Lauren Albin joined the YHC family in 2022. She specializes in telescopes, star lore, and poetry. She came to YHC from Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, GA where she worked in the planetarium and observatory. Since arriving at Young Harris College, Lauren has hosted numerous shows in the O. Wayne Rollins Planetarium and opened the college’s observatory for YHC students, local school groups and members of the surrounding community. Lauren teaches astronomy courses like “Introduction to the Solar System” and “Beyond the Solar System” for both YHC and Young Harris Early College students. She is also a published poet and translator of Korean poetry. In her freetime, she likes to read and travel. 

Dr. Atherton joined the YHC faculty in 2016 at which time she assumed the role of Director of Field and Clinical Experiences in addition to her instructional duties. She has been teaching Educational Psychology, Assessment, Field Seminars, and Research Lab in the Education Department.

Currently, Dr. Atherton also serves as the Coordinator of the Elementary Education Program. Her current research interests lie in examining pre-service teachers' cognitive awareness as it pertains to their practice. Dr. Atherton enjoys the learning experiences she shares with students as they co-construct knowledge to develop conceptual understanding through course work and student research focused on developing their pedagogical practice. 

Professor of Music Jeffrey Bauman joined the YHC faculty in 1992.  He is the Director of Choral and Vocal Activities at Young Harris College where he directs the Concert Choir and Chamber Choir, teaches applied voice and conducting, and serves as Chair of the Department of Music.  Choirs under his direction have sung in some of the greatest European venues, performed for ACDA and GMEA conventions, and regularly tour the U.S.  A life member of ACDA, Professor Bauman serves as clinician for choral events throughout Georgia and is a certified head adjudicator for performance evaluation.  Jeff recently served on the national choral advisory council for NAfME, including two years as chair of that committee.

A former NATS winner, Jeff has performed leading operatic roles throughout the southeast and regularly appears in concert and on the rosters of professional choral organizations. Singers from his voice studio regularly win and place at regional and national singing competitions.  In addition to these responsibilities, Mr. Bauman is the Director of Music at the First United Methodist Church of Union County where he has served for twenty-four years.  He resides in Blairsville with his lovely wife Diane.

Dr. Amy Boggan joined the YHC faculty in 2012. A Mississippi native, her research interests focus on human expertise, particularly how the human brain develops various types of visual (e.g., chess positions, faces, music notation) and auditory (music, birdsong) expertise and the memory and perceptual advantages shown by experts. Specifically, she wishes to better understand types of expertise that involve more than one sensory modality simultaneously (e.g., sightreading music requires sight, touch, and hearing).  She has presented her research at several professional conferences and is an author on papers appearing in the Journal of Neuroscience, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Neuroscience Letters, and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. While at Young Harris, Dr. Boggan has created several psychology elective courses such as the Psychology of Music and Human Error, a class about human factors psychology. She is passionate about undergraduate research as an opportunity for students to shine outside the classroom. As someone who has previously taught political science, geography, and the humanities, she encourages her students to appreciate the connections across disciplines and consider their contributions as individuals and community members. Outside of the classroom, she is a musician and an avid birder (bird-watcher).  She enjoys nature photography, and in 2019 one of her photos appeared in Birds & Blooms magazine.     
 

Dr. Mary Brink joined the YHC faculty in 2014.  Dr. Brink teaches art history and art appreciation. In her classes, she focuses on active learning. In some classes, students design Gothic stained-glass windows with compasses to learn about connections between math, art, and history. In other courses they play board games where they act as ancient Roman art patrons, or they compete in architectural scavenger hunts across campus. These types of activities focus on experiential learning, where students can develop a deep understanding of the cultures, values, and objectives tied to the artworks they study. Dr. Brink especially enjoys teaching Women and Art, Twentieth Century Art, and Contemporary Art Issues. In her classes she strives to instill her love of art history in her students, helping bring the past to life for them and showing them how our study of history can reveal more about our own lives and society. Her research focuses on late nineteenth century French painting, especially Symbolism and the Salons of the Rose + Croix. In her research she uses statistical analysis to understand group dynamics and trends within the critical response to art exhibitions. 

Dr. Matthew Steven Bruen joined the Young Harris College faculty in 2014. His first book, Keeper of Lost Places, is under contract with Rothco Press, with an expected release date of Spring 2023. Currently, he is authoring essays on such diverse topics as Edward Snowden’s post-whistleblowing career, the forgotten history of slavery in the Northern United States, and the influence of the philosopher Spinoza on the development of early American literature and culture. When he isn’t teaching, writing, or raising his two daughters, Dr. Bruen enjoys fly fishing for trout on the many beautiful streams of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 

Dr. Leah Burnham joined the YHC faculty in 2022. She teaches American history I and II, as well as a variety of upper level classes. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and spending time with her family. 

Ms. Buzzacco joined YHC's faculty in Fall 2022. She is originally from Youngstown, Ohio and recently lived in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. She currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri and enjoys teaching academic writing, job skills, research techniques, American literature, British Literature, and creative writing. She has pieces published in The Broken Plate, Estuaries, Zaum, and received an honorable mention for her story "The Year of the Snake" from Glimmer Train. She is currently working on publishing an article about Critical Disciplinary Literacy and is working on forming a course for Video Games as Literature. She also led two webinars for Hawkes Learning: How to Make Students Care (A Little More) About Their Essays, and How to Make an Online Course Feel Like a Traditional Classroom in 2022. When not working, Olivia is spending time with her two dogs, reading, baking, or playing video games.

Dr. Anne Marguerite Coyle joined the YHC faculty in the fall of 2022. Her research focuses on conservation, population, and landscape ecology, specializing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Statistics. Her Master's research studied the impacts of land use on fish community structure using the Index of Biological Integrity (IBI). In this, she integrated the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation into GIS to create an erosion potential model for the state of North Dakota. For her PhD and beyond, she researched the ecology of nesting golden eagles in Western North Dakota.   She is still working with her data including telemetry locations she collected from tagged juvenile golden eagles. Her research served as a model for conservation, working with multiple interest groups, agencies, businesses, and landowners. Dr. Coyle is interested in future research involving the conservation of plants and plant-insect interactions.

Previously, Dr. Coyle enjoyed teaching various science courses and hired many students to assist in her research. She particularly enjoys YHC's undergraduate research program since it allows her to mentor students as they conduct their research. Since arriving at Young Harris College, she has taught introductory courses in biology, senior research capstone, and a GIS independent study course.

Over the years, she has worked for various federal and state agencies in GIS, ecology, wildlife/forestry management, and environmental review. She loves hiking and running, is curious about many subjects, such as history and physics, and enjoys art, music, writing, and photography.

Chris Crawford has been with Young Harris College since 2012, primarily designing lighting and scenery and teaching technical theatre and design classes.  Chris has served as a chair, dean, faculty senate president, and served on innumerable committees in his time at YHC.  Outside the school he is a freelance lighting designer, production manager, and event coordinator for theatrical, corporate, and concert production events along the East coast.   

Ms. DeFoor was appointed adjunct instructor of music in 2000 and instructor of music in 2012. She has studied with Elizabeth Buday (piano), Peter DeWitt (organ), and Jan van Otterloo (organ).                                                                                  Ms. DeFoor has been an independent music teacher for 40 years in Florida and Georgia. Ms. DeFoor has extensive accompanying and collaborative music experience in both chamber and orchestral settings.
Ms. DeFoor is a nationally certified member of Music Teachers National Association, Georgia Music Teachers Association, Past President of Fort Myers Music Teachers Association (1993-1995), Past President (2013-15) of the Northeast Georgia Music Teachers Association and past Georgia Music Teachers Association State Certification Chair (2016-2018).  Ms. DeFoor serves as the faculty advisor for the Young Harris College collegiate chapter of MTNA.  A member of Mu Phi Epsilon International Honor Fraternity since 1979, Ms. DeFoor was instrumental in forming YHC’s first chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, Zeta Kappa, in 2011 and is the chapter advisor.  She is also a member of Phi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Fraternity, the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music USA and the International Ernst von Dohnanyi Research Center.

Ms. DeFoor is an adjudicator for piano auditions, festivals, and competitions in Georgia and the Southeastern states.

Zachary R. Dehm joined the faculty of Young Harris College in the spring of 2022. Dehm has also taught at Boston College, the University of Michigan, and the University of Toledo, among other colleges and universities around the country. He particularly enjoys teaching World Religions at YHC. He finds that his students work hard to draw connections between the course content and their own personal interests. Outside the classroom, Dehm especially enjoys traveling to new states, countries, and national parks.

Dr. Fant joined YHC in August 2020. As a retired Air Force officer, he has held a variety of positions in industry, academia, and government, such as a Program Manager of a national gas turbine R&D consortium supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, a Lead Applications Engineer at Rolls-Royce Engine Company in Indianapolis, the Director of Mechanical Engineering at Indiana University Purdue University of Columbus (IUPUC), and recently as lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University.  He has taught courses in engineering design, engineering statics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, solar energy, and aerospace propulsion.  He is also a licensed professional engineer (PE). Hobbies include playing golf and pickle ball, watching football, playing cards, woodworking and home renovation projects.

Dr. Kevin Geyer joined the YHC faculty in 2019. Dr. Geyer has teaching and research interests in the areas of ecology and environmental sciences such as climate change, soil and microbial ecology, and lake/stream ecology. Dr. Geyer has published research on his explorations of climate and environmental effects on soils from around the U.S. Midwest, New England, and Antarctica. Since arriving at Young Harris College, he has taught introductory biology courses as well as upper-level Biological Research Methods, Invertebrate Zoology, Ecology, Biosphere Sciences, and Global Change Biology. He also serves as the Director of the YHC Honors Program to provide enriching research and classroom opportunities for the college’s Honors members. Dr. Geyer appreciates YHC students’ engagement with their instructors and peers, and eagerness to learn new skills in the classroom, laboratory, and outdoors. In his free time, Dr. Geyer is traveling, reading history and fiction, cooking, and exploring beautiful southern Appalachia.

Dr. Nathan Gray joined the YHC faculty in 2009. His teaching specialties are Public Policy, Education Policy, Political Philosophy, and Business Ethics, and his research interest is in K-12 Schooling Policy, specifically regarding school choice policies. He and a coauthor have a book forthcoming in 2023 on the current state of the school choice debate. In addition to publishing papers on education policy, he has also presented papers at a number of conferences on gun violence and is interested in a number of social issues affecting policy. When not teaching and researching, he is most likely reading, running, travelling, watching sports, or spending time with his family. 

Dr.  Hallett is an interpersonal communication specialist. She has been teaching Communication Studies at Young Harris College since 2008. In addition to her current roles at the College, she has also served as the director of the Rhetorica Speaking Center (2009-10 and 2016-17); and was the elected Faculty Senate President in 2019-2020. Since 2010, Dr. Hallett has served on the editorial board of Communication Teacher and has also reviewed for the Iowa Journal of Communication, Southern Journal of Communication, and numerous communication textbooks. She has focused her professional development activities on curriculum development and teaching. Dr. Hallett’s teaching interests are primarily in intergroup and interpersonal communication topics including: language and social interaction; gender, family, nonverbal, intercultural, deception, relational, social dominance and conflict management. Her research agenda has been guided primarily by intergroup issues and language, including gender and (mis)communication. Dr. Hallett combines her love of teaching with her love of sports in her role as a Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for Young Harris College. As such, she serves as a representative for YHC to the NCAA Division II and provides oversight for the academic success of all student-athletes at YHC. She is currently the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) liaison to the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association (FARA) and is the former Chair of the PBC’s FAR Council (2015-2017). 

Dr. Helbert joined Young Harris College in 2022. His research background is in comparative literary traditions in medieval Britain, especially literature about King Arthur. He primarily publishes on Middle English, Latin, French, and Middle Welsh literary and historical traditions, including Laʒamon's Brut, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, Fouke le Fitz Waryn, Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, Welsh Court Poetry, and political prophecies. He also has side interests in ""medievalism"" (modern literature and cultural products which depicts the Middle Ages), especially in American culture, on which he has published.

Dr. Helbert regularly teaches the "old" literature for the Language and Literature Department and offers specialty classes on Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, the History of the English Language, Medieval Romance and Historiography, King Arthur, and Literary Theory. Before coming to Young Harris College, Dr. Helbert was a professor at West Texas A&M University.

Outside of research and teaching, Dr. Helbert tries to spend as much time as possible outside in the beautiful Appalachian mountains. He enjoys whitewater kayaking, hiking, hunting, fishing, gardening, and writing about himself in the third person.

Kerry Jenkins joined the YHC Art Department in the fall of 2021. His interests and work for clients involve graphic design, photography and illustration for projects that include logo and identity design, publications (books, magazines, annual reports, newsletters) other printed collateral (brochures, direct mail, posters), websites, and other interactive projects. See https://kerryscottjenkins.com for examples of his work and students' projects. When Jenkins is not teaching, researching and helping students, he enjoys photography, design, illustrating, and writing for a variety of clients.

Mikala Jones joined the English faculty in 2020 and works with students in first-year composition courses. Among her many side quests, she holds positions with the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators, the Composition Studies journal, and the College Guild organization. Her work can be found in The Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition’s journal, Peitho, and Salvation South. Beyond reading and writing, Ms. Jones also enjoys hiking, learning new crafts, and pretending to leash-train her cat, Hadley. 

Dr. Susan Farley Krebs is a native to the area. Dr. Krebs spent on year teaching alternative school, grades 6-12, 19 years teaching elementary school, grades 1-5, and served as Assistant Elementary Principal for two years, and around ten years as an Adjunct Professor of Education at Milligan University in East Tennessee, before returning to Young Harris, in 2022. She has served on many school-wide, district-based, and community committees.

Dr. Krebs was chosen from leaders across the state of Tennessee to be a member of the TSIN Innovative Leaders Network Cohort in 2017. Dr. Krebs enjoys the enthusiasm and commitment to education exhibited by YHC students. When not teaching, Dr. Krebs enjoys travel, food, reading, music, and spending time with family and friends. 

Dr. Andrea Kwiatkowski joined the faculty of Young Harris College in 2010.  Her research interests are in the area of microbial physiology and genetics.  In her graduate work she studied Salmonella and other microbes that cause food poisoning.  In her postdoctoral work at Emory, she studied biofilm-forming microbes that cause infections in military personnel.  Her recent research includes investigating biofilm formation, the microbiome of the gastrointestinal tract and identifying plant-based compounds for their antimicrobial effects.  Dr. Kwiatkowski discovered her love for teaching as a graduate teaching assistant at UGA.  She currently teaches Introductory Biology, Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology at Young Harris College.  She resides in Young Harris with her husband and two daughters.

Dr. Ray joined Young Harris College in 2009. Since, then she has  been teaching classes in computer science,
physical geography, geology, climate physics, ArcGIS, physics, and advanced physics classes.

Dr. Ray has  extensive experience with online teaching methods using Canvas, Blackboard, and Moodle as
well as live sessions with Electa, teams, Blackboard collaborate and  WebEx and use it extensively. She has been teaching online summer classes for almost 9 years.

Dr. Ray's research interests include atmospheric physics , thunderstorm generator currents in the global electric circuit and physics education research.

Outside teaching and research , Dr. Ray does her best, along with her husband Dr. Arunava Roy (a subject matter expert in physics) to spend time with their two kids: an 8-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy.   Between helping with robotics, piano and  homework, shuttling to gymnastics, tennis and swimming, they stay very busy. They also enjoy traveling and dining.

Kerry R. Rittenhouse joined the Young Harris College adjunct faculty in 2011 and became a full-time faculty member in 2021. At YHC, his primary teaching responsibilities include Marching Band Techniques, Introduction to Music Technology, Woodwind & Brass Instructional Methods, Student Teacher Supervision and Music Appreciation. His has also taught courses in Music Theory, Aural Skills, Brass Pedagogy along with Choral & instrumental Arranging. He has great interest in the training of the next generation of outstanding music educators. In addition to his teaching duties, he is currently the director of the Purple Reign Pep Band at YHC.

Before coming to YHC, he served as the Director of Bands at West Laurens High School and Dublin High School in central Georgia and at Union County High School in Blairsville, Ga. His High School bands have performed nationally several times and consistently received superior ratings and awards throughout his career. An active adjudicator, he has critiqued both marching and concert events throughout the southeastern United States.

Trained on the trumpet, he has performed with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, the Statesboro-Georgia Southern Symphony Orchestra, the Men of Note Big Band, the Brasstown Big Band, the Dublin Big Band (now the Georgia Big Band), the Northwinds Symphonic Band and the Tri-state Community Band. He has also served as the director of both the Young Harris Community Band and the Brasstown Big Band. 

His past and present professional associations include the Georgia Music Educators Association, The National Association of Music Education, The National Band Association, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, and the International Association for Jazz Education. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (ZO) and the Phi Beta Mu (Z).

In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, home improvement projects and is a member of several fraternal organizations.

Dr. Shelley M. Sanderson, a native of Warner Robins, GA, joined the Young Harris College Department of Music faculty in the fall of 2015. Before teaching on the collegiate level she was Director of Choirs for middle and high schools in the middle Georgia area.   While a K-12 teacher she musically directed and conducted multiple musicals and ran a private voice studio since 2006. Dr. Sanderson is an active researcher, clinician, and adjudicator. She has been published in the Florida Music Director and The 5th, 6th and 7th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, and presents regularly at NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conferences and GMEA In-Service Conferences. Her research interests include Assessment in Music Education, High School Musical Theater Instruction, and Music and the Exceptional Learner. Dr. Sanderson was awarded the David Wilmot Prize for Excellence in Music Education (2014), while at the University of Florida and was the vocal winner for Georgia College and State University Aria/Concerto Competition (2010). She loves staying connected to K-12 music programs by judging for GHSA Literary Competitions, Guest conducting Honor Choirs, and adjudicating LGPE.

Dr. Sanderson coordinates the Bachelor of Music Education program, teaches multiple Music Education courses, including, Introduction to Music Education, Voice Methods, Secondary Music Methods, and Elementary Music Methods. She also has an Applied Voice studio and teaches on the rotation of Performance for Musical Theatre. She is also the advisor for the Collegiate National Associate for Music Education (CNAfME) chapter at YHC. Dr. Sanderson loves seeing her students grow into confident and dynamic educators and performers during their time at YHC. When she is not teaching or researching, she loves spending her time with her husband James and daughter Sofia at the beach or at Walt Disney World. She also loves her time singing in the professional Georgia women’s choir, Lux.

Dr. Chris Sass joined the YHC faculty in 2011. Dr. Sass has taught more than 20 different classes during his time at YHC, including math classes from general education courses such as College Algebra to upper-level major courses such as Real Analysis. He has also taught honors courses on fractals, mathematical logic, and radical American environmentalism. In his free time, Dr. Sass enjoys hiking and running. He runs both road races and ultramarathon trail races.

Dr. Andrew Sehmann joined the YHC faculty in 2019.  Dr. Sehmann teaches horn, aural skills, and music appreciation in the Department of Music. Current and former students have place first chair in the Georgia All-state Symphonic Band, been accepted to and attended GHP, and attended NYO-USA at Carnegie Hall.

Andrew plays with multiple orchestras in the Southeast. He is third horn in the Augusta Symphony, and second horn with the South Carolina Philharmonic. He has played under multiple conductors such as Keith Lockhart, Bruno Weil,  Courtney Lewis, Jeff Tyzik, Dirk Meyer, Timm Rolek, Joann Faletta, Ken Lam, Garrett Keast, Matthias Bamert, John Morris Russell, and Morihiko Nakahara.

His previous teachers have included: Marie-Luise Neunecker, Wolfgang Vladar, Johannes Hinterholzer, Jean Martin-Williams Mick Sehmann, Richard Deane, James Naigus, Hazel Dean Davis, Achim Reus, and Kevin Reid. Andrew's horn of choice is a Rauch (No. 127) and is highly proficient on both Wagner Tuba and Alto-Horn. He lives with his wife Ashley, a private piano teacher in Athens with their rescue dog, Stella.

Matt Boyd Smith joined Young Harris College in Fall 2022. His research is focused on the industrial and cultural histories of popular formulas and genres across media boundaries, with a special emphasis on the horror genre and comic books.

Dr. Smith has frequently presented elements of his own work at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference, where he is active in organizational leadership and a member of the Horror, Media Industries, Television Studies, and War and Media Studies scholarly interest groups. He has been published in In Media Res, New Review of Film and Television Studies, and has a chapter on Nick Fury and Marvel Comics during the Cold War in the Handbook of Comics and Graphic Narratives (DeGruyter, 2021).

He is currently working on a book project called Trans-Media Multiplicities: Genre and Formula in the Age of Media Convergence, which traces how popular formulas like ghost hunting reality shows, true crime podcasts, and teen horror are adapted, transferred across, and bleed through the boundaries of traditional media platforms and technologies in the Twenty-First Century.

At Young Harris College, Dr. Smith enjoys teaching courses that allow students to explore the intersections of media production and popular culture, including Introduction to Information Society, Media Literacy, and Critical Theory. He has found the students at YHC to be willing to learn and become engaged and conversant in areas of study where they may have initially been hesitant.

In his spare time, he enjoys watching old black-and-white movies, television shows from the 1960s and ‘70s, hiking in the Appalachian mountains, spending time reading on his porch with a good cup of coffee, and spending as much time as possible with his partner and their two dogs.

Jenny first joined YHC as an adjunct instructor for the Outdoor Studies Department teaching Group Development, The Reflective Practitioner, and Summer Internships,  In 2022 she accepted the full-time position as the Coordinator of the First Year Experience. 

Jenny is passionate about volunteering and giving back to the community.  She volunteers for the Towns County Mentor Program, Towns County PTSO, and Enotah CASA.  Most of her time volunteering is spent with Scouts, BSA,  You can find her most weekends camping with her two children, and other local scouts. 
 

Charlie Swor has been teaching at Young Harris College since 2011. He is originally from Lake City, Tennessee, and spent most of his childhood in Franklin, TN.

At YHC, Charlie teaches courses in general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and green chemistry. His primary research interests are coordination chemistry, ligand design, and green and sustainable chemistry. He is an active member of the American Chemical Society and the Georgia Academy of Science. He also volunteers with MountainTrue, a local non-profit focused on clean water, resilient forests, and healthy communities.

Charlie’s favorite thing about YHC are the students. He enjoys getting to know them, showing them new and interesting concepts, and demonstrating the role of chemistry in the world we live in. He feels especially rewarded when a student finally understands a difficult concept, and when he sees our alumni using their chemistry knowledge in their professional lives.

In his spare time, Charlie and his family go on adventures in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. He enjoys hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, and whitewater canoeing. He is also a lifelong fan of the Atlanta Braves.
 

Anne Towns joined the Theatre faculty at Young Harris in 2013. She teaches Acting, Directing and Dramatic Literature. Theatre Young Harris directing credits include Little Women, My Fair Lady, Bakkhai, First Lady Suite and the world premiere of Little Piglet Gets a Sister. Anne has acted and directed professionally around the country. She is a proud Associate of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and an active member of The National Alliance of Acting Teachers, The Michael Chekhov Association and The Playwright’s Center.

Dr. Whisenhunt specializes in Modernist American poetry, specifically the works of Marianne Moore. Over the years, her research interests have expanded to include film adaptations and to the works of Alabama authors, Truman Capote and Eugene Walter. Like all English faculty, she enjoys teaching lower-level composition and American Literature survey courses, but Dr. Whisenhunt also adores teaching courses such as Women and Literature, Hemingway, American Modernism & Postmodernism, Realism & Naturalism, and Southern Literature. She appreciates the opportunity to work with students at all levels during their four years at Young Harris College. She finds them to be curious, compassionate, and frequently inspiring. When she is away from campus, Dr. Whisenhunt enjoys reading novels she knows she will never teach, exercising, hiking, and entertaining her family and friends.  

Dr. Woodbury joined the Young Harris College faculty in 2019.  He is an interdisciplinary scholar, with an emphasis on economics.  He teaches in the disciplines of Economics, Finance, and Public Policy, including courses like Intermediate Macroeconomics, Investments, Environmental Economics and Policy, Law and Economics, Forecasting and Time Series Analysis, and Sports Economics.  His research focus is on tax base mobility and fiscal federalism issues in public finance.  His research has been published in International Tax and Public Finance and Public Finance Review.  He enjoys playing and watching sports with his family.