Dr. Stacey Hettes joined the faculty at Wofford College in 2003, serving as their first Associate Provost for Faculty Development from 2014-2020. A native of Pennsylvania, she holds a PhD in neuroscience from the University of California, Riverside. She is the youngest winner to date of the Milliken Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Science. In 2025, she was named Wofford’s SoCon Faculty Member of the Year. Her classes are difficult because life is difficult. They are also full of wonder, joy, and triumph because, like her students, she is a hard-working seeker. Re-emerging from the shadows of her past was only possible once she resolved to carry the story found in Dispatches from the Couch, A Neuroscientist and her Therapist Conspire to Reboot Her Brain into the light. Dispatches was recently named a finalist for both the Chanticleer Hearten and Journey Awards, awarded to books that are uplifting and focus on overcoming adversity. She resides in Spartanburg with her brother and sister rescue pups, Chili and Pepper.