PROJECT INSTRUCTORS
PROJECT DIRECTOR
Tricia D. Hunsader, Ph.D. is Dean and Professor of Education at Tusculum College. Dr. Hunsader is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a BA in Finance, a MA in Elementary Education, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a cognate in Elementary Education and specialization in Mathematics Education. She came to Tusculum from the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee where she was Coordinator of Assessment for the College of Education, Chair of the Quality Enhancement Plan Committee, President of the Faculty Senate, and Vice President of the System Faculty Council. Dr. Hunsader has co-authored two books, Mathematics: A Good Beginning, 7th ed. (2013), and Mathematical Literacy: Helping Students Make Meaning in the Middle Grades (2008), and has published over 20 articles and book chapters. She is married to Michael Hunsader, a third-generation farmer, and together they have five grown children.
PROJECT CO-DIRECTOR & PROJECT MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTOR
Brian L. Davis is the Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and Associate Professor of Mathematics at Tusculum College. Dr. Davis is a graduate of Arkansas State University with a BS in Mathematics and the University of Mississippi with a Ph.D. in Mathematics. His research interests include Analysis, General Topology and, most recently, Algebraic Topology. His most recent publication, Compact Families and Continuity of the Inverse, used elements of topological game theory to establish conditions under which paratopological groups are in fact topological groups. Prior to teaching at Tusculum, Dr. Davis spent several years in Asia teaching for The University of Maryland, University College. He is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is married to Dr. Melissa Keller Davis, Chair of the Department of Natural Sciences at Tusculum College and has one daughter, Olivia.
PROJECT COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR
David Frazier is the Chair of the School of Business and Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Mr. Frazier is a graduate of the University of Louisville with a BA in Mathematics, East Tennessee State University with a MS in Computer Science, and is currently completing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Clemson University. His dissertation is on Formal Verification of Programs and Software Engineering Security. Prior to teaching at Tusculum, Mr. Frazier taught at East Tennessee State University and at Northeast State Community College. Before his teaching career, he worked in industry for 15 years as a programmer, systems analyst and web master. Mr. Frazier has published 4 articles and has presented papers at over 20 conferences. He is married to Jill LeRoy-Frazier, Assistant Dean of Degree Programs at East Tennessee State University.
PROJECT TEAM INSTRUCTOR
Tammie Davis, a lifelong resident of Kingsport Tennessee, earned her B.S. in music education from Tennessee Tech in 1983 and her M.Ed. in educational leadership and policy analysis from East Tennessee State University in 1992. She retired from Kingsport City Schools in June 2015 after 32 years of service as a middle school orchestra and choir director, elementary principal, elementary supervisor, and chief human resources officer. She currently serves as the TEAM Coach for First CORE region.
PROJECT SWIVL™ INSTRUCTOR
Raymond L. Hatfield is an Assistant Professor of Education and Chair of the MAED C&I and HRDE educational programs at Tusculum College. Dr. Hatfield earned his Doctorate from East Tennessee State University in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis; his dissertation was focused on cognitive neurophysiological process. He earned a MA in Education from Tusculum College in Curriculum and Instruction. His BS degree was in Biology with a concentration in Biochemistry and Microbiology from East Tennessee State University. Dr. Hatfield has served as a classroom teacher, principal, supervisor, and Director of Technology for Kingsport City Schools and Hawkins County Schools. While serving in the USAF he was a Cryptologist receiving certification within Unix Networks and COBAL language programming. As Director of Technology for two school districts, he directed technology grants totaling $1.4 million. Dr. Hatfield has taught Innovative Instructional Technology at Tusculum College since 2003.