FACULTY LIST BY DEPARTMENT 2025-26 (FULL-TIME)
Africana Studies
Associate Professor McKinley Melton Ph.D
Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Associate Professor Kenneth Morrell Ph.D.
Professor David Sick Ph.D.
Professor Susan Satterfield Ph.D.
Associate Professor Joseph Jansen Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Scott Garner Ph.D.
Professor Geoff Bakewell Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Ariel Lopez Ph.D.
Anthropology & Sociology
Associate Professor Jeanne Lopiparo Ph.D.
Associate Professor Evelyn Perry Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2026)
Professor Earl Wright II Ph.D.
Associate Professor Hadi Khoshneviss Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Laura Leisinger Ph.D. (EL spring 26)
Assistant Professor Jennifer Lupu Ph.D.
Art & Art History
Professor David McCarthy Ph.D. (Sabbatical Fall 2025)
Professor Victor Coonin Ph.D.
Professor Erin Harmon M.F.A.
Associate Professor Joel Parsons M.F.A.
Associate Professor Miriam Clinton Ph.D. (Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Emerging Technologies)
Associate Professor Karl Erickson M.F.A. (Sabbatical 25-26)
Biology
Professor Terry Hill Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2026)
Professor Mary Miller Ph.D.
Associate Professor Jonathan Fitz Gerald Ph.D.
Professor Michael Collins Ph.D.
Associate Professor Kelly Dougherty Ph.D.
Associate Professor Bayly Wheeler Ph.D.
Associate Professor Elaine Frawley Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Tanushree Pandit Ph.D.
Associate Professor Qian Shen Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Liam Hunt Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Kelly Diamond Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Kate LeCroy Ph.D.
Assistant Professor James Tumulty Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Evan Kingsley Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Cameron Ogg Ph.D.
Business
Associate Professor Dee Birnbaum Ph.D.
Associate Professor Jade Planchon Ph.D. (Sabbatical 25-26)
Associate Professor Sujan Dan Ph.D. (Dean for Postgraduate and Special Programs)
Associate Professor Andrey Zagorchev Ph.D.
Associate Professor Kayla Booker Ph.D.
Associate Professor Kelly Weeks Ph.D.
Associate Professor Denis Khantimirov Ph.D.
Associate Professor Wendy Bailey Ph.D.
Instructor Sarah Cate M.S.
Assistant Professor Eric Horne Ph.D. (EL spring 26)
Chemistry
Professor Darlene Loprete Ph.D.
Professor Loretta Jackson-Hayes Ph.D.
Professor Jon Russ Ph.D.
Associate Professor Dhammika Muesse Ph.D.
Professor Roberto de la Salud Bea Ph.D.
Professor Larryn Peterson Ph.D.
Associate Professor Kimberly Brien Ph.D.
Associate Professor Will Eckenhoff Ph.D.
Associate Professor Shana Stoddard Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Ramesh Sapkota Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Md Nure Alam Ph.D.
Computer Science
Professor Betsy Sanders Ph.D.
Associate Professor Phillip Kirlin Ph.D.
Associate Professor D. Brian Larkins Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Matt Superdock Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Sean Kugele Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Allison Schwamb Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor Jace King M.S.
Economics
Professor Marshall Gramm Ph.D.
Professor C. Nick McKinney, Jr. Ph.D.
Associate Professor Courtney Collins Ph.D.
Associate Professor Bruno Badia Ph.D.
Associate Professor Jaqueline Oliveira Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Shameel Ahmad Ph.D.
Education
Professor Natalie Person Ph.D. (Dean for Community Engagement)
Associate Professor Zachary Casey Ph.D.
Associate Professor Laura Taylor Ph.D.
Associate Professor Laura Kelly Ph.D.
Associate Professor Cara Djonko-Moore Ph.D.
English
Professor Marshall Boswell Ph.D.
Professor Gordon Bigelow Ph.D.
Associate Professor Rebecca Finlayson Ph.D.
Associate Professor Judith Haas Ph.D.
Professor Leslie Petty Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2026)
Professor Scott Newstok Ph.D.
Professor Rashna Richards Ph.D. (Associate Provost)
Associate Professor Jason Richards Ph.D. (Sabbatical Fall 2025)
Professor Lori Garner Ph.D.
Associate Professor Seth Rudy Ph.D.
Professor Caki Wilkinson Ph.D. (Sabbatical 25-26)
Associate Professor Amy Benson M.F.A.
Associate Professor Stephanie ElskyPh.D.
Professor Katherine Bassard Ph.D.
Associate Professor Gretchen Henderson Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Marilyn Koester Ph.D.
Environmental Studies and Sciences
Assistant Professor Katherine (Kate) Shields Ph.D. (EL fall 25)
History
Professor Timothy Huebner Ph.D. (Provost)
Associate Professor Michael LaRosa Ph.D.
Professor Jeffrey Jackson Ph.D.
Associate Professor Robert Saxe Ph.D.
Professor Charles McKinney, Jr. Ph.D.
Professor Etty Terem Ph.D.
Associate Professor Tait Keller Ph.D.
Associate Professor Seok-Won Lee Ph.D. (Sabbatical 25-26)
Associate Professor Samson Ndanyi Ph.D.
Associate Professor Sarah Ifft Decker Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Jasper St. Bernard Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Charity Clay Ph.D.
International Studies
Professor Stephen Ceccoli Ph.D.
Professor Shadrack Nasong'o Ph.D. (Sabbatical 25-26)
Professor Amy Risley Ph.D.
Professor Esen Kirdis Ph.D.
Associate Professor Chien-Kai Chen Ph.D.
Professor Nikolaos Zahariadis Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Kevin Galambos Ph.D.
Mathematics & Statistics
Associate Professor Eric Gottlieb Ph.D.
Professor Christopher Mouron Ph.D.
Professor Erin Bodine Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2026)
Associate Professor Ibrahim Abdelrazeq Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Erika Parr Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Kyle Dempsey Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Chathurika Abeykoon Ph.D.
Media Studies
Associate Professor David Mason Ph.D. (Sabbatical 25-26)
Associate Professor Joy Fairfield Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor David Maxson Ph.D.
Modern Languages & Literatures
Associate Professor Paul E. Henager Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2026)
Associate Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Kostina Ph.D.
Associate Professor Kathleen Doyle Ph.D.
Associate Professor Elizabeth Pettinaroli Ph.D.
Professor Li Han Ph.D.
Associate Professor Alberto del Pozo Martinez Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Rachel Bauer Ph.D.
Associate Professor Laura Loth Ph.D.
Associate Professor Catherine Sundt Ph.D.
Associate Professor Abou-Bakar Mamah Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2026)
Assistant Professor Yinyin Xue Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Bruce Jackson Jr. Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Nina Morais Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Ricardo Martins Ph.D.
Music
Associate Professor Thomas Bryant D.M
Professor Carole Blankenship D.M.A.
Professor Courtenay Harter Ph.D.
Associate Professor Vanessa Rogers Ph.D.
Associate Professor John Bass Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Jacob Sunshine Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Jason Bishop Ph.D.
Philosophy
Professor Dan Cullen Ph.D.
Professor Stephen Wirls Ph.D.
Associate Professor Rebecca Tuvel Ph.D.
Associate Professor Jared Millson Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Connor Kianpour Ph.D
Associate Professor Erin Dolgoy Ph.D.
Physics
Professor Brent Hoffmeister Ph.D.
Professor Ann Viano Ph.D.
Professor Shubho Banerjee Ph.D.
Professor David Rupke Ph.D.
Associate Professor Gregory Vieira Ph.D.
Politics and Law
Professor Michael Nelson Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2026)
Assistant Professor Anna Eldridge J.D.
Assistant Professor Thomas Goodman Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Kyu Chul (Casey) Shin Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Be Stone Ph.D. (EL fall 25)
Visiting Assistant Professor Stephen Kipp Ph.D.
Psychology
Professor Katherine White Ph.D.
Professor Rebecca Klatzkin Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2026)
Professor Elizabeth Thomas Ph.D. (Dean for Faculty Development)
Associate Professor Geoff Maddox Ph.D. (Associate Dean for Assessment and Academic Effectiveness)
Associate Professor Jason Haberman Ph.D.
Associate Professor R. Matt Weeks Ph.D.
Associate Professor Kiren Khan Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Laura Shanahan Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Amanda (AJ) Hasselle Ph.D. (EL spring 26)
Assistant Professor Kailey Lawson Ph.D. (EL fall 25)
Assistant Professor Sierra Peters Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Julia Wefferling Ph.D.
Religious Studies
Professor Steven McKenzie Th.D.
Professor Stephen Haynes Ph.D.
Associate Professor John Kaltner Ph.D.
Professor Patrick Gray Ph.D.
Associate Professor Sarah Rollens Ph.D.
Associate Professor Brooke Schedneck Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Shatavia Wynn Ph.D.
Urban Studies
Associate Professor Kendra Hotz Ph.D.
Associate Professor Peter Hossler Ph.D.
Associate Professor Charles Hughes Ph.D.
Associate Professor Shaolu Yu Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Austin Harrison Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Duane Loynes Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Assistant Professor Ben Curtis Ph.D.