Meet our Faculty and Staff

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School of Nursing Dean's Office

Wendy Downey's Headshot

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

Radford University Office of University Relations

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

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

Taryn-Tretick

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

 

Daniel-Bradley

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

Montana-Shively

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

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

John-Spraker

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

 

Amy-Beachy

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

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

Adriane-Biggio

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

Sarah-Knoeckel

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

Kelly-Brown

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

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

Crystal-Burton

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

Betty-Levitt

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

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

Sarah-Mullins

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

Louise-Coats

Louise Coats
Instructor
lcoats@radford.edu
Waldron 332 | 540-831-7710

Joanna Murray 
Instructor 
jmmurray1@radford.edu
RUC 1003 | 540-831-1673

Carolyn-Cochran

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

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

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

Anne-Prucha

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

Jessica-Fenton

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

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

Ellen-Greene

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

Helen-Reed

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

Aaron-Gunter

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

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

Jayme-Haynes

Jayme Haynes
Assistant Professor 
jghaynes1@radford.edu
Waldron 329 | 540-831-7708

Kristin Shargots
Instructor 
kshargots@radford.edu
RUC 1027 | 540-831-1830

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

Dee-Sohrabi

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

Darleen-Hoffert

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

Shannon-Souther

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

Erinn-Hokanson

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

Rebecca-Underwood

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

Katie-Katz

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

Karen-Valcheff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Virginia-Weisz

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

Eunyoung-Lee

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kereen-Mullenbach

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

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

Marjorie-Young

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

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Faculty & Staff - Clinical Simulation Centers

Chris-Keller

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

Kim-Cherry

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

Rickey-Ballard

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

Daxton-Sutherland

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

Roy-Baugher

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

Lisa-Young

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

Watson-Edwards

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

Jamie-Wagner

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

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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