Register of Graduate Faculty

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Davia M. Krings
Associate Professor of Applied Sciences. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Department of Criminal Justice

F. Frederick Hawley
Professor, of Criminal Justice. Ph.D., Florida State University

William Douglas Hyatt
Professor of Criminal Justice. L.L.M., Georgetown University

Department of Health Sciences

Scott E. Higgins
Professor of Health Sciences. Ed.D., University of South Carolina

Marianne Hollis
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Mike Hubble
Associate Professor of Health Sciences. Ph.D., University of Maryland

Noelle L. Kehrberg
Dean, College of Applied Science; Professor of Health Sciences. Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Irene Mueller
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences. Ed.D., Montana State University

Burton Ogle
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences. Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

James Scifers
Associate Professor of Health Sciences. D.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore

Christine D. Stevens
Head and Professor of Health Sciences. Ed.D., University of Tennessee

Department of Nursing

Jane A. Burns
Assistant Professor of Nursing. Ed.D., University of Sarasota

Vincent P. Hall
Head and Associate Professor of Nursing. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Sharon Jacques
Associate Professor of Nursing. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Ann P. Johnson
Associate Dean, College of Applied Sciences and Professor of Nursing. Ed.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Judy Mallory
Assistant Professor of Nursing. Ed.D., North Carolina State University

Valerie Matthiesen
Associate Professor of Nursing. D.N.Sc., Rush University

Patricia Smyth
Associate Professor of Nursing. D.S.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Department of Physical Therapy

Linda K. Eargle
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy. M.I.E., Clemson University

Kristen Jagger
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy. Ph.D., University of Florida

Karen Y. Lunnen
Head and Associate Professor of Physical Therapy. Ed. D., North Carolina State University

Sue McPherson
Professor of Physical Therapy. Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Kathy A. Starr
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy. Ph.D., Albany Medical College

Todd Watson
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy. D.P.T., University of St. Augustine

Department of Social Work

Terry Gibson
Department Head and Associate Professor of Social Work. D.S.W., University of Alabama

Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology

Mark Azadpour
Assistant Professor of Engineering and Technology. Ph.D.,University of Colorado

Aaron K. Ball
Associate Professor of Engineering Technology. Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jerry Lee Cook
Professor of Engineering Technology. Ed.D., University of Tennessee

Duane D. Dunlap
Head and Professor of Engineering Technology. Ed.D., Virginia Tech

William McDaniel
Assistant Professor of Engineering and Technology. Ed.D., Clemson University

Department of Anthropology and Sociology

John W. Bardo
Chancellor; Professor of Anthropology and Sociology. Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Philip E. Coyle
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology. Ph.D., University of Arizona

Jane Eastman
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department of Art

Joan Falconer Byrd
Professor of Art. M.F.A., University of Wisconsin

Cathryn Griffin
Professor of Art. M.F.A., Yale University

Jon Charles Jicha
Professor of Art. M.F.A., Kent State University

Matthew Liddle
Head and Associate Professor of Art. M.F.A., University of the Arts

Katya Moorman
Assistant Professor of Art. M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy

Lois Petrovich-Mwaniki
Associate Professor of Art. Ph.D., Purdue University

Marya Roland
Associate Professor of Art. M.F.A., University of Washington

Erin Tapley
Associate Professor of Art. M.F.A., University of Alabama

Department of Biology

Richard Bierrogarrd, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

James Thomas Costa
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Georgia

Ron Michaelis
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Henry Richard Mainwaring
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University College of Wales at Aberystwyth

Thomas H. Martin
Director, Mountain Aquaculture Research Center, and Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Sean P. O’Connell
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Idaho State University

Jack Daniel Pittillo
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Georgia

Malcolm R. Powell
Head and Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Georgia

Sabine J. Rundle
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Illinois

Jack Summers
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Robert E. Wyatt
Adjunct Professor of Biology and Director of Highlands Biological Station. Ph.D., Duke University

Department of Chemistry and Physics

Cynthia Ann Atterholt
Head and Associate Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., University of California-Davis

John Roger Bacon
Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., University of Iowa

Wesley D. Bonds
Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

David J. Butcher
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Brian Dinkelmeyer
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics. Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Scott Huffman
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics. Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

William R. Kwochka
Associate Professor of Chemistry. Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Department of Communication, Theatre, and Dance

Robert A. Vartabedian
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Communication, Theatre, and Dance. Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Department of English

Mary Adams
Associate Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Houston

Elizabeth H. Addison
Head and Associate Professor of English. Ph.D., Duke University

James Clyde Addison
Professor of English and Director of English Graduate Programs. Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Marsha Lee Baker
Associate Professor of English. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Richard L. Boyer
Associate Professor of English. M.F.A., University of Iowa

Catherine Carter
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Delaware

Annette Debo
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Maryland

Deidre Elliott
Assistant Professor of English. M.F.A., University of Arizona

Mary F. Fenton
Associate Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Brian Gastle
Associate Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Delaware

Jill Ghnassia
Professor of English. Ph.D., Duke University

Elizabeth Heffelfinger
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Beth Ann Hubor
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City

Brent Kinser
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gayle Miller
Associate Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Georgia

Terry Randall Nienhuis
Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Michigan

Brian E. Railsback
Dean, Honors College; Professor of English. Ph.D., Ohio University

Ron Rash
Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Studies. M.A., Clemson University

Chandrika Rogers
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., Northern Arizona University

D. Newton Smith
Associate Professor of English. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jubal Tiner
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

Laura Wright
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management

Jerry R. Miller
Blanton J. Whitmire Distinguished Professor in Environmental Sciences; Professor of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management. Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Benjamin Tanner
Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management. Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Robert S. Young
Associate Professor of Geology. Ph.D., Duke University

Steven Peter Yurkovich
Professor of Geology. Ph.D., Brown University

Department of History

H. Tyler Blethen III
Professor of History. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Laura Ford Cruz
Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., University of California

Andrew C. Denson
Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., University of Indiana

David R. Dorondo
Associate Professor of History. Ph.D., University of Oxford

Gael N. Graham
Creighton Sossomon Chair, Associate Professor of History. Ph.D., University of Michigan

James A. Lewis
Head and Professor of History. Ph.D., Duke University

Elizabeth McRae
Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., University of Georgia

Alexander Macaulay
Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., University of Georgia

L. Scott Philyaw
Associate Professor of History. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Richard Starnes
Associate Professor of History; Senior Research Associate, Mountain Heritage Center. Ph.D., Auburn University

Vicki Szabo
Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., Cornell University

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Julia Ann Barnes
Associate Professor of Mathematics. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kathy M. Ivey
Head and Associate Professor of Mathematics. Ph.D., Washington State University

Joseph B. Klerlein
Professor of Mathematics. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

David Luginbuhl
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

Shanmugasadasivam Manickam
Professor of Mathematics. Ph.D., University of Toronto

Charles K. Wallis
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Sciences. Ph.D., Clemson University

Harold J. Williford
Associate Professor of Mathematics. Ed.D., University of Georgia

Department of Music

Mary Kay Bauer
Associate Professor of Music. D.M.A., University of Minnesota

Bruce H. Frazier
Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Music. D.M.A., University of Southern California

Mario Gaetano
Professor of Music. D.M.A., Memphis State University

Robert A. Holquist
Professor of Music. D.M.A., University of Iowa

Robert Kehrberg
Head and Professor of Music. D.A., University of Northern Colorado

William L. Peebles
Professor of Music. D.M.A., Michigan State University

Eldred Spell
Professor of Music. Ph.D., Michigan State University

Shannon Thompson
Associate Professor of Music. D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin

P. Bradley Ulrich
Professor of Music. D.M.A., University of Illinois

John Thomas West
Band Director; Professor of Music. Ph.D., Florida State University

Department of Political Science and Public Affairs

Gibbs Knotts
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Emory University

Cecil Donald Livingston
Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs. Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Gordon E. Mercer
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies; Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs. Ph.D., University of Florida

Niall Michelsen
Head and Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department of Accountancy, Finance, and Entrepreneurship

Grace C. Allen
Associate Professor of Finance. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

James W. Carland
Professor of Entrepreneurship. Ph.D., University of Georgia

JoAnn C. Carland
Professor of Entrepreneurship. Ph.D., University of Georgia

Carl David Coffee
Associate Professor of Accountancy. D.B.A., University of Kentucky

Elizabeth H. Jones
Associate Professor of Accountancy. Ph.D., Indiana University

Norman Leroy Kauffman
Dean, College of Business. Associate Professor of Accountancy. Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Roger L. Lirely
Head and Associate Professor of Accountancy. D.B.A., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Philip L. Little
Professor of Accountancy. D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University

Austin H. Spencer
Professor of Finance. Ph.D., Indiana University

Susan L. Swanger
Associate Professor of Accountancy. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Department of Business Computer Information Systems and Economics

Debasish Banerjee
Associate Dean, College of Business and Associate Professor of Business Computer Information Systems. Ph.D., University of Arkansas

James H. Murphy
Assistant Professor of Economics. Ph.D., Georgia State University

Rita Thomas Noel
Professor of Business Computer Information Systems. Ph.D., University of Tennessee

William G. Perry
Professor of Business Computer Information Systems. Ph.D., University of North Dakota

James H. Ullmer
Assistant Professor of Economics. Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Abdul M. Turay
Dean, Research and Graduate Studies; Professor of Economics. Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Department of Management and International Business

John R. Adams
Professor of Project Management. Ph.D., Syracuse University

Jeanne E. Dorle
Assistant Professor of Project Management. Ph.D., University of Minnesota. J.D., William Mitchell College of Law

Stephen B. Jarrell
Professor of Management and International Business. Ph.D., Purdue University

Jerry Kinard
Head and Professor of Management. D.B.A., Mississippi State University

Beverly L. Little
Professor of Management. Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

George W. Mechling Jr.
Professor of Management. Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Mary Anne F. Nixon
Professor of Project Management. J.D., North Carolina Central University

Stephen D. Owens
Associate Professor of Management. Ph.D., University of North Texas

Max Moise Schreiber
Associate Professor of Management and International Business. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Michael E. Smith
Assistant Professor of Management and International Business. Ph.D., Portland State University

Michael Thomas
Assistant Professor of Management and International Business. Ph.D., James Cook University

John Urbanski
Assistant Professor of Management and International Business. Ph.D., University of South Carolina-Columbia

Department of Marketing and Business Law

Elisha M. Abel
Assistant Professor of Business Law. J.D., University of Louisville

Debra Burke
Head and Professor of Business Law. J.D., University of Texas

Steven Henson
Assistant Professor of Marketing and Business Law. Ph.D., Georgia State University

JoAnne Stilley
Professor of Marketing. Ph.D., Louisiana State University

LeVon E. Wilson
Professor of Business Law. J.D., North Carolina Central University. Ed.D., North Carolina State University

Department of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education

Barbara H. Bell
Assistant Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ph.D., University of Missouri

Eliza Dean
Assistant Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Constance Victoria Faircloth
Associate Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ed.D., University of Georgia

Robert S. Houghton
Associate Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Lester L. Laminack
Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ed.D., Auburn University

Mary Lou Matoush
Assistant Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ph.D., University of Florida

Elizabeth Tyson Lofquist
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ph.D., University of North Carolina- Greensboro

Jane C. Perlmutter
Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ed.D., University of Georgia

Terry D. Rose
Assistant Professor of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Grades Education. Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations

Edward Case
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., Clemson University

Myron L. Coulter
Chancellor Emeritus; Professor of Education. Ed.D., Indiana University

Richard M. Haynes
Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., Duke University

Mary Jean Ronan Herzog
Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ed.D., University of Tennessee

Eleanor B. Hilty
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., University of Tennessee

John Casey Hurley
Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jacque Jacobs
Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Meagan Karvonen
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Anna Hicks McFadden
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Dixie L. McGinty
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., Georgia State University

Gayle Moller
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ed.D., Columbia University

Kevin L. Pennington
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., Kansas State University

Robert Beasley Pittman
Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alvin Proffit
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ed.D., West Virginia University

Penelope S. Smith
Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Sandra Tonnsen
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Joe Daniel Walters
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ed.D., University of Florida

Mitch Williams
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations. Ed.D., North Carolina State University

Department of Health and Human Performance

E. Kevin Ayers
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance. Ed.D., Florida State University

Robert Beaudet
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance. Ph.D., Florida State University

David B. Claxton
Head and Professor of Health and Human Performance. Ed.D., Arizona State University

Angela Grube
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance. Ph.D., Florida State University

Dan P. Grube
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance. Ph.D., Florida State University

Justin Menickelli
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance. Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Maurice L. Phipps
Professor of Health and Human Performance. Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Maridy McNeff Troy
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance. Ed.D., The University of Alabama

Department of Human Services

Lisa A. Bloom
Head, Department of Human Services; Professor of Special Education. Ed.D., West Virginia University

W. Dale Brotherton
Associate Professor of Counselor Education. Ph.D., Florida State University

C. Dale Carpenter
Associate Dean, College of Education and Allied Professions. Professor of Special Education. Ed.D., Auburn University

Karena Cooper-Duffy
Associate Professor of Special Education. Ph.D., Lehigh University

Russell C. Curtis
Assistant Professor of Human Services. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Mary D. Deck
Professor of Counselor Education. Ph.D., University of Virginia

Sharon F. Dole
Assistant Professor of Special Education. Ph.D., University of Georgia

A. Michael Dougherty
Dean, College of Education and Allied Professions. Professor of Counselor Education. Ph.D., Indiana State University

Ruby L. Drew
Associate Professor of Communication Disorders. Ph.D., Northwestern University

Martin A. Fischer
Professor of Communication Disorders. Ph.D., University of Oregon

James J. Kirk
Professor of Human Resources. Ed.D., Northern Illinois University

Billy T. Ogletree
Professor of Communication Disorders. Ph.D., Florida State University

Thomas A. Oren
Associate Professor of Special Education. Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

Lisen A. Roberts
Associate Professor of Counselor Education. Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Valerie L. Schwiebert
Professor of Counselor Education. Ph.D., University of Florida

David A. Shapiro
Professor of Communication Disorders. Ph.D., Indiana University

John Sherlock
Assistant Professor of Human Services. Ed.D., George Washington University

Pam Vesely
Assistant Professor of Human Services. M.Ed., Vanderbilt University

David L. Westling
The Adelaide Worth Daniels Endowed Professor of Special Education. Ph.D., University of Florida

Department of Psychology

Millicent H. Abel
Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., University of Louisville

Shawn Kevin Acheson
Associate Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Candace H. Boan
Associate Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., University of Alabama

Thomas Goodwin
Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., Florida State University

John C. Habel
Associate Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Bruce B. Henderson
Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Harold A. Herzog Jr.
Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., University of Tennessee

David M. McCord
Head and Associate Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., The University of Alabama

Alvin C. Malesky
Assistant Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., University of Memphis

Scott W. Minor
Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

Mickey Randolph
Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Hedy J. White
Professor of Psychology. Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

Robert Caruso, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Kefyn G. Catley, Highlands Biological Station
William Chovan, Department of Psychology
Reginald Coler, Department of Physics
Ben Coulter, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Jeanine Davis, Department of Biology
Paul G. Davison, Highlands Biological Station
Mary Ford, Department of Human Services
Janice Gilliam, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Katie Greenberg, Department of Biology
William Haggard, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Constance Haire, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Deborah Harmon, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Eric Iovacchini, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Ernest Johnson, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Dennis King, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Terry Kinnear, Department of Management and International Business
Richard Kucharski, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Paul Lechler, Department of Biology
Allen Lomax, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Agenor Mafra-Neto, Department of Chemistry and Physics
Paul Manos, Highlands Biological Station
Eugene E. McDowell, Department of Psychology
Chester McKee, Department of Human Services
John C. Morse, Highlands Biological Station
Laura Moushey, Department of Human Services
H. Ronald Pulliam, Highlands Biological Station
Wayne Robinson, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Raymond Semlitsch, Highlands Biological Station
Louise Solomon, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
Stephen Tilley, Highlands Biological Station
Dale Wachowiak, Department of Human Services
Philip Weast, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
William David Webster, Highlands Biological Station
Thomas R. Wentworth, Highlands Biological Station
Peter S. White, Highlands Biological Station
Cecil E. Yount, Department of Human Services

Names of temporary members of the graduate faculty are not listed here but are available from the Graduate School.