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Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Link to CVs Highlighted in Faculty’s Names

Beth Myers
Chair and Associate Professor of Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Design / FMAD Program Coordinator
Ph.D., Auburn University
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3057
Phone: 912-478-6996
Email: bmyers@georgiasouthern.edu

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Beth McGee
Assistant Chair
Assistant Professor of Interior Design
Ph.D., University of Florida
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3061
Phone: 912-478-0477
E-mail: bethmcgee@georgiasouthern.edu

Tameka N. Ardrey
BKIN Program Coordinator
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University Hall 213
Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus
Phone: 912-344-3247
E-mail: tardrey@georgiasouthern.edu

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Kyler Arnold
Lecturer of Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Design
M.S., North Carolina State University
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3059
Phone: 912-478-5544
Fax: 912-478-0276
E-mail: karnold@georgiasouthern.edu

Erica Bartels
INDS Program Coordinator
Interior Design Lecturer
M.S. Architecture, University of Nebraska
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3071
Phone: 912-478-5422
Email: ebartels@georgiasouthern.edu

Esma Dengiz Olin
Interior Design Visiting Lecturer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Historic Preservation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Interior Architect and Environmental Design, Bilkent, Turkey
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3071
Phone: 912-478-5422
Email: ebartels@georgiasouthern.edu

Katy Gregg
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3073
Phone: 912-478-5199
E-mail: kgregg@georgiasouthern.edu

Melody Hachempour
Interior Design Lecturer
M.Sc. Architectural Engineering, Azad University
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3069
Phone: 912-478-7381
Email: nhachempour@georgiasouthern.edu

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Alice Hall
Professor of Human Development and Family Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3075
Phone: 912-478-0397
E-mail: alicehall@georgiasouthern.edu

Trent Maurer

Trent W. Maurer
Professor of Human Development and Family Science
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3079
Phone: 912-478-1522
E-mail: tmaurer@georgiasouthern.edu

Ebonyse Mead

Ebonyse Mead
Birth to Kindergarten Clinical Instructor
EdD., Concordia University Chicago. 
University Hall 213
Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus
Phone: 912-344-3346
E-mail: epmead@georgiasouthern.edu

John Peden
RECR Program Coordinator
Professor of Recreation and Tourism Management
Ph.D., State University of New York at Syracuse
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3083
Phone: 912-478-5684
Email: jpeden@georgiasouthern.edu

Virginia Rolling
Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Design
Ph.D., Auburn University
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3065
Phone: 912-478-1521
E-mail: vrolling@georgiasouthern.edu

Thomas P. Sweeney
Associate Professor of Recreation and Tourism Management
Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3081
Phone: 912-478-5463
E-mail: tsweeney@georgiasouthern.edu

Dina Walker-DeVose
Assistant Dean of Recruitment, Retention, and Inclusion
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science 
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Office: Veazy Hall 2020
Phone: 912-478-5088
Email: dwalkerdevose@georgiasouthern.edu

Christine Wacta

Christine Wacta
Assistant Professor of Interior Design
Ph.D., “Université de Sorbonne Paris Cité & Paris-Diderot”, France.
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3063
Phone: 912-478-7312
Email: cwacta@georgiasouthern.edu

Chris Smith

Chris Smith
Assistant Professor of Interior Design
M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3077
Phone: 912-478-8546
Email: tcsmith@georgiasouthern.edu

Jennifer Zorotovich
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building 3085
Phone: 912-478-8546
Email: jzorotovich@georgiasouthern.edu

Staff

Karen Riegelman

Karen Riegelman
Administrative Assistant II
School of Human Ecology
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building Room 3055
Phone: 912-478-4726
Fax: 912-478-0276
Email: kriegelman@georgiasouthern.edu

Marianne Nordahl
Director
Child Development Center
Office: Child Development Center – Room 1005
Phone: 912-478-5809
Fax: 912-478-4739
Email: mnordahl@georgiasouthern.edu

Ali Hutchinson
Administrative Assistant
Child Development Center
Office: Child Development Center – Room 1006-A
Phone: 912-478-5537
Fax: 912-478-4739
Email: khutchinson@georgiasouthern.edu

Last updated: 9/11/2023