Faculty Participants
Dianne Chamblee, MSN, RN, NEA-BC. College of Health Sciences/School of Nursing, Nursing Faculty/Outreach Coordinator
Dianne received her BSN and Masters of Nursing Administration from Georgia College. She is board certified as Nurse Executive, Advanced through the American Nursing Credentialing Center. With over 11 years’ experience in nursing administration, Dianne leads the leadership and management courses in the Georgia College BSN program. She serves on the University Senate, chairing the Student Affairs Policy Committee, along with serving on numerous other committees in both the School of Nursing and on the University level.
In her seventh year at Georgia College, Dianne now holds a dual role of teaching and outreach coordinator for the School of Nursing. With her background in administration and being from the middle Georgia area, Dianne has a passion for both nursing leadership and rural health issues.
William (Bill) Fisher, Chair, Associate Professor, Art
William Fisher, MFA, 1996, Ohio University; BA, 1985, the College of William and Mary; apprentice to woodblock Master Toshii Yoshida, 1989-93, Tokyo, Japan; Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Art, Georgia College; author of the online Art Department and Printmaking Directory; Under Secretary of Southern Cultural Hegemony and Rural Visual Authority, US Department of Art & Technology. Recent experiments in shared authorship examine quantification of the individual and identity, cults of the intellect and the expert, and the cynicism of Empire.
Whether print-based in the tradition of fine art printmaking (Delicate Sensibilities, Missing Stereotypes, Seritypes, Re-Present), or through digital or commercial print media (Colonial Towers, Yard Sign Project, No Hate Crimes [Reported]) or performative (Semper Fi, Executive Branch Suite), these projects involve students, friends, strangers and colleagues, depend ultimately upon the efforts of community and often result in audience functioning as author.
Recent exhibitions/performances include District Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, DC, Phoebe Conley Gallery at California State University, Fresno, CA, Glass Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, Jewett Arts Center Galleries, Wellesley College, Wellesley,MA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Central Missouri State University, University of Wisconsin at Madison, the Quinlan Visual Arts Center (censored collaboration), Gainesville, GA, the Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, GA, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, 24K Gallery, San Diego, CA, and Columbia College, Chicago.
Publications featuring work include Stone Lithography by Paul Croft, and The Indiana Review, 2005 Special Summer Issue. Interviews by Eye Candy Magazine, Bad Subjects, Vivir Latino, Slacktivist.com, Take Back the Media and Rolling Stone. Work has been solicited by the Nation, Cursor and Cabinet Magazine web sites and Rhizome Art Data Base, and was shown in Winnipeg and Vancouver in early 2007 as part of the traveling exhibition "Allegories of the Genome." Fisher was chosen to represent Georgia in the first 20-state fine art invitational "20/20," 2008.
Tanya Goette, Chair, Information Systems & Computer Science
Tanya Goette has been a faculty member at Georgia College since 1996. She is currently serving as the Interim Chair of the Department of information Systems and Computer Science as well as the Assessment Coordinator for the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business. Before joining GC, Tanya worked as a programmer, analyst, and Vice President of Information Technology. Tanya received her BBA degree from Georgia College, her MBA from Mercer University, and her PhD in Management Information Systems from Georgia State University.
Liz Havey, Study Abroad Advisor, International Education
Liz Havey, Study Abroad Adviser, works with Georgia College students and faculty to find overseas experiences that fit with their individual interests and goals. She moved to Milledgeville from Las Vegas, where she completed her M.Ed. in Educational Leadership at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing from DePauw University in Indiana. She studied abroad twice in her undergraduate career and lived in Norway for one year before beginning her bachelor's degree. She has also traveled extensively in Europe, the United States and Mexico. She enjoys hiking, camping, knitting, sewing, cooking and playing the piano and guitar. She is an advocate for environmental conservation and goodwill in general.
Will Hobbs, Leisure Behavior Assistant Professor, Outdoor Education, GC
Dr. Hobbs teaches in the Department of Outdoor Education at Georgia College preparing college students for professional careers in environmental education, outdoor leadership, adventure education, and wilderness expeditionary learning. In addition to teaching environmental education and ecological issues classes, Dr. Hobbs also serves on the university Green Fee Committee and the board of the Oconee River Greenway Foundation. He also recycles and is kind to (most) animals.
Gregg Kaufman, Department of Government & Sociology, Instructor and Coordinator of Civic Engagement Projects
Gregg Kaufman serves as an Instructor and Coordinator of Civic Engagement Projects and the GC American Democracy Project. Kaufman was named the director of the Coverdell Institute in October 2004 and served through the Congressionally-funded tenure through 2008. The institute was dedicated to advancing the legacy of public service left by the late U.S. Sen. Paul Coverdell.
Dr. Matthew Liao-Troth, Dean, J. Whitney Bunting College of Business
Matthew Liao-Troth is the fourth Dean of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business at Georgia College. In this role he leads the college in its mission to "foster the development of capable business professionals who are responsible citizens grounded in a liberal arts education." He was recruited into this position from Western Washington University, in Bellingham, WA.
At Western Washington University Professor Liao-Troth served as Management Department Chair, MBA Programs Director and Graduate Programs Director in the College of Business and Economics, and as Faculty Senate President for the university. He was twice awarded the MBA "Professor of the Year" for his teaching the management of organizations and people, negotiation and labor relations, and organizational power and politics. At Western Washington University he also received the "Dean's Research Award" for his work on the psychological contract of volunteers.
Dean Liao-Troth's scholarship focuses on the relationship between individuals and organizations; he has authored over three-dozen published articles and edited the book Challenges in Volunteer Management, which is widely used in graduate degree programs. He has also served as the head of his academic association, the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management.
Dr. Liao-Troth was on the faculty of DePaul University in Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis before going to Western Washington University. He also taught at the University of Arizona, San Diego State University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Loyola University Chicago. Outside of academia, he served as a division executive with the Boy Scouts of America for several years after college, and has been involved with family businesses for most of his life. He has consulted for a variety of business, nonprofit, and government organizations.
In his personal life, Dr. Liao-Troth is happily married with two daughters. His primary hobby is Italian motor scooters.
Dr. Kalina Manoylov, Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College
Dr. Doug Oetter, Associate Professor, Department of History, Geography, and Philosophy
Doug R. Oetter (Ph.D. 2002 Oregon State University; M.A. 1990 University of Georgia; B.A. 1985 University of Washington) is an Associate Professor at Georgia College in the Department of History, Geography, and Philosophy. He teaches physical geography, resource geography, geographic techniques, environmental history, history of science, and interdisciplinary studies. His research is concentrated on the application of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems to resource development issues, especially land cover change and riparian management. He has published in Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Transactions in GIS, Ecological Applications, Conservation Biology, Ecosystems, and other environmental journals. Dr. Oetter holds a Certificate in Environmental Ethics from the University of Georgia, and is the chair of the Georgia College Sustainability Council and Faculty Advisor for the GC Environmental Science Club.
