Administration and Faculty

Tennessee Board of Regents

The Honorable Bill Haslam, Governor
Gregory Duckett, Vice Chair, 9th Congressional District, 2009-2012
John Farris, At-Large West Tennessee, 2008-2014 
Darrell S. Freeman, 7th Congressional District, 2012-2016 
Tom Griscom, 3rd Congressional District, 2011-2017
The Honorable Kevin S. Huffman, Commissioner of Education 
Ashley Humphrey, Student Regent 2012-2013
The Honorable Julius Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture
Jonas Kisber, 8th Congressional District, 2008-2014
Fran Marcum, 4th Congressional District, 2010-2016
Emily J. Reynolds, At-Large, Middle Tennessee, 2012-2018
Richard Rhoda, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Howard Roddy, At-Large, East Tennessee, 2012-2018
J. Parker Smith, 1st Congressional District, 2013-2019 
John D. Stites II, 6th Congressional District, 2014-2018 
Robert P. Thomas, 5th Congressional District, 2009-2015 
Danni B. Varlan, 2nd Congressional District, 2013-2019 
Deanna Wallace, Faculty Regent, 2013-2014

Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Cato Johnson, Vice Chair, Bartlett, 7th Congressional District
Jon Kinsey, Vice Chair, Chattanooga - 3rd Congressional District     
Evan Cope, Vice-Chair, Murfreesboro, 4th Congressional District 
A. C. Wharton, Jr., Secretary, Memphis, 9th Congressional District
Tre Hargett, Secretary of State
Justin P. Wilson, State Comptroller
David H. Lillard, Jr. State Treasurer
Keith Wilson, 1st Congressional Keith Wilson, 1st Congressional District 
Randy Boyd, Knoxville, 2nd Congressional District
Pam Koban, Nashville 5th Congressional District 
Charles W. Bone, Hendersonville, 6th Congressional District
Sharon L. Hayes, Brownsville, 8th Congressional  District 
Dr. Gary Nixon, non-voting ex-officio, Executive Director, State Board of Education
Adam Jarvis, voting ex-officio, East Tennessee State University 
Robert Fisher, non-voting ex-officio, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga 
 

Administrative Offices

All addresses are: Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044 University Home Page: www.apsu.edu.

Faculty

NAJMUL ABEDIN (1998)

Professor of Public Management
B.A., M.A., University of Dacca; Ph. D., University of Durham

FOLASHADE AGUSTO (2011)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
B. Tech, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., University of Ilorin, Nigeria 

AYMAN ALZAATREH (2011)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Yarmouk Univresity, Jordan; M.S., University of Jordan; M.A., Central Michigan University 

TARA ALVEY (2011)

Instructor of Teaching and Learning
B.A., Thomas More College; M.E., Vanderbilt University

REX AMEIGH (2004)

Chair of Allied Health Sciences and Associate Professor of Radiologic Technology
B.S., University of Oklahoma; M.S., Florida Institute of Technology; B.A., Northwestern State University

ANN ASSAD (2007)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.A., Murray State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

ROBERT ATKINSON (2013)

Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature
B.A., University of Southern California; M.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

CHRISTOPHER BAILEY (2013)

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance
B.M., Belmont University; M.M., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University

LINDA A. BARNES (1991)

Professor of English and Director of the Honors Program
B.A., M.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

ROBERT BARON (2012)

Assistant Professor of Communication
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota 

BETTIE C. BARRETT (2003)

Associate Professor of Education
M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

LISA BARRON (2011)

Assistant Professor of Education and Coordinator of Clinical Teaching Experiences
B.M., Union University; M.Ed., Ed.S., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., Tennessee State University

CAROL J. BASKAUF (1993)

Professor of Biology
B.A., Bluffton College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

TANYA BEARD (2011)

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S., Bowling Green State University; M.S.N., University of Toledo

ELAINE W. BERG (2000)

Associate Professor of Library Administration
B.A., Presbyterian College; M.A., University of South Carolina

BARBARA BESWICK (2009)

Instructor of Social Work
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.S.S.W., University of Tennessee

JENNIS BISER (2013)

Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., West Virginia University; M.A., Ph.D., George Mason University

ANNE BLACK (1996)

Professor of Health and Human Performance
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

KELL A. BLACK (1993)

Chair and Professor of Art
B.A., State University of New York-Fredonia; M.F.A., University of Connecticut

JOHN W. BLAKE (1994)

Professor of Engineering Technology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Northwestern University, Professional Engineer

MICHELLE BLAKE (2012)

Assistant Professor of Social Work
B.A., Christian Brothers University; M.S.S.W., University of Louisville; Ph.D., The Florida State University 

KADI BLISS (2014)

Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., M.A., Western Illinois University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale

STUART B. BONNINGTON (1987)

Professor of Psychology
B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ed.D., The University of Tennessee

ERIC BRANSCOME (2011)

Associate Professor of Music 
B.M., Stephen F. Austin State University; M.M., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of North Texas 

CARRIE B. BRENNAN (2001)

Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Hartwick College; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

BEATRIX BROCKMAN (2011)

Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature/German 
B.A., M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University 

CHAD S. BROOKS (2005)

Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Tennessee-Martin; M.S., Middle Tennessee State University;
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

WILLIAM BROOKS (2011)

Assistant Professor of Sociology 
B.S., M.S., Utah State University; Ph.D., South Dakota State University 

PENNYE K. BROWN (2005)

Instructor of Accounting
B.B.A., Austin Peay State University; M.S., Strayer University; M.B.A., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University  

SHUNDA BROWN (2009)

Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Tougaloo College; M.S., Jackson State University; Ph.D., University of Virginia

TUCKER BROWN (2007)

Chair of the Department of Sociology and Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., Arizona State University

BENITA BRUSTER (2007)

Associate Professor of Education
B.S., Cameron University of Lawton; M.Ed., North Texas State University; Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University

SUSAN BRYANT (1980)

Professor of Art
B.F.A., Indiana University; M.F.A., Indiana State University 

DEBORAH BUCHANAN (2011)

Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.Ed., Salem State College

LORI E. BUCHANAN (1986)

Professor of Library Administration
B.A., University of North Carolina; M.L.S., Indiana University

SPENCER BUCKNER (1999)

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S, Ph.D., Texas Tech University

AUDREY BULLOCK (2012)

Instructor of Mathematics
B.A., Indiana State University; M.A., Austin Peay State University 

KENISHA BURKE (2012)

Instructor of Communication
B.S., M.A., Syracuse University 

WILLODEAN D.S., BURTON (1991)

Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Tennessee State University; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee

JONNIANN BUTTERFIELD (2010)

Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida State University

THOMAS A. BUTTERY (2004)

Professor, School of Education
B.A., Kean University; M.S., Ed.D., Indiana University

MICHELE T. BUTTS (1993)

Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico

JOHN BYRD (1980)

Associate Professor of Engineering Technology
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.S., Murray State University

MAGAN CALHOUN (2012)

Instructor of Accounting, Finance and Economics 
M.Acc., Belmont University 

PHYLLIS A. CAMILLERI (1994)

Professor of Geology
B.S., San Diego State University; M.S., Oregon State University; Ph.D., University of Wyoming

MERCY CANNON (2007)

Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature
B.S., Toccoa Falls College; M.A., Radford University; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee

ARTHUR W. CARPENTER (1988)

Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., University of Illinois; M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., Florida State University

MOLLIE CASHNER (2014) 

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Hanover College; M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Tulane University 

 KENNETH R. CERVELLI (2007)

Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature
B.A., The University of Calgary; M.A., Western Kentucky University;
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

CHIN-ZUE CHEN (1985)

Professor of Engineering Technology
B.Ed., Taiwan Normal University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University; Ph.D., Iowa State University

CHRISTINA CHESTER-FANGMAN (2006)

Assistant Professor of Library Administration
B.A., Austin Peay State University; M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky

ROGER W. CLARK (1992)

Professor of Accounting
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; J.D., Ph.D., The University of Tennessee; C.P.A.

SUSUAN COCKRELL (2012)

Chair of the Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics and Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., M.A.S., University of Alabama, Huntsville; Ph.D., University of Alabama 

NICHOLAS COLEMAN (2012)

Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Information Technology
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison 

PAUL COLLINS (2011)

Associate Professor of Art
B.A. Dartmouth College; M.F.A., Yale University

EDWARD CONRAD (2013)

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Management, and General Business
B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale

EMILY HANNA CRANE (2008)

Associate Professor of Music
B.M., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.M., D.M., Florida State University

CHARLES WALLACE CROSS (1987)

Professor of History
B.S., M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

DON CHARLES DAILEY (1991)

Chair of the Department of Biology and Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Southern Indiana; Ph.D., Indiana University School of Medicine

LINDA DARNELL (2010)

Assistant Professor of Nursing                                                                                                                                                                                          B.S., M.S., Austin Peay State University; OEC, Middle Tennessee State University

DORIS S. DAVENPORT (1992)

Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Austin Peay State University; P.N.P., M.S.N., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; D.S.N., University of Alabama

LESLEY DAVIDSON (2006)

Instructor of Business
B.B.A., Austin Peay State University; M.A., Belmont University

LINDA K. DAVIS (2007)

Associate Professor of English Education
B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.Ed., Ed.S., Middle Tennessee State University; Ed.D., Tennessee State University

MARY FRAN DAVIS (2009)

Chair of the Department of Social Work and Instructor of Social Work
B.A., Northwestern State University; M.S.S.W., University of Louisville

JACK E. DEIBERT (1998)

Chair of the Department of Geosciences and Professor of Geology
B.S., Sonoma State University; M.S., University of Nevada; Ph. D., University of Wyoming

DIXIE L. DENNIS (2005)

Dean of College of Graduate Studies and Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., M.S., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

DAVID W. DENTON (1994)

Dean, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences and Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.S., University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

DONNA DEY (2012)

Instructor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., M.S., Austin Peay State University 

MARK DEYOUNG (2009)

Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; M.F.A., Michigan State University

OSVALDO DI PAOLO (2010)

Associate Professor Spanish; B.A., Austin Peay State University; B.S., School of Commerce, Rosario Argentina; Ph.D., University of Kentucky.

KALLINA DUNKLE (2012)

Assistant Professor of Geosciences
B.S., Oklahoma State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison 

MICHAEL DUNN (2012)

Instructor of Communication
B.S., M.A., Austin Peay State University 

LENI DYER (2001)

Associate Professor 
B.A., Kennesaw State University; M.F.A., University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa

BRETT DIGMAN (2011)

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Technology
B.S., Bowling Green State University; M.S., The University of Toledo

ARTHUR J. EAVES (1978)

Associate Professor of English
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

JILL E. EICHHORN (2000)

Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of Women’s Studies
B.A., M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., Miami University of Ohio

 JOSEPH V. ELARDE (2014)

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Northeastern Illinois University; M.S., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., DePaul University

 DEBBIE ELLISON (2007)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Austin Peay State University

TAYLOR EMERY (2004)

Instructor of English
B.S., M.A., Austin Peay State University

DWAYNE ESTES (2007)

Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; PhD., University of Tennessee

SUE CLOUD EVANS (1980)

Professor of Administrative Office Management
B.S., University of North Alabama; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Memphis

FRANCISCA FARRAR (2006)

Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

DEBORAH L. FETCH (1993)

Professor of Library Administration
A.B., M.S., University of Illinois; Ed.D., Treveca Nazarene University

JENNIFER FILLINGIM (2011)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

KORRE D. FOSTER (2009/2010)

Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., B.M., Milliken University; M.M., University of Arizona; D.M.A., University of Miami

JILL FRANKS (1996)

Professor of English
B.A., University of New Hampshire; J.D., Western New England College; M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ph.D., Rutgers University

DANIEL L. FREDERICK (1994)

Professor of Geology
B.S., Indiana University; M.S., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee

KEMPA S. FRENCH (2005)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., University of Tennessee Center of Health Sciences; M.S.N., University of Tennessee-Memphis

CHRISTOS FRENTZOS (2006)

Associate Professor of History and Philosophy
B.A., M.A., University of New Orleans; Ph.D., University of Houston

SAMUEL S. FUNG (1988)

Professor of Psychology
B.Th., Central Taiwan Theological College; B.A., M.A., Azusa Pacific University;
D.Min., Western Evangelical Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University

CHRISTINA GALBEN (2013)

Assistant Professor of Agriculture
B.S., Austin Peay State University; D.V.M., Auburn University

GINA GARBER (2004)

Associate Professor of Library Administration
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.S., The University of Tennessee

CHRISTOPHER M. GENTRY (2008)

Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Office of Undergradate Research
B.S., Indiana University Southeast; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana State University

ROXANNE GERBRANDT (2008)

Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,University of Oregon

INDRANIL GHOSH (2012)

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., University of Calcutta, India; Ph.D., University of California

NANCY SNYDER GIBSON

Associate Professor of Library Administration
B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.L.S., M.I.S., Indiana University

C.M. GIENGER (2011)

Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. Central Washington University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno

ELIZABETH ANNE GLASS (1975)

Professor of Music
B.M., Stetson University; M.M., George Peabody College

REBECCA A. GLASS (1986)

Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., M.Ed., University of Montevallo; Ed.D., Auburn University

WILLIAM K. GLUNT (1992)

Professor of Mathematics
A.A., Henderson Community College; B.S., Indiana State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

MONIQUEKA E. GOLD (1999)

Chair of the Department of Educational Specialties and Professor of Education
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.Ed., Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

DWONNA GOLDSTONE (2001)

Professor of English
B.A., University of Iowa; M.A.T., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Texas

MELISSA GOMEZ (2011)

Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., Clemson University; M.S., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., Treveca Nazarene University

JAMES K. GOODE (1980)

Professor of Agriculture
B.S., Texas A&M University; M.Ed., University of Georgia; Ph.D., University of Missouri

WILLIAM GORDON (2008)  

Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Boston College; M.I.A., School for International Training; J.D., City University of New York School of Law; Ph.D., The New School for Social Research  

JAMES MICHEAL GOTCHER (1990)

Chair of the Department of Communication and Professor of Communication
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

SARA E. GOTCHER (1990)

Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., Austin Peay State University; M.F.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

CHARLES GRAH (1977)

Professor of Psychology
B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico

PAMELA J. GRAY (2005)

Associate Professor of Communication
B.S., University of Kentucky; M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

ANNA GREGG (2007)

Associate Professor of Political Science
B.S.,Leningradski Public Agrarian University; M.P.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

BARRY GRESHAM (2011)

Instructor of Communication
B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University

LORETTA A. GRIFFY (1991)

Professor of Mathematics in Developmental Studies and Director of the Teaching and Learning Center
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.S., The University of Memphis; Ed.S., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., Tennessee State University

DAVID GRIMMETT (1983)

Professor of Management
B.S.A.E., West Virginia University; M.B.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., St. Louis University

VIRGINIA GRISWOLD (2013)

Assistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University

GINA GROGAN (2012)

Assistant Professor of Educational Specialties
B.S., University of Tennessee; M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ed.D., Tennessee State University 

MICHAEL GRUSZCZYNSKI (2013)

Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska

DAVID GUEST (1992)

Chair of Languages and Literature and Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., University of North Carolina; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

IHAB HABIB (2011)

Assistant Professor of Construction Technology
B.S., Saint George College; M.E., Tennessee State University

 LANA J. HADDY (2014)

Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning
B.S., University of Iowa; M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Northern Illinois University

SHIRLEY HAGEWOOD (1978)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.A.Ed., Austin Peay State University

PATRICIA HALBECK (1988)

Professor of Music
B.M., Northwestern University; M.Mu., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
D.M.A., University of Oklahoma
 

PHILLIP HALL (2010)

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
M.S., Purdue; B.S., Purdue University

ROBERT W. HALLIMAN (1987)

Associate Professor of Management Technology
B.A.E., University of the State of New York-Regents College; M.A., Pepperdine University;
Ed.D., University of Southern California

STEVEN W. HAMILTON (1987)

Director, Center of Excellence for Field Biology and Professor of Biology
B.A., State University of New York-Geneseo; M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., Clemson University

AMY HAMLIN (2003)

Professor of Nursing
B.S., Carson Newman University; M.S.N., Michigan State University

GREGORY HAMMOND (2010)

Associate Professor of History/Philosophy
B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

KAY D. HARALSON (1985)

Retention Analyst and Associate Professor
B.S., M.A.Ed., Ed.S., Austin Peay State University

CARLETTE J. HARDIN (1981)

Dean, College of Education and Professor of Education
B.S., M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., George Peabody College

KEVIN R. HARRIS (2008)

Chair of the Department of Psychology and Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Tennessee-Martin; M.S., Mississippi State University;
Ph.D., Florida State University

SHEENA HARRIS (2012)

Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy
B.S., M.A., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; Ph.D., University of Memphis 

TAJ HASHMI (2011)

Assistant Professor of Public Management and Criminal Justice
B.A., M.A., University of Dhaka; Ph.D., University of Western Australia

JESSICE HATZ (2011)

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., university of Wyoming

MARCUS HAYES (2007)

Associate Professor of Dance
B.A., Beloit College; M.F.A., Mills

WENDELL HENSLEY (2011)

Instructor and Coordinator of Culinary Arts/Professional Studies
A.A.S., Austin Peay State University

KRISTEN HERSHEY (2010)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., East Carolina University; M.S., Tennessee State University

LESLIE HIATT (2012)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Freed-Hardeman University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University 

CHRISTINA HICKS-GOLDSTON (2009/2010)

Assistant Professor of Communication
B.S., Texas Christian University; M.A., Emerson College; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

STEPHANIE HICKS (2008)

Assistant Professor of Social Work
B.P., University of Southern Mississippi; M.H.R., University of Oklahoma;
M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

SHONDELL HICKSON (2011)

Assistant Professor of Social Work
B.S.N., Austin Peay State University; M.S.N., Murray State University

TATSUSHI HIRONO (2010)

Associate Professor of Social Work
B.A., Takasaki City University (Japan); M.A. Waseda University (Japan);
M.S.W., Washington University; Ph.D., State University of New York

BRIAN J. HOCK (2005)

Professor of Psychology
B.S., Lake Superior State University; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State University

BONNIE M. HODGE (1990)

Associate Professor and Student Success Specialist
B.S., M.S., Troy State University

D. SEAN HOGAN (2001)

Associate Professor of Library Administration
B.S., University of Alabama-Huntsville; MLIS, University of Alabama

ROMAN HOLOVCHAK (2013)

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.A., Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

MICHAEL HOOPER (2004)

Associate Professor of Library Administration
B.S., Western Kentucky University; M.S., University of Tennessee

MICHAEL KENNETH HOLT (2012)

Associate Professor of Business
B.S., Union University; M.S., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Memphis 

KATHERINE HONEA (2012)

Assistant Professor of Language and Literature
B.S., M.A., California State University

ROBYN W. HULSART (2006)

Chair of the Department of Professional Studies and Professor
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.A., Webster University; M.ACC., Florida Atlantic University; Ed.D., University of Nebraska

UMA JANARDANA IYER (2001)

Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., University of Kerala, India; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, India

 CHENCHUTTA JACKSON (2014)

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Mississippi Valley State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

 ELEANOR JATOR (2006)

Professor of Medical Technology
B.S., M.S., University of Llorin, Nigeria; M.S., ASCP, Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., CA University

SAMUEL N. JATOR (1998)

Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Llorin, Nigeria

JOE F. JERLES (2008)

Associate Professor of Education
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.S., Indiana State University; Ed.S., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., Tennessee State University

REBECCA BLANTON JOHANSEN (2009)

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., Tulane University

SHARON JOHNSON (1992)

Associate Professor of Library Administration
B.A., Atlantic Union College; M.L.S., George Peabody College

BARRY R. JONES (2005)

Chair of Department of Art and Professor of Art
B.FA., Austin Peay State University; M.F.A., University of South Carolina

JOHNNY JONES (2011)

Assistant Professor of African American Studies
B.A., University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff; M.A., New York University; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

MATTHEW O. JONES (2005)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

REGINA KAKHNOVETS (2011)

Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

MATTHEW T. KENNEY (2001)

Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the President’s Emeriging Leaders Program
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University

KIL-JOONG KIM (1980)

Professor of Economics
B.A., Sogang University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

B. ALEX KING III (2000)

Interim Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics and Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.A., Austin College; M.S., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

NICHOLAS O. KIRBY (2014)

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

BARRY KITTERMAN (1995)

Professor of English
A.B., University of California; M.F.A., University of Montana

NICOLE KNICKMEYER (2004)

Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis; M.S., Ph.D., University of Memphis

CHRISTOPHE KONKOBO (2013)

Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature
M.A., Ph.D., The University of Iowa

ANDRIY KOVALSKYY (2011)

Associate Professor of Physics
Ph.D., Lviv State University, Ukraine

JODI KUSHNER (2012)

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Austin Peay State University 

ELIZABETH LARA (2011)

Associate Professor of Music
B.A., M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., The Julliard School

AMY F. LEBKUECHER (2005)

Associate Professor of Biology (Rad. Tech.)
R.T., Vanderbilt School of Allied Health; B.S., College of St. Francis; M.S., University of St. Francis

JEFFERSON G. LEBKUECHER (1992)

Professor of Biology
A.S., Volunteer State Community College; B.S., M.S., Tennessee Technological University;
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

JEEYOUN KATHY LEE-HEUSTON (2004)

Associate Professor of Communication
B.J.M.C., M.A, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

LEONG LEE (2011)

           Associate Professor of Computer Science
           B.S., M.S., National University of Ireland; M.S., University of Missouri-Rolla; Ph.D., Missouri University of Science & Technology 

SUTA LEE (2000)

Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., Art Center College of Design; M.A., California State University; M.F.A., Cornell University

TIMOTHY J. LESZCZAK (2010)

Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.A., Rowan University; M.S., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

LISA LEWIS (2007)

Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., M.S., Ed.S., Middle Tennessee State University; Ed.D., Tennessee State University

JIANG LI (2003)

Professor of Computer Science and Information Technology
B.S., M.S., Bejing Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

CHESTER T. LITTLE (2010)

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of Chemical Engineering
B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.S., University of Houston;
Ph.D., University of Texas

STEPHEN LOMAX (2011)

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Harding University; M.B.A., Webster University; M.S.N. University of Maryland

WILLIAM LONGHURST (2013)

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

CHARMAINE LOWE (2008)

Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., University of Mississippi; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ed.D., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

LARRY LOWRANCE (1995)

Professor of Education
B.A., Union University; M.Ed., Ed.D., The University of Memphis

DONALD D. LUCK (1992)

Professor of Education
B.A., Wartburg College; M.A., Ed.D., University of Northern Iowa

SARAH LUNDIN-SCHILLER (1993)

Professor of Biology
B.A., The University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of California, School of Medicine

MARSHA LYLE-GONGA (2010)

Chair of the Department of Political Science and Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Our Lady of the Lake University; M.S., Trinity University; Ph.D., Walden University

YING MA (2013)

Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Nanjing University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

SHARON C. MABRY (1970)

Professor of Music
B.Mu.Ed., Florida State University; M.Mu.Ed., D.M.A., George Peabody College

HARRY CLARK MADDUX (2008)

Associate Professor of English
B.A., Columbus College; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University

DAVID MAJOR (2004)

Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

MEAGAN K. MANN (2008)

Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Northern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Champaign

SERGEI MARKOV (2006)

Professor of Biology
M.S., Ph.D., Moscow State University

CYNTHIA MARSH (1995)

Professor of Art
B.F.A., Moore College of Art; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology

CHRISTINE MATHENGE (2008)

Associate Professor of Geography
B.A., Moi University; M.A., Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Ph.D., Indiana University

FRED J. MATTHEWS, JR. (1983)

Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Baptist College of Charleston; M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University

MARCY RUTH MAURER (1994)

Chair and Professor of Health and Human Performance and Associate Dean of College of Behavioral and Health Sciences
B.S., The Ohio State University; M.A., Miami University; D.A., Middle Tennessee State University

VICTORIA M. MCCARTHY (2008)

Associate Professor of Professional Studies
B.A., Georgia State University; M.P.A., Murray State University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

CYNTHIA H. MCWILLIAMS (2000)

Associate Professor of English
B.A., Murray State University; M.A., Morehead State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

KAREN A. MCFARLAND MEISCH (2007)

Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Ashland University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

DAVID KIRK MENSER (1992)

Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.A., Murray State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

DAN MEYER (2004)

Associate Professor of Accounting
B.B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Missouri

DARREN MICHAEL (2007)

Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., Ouachita Baptist University; M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi

MARK A. MICHAEL (1995)

Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Houghton College; Ph.D., State University of New York-Albany

GLORIA MILLER (2013)

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Management, and General Business
B.B.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

RODNEY MILLS (2011)

Associate Professor of Agriculture
B.S., Union College; M.S., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

GRACE MOODT (2008)

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Troy University

GREG MOORE (2004)

Associate Professor of Health
B.B.A., University of Iowa; M.B.A., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

ANTHONY MORRIS (2012)

Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., Bradley University; M.A., Kent State University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University 

CARROLL BRUCE MYERS (1970)

Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology and Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Berea College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

STEPHANIE NEWPORT (1993)

Professor of Management
B.S., University of Maryland; M.B.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

TRACY NICHOLS (2011)

Instructor of Communication
B.A., M.A., Austin Peay State University

JOHN A. NICHOLSON, JR. (2010)

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Information Technology
B.S., Purdue University; M.S., DePaul University; Ph.D., Utah State University

PAUL NICODEMUS (2004)

Professor of Psychology
A.A., Mount Vernon Nazarene University; B.S., Trevecca Nazarene University; M.S., Florida Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Texas Tech University

BENSELAMONYUY NTATIN (2007)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of Jos; M.S., University of Ilorin; DICTP, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Ph.D., Ruhr-University Bochum

DONG NYONNA (2007)

Associate Professor of Finance
B.S., The University of Sc.&Tech.; M.S., The Norwegian University of Sc.&Tech;
M.B.A., University of Texas Pan American; M.A., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

THOMAS O’CONNOR (2006)

Director of Global Security Studies and Associate Professor of Public Management
B.A., Knox College; M.A., University of Illinois; Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

JUSTIN R. OELGOETZ (2008)

Interim Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University

CHINYERE OGBONNA-MCGRUDER (2003)

Professor of Public Management
B.S., Anambra State University of Technology; M.S., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., Tennessee State University

PATTY ORR (2008)

Director of the School of Nursing and Associate Professor of Nursing 
B.S.N., M.S., University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

FRANK E. PARCELLS (2001)

Professor of Mass Communication
B.S., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; M.S., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

JAMES L. PARKER (2010)

Assistant Professor of Communication
B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida State University

DENNIS PEARSON (2007)

Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

PATRICK R. PERDEW (1993)

Administrative Specialist and Associate Professor in Business
B.S., M.S., Murray State University

GEORGE E. PESELY (1990)

Professor of History
A.B., San Diego State University; M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley

BARBARA R. PETERSON (2007)

Assistant Professor of Education
B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Ed.D., Northern Illinois University

JOHN PHILLIPS (2012)

Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University

MICHAEL D. PHILLIPS (1990)

Professor of Finance
A.A., Fresno City College; B.S., M.B.A., California State University at Fresno; D.B.A., Mississippi State University

GILBERT PITTS (2004)

Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

JERRY D. PLUMMER (2000)

Professor of Economics
B.B.A, M.B.A., Tennessee State University; D.A., Middle Tennessee State University

YVONNE PRATHER (1989)

Professor of Mass Communication
B.S., M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

JAMES PRESCOTT (1996)

Professor of Public Management
B.S., Auburn University; M.P.A., University of South Alabama; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

JENNIE PRESTON-SABIN (1988)

Administrative Specialist and Associate Professor in Education
B.S., M.S.Ed., State University of New York-Oneonta

NORBERT PUSZKAR (2003)

Professor of German
Magister Artium, Freie Universitat Berlin; Ph.D., University of Southern California

ALBERT B. RANDALL, JR. (1972)

Professor of Philosophy
B.S., Maryville College; M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

DAVID RANDS (2012)

Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy
B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ritsumeikan University, Japan; Ph.D., University of Southern California 

KRISTOPHER RAY (2008)

Assistant Professor of History
M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NELL K. RAYBURN (1988)

Professor of Mathematics
B.S., David Lipscomb College; M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

WILLIAM RAYBURN (1993)

Professor of Management Information Systems
B.E., M.B.A., Vanderbilt University; D.B.A., Southern Illinois University

LESLIE REED (2006)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Austin Peay State University; M.S.N., Tennessee State University

ROBIN B. REED (2001)

Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Rhodes College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

WILLIAM B. RENKL, JR. (1989)

Professor of Art
B.F.A., Auburn University; M.F.A., University of South Carolina

MARGARET RENNERFELDT (2011)

Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance
B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; M.A.T., Rockford College

NOEL RENNERFELDT (2012)

Assistant Professor of Theatre
B.S., Wayne State University; M.A., Miami University, Ohio; M.F.A., Northern Illinois University 

MARY EVE RICE (2012)

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Austin Peay State University; M.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook 

GREGORY S. RIDENOUR (1996)

Professor of Geography
B.S., M.S., Northeastern Illinois University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University

 AMY RITCHART (2014) 

Instructor of Communication
B.S., M.A., Bowling Green State University

 RONALD P. ROBERTSON (1992)

Professor of Chemistry
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

TAMARA MICHELLE ROBERTSON (2005)

Professor of Nursing
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.S.N., Murray State University

GAIL ROBINSON-OTURU (2005)

Professor of Music
B.M.Ed., M.M.Ed., Howard University; Ph.D., New York University

JORDY A. ROCHELEAU (2001)

Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University

D. MICHELLE ROGERS (2009/2006)

Instructor of Biology
B.A., Western Kentucky University; M.S., University of Tennessee

DOUGLAS R. ROSE (2009)

Chair of the Department of Music and Professor of Music
B.M.Ed., B.M., Memorial University; M.A., M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., State University of New York

MIGUEL R. RUIZ-AVILES (1996)

Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of Puerto Rico; M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

WILLIAM RUPP (2010)

Dean of College of Business and Professor of Management
B.A., Azusa Pacific University; M.B.A, University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Georgia

STEVEN T. RYAN (1977)

Professor of English
A.A., Ellsworth Junior College; B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.A., Iowa State University; Ph.D., University of Utah

RAMANJIT K. SAHI (2007)

Associate Professor of Mathematics
M.S., San Jose State University; Ph.D., The University of Texas

HASSAN SAID (2003)

Associate Professor of Accounting
M.B.A., College of Insurance of the Society of New York; M.A., University of Alabama;
Ph.D., University of Alabama

ADEL SALAMA (1990)

Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology and Professor of Engineering Technology
B.S., Alexandria University (Egypt); M.S., Cairo University; Professional Engineer

 ADRIANE M. F. SANDERS (2014) 

Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Memphis

ANTHONY SANDERS (2012)

Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning
B.S., Western Kentucky University; M.A., Murray State University; Ph.D., University of Louisville 

JAMES H. SANDERS (1985)

Enhanced Lab Facilitator and Assistant Professor
B.S., M.A.Ed., Austin Peay State University

A. K. SARWAR (1984)

Professor of Engineering Technology
B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; M.S., Carleton University; Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University

PERRY SCANLAN (2006)

Professor of Allied Health Services
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago

JOSEPH R. SCHILLER (1994)

Professor of Biology
B.S., Colorado State University; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee

LAURA SCHULTZ (2014)

Instructor of Language and Literature
B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin

 JOHN P. SCHNETTLER (2010)

Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Athletic Bands
B.M., University of Central Florida; M.A., University of South Florida; M.M., University of South Florida

JANE SEMLER (2009/2010)

Associate Professor of Allied Health
B.S., Northern Illinois University; M.S., University of Georgia

ROSCOE SHAIN (1978)

Professor of Business Law
B.S., M.B.A., University of Louisville; J.D., Nashville School of Law

DANIEL P. SHEA (2008)

Associate Professor of Literature
B.S., Frostburg State University; M.A., Kansas State University; Ph.D., University of Oregon

G. ROBERT SHELTON (2010)

Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Southern Illinois University; M.S., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University Of Florida

OMIE SHEPHERD (1997)

Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., M.S., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

YINGTAO SHEN (2013)

Assistant Professor of Management, Marketing , and General Business
B.S., M.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., University of Alberta

KENNETH C. SHIPLEY, JR. (2005)

Professor of Art
B.A., M.F.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

TAMMY SHUTT (2006)

Associate Professor of Education
B.S., Auburn University; M.Ed., Ed.S., Middle Tennessee State University; Ed.D., Tennessee State University

 KRISTEN D. SIENKIEWICZ (2014) 

Assistant Professor of Music
Ph.D., Boston University

 MARISA SIKES (2014)

Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature
B.A., M.A., University of South Florida; Ph.D., University of New Mexico

ANN L. SILVERBERG (1994)

Professor of Music
B.M., Ithaca College; M.M., Indiana University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois

LYNN DIANE SIMS (2008)

Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University

ROBERT A. SIRK (1995)

Chair of the Department of Geosciences and Professor of Geography
B.A., Shepherd College; M.S., Marshall University; Ph.D., Kent State University

PHILENESE SLAUGHTER (1998)

Assistant Professor of Library Administration
B.A., M.L.I.S., University of Oklahoma at Norman

REBECCA S. SLAYDEN-McMAHAN (1979)

Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Education
B.S., M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., George Peabody College.

J. ALLYN SMITH (2006)

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology

TAMARA SMITHERS (2012)

Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., College of Charleston; M.A., University of Washington; Ph.D., Temple University 

ELLEN SMYTH (2009/05-07)

Instructor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Tennessee Technological University

DAVID R. SNYDER (2003)

Professor of History
B.S., M.A., Indiana University-Bloomington; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

JENNIFER L. SNYDER (2005)

Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.A.Ed., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Florida State University

KAREN D. SORENSON (1987)

Professor of French
B.A., Beloit College; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

ANDREA SPOFFORD (2013)

Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature
B.A., Colorado State University; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts; Ph.D., The University of Southern Mississippi

BECKY STARNES (2004)

Professor of Public Management
A.A., Palomar College; B.B.A., National University; M.B.A., Gonzaga University;
Ph.D., Auburn University-Montgomery

DAVID STEELE (2003)

Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., The University of Tennessee; M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee

GREGG M. STEINBERG (1996)

Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., University of California-SantaBarbara; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Florida

JOHN STEINBERG (2013)

Professor of History and Philosophy and Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy
B.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., The Ohio State University

DAVID EUGENE STEINQUEST (1985)

Professor of Music
B.M.E., Northeast Louisiana; M.M., University of Michigan

GARY STEWART (2006)

Associate Professor of Education
B.A., M.A., Ed.S., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

THOMAS STEWART (2011)

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
B.A., M.A., Ed.D., Western Kentucky University

PETER H. STODDARD (1988)

Associate Professor of Social Work
A., Hiram College; M.S.W., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

DONALD SUDBRINK (2006)

Chair of the Department of Agriculture and Associate Professor of Agriculture
B.S., University of Delaware; M.S., The University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Auburn University

LISA SULLIVAN (2007)

Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

CAMERON M. SUTT (2008)

Associate Professor of History
B.S., M.A., Central Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Cambridge

LINDSAY SZRAMEK (2011)

Assistant Professor of Geosciences
B.A., Bowdoin College; M.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin 

KEVIN S. TANNER (2008)

Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Rochester; M.S., Murray State University; M.A., Ph.D., Binghamton University

HOLLY A. TAPP (2012)

Assistant Professor of Allied Health Sciences
B.S., M.S., Brescia University 

CINDY L. TAYLOR (1992)

Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Southwest Missouri State University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

JAIME R. TAYLOR (1995)

Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Physics and Astronomy
A.S., Nashville State Technical Institute; B.S., Austin Peay State University;
M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee Space Institute

HENRY TECKLENBURG (2012)

Instructor of Political Science
B.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., University of Florida; J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law 

AMY THOMPSON (2012)

Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky 

ANTONIO S. THOMPSON (2008)

Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Austin Peay State University; M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky

JEFFREY THOMPSON (2013)

Assistant Professor of Social Work
M.S.W., Alabama A&M University; D.Min., The Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary

JENNIFER THOMPSON (2009/2008)

Assistant Professor of Allied Health
B.S., M.S., Austin Peay State University

LINDA THOMPSON (1994)

Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Samford University; M.S.N., The University of Tennessee; D.S.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham

TOMMY LEWIS THOMPSON, JR. (2009)

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Austin Peay State University; M.S.N., Vanderbilt University

STEPHEN A. TRUHON (2005)

Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., College of the Holy Cross; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

TYLER TURNER (2009/2010)

Instructor of Mathematics
B.S., University of Memphis; M.S., University of Memphis

MINOA D. UFFELMAN (2005)

Associate Professor of History
B.S., M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

JUDITH VAUGHAN (2012)

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., University of Tennessee; M.S.N., University of Phoenix 

JASON VERBER (2010)

Assistant Professor of History/Philosophy
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; M.A., University of Iowa

BRIAN VERNON (2012)

Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance and Associate Professor of Dance
B.F.A., The University of the Arts; M.F.A., University of California 

JACKIE VOGEL (2004)

Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Carson Newman College; M.S., Ed.D., The University of Tennessee

JOHN X. VOLKER (1999)

Professor of Management
B.S., M.B.A., Murray State University; Ph.D., Walden University

DAVID M. VON PALKO (1983)

Professor of Mass Communication
B.S., Arizona State University; M.A., Northern Arizona University; J.D., Nashville School of Law

MICKEY WADIA (1993)

Professor of English
B.A., The University of Calcutta; M.A., Jadavpur University; Ph.D., The University of Southwestern Louisiana

MOHAMMED WAHEEDUZZAMAN (1992)

Chair of the Department of Public Management and Criminal Justice and Professor of Public Management
B.A., M.A., University of Dhaka; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., Kent State University

ERIN WALDEN (2012)

Instructor of Educational Specialties
B.A., James Maison University; M.A., Vanderbilt University 

ANNE WALL (2004)

Professor of Education
B.S., University of Kansas; M.A., Ed.S., Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., Tennessee State University

SHIRLEY WALROND (2012)

Instructor of Teaching and Learning
B.S., Radford University; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

MINGZHE WANG (2007)

Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Lynn University Conservatory of Music; M.M., M.M.A., A.D., Yale University School of Music

 ROBERT WAUGH (2014) 

Assistant Professor of Music   
B.A., Capital University; M.S., University of Oklahoma

 DIXIE WEBB (1992)

Dean, College of Arts and Letters and Professor of Art
B.G.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas

JOSEPH E. WEBER (2007)

Director of Library Services and Associate Professor of Library Administration
B.S., M.A., Central Michigan University; M.S., University of Kentucky Vanderbilt University

 TIMOTHY L. WESLEY (2014) 

Assistant Professor of History
B.S., M.A., Tennessee Technological University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

 LAUREN WELLS (2007)

Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

COLLEEN WHITE (2013)

Instructor of Biology
B.A., M.S., Austin Peay State University

DANIELLE WHITE (1977)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., The University of Evansville

CHARLA WHITE-MAJOR (2007)

Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of Texas; M.A., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

ANDREW T. WILSON (1998)

Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Murray State University; M.S., University of Tulsa; Ed.D.

 JEFFREY J. WILLIAMS (2014)

Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Muhlenberg College; M.A., Peabody Conservatory; Ph.D., University of Miami

 TIMOTHY F. WINTERS (1997)

Professor of Classics
B.A., The University of Arizona; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

STEFAN WOLTMAN (2013)

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., SUNY; M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Tulane University 

GREGORY WOLYNEC (2003)

Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands
B.M., SUNY Potsdam/Crane School of Music; M.M., D.M.A., Michigan State University

LISA R. VANARSDEL WOLYNEC(1987)

Professor of Music
B.M., M.M., University of Illinois; D.M.A., Louisiana State University

STEFAN WOLTMANN (2013)

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., SUNY; M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Tulane University 

JEFFREY NEAL WOOD (1984)

Professor of Music
B.Mus., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.A., M.Mus., Ph.D., State University of New York-Stony Brook

CHARLES B. WOODS (1992)

Professor of Psychology
B.A., B.S., University of Wyoming; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida

KATHRYN WOODS (2014)

Assistant Professor of Professional Studies
B.S., Freed-Hardeman University; M.S., Lipscomb University; Ph.D., Trevecca Nazarene University

 NANCI S. WOODS (1992)

Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida

KEBEDE WORDOFA (2011)

Assistant Professor of Library Systems
B.S., M.Sc., Addis Abab University, Ethiopia

AMY M. WRIGHT (2007)

Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., University of Colorado; Ph.D., University of Denver

PEI XIONG-SKIBA (1993)

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Fudan University (China); M.S., Southeastern Massachusetts University;
Ph.D., Wesleyan University

 JENNIFER L. YANTZ (2014)

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University

STANLEY YATES (1994)

Professor of Music
G.D.M., Sandown College of Performing Arts (England); M.M., University of Liverpool;
D.M.A., University of North Texas

YINGBING YU (2007)

Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Zhejiang University; M.S., Nanjing University; Ph.D., University of Louisville

YUNYING ZHANG (2010)

Assistant Professor of Communication
B.A., Xi’an Foreign Languages University; M.A., Washington State University

XIN ZHANG (2008)

Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., M.S., Central South University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee

NA (LINDA) ZHU (2012)

Assistant Professor of Automotive Technology
B.S., Tongji University; M.S., Ph.D., Wayne State University

GREGORY R. ZIEREN (1991)

Professor of History
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of London; M.A., University of Iowa;
Ph.D., University of Delaware

KATHYRN A. ZIMMERMAN (2009)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., Tennessee State University

JEANETTE ZYKO (2008)

Associate Professor of Music
B.M., University of Hartford; M.M., Butler University; D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music

Emeritus Administration and Faculty

Administration