Faculty and Staff

Penny Koontz (bio)
Psychology Clinic Director
Associate Professor
Psy.D., Marshall University
Office: HH 315
Phone: 304-696-2768
Email: koontz7@marshall.edu
Teaching Interests: Addiction, Geropsychology, Differential Diagnosis, Health Psychology, Clinical Supervision, Abnormal Psychology
Research Interests:  Addiction, Health Behaviors, Obesity,Mental Health and Aging, Stigma, Correctional & Forensic Psychology.

 

Dr.Lori Howard (bio)
Associate Professor
Special Education
GC 243
Phone: 304-746-2076
Email:  howardl@marshall.edu  

 

 

Eric Blough(bio)
Dean and Professor of Pharmaceutical Science
Department: School of Pharmacy
Office: SKH 319
Phone: 304-696-7394
Email: blough@marshall.edu
Area of Expertise: Sarcopenia, age-associated cardiovascular dysfunction
Research or Other Funded Grants: Metabolic syndrome, iron overload.

 

Luke Eric Lassiter, PhD (bio)
Director of the Marshall University Graduate Humanities Program
Professor of Humanities and Anthropology
Phone: 304-746-1923
Email: lassiter@marshall.edu 

 

 

 

Ralph E. McKinney, Jr., DBA (bio)
Department: LCOB/Management & Health Care Administration
Office: MUGC340
Phone: 304-539-3162
Email: mckinney23@marshall.edu
Area of Expertise: Cryptocurrency, Decision Theory, Human Resources, Poverty, Equity.

 

Sandra J. Reed (bio)
Professor Art Department: School of Art & Design, College of Arts and Media
Office: Visual Arts Center 508
Phone: 304-696-5671
Email: sandra.reed@marshall.edu

 

 

Larry Sheret (bio)
Scholarly Communication & Open Educational Resources Librarian
Office: DL 213C
Phone: 304-696-6577
Email: sheret@marshall.edu 

 

Masa Toyama (bio)
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., North Dakota State University
Office: HH 305
Phone: 304-696-2777
Email: toyama@marshall.edu
Research interests: Living and aging well, sense of control, fatalism, self-regulation, cross-cultural research, first-generation college students
Area of Expertise: Research in associations between psychological                                                                         factors (e.g., sense of control, personal growth) and healthy aging.