Faculty and Staff

Faculty/Staff Members	Contact	About
Margaret Barth Professor and Chair	barthmm@appstate.edu 828-262-2661 (phone) 828-262-8626 (fax) 548C Leon Levine Hall	Dr. Margaret Barth is Professor and Chair of Nutrition and Health Care Management at Appalachian State University. Dr. Barth received her B.S. in Nutrition and Medical Dietetics from The University of Illinois at... read more
Lori Eberly Program Director for Health Sciences, Lecturer	eberlyll@appstate.edu 828-827-6536 (phone) 1427A Hickory Campus	Dr. Lori Eberly is the Program Director of the undergraduate Health Sciences program and a faculty member in Health Care Management. Prior to coming to App State, Dr. Eberly most recently served as program... read more
Courtney Lane MHA Program Specialist	lanecm@appstate.edu 828-262-8532 (phone) 828-262-8626 (fax) 540W Leon Levine Hall
Gilbert Munoz-Cornejo Assistant Professor	cornejogm@appstate.edu 828.262.7117 (phone) 540S Leon Levine Hall	Dr Munoz-Cornejo's research interests generally fall under the areas of healthcare regulatory compliance, data security, privacy, cybersecurity, and the legal regulation of electronic health records and digital health... read more
Ashley Parks Assistant Professor	parksav@appstate.edu 828-262-7479 (phone) 828-262-8626 (fax) 540Q Leon Levine Hall	Dr. Parks has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in health services administration and public health for over a decade and enjoys making “difficult concepts” accessible to students seeking to... read more
Manan Roy Associate Professor	roym1@appstate.edu 828-262-8641 (phone) 828-262-8626 (fax) 540T Leon Levine Hall	Dr. Roy is an Associate Professor in Health Care Management at Appalachian State University. She has taught economics at the undergraduate level and published several research articles. In 2016, Dr. Roy completed her... read more
Julie Ann Sakowski MHA Program Director, Associate Professor	sakowskija@appstate.edu 828-262-7341 (phone) 828-262-8626 (fax) 540Y Leon Levine Hall	Dr. Sakowski is the Program Director of the Master's in Health Administration (MHA) program, and an Associate Professor in Health Care Management at Appalachian State University. She has more than 20 years of... read more
Trent Spaulding Associate Professor, Bachelors of Health Care Management Program Director	spauldingtj@appstate.edu 828-262-8993 (phone) 828-262-8626 (fax) 540U Leon Levine Hall	Dr. Trent Spaulding is an Associate Professor. He earned his Ph.D. in Information Systems from Arizona State University, where his dissertation focused on hospital information systems. He also holds both a bachelor's... read more
Lynn Van Ess Administrative Support Specialist	vanesspl@appstate.edu 828-262-8619 (phone) 828-262-8626 (fax) 548D Leon Levine Hall	Ms. Lynn Van Ess joined the Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management in 2012. Prior to coming to Appalachian State, Ms. Van Ess lived in North Jersey and worked as a music educator, a business co-owner, and... read more
David Williams Professor of Health Care Management	willimsdr@appstate.edu 828-262-7335 (phone) 540X Leon Levine Hall	Education: B.A. English Literature, Wofford College, Master of Business Administration, Georgia State University, Master of Health Administration, Georgia State University, Ph.D. Administration—Health Services,... read more