Tabitha Appleberry
Title: Associate Director
Location: Union Avenue Campus, Parrish Library, Room 278
Phone: 901-333-5358
Email: tlstevenson2@southwest.tn.edu 

Tabitha Appleberry is the Associate Director for the Academic Support Center, overseeing the Union Avenue Campus and the Gill and Whitehaven Centers. She has been an employee of Southwest since 2016 and is a proud alumna of the institution. She has over 25 years of educational experience in and out of the classroom. She received her B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Memphis, obtained two master’s degrees, which include a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Freed-Hardeman University and an M.A. in Education from University of Phoenix. Ms. Appleberry brings a wealth of experience and expertise to help students succeed at Southwest.

Thomas Cole
Title: Director
Location: Macon Cove Campus, Bornblum Library, Room 114
Phone: 901-333-4107
Email: tcole18@southwest.tn.edu

Thomas Cole is the Director of the Academic Support Center. He joined Southwest in 2015. He possesses over a decade of experience in tutoring academic and professional forms of writing; he also has taught undergraduate composition and literature for fifteen years. He graduated from Rhodes College with a B.A. in English and German. At the University of Florida, he earned both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English as well as a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies. Dr. Cole is dedicated to student success.

Kenneth Foster
Title: Master Tutor
Location: Macon Cove Campus, Bornblum Library, Room 118
Phone: 901-333-4135
Email: kfoster@southwest.tn.edu

Kenneth Foster is a laboratory technician and College Reading & Learning Association certified Master Tutor for the ASC in the fields of Chemistry, Math, and Physics.