Directory
The School of Dental Hygiene faculty represents a standard of excellence in teaching, research, and service. Our faculty have national and international reputations as scholars and researchers and are considered experts in the disciplines they teach. The School employs eight full-time faculty members who hold a masters degree, PhD, or DDS, thirteen part-time faculty members who hold masters degrees or a baccalaureate in the field of dental hygiene, and five graduate research and teaching assistants who are actively pursuing a masters degree in dental hygiene.
Full Time Faculty Members
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- Michele Darby, BSDH, MS, Eminent Scholar, Chair, and Graduate Program Director
- Rodney Cordell Johns, DMD, Lecturer
- Margaret Lemaster, BSDH, MS, Instructor
- Gayle McCombs, RDH, MS, Associate Professor and Director, Dental Hygiene Research Center
- Deanne Shuman, BSDH, MS, PhD, Professor
- Sharon Stull, RHD, MS, Instructor
- Evelyn Thomson, BSDH, MS, Senior Lecturer
- Lynn Tolle, BSDH, MS, Professor and Clinic Director
Part Time Faculty Members
- Carolyn Bland, BSDH, MS
- Irene Connolly, BSDH, MS
- David Crouse, Sr. DDS
- Tara Garlow, BSDH, MS
- Vicki Goldbach, BSDH
- Ana Haley, BSDH
- Elena Haveles, Pharm D
- Nakia Nate Howard, BSDH
- Joan Ignacio, BSDH
- Inma LaCross, BSDH, MS
- Kenneth Marinak, DDS
- Frederick Ochave, BSDH, DDS
- Catherine Seifert, BSDH
- Erin Simmons, BSDH
- Lisa Turner, BSDH, MS
Graduate Assistants
- Christina Atkinson, BSDH
- Chawntile Dixie, BSDH
- Vanessa Fernandes, RDH, BS
- Ameerah Givens, BSDH
- Michelle Sirois, RDH, BS
Staff Personnel
Lauren Arlaud, CDA
Clinic Support Tech
rarlaud@odu.edu
Jane Plummer-Washington
Administrative Assistant
jplummer@odu.edu
Natasha Jackson Priester
Clinic Manager
njackson@odu.edu
School Phone Numbers
Clinic (757) 683-4308
Main Office (757) 683-3338
Dental Hygiene Research Center (757) 683-4719