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First-Generation Faculty & Staff Directory

This directory is not an exhaustive list. This showcases First-Generation Faculty & Staff across campus.

Are you a first-generation faculty and/or staff member? Complete the form in the box to be added to the First-Generation Faculty & Staff Directory.

 FAculty & Staff Directory 

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Kayla Pendergast

Staff, Alumni Engagement

Office Number: 

704-687-7787

 

 

 

 

 

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Bobby Hobgood

Faculty, Languages and Culture Studies

Email:

bobbyhobgood@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sejal Foxx

Faculty, Counseling

 

 

 

 

 

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Nicole Benford

Alumn and Staff, Niner Financies

Email:

nicole.benford@charlotte.edu

Office:

King 211

 

 

 

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Katie Russo

Staff, Student Assistance and Support Services (SASS)

Email:

krusso4@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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Asanté Littleton

Staff, Housing and Residence Life 

Email:

alittlet@charlotte.edu

Office:

Housing and Residence Life (HRL) 123

 

 

 

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Tracy Beauregard

Alumni and Staff, Office of Registrar

Email:

tlbeaure@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

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Deborah Beete

Faulty, Public Health Sciences/CHHS

Email: dbeete@charlotte.edu

Office:

College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) 335G

 

 

 

 

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Matthew Parrow

Faculty, Biological Sciences

Email:

mwparrow@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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Ellissa Brooks Nelson

Staff, Student Affairs Research and Assessment

Email:

edbrook@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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Teresa Stafford Cronell

Faculty, School of Nursing

Email:

tcronell@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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Tehia Glass

Faculty, Reading and Elementary Education

Email:

tehia.glass@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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Becky Croxton

Faulty, Atkins Library

Email: 

becky.croxton@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

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Sean McCloud

Faulty, Religious Studies

Email: spmcclou@charlotte.edu 

Office: Macy 215

 

 

 

 

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Ysatiz Piñero

Staff, Office of Identity, Equity, and Engagement

Email:ypineroa@uncc.edu

Office: Popp Martin Student Union 252C

 

 

 

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Debbie Rose

Staff, University Career Center

drose19@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A.J. Simmons 

Alumni and Staff, Office of Academic Diversity and Inclusion

Email: AJ.Simmons@charlotte.edu

Office: Colvard North Suite 2400

 

 

 

 

Karen Shaffer

Karen Shaffer

Staff, Student Affairs

Email: karenshaffer@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nana Sledzieski

Staff, External Relations for CHESS and COS

Email: nsledzie@charlotte.edu 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tonya Bates

Alumni and Faculty, Biological Sciences

Email: tcbates@charlotte.edu

Office: Woodward 214A

 

 

 

 

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Gabrielle Jones

Alumni and Staff, Facilities Management

Email: gjones70@charlotte.edu

Phone Number: 7046876165

 

 

 

 

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Ron Smelser

Faculty, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Office: 222 Duke Centennial Hall

 

 

 

 

 

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Olya Keen

Faulty, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Email: okeen@charlotte.edu

Office Number: (704) 687-5048

Office: EPIC 3171

 

 

 

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Krystle Kunnathur

Alumni and Staff, School of Professional Studies

Email: khammac@charlotte.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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Chris Walls

Alumni and Staff, Office of Undergraduate Admissions

Email: cwalls9@charlotte.edu

Office Number: (704) 687-7276

Office: Gage Undergraduate Admissions Center, Room 210

 

 

 

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Tierra Williams

Staff, University Career Center

Email: tierra.williams@charlotte.edu

Office Number: (704) 687-0686

Office: UCC Career Center- Atkins 174

 

 

 

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Marie White

Alumni and Staff, School of Social Work

Email: mbwhite2@uncc.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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Denise Sabo

Staff, Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies

Email: dsabo1@charlotte.edu