Arts & Sciences and University Transfer Programs
Dedicated to your success, we strive to give you a quality educational experience. Our outstanding faculty have experience in neurosurgery, cancer research, military public relations, and the film and television industry. Published authors, working artists, and Fulbright Scholars teach our courses. Our students have opportunities to travel to exciting locations abroad, participate in the international award-winning Alpha Upsilon Eta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, show their work in the Student Art Show, participate in Pi Day activities with the Mathematics department, and attend talks about math and science through the STEM Friday's lecture series. From foreign languages to physics, we have something for you.
Explore Arts & Sciences options below or get help with university transfer programs and advising from our Program Advising Center.
Programs
| Title | Credential | Credit Hours | Link to program details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate in Arts (A.A.) Degree | Degree | 60 | |
| Associate in Engineering (A.E.) Degree | Degree | 60 | |
| Associate in Fine Arts in Visual Arts (AFA) Degree | Degree | 60 | |
| Associate in Science (A.S.) Degree | Degree | 60 | |
| General Occupational Technology (A.A.S.) | Degree | 64 | |
Faculty and Staff
Steve Heulett
Dean, Division of Arts and Sciences
- Email: steventheulett@abtech.edu
Pam Baker
Administrative Assistant
- Email: pamelalbaker@abtech.edu
Cindy Ingle
- Email: cynthiaringle@abtech.edu
Rusty Holmes
Instructor, Communication and lead, division assessment
- Email: leebholmes@abtech.edu
They ask, "what is the secret of success" when they should be asking, "what prevents me from learning here and now?" — Karl Weick
Kelly McEnany
Department Chair, Behavioral Sciences
- Email: kellyqmcenany@abtech.edu
"There are no throw-away people." — Susan Burton
Valerie Hoots
Instructor, Psychology
- Email: valeriemhoots@abtech.edu
"If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person." — Fred Rogers
Robin Howse
Instructor, Psychology
- Email: robinhowse@abtech.edu
"Learning is never done without errors and defeat." — Vladimir Lenin
Samantha Johnson
Instructor, Psychology
- Email: samanthafjohnson@abtech.edu
"Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world." — Polykarp Kusch
Steven Luke
Instructor, Psychology
- Email: stevenwluke@abtech.edu
"...for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." — (Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2)
Nga Pace
Department Chair, Biology
- Email: ngahpace@abtech.edu
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." — Marie Curie
Audra Bassett-Touchell
Instructor, Biology
"It’s only when you’re flying above it that your realize how incredible the Earth really is." — Philippe Perrin
Helen Burrell
Instructor, Biology
- Email: helenlburrell@abtech.edu
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." — Jon Muir
Cynthia Eayre
Instructor, Biology
- Email: cynthiageayre@abtech.edu
Scott Paxon
Associate Chair, Biology
- Email: scottapaxon@abtech.edu
"Evolution is one of the half-dozen shattering ideas that science has developed to overturn past hopes and assumptions, and to enlighten our current thoughts." — Stephen Jay Gould
Christina Manee
Instructor, Biology
- Email: christinaamanee@abtech.edu
"Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better." — Albert Einstein
Erin Condon
Lab Manager and Instructor, Biology
- Email: erincondon@abtech.edu
Camille Paxton
Instructor, Biology
- Email: camillewpaxton@abtech.edu
"Non-Satis Scire - To Know is Not Enough"
Milton "Buddy" Tignor
Instructor, Biology
- Email: miltonetignor@abtech.edu
"Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party." — Jimmy Buffett
Marlene Frisbee
Department Chair
- Email: dorismfrisbeee@abtech.edu
Sandy Dantone
Instructor, BA
Carol Hughes
Instructor, BA & Accounting
- Email: carolynbhughes@abtech.edu
Kelly Randolph
Instructor, Accounting
- Email: kellycrandolph@abtech.edu
Chad Williams
Instructor, Economics
- Email: chadwilliams36@abtech.edu
Susan Schwarz
Department Chair, Chemistry and Physics
- Email: susanjschwarz@abtech.edu
"Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." — Rosalind Franklin
Candice Henderson
Instructor, Chemistry
- Email: candicemhenderson@abtech.edu
“Beginnings are always messy.” - John Galsworthy
Glenn Ratcliff
Instructor, Chemistry
- Email: glenncratcliff@abtech.edu
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." — Carl Sagan
Suzanne Willis
Instructor, Chemistry
- Email: suzannecwillis@abtech.edu
"The more I study science, the more I believe in God." — Albert Einstein
Evan Lunt
Instructor, Chemistry
- Email: evantlunt@abtech.edu
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world." — Louis Pasteur
Joe Leibson
Instructor, Physics
- Email: joeleibson@abtech.edu
Shannon Bonomi
Instructor, Physics
- Email: shannonbonomi@abtech.edu
Rebekah Handy
Department Chair, Communication
- Email: rebekahshandy@abtech.edu
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." — Wayne Gretzky
William D. Rhodarmer
Instructor, Arts, and Graphic Design
- Email: williamdrhodarmer@abtech.edu
"Most art is sincere and most art is bad, though, of course, some insincere art (sincerely, insincere) is quite good." — Igor Stravinsky
Paul Potorti
Instructor, Communication
- Email: paulpotorti@abtech.edu
Martha Gates
Instructor, Communication
- Email: marthaegates@abtech.edu
Ani Volkan
Instructor, Arts
- Email: anikvolkan@abtech.edu
Heather Vaughn
Department Chair, English
- Email: heatherkvaughn@abtech.edu
"I've put up with too much too long, and now I'm just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am finally to deserve anything less." — Sandra Cisneros from Woman Hollering Cree
Jennifer Browning
Instructor, English
Email: jenniferlbrowning@abtech.edu
"All experience is an enrichment rather than an impoverishment." — Eudora Welty
Eleanor Macken
- Email: eleanorlmacken@abtech.edu
"Everything you're sure is right can be wrong in another place." — Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" — Mary Oliver
Erik Moellering
Instructor, English
- Email: eriksmoellering@abtech.edu
"You can get all A's and still flunk life." — Walker Percy
Dr. Chelsey Patterson
- Email: chelseyrpatterson@abtech.edu
"It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect." — Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist
Margaret Poist
Instructor, English
- Email: margaretfpoist@abtech.edu
"Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?" — Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"Love's not love when it is mingled with regards that stand aloof from the entire point." — William Shakespeare, King Lear
Lisa York
Instructor, English
- Email: lisasyork@abtech.edu
"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tammy Sullivan
Department Chair, Mathematics
- Email: tammycsullivan@abtech.edu
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." — Albert Einstein
Malgorzata J. Chockla
Instructor, Mathematics
"Change is the end result of all true learning." — Leo Buscaglia
Taylor Conn
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: taylorhconn@abtech.edu
"A professor is one who can speak on any subject—for precisely fifty minutes." — Norbert Wiener
Joshua Cushman
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: joshuadcushman@abtech.edu
"I truly enjoy working here at A-B Tech with my colleagues, and appreciate the attitude, energy and diversity of our student population." — Joshua Cushman
Griffin Dodd
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: jackgdodd@abtech.edu
Mathew Knowlen
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: mathewknowlen@abtech.edu
"If you only take general math, then you’ll only make general money.” — Snoop Dog
Valerie Martin
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: valerielmartin@abtech.edu
"Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world." — Archimedes
Cindy Moore
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: cindymmoore@abtech.edu
"Mathematics compares the most diverse phenomena and discovers the secret analogies that unite them." — Joseph Fourier (1768-1830)
Jennifer Tracy
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: jenniferltracy33@abtech.edu
"Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." — Michael Jordan
James Wilson
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: jamescwilson@abtech.edu
"The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple" — Stan Gudder
Holly Bass
Instructor, Mathematics
- Email: hollylbass@abtech.edu
