The Faculty
Division Chairs and Program Directors
Fine Arts
Art and Art History
Music
Theater
Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication
Kurt Gohde
Zoé Strecker
Ben Hawkins
Sullivan White
Scott Whiddon
Humanities
Ellen Cox
Classics
John Svarlien
Education
Tiffany Wheeler (fall); Angela Hurley (winter and May)
English
Kremena Todorova
Foreign Languages
Jeremy Paden
Philosophy
Peter Fosl
Religion
Paul Jones
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Simona Fojtová
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Exercise Science
Mathematics
Physics
Jamie Day
Belinda Sly
Eva Csuhai
Kenny Moorman
Kirk Abraham
Ryan Stuffelbeam
Rick Rolfes
Social Sciences
Accounting
Business Administration
Economics
History
International Affairs
Neuroscience
Political Science & PPE
Psychology
Sociology/Anthropology
Alan Bartley
Christi Hayne
Jeffrey Hopper
Geoffrey Williams
Frank Russell
Michael Cairo
Meg Upchurch
Don Dugi
Melissa Fortner
Chris Begley
Interdisciplinary Minors
Asian Studies
Environmental Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Faculty Director of First Engagements
Faculty Director of First-Year Seminar
Qian Gao
Alan Bartley
Jeremy Paden/Gregg Bocketti
Melissa Fortner
Martha Billips
Kirk Abraham, 2004; Associate Professor of Exercise Science; B.S., University of Puget Sound, 1994; M.S.,
University of Arizona, 1997; Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2004.
Brian J. Arganbright, 2001; Associate Professor of French; B.A., B.S., Northern Arizona University, 1988; M.A.,
Pennsylvania State University, 1991; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., New York University, 1995, 1997, 2001.
Larry J. Barnes, 1986; Professor of Music; B.M., M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music, 1972, 1973; D.M.A., Eastman
School of Music, 1979.
Carole A. Barnsley, 2009; Associate Professor of Religion; B.A., Middlebury College, 1998; M.A., Miami
University, 2000; Ph.D., Indiana University, 2009.
W. Alan Bartley, 1999; Associate Professor of Economics; B.A., Transylvania University, 1993; Ph.D., Vanderbilt
University, 1999.
Christopher Begley, 2002; Associate Professor of Anthropology; B.A., Transylvania University, 1988; M.S., Ph.D.,
University of Chicago, 1992, 1999.
Martha Billips, 1997; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of English; B.A., Transylvania University,
1978; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1987, 1997.
Robert L. Blankenship, 2015; Bingham Scholar in German; B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 2003; M.A.,
Bowling Green State University, 2005; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011.
Gregg Bocketti, 2004; Associate Professor of History; B.A., Hartwick College, 1995; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane
University, 1998, 2004.
Sarah Bray, 2007; Associate Professor of Biology; B.A., Coe College, 1998; Ph.D., University of Florida, 2005.
Jessie Brown, 2015; Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Sonoma State University, 2008; Ph.D., University of
California, Santa Barbara, 2013.
Sharon C. Brown, 1996; Professor of Physical Education and Exercise Science; B.S., Eastern Illinois University,
1984; M.S., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1989, 1994.
Susan Brown, 2002; Director of the Library; B.A., Hiram College, 1989; M.S., University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, 1995.
Michael F. Cairo, 2010; Professor of Political Science; B.A., SUNY Geneseo, 1992; M.A., Ph.D., University of
Virginia, 1994, 1999.
Seamus Carey, President; B.A., Vassar College; M.A., Fordham University; Ph.D., Fordham University.
Simonetta Cochis, 1997; Professor of French and Spanish; B.A., M.A., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1983, 1989; Ph.D.,
New York University, 1998.
Lisa M. Contreras, 2000; Instructor in Spanish; Director of the Language Lab; B.A., Arizona State University,
1967; M.A., University of Kentucky, 1990.
Karen Cooksey, 2014; Assistant Professor of Music; B.A., Butler University, 2000; M.M., Indiana University, 2002;
D.M.A., University of Southern California, 2009.
Elizabeth Corsun, Associate Professor of English, 2007; B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1991; Ph.D.,
The University of Iowa, 2005.
Lissa Ellen Cox, 2002; Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Miami University of Ohio, 1993; M.A., Ph.D.,
DePaul University, 1997, 2001.
Eva Csuhai, 1998; Professor of Chemistry; B.S.,Kossuth Lajos University, Hungary, 1988; Ph.D.,Texas A&M, 1992
James C. Day, 1996; Professor of Physics; B.A., Carson–Newman College, 1988; Ph.D., University of Kentucky,
1995.
Veronica P. Dean-Thacker, 1987; Professor of Spanish; B.A., Nazareth College, 1978; M.A., University of Northern
Iowa, 1981; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1984.
Gary D. Deaton, 1987; Instructor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication; Director of Forensics; B.S., M.A.,
Miami University, 1983, 1987.
T. Wilson Dickinson, 2011; Associate Dean for Religious Life and Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy;
B.A., Transylvania University, 2002; M.Div., Vanderbilt University, 2005; M.Phil., Ph.D., Syracuse University,
2008, 2011.
Michael Bigelow Dixon, 2012; Assistant Professor of Theater; A.B., Brown University, 1975; M.F.A., L.D.A.,
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1977, 1979.
Paul M. Duffin, 2011; Assistant Professor of Biology; B.A., Grinnell College, 2005; Ph.D., Northwestern
University, 2011.
Don Thomas Dugi, 1975; Professor of Political Science; B.A., M.A., St. Mary’s University, 1969, 1971; Ph.D.,
Purdue University, 1981.
Robert E. England, 2008; Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.A., Rhodes College, 1979; M.S., Ph.D., The
University of Tennessee, 1985, 1989.
G. Rod Erfani, 1986; Professor of Economics; B.S., National University, 1972; M.A., Florida Atlantic University,
1976; Ph.D., The Florida State University, 1984.
Adam H. Evans, 2015; Assistant Professor of Business Administration; B.A., M.B.A., Case Western Reserve
University, 2005, 2009; Ph.D., Capella University, 2012.
Simona Fojtová, 2006; Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies; M.A., Masaryk University, 1996;
M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1998, 2006.
Melissa Fortner, 2004; Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., Transylvania University, 1996; M.S., Ph.D.,
Pennsylvania State University, 2000, 2004.
Peter S. Fosl, 1998; Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Bucknell University, 1985; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University,
1990, 1992.
Rebecca A. Fox, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Arizona State University, 2000; M.S., Ph.D., University of
California, Davis, 2002, 2007.
John J. Furlong, 1989; Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Bellarmine College, 1968; M.A., Ph.D., The Catholic
University of America, 1972, 1982.
Qian Gao, 2011; Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Culture; B.A., Northwest University, 1995; M.A.,
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2003, 2007.
Jack Girard, 1981; Professor of Art; B.F.A., M.F.A., East Carolina University, 1973, 1976.
Kurt R. D. Gohde, 1998; Professor of Art; B.F.A., New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, 1995;
M.F.A., Syracuse University, 1998.
Saori Hanaki-Martin, 2013; Assistant Professor of Exercise Science; B.S., University of Montana, 2000; M.S.,
Illinois State University, 2005; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2012.
Kerri E. Hauman, 2013; Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication; B.A., M.A., Wright State
University, 2006, 2009; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2013.
R. Ben Hawkins, 1985; Professor of Music; B.M., Southwest Texas State University, 1977; M.M., University of
South Carolina, 1980; Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1989.
Christina Eversole Hayne, 2013; Assistant Professor of Accounting; B.A., Transylvania University, 2003; M.S.,
J.D., University of Kentucky, 2004, 2007.
Jeffrey D. Hopper, 2008; Associate Professor of Business Administration; B.A., Transylvania University, 1994;
M.B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University, 1997, 2005, 2008.
Angela Brookshire Hurley, 1991; Professor of Education; B.S., M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1966, 1980;
Ed.D., University of Kentucky, 1987.
Mark A. Jackson, 2003; Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., University of Memphis, 1993; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky, 1996, 1999.
Kimberly S. Jenkins, 2000; Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.S., M.A.M., Ph.D., Auburn University, 1991,
1993, 1997.
Judy L. Jones, 1980; Professor of Accounting; B.B.A., M.B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1971, 1974; C.P.A.,
1975; D.B.A., Anderson University, 2012.
Paul H. Jones, 1985; Professor of Religion; B.A., Yale University, 1972; M.Div., Texas Christian University, 1978;
M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1984, 1988.
Bethany Schneider Jurs, 2013; Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.A., Purdue University, 2004; Ph.D., Indiana
University, 2009.
Iva Katzarska-Miller, 2009; Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2003,
2005, 2009.
David Kaufman, 2013; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Classics; A.B., Brandeis University, 2003; M.A., New
School for Social Research, 2005; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University, 2011, 2013.
Jerome Michael LeVan, 1995; Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1989;
M.A.M., Ph.D., Auburn University, 1991, 1995.
Wei Lin, 2006; Associate Professor of Art History; B.A., Nanjing University, 1989; M.A., Beijing University, 1994;
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2006.
Maurice Manning, 2012; Professor of English, Transylvania Writer in Residence; B.A., Earlham College, 1988;
M.A., University of Kentucky, 1996; M.F.A., University of Alabama, 1999.
Amy B. Maupin, 2001; Associate Professor of Education; B.A., M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1991, 1996;
Ed.D., The University of Tennessee, 2000.
Jennifer Sink McCloud, 2013; Assistant Professor of Education; B.A., Bridgewater College, 2000; M.A., Ph.D.,
Virginia Tech, 2005, 2013.
Melissa A. McEuen, 1995; Professor of History; B.A., Georgetown College, 1983; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State
University, 1986, 1991.
Kenneth M. Moorman, 1997; Professor of Computer Science; B.A., Transylvania University, 1991; M.S., Ph.D.,
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996, 1997.
Martha Ojeda, 1997; Professor of Spanish; B.A., Berea College, 1991; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1993,
1998.
Hande Ozkan, 2013; Assistant Professor of Anthropology; B.A., Marmara University, 1999; M.A. Atatürk Institute
for Modern Turkish History, Boģaziçi University, 2002; Ph.D., Yale University, 2013.
Bethany M. Packard, 2012; Assistant Professor of English; A.B., Washington University, 2005; M.A., Ph.D.,
Vanderbilt University, 2006, 2010.
Jeremy Paden, 2008; Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A., Harding University, 1996; M.A., University of
Memphis, 1998; Ph.D., Emory University, 2004.
Gregory Partain, 1991; Professor of Music; B.M., University of Washington, 1982; M.M., D.M.A., University of
Texas at Austin, 1984, 1994.
Timothy D. Polashek, 2009; Associate Professor of Music; B.A., Grinnell College, 1994; M.A., Dartmouth College,
1996; D.M.A., Columbia University, 2002.
Julia Truitt Poynter, 1999; Associate Professor of Business Administration; B.S., M.N.S., University of Kentucky,
1980, 1983; M.B.A., Ph.D., The University of Georgia, 1989, 1991.
Brian L. Rich, 1994; Professor of Sociology; B.A., University of California–San Diego, 1981; M.A., California State
University, 1984; Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley, 1993.
Richard G. Rolfes, 1988; Professor of Physics; A.B., Thomas More College, 1969; M.S., Vanderbilt University,
1971; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1978.
Robert E. Rosenberg, 2007; Professor of Chemistry; S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985; Ph.D., Yale
University, 1990.
Frank Russell, 1999; Professor of History; B.A., Loyola Marymount University, 1988; M.A., Ph.D., University of
California–Los Angeles, 1991, 1994.
Kyle J. Schnitzenbaumer, 2015; Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Illinois Wesleyan University, 2007; Ph.D.,
University of Colorado, Boulder, 2015.
David L. Shannon, 1977; Professor of Mathematics; B.S., University of New Mexico, 1966; Ph.D., Purdue
University, 1971.
Kenneth D. Slepyan, 1994; Professor of History; B.A., Williams College, 1987; M.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of
Michigan, 1990, 1991, 1994.
Belinda Sly, 2004; Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Oregon State University, 1996; Ph.D., Indiana University,
2004
Timothy Soulis, 1994; Lucille C. Little Professor of Theater; B.A., M.A., University of California–Berkeley, 1971,
1975; Ph.D., University of Denver, 1980.
Zoé Strecker, 2009; Assistant Professor of Art; B.A., Grinnell College, 1988; M.F.A., New York State College of
Ceramics at Alfred University, 1997.
Ryan Stuffelbeam, 2007; Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Knox College, 1998; Ph.D., The University of
Iowa, 2004.
John Svarlien, 1993; Professor of Classics; B.A., University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 1976; M.A., The
Florida State University, 1981; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1989.
Richard L. Taylor, 2009; Visiting Kenan Writer; B.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1963, 1994; M.A., J.D.,
University of Louisville, 1964, 1967.
Kremena Todorova, 2005; Associate Professor of English; B.A., Hope College, 1997; M.A., Ph.D., University of
Notre Dame, 2001, 2003.
Avery Tompkins, 2013; Bingham Diversity Scholar, B.A., University of Wisconsin, 2003; M.A., C.A.S., Ph.D.,
Syracuse University, 2004, 2007, 2011.
Amelia El-Hindi Trail, 1998; Associate Professor of Education; B.A., Syracuse University, 1983; M.A.T.,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1994.
Margaret B. Upchurch, 1990; Professor of Psychology; B.S., Michigan State University, 1977; Ph.D, University of
Texas at Austin, 1984.
Todd Frederick Van Denburg, 1994; Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., Drury College, 1982; M.A., Hollins
College, 1983; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, 1988.
Anthony P. Vital, 1982-84, 1986; Professor of English; B.A., M.A., University of Cape Town, 1974, 1977; Ph.D.,
State University of New York, 1982.
James D. Wagner, 1995; Professor of Biology; B.S., University of South Florida, 1985; M.S., University of
Maryland, 1993; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1995.
Tiffany R. Wheeler, 2002; Associate Professor of Education; B.A., Transylvania University, 1990; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky, 1994, 2007.
Scott Whiddon, 2006; Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication; B.A., Winthrop University,
1996; M.A., M.F.A., McNeese State University, 1999; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2006.
Sullivan Canaday White, 2010; Assistant Professor of Theater; B.A., University of Kentucky, 1988; M.A.,
Northwestern University, 1995; M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007.
Geoffrey F. Williams, 2012; Assistant Professor of Economics; B.F.A., New York University, 1991; M.B.A.,
Wharton School, 1999; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2009, 2012.
Nancy Wolsk, 1978; Professor of Art; B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1961; M.A., Institute of Fine Arts, New York
University, 1966; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1998.
James E. Wright, 2012; Instructor in ESL/ELL; B.A., Georgetown College, 1998; M.F.A., University of Arkansas,
2008.
Faculty Emeriti
Charles L. Shearer, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.; President Emeritus, 1983-2010.
Gary L. Anderson, B.M.E., M.S., D.M.A.; Professor of Music, 1965-2014.
Joseph N. Binford, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of History, 1959-60, 1962-2000, 2003-04.
Kathleen C. Bryson, B.A., M.S.; Director of the Library, 1984-2002.
Dwight W. Carpenter, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Computer Science, 1985-96.
Patricia Blackburn Deacon, B.A., M.A.; Associate Professor of Physical Education, 1970-97.
Jeffrey B. Freyman, B.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Political Science, 1980-2014
Paul E. Fuller, A.B., Ph.D.; Professor of History, 1964–73, 1977-95.
Barbara Elaine Gaddy, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of French and Spanish, 1967-95.
Tylene S. Garrett, B.S., M.A., M.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Computer Science, 1985-2014.
Martha G. Gehringer, B.A., M.A.; Instructor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication, 1982-2014.
Ash Gobar, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Philosophy, 1968-92.
Alan C. Goren, B.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Chemistry, 1985-2012.
Charles Harmon Haggard, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Mathematics, 1961-90.
Roemol Henry, A.B., M.S. in L.S.; Assistant Librarian, 1936-42; Librarian, 1943-77, University Archivist, 1977-78.
Donald G. Lane, B.S., M.A.; Professor of Physical Education, 1972-74, 1975-2014.
Larry Lynch, B.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Economics, 1979-99.
James E. Miller, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1966-2008.
James M. Mills, B.S., M.A.; Registrar, 1984-2012.
Michael R. Pepper, B.S., M.S.; Professor of Hospitality Management, 1989-2014.
George Philip Points, A.B., B.D., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Religion, 1964-73, 1974-2000.
Julia Quirch, D.D.; Assistant Professor of Spanish, 1965-74.
Cara Elizabeth Richards, B.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, 1967-94.
Dan S. Selter, B.F.A., M.F.A.; Professor of Art, 1975-2010.
John Sinclair, B.M., M.M., Mus.D.; Professor of Music, 1968-87.
Carol W. Spotts, B.S., M.A.; Associate Professor of Education, 1972-96.
Martha Jane Stone, A.B., M.A.; Instructor in Music, 1947–55; Assistant Professor of Music, 1955-62; Assistant
Professor of Music Education and Piano, 1962-80.
James Richard Thompson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor of Sociology, 1977-2008.
Florence Thorne, B.S., B.F.A., M.F.A.; Associate Professor of Art, 1986-98.