Meet Our Faculty
Video Statements
Click on any of the names below to see what faculty members are saying about their distance education experience at Carolina.
You can also view written statements from past members of our distance education community.
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 | Adrienne Coats, a Program Manager, American Society of Echocardiography from Wake County, participated in the Executive MPH program. "The coursework is extremely interesting and relevant to daily life." |
 | Beverly Glienke, an Education Instructor, teaches in the Carolina Online Lateral Entry program. "In person, you go through all these social conventions and there’s a certain distance I think in face to face classes where that kind of goes out the window when you’re in distance education." |
 | Anne Hastings, a Senior Lecturer from Durham County, teaches in the Carolina Courses Online program. "I particularly like teaching online courses because the majority of the students who take the online courses are non-traditional students." |
 | Catherine Barrett, an Education Professor and Literacy/Reading Online Program Coordinator, teaches in the Literacy Studies program. "I think the thing that comes to my mind is how important it is for non-traditional students to have the opportunity for online learning because many of the nontraditional students are working mothers." |
 | Deb Aikat, an Associate Professor and Media Futurist from Orange County, teaches in the Certificate in Technology and Communication program. "I was inspired to get into online learning because I really wanted to motivate the students to pursue life-long learning." |
 | Debbie Thompson, a Clinical Associate Professor from Orange County, teaches in the RN to BSN program. "When we made the decision to put the program totally online, I had some misgivings about it....I've been very pleasantly surprised, and that was from the beginning...I believe that we were able to maintain the same quality that we had with the face to face program." |
 | Diane Calleson, a Clinical Assistant Professor from Orange County, teaches in the MPH in the Public Health Leadership program. "There's multiple ways that students are using this class to transfer into their work settings." |
 | Iris Carlton-LaNey, a Professor, teaches in the Masters in Social Work Degree program. "Teaching distance students really makes me a better classroom teacher not just for them but for the traditional students as well." |
 | Jane Monaco, a Clinical Assistant Professor from Wake County, teaches in the Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts program. "The content for the Biostatistics course residentially and the distance education program are exactly the same. The method of delivery is different. But the actual content of what the student learn is identical." |
 | Karen McCulloch, an Assistant Director for Distance and Continuing Education & Associate Professor from Orange County, teaches in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. "It tends to bring out the strengths of all the students because they demonstrate their expertise and what they're learning in a very visible way." |
 | Ned Brooks, a Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Administration, UNC School of Public Health, from Orange County, teaches in the DrPH Public Health Leadership program. "Interaction just breeds itself in this program." |
 | Susan Friel, a Professor Mathematics Education from Orange County, teaches in the Master of Education for Experienced Teachers program. "They come with varying levels of skills and writing abilities. They leave being Carolina graduates. They leave with the quality you would expect and they come in prepared to have that kind of quality." |
 | Judy Ostendorf, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Public Health Leadership program, Occupational Health Nursing concentration in the School of Public Health, teaches in the Occupational Health Nursing Program. "The quality of the distance program is certainly comparable to the residential program." |