Faculty

Faculty–Retired and Emeriti


2011-2012 Faculty

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

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

Noah W. Allen III (2003)	Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.M., North Carolina School of the Arts; B.A., B.S., M.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gwen McNeill Ashburn (1989)	Professor of Literature and Language
A.B., Queens College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

C. Patrick Bahls (2005)	Associate 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

Patricia C. Baldwin (2007)	Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
B.J. and M.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of North Texas

Eva Hericks Bares (2011)	Visiting Assistant Professor of 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

Ameena Batada (2011)	Assistant 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)	Assistant 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

Joseph Chaffin Berryhill (2002)	Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

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)	Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., University of Ghana-Legon; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio University

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

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)	Associate Professor of Drama
B. A., University of Southern Colorado; M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin

Janet W. Bowman (2006)	Clinical Associate Professor of Education
B.S. and M.S., Tuskegee University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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

E. Keith Bramlett (1982)	Lecturer in Sociology
B.A., University of North Alabama

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

Kim Trask Brown (2005)	Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., UNC 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

Shirley Collins Browning (1970)	Professor of Economics
B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
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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

William Edward Bruce (1971)	Professor of Psychology
A.B., Stanford University; M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., University of Chicago

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

Lyn Ellen Burkett (2010)	Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., University of Central Florida; M.M., Ithaca College; Ph.D., Indiana University
Brian Edgar Butler (2000)	Associate Professor of Philosophy
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)	Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Michigan; M.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Peter James Caulfield (1987)	Professor of Literature and Language
B.S., M.A., Eastern Michigan University; D.A., University of Michigan

Cynthia Anne Chadwick (2000)	Lecturer in Literature and Language
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 Literature and Language
B.A., Glassboro State College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

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

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

Russell W. Clayton (2011)	Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., Auburn University; M.Ed., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Curtis A. Cloninger (2003)	Assistant Professor of Multimedia Arts and Sciences
B.A., The University of the South; M.F.A., Maine College of Art

Karen Martin Cole (1995)	Associate Professor of Education
B.S., Mississippi State University; M.A., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., University of Alabama

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

Eileen Mary Crowe (1999)	Lecturer in Literature and Language
B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., Western Carolina University

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
Director of the Teaching Fellows Program
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.Ed., Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Mary Beth Decatur (1995)	Lecturer in Education
B.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville; M.A., Winthrop University

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

Virginia Taylor Derryberry (1996)	Professor of Art
B.A., Vanderbilt University, M.A., Peabody College; M.F.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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

Sonya R. DiPalma	Assistant 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

James A. Driggers Jr. (2004)	Lecturer in Literature and Language
B.A., University of Georgia; M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Ann Dunn	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

Jessica Dunsmore (2011)	Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Tennessee Wesleyan College; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Dorothy Dvorsky-Rohner (1996)	Associate Professor of Classics
B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado

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 Literature and Language
B.A., Brigham Young University; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

Yusef Fahmy (2002)	Teaching Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (NCSU)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

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

Jane K. Fernandes (2008)	Professor of Education
B.A. Trinity College; M.A., Ph. D., The University of Iowa

Alycia Fogle (2008)	Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., The University of Mississippi; M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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)	Assistant 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)	Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Bates College; M.S., Emporia State University; Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

John Michael Gillum (1967)	Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Stetson University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Christopher M. Godfrey (2007)	Assistant 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

Archer R. Gravely (1996)	Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; M.Ed., North Carolina State University

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

Lei Han (2003)	Associate Professor of Multimedia Arts and Sciences
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

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

Janine M. Haugh (2010)	Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of New Hampshire; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Tommy Hays (2006)	Lecturer in Literature and Language
B.A., Furman University; M.F.A., Warren Wilson College

George Lance Heard (1999)	Associate 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

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


Cynthia Olson Ho (1992)	Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.Ed., Northeastern Oklahoma State University; M.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., University of Maryland

Blake Hobby (2003)	Assistant Professor of Literature and Language
B.M., Stetson University; M.H., University of Dallas; Ph.D., University of Miami

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 Literature and Language
B.A., Hiram College; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University

Jonathan L. Horton (2003)	Associate 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)	Associate Professor of Literature and Language
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

Holly K. Iglesias (2007)	Lecturer in Master of Liberal Arts Program
B.A., Loyola University; M.A., University of Miami; Ph.D. Florida State 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 Literature and Language and Africana Studies
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

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

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)	Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Boston University
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Edward Joseph Katz (1992)	Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., University of Washington; B.S., Michigan State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

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

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

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

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

Gregg Alan Kormanik (1983)	Professor of Biology
A.B., Hiram College; Ph.D., University of Miami

Mark A. Koven (2009)	Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Florida International University; M.F.A., University of Miami

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

James Robert Kuhlman (1999)	Associate Professor of Library Research
B.A., University of Louisville; M.L.S., George Peabody College for Teachers; M.A., University of Georgia

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

Bruce Dean Larson (1983)	Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

Heon Cheol Lee (1994)	Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Han Nam University, Lynchburg College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

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

Jinhua Li (2011)	Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., M.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University

Erica A. Locklear (2008)	Assistant Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., Utah State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

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

Sandra Cheshire Malicote (1984)	Professor of French
B.A., Butler University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

Lee Anne Mangone (2011)	Lecturer in Sociology
B.A., Dickinson College; J.D., Emory University

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

Leah Greden Mathews (1998)	Professor of Economics
B.A., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Sarah Lasher Mayes (1986)	Lecturer in Accountancy
B.A., B.S., M.B.A., Western Carolina University

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)	Associate 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

Christopher H. McKee (2006)	Lecturer in Multimedia Arts and Sciences
B.F.A., Auburn University; M.F.A., Mississippi State University

Claudel Brooks McKenzie (1981)	Professor of Accountancy
B.S., Mars Hill College; M.B.A., Western Carolina University

Charles M. McKnight (1995)	Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Stetson University; M.M., Yale University; Ph.D., Cornell University

Seamus Patrick McNerney (2000)	Lecturer in Humanities
B.A., University of Colorado; M.L.A., St. John’s College

Thomas E. Meigs (2003)	Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Western Carolina University; Ph.D., Stanford University

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

John William Miller Jr. (1989)	Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

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

Katherine K. H. Min (2007)	Assistant Professor of Literature and Language
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

Merritt Wayne Moseley Jr. (1978)	Professor of Literature and Language
	NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
B.A., Huntingdon College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Margaret Moss (2010)	Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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

Gary Bernard Nallan (1988)	Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

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

Linda Lewis Nelms (1978)	Professor of Management
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lyubov M. Nichols (2006)	Lecturer in Physics
M.S., Simferopol State University

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

Pamela Jean Nickless (1983)	Professor of Economics
B.S., Indiana State University; M.S, Ph.D., Purdue University

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

Afaf Bushra Omer (1995)	Associate Professor of Sociology
M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Donna B. Parsons (2004)	Lecturer in Management
B.A., North Carolina State University; M.B.A., University of Tennessee

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

Rodger M. Payne (2007)	Associate 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

Ellen H. Pearson (2003)	Associate 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)	Lecturer in Physics
B.A., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Karin Elizabeth Peterson (1999)	Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; Ph.D., University of Virginia

James Walker Petranka (1988)	Professor of Biology
B.S., Auburn University; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

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

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

Tarsem S. Purewal (2011)	Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., College of Charleston; Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Alan Keith Ray (1988)	Associate Professor of Health and Wellness
B.S., Greensboro College; M.A.Ed., Western Carolina University; Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Susan L. Reiser (1995)	Lecturer in Multimedia Arts and Sciences
B.S., Duke University; M.S., University of South Carolina

Barbara Christian Reynolds (2000)	Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Earlham College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia

Matthew Emmett Richmond (2010)	Lecturer in Music
B.M., Middle Tennessee State University; M.M., Ithaca College
Tracey Kathlene Rizzo (1995)	Associate Professor of History
B.A., Willamette University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon

Reed A. Roig (2009)	Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.B.A., Kent State University; M.B.A., Cleveland State University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Maria Rosenbaun-Bodie (2005)	Lecturer in Spanish
M.A., Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

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

Tiece M. Ruffin (2010)	Visiting Assistant 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)	Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A. and M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana; Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Nancy M. Bell Ruppert (2002)	Associate 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 Literature and Language
B.A., M.L.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

William Alan Sabo (1979)	Professor of Political Science
B.A., Purdue University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pedro A. Sandin (2008)	Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., University of Puerto Rico; M.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Evangelical Seminary; Ph.D., Emory University

Bryan Schaffer (2003)	Associate Professor of Management
B.S.B.A, University of Florida; M.B.A., Georgia State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

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

Constance A. Schrader (1997)	Lecturer in Health and Fitness
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Mills College

Mark Alan Sidelnick (1993)	Associate Professor of Education

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

Brent H. Skidmore (2011)	Assistant 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)	Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Clark University; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., Clark University

Ronald W. Sousa (2005)	Lecturer in Spanish
A.B., University of California at Berkley; M.A., University of California at Berkley; Ph.D., University of California at Berkley

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

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

Henry Raymond Stern (1975)	Professor of German
A.B., St. Peter’s College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University

John Gehret Stevens (1968)	Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Micheal T. Stratton (2010)	Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., Western New England College; M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Albany-SUNY
Surain Subramaniam (2001)	Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Muhlenberg College; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Dorothy Randall Sulock (1976)	Lecturer in Mathematics
B.S., Glassboro State College; M.A., University of Virginia

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

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
Eric Tomberlin (2010)	Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Brooks Institute of Photography; M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin
Samer Traboulsi (2005)	Associate 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

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

Ted J. Uldricks (1979)	Professor of History
A.B., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

Simona Vucu (2011)	Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy
B.A., University of West, Timisoara; M.A., Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca; M.A., Central European University, Budapest

Lorraine Walsh (2002)	Associate Professor of Multimedia Arts and Sciences
B.F.A., Parsons School of Design; M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania

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

Jennifer Rhode Ward (2007)	Assistant 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)	Lecturer in History
B.S., Liberty University; M.A., North Carolina State University

Ann Lenore Weber (1978)	Professor of Psychology
B.A., Catholic University of America; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (1978)

Charles T. Weinberg	Lecturer in Music
B.S. Duke University

Alice Adelaide Weldon (1995)	Professor of Spanish
B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland

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
Anita White-Carter (1984)	Associate Professor of Library Science
	Public Services Librarian
B.A., Bennett College; M.L.S., M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh

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)	Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Hope College; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Frances Elizabeth Wilson (1985)	Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gordon A. Wilson (1997)	Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., Notre Dame Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University

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

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)	Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

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

Helen Hayes Wykle (1996)	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

Robert Dewitt Yearout (1987)	Professor of Management
B.S., Virginia Military Institute; M.S., University of Southern California; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University

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

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

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 and
	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Richard Barry Fox	Lecturer in Health and Wellness
B.S., Memphis State University; M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Charlotte Louise Goedsche	Associate Professor 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 in Education
B.S., M.A., Western Carolina 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

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

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

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 in Computer Science
B.A., University of South Florida; M.S., Florida State 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 of Education
B.A., M.A., Ed.D., University of Kansas

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ted Byron Shoaf	Associate Professor of Education
B.A., High Point College; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Patricia Lynn Snoyer	Professor 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Faculty

2011-2012 Faculty

Faculty–Retired and Emeriti