BarksdaleMary Alice Barksdale , in her nearly 20 years at Virginia Tech, taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses across the elementary education, literacy education, and teacher education curricula. Photo by John McCormick for Virginia Tech.Mar Alice Barksdale, associate professor of education in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of associate professor emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. Read More Read Less