Contact Information
209 Chapell Wilson Hall
Boone, NC 28608
Voice: 828.262.2293
Fax: 828. 262.2294

Department Chair
Ed Folts 
foltswe@appstate.edu

Social Work Director
Leon Ginsberg
ginsberglh@appstate.edu

Sociology Director
Bradley Nash, Jr.
nashb@appstate.edu

Gerontology Director
Ed Rosenberg
rosenberge@appstate.edu

Office Manager
Katherine Sbarbaro
sbarbaroka@appstate.edu  
Web Manager
Jammie Price
pricejl@appstate.edu

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Sally Brocksen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
227 Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-7074
brocksensm@appstate.edu

Leon Ginsberg, Ph.D., MSW
Professor/Director
9H Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-6477
ginsberglh@appstate.edu

Kellie Reed Ashcraft, Ph.D., MSW
Associate Professor
9F Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/265-8667
ashcraftkb@appstate.edu

Tiffany Christian, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor
9C Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-6394
christinty@appstate.edu

Griff Gilbert, LCSW, MSW, LCAS
Clinical Instructor
7A Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-6389
gilbertgh@appstate.edu

Sherri Green, Ph.D., LCSW
Assistant Professor
9H Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-7682
greens@appstate.edu

Judy Kaplan, MSW, LCSW
Lecturer
7A Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-7075
kaplanje@appstate.edu

Lauren Renkert, Ph.D., LCSW
Assistant Professor
9E Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-7907
renkertle@appstate.edu

Glenda F. Short, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor
9B Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-7658
shortgf@appstate.edu

Julie Sprinkle, Ph.D., LMSW
Assistant Professor
9B Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-6399
sprinkleje@appstate.edu

John Turner, Ph.D., MSW
Director, Institute for Health and Human Services
Professor
University Hall
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-6148
turnerjm@appstate.edu

Amy Lyons
Office Assistant
9A Chapell Wilson Hall
Social Work Program
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828/262-2299
lyonsad@appstate.edu