GATTON ACADEMY - Key Persons


Amy Amos

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Specialist

Amy Watkins

Job Titles:
  • Office Assistant

April Conkright

Job Titles:
  • Student Services and Outreach Coordinator

April Schleig

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager and EdD Student Services

Ashley Key

Job Titles:
  • Associate Bursar ( Cashiers and Collections )

Austin Klaine

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Ben Francis

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Adjunct

Beth Dillon - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Brittany Wafford

Job Titles:
  • HRIS Specialist

Candace Petty

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  • Coordinator, Benefit Accounts

Carol Mercer

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  • Elementary Education Facilitator

Cathy Mullins

Job Titles:
  • Literacy Site Instructor

Clay Powell

Job Titles:
  • Music Adjunct

Crystal Nuckols

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  • Coordinator Student Services & Outreach - Glasgow

Daniel Stone

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Adjunct

Donna Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor, Nutrition

Dr. Annesly Netthisinghe

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  • Research Scientist

Dr. Becky Gilfillen

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  • Professor of Agronomy ( Soil Science )

Dr. Debbie Shoulders

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  • Adjunct Professor of Animal Scienc

Dr. Derick B. Strode

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  • Director for Regional Campuses

Dr. Dominique Gumirakiza

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  • Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics

Dr. Donielle Lovell

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  • Associate Professor, Diversity & Community Studies and Citizenship & Social Justice Program Coordinator

Dr. Elmer Gray

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  • Emeritus Professor

Dr. Gary Houchens

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Educational Administration, Associate Faculty for Assessment and Accreditation

Dr. James Prather

Job Titles:
  • Instructor, Psychology

Dr. Jan Duvall

Job Titles:
  • Academic & Tutor Coordinator
  • Organizational Leadership and University Learning Instructor Academic and Tutor Coordinator for TRIO Student Support Services

Dr. Joseph Hurtgen

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  • Adjunct Professor, English Literatur

Dr. Julia Link Roberts

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  • Mahurin Professor of Gifted Education Executive Director

Dr. Kimberlee Everson

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  • Associate Professor, Research Methods

Dr. Larry W. Owens

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  • Professor, BSW Program

Dr. Lester Archer

Job Titles:
  • Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research

Dr. Luiz Silva

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  • Assistant Professor of Animal Scienc

Dr. Lynette Breedlove

Job Titles:
  • Director

Dr. Marguerita DeSander

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Department Chair and Associate Dean for Retention, Persistence and Degree Completion

Dr. Martin Stone

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  • Associate Professor of Horticultur

Dr. Melissa Dennison

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  • Member of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE

Dr. Nicholas Brake

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  • Assistant Professor, Educational Administration

Dr. Paul Woosley

Job Titles:
  • Director, AREC Professor of Agronomy ( Plant Science )

Dr. Pokey Bowen

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  • Assistant Director, Counseling Services

Dr. Shane Spiller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE

Dr. Stacy Leggett

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Educational Administration, Unit Leader

Dr. Stephen King

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  • Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics

Dr. Todd Willian

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  • Professor of Agronomy ( Plant Science )

Dr. William (Dan) Strunk

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  • Assistant Professor of Agronomy ( Plant Science )

Dr. Wren Mills

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  • Pedagogical Assistant Professor, Organizational Leadership

Dr.Phillip Bale

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Elin Chadwick

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Erica Billingsley

Job Titles:
  • Instructor II

Erin Heil

Job Titles:
  • Benefits Specialist

Florence Schneider

Job Titles:
  • Residential

Gail Ledford

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Student Services & Outreach

Gary Ransdell Hall

Job Titles:
  • Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research

Gerri Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Elementary Education Site Instructor

Heather Talley

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Specialist

James Duff

Job Titles:
  • Resource Officer

Janet L. Applin

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jeanine Woods

Job Titles:
  • Evening Campus Facilitator

Jeff Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Zone Maintenance Technician

Jennifer London

Job Titles:
  • Regional Programs Coordinator

Jennifer Sims

Job Titles:
  • Time Instructor / Art Education

Jenny Higdon

Job Titles:
  • Building Services Attendant

Jerry Lundin

Job Titles:
  • Communications / Management Adjunct

Jo Ann Malott

Job Titles:
  • Employment Specialist

John Holder

Job Titles:
  • Financial Aid Counselor

John Schell

Job Titles:
  • WKU Connect Facilitator

Judy Rouse

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Julie Emmitt

Job Titles:
  • Associate Bursar ( Student Receivables )

Justin Pedigo

Job Titles:
  • Senior Zone Maintenance Tech I

Karen Mischel

Job Titles:
  • WKU Connect Facilitator

Kathleen McGill

Job Titles:
  • Bursar Specialist / Perkins Loan Specialist

Kevin Dorth

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Evening Campus Ops / Adjunct History Instructor

Kimberly Vandiver

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor

Laura Houchens

Job Titles:
  • WKU Adjunct English Instructor Coordinator, WKU Glasgow Writing Center

Leigh Ann Wells

Job Titles:
  • Instructor II

Liela Bartley

Job Titles:
  • Regional Campuses Office Coordinator

Lindsay Meeks

Job Titles:
  • Director, L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center

Madelyne Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Horticulture Technician

Marie England


Melissa Ballinger

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor / Military Programs Coordinator

Micah Medrano

Job Titles:
  • Receivables Specialist

Michael Roberson

Job Titles:
  • Economics Adjunct

Michaela Daniel

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Specialist

Missy Pardue

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate School of Leadership and Professional Studies

Mr. Adam Blessinger

Job Titles:
  • Dairy Herd Technician

Mr. Allen Clark

Job Titles:
  • 1st Floor Male Residential Counselor
  • Lead Residential Counselor - Logistics
Allen Clark is the 1st Floor Male Residential Counselor. He graduated from the Honors College at WKU with a BS in Psychology, with a second major in Arabic and is hoping to pursue a post-graduate degree in counseling at WKU. Allen spent a few years as a youth minister at his church and considers it a great honor to provide a supportive, compassionate, and challenging environment to help young people learn and grow. Allen has a passion for seeing others succeed and uses that passion to care for the students on his residential floor, and throughout The Gatton Academy. Allen has a close-knit nuclear family with 4 younger brothers and a younger sister. In his free time, he enjoys playing music, gaming, and reading-but most of his time is spent with the people he loves, simply doing life together.

Mr. Chris Milam

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor of Animal Scienc

Mr. Cole Bornefeld

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE

Mr. Cris Scudder

Job Titles:
  • Agriculture Systems Instructor

Mr. David Brinkley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE

Mr. Gary Broady

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE
  • STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Mr. George Nichols III

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE

Mr. Jacob Bowen

Job Titles:
  • Residential Counselor

Mr. Jeremiah Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Student Office Assistant

Mr. Joey Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Agriculture Technician

Mr. Noah Wills

Job Titles:
  • Lead Residential Counselor - Activities

Mr. Sam Earls

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  • Assistant Director, Academic Services

Mr. W. Currie Milliken

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mr. Warren Beeler

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor of Animal Scienc

Mrs. Ashley Taylor

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  • Assistant Director, Alumni Relations and Outreach

Mrs. Creste Jean


Mrs. Jodi Dosier

Job Titles:
  • Regional Admissions Counselor

Mrs. Kari Lynn Somers

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Admissions and Public Relations

Mrs. Paige Smith

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  • Equine Instructor

Ms. Abby Abrams

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  • Student Office Assistant

Ms. Anne Patterson

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Ms. April Gaskey

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Student Success

Ms. Beth Hawke

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Student Lif

Ms. Cheryl Kirby-Stokes

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Academic Opportunities

Ms. Danielle Klein

Job Titles:
  • Residential Counselor

Ms. Debbie Gabbard

Job Titles:
  • AREC Accounts Specialist

Ms. Doris Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Chairman of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE

Ms. Emma Looney

Job Titles:
  • Residential Counselor

Ms. Haley Glass

Job Titles:
  • Student Data Assistant

Ms. Jan West

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Chairman of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE

Ms. Linda Ball

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
  • Member of FINANCE and BUDGET COMMITTEE

Ms. Lisa Boswell

Job Titles:
  • Sociology Instructor

Ms. Melanie Asriel

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Ms. Melanie Redden

Job Titles:
  • Office Coordinator

Ms. Melodie Bird

Job Titles:
  • Residential Counselor

Ms. Molly Katherine Cornett

Job Titles:
  • Student Office Assistant

Naomi Rowland

Job Titles:
  • Lab Coordinator, Biotech Center and Part Time Agriculture Instructor

Niasha Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Academic & Outreach Coordinator

Nikki Roof

Job Titles:
  • Creamery Technician

Rheanna Plemons Ed

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Pedagogical Professor

Robert Brock

Job Titles:
  • Part - Time Instructor

Scott Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Trainer - Career & Workforce Development

Sherry Keown

Job Titles:
  • Part - Time Faculty

Stephanie Prichard

Job Titles:
  • Senior Regional Academic Advisor

Susan Esters

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Regional Communications

Thomas Gaffin

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Consultant

Tori Murley

Job Titles:
  • Educational Opportunity Centers, Coordinator

Trent Pool

Job Titles:
  • Director

Whitney Harper

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, BSW Program

William "Billy" Thomas

Job Titles:
  • WKU Connect Facilitator