Curry School alumni are making outstanding contributions in their chosen career fields, be it teaching, school leadership, research, higher education, or the human services professions.
Read about a few of these alums featured on the Curry website:
Frederick G. Assaf (M.Ed. '94, Eng Ed)
Head of School and American literature teacher, Pace Academy (pictured at left)
Bob Barnhardt (M.Ed. '70; Ed.D. '74, Higher Ed)
Retired
Erin Berry (Ph.D. '06 Couns Ed)
Assistant Professor, Capella University
Leanna Blevins (Ph.D. '04 Higher Ed)
Associate Director, New College Institute
Matt Blundin (M.T. '00, Math Ed)
Mathematics teacher, Western Albemarle High School
Judi Bowns (M.Ed. '05, Soc Fdns)
Theatre Arts and Dance Specialist, Fairfax County Public School
Rick Bolling (Ed.S. '09, Admin & Supv)
Assistant Principal Coeburn Primary School, Wise County Public Schools
Robert O. Brinkerhoff (M.Ed. '71, Ed.D. '74, Ed Psych)
Professor Emeritus, Western Michigan University
Jeff Cantrell (M.Ed. ’87; Ed.D. ’91 Reading)
Professor of education and chair of the Department of Education at UVa-Wise
Tina Schuster Chavez (M.T. ‘04 Soc Stud Ed)
Government & Politics teacher at High Tech High in California
Ann B. Clark (M.Ed. ’82 Spec Ed)
Chief academic officer for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina
Paul Clendenon (M.Ed. '09, Admin & Supv )
Assistant Principal, St. Paul, Wise County Public Schools
Marc Columbus (M.Ed. '79 Spec Ed) and Terry Columbus (M.Ed. '79 Spec Ed)
Little Keswick School, Keswick, Va.
Larry Compton (M.Ed. ’99, Admin & Supv)
Principal, Haysi High School, Wise County Public Schools
Peg Dawson (Ed.D. '78 Clin & Sch Psych)
School Psychologist, Center for Learning and Attention Disorders
Mary Pat Dixon (B.S. '60)
Retired teacher
Martha E. Downer-Assaf (Ph.D. '97, Leadership/Pol Dev)
Evaluation Specialist, Rollins Center for Language and Learning (pictured above)
Rachel Fowlkes (Ed.D. ’84, Admin & Supv)
Executive Director, Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
Todd Gambill (M.Ed. ’99, Soc Fdns; Ed.D. ’03, Higher Ed)
Vice president for student life and dean of students, Georgetown College, Kentucky
Roger Geyer (Ph.D. ’08 IT)
Asst. Professor, American University of Iraq – Sulaimani
Carol Grace (M.Ed. ’81, Admin & Supv)
Director of elementary education, Wise County Public Schools
Kevin Guskiewicz (Ph.D. ’95 Sports Med)
MacArthur genius grant recipient and Kenan Distinguished Professor and
Chair, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina
Benjamin Hurt (M.Ed. '51)
Retired principal of Albemarle High School.
Greg Jessee (Ed.S. '09, Admin & Supv)
Assistant Principal, Coeburn High School, Wise County Public Schools
Tess Johnston (B.S. ’61)
Retired from the Foreign Service, Author and Historian
Ian McCleod (M.Ed. '98 Health & PE)
Athletic Trainer
Pamela McInnis (M.Ed. '81, Admin & Supv)
Superintendent, Warren County Public Schools
Linda Karen Miller (M.Ed. '78, Ed.D. '91, Soc St Ed)
Retired social studies teacher
V. Darleen Opfer (M.Ed. '90, Ph.D. '97)
Director, RAND Education
Billy O’Steen (M.Ed. ’94, Ph.D. ’00 English Ed
Senior lecturer, University of Canterbury College of Education, New Zealand
Julie Overly (M.T. '01, Elem Ed)
International School of Tanganyika, Tanzania
Denise (Campbell) Pineno (M.T. '92, Math Ed)
Jim Patton (M.Ed. ‘74, Ed.D. ‘81 Spec Ed)
Adjunct associate professor, University of Texas at Austin
Mary Quillen (M.Ed. ’89, Elem Ed)
Director of U.Va. Southwest Programs at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
Natalie Randoph (M.Ed. '03 Ed Pol)
Coach of the Coolidge High School football team in Washington, DC
Emmett L. Ridley (Ed.D. '77, Curr & Instr)
Associate professor and director, Office of Institutional Planning and Assessment, Virginia State University
Andrew J. Rotherham (M.Ed. '09, Soc Fdns)
Bellwether Education Partners
Stephen Schroth (Ph.D. '06 Gifted Ed)
Assistant professor, Educational Studies Department, Knox College
Sandra Feagan Stern (Ed.D. '85, Admin & Supv)
CEO, Stern Estate
Heather Sykes (Ed.S. '09, Admin & Supv)
Assistant Principal, Coeburn Middle School, Wise County Public Schools
Veronica van Montfrans (M.T. ’07, Sci Ed)
Biology teacher, Newberry High School, Florida
Frank Ward (B.S. '53)
Retired teacher
Carlyle Whitelow (M.Ed. '69, Educ)
Retired faculty from Bridgewater College
Bob Wilson (B.S. '56, M.Ed. '65) and Libby Wilson (B.S. '59 )
Founders of Little Keswick School
