Staff and Faculty

The Park Scholarships program combines the benefits of a small community with the extensive resources of a preeminent research university. Talented faculty and community leaders serve in various capacities to assist and guide the Park Scholars.

Park Scholarships Staff

Eva Feucht ’02
Director

Joy Tongsri
Senior Associate Director

Maggie DeWeese ’18
Assistant Director, Enrichment

Kimberly Bloomfield ’02
Assistant Director, Recruitment and Selection

Mary Kornegay
Assistant Director, Communications

Danielle Romanello
Assistant Director, Donor Relations

Lori Spitzfaden
Business Officer

Adrian Teegarden ’19
Program Assistant, Selection

Angela Swicegood
Program Assistant, Selection

Sylvia Rodriguez
Graduate Assistant

Hannah Graham

Embedded Counselor

Park Faculty Scholars

Park Faculty Scholars provide academic enrichment for class-related activities. They have four areas of responsibility in working with the Park Scholarships program:

  • To monitor and guide class enrichment activities, including the Learning Laboratories;
  • To provide the class with an overview of its group responsibilities;
  • To advise students individually and as a group on academic issues; and
  • To interact with Park Scholarships administrators, serving as communicators to and for both class activities and individual Park Scholars.

Class of 2026 Park Faculty Scholars

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Karey Harwood
Professor, Religious Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Department Head, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Naji Husseini
Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies, Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Class of 2027 Park Faculty Scholars

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Mary Elting
Associate Professor, Physics

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Nathan Goldman
Professor, University Faculty Scholar, Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Scholar – Department of Accounting

Class of 2028 Park Faculty Scholars

Jeremy Feducia
Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, Chemistry and Director of Undergraduate Experiences, Integrative Sciences Initiative 

Sarah Khan
Teaching Professor, Information Technology and Business Analytics

Class of 2029 Park Faculty Scholars

K.C. Busch

Associate Professor, Science Education; Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of STEM Education

John Meitzen
University Faculty Scholar, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, Coordinator of the Integrative, Physiology and Neurobiology Concentration – Department of Biological Sciences

Contact Us
217 Peele Hall
919-515-3794
parkscholars@ncsu.edu

Park Advisory Committee

The Park Advisory Committee provides counsel to Park Scholarships staff on academic enrichment activities.

  • Naji Husseini, Chair
    • Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies, Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Michael Dickey
    • Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor and Associate Department Head, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Jeremiah Feducia
    • Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, Chemistry and Director of Undergraduate Experiences, Integrative Sciences Initiative 
  • Myron Floyd
    • Dean, College of Natural Resources
  • Karey Harwood
    • Professor, Religious Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Interim Department Head, Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Holly Hurlburt
    • Associate Dean, University College and Professor, History
  • Sarah Khan
    • Teaching Professor, Information Technology and Business Analytics
  • Veena Misra
    • Department Head and MC Dean Distinguished University Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering 
  • Kanton Reynolds
    • Teaching Associate Professor and Director, Undergraduate Programs, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Andriy Shymonyak ’15
    • Senior Program Manager, National Democratic Institute; President, Park Alumni Society

Park Enrichment Grant Committee

The Park Enrichment Grant Committee reviews proposals and awards funding for Park Enrichment Grants and Park Alumni Society Study Abroad Travel Stipends.

  • Sarah Ash, Chair
    Professor Emerita, Nutrition Science
  • Veronica Cateté
    Research Scientist, Computer Science
  • Susan Navey-Davis
    Assistant Department Head Emerita, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
  • Courtney Hughes
    Director, University Fellowships Office
  • Jim Martin
    Professor, Chemistry
  • Juliana Nfah-Abbenyi
    Associate Dean of Faculty & Staff Development & Success, Distinguished Professor of English & Comparative Literature