Faculty

Melissa J. Himelein, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Melissa is a professor of psychology and teaches courses in clinical psychology, health psychology, and the psychology of women. A faculty member at UNC Asheville since 1992, she has received the Distinguished Teacher Award in Social Sciences (2000-2001) and the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007). From 2006 to 2010, Melissa served as the half-time Associate Director of Research for the North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness, where she established intramural programs supporting faculty and student research in obesity prevention, workplace wellness, and healthy aging. She is excited about her new position with the CTL and hopes her background will prove helpful in promoting faculty development. In Melissa’s non-work life, she runs, to the extent her aging body will allow; watches her twin daughters’ sporting events; and at least contemplates practicing the piano.