Faculty
College Welcomes New Faculty in 2021 Ashley Clark, D.D.S.
Ashley Clark, D.D.S., was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Oklahoma State University and then worked as a dental assistant for three years. Dr. Clark decided to pursue a career as a dental hygienist and graduated from the college’s dental hygiene program in 2015 from the Bartlesville site. Upon graduation, she married the love of her life and they moved to Edmond, Oklahoma, where they currently reside. They have two kids, Gavin and Laureline, who keep them on their toes and bring them joy daily. Dr. Clark loves music, theatre, college football, and all things Disney. Although Dr. Clark was sad to leave her dental family that she has worked with the past six years, she is excited to give back to the college and help shape the future of the dental hygiene profession.
Brad Cummings, D.D.S.
Brad Cummings, D.D.S., graduated from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, class of 2016. He grew up in Southern California and moved to Oklahoma in 2016 to start a family. Now, he and his wife have two children. Dr. Cummings has founded the nonprofit Smile For Good Foundation and Grill Guard mouthguards. Grill Guard connects dentists with their community through sports safety. At the college, he will primarily be working with comprehensive care and the growth of digital dentistry. He takes pride in the continuing education of technological advances of dentistry today in order to better serve the community.
Robin W. Graham, D.H.
Robin W. Graham, D.H., earned her bachelor’s degree in allied health education and a master’s degree in education from the University of Central Oklahoma, and she completed the Dental Hygiene program from Rose State College. After graduating, she started her career as a dental hygienist in private practice for over 10 years. Graham began adjunct clinical teaching at Rose State College in 1990 and in 1998 moved into a full-time professor position in both the Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting programs. In 2015, she became the director of dental hygiene and served in that position for three and a half years. Prior to beginning at the college, she worked for a corporate dental practice, where she developed and licensed the curriculum for a 12-week dental assisting program. Graham held the position of director and placed trained dental assistants into employment throughout the corporate dental practices. She is excited to be a part of the faculty at the college’s dental hygiene program and looks forward to finishing out her career in dental education here at the college.
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