Davis & Elkins College has welcomed five new faculty to campus for the upcoming academic year. New additions include Colten Biro, Ph.D.; Rachelle Hill, M.S.N.; Amy Wallingford, D.N.P.; Jenny Pippin, M.A.; and Kelsey Young, Ph.D.

Biro, serving in the College’s English department, is an award-winning instructor with more than half a dozen academic awards and publications. He has delivered more than 20 conference presentations, workshops, and invited lectures, and is active in the Children’s Literature Association, North American Victorian Studies, and Interdisciplinary-Nineteenth Century Studies.

Hill joins the nursing department as a healthcare professional with experience in Pennsylvania, Washington, Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia. She has served on the boards of the Association of Public Health Nursing and the Local Emergency Preparedness Committee and was a founding member of the Deltana Community Services Partnership. Hill is also an award-winning and published healthcare professional.

Wallingford, who earned a doctor of nursing practice from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is expanding the nursing programs at D&E. She serves has president of the Wallingford Foundation and is certified by the boards of registered nursing in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and West Virginia, as well as by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and National Asthma Educator Certification Board.

Pippin joins D&E’s mathematics program with master’s degrees in mathematics and secondary education from Marshall University and James Madison University, respectively. She previously served as an adjunct mathematics professor at D&E and has provided mathematics education and consultancy across West Virginia, Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina.

Young, a member of D&E’s Class of 2014, joins the sport management program after earning a doctorate in leadership: health and human performance from Concordia University Chicago in 2024. She holds multiple certifications recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine, American Red Cross, and Zumba Fitness. Since 2019, Young has served on the D&E Alumni Association Board of Directors, most recently as co-chair of the student recruitment committee.

“We are thrilled this year to bring in five new faculty members, in English, Mathematics, Sport Management, and two in Nursing,” says Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Mike Mattison. “Each of them has traveled a different route to Davis & Elkins, whether through academia or the business world or some combination of both. Each of them has a wealth of experience and insight to share in their courses and will have an immediate impact on our students. We are lucky that so many talented people have accepted our invitation to join the mission of D&E: to prepare students for success and thoughtful engagement with the world.”