Graduate Catalog 2025-2026 
    
    Dec 06, 2025  
Graduate Catalog 2025-2026

Administration and Faculty


Business Administration

Chair of Non-Traditional and Graduate Business Programs

Laura S. Foote
Associate Professor of Management Studies (2007)
B.A., The Pennsylvania State University; M.A., The University of Akron; Ed.D., Regent University

Dean of the Division of Business and Technologies

Elizabeth A. Postlewaite
Associate Professor of Business (2012)
B.A., The Ohio State University; M.B.A., Malone University; D.B.A., Walden University

Graduate Faculty

Year indicates appointment to full-time faculty

Julia A. Frankland
Professor of Business Administration (1999)
B.A., Westminster College; M.A., The University of Akron; Ph.D., Kent State University

Elizabeth A. Postlewaite
Assistant Professor of Business (2012)
B.A., The Ohio State University; M.B.A., Malone University; D.B.A., Walden University

Counseling and Human Development

Chair of the Graduate Program in Counseling and Human Development

Natalie R. Thornberry, PC
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Human Development (2020)
B.A., Miami University; M.A.Ed., Malone University; Ph.D., Kent State University

Dean of the Division of Social Learning

Kara A. Kaelber, PCC-S
Professor of Counseling and Human Development (2008)
B.A., The University of Akron; M.A.Ed., Malone University; Ph.D., The University of Akron

Graduate Faculty

Year indicates appointment to full-time faculty

Ashley M. Ackerman, LPC
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Human Development and Psychology (2025)
B.S., The University of Akron; B.A. and M.S., Wright State University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Katelyn G. Dolieslager, LPC
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Human Development (2025)
B.S., James Madison University; M.A., Eastern Mennonite University; Ph.D., James Madison University.

Kara A. Kaelber, PCC-S
Professor of Counseling and Human Development (2008)
B.A., The University of Akron; M.A.Ed., Malone University; Ph.D., The University of Akron

Kristy M. Koser, LPCC
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Human Development (2024)
B.S. and M.A., Eastern Mennonite University; Ph.D., James Madison University

Tanesha L. Rorie, LPCC
Associate Professor of Counseling and Human Development (2024)
B.S. and M.A., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., Kent State University

Natalie R. Thornberry, PC
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Human Development (2020)
B.A., Miami University; M.A.Ed., Malone University; Ph.D., Kent State University

Christina M. Woloch, LPC, LICDC
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Human Development (2021)
B.S. Wright State University; M.A.Ed., Malone University; Ph.D., The University of Akron

Nursing 

Director of the Graduate Program in Nursing

Sandra L. Knauf
Assistant Professor of Nursing (2018)
B.S.N., University of Toledo; M.S.N., Medical College of Ohio; Family Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified

Dean of the Division of Natural and Health Sciences

Carrie D. Stroup
Chief Nursing Administrator, Professor of Nursing (2013)
B.S.N., Malone University; M.S.N., Liberty University; D.N.P., Carlow University

Graduate Faculty

Year indicates appointment to full-time faculty

Sandra L. Knauf
Assistant Professor of Nursing (2018)
B.S.N., University of Toledo; M.S.N., Medical College of Ohio; Family Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified

Carrie D. Stroup
Professor of Nursing (2013)
B.S.N., Malone University; M.S.N., Liberty University; D.N.P., Carlow University

Lora L. Wyss
Professor of Nursing (2001)
Diploma in Nursing, Mercy School of Nursing; B.S.N. and M.S.N., George Mason University; Ph.D., The University of Akron; Clinical Nurse Specialist