Faculty

Faculty–Retired and Emeriti


2016-2017 Faculty

Lee M. Adcock III (2012)	Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., The University of Florida; M.Ed., Armstrong Atlantic University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Elena Adell (2006)	Associate Professor of Spanish
Licenciatura, The University of Valladolid, Spain; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Cheryl S. Alderman (1993)	NC State Lecturer in Industrial Engineering
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., University of Massachusetts; M.E., North Carolina State University

Leigh Louis Atkinson Jr. (1989)	Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Mississippi; M.A., Ph.D., Dartmouth College

C. Patrick Bahls (2005)	Professor of Mathematics
B.S. University of Denver; M.S. Vanderbilt University; Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

Ellen R. Bailey (2005)	Lecturer in French and Spanish
B.S. Wake Forest University; M.A. University of Delaware

Celia Weiss Bambara (2015)	Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of California Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California Riverside

Eva Hericks Bares (2011)	Lecturer in Art
B.A., Otto-Friedrich Universitat; M.A., University of Miami; M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook

William K. Bares (2011)	Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Amherst College; M.M., University of Miami; Ph.D., Harvard University

Mildred K. Barya (2016)	Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Makerere University; M.F.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Denver

Ameena Batada (2011)	Associate Professor of Health and Wellness
B.A., M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; D.P.H., Johns Hopkins University

Judith Ann Beck (1999)	Lecturer in Physics
B.A., Williams College; M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tamie T. Beldue (2008)	Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A, Columbus College of Art & Design; M.F.A, University of Cinncinnati

Christopher Ross Bell (1989)	Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Charles Aycock Bennett Jr. (1982)	Professor of Physics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Robert C. Berls (2005)	Associate Professor of Drama
A.A. Colby College; B.A. Emporia State University; M.A. Bowling Green State University; M.F.A. Michigan State University

Kenneth A. Betsalel (1990)	Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Michelle L. Bettencourt (2004)	Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Agya Boakye-Boaten (2010)	Associate Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., University of Ghana-Legon; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio University

Kenneth D. Bogert (2016)	Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Laura Bond (1998)	Professor of Drama
B.F.A., Kutztown University; M.F.A., Syracuse University

Randy Alan Booker (1986)	Professor of Physics
B.A., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Christine E. Boone (2014)	Assistant Professor of Music
B.M., Indiana University; M.M., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Texas

Gregory Boudreaux (2001)	Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Loyola University; M.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana; Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Robert Bowen (1993)	Professor of Drama
B. A., University of Southern Colorado; M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin

Kirk Boyle (2011)	Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Indiana Universtiy; M.A., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Victoria Bradbury (2016)	Assistant Professor of New Media
B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.F.A., Alfred University; Ph.D., University of Sunderland

Scott J. Branson (2016)	Lecturer in Humanities
B.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Emory University

Jarvis Dean Brock (1990)	Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Duke University; M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jonathan Brown (2016)	Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., St. Joseph’s University; Ph.D., Temple University

Kim Trask Brown (2005)	Associate Professor of Education
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Ed.S., Ed.D., Western Carolina University

Tracy Lewis Brown (1985)	Professor of Psychology
B.A., Hastings College; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Rebecca F. Bruce (1996)	Professor of Computer Science
B.S., University of Texas at El Paso; M.S., Stanford University; M.S., Ph.D., New Mexico State University

Adam N. Bryant (2014)	Lecturer in New Media
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design

Melissa Burchard (1997)	Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., San Jose State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Deena Burris (2014)	Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; M.A., University of Denver; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

C. Jacob Butera (2012)	Assistant Professor of Classics
B.A., Miami University of Ohio; Ph.D., Duke University

Brian Edgar Butler (2000)	Professor of Philosophy
	Thomas Howerton Distinguished Professor of Humanities
B.F.A., Otis College of Art and Design; M.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., Claremont University; J.D., University of Chicago

Marietta E. Cameron (2011)	Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Birmingham-Southern College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Grace Gordon Campbell (1999)	Lecturer in Humanities
B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder; M.L.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville

Cynthia Marie Canejo (2006)	Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Michigan; M.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Maria Cebria (2015)	Lecturer in Spanish
M.A., University of Georgia; M.A., University of Florida

Cynthia Anne Chadwick (2000)	Lecturer in English
B.A., Norwich University; M.A., M.F.A., Goddard College

Rodney Reid Chapman (2004)	Lecturer in Education
B.A., M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Richard Steven Chess (1989)	Professor of English
B.A., Glassboro State College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

Evelyn S. Chiang (2007)	Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., New College; M.A.E. and Ph.D., University of Florida

Hugh David Clarke (2000)	Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Susan Clark Muntean (2014)	Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., Pepperdine University; M.B.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of California

Curtis A. Cloninger (2003)	Associate Professor of New Media
B.A., The University of the South; M.F.A., Maine College of Art

Dennis Cole (2013)	Lecturer in Management
B.A., Liverpool University; M.B.A., Boston College; PhD., Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Linda Cornett (1997)	Professor of Political Science
B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

Evan Couzo (2015)	Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Keith Cox (2015)	Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., B.S., University of Georgia; M.A., University of Virginia; M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern University

Regine Criser (2013)	Assistant Professor of German
M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Duane H. Davis (1998)	Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Purdue University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Joyce Hubbard Davis (2011)	Lecturer in Education
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.Ed., Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Brian K. Dennison (2004)	Professor of Physics
Glaxo Wellcome Distinguished Professorship in Undergraduate Science Research
B.S., University of Louisville; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University

Donald Lee Diefenbach (1995)	Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University

Sonya R. DiPalma (2009)	Associate Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Fairmont State College; M.S., West Virginia University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Lothar Albrecht Dohse (1985)	Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of New Orleans; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Alvis Dunn (2013)	Assistant Professor in History
B.A., M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ann Dunn (2005)	Lecturer in Humanities
B.A. Indiana University; M.L.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville

Robert Dunning (1988)	Professor of Art
B.F.A., East Carolina University; M.F.A., Indiana University

Dolores Marie Eggers (1999)	Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Western Washington University; M.S.P.H., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Oguz Erdur (2010)	Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Bogazici University; M.S., Bogazici University; Ph.D., Columbia University

Gary R. Ettari (2004)	Associate Professor of English
B.A., Brigham Young University; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

Brian M. Felix (2011)	Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Rutgers University; M.M., DePaul University; D.M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

Patrick S. Foo (2004)	Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., University of Colorado, Boulder; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

Timothy Gordon Forrest (1996)	Professor of Biology
B.S., Florida Southern College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida

Volker Karl Frank (1996)	Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of Tubingen; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Lisa Friedenberg (1977)	Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

Melodie G. Galloway (2006)	Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Appalachian State University; M.M., Florida State University, D.M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

John Eric Gant (2000)	Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kathleen C. Garbe (2005)	Associate Professor of Health and Wellness
B.S. University of Wisconsin; M.S. Illinois State University; Ph.D. Texas Women’s University

Ellen S. Garrison (2010)	Lecturer in Health and Wellness
B.S., East Carolina University; M.Ed., The University of Toledo

Marcia Jo Ghidina (1992)	Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Drake University; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Mark P. Gibney (1998)	Professor of Political Science
	Belk Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
B.A., Boston College; J.D., Villanova University; Ph.D., University of Michigan

David P. Gillette (2008)	Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Bates College; M.S., Emporia State University; Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

Oliver T. Gloag (2012)	Assistant Professor of French
B.A., Columbia University; J.D., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Christopher M. Godfrey (2007)	Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
B.S., Cornell University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Michael E. Gouge (2001)	Lecturer in Mass Communication
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., University of Alabama

Brian C. Graves (2012)	Lecturer in English
B.A., Mars Hill College; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; M. Div., Wake Forest University Divinity School; M.A., Western Carolina University

Evan Gurney (2013)	Assistant Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rebecca E. Hale (2009)	Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., Oberlin College; M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida

Lei Han (2003)	Associate Professor of New Media
B.A., Shenzhen University, China; M.F.A., Memphis College of Art

Alan Mark Hantz (1984)	Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Clarion University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Grant Ricardo Hardy (1994)	Professor of History and Religious Studies
B.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Yale University

Marcus Harvey (2013)	Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Morehouse College; M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D., Emory University

Mark Lee Harvey (1996)	Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Iowa; M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University

Peter Haschke (2013)	Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

David W. Hayes (2016)	Lecturer in Management
B.S., Auburn University; M.B.A., University of North Florida

Tommy Hays (2006)	Lecturer in English
B.A., Furman University; M.F.A., Warren Wilson College

George Lance Heard (1999)	Professor of Chemistry
B.S.., Melbourne University; Ph.D., University of Tasmania

Christopher C. Hennon (2005)	Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
B.A., Miami University; M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., Ohio State University

Lyndi Hewitt (2012)	Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Melissa Jayne Himelein (1992)	Professor of Psychology
A.B., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky


Lora Louise Holland (2002)	Associate Professor of Classics
B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bert E. Holmes (1998)	Professor of Chemistry
	Carson Distinguished Professor in the Sciences
B.S., B.A., College of Emporia; Ph.D., Kansas State University

Herman L. Holt Jr. (1998)	Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Kenyon College; M.S., Furman University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Brian S. Hook (2001)	Associate Professor of Classics
B.A., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., Duke University

David Brendan Hopes (1983)	Professor of English
B.A., Hiram College; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University

Jonathan L. Horton (2003)	Professor of Biology
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University

Lori Horvitz (1998)	Professor of English
B.F.A., State University of New York at Purchase; M.F.A., City University of New York, Brooklyn College; Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany

Huo-Jin Huang (1984)	Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
B.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University

Carolyn B. Hughes (2013)	Lecturer in Accounting
B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.B.A., Clemson University

Charles Greene James Jr. (1984)	Associate Professor of Chemistry and Africana Studies
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.S., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Deborah Grier James (1984)	Professor of English and Africana Studies
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Anne Jansen (2013)	Assistant Professor of English
B.A., M.Ed., University of California at Santa Barbara; M.A., California State University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Edward E. Johnson (2004)	Lecturer in Mathematics
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.S., University of South Carolina

Laura K. Jones (2015)	Assistant Professor of Health and Wellness
B.S., The University of the South; M.S., University of Oregon; M.A., East Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina Greensboro

Sarah M. Judson (1997)	Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Samuel R. Kaplan (1999)	Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Boston University

Sonia Kapur (2014)	Assistant Professor of International Studies
B.A., University of Delhi; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas
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Edward Joseph Katz (1992)	Professor of English
B.A., University of Washington; B.S., Michigan State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

Angeldeep Kaur (2013)	Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute, Kellogg School of Science and Technology

Heidi Joan Helen Kelley (1990)	Professor of Sociology
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

Caroline K. Kennedy (2007)	Lecturer in Biology
B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.S. Southeastern Louisiana University

Jonathan T. King (2014)	Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Amherst College; M.S., University of Montana; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Wayne Joseph Kirby (1987)	Professor of Music
B.M., Juilliard School; M.M., Yale University; D.A., New York University

Lisé Kloeppel (2008)	Associate Professor of Drama
B.S., Missouri State University; M.F.A., Arizona State University

Jeffrey Michael Konz (1996)	Professor of Economics
B.A., Iowa State University; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

William Koprowski (2016)	Professor of Accounting
B.A., Ph.D., Temple University; M.S., J.D., University of South Carolina

Keith Eric Krumpe (1992)	Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Allegheny College; Ph.D., Emory University

Peter Kusek (2013)	Lecturer in New Media
B.F.A., University of North Texas; M.A., M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Jackie M. Langille (2012)	Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Idaho State University; M.S., Central Washington University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Amy Joy Lanou (2005)	Professor of Health & Wellness
B.S., University of California; Ph.D., Cornell University

Andrew Laughlin (2015)	Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Calvin College; M.S., East Tennessee State University; Ph.D., Tulane University

Pamela Laughon (1989)	Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

Kathleen Lawlor (2015)	Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.E.M., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jimin Lee (2008)	Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Kyungpook National University; M.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Jinhua Li (2011)	Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies and Language
B.A., M.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University; Ph.D., Purdue University

Erica Abrams Locklear (2008)	Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., Utah State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Oksana Love (2013)	Lecturer in Chemistry
B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.S., Ph.D., Georgetown University

Dennis Lundblad (2015)	Lecturer in Humanities
B.A., Bridgewater College; M. Div., Lexington Theological Seminary

Britt Lundgren (2015)	Assistant Professor of Physics
A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Illinois

Jana Mader (2016)	Lecturer in German
M.A., Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitat

Melissa H. Mahoney (2014)	Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Bard College; M.A., New School University; Ph.D., The New School for Social Research

Keya Maitra (2002)	Professor of Philosophy
M.A., Visva Bharati University; M.Phil., University of Hyderabad; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Mary Lynn Manns (1982)	Professor of Management
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., Western Carolina University; M.S., University of Colorado; Ph.D. DeMontfort University

Jackson Martin (2013)	Assistant Professot of Art
B.F.A., Middle Tennessee State University; M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art

Leah Greden Mathews (1998)	Professor of Economics
Interdisciplinary Distinguished Professor of the Mountain South
B.A., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

John Mackey McClain (1999)	Lecturer in Humanities
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Patricia Prescott McClellan (1985)	Lecturer in Mathematics
B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; M.A.Ed., Western Carolina University

Mark McClure (1997)	Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Ph.D., Ohio State University

Jeanne Marie McGlinn (1988)	Professor of Education
B.A., Clarke College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas

Brittani McNamee (2013)	Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., University of Idaho; Ph.D., New Mexico State University

Laura Meadows (2016)	Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Purdue University; M.A., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Thomas E. Meigs (2003)	Professor of Biology
GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Molecular and Chemical Biology
B.S., Western Carolina University; Ph.D., Stanford University

Douglas K. Miller (2004)	Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
B.S., Ph.D., Purdue University; M.S., University of Washington

Sophie Jane Victoria Mills (1994)	Professor of Classics
	NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
B.A., M.A., Somerville College; Ph.D., University of Oxford

Katherine K. H. Min (2007)	Associate Professor of English
B.A., Amherst College; M.S., Columbia University

Kevin Keith Moorhead (1992)	Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.S., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Florida

Ashley Moraguez (2015)	Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

Dolly Jenkins Mullen (1989)	Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies
B.A., Morgan State University; M.A., Atlanta University; Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Dwight Bernard Mullen (1984)	Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies
B.A., Loma Linda University; M.A., Ph.D., Atlanta University

Michael F. Neelon (2006)	Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Christopher W. Nicolay (2001)	Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Kansas State University; M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., Kent State University

Christopher C. Oakley (2011)	Assistant Professor of New Media
M.F.A., Columbia University

Susan Ortiz (2015)	Lecturer in Sociology
B.A., New Mexico State University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Elizabeth Pascoe (2014)	Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Steven Curtis Patch (1984)	Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Connecticut; M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University

Rodger M. Payne (2007)	Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Virginia

Fletcher Peacock (2015)	Lecturer in Music
B.M., B.M.E., Mars Hill University; M.M., Columbus State University

Ellen H. Pearson (2003)	Professor of History
B.A., Spring Hill College; M.A., University of New Orleans; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

David Eugene Peifer (1994)	Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., University of Illinois

James R. Perkins (2011)	Assistant Professor of Physics
B.A., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Karin Elizabeth Peterson (1999)	Professor of Sociology
B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; Diplôme d’études approfondies, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, (Paris, France); Ph.D., University of Virginia

Daniel Smith Pierce (1999)	Professor of History
B.S., Western Carolina University; M.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Jessica S. Pisano (2012)	Lecturer in English
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Western Carolina University

Cathy Renee Pons (1995)	Professor of French
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

Elizabeth Porter (2013)	Lecturer in Economics
B.A., Schiller International University; M.A., University of Manchester

Susan L. Reiser (1995)	Lecturer in New Media
B.S., Duke University; M.S., University of South Carolina

William F. Revere (2016)	Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Central Florida; M.A., Southern Methodist University; M.A.R., Yale University; Ph.D., Duke University

Robert Graham Reynolds (2015)	Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Duke University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Matthew Emmett Richmond (2010)	Lecturer in Music
B.M., Middle Tennessee State University; M.M., Ithaca College

Tracey Kathlene Rizzo (1995)	Professor of History
B.A., Willamette University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon

Irene Mackun Rossell (1993)	Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., West Virginia University; Ph.D., State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Aubrianne Rote (2013)	Assistant Professor of Health and Wellness
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Eric S. Roubinek (2013)	Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of Wisconsin–Madison; Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Igor Roussanoff (2012)	Lecturer in Drama
M.F.A., Kiev State Art Institute

Tiece M. Ruffin (2010)	Associate Professor of Education
B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., Ohio University

Michael Joseph Ruiz (1978)	Professor of Physics
B.S., St. Joseph’s College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland

Leisa A. Rundquist (2007)	Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A. and M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana; Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Nancy M. Bell Ruppert (2002)	Professor of Education
B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.A. Ed., Western Carolina University; Ed.S., Ed.D., University of Florida

Lorena Love Russell (2002)	Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.L.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Juan Sanchez-Martinez (2016)	Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., M.A., Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Ph.D., Western University

Kevin Sanft (2015)	Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., B.S., Augsburg College; M.S., Ph.D., University of California

Rebecca Sanft (2015)	Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of Arizona

Jason M. Schmeltzer (2005)	Lecturer in Chemistry
B.S., Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D., Purdue University

Sarah C. Seaton (2014)	Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., High Point University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Charles Sheaffer (2013)	Lecturer in Computer Science
B.A., Metropolitan State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Jeffrey F. Shields (2014)	Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.S., Washington State University; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Mark Alan Sidelnick (1993)	Professor of Education

B.S., M.Ed., Millersville University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Purdue University

Brent H. Skidmore (2011)	Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., Murray State University; M.F.A., Indiana University at Bloomington

Anne E. Slatton (2004)	Lecturer in Mass Communication
B.A., Smith College; M.F.A., University of Georgia

Melissa Anne Smith (2006)	Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Clark University; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., Clark University

William Mark Spellman (1988)	Professor of History
B.S., Suffolk University; Ph.D., Syracuse University

P. Ryan Steed (2016)	Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Centre College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

David Arthur Steele (1990)	Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Clearwater Christian College; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida

Micheal T. Stratton (2010)	Associate Professor of Management
B.A., Western New England College; M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Albany-SUNY

Wiebke Strehl (2012)	Professor of German
B.A., Padagogische Hochschule Flensburg; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Surain Subramaniam (2001)	Associate Professor of International and Asian Studies
B.A., Muhlenberg College; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Robert C. Tatum (2004)	Associate Professor of Economics
B.S., Centre College; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Indiana University

Laurel Lynn Taylor (2010)	Lecturer in Art and Classics
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Carrie Tomberlin (2015)	Lecturer in Art
B.A., Eckerd; M.F.A., Clemson University

Eric Tomberlin (2010)	Associate Professor of Art
B.A., Brooks Institute of Photography; M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin

Samer Traboulsi (2005)	Professor of History
B.A., American University of Beirut; M.A. Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University

Gretchen Lee Trautmann (1999)	Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia

Richard Turpen (2016)	Visiting Professor of Accounting
B.S., Birmingham-Southern College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

Robert D. Tynes (1987)	Professor of Art
B.A., Rhodes College; M.F.A., East Carolina University

Heather M. Ulrich (2013)	Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., York College of Pennsylvania; M.A., Western Carolina University; Ph.D. University of Montana

Megan Underhill (2016)	Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.S., College of Charleston; M.A., Colorado State University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Scott E. Walters (1998)	Professor of Drama
B.A., University of Minnesota; M.S., Illinois State University, Ph.D., City University of New York

Jennifer Rhode Ward (2007)	Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., St. Mary’s College of Maryland; Ph.D., College of William & Mary

Sally A. Wasileski (2005)	Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Juniata College; Ph.D., Purdue University

Darin J. Waters (2011)	Assistant Professor of History
B.S., Liberty University; M.A., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Charles T. Weinberg (2010)	Lecturer in Music
B.S. Duke University

Mark Douglas West (1988)	Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Matthew Thomas West (2010)	Lecturer in Art
B.F.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.F.A., Clemson University

Gwendolyn Whitfield (2014)	Associate Professor of Management
B.A., Howard University; M.B.A., Wayne State University; Ph.D., Western Michigan University

Adam A. Whitley (2011)	Lecturer in Computer Science
B.S., Appalachian State University; Ph. D., Clemson University

Catherine Lorena Whitlock (1999)	Lecturer in Mathematics
B.S., Salem College; M.S., North Carolina State University

Jeffrey D. Wilcox (2007)	Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Hope College; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Scott Williams (2015)	Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; M.St., Ph.D., University of Oxford

Jason R. Wingert (2008)	Associate Professor of Health and Wellness
B.S., M.P.T., University of Missouri at Columbia; Ph.D., Washington University

Amanda L. Wolfe (2013)	Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute, Kellogg School of Science and Technology

Megan M. Wolfe (1997)	Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Miami and Kansas City Art Institute; M.A., University of South Carolina; M.F.A., New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University

John Colman Wood (1999)	Professor of Sociology
B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

Amanda B. Wray (2011)	Assistant Professor of English
B.A., M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Arizona

Katherine C. Zubko (2009)	Associate Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Northern Arizona University; M.T.S.; Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Emory University

Jeremias Zunguze (2015)	Associate Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California Berkeley

Faculty–Retired and Emeriti


Genevieve Arnold	Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Gwen McNeill Ashburn	Professor Emeritus of Literature and Language
A.B., Queens College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leo Allan Bares	Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.A., Dickinson State College; M.S., Montana State University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Christian Bernhardt Jr.	Lecturer in Biology
B.S., Davidson College; M.A., Duke University

Robert Neal Bland	Associate Professor of Library Science
B.A., University of Alabama; M.A., Duke University; M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Malcolm Eugene Blowers	University Librarian Emeritus
	Professor of Library Research
B.A., Roberts Wesleyan College; M.A., Ohio State University; M.S.L.S., University of Illinois

Walter R. Boland	Professor Emeritus of Sociology
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Janet W. Bowman	Clinical Associate Professor of Education
B.S. and M.S., Tuskegee University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Mark Joseph Boyd	Associate Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
B.S., Florida State University; M.S., Wichita State University; Ph.D., University of Colorado

E. Keith Bramlett	Lecturer Emeritus in Sociology
B.A., University of North Alabama

Edward Allen Brotak	Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
B.S., M.S., Rutgers University; M.Ph., Ph.D., Yale University

Shirley Collins Browning	Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Joseph Dale Brownsmith	Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Creighton University; M.S., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Ohio State University

William Edward Bruce	Professor Emeritus of Psychology
A.B., Stanford University; M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Sandra Pappas Byrd	Associate Professor Emeritus of Education
B.A., Salem College; M.A., Western Carolina University; Ed.D., University of South Carolina

Peter James Caulfield	Professor Emeritus of Literature and Language
B.S., M.A., Eastern Michigan University; D.A., University of Michigan

Thomas Reazer Cochran	Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., MacMurray College; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State University

Allan Leslie Combs	Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.S., Ohio State University; M.A., University of Florida; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia

Samuel Tucker Cooke	Professor Emeritus of Art
B.A., Stetson University; M.F.A., University of Georgia

Guy L. Cooper III	Professor Emeritus of Classics
B.A., University of Chicago; Lizenziat, Ph.D., University of Zurich

Philip Cranston	Professor Emeritus of French
B.A., University of Arizona; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Eileen Crowe	Lecturer Emeritus in Literature and Language
B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., Western Carolina University

Joseph Kenneth Daugherty	Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of Maryland

Tom Forest Davenport III	Professor Emeritus of Physics
B.A., Rice University; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

Virginia Taylor Derryberry	Professor Emeritus of Art
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Peabody College; M.F.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Joyce Ruth Dorr	Lecturer in Music
B.M., College Misericordia; M.M., DePaul University; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Laurence Andrew Dorr	Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., Boston College; S.T.L., College Philosophique et Theologique de St. Albert; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Margaret Josephine Downes	Professor Emeritus of Literature and Language
B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Florida State University

James A. Driggers Jr.	Lecturer in Literature and Language
B.A., University of Georgia; M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Dorothy Dvorsky-Rohner	Associate Professor of Classics
B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado

Bahram Farzanegan	Professor of Political Science
B.A., Lafayette College; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., American University

John Michael Gillum	Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Stetson University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Charlotte Louise Goedsche	Associate Professor Emeritus of German
B.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; M.A., University of Wisconsin

Angela Ileana Grams	Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
B.A., Goucher College; Ph.D., Georgetown University

Bruce Stephan Greenawalt	Associate Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., Maryville College; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Christine Dora Gullickson	Professor of German
University of Bern

Robert Lee Hartman	Associate Professor of Physical Education
B.S., Purdue University; M.Ed., American University

James A. Heimbach Jr.	Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Normha G. Holton	Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., (equivalent), M.A. (equivalent), Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Bogota, Colombia; M.A. (equivalent), Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Bogota, Colombia

Brenda Buchanan Hopper	Lecturer Emeritus in Education
B.S., M.A., Western Carolina University

Holly K. Iglesias	Lecturer in Master of Liberal Arts and Sciences Program
B.A., Loyola University; M.A., University of Miami; Ph.D., Florida State University

Eric Vincent Iovacchini	Vice Chancellor Emeritus for Student Affairs
B.A., Gettysburg College; J.D., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Wyoming

David Clifford Kay	Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Otterbein College; M.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Gregg Alan Kormanik	Professor Emeritus of Biology
A.B., Hiram College; Ph.D., University of Miami

Mary Anna LaFratta	Assistant Professor of Multimedia Arts and Sciences
B.F.A., M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University

Phyllis Martin Lang	Associate Professor of Mass Communication
A.B., Nebraska Wesleyan University; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Illinois

Wayne Wilson Lang	Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
B.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Bruce Larson	Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Heon Cheol Lee	Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., Han Nam University, Lynchburg College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Donald Daniel Lisnerski	Professor Emeritus of Management
B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.S.P.H., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sandra Cheshire Malicote	Professor Emeritus of French
B.A., Butler University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

Ronald J. Manheimer	Research Associate Professor of Philosophy
Ph.B., Wayne State University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Martha Seitz Marshall	Associate Professor Emeritus of Accountancy
B.S., Henderson State University; M.B.A., University of Arkansas

Ellie Elizabeth Marsh	Assistant Professor of Library Research
B.A., Baylor University; M.S., University of Arkansas; M.L.S., Emporia State University

Charles M. Massey	Lecturer Emeritus in Computer Science
B.A., University of South Florida; M.S., Florida State University

Sarah Lasher Mayes	Lecturer Emeritus in Accounting
B.A., B.S., M.B.A., Western Carolina University

John Junior McCoy	Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.S., West Virginia University; Ph.D., University of Florida

John Paul McDonald	Associate Professor of French
B.A., Manhattan College, M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Paris

James Edward McGlinn	Professor Emeritus of Education
B.A., M.A., Ed.D., University of Kansas

Claudel Brooks McKenzie	Professor Emeritus of Accounting
B.S., Mars Hill College; M.B.A., Western Carolina University

Charles McKnight	Associate Professor Emeritus of Music
B.M., Stetson University; M.M., Yale University; Ph.D., Cornell University

David Charles Miller	Lecturer in Computer Science
B.A., Ripon College; M.S., Ph.D., Washington University

Gary Lee Miller	Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies
B.A., Millersville University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John William Miller Jr.	Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies
B.S., M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Daniel William Millspaugh	Professor Emeritus of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Miami

Catherine Casto Mitchell	Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Florida State University; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Merritt Wayne Moseley Jr.	Professor Emeritus of Literature and Language
B.A., Huntingdon College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gary Bernard Nallan	Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Linda Lewis Nelms	Professor Emeritus of Management
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pamela Jean Nickless	Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.S., Indiana State University; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University

Peggy Baldwin Parris	Associate Professor Emeritus of Literature and Language
B.F.A., University of Nebraska; M.A., D.A., Drake University

James Depew Perry	Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.A., East Tennessee State University; M.S., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Duke University

James Walker Petranka	Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.S., Auburn University; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

James P. Pitts	Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University

Anne Ponder	Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

William H. Pott	Vice Chancellor Emeritus for Financial Affairs
B.A., Duke University

Gene Edward Rainey	Professor Emeritus of Political Science
B.A., George Washington University; B.S., Harding College; M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., American University

Alan Keith Ray	Associate Professor Emeritus of Health and Wellness
B.S., Greensboro College; M.A.Ed., Western Carolina University; Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Milton L. Ready	Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Denver

Barbara Christian Reynolds	Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies
B.A., Earlham College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia

William Alan Sabo	Professor of Political Science
B.A., Purdue University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pedro A. Sandin	Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., University of Puerto Rico; M.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Evangelical Seminary; Ph.D., Emory University

Patricia Lynn Snoyer	Professor Emeritus of Drama
B.A., Florida State University; M.F.A., Arizona State University

Samuel Dexter Squibb	Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.S., East Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Florida

Henry Raymond Stern	Professor Emeritus of German
A.B., St. Peter’s College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University

John Gehret Stevens	Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Michael David Stuart	Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.A., M.S., Northeast Louisiana University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Dorothy Randall Sulock	Lecturer Emeritus in Mathematics
B.S., Glassboro State College; M.A., University of Virginia

Joseph Michael Sulock, Jr.	Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.S., St. Joseph’s College; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Paul Joseph Sweeney	Associate Professor of Drama
B.A., Wabash College; M.A., Indiana University

William Sims Thurman	Professor of Classics and Ancient History
B.A., David Lipscomb College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Walter Lynn Turner	Lecturer in Computer Science
B.S., M.B.A., M.S., Kansas State University

Ted J. Uldricks	Professor Emeritus of History
A.B., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

Philip Alfred Walker	Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Emory University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ann Lenore Weber	Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.A., Catholic University of America; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Alice Adelaide Weldon	Professor Emeritus of Spanish
B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland

Arnold K. Wengrow	Professor Emeritus of Drama
A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Tufts University

Katherine Meiburg Whatley	Professor of Physics
B.S., Wake Forest University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Anita White-Carter	Associate Professor of Library Science
B.A., Bennett College; M.L.S., M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh

James Edward Wills Jr.	Professor of Physics
B.A., Mississippi College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Frances Elizabeth Wilson	Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gordon A. Wilson	Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., Notre Dame Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University

Alice S. Wutschel	Associate Dean Emeritus of Students
B.A., M.A., Marquette University

Helen Hayes Wykle	Associate Professor of Library Research
	Public Service Special Collections Librarian
B.A., Berea College; M.A., San Jose State University; M.L.I.S., University of California at Berkeley

George Cochrane Yates	Associate Professor Emeritus of Management
B.S., California State Polytechnic University; M.S., University of California at Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of North Texas

Robert Dewitt Yearout	Professor Emeritus of Management
B.S., Virginia Military Institute; M.S., University of Southern California; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University

Faculty

2016-2017 Faculty

Faculty–Retired and Emeriti