College of Arts & Sciences

Tiffany Baffour, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Behavioral Sciences and Social Work and Associate Professor of Social Work

Office: 108 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2061
Email: baffourt@wssu.edu

Education:  B.A. New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ, M.A., University of Delaware, Newark, DE., M.S.S. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, P.hD. Howard University, Washington, D.C.  

Deborah Farmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Gerontology 

Office: 106 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2974
Email: farmerde@wssu.edu 

Education:  B.A., Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA M.Ed., Springfield College, Springfield, MA Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Shannon D. Mathews, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Gerontology                                         Gerontology Program Coordinator

Office: 307 Coltrane Hall 
Phone: 336-750-8804
Email: mathewssh@wssu.edu 

Education:  B.A., Pomona College, Claremont, CA M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Nelson Adams, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology 

Office: 316 Coltrane Hall 
Phone: 336-750-2626 
Email:  adamsn@wssu.edu 

Education:  B.A., University of Missouri, Columbia  Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany 

Gary Bond, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Psychology 

Office: 115 Coltrane Hall 
Phone: 336-750-3254 
Email: bondga@wssu.edu 

Education:  B.A., M.A., Ph.D., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 

Amber DeBono, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology 

Office: 110 Modular Unit East 
Phone: 336-750-3254 
Email:  debonoae@wssu.edu 

Education:  B.A., University of Arizona, M.A., Hunter College City University of New York, Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany 

Charlotte N. Frazier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology 

Office: 149 Modular Unit East
Phone: 336-750-8832
Email: frazierch@wssu.edu 

Education:  B.A., Spelman College, Atlanta GA M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia MO

Naomi Hall, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Office: 103 Modular Unit East
Phone: 336-750-8800
Email: hallna@wssu.edu 

Education:  B.S., California State University, East Bay, CA M.P.H., San Diego State University, San Diego, CA M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Anna Lee, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of Psychology

Office: 305 Coltrane Hall 
Phone: 336-750-2649 
Email: leea@wssu.edu 

Education: B.S., Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA  M.S., Ph.D., Howard University, Washington, DC 

Michele Lewis, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of Psychology                                          Psychology Program Coordinator  

Office: 104 Modular East  
Phone: 336-750-8801 
Email: lewismi@wssu.edu 

Education:  B.S., Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA  M.A., Ph.D., Howard University, Washington, DC 

Martha Low, M.Ed. 
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology 

Office: 111 Modular Unit East  
Phone: 336-750-8806 
Email: lowm@wssu.edu   

Education: B.A. North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC  M.A. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Greensboro, NC  M.Ed., Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 

Lori Sheppard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Office: 304 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2641
Email: sheppardl@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., M.A., Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Ph.D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Christopher Stanley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology  

Office: Modular East 109
Phone: 336-750-8805
Email: stanleych@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL M.S., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Ph.D., Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Richard Walker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology

Office: 313 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2624
Email: walkerr@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., Ohio State University, Columbus. OH M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Tiffany Baffour, Ph.D.
Department Chair Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Social Work

Office: 108 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2627
Email: baffourt@wssu.edu

Education:  B.A. New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ, M.A., University of Delaware, Newark, DE., M.S.S. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, P.hD. Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Yolanda M. Byrd, M.S.W.
Interim Field Director Assistant Professor of Social Work

Office: 315 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2085
Email: byrdyo@wssu.edu

Education: B.S.W., Livingstone College, Salisbury NC M.S.W., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC

Isiah Marshall, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Assistant Professor of Social Work                                          Social Work Program Coordinator  

Office: 109 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2084
Email: marshallis@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., Texas Southern University, Houston, TX M.S.W., Ph.D., Howard University, Washington, DC

Janella Melius, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Social Work

Office: 108 Modular Unit East
Phone: 336-750-2595
Email: meliusja@wssu.edu

Education: B.S.W., University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, VI M.S.W., The University of Akron, Akron, OH Ph.D., Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA

Lynn Harvey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology

Office: 302 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2642
Email: harveyly@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., M.A., Baylor University, Waco, TX Ph.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

NKrumah Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office: 105 Modular Unit East
Phone: 336-750-8802
Email: lewisnk@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC M.S., North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

Yvonne McDonald, M.S.
Instructor of Sociology

Office: 205 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2695
Email: mcdonaldy@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Edward Opoku-Dapaah, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology

Office: 318 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2643
Email: dapaahe@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., University of Ghana, Accra. Ghana M.A., Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Ph.D., York University, North York, ON

George Segebade, M.S., M.A.
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology

Office: 111 Modular Unit East
Phone: 336-750-8807
Email: segebadeg@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., University of Delaware, Newark, DE M.S., M.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Joti Sekhon, Ph.D
Professor of Sociology

Office: 116 Old Nursing Bldg.
Phone: 336-750-2306
Email: sekhonj@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., University of Delhi, New Delhi, India M.A., University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Okori Uneke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology

Office: 209 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2621
Email: unekeo@wssu.edu

Education: B.Sc., University of Nigeria, Enugu State town of Nsukka Nigeria M.A., Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Ph.D., University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada

Cecile Yancu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office: 309 Coltrane Hall
Phone: 336-750-2615
Email: yancuc@wssu.edu

Education: B.A., Hunter College of CUNY, New York, NY M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, NY