 | Dr. Timothy Atchison Associate Professor of Psychology "Clinical Psychology is a field dedicated to the use of the science of psychology to help individuals and those around them with various problems." tatchison@wtamu.edu
Dr. Atchison's Bio | |  | Dr. Robert Beckley Professor of Sociology "Teaching in sociology allows me to explore scientifically how groups and institutional arrangements influence human behavior in society. Letting others know this information through teaching and writing has remained my passion over the years." rbeckley@wtamu.edu
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 | Dr. Darla Beaty Assistant Professor of Social Work As a practicing MSSW for 25 years, I learned so much from the wisdom of my clients, who came to me because of challenges they faced in dealing with substance abuse, mental health disorders or complications of medical problems. Once I had social work students placed with me in field, I learned the joy of helping others learn about our noble profession. Now as a faculty member at WT, I look forward to each semester and the adventure of knowledge and skill building. dbeaty@wtamu.edu
Dr. Beaty's Bio | |  | Dr. Billy Blodgett Assistant Professor of Social Work My musical hero, George Harrison, once wrote a song entitled “Any Road Will Take You There.” What makes teaching exciting for me is to choose what roads will be most effective in engaging my students to learn and apply knowledge. bblodgett@wtamu.edu
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 | Dr. Gary R. Byrd Professor of Psychology "Taking curiosity about the behavior of all organisms and combining it with disciplined scientific methodology -- the result generates NEW knowledge. Don't study yesterday's explanation of human behavior: help create tomorrow's advanced understanding. Come find out how!" gbyrd@wtamu.edu
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Dr. Byrd's Personal Page | |  | Dr. Maureen Cuevas Assistant Professor of Social Work "The most enjoyable thing about teaching for me is that is allows me to keep learning every day. With each new student and each new semester, I discover some aspect of the topics we cover that I hadn't considered before, and I discover some part of myself that I hadn't highlighted before. Also, teaching keeps me honest. I can't teach social work without constantly re-evaluating how I live my life and what messages I am sending with my actions, so i have to be real and true and open to whatever is going on around me, and I love that." mcuevas@wtamu.edu
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 | Kenneth Denton Visiting Instructor of Psychology “Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.” -Henry David Thoreau kdenton@wtamu.edu
Kenneth Denton's Bio | |  | Dr. Maxine DeButte-Smith Assistant Professor of Psychology "The brain is the last and grandest biological frontier, the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe. It contains hundreds of billions of cells interlinked through trillions of connections. The brain boggles the mind."- James D. Watson mdebutte-smith@wtamu.edu
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 | Lana Fry Instructor of Psychology “The truly great teacher doesn’t merely ‘cover’ subject matter, she creatively ‘uncovers’ it – striving to make subject matter ‘matter’.” Sue Sheridan
I love teaching and watching excitement for higher learning ignite in my students.” lfry@wtamu.edu
Lana Fry's Bio | |  | Dr. Jenifer Kunz Department Head, Professor of Sociology "Sociology is an awesome field because it applies to everyday life! Everything we do daily involves sociology. It helps us see the strange in a familiar way. It helps us recognize general patterns in the behavior of people and it helps to explain how society shapes our personal choices." jkunz@wtamu.edu
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 | Dr. Melody Loya Assistant Professor of Social Work "Do not expect to sit and be lectured at when taking my classes. I love interactive, exciting and energetic classrooms and feel that students learn best when they are engaged and challenged." mloya@wtamu.edu
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 | Kimberli S. Phillips Instructor Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson kphillips@wtamu.edu
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| |  | Dr. Henry Poduthase Assistant Professor of Social Work "I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions??Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." (Mahatma Gandhi) hpoduthase@wtamu.edu
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 | Dr. Keith Price Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice "After working for the Texas prison system for thirty years, my parole to West Texas A&M University is like making it to heaven. Students are fairly easy to manage after dealing with robbers, rapists and murderers and a lot more fun. Come take a class in criminal justice or sociology and learn why it is better to be a student than a convict." kprice@wtamu.edu
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Dr. Price's Personal Page | |  | Cara Speer Instructor of Social Work "I thoroughly enjoy introducing students to a profession I love - the profession of social work. Ours is a profession that treats people with respect and dignity without asking, 'Does this person deserve respect?' Ours is a profession that values relationships between humans and seeks to enhance those relationships. I want to replenish our profession with dedicated and well-educated, young social workers. That is why I am at WTAMU." cspeer@wtamu.edu
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 | Claudia Stuart Instructor of Sociology and Criminal Justice "I look forward each semester for the opportunity to have new students and former students taking new subject areas from me. I always say, nothing ever means anything to anyone unless and until you show them how much you care. I believe the students know that I care about their success at this University and will work with them to realize their optimum potential."
cstuart@wtamu.edu
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