Faculty and Staff
Carol Derkowski, RDH, MAIE
Director, Dental Hygiene
Ph: (979-532-6428
Email: carold@wcjc.edu
URL: https://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/users/carold/index.aspx
Mrs. Derkowski received her AAS degree from WCJC and is a registered dental hygienist. She recieved her BAAS and MAIE from Sam Houston State University. Mrs. Derkowski has 8 years of clinical experience and has been a dental hygiene instructor for Wharton County Junior College since 1977.
Cylinda Konvicka
Dental Hygiene Secretary/Reciptionist
Please contact Ms. Konvicka for information about the application process for Dental Hygiene or information about the Anna T. Harrison Dental Hygiene Clinic.
911 Boling Hwy Wharton, TX 77488 E-mail konvickac@wcjc.edu Phone: 979-532-6429
Gina Wilson
Dental Hygiene Instructor
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Ph: (979) 532-6426
Email: daleh@wcjc.edu
Ms. Wilson received her AAS in Dental Hygiene degree from Wharton County Junior College. She was employed as part-time in the dental hygiene program at WCJC fourteen years before becoming a full-time faculty member in 2022. She earned her B.S. in Dental Hygiene degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio in 2005. Ms. Wilson is senior clinic coordinator and teaches Contemporary Dental Hygiene Care I and II, Preclinic Dental Hygiene, and Clinical Dental Hygiene I, II, and III. In addition, Ms. Wilson is sponsor of the WCJC dental hygiene club.
Franci Holleman-Bay, RDH, BAAS
Dental Hygiene Instructor
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Ph: (979) 532-6448
Email: francih@wcjc.edu
Mrs. Bay received her A.A.S degree from Wharton County Junior College. She earned her B.A.A.S. degree from University of Houston – Victoria with a major in Psychology. Mrs. Bay has been a part time/full time instructor for Wharton County Junior College since 1999. She currently teaches Clinical Dental Hygiene , Dental Materials and Dental Radiology.
Shelley Mayfield, RDH, MEd
Dental Hygiene Instructor
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Ph: (979) 532-6427
Email: smayfield@wcjc.edu
Shelley Mayfield has been a Dental Hygiene instructor at WCJC since 1998. She earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts & Science degree from University of Houston at Victoria in 1984 and a Master of Education – Administration & Supervision in 2002. She teaches Community Dentistry, Practice Management, Pre-Clinic, and Clinic I, II, III.
Garland Novosad, DDS
Dental Hygiene Instructor
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, TX 77488
Ph: (979) 532-6425
Email: garlandn@wcjc.edu
Dr. Garland S. Novosad received his B.S. degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas and his D.D.S. from Baylor University College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas. During his career, he has taught on the full-time faculty of Baylor College of Dentistry and in the Department of Removable Prosthetics at the University of Washington Health Science Center in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Novosad has been supervising dentist for the Department of Dental Hygiene at Wharton County Junior College since 1996 and teaches Head & Neck Anatomy, Periodontology, Pharmacology, Oral Pathology, and Nutrition.
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