radford.edu
Waldron 312 | 540-831-7653

Karen Valcheff
Assistant Professor
kvalcheff@radford.edu
Waldron 351 | 540-831-7700

Faculty & Staff - Nurse Practitioner Programs (FNP & PMHNP)

Carey Cole
Interim Chair - Nurse Practitioner Programs
Assistant Professor
ccdaly@radford.edu
Waldron 335, RUC 1033 | 540-831-7700

Danielle Buonpane
Clinical Resource Coordinator - Graduate Programs
dbuonpane@radford.edu
RUC 10th Floor | 540-831-1782

Shannon Dechant
Assistant Professor | PMHNP Program Coordinator
sdechant@radford.edu
RUC 1030 | 540-831-1942

Milena Staykova
Professor
mstaykova@radford.edu
RUC 10th Floor | 540-831-1829

Judy Jenks
Assistant Professor | FNP Program Coordinator
jbjenks@radford.edu
Waldron 313 | 540-237-8916

Virginia Weisz
Associate Professor
vweisz@radford.edu
RHEC 307E | 540-767-6185

Eunyoung Lee
Associate Professor
elee7@radford.edu
Waldron 333 | 540-831-7711

Samantha Wilkinson
Assistant Professor
swilkinson2@radford.edu
RUC 10th Floor

Faculty & Staff - Nursing Leadership Programs (MSN & DNP Nursing Leadership, RN to BSN)

Deidra Pennington
Assistant Professor | Interim Chair of Fast-Track Programs
dpennington@radford.edu
RUC 1020 | 540-831-1513

Tabitha Greear
Nursing Program Specialist - Fast Track Programs
thawley@radford.edu
Waldron 311 | 540-831-7671

Sara Brown
Assistant Professor
sbrown275@radford.edu
RUC 1027 | 540-354-6499

Kereen Mullenbach
Associate Professor
krmullenb@radford.edu
RHEC 307G | 540-767-6183

Sharon Jones
RN to BSN Coordinator
Assistant Professor
sjones58@radford.edu
RUC 1019 | 540-831-1946

Marjorie Young
Associate Professor
myoung67@radford.edu
Waldron 300 | 540-831-7818

Faculty & Staff - Clinical Simulation Centers

Christina Keller
Executive Director | Clinical Simulation Centers
cdkeller@radford.edu
Cook Hall 304 | 540-831-2491

Kimberly Cherry
Lecturer | RHEC SimLab
kacherry1@radford.edu
RHEC 104A | 540-831-6840

Rickey Ballard
Simulation Operations Specialist
rballard1@radford.edu
RHEC 113G | 540-767-6159

Daxton Sutherland
Simulation Technician
dasutherland@radford.edu
Cook Hall 305 | 540-831-7175

Roy Baugher
Administrative Assistant
rbaugher@radford.edu
RHEC 112B | 540-767-6156

Lisa Young
Program Manager
lfyoung@radford.edu
Cook Hall 327 | 540-831-7175

Watson Edwards
Simulation Center Educator | Pre-Licensure Programs Co-Educator
wedwards@radford.edu
Cook 304 | 540-831-6840

Jamie Wagner
Director of Operations
jfwagner@radford.edu
RHEC 104A | 540-798-9399

Emeritus Faculty
Margaret Bassett
Vicki Bierman
Ellen Birx
Virginia Burggraf
Karma Castleberry
Erin Cruise
Mary Gibson
Sarah Gilbert
Karolyn Givens
Marcella Griggs
Janet McDaniel
Iris Mullins
Lisa Onega
Sarah Strauss