Program Coordinator
Nancy Foster
Title: Dental Hygiene Program Coordinator, Associate Professor of Dental Health
Phone: (207) 262-7883
Email: nancy.foster@maine.edu
Corinne Dingley
Adjunct Faculty
Tracey Jowett
Assistant Professor of Dental Health
Tracey Jowett is an Assistant Professor of Dental Health at the University of Maine at Augusta, Bangor Campus teaching didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses. Throughout her career in private practice, Tracey has focused on community-based public health dentistry serving on multiple committees and stakeholder groups that focus on improving access to care in Maine. She … Read More
Katherine Kireburns
Assistant Professor of Dental Health
Katie has been a hygienist for 14 years, and an expanded function for 12 years. She has a history of working in Public Health, pediatrics, private practice, periodontics orthodontics and education. In 2020, she graduated with a Master Degree in Adult and Higher Education. She has a passion for teaching, and loves being able to … Read More
Nancy Mickles-Foster
Associate Professor, Dental Health Programs Coordinator, and Dental Hygiene Program Director
Nancy Foster teaches in both the dental hygiene and dental assisting programs in a wide array of didactic, online, laboratory, and clinical courses. She is currently an active member and clinical board examiner for the Commission on Dental Competency and Assessment (CDCA). Nancy served as complaint officer and past member and Treasurer/Secretary of the Maine … Read More
Courtney Noonan
Coordinator of Dental Assisting and EFDA Programs, Assistant Professor of Dental Health
Courtney is a Certified Dental Assistant and Expanded Function Dental Assistant who teaches in both the dental assisting and expanded functions dental assisting programs. She has taught a wide variety of preclinical, clinical, laboratory, and didactic courses. Early in her career Courtney worked in both public health and private dental offices as a certified dental … Read More
Heidi Schoonbeck
Lecturer of Dental Health
Heidi got her RDH license in 2005 from NYS and worked full time in private practice for 17 years. Heidi received her Master of Science in Dental Hygiene degree from the University of Minnesota in 2020. She moved to Maine in 2022 to begin teaching in the Dental Health Programs. She has a passion for … Read More
Tricia Spearin
Assistant Professor of Dental Health
Tricia Spearin is an Assistant Professor of Dental Health who has taught in the dental hygiene, dental assisting, and expanded functions dental assisting programs in a variety of teaching modes: didactic, online, laboratory, and clinical courses. Tricia is a Certified Dental Assistant, Expanded Function Dental Assistant, Registered Dental Hygienist, and doctoral graduate in Education from … Read More
