Notable Women of ETSU

Annual Award Event

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

2025 Notable Women

The Notable Women of ETSU Award

Was Created to Honor and Celebrate Notable Women By:

  • Exposing ETSU and the surrounding community to the expertise and accomplishments of women academics on our campus.
  • Providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, research, and projects that are generated by women faculty.
  • Identifying women faculty at ETSU whose work has advanced our understanding of women and their lives.
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2024 Recipients

Dr. Dottie Greene
Department of Social Work

Professor Melissa Shafer
Department of Theatre and Dance

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2023 Recipients

Dr. Fereshteh Gerayli
Department of Family Medicine

Dr. Amber Kinser
Department of Communication Studies & Storytelling

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2022 Recipients

Dr. Cerrone Foster
Department of Biological Sciences

Dr. Mary Mullins
Department of Social Work

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2021 Recipients

Dr. Aruna Kilaru
Department of Biological Sciences

Dr. Vanessa Mayoraz
Department of Art & Design

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2020 Recipients

Dr. Martha Michieka
Department of Literature and Language

Dr. Judy McCook
College of Nursing

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2019 Recipients

Dr. Sarah Melton
Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy

Dr. Lynn Williams
College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences

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2018 Recipients

Dr. Jodi Polaha
Department of Family Medicine

Dr. Kelly Atkins
Department of Management & Marketing

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2017 Recipients

Dr. Stacey Willliams
Department of Psychology

Professor Karen Brewster
Department of Theater and Dance

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2016 Recipients

Dr. Katie Baker
College of Public Health

Dr. Patricia Vanhook
College of Nursing

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2015 Recipients

Dr. Cecilia McIntosh
Department of Biological Sciences

Dr. Mary Langenbrunner
Department of Counseling and Human Services

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2014 Recipients

Dr. Karen Schetzina
Department of Pediatrics 

Dr. Beth Bailey
Department of Family Medicine

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2013 Recipients

Dr. Amal Khoury
Department of Philosophy and Humanities

Dr. Rosalind Gann
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

 

 

 
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2012 Recipients

Dr. Leslie MacAvoy
Department of Philosophy and Humanities

Dr. Edith Seier
Department of Mathematics and Statistics 

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2011 Recipients

Professor Kathleen Higginson Grover
Department of Literature and Language

Dr. Marie Tedesco
Master of Arts and Liberal Studies Program

 
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2010 Recipients

Dr. Ardis Nelson
Language and Cultural Resource Center
In Memory (1942-2017)

Dr. Martha Copp
Department of Sociology and Anthropology 

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2009 Recipients

Dr. Dorothy Dobbins
Department of Social Work

Dr. Priscilla Wyrick
Quillen College of Medicine

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2008 Recipients

Dr. Judith Slagle
Department of Literature and Language

Dr. Joellen Edwards
College of Nursing

 

 

 
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2007 Recipients

Dr. Maria Niederberger
Department of Music 

Dr. Peggy Cantrell
Department of Psychology

 
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2006 Recipients

Dr. Theresa Lura
Quillen College of Medicine 

Dr. Mary Hooks
Quillen College of Medicine

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2005 Recipients

Dr. Teresa Haynes
Department of Mathematics and Statistics  

Dr. Rebecca Pyles
Department of Biological Sciences

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2004 Recipients

Dr. Patricia Robertson
Human Development and Learning

Dr. Roberta Herrin
Department of Appalachian Studies

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2003 Recipients

Dr. Wilsie Bishop
Department of Health Affairs

Dr. Elizabeth McCord
Department of Family Medicine

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2002 Recipients

Dr. Joyce Duncan
Department of Counseling and Human Services

Dr. Susan Grover
College of Nursing

If you are interested in nominating a Notable Woman, please contact the WGSS office for details at wgss@etsu.edu.