Tamara Powell
Director, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Office of Distance Education, Kennesaw State University, USA
Dr. Tamara Powell is the Director of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Office of Distance Education at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, outside of Atlanta. Her PhD research focused on African American literature. Her current research focuses on retention strategies for at-risk students in online courses. Her faculty development workshops, including "Build a Web Course Workshop," were recognized with the Online Learning Consortium Award for Excellence in Online Faculty Development in 2010 and 2015. She lives in Kennesaw with her husband, Richard Hutchinson, and her two dogs, Molly and Hans Dieter.