- Emergency Services
- Public Health
- Healthcare Administration
- Respiratory Therapy: Pre Licensure
- Department of Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy Assistant
- Center for Interprofessional Education and Practice
- Health Sciences
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- School of Social Work
- Applied Physiology Laboratory
- Respiratory Therapy: Post Licensure
- Department of Public Health and Healthcare Leadership
Faculty and Staff
Offering a quality professional education in social work is the primary goal of our School. The faculty is dedicated to helping students learn in an environment in which they will be encouraged to think beyond themselves and to inquire into the most complex, yet fundamental ideas about the human condition. In addition, ideas will be tested in the arena of practical experience, through intensive field practica. The struggle with ideas followed by testing them in the real worlds provides the opportunity to explore, to grow and to become. The role of the faculty is to support, to challenge, and to help students become professional social workers who act compassionately, thoughtfully and ethically.
The faculty is the heart of the school. They embody that which is best about higher education- open minds, lively encounters, and high academic standards. We are very fortunate to have gathered a group of interesting, talented persons who serve as teachers, mentors, and advisors. Talk with them, get to know them and be prepared to stretch your mind in the process.
Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty

Diane Hodge, Ph.D., LCSW
Director
Professor
540-831-7675
dmhodge@radford.edu

Matthias Naleppa, Ph.D.
Professor
540-831-7686
mnaleppa@radford.edu

Philip Mongan, Ph.D., LCSW
MSW Coordinator
Associate Professor
540-831-7685
pmongan@radford.edu

Ali-Sha Alleman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
540-831-7673
aalleman@radford.edu

Sarah Rakes, Ph.D., LCSW
BSW Program Coordinator
Assistant Professor
540-831-7674
srakes3@radford.edu

Susan Schoppelrey, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Professor
540-831-7692
sschoppel@radford.edu

Kerry Fay Vandergrift, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
540-831-7676
kvandergrift@radford.edu

Christine V. Rogerson, Ph.D., LCSW
Assistant Professor
540-831-7683
cvrogerson@radford.edu

Mingyang Zheng, Ph.D., LGSW
Assistant Professor
540-831-5849
mzheng2@radford.edu

Andrea Barrick, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
540-831-7681
asbarrick@radford.edu
Academic Faculty

Elizabeth Arthur, EdD, LCSW
Roanoke BSW Site Coordinator
earthur3@radford.edu

Diana Joyce, MSW
Admissions Coordinator
Field Coordinator
540-831-7682
dsjoyce@radford.edu

Rhonda Roop
CRAFFT Western Area Coordinator
rroop7@radford.edu

Christie Norris-Bowling, MSW
Instructor
RHEC MSW Site Coordinator
540-831-7697
cdnorris@radford.edu

Susan Taylor, MSW
CRAFFT Piedmont Area Coordinator
staylor22@radford.edu

Erica Thornton, MSW
Title IV-E Child Welfare Stipend Program Coordinator
540-831-5349
ethornton@radford.edu
Staff

Jim Quillen
Fiscal Technician
540-831-7688
jequillen@radford.edu

Cindy Whitehead
Office Manager
540-831-7690
cwhitehea2@radford.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Dennis R. Cogswell, Ed.D. | Alice King Ingham, Ph.D. | Debora Schneller, Ph.D. | Etty Vandsburger, Ph.D. |