UAC Staff
Dawn Remmers Director of University Advising and Student Success
dremmers@uta.edu
Dawn became the Director of University Advising and Student Success in July 2005. She has worked at UTA since 1999, having worked in Interdisciplinary Studies and the Honors College as an advisor and as the Director of Student Success Programs. Dawn earned her PhD in Experimental Psychology with an emphasis in Animal Behavior and Neuroscience from Kansas State University in 1996.
Janette Keen Associate Director
keen@uta.edu
Janette has been at UTA since 1997. She has worked in University Advising, Student Success, and Counseling Services. A former student of Texas A&M University, she received her master’s in Student Affairs in Higher Education in 1993.
Misty Underwood Assistant Director
mistyunderwood@uta.edu
Misty completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of North Texas in 2004 and her Master of Education in Counseling at Texas Tech University in 2006. Misty began working for the University of Texas at Arlington in 2007. Her interests include traveling to the Middle East, studying Farsi, Existential Psychology and researching salient issues relating to student development in Higher Education. Misty one day plans to pursue a Ph.D.
Liz Hannabas Coordinator, Advisor Outreach
hannabas@uta.edu
Liz has worked at UT Arlington since 2004. She received her Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree from the University of North Texas. Liz was a member of the Advising Module for the campus MyMav implementation and now does MyMav training for Undergraduate Academic Advisors. Liz worked in the radio industry for ten years and has also worked in Marketing. She has three children – one who attends UT Arlington – and she loves swimming.
Gerrye Frantz Academic Advisor II
frantz@uta.edu
Gerrye earned her BA in Journalism from University of Texas Arlington. She lives in Arlington and has worked at UTA for 15 years. She has two children and enjoys reading, traveling, antiques and theater.
Alisha Tysor Academic Advisor II
tysor@uta.edu
While completing her degree, Alisha was hired with Student Success Programs as a Peer Counselor for Maverick Scholars. It was in that position that she developed a passion for teaching and advising. Alisha completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2007 from UT Arlington and went on to work in social services and student advising at a private career college in Fort Worth. Alisha returned to her alma mater in 2009 to join the UAC and to pursue a career in higher education. She enjoys spoken word poetry, music, especially conscious music that express political and social issues, and studying Adlerian Psychology.
Lynne Von Roeder Academic Advisor II
lvonroeder@uta.edu
Lynne joined the UAC in 2006. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from TCU in 1981 and her Masters of Education in Counseling from TCU in 2006. Lynne spent 17 years in the world of business, first owning her own restaurant and then in the world of corporate foodservice. During that time, she worked with a local Austin school on a grant project for underprivileged students. As a result of that she received a Presidential Commendation for Environmental Youth Education from Bill Clinton in 1995. This caused Lynne to further investigate the world of education and she began teaching at a school for students with learning differences in 1997. When the school decided to add a high school, she went back to TCU to get her masters in educational counseling. She served as the high school college and career counselor until May of 2005. After her graduate internship in the Career Services Center at TCU, she decided to pursue advising and counseling in the higher education arena. Lynne now serves as the lead advisor working with students in exploring and changing majors. She has a 21 year old son who is a student at Texas Tech and she loves to read, garden and travel.
Ken Zuercher Academic Advisor II
zuercher@uta.edu
Ken has worked at UTA since 1999 first in the Dean of Liberal Arts Office and then as an Advisor for Interdisciplinary Studies before coming to the UAC. He has a BA in German, an MA in Linguistics, and is working on a Ph.D. in Linguistics – all from UTA! His research interests center around the roles that languages play in society and how linguistic choices are used to construct social identities. He enjoys helping other students identify their academic talents and plan ways to apply those to ‘real’ life.
Elaine Sarmiento Academic Advisor I
elaines@uta.edu
Elaine has come from Texas A&M University as the previous advisor for the Department of Performance Studies. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies at Texas A&M University in 2004 and her Master of Liberal Arts degree with a focus in Music and Theatre Arts at Southern Methodist University in 2008. Outside of academics, Elaine enjoys working with student organizations in development and leadership. Her interests include being active and training for races, watching and participating in sports, learning about different cultures, traveling and all aspects of the performing arts.
Katie Stephenson Academic Advisor I
kstephenson@uta.edu
Katie earned a B.A. in English from Louisiana Tech University and a M.A. in English from Texas A&M University. She has worked previously as an academic advisor, a writing tutor, and an English instructor, and she loves helping students achieve their academic goals. She enjoys reading, learning about different cultures, and brushing up on her French language skills.
Leigh A. Young Administrative Assistant
leiyoung@uta.edu
Leigh has two daughters (one who has graduated from college and the other who is a senior in college) and a husband working on his master’s. Not wanting to be left out, she decided if she wasn’t attending college she could at least work at one. She enjoys college basketball, reading, gardening (even though she says she is a terrible gardener), singing, and horseback riding. Her favorite word is “possibilities”. She loves to look for the possibilities in things, which means that she’s the crazy person taking other people’s “junk” and trying to do something tricky with it.
David Sutton Support Specialist II
drsutton@uta.edu
David has worked on campus for going on 10 years. He moved up to the University Advising Center from the Undergraduate Admissions Office in August of 2007. He knows quite a bit about the inner workings of the University and has friends in many different departments. His interests are indie music, games of chance, reading fiction and movies. He has always been fascinated with ancient cultures, so games, movies or books pertaining to past civilizations are where he finds the most enjoyment. David is currently working on his Bachelor’s in Anthropology here at UTA.