Academic Support Center

Linda Gnagey balances teaching developmental coursework with roles as director of the Academic Support Center and advisor to conditionally admitted first year students. She thrives on making connections for herself and for students—with other faculty and staff as they work with students and between students’ skill development and academic goals. She is accredited as an Irlen Syndrome/Scotopic Sensitivity screener and National Tutoring Association tutor trainer. She holds education degrees from Goshen College (B.A.) and James Madison University (M.Ed.) and enjoys Biblical and language study. Swimming for exercise, attending theater and sports events, and traveling with her husband Keith and adult children are favorite pastimes. She is an active member of Community Mennonite Church.

Dr. Vi Dutcher is a professor of rhetoric and composition and teaches writing courses. Prior to coming to EMU, she taught writing and women’s studies courses at Kent State University—Stark Campus. She has also taught at The University of Akron and Cuyahoga Community College. She enjoys linking her courses to community partnerships where students produce a deliverable product for a specified need in an organization. Her research interests are community literacy practices in general and Amish and Mennonite female literacy practices in particular.

Joyce Hedrick has worked at EMU since 1993 and in this position since 1997. Prior to coming to EMU, she taught math, social studies and history in private and public secondary schools. She has pastored in Hawaii and Pennsylvania, served as missions secretary for Franconia (Pa.) Mennonite Conference and as administrator of the Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania. She enjoys swimming, hosting international guests, travel, needlework, photography, gardening and music. Joyce is active at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church. She does presentations about attention deficit disorder and about students with disabilities and their transitions into college and university settings.