Faculty and Staff Credentials

Director/Administrator BASDH Programs and PNWDHI

Professor Monica Hospenthal RDH, BS, MEd

  • Clark College, AAS and Dental Hygiene Certificate ‘81; University of Washington, BS, Dental Hygiene ‘90; University of Puget Sound, M.Ed., Educational Administration ’01.
  • BASDH Courses: 271, 409, 401, 411, 421, 431, 439

Full-Time Faculty

Professor Kathy Bassett BSDH, RDH, MEd, QOM

  • Eastern Washington University, BSDH, ‘80; Graduate Certificate, Management and Organizational Leadership, City University, ’90; Lesley College, M.Ed. Computers in Education, ‘97
  • BASDH Courses: 271, 274, 284, 314, 301, 311, 321, 417, 427, 437

Professor Carolyn Roberton DA, BSDH, RDH

  • Loma Linda University, Dental Assisting, AS, ’76; BSDH, ‘78
  • BASDH Courses: 272, 282, 400, 401, 305, 315, 316, 301, 311, 321

Associate Professor Kelsey Audette, RDH, MS

  • Seattle Central College, AAS-T Dental Hygiene '09; Oregon Institute of Technology, BS, '11; Purdue University, MS, '18
  • BASDH Courses: 273, 283, 301, 318, 328, 418, 428, 438, 441, 451

Assistant Associate Professors

Sarah Backus, RDH, BSDH, MS

  • Pierce College, AAS, '09; Eastern Washington University, BSDH, '11; Washington Governors University, '19
  • BASDH Courses: 277, 287, 301, 311, 317, 321, 327, 401, 407, 411, 417,  421, 427, 431, 437 

Melinda P. Davis BS, RDH

  • University of Washington, BS, ‘78
  • BASDH Courses: 410, 411, 420, 421, 430, 431, 439

Denise Doolittle RDH, BSDH, NTP

  • Pierce College, AAS ’02, Pierce College, ADH, ‘04; Eastern Washington University, BSDH, ‘07
  • BASDH Courses: 271, 301, 311, 321, 400, 401, 411, 421, 431
  • BASDH Bridge Course: 471

Donna Eastabrooks, CDA, RDH, MA, PhD

  • Montgomery County Community College, AS '87; West Chester University, BS '95; Villanova University, MA '03; Capella Capella University, PhD '12
  • BASDH Bridge Courses: 472, 473

Juliet Fengler RDH, BA

  • Shoreline Community College AAS & Dental Hygiene Certificate ‘83, Chapman University, BA, Organizational Leadership ‘04
  • BASDH Courses: 271, 300, 301, 310, 311, 320, 321

Mara Gordon, BS, RDH

  • Washington State University, BS '91; Oregon, Health Sciences University, BS '95
  • BASDH Courses: 274, 311, 321

Elizabeth Hall, DDS

  • University of Missouri Kansas City, BA, DDS ‘04
  • BASDH Courses: 311, 321

Lina Hampson RDH, BSDH

  • Shawnee State College, AAS ‘75; Eastern Washington University, BSDH ‘07
  • BASDH Courses: 401, 411, 421, 431

Sylvia D.Y. Kim-Sioda, DDS

  • Creighton University, BS Biology, ‘92; Creighton University School of Dentistry, DDS, ‘96
  • BASDH Courses: 401, 411, 421, 431

Keavin McIntosh, DMD

  • Ricks College, AAS, ‘91; Weber State University BS Zoology, ‘95; University of Louisville, DMD, ’99; Advanced Education General Dentistry, ‘00
  • BASDH Courses: 406, 401, 411, 421, 431, 417, 427, 437

Alice D. Muncy RDH, BSDH

  • Clark College, AAS and Dental Hygiene Certificate ‘81; Eastern Washington University BSDH, ‘10
  • BASDH Courses: 325, 328, 401, 405, 415, 411, 421, 431

Keriann Schneider, RDH, BASDH

  • Pierce College, ADH '16; BASDH '21
  • BASDH Courses: 301, 311, 321

Renee Tai, DDS

  • Weber State University Goddard School of Business & Economics, BS, '01; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, MS, '09; Ohio State University School of Dentistry, DDS, '14
  • BASDH Courses: 417, 427, 437

Staci Violante, RDH, MSDH, DHSc

  • New York University College of Dentistry, AAS Dental Hygiene '97; Fones School of Dental Hygiene, BSDH '05, MSDH '17; University of Bridgeport, DHSc, '20
  • Bridge BASDH Courses: 474

Substitute Adjunct Faculty

Bradley McPhee, DDS — University of Missouri Kansas City, BA, DDS ‘04

Brenda Wertman, RDH, BS, MPH — South Puget Sound Community College, ATA, Dental Assisting ’92; University of Washington, BS Environmental Health; A.T. Still University, MPH ’10; Pierce College, ADH ’10

Administrative and Clinic Staff

Kimle Kangiser, AAS, Clinic Manager

  • Clover Park, AAS, Dental Assisting

Janet Wilson, AA MLT, ACCT, BUS, Office Manager