In 2011 when our son was a senior at Edmond North High School, I began helping students with college admissions and, in 2016, I launched Duncan College Consulting. Education is my passion, and nothing is more rewarding than working with high school students.
Applying to college can be stressful, but with strategy and a timeline, it can be organized and even fun. I honor each student's interests, skills and future goals, maintaining that each one deserves unique treatment in their planning.
To stay current on what colleges are looking for, I visit schools on a regular basis. To date, I have visited over 100 colleges and attended over 60 formal admissions presentations and tours. At DePauw University, I received a B.A. in English Composition and Communication. My husband, Walt, and I raised our three children in Oklahoma where they attended Edmond Public Schools. James graduated from Harvard in 2016 and Perrin graduated from DePauw in 2017 and received her MFA from the Burren College of Art in Ireland in 2019. Emma graduated from DePauw in 2019 and graduated with a Masters of Arts in Teaching in Administration from Texas Wesleyan in Fort Worth in 2020.
In addition to college consulting, I serve on the Education Committee, Executive Committee, and Board of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum and the Executive Committee and Board of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits.
My family in 2019 when our baby, Emma, graduated from DePauw University.
Since 2022, three fantastic College Admissions Advisors have joined Duncan College Consulting to assist seniors with their applications. Meet each one!
Katie Alman
Katie graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2016 with a degree in secondary education with an English focus. She has been a teacher at Edmond North High School since 2018 where she teaches advanced English I and English III classes. Katies loves her job as an educator. One of her biggest joys in teaching is sitting one-on-one with students and helping them with their writing. In 2024, Katie began advising seniors with Duncan College Consulting and celebrates how much each student's writing improves through the college essay process.
Some fun facts about Katie...one of her favorite pastimes with her husband, Chase, is to walk their two dogs--great dane Gus and border collie mix Cashew. Katie is an Edmond North Soccer Coach (her 6A girls won State in 2024!) and she loves doing anything outdoors: running, walking, and generally just soaking in the sun.
Elizabeth "Liz" Barnes
Liz graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2003 and earned a master’s degree in educational counseling in 2005. She has worked as a school and college counselor for the past 20 years at various high schools in Oklahoma and Arizona; five of the last seven years at Notre Dame Preparatory High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. She and her family moved back to their home state of Oklahoma in 2023 when she joined the Duncan College Consulting team. She also serves a full-time role as the Yukon Public Schools Career Counselor. Liz absolutely loves the college search and admissions process and finds it a joy to walk students through the admissions process and see their hard work pay off when they end up at their dream schools. Liz enjoys inspiring and being inspired by students each day. Some fun facts about Liz….her husband, Brent, is Yukon's Football Coach. They have two sons (ages 9 and 13) and a golden retriever named Daisy. Liz played Division I volleyball for the University of Oklahoma. She has a published children’s book, Lacie Lue and Maddie Sue. Favorite drink at a coffee shop….hands down, chai tea latte!
Christina Wygant, Ph.D.
Christina received a dual Ph.D. in English Literature and Textual Studies in 2010 from the University of Washington. Her first teaching position was in 1999 at the American Institute of Monterrey, Mexico, where she taught 9th grade English Language Arts following her graduation from Southern Methodist University. After Mexico, Christina taught at Washington State University while working towards her Master’s degree in English. From 2003-2016, Christina taught at the University of Washington for the Comparative History of Ideas, English, Honors, and the Interdisciplinary Writing Program. She is best known for the “Senior Thesis” course she taught for more than ten years.
Christina, her husband, Greg, and their son, Thomas, returned to Edmond from Seattle to live near Christina’s parents and raise Thomas under Oklahoma's big blue sky. Christina began with Duncan College Consulting in 2022, after working with students applying to college and graduate schools while in Washington.
Christina was a writer for 405 Magazine, the editor-in-chief of Heritage Hall’s 50th anniversary history book, and a long-term substitute teacher at Heritage Hall, her alma mater.
Some fun facts about Christina...she is the director of the University of Washington’s Munich Summer Study Abroad Program, having run the 6-week German program with her husband in 2012, 2013, 2024 and soon-to-be in 2025. In her free time, she loves to watch her son play sports, read historical fiction, and play with her two dogs.
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