Workforce Leadership and Human Resource Education Faculty and Staff
Full-time Faculty
Roger Buskill
Instructor
Rod Githens, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Co-Director, M.S. in Human Resource Education Program
Ann Herd, Ph.D.
Term Assistant Professor
Sharon Kerrick, Ph.D.
Term Assistant Professor
Pradeep Kotamraju, Ph.D.
Term Assistant Professor and Deputy Director, National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
Pat Leitsch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Co-Director, M.S. Human Resource Education Program
Antonette McDonald, Ph.D.
Instructor and Program Manager, B.S. in Workforce Leadership Program
Donna Pearson, Ph.D.
Term Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the National Center for Career and Technical Education
Michael Rowland, Ph.D.
Term Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Health Professions Education Program
James Stone, Ed.D.
Professor, Distinguished University Scholar and Director of the National Center for Career and Technical Education
Program Staff
Students interested in pursuing the B.S. and M.S. programs should contact Program Staff to arrange an advising session.
Matt Bergman
Sr. Academic Counselor for the Workforce Leadership B.S. Program
502-852-2570
Mark Casey
Program Coordinator for the Workforce Leadership B.S. Program - Ft. Knox
502-852-6444
Susan Hildebrand
Sr. Program Coordinator for the Workforce Leadership B.S. Degree Program and
Human Resource Education M.S. Programs.
502-852-0568
Affiliated Instructors
Orville Blackman
Postdoctoral Associate
Teaching Area: Training Delivery
Denise Cumberland
Graduate Assistant
Teaching Area: Workplace Ethics
Adjunct Faculty
| Anum Akai, Ph.D. Teaching Areas: Training Delivery |
Elizabeth Krauss Teaching Areas: B.S. Program Orientation, Leadership |
| James Atkinson Teaching Areas: Workplace Ethics |
Hardy MacKenzie Teaching Areas: Instructional Design, Training Facilitation Methods |
| Cathy Avdevich Teaching Areas: B.S. Program Orientation, Training Delivery, Learning Design |
Rodney Merkley Teaching Areas: Training Delivery |
| Dana Cosby-Simmons, Ph.D. Teaching Areas: Program Evaluation, Adult Learning |
Dan Oprish Teaching Area: Learning Design |
| Roy Elam, Ph.D. Teaching Areas: Measuring and Evaluating Effectiveness, HR Functions |
Jennifer Platt, Ph.D. Teaching Areas: Training Facilitations Methods, Adult Learning |
| Ray Klein Teaching Areas: Organizational Change |
Richard Swanson Teaching Area: HR Functions |

