Dec 06, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College of Arts and Sciences Faculty


College of Arts & Sciences

Department of Anthropology

JON H. CARTER (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., Louisiana State University
M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

CHERYL P. CLAASSEN (1983)
Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Ph.D., Harvard University

SOPHIA C. DENT (2020)
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., Lehigh University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CAMERON GOKEE (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., Case Western Reserve University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

MARC O. KISSEL (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., New York University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

SUSAN M. LAPPAN (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., Duke University
M.A., Ph.D., New York University

KRISTA A. LEWIS (2021)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology
B.S., Southwest Missouri State University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

ALEX J. NELSON (1999)
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
M.A., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas 

DANA E. POWELL (2011)
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., Guilford College
M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GWENDOLYN M. ROBBINS SCHUG (2007)
Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon

MARTIN SCHOENHALS (2018)
Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology 
B.A., University of Chicago 
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

TIMOTHY J. SMITH (2008)
Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., B.S., Tulane University
M.A., Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York

MARY-CAITLYN VALENTINSSON (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology 
B.A., City University of New York 
M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona

CHRISTINA VERANO SORNITO (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., Swarthmore College
M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

THOMAS R. WHYTE (1989)
Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.F.A., James Madison University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

ALICE P. WRIGHT (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., Wake Forest University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Department of Biology

MARYAM AHMED (2010)
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
B.A., University of Virginia
Ph.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine

ANDREW BELLEMER (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., University of Massachusetts
Ph.D., Yale University

COURTNEY BOULDIN (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of Florida

SUZANNA BRÄUER (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
BA Swarthmore College
BS The Evergreen State College
PhD Cornell University
 
ROBERT PAYSON CREED, JR. (1996)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Michigan State University

JOHN MARSHALL DAVENPORT (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.A., Marryville College
M.S., Austin Peay State University
Ph.D., East Carolina University

MATT C. ESTEP (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

MICHAEL M. GANGLOFF (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., State University of New York
M.S., Montana State University
Ph.D., Auburn University

JENNIFER C. GEIB (2010)
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., The University of Iowa
M.S., Ph.D., University of Missouri

DRU ANNE HENSON (1987)
Senior Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Ph.D., The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University

GUICHUAN HOU (2006)
Research Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shandong Province (Laiyang, P.R. China)
M.S., Nanjing Agricultural University (Nanjing, P.R., China)
Ph.D., Idaho State University

ECE KARATAN (2005)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey);
M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 

MARY KINKEL (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.A., University of South Florida
M.A., Kent State University
Ph.D., Kent State University/Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

MICHAEL DAVID MADRITCH (2009)
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair in the Department of Biology
B.A., B.S., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

CHISHIMBA NATHAN MOWA (2005)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.V.M., University of Zambia (Lusaka, Zambia);
M.V.M., Glasgow University (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ph.D., Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan)

ZACK ERNEST MURRELL (1998)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology
B.S., Davidson College
M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D., Duke University

HOWARD SCOTT NEUFELD (1987)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Rutgers University
M.Forestry, Yale University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

MICHAEL M. OPATA (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Rust College
M.S., Jackson State University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine

ANNKATRIN ROSE (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Ph.D., University of Hamburg, Germany

STEVEN WYANT SEAGLE (2004)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

DARREN SEALS (2013)
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
BS, MS, PhD - Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis

LYNN MARIE SIEFFERMAN (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
B.A., B.S., Indiana University
Ph.D., Auburn University

SHEA RICHARD TUBERTY (2002)
Professor Assistant Chair in the Department of Biology
B.A., Vanderbilt University
M.S., Ph.D., Tulane University

MARK EDGAR VENABLE (1996)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Western Carolina University
Ph.D., Wake Forest University

GARY LEE WALKER (1988)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., University of South Florida
M.S., Western Carolina University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

RAY STEWART WILLIAMS (1997)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.S., Sc.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)

TED ZERUCHA (2005)
Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., M.S., University of Manitoba, Canada
Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Canada

Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences

EMANUELE A. ALVES (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., UFF, Niterói, Brazil
Ph.D., Porto University, Porto, Portugal

LIYANA W. ARIYADASA (2017)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., University of Peradeniya
Ph.D., Western Michigan University

CAROL M. BABYAK (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., St. Vincent College
Ph.D., West Virginia University

JEFFERSON E. BATES (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., College of William and Mary
Ph.D., University of California Irvine

CLAUDIA PATRICIA CARTAYA-MARIN (1986)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Simon Bolivar University
M.S., Northeastern University
Ph.D., Brandeis University

JENNIFER PERRY CECILE (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Winthrop University
Ph.D., Duke University

BROOKE E. CHRISTIAN (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MATTHEW B. CULPEPPER (2014)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Missouri State University
Ph.D., University of Kansas

MEGAN A. CULPEPPER (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Ph.D., University of Kansas

MARGARET DONOGHUE (2014)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Ohio University
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington

PATRICK J. DONOGHUE (2012)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Ohio University
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

MICHAEL S. HAMBOURGER (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Arizona State University

AMANDA C. HOWELL (2010)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., Wake Forest University

KEITH S. LEARN (2014)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., Drexel University

WENDY L. LEWIS (2008)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., M.S., Youngstown State University
Ph.D., University of Akron

FOLARIN A. OGUNTOYINBO (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
Ondo State University, (Now Ekiti State University), Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Ph.D., University of Ibadan, Nigeria

DUYGU ERCAN ORUC (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Ege University, Turkey
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

LIBBY G. PUCKETT (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

MICHAEL B. RAMEY (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Virginia Tech
Ph.D., University of Florida

ALEXANDER D. SCHWAB (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D., University of Akron

NICHOLAS N. SHAW (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.A.,St. Olaf College
Ph.D., Clemson University

SAMUELLA B. SIGMANN (2002)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University

STEPHAN SOMMER (2013)
Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
Engineering diploma, Geisenheim University, Germany
Ph.D., Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

ROBERT F. SWARTHOUT 
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences and in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., SUNY College at Cortland
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

BRETT F. TAUBMAN (2007)
Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Montana State University
Ph.D., University of Maryland

BRIDGET IRENE TUBERTY (2010)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Tulane University
M.S., Appalachian State University

ARAMBE WEERASINGHE (2013)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., University of Peradeniya
M.S., Ph.D., Western Michigan University

DIETER WEBER (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Heidelberg University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DALE EUGENE WHEELER (1998)
Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Western Illinois University
M.S., Kansas State University
Ph.D., University of Idaho

MARILOU E.D. WHEELER (2011)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Western Washington University
M.S., University of Idaho

STEPHEN D. WILLIAMS (1983)
Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph.D., Washington State University

NANCY WILSON (2007)
Laboratory  in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., University of Michigan
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

LAUREN WOODS (2016)
Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.S., Morehead State University
Ph.D., Montana State University

ROBERT JAY YOBLINSKI (1997)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
B.A., Wittenberg University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Department of Computer Science

EDWIN FRANKLIN BARRY (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.A., Physics, Wake Forest University
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Duke University

JAMES B. FENWICK, JR. (1996)
Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.S., University of Maryland
M.S., Ph.D., The University of Delaware

BASET HAMZA (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.S., B.Sc., Institute of Aviation Engineering & Technology, Cairo, Egypt
M.S., Cairo University , Egypt
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

PATRICIA JOHANN (2013)
Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.A., Reed College
Ph.D., Wesleyan College

ALICE ANNE McRAE (1994)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.S., University of Virginia
M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University

RAGHUVEER MOHAN (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.E., Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Anna University
M.S., Clemson University
Ph.D., Clemson University

MOHAMMAD MOHEBBI (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.S., Yazd University
M.S., Sharif University of Technology
Ph.D., University of Georgia


CYNTHIA ANNE NORRIS (1995)
Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.S., St. Mary’s College of Maryland
M.S., Texas A&M University
Ph.D., University of Delaware, Newark

ROBERT MITCHELL PARRY (2012)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.S., University of Virginia
M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

CARL RAY RUSSELL (1991)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.A., Freed-Hardeman College
M.S., Memphis State University
M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

RAHMAN TASHAKKORI (2000)
Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Lowes Distinguished Professor
B.S., Shahid Chamran University (Iran)
M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JAMES THOMAS WILKES (1992)
Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.S., Ph.D., Duke University

Department of English

C. WILLIAM ATKINSON (1992)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., University of Oxford
M.A., Clemson University
Ph.D., Emory University

SANDRA L. BALLARD (2000)
Professor in the Department of English and Editor of The Appalachian Journal
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

JOSEPH RICHARD BATHANTI (2001)
Professor in the Department of English and Poet Laureate of North Carolina
B.A., M.A., University of Pittsburgh
M.F.A., Warren Wilson College

JESSIE BLACKBURN (2015)
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of English 
B.A., Brenau Women’s College
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Arkansas

WILLIAM DEAN BREWER (1987)
Professor in the Department of English
A.B., Harvard University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

GERMÁN CAMPOS-MUÑOZ (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
M.A., Ph.D., Pennsulvania State University

BAŞAK ÇANDAR (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Macalester College
Ph.D., University of Michigan

ELIZABETH L. CARROLL (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of English and Director of the University Writing Center
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., University of Vermont
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

EUGENIA CECELIA CONWAY (1987)
Professor in the Department of English
A.B., M.A., Duke University
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

LESLIE SUSAN COOK (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., University of Georgia
M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D., University of Georgia

BRUCE ALLEN DICK (1989)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee

LYNN DOYLE (1992)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., University of Houston
M.F.A., University of Virginia

CARL PETER EBY (2013)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Davis

JILL ROSE EHNENN (2001)
Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of English
B.A., Johns Hopkins University
M.A., Northwestern University
Ph.D., George Washington University

CRAIG JOSEPH FISCHER (1998)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

KRISTINA KAYE GROOVER (1996)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Dickinson College
M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ELIZABETH ALISON GULLEY (2008)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

SARA BETH HOPTON (20015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English 
B.S., Florida Southern College
M.A., Lancaster University
M.A., Mercy College
Ph.D., University of South Florida

ROSEMARY HOROWITZ (1995)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Brooklyn College
M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts

JAMES MAURICE IVORY (1996)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Wake Forest University
M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

KATHRYN JO KIRKPATRICK (1991)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Winthrop University
M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Emory University

DONNA LEE LILLIAN (2010)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., York University, Toronto, Canada
B.Ed., University of Western Ontario
M.A., University of Toronto
Ph.D., York University, Toronto, Canada

CHRISTOPHER MEADE (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

OLGA MENAGARISHVILLI (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., Ivanovo State University
M.A., Bowling Green State University
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

ELAINE J. O’QUINN (1999)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., East Tennessee State University
Ph.D., Virginia Tech

DAVID L. ORVIS (2008)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Washington College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona

ALEXANDER HARRIS PITOFSKY (2001)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Columbia University
J.D., Georgetown University
Ph.D., University of Virginia

J. MARK POWELL (2016)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., The Citadel
M.F.A., University of South Carolina
M.A.R., Yale University

COLIN TUCKER RAMSEY (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., University of Iowa
M.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Ph.D., University of Missouri

GEORGIA BESS RHOADES (1991)
Professor in the Department of English and Coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program
B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University
Ph.D., University of Louisville

LYNN MOSS SANDERS (1987)
Professor in the Department of English
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

LYNN A. SEARFOSS (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., University of Toledo
Ph.D., Purdue University

SUSAN CAROL STAUB (1987)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Louisiana State University
M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

C. KYLE STEVENS (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.A., University of South Carolina
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

ZACKARY VERNON (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Clemson University
M.A., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MARK WILLIAM VOGEL (1989)
Professor in the Department of English
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia

TAMMY WAHPECONIAH (2004)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., University of Miami
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

BELINDA WALZER (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University
M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

SUSAN CLARE WEINBERG (1994)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Boston University
M.F.A., Cornell University

JENNIFER PRESTON WILSON (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.M., DePauw University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia

MICHAEL T. WILSON (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.S., Tennessee Technological University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia

WENDY LEE WINN (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.M., Ohio University
M.A., Clemson University
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

BRET ZAWILSKY (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
M.A., James Madison University
Ph.D., Florida State University

Department of Geography & Planning

ROBERT N. BROWN (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
A.B., University of Georgia
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JEFFREY D. COLBY (2003)
Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.S., University of Florida
M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado

RICHARD J. CREPEAU (1998)
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.A., University of California, San Diego
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

KARA E. DEMPSEY (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

DEREK J. MARTIN (2014)
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.S., Lake Superior State University
M.S., Missouri State University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

MICHAEL W. MAYFIELD (1988)
Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.S., Western Carolina University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

L. BAKER PERRY (2007)
Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.A., Duke University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

KATHLEEN ANN SCHROEDER (1995)
Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.A., M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

ELIZABETH D. SHAY (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.S., Southern Oregon University
M.S., Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
M.L.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PETER THOMAS SOULÉ (1993)
Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.A., Florida Atlantic University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

JOHNATHAN W. SUGG (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MAGGIE M. SUGG (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

SASKIA L. VAN DE GEVEL (2008)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Planning
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., Southern Illinois University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences

WILLIAM PAUL ANDERSON, JR. (2004)
Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.C.E., B.S., University of Dayton
M.S., University of Maine
Ph.D., North Carolina State University

WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., Boston College
Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder

SARAH KATHERINE CARMICHAEL (2007)
Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.A., Smith College
M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

GABRIELE M. CASALE (2012)
Associate Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.A., University of Minnesota
M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington

ELLEN ANNE COWAN (1988)
Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.A., Albion College
M.S., Ph.D., Northern Illinois University

COLE T. EDWARDS (2016)
Associate Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
M.S., Acadia University
Ph.D., The Ohio State University

SARAH G. EVANS (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.A.,  Whitman College
M.S., Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder

STEVEN JAMES HAGEMAN (1998)
Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., University of Kansas
M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana

ANDREW B. HECKERT (2005)
Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., Denison University
M.S., Ph.D., University of New Mexico

JAMIE SLOAN FENTIMAN LEVINE (2012)
Associate Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.A., Carleton College
M.S., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

CYNTHIA M. LIUTKUS-PIERCE (2005)
Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.A., Bucknell University
M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers University

LAURA DIANE MALLARD (2003)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.S., University of Vermont

GREGG MARLAND (2016)
Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., Virginia Tech
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

SCOTT T. MARSHALL (2008)
Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., Wright State University
M.S., University of Idaho
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

JOEY D. MOSTELLER (2018)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., University of Kansas
M.S., Appalachian State University

HANNAH B. RIEGEL (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.S., California State University, Northridge
Ph.D., University of Camerino, Italy

ROBERT F. SWARTHOUT (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences and in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., SUNY College at Cortland
M.S., College of Charleston
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

LAUREN HASSLER WATERWORTH (2011)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.S., Texas A&M University
J.D., Tulane University

BRIAN W. ZIMMER (2008)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
B.S., Allegheny College
M.S. Northern Arizona University

Department of Government & Justice Studies


PHILLIP J. ARDOIN (2003)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Marymount University
M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MARK DANIEL BRADBURY (2005)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences
B.A., Rhode Island College
M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia

BRIAN BULLA (2016)
Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Mars Hill College
M.P.A., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., North Carolina State University

CARY FRASER (2015)
Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., University of Guyana
M.S., University of St. Augustine
Ph.D., University of Geneva

WILLIAM D. HICKS (2014)
Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., University of Montana
M.A., Florida Atlantic University
Ph.D., University of Florida

JEFFERSON EUGENE HOLCOMB (2008)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., Auburn University
M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

YONGBEOM HUR (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., Seoul National University
M.A., The Ohio State University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

ELLEN MEREDITH KEY (2012)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
A.B., Georgetown University
M.A., University of Georgia
Ph.D., SUNY Stonybrook

ANDREW MICHAEL KOCH (1995)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., New York University
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

NANCY SUE LOVE (2009)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
A.B., Kenyon College
M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

PAUL LUCAS (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University of Pensylvania

JESSE L. LUTABINGWA (2006)
Associate Vice Chancellor for International Education and Development and Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Wartburg College
Ph.D., Jackson State University

CATHERINE MARIE DAVIS MARCUM (2012)
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., West Virginia State College
M.S., Marshall University
Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

CHRISTOPHER J. MARIER (2020)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., University of South Florida
M.A., Florida State University
Ph.D., University of South Florida

PATRICIA J. MITCHELL (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Berry College
M.P.A., University of Georgia
D.P.A., University of Georgia

KRISTIN A. MORGAN (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., University of California, Irvine
M.A., Ph.D., University at Albany

ADAM J. NEWMARK (2004)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., University of Florida
M.A., University of South Florida
M.A., University of Birmingham
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

HEATHER L. ONDERCIN (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Eastern Michigan University
M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

ELICKA S.L. PETERSON-SPARKS (2003)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis

JAY RICKABAUGH (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

MATTHEW BARNETT ROBINSON (1997)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

TATYANA BONCHEVA RUSEVA (2011)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., M.A., Sofia University, Bulgaria
Ph.D., Indiana University

CURTIS R. RYAN (2002)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Drew University
M.A.; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

RENEE GANNON SCHERLEN (1992)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University
M.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

MARIAN REBECCA WILLIAMS (2008)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., University of Georgia
M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

BARBARA HOPE ZAITZOW (1994)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., San Diego State University
M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Department of History

EDWARD JOSEPH BEHREND-MARTINEZ (2003)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago

MICHAEL C. BEHRENT (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Brown University
Ph.D., New York University

JEFFREY LAWRENCE BORTZ (1989)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 JUDKIN J. BROWNING (2006)
Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of History
B.A., Florida State University
M.A., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

ANDREA A. BURNS (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Michigan State University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

CRAIG H. CALDWELL, III (2012)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Furman University
M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

KARL EDWARD CAMPBELL (1997)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Warren Wilson College
M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ANTHONY GENE CAREY (2008)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Central College of Iowa
M.A., Kent State University
Ph.D., Emory University

KRISTEN BALDWIN DEATHRIDGE (2013)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Bryan College
M.A., University of Reading (U.K.)
Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University

ALLISON FREDETTE(2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., West Virginia University
Ph.D., University of Florida

LYNNE MARIE GETZ (1990)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Adams State College
M.A., Texas Christian University
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

JAMES RUDOLPH GOFF, JR. (1986)
Professor and Chair of the Department of History
A.A., Emmanuel College
B.A., Wake Forest University
M.Div., Duke University
Ph.D., University of Arkansas

RENÉ HARDER HORST (2000)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Goshen College
M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

ANATOLY V. ISAENKO (2000)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., North Ossetian State University (Russia)
Ph.D., Moscow State University (Russia)

THOMAS PEGELOW KAPLAN (2015)
Professor in the Department of History and Director, Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies
B.A., Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen
M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

JEREMIAH MUTIO KITUNDA (2005)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., University of Nairobi, Kenya
M.A., Miami University, Ohio
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

MICHAEL LOUIS KRENN (2001)
Professor in the Department of History and Faculty Coordinator of First Year Seminar
B.A., Weber State College
M.A., University of Utah
Ph.D., Rutgers University

ELIZABETH M. PEREGO (2021)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Tulane University
M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

SHEILA R. PHIPPS (1998)
Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of History
B.A., Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia
M.A. Ph.D., College of William and Mary

RAJA MALIKAH RAHIM (2021)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., North Carolina Central University
Ph.D., University of Florida

SCOTT RELYEA (2016)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.S., Northwestern University
M.A., George Washington University
M.A., University of London
Ph.D., University of Chicago

RWANY DE JESUS SIBAJA (2015)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Elon University
M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., George Mason University

NEVA JEAN SPECHT (1996)
Professor in the Department of History and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
B.A., Grinnell College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware

BRUCE ERIC STEWART (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of History and Vice Provost for Faculty Policies and Development
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.A., Western Carolina University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

MICHAEL JOHN TURNER (2008)
Roy Carroll Distinguished Professor of British History in the Department of History
B.A., Worcester College, University of Oxford
M.A., University of Rochester
Ph.D., Worcester College, University of Oxford

MARY A. VALANTE (1999)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Wellesley College
M.A., Boston College
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

JASON CAMERON WHITE (2012)
Professor in the Department of History
B.A., James Madison University
M.Litt., University of St. Andrews (U.K.)
M.A., Ph.D., Brown University

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies


JOSEPH RICHARD BATHANTI (2001)
McFarlane Distinguished Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and in the Department of English and Poet Laureate of North Carolina
B.A., M.A., University of Pittsburgh
M.F.A., Warren Wilson College

DYLAN McCARTHY BLACKSTON (2020)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.F.A., University of Georgia
M.A., Georgia State University
Ph.D., University of Arizona

SCOTT J. BRANSON (2021)
Lecturer in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., M.A., New York University
Ph.D., Emory University

SUSHMITA CHATTERJEE (2011)
Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., M.A., Presidency College (India), University of Calcutta
M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

KRISTAN M. COCKERILL (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., M.S., University of Illinois
Ph.D., University of New Mexico

MICHAEL WILLIAM DALE (1988)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.S., M.A.T., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

ELIZABETH LYNN DAVISON (1997)
Professor in the Department of Sociology and in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

JEANNE ANN DUBINO (2006)
Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., Boston College
M.A., University of Delaware
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

JOSEPH J. GONZALEZ (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., M.A., Albion College
Ph.D., University of Michigan

THOMAS S. HANSELL (2008)
Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.S.C., Ohio University
M.F.A., Goddard College

AMY C. HUDNALL (2018)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., M.A., Appalachian State University

ANN PEGELOW KAPLAN (2015)
Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., University of Mary Washington
M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.F.A., Clemson University

KATHERINE E. LEDFORD (2007)
Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies 
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., The University of Alabama
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

HARRY CLARK MADDUX (2012)
Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., Columbus College
M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University

JESSICA L. MARTELL (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., Northwestern University
M.A.T., City College, CUNY
M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MARK NUNES (2014)
Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., M.A., Columbia University
M.A., University of Virginia
Ph.D., Emory University

MARIA PRAMAGGIORE (2022)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies|
B.A., Williams College
M.Sc., Lancaster University
Ph.D., Emory University

KELLY ANN RENWICK (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., McGill University

JULIE ALISON SHEPHERD-POWELL (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

ALEXANDRA STERLING-HELLENBRAND (2003)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (German) and in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., University of Rochester
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
 

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

IRINA Y. BARCLAY (2003)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Russian)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Tver State University (Russia)

ZHIYUAN CHEN (1996)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Spanish)
B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China
Post-B.A., National University of Mexico
M.A., National Anthropological Institute of Mexico
B.A., National Cultural Administration Institute of China, Beijing, China
M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus

VICTORIA KATHLEEN COX (2001)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Spanish)
B.A., Goucher College
M.A., Georgetown University
M.A., Queens College
Ph.D., University of Maryland

JEAN-FRANÇOIS FOURNIER (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (French)
B.A., Instituit ďétudes, Politiques ďAixen-Provence
M.A., Université de Paris IV - La Sorbonne
Ph.D., Brown University

JOSE BENITO del PLIEGO (2002)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Spanish)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

ADRIENNE DEATON ERAZO (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Spanish)
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ANDRÉS FISHER (2010)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Spanish)
M.D., Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
Ph.D., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

CATHERINE ANNE FOUNTAIN (2006)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Spanish)
B.A., Cornell University
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

DARCI LAUREN GARDNER (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (French)
B.A., Vanderbilt University
Ph.D., Stanford University

KINJI ITO (2020)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Japanese)
B.A., Binghamton University
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D., Binghamton University

BEVERLY ANN MOSER (1997)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (German)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Georgetown University

MARIA PATRICIA ORTIZ-OWENS (2004)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Spanish)
B.A., M.A., University of St. Thomas (Houston)
Ph.D., University of Houston

PAUL L. SEBASTIAN (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (ESL and Language Education)
B.A., Idaho State University
M.A., Brigham Young University
Ed.D., Boise State University

BENJAMIN JOHN SOUZA (2008)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Spanish)
B.A., Idaho State University
M.A., Brigham Young University
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

ALEXANDRA STERLING-HELLENBRAND (2003)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (German) and in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., University of Rochester
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

XIAOFEI TU (2019)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Chinese)
B.A., Peking University
M.T.S., Yale University
Ph.D., Syracuse University

JEFFORD VAHLBUSCH (2014)
Dean of the Honors College and Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (German)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

WEI (WENDY) XIE (2009)
Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Chinese)
B.A., Peking University
M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

SALOUA BEN ZAHRA (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Arabic)
B.A., M.S., ĽInstitut Bourgiba des
Langues Vivantes-Tunisia
M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Department of Mathematical Sciences

TERRY GAYLE ANDERSON (1989)
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

ALAN TODD ARNHOLT (1993)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point
M.S., Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado

MICHAEL JOSEPH BOSSÉ (2012)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.S., Southern Connecticut State University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

WILLIAM JEFFREY COOK (2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Bob Jones University
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

DEBORAH ANN CROCKER (1995)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., The Ohio State University

MARK CHARLES GINN (1998)
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor in Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.A., Wake Forest University
Ph.D., Emory University

ROSS MATTHEW GOSKY (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Miami University
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

SARAH JILL GREENWALD (1998)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Union College
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

HOLLY PETERS HIRST (1990)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., Temple University
M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

JEFFRY LYNN HIRST (1990)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., M.A., University of Kansas
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

PHILLIP EUGENE JOHNSON (2004)
Director of the Mathematics and Science Education Center and Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.A., The American University
M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

RICHARD ERVIN KLIMA (2002)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Liberty University
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

VICKY WILLIAMS KLIMA (2003)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., Erskine College
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

WITOLD A.J. KOSMALA (1984)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida

BETTY BRIDGES LONG (1987)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.A., Ed.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

ERIC STEPHEN MARLAND (2000)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Utah

KATHERINE JANE MAWHINNEY (2003)
Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

QUINN A. MORRIS (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.A., Wake Forest University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro

KATRINA MARIE PALMER (2004)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Roanoke College
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Emory University

GREGORY SCOTT RHOADS (1995)
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Virginia Tech
M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University

HASHTHIKA RUPASINGHE (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbonale

RENÉ ARMANDO SALINAS (2004)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., B.S., Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

TRACIE McLEMORE SALINAS (2004)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., William Carey College
M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

JOSE ALMER T. SANQUI (2003)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., University of the Phillipines at Los Banos
M.S., University of the Phillipines at Diliman
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

MARY ELIZABETH SEARCY (2000)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Gardner-Webb University
M.S., Clemson University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

KEVIN LYNN SHIRLEY (2009)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., Hendrix College
M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

JILL E. THOMLEY (2000)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., Harvard University
M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

LASANTHI PELAWA WATAGODA (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

TRAVIS J. WEILAND (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., Warren Wilson College
M.A., Western Carolina University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

ERICA SLATE YOUNG (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Department of Philosophy & Religion

LAURA LEE AMMON (2010)
Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Webster University
M.A., University of Chicago
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

CHRISTOPHER JOHN BARTEL (2007)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.M., Berklee College of Music
M.A., University of Bristol (UK)
Ph.D., King’s College, University of London

ANNA MIRA CREMALDI (2011)
Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Carleton College
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

RODNEY K. DUKE (1991)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Friends University
M.C.S., Regent College
Ph.D., Emory University

THOMAS BAYNARD ELLIS (2005)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., University of South Carolina
M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

RICHARD L. ELMORE (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A. DePaul University
Ph.D., DePaul University

SANDRA LYNNE GRAVETT (1996)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Duke University

KIMBERLY QUINN HALL (1998)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Randolph-Macon College
M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

CHARLES DAVIS HANKINS (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.S., North Carolina State University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Emory University

WILLIAM MAYNARD HUTCHINS (1980)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Yale University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

JACK KWONG (2005)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., University of Lethbridge, Canada
Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada

CUONG T. MAI (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A. Columbia University
M.A. University of Hawaii
PhD.,Indiana University

CONRAD EUGENE OSTWALT, JR. (1988)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Duke University

THOMAS PATRICK RARDIN (1988)
Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
A.B., Ohio University
M.A., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

RANDALL W. REED (2007)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., California State University, Northridge
M.A., Claremont Graduate University
Ph.D., University of Chicago

MATTHEW RUBLE (2014)
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., Warwick University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

KEVIN E. SCHILBRACK (2014)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Rollins College
M.A., University of Chicago Divinity School
PhD., University of Chicago Divinity School

JESSE TAYLOR, JR. (1989)
Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Purdue University
M.A., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

JOSEPH WEISS (2016)
Instructor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Miami University
M.A., Ph.D., DePaul University

Department of Physics & Astronomy

PATRICIA ELAINE ALLEN (1990)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., St. Joseph’s University
Ph.D., Iowa State University

FRANÇOIS AMET (2015)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Ecole Polythecnique
Ph.D., Stanford University

MICHAEL MARSHALL BRILEY (2011)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., The Ohio State University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park

JENNIFER LEIGH BURRIS (2007)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University

ANTHONY GERARD CALAMAI (2000)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Stockton State College
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

DANIEL BRUCE CATON (1984)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.A., M.A., University of South Florida
Ph.D., University of Florida

JUDSON SIDNEY CLEMENTS (1988)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Texas Technical University
M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

JOHN EDWARD COCKMAN, JR. (2005)
Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Ed.D, Appalachian State University

TONYA SHEA COFFEY (2004)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

RICHARD ORREN GRAY (1989)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.A., Washington State University
M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Toronto

BROOKE CRANSWICK HESTER (2010)
Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Maryland

NICOLAS BARTROLI LENK (2019)
Teacher in Residence in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
A.A., Front Range Community College
B.A., M.S., University of Colorado
Ph.D., Wayne State University

BRADLEY GARDNER JOHNSON (2009)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University

BENJAMIN PATRICK MADISON (2014)
Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University

BRIAN MAZUR (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., University of Michigan
M.S., University of Mississippi
Ph.D., University of Toledo

COURTNEY ELIZABETH McGAHEE (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Clemson University

BRADY LAWRENCE PEARCE (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., North Carolina State University

CARLA SANGIOVANNI RAMSDELL (2008)
Practitioner-in-Residence in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Stetson University
M.S., University of Florida

JAMES PATRICK SHERMAN (2008)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Iowa State University
M.S., University of Rochester
Ph.D., Colorado State University

RACHEL LOFSKY SMITH (2012)
Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Cornell University
M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

CHRISTOPHER SHAWN THAXTON (2004)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

KAPILA WIJAYARATNE (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.Sc., University of Peradeniya
M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Department of Psychology

YALCIN ACIKGOZ (2016)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Turkish Military Academy
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Middle East Technical University

MARY E. BALLARD (1991)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Eastern Kentucky University
Ph.D., West Virginia University

DORIS G. BAZZINI (1993)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Eckerd College
M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia

SHAWN M. BERGMAN (2008)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Truman State University
M.A., Catholic University of America
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

REAGAN BREITENSTEIN (2020)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Wofford College
M.A., Arizona State University
Ph.D., Arizona State University

JOSHUA J. BROMAN-FULKS (2005)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., University of South Carolina
M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

WILL H. CANU (2007)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Davidson College
M.S., Ph.D., The University of Texas

LISA CURTIN (1996)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Florida State University
M.S., University of Central Florida
Ph.D., Virginia Tech

JAMES RUSSELL DENI (1972)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Youngstown State University
M.Ed., Ed.D., Baylor University

CHRISTOPHER ANDREW DICKINSON (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., M.A., Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

LISA JO EMERY (2008)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.A., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

SANDRA GLOVER GAGNON (2002)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., University of Georgia
M.Ed., Ed.S., The Citadel
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

AMY T. GALLOWAY (2003)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Furman University
M.S., Bucknell University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

ROBERT WALLACE HILL (1992)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Duke University
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

CHRISTOPHER J. HOLDEN (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Western Carolina University
Ph.D., Oakland University

TIMOTHY J. HUELSMAN (1997)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Saint Louis University

JOHN PAUL JAMESON (2010)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., University of Georgia
M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

PAMELA KIDDER-ASHLEY (1993)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

TIMOTHY D. LUDWIG (1994)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Lenoir-Rhyne College
M.A., Wake Forest University
Ph.D., Virginia Tech

DENISE M. MARTZ (1994)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Tech

LINDSAY C. MASLAND (2011)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Wake Forest University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

LYNN H. MOSTELLER (2004)
Senior Lecturer and Director of Advising in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Lenoir-Rhyne College
M.S.W., University of Kansas

ANDREW R. SMITH (2011)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., California State University, Fresno
Ph.D., The University of Iowa

KENNETH MARTIN STEELE (1991)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
A.B., University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

CRYSTAL TAYLOR (2022)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A.,  University of NC at Greensboro
M.A.,  Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia

DOUGLAS A. WARING (1993)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
A.A., Arkansas State University at Beebe
B.A., M.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Ph.D., Washington State University

ROSE MARY WEBB (2005)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology
B.S., Arkansas Tech University
M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

TWILA A. WINGROVE (2009)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Carleton College
M.A., J.D., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

KATHERINE WOLSIEFER (2022)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Bellarmine University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder

JAMIE YARBROUGH (2007)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., University of Georgia
M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee

MARK C. ZRULL (1992)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Georgia State University
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Department of Sociology

FELICIA ARRIAGA (2018)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

JON GORDON (2021)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.Ed., University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A., University of Chicago
M.A., Ph.D., New York University

JONELLE HUSAIN (2015)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology
B.A., Millsaps College
M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

KRISTIN IVEY (2010)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology
B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Appalachian State University

JOSEPH JAKUBEK (2019)
Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Internship Coordinator
B.A., Western Carolina University
M.A., East Tennessee State University
Ph.D., Kansas State University

ELLEN C. LAMONT (2014)
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Department Honors Coordinator
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., University of Chicago
M.A., Ph.D., New York University

CAMERON D. LIPPARD (2007)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., Ph.D., Georgia State University

JOHNNIE A. LOTESTA
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., George Mason University
M.A., Ph.D., Brown University

BRADLEY NASH, JR. (2002)
Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.S., Northland College
M.A., Central Michigan University
Ph.D., Virginia Tech

PAVEL I. OSINSKY (2008)
Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., Moscow University, Moscow, Russia
M.A., University of Iowa
Ph.D., Northwestern University

AMY DELLINGER PAGE (2005)
Professor in the Department of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Programs
B.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington
M.A., Radford University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee (Knoxville)

JOYCE H. POWERS (2008)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University

DAVID RUSSELL (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Director of Graduate Programs
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

ANASTACIA SCHULHOFF (2017)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., Black Hills State University
M.A., University of South Florida
Ph.D., University of Missouri

KELLY THAMES (2015)
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

JUHEE WOO
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.S., Catholic University of Daegu
B.A., M.S., Minnesota State University
Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder

MATTHEW WRIGHT
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.S., M.A., Ball State University
Ph.D., Sociology Bowling Green State University

Appalachian Studies Program

THOMAS S. HANSELL (2008)
Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies 
B.S.C., Ohio University
M.F.A., Goddard College

KATHERINE E. LEDFORD (2007)
Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies 
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., The University of Alabama
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

WILLIAM SCHUMANN (2014)
Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies and Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Florida