Department of Nursing

Faculty & Staff

Rebekah Almond, MSN, RN

Clinical Instructor

512-D Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8091 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

almondre@appstate.edu

Jean Bernard, PhD, MSN, RN

Director of Undergraduate Programs

Associate Professor

512-B Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8468 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

bernardjs@appstate.edu

Melinda Bogardus, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

511 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8087 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

bogardusma@appstate.edu

Dana E. Brackney, PhD, RN, CDE, BC-ADM

Associate Professor

520 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8028 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

brackneyde@appstate.edu

Mary Coleman, MSN, RN

RN-BSN Program Coordinator

Off campus

(828) 262-8054 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

colemanma1@appstate.edu

Tammy M. Haley, PhD, RN

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Programs

510 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8005 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

haleytm@appstate.edu

Whitney Hicks, MSN, RN, BMTCN

Clinical Instructor

521 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8082 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

hickswh@appstate.edu

Angela Koontz, MSN, RN

Clinical Instructor

508 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8015 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

koontzam@appstate.edu

Susan Lane, PhD, MSN, RN

Associate Professor

512-A Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8047 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

lanesh@appstate.edu

Rebecca Liljestrand, MPH, BSN, RN

Clinical Instructor

515 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8012 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

liljestrandrl@appstate.edu

Gregory Marler, DNP, ACNP, RN

Assistant Professor

512-C Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8004 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

marlergs@appstate.edu

Sarah Martin, MSN, RNC-OB

Clinical Instructor

504 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8074 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

martinsr4@appstate.edu

Kristen Morgan, MSN, RN, CNE

Clinical Instructor

506 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8093 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

morgankm1@appstate.edu

Kathleen Rayman, PhD, RN

Professor

Department Chairperson

532-C Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-7460 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

raymankm@appstate.edu

Michele Rudisill, DNP, MHA, RN, CPEN, EMT-P

Clinical Instructor

517 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8043 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

rudisillml@appstate.edu

Rebecca Turpin, PhD, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Director of Compliance and Student Support

Associate Professor

514 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8080 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

turpinrl@appstate.edu

Heather Venrick, DNP, FNP-C, RN

Clinical Instructor

516 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-2541 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

venrickhw@appstate.edu

Amber Welborn, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

518 Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8050 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

welbornac@appstate.edu

Kelly Wittmann

Administrative Assistant

532-D Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-8003 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

wittmannkb@appstate.edu

Lee Wittmann, M.Ed.

Manager of Healthcare Simulation and Innovation

542-B Leon Levine Hall

(828) 262-6976 (phone)
(828) 262-8066 (fax)

wittmannlm@appstate.edu