The College of Education welcomes new faculty in Fall 2024

Education and Human Development

Craig Cashwell will serve as a professor in the Department of Education and Human Development. Cashwell previously served as a professor at William & Mary, an associate professor and professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an assistant professor and associate professor at Mississippi State University. His research interests include spirituality in counseling, spiritual bypass and trauma-focused counseling. Cashwell earned a Ph.D. and M.Ed. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Fun Fact: "I sang multiple times in front of a live audience of around 10,000."

Kristen Cuthrell, Ed.D., has been named chair of the Department of Education and Human Development in the Clemson University College of Education. Cuthrell most recently served as director of the East Carolina University (ECU) Rural Education Institute in the College of Education and professor in the ECU's Department of Elementary Education and Middle Grades Education. Over the last 15 years, Cuthrell has collaborated with others on approximately $30 million in externally funded research and outreach focused on improving and growing community partnerships in rural areas. She also serves as the acting state director for the North Carolina Rural Education Association, an affiliate of the National Rural Education Association. She is the Hub Liaison for the Southeast Regional Hub in the Rural Schools Collaborative.

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Ryan Cook will serve as associate professor in the Department of Education and Human Development. Cook previously served as an associate professor of counselor education at the University of Alabama. His research interests include clinical supervision, issues of counselor development and client-focused care. His research trajectory is designed to improve the quality of care provided to clients and to address the growing challenges and resource constraints for counselors and clients. Cook's scholarship is largely informed by his prior work as a licensed professional counselor and approved clinical supervisor.

Fun Fact: "My greatest joys are being a husband and father to two boys - ages six and one. I also enjoy music, cooking and playing sports, specifically soccer and golf."

Meghan J. Malloy will serve as a visiting lecturer in the Department of Education and Human Development. She most recently served as a graduate assistant at the Early Literacy Center for SC and as a first and second grade teacher at Charleston County School District. She earned a doctoral degree from Clemson University in literacy, language and culture, an MAT MAT in early childhood education from the College of Charleston and a bachelor's degree in English literature from Clemson University. Her research interests include literacy development and instruction in the primary grades and parent advocacy.

Fun fact: "I have watched every episode of 'Friends.'"

Samantha Scott will serve as a special education lecturer in the Department of Education and Human Development. Scott previously worked as a special education teacher (self-contained, resource and inclusion) in the Greenville County School District. Her research interests include assessment practices and academic interventions in literacy and mathematics for students with learning disabilities or who are at risk, the use of progress monitoring systems for improving teacher planning and student achievement, mixed-reality simulation and teacher preparation. Scott earned a Ph.D. in special education from Clemson University, a master's degree in education from Furman University, a master's degree in English language learning from Western Governors University and a bachelor's degree in multi-categorical special education from Clemson University.

Fun Fact: "I have a golden retriever named Spiller, after Clemson's very own CJ Spiller."

Educational and Organizational Leadership Development

Betty Bagley will serve as a visiting lecturer in the Department of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development. Bagley has enjoyed a 50-plus-year career in education and has served as superintendent of three South Carolina school districts and field director for TransformSC. Bagley earned a Ph.D. and M.Ed. from Clemson University, an M.Ed. and Ed.S. from the Citadel and a bachelor's degree from Southern Wesleyan University. She has also been highly involved in the LEADERS Center of Excellence, which is helmed by Clemson University College of Educatino faculty.

Fun Fact: "I am the proud owner of a 1960 Metropolitan Nash."

Chris Corr will serve as a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development. Corr previously served as an assistant professor at Troy University and a graduate teaching instructor at the University of South Carolina. Prior to earning his Ph.D., Corr worked as a football recruiter in the southeastern conference. Corr serves as the executive director of the College Sport Research Institute and is the program manager for the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation. Corr's scholarly research aims to examine the institutional and organizational settings of collegiate athletics with specific regard to the impact and outcomes of collegiate athletics participation on various stakeholders. He earned a Ph.D. in sport and entertainment management from the University of South Carolina; he earned master's degree in sport management and a bachelor's degree in telecommunications management from the University of Florida. During his time as an undergraduate student at the University of Florida, Corr served as the mascot, Albert E. Alligator.

Fun Fact: Corr and his wife, Jaclyn, celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary this summer and have three children: Thomas, Andersyn and Charlotte. He said the entire family is extremely excited to live, play and grow in Tiger Town.

Ying Feng will serve as an assistant professor in the Department of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development. She previously served as clinical assistant professor in the department, and she has held positions as a graduate instructor, research assistant and co-founder of Recreation Club. Her research focuses on exploring the practical and ethical implications of AI in Human Resource Development. Additionally, she investigates the HRD research-practice gap, utilizing advanced methodologies such as structural topic modeling to understand the transfer of knowledge between academia and practice. She also studies women's leadership development, diversity and inclusion within organizational contexts, and the impact of management practices on employee engagement and job performance across cultures.

Fun Fact: "I have recently become fascinated with tennis and have been learning all the techniques from social media."

Darris Means will serve as an associate professor in the Department ofEducational and Organizational Leadership Development and the inaugural Dean Fellow for Rural Education for the College of Education. Means most recently served as an associate professor of higher education and the inaugural executive director for rural and community-based education at the University of Pittsburgh. Means began his faculty career at the University of Georgia, serving as an assistant professor of college student affairs administration and then an associate professor of college student affairs administration. Prior to his faculty career, Means served as the inaugural assistant director and then inaugural associate director of Elon University's Elon Academy, a college access and success program for students in Alamance County, North Carolina who are the first in their families to attend college and/or have a financial need. Means uses critical, participatory and visual methodologies and methods to investigate spatial, racial and class equity in education; the influence of state and federal policy and economic, social and educational conditions on educational access and opportunity; and science education and equity. Means earned a Ph.D. in educational research and policy analysis with a concentration in higher education from North Carolina State University, a master's degree in counselor education with a concentration in student affairs from Clemson University, and a bachelor's degree in political science and sociology from Elon University.

Fun Fact: "I enjoy traveling. I have visited 12 countries, and I have visited or lived in 36 U.S. states."

Carlos Sandoval will serve as an assistant professor in the Department of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development. Sandoval previously worked as an improvement specialist for WestEd, a research, development and service agency that works with education and other communities to improve learning for children, youth and adults. Sandoval earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include continuous improvement and educational justice.

Fun Fact: "I have never lived outside of the Pacific time zone until now!"