Pacton's research and teaching interests are directed at increasing global and local pathways to access in higher education via innovative, scaled teaching technologies.

Professor Wortley is involved in college level writing discourse and has presented at multiple national conferences on the topics of student engagement and instructor humor use as a method of community creation in the online learning environment.

Ratcliffe's research focuses on intersections of rhetoric, feminist theory, and critical race studies.

Hepburn is an experienced educator with ability to mentor and encourage students toward success and achievement in the area of English language instruction and communications.