Administration and Faculty

Tennessee Board of Regents

The Honorable Bill Haslam, Governor
Gregory Duckett, Vice Chair
Barry Gidcomb
John Farris
Tom Griscom
The Honorable Julius Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture
Jonas Kisber
Fran Marcum
Paul W. Montgomery
Casey McCullum
John S. “Steve” Copeland
Richard Rhoda, Executive Director of Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Howard Roddy
Emily J. Reynolds
Robert P. Thomas
Danni B. Varlan

Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Robert White, Chair
Charles Mann, Vice-Chair
A. C. Wharton, Jr., Secretary
Tre Hargett, Secretary of State
Justin P. Wilson, State Comptroller
David H. Lillard, Jr. State Treasurer
Gregory P. Isaacs
Jon Kinsey
Sue Atkinson
Charles W. Bone
Cato Johnson
Sharon L. Hayes
Gary Nixon, non-voting ex-officio
Ross Rowland, voting ex-officio
Zachary Ross Walden, non-voting ex-officio

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

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

STEVEN J. ANDERSON (1983)

Professor of Marketing
B.S., M.B.A., Northern Illinois University; D.B.A., Mississippi State University

ANN ASSAD (2007)

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

ROY L. BAKER (2000)

Assistant Professor of Management
B.B.A. Cleary College; M.S.A. Central Michigan University; Ph.D., Walden 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

ANDREW N. BARRASS (2003)

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

BETTIE C. BARRETT (2003)

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

CAROL J. BASKAUF (1993)

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

MICHAEL B. BECRAFT (2009/2006)

Assistant Professor of Professional Studies
B.A., Mary’s College of Maryland; M.A., The American University; ABD, University of Maryland University College

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

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)

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

STUART B. BONNINGTON (1987)

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

DAVID P. BRANDON (2007)

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance
B.S., Rhodes College; M.F.A., Indiana University

CARRIE B. BRENNAN (2001)

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

CHAD S. BROOKS (2005)

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

DEWEY A. BROWDER (1992)

Chair and Professor of History
B.S., Mississippi State University; M.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

PENNYE K. BROWN (2005)

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

SHUNDA L. BROWN (2009)

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

TUCKER BROWN (2007)

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

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

WILLODEAN D.S., BURTON (1991)

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

JONNIANN BUTTERFIELD (2010)

Assistant 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)

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

WARNER JACK CALDWELL (2005)

Associate Professor of Agriculture
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.S., Ph.D., Clemson 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

CULLEY JANE CARSON-GREFE (2003)

Professor of French and Spanish
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon

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)

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

DAVID J. COCHENER (1987)

Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Austin College; M.S., Ph.D., Texas Christian University

DEBORAH A. COCHENER (1987)

Administrative Specialist, Associate Professor
B.A., M.A.T., Angelo State University

EMILY HANNA CRANE (2008)

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

JACK E. DEIBERT (1998)

Professor of Geology
B.S., Sonoma State University; M.S., University of Nevada; Ph. D., University of Wyoming

TRISTAN DENLEY (2009)

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
BSC., University of Exeter-England; Ph.D., University of Cambridge, England

DIXIE L. DENNIS (2005)

Associate Provost of Grants and Sponsored Programs and 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

MARK DEYOUNG (2009)

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

OSVALDO DI PAOLO (2010)

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

JAMES T. DIEHR (1982)

Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.S., Ed.S., Pittsburgh State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri

LENI DYER (2001)

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

ARTHUR J. EAVES (1978)

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

PAUL EGLI (2007)

Assistant Professor of Military Science
B.A., University of Iowa

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

ROY ELDRIDGE (2005)

Instructor of Military Science

DEBBIE ELLISON (2007)

Assistant 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)

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

SUE CLOUD EVANS (1980)

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

BLAS G. FALCONER (2003)

Associate Professor of English
B.A., George Mason University; M.F.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of Houston

FRANCISCA FARRAR (2006)

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

PATRICIA FERRIER (2007)

Assistant Professor of Communications
B.S., M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., Ohio University

DEBORAH L. FETCH (1993)

Professor of Library Administration
A.B., M.S., University of Illinois

INGA A. FILIPPO (1986)

Professor of Library Administration
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.L.S., Vanderbilt University

KATHERIN M. FLOWER (2009)

Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Maxwel School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

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.

GLORIA JUNKIN FRANK (1979)

Professor of Music
B.M., The Cleveland Institute of Music; M.A., Texas Woman’s University; Ph.D., North Texas State University

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)

Chair and 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

GINA GARBER (2004)

Associate Professor of Library Administration
M.S., The University of Tennessee

CHRISTOPHER M. GENTRY (2008)

Associate Professor of Geography
B.S., Indiana University Southeast; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana State University

ROXANNE GERBRANDT (2008)

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

NANCY SNYDER GIBSON

Associate Professor of Library Administration

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 Educational Specialties and Associate 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

JAMES K. GOODE (1980)

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

WILLIAM A. GORDON (2008)

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

JAMES MICHEAL GOTCHER (1990)

Chair 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

WARREN GREENE (2008)

Art Gallery Director and Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Freed-Hardeman University; M.F.A., Memphis College of Art

ANNA GREGG (2007)

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

LORETTA A. GRIFFY (1991)

Associate Professor of Mathematics in Developmental Studies and Director of Title III
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

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

JAMES RONALD GUPTON (1970)

Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Austin Peay State University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt 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
B.S., Brigham Young University; M.A., University of Maryland Hardin-Baylor

PHILLIP HALL (2010)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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)

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

GREGORY HAMMOND (2010)

Assistant 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

CHRISTOPHER HARDIN (2007)

Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance
B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; M.A., Oklahoma State University;
M.F.A., University of Alabama

KEVIN R. HARRIS (2008)

Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Tennessee-Martin; M.S., Mississippi State University;
Ph.D., Florida State University

MARCUS HAYES (2007)

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

KRISTEN HERSHEY (2010)

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

TATSUSHI HIRONO (2010)

Assistant 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)

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

BONNIE M. HODGE (1990)

Associate Professor
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

DEBORAH HOOD (2008)

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

MICHAEL HOOPER (2004)

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

C. ALVIN HUGHES (1979)

Professor of History
B.A., Morris Brown College; M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Ohio University

ROBYN W. HULSART (2006)

Chair and Associate Professor of Professional Studies
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

ELEANOR JATOR (2006)

Associate Professor of Allied Health Services
B.S., M.S., University of Llorin, Nigeria; M.S., ASCP, Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., CA University

SAMUEL N. JATOR (1998)

Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Llorin, Nigeria

JOE F. JERLES (2008)

Assistant 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)

Associate Professor of Art

MATTHEW O. JONES (2005)

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

REBECCA JONES (2004)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

DAVID W. KANERVO (1977)

Chair and Professor of Political Science
B.A., Millikin University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

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)

Chair and Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.A., Austin College; M.S., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

THOMAS R. KING (1988)

Professor of Music
B.M.Ed., University of Kansas; M.M., Indiana University; M.A., D.A., University of Mississippi

BARRY KITTERMAN (1995)

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

NICOLE KNICKMEYER (2004)

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

NORMAN G. LANE (2000)

Assistant Professor of Military Science
B.A., The Citadel; M.A., Austin Peay State University

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)

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

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)

Assistant 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)

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

LEONARD LINDSAY (2007)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., M.P.H., B.S.N., M.S.N., The University of Tennessee

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

LEONARD LINDSAY (2007)

Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., M.P.H., B.S.N., M.S.N., The University of Tennessee

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)

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

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)

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

DAVID MAJOR (2004)

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

MEAGAN K. MANN (2008)

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

SERGEI MARKOV (2006)

Associate 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

JOCELYN S. MARTIN (2005)

Assistant Professor of Social Work
B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Kansas

FRANCIS MASSINON (1992)

Professor of Music
B.S., Indiana State University; M.M., Indiana University

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
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

KAREN A. MCFARLAND MEISCH (2007)

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

CYNTHIA H. MCWILLIAMS (2000)

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

Administrative Coordinator of Theatre and Dance and 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

GRACE MOODT (2008)

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

GREG MOORE (2004)

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

JOHN WILLIAM MOSELEY (1996)

Associate Professor of Mass Communication
B.S., M.A. Austin Peay State University

STACIE W. MUMPOWER (2008)

Instructor of Communication
B.A., M.A., University of Texas at El Paso

CARROLL BRUCE MYERS (1970)

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

MERRIEL BULLOCK NEAL (2008)

Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., M.Ed., Howard University; J.D., Ph.D., American University

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

JOHN A. NICHOLSON, JR. (2010)

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

PAUL NICODEMUS (2004)

Associate 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)

Assistant 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)

Assistant 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)

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

CHINYERE OGBONNA-MCGRUDER (2003)

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

PATTY ORR (2008)

Assistant 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

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

SHEILA F. PIRKLE (2005)

Assistant Professor of Education
A.B., College of Notre Dame of Maryland; M.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ed.D., Rutgers University

JODY S. PIRO (2008)

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

GILBERT PITTS (2004)

Associate 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)

Associate 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)

Associate 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; A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

JEANIE P. RANDALL (1985)

Associate Professor of English
B.A., Maryville College; M.A., Austin Peay State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

KRISTOPHER RAY (2008)

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

NELL K. RAYBURN (1988)

Chair and 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

ROBIN B. REED (2001)

Chair and 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

GREGORY S. RIDENOUR (1996)

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

RONALD P. ROBERTSON (1992)

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

TAMARA MICHELLE ROBERTSON (2005)

Associate 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)

Professor and Chair 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
Ph.D., University of Georgia; M.B.A., University of Montana; B.A., Azusa Pacific University

JEFFREY P. RUSH (2008)

Assistant Professor of Public Management
B.S., M.A., M.S., D.P.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham

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)

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

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.C.E., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; M. Engineering, Carleton University; Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University; Professional Engineer

PERRY SCANLAN (2006)

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

JOSEPH R. SCHILLER (1994)

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

GREGG ALEX SCHLANGER (1992)

Professor of Art
B.F.A., Boise State University; M.A., M.F.A., Northern Illinois University

LEIGH SCHMITT (2007)

Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.A., University of New Orleans; Ph.D., Tulane University

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

KEVIN SCHULTZ (2006)

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Loyola University of Chicago; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

JANE SEMLER (2009/2010)

Assistant 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)

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

OMIE SHEPHERD (1997)

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

KENNETH C. SHIPLEY, JR. (2005)

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

TAMMY SHUTT (2006)

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

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)

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

ROBERT A. SIRK (1995)

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

J. ALLYN SMITH (2006)

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

NANCY A. SMITHFIELD (1984)

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S.E.E., University of Maryland; M.S., Western Kentucky University

ELLEN SMYTH (2009/05-07)

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

DAVID R. SNYDER (2003)

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

JENNIFER L. SNYDER (2005)

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

NANCY SNYDER (2004)

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

KAREN D. SORENSON (1987)

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

BECKY STARNES (2004)

Associate 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

RICHARD L. STEFFEN (1983)

Professor of Music
B.M., M.M.Ed., North Texas State

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

DAVID EUGENE STEINQUEST (1985)

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

GARY STEWART (2006)

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

ASHLEY N. STONECIPHER (2010)

Instructor of Mathematics
M.S., Indiana State University

DONALD SUDBRINK (2006)

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

LISA SULLIVAN (2007)

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

CAMERON M. SUTT (2008)

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

KEVIN S. TANNER (2008)

Instructor of History
B.A., University of Rochester; M.S., Murray State University; M.S., ABD, Binghamton 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)

Dean, College of Science and Mathematics 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

ANTONIO S. THOMPSON (2008)

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

JAMES F. THOMPSON (1993)

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

JENNIFER THOMPSON (2009/2008)

Assistant Professor of Allied Health
B.S., M.S.N., 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

BLAIR ALLYN THORNTON (2008)

Assistant Professor of Health
B.A.T., West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.S., James Madison University; Ph.D., University of Kansas

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

LISA R. VANARSDEL (1987)

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

JIM VANDERGRIFF (1997)

Professor of Computer Science
B.S., University of California; M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

JASON VERBER (2010)

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

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 and Professor of Public Management
B.A., M.A., University of Dhaka; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., Kent State University

ANNE WALL (2004)

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

MINGZHE WANG (2007)

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

ELOISE WEATHERSPOON (2005)

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

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

LAUREN WELLS (2007)

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

LESLIE WEST-SUGGS (2006)

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

TIMOTHY F. WINTERS (1997)

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

MARY LOU WITHERSPOON (1993)

Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.Ed., Ph.D., Vanderbilt 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

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

NANCI S. WOODS (1992)

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

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

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

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)

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

JEANETTE ZYKO (2008)

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

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