Faculty by Department

 Faculty by Department

FACULTY LIST BY DEPARTMENT  2024-25 (FULL-TIME)

 Africana Studies
           Associate Professor McKinley Melton Ph.D

Ancient Mediterranean Studies
            Professor David Sick Ph.D.

Professor Geoff Bakewell Ph.D. (Sabbatical 24-25)

Associate Professor Kenneth Morrell Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Susan Satterfield Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Joseph Jansen Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Scott Garner Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Ariel Lopez Ph.D.

Anthropology & Sociology

Professor Earl Wright II Ph.D. 

Associate Professor Jeanne Lopiparo Ph.D. 

Associate Professor Evelyn Perry Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Hadi Khoshneviss Ph.D. 

 Instructor Laura Leisinger ABD 

 Assistant Professor Jennifer Lupu Ph.D.

Art & Art History 

Professor David McCarthy Ph.D. 

 Professor Victor Coonin Ph.D. 

 Professor Erin Harmon M.F.A. (Sabbatical 24-25)

 Associate Professor Joel Parsons M.F.A.

 Associate Professor Miriam Clinton Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Karl Erickson M.F.A.

Biology

 Professor Terry Hill Ph.D. 

 Professor Mary Miller Ph.D. 

 Professor Michael Collins Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Jonathan Fitz Gerald 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. (EL Spring 2025)

 Assistant Professor Qian Shen Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Liam Hunt Ph.D. (EL Spring 2025)

 Assistant Professor Kelly Diamond Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Kate LeCroy Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Jamie Engman Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor James Tumulty Biology

 Assistant Professor Evan Kingsley Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Cameron Ogg Ph.D. 

Business

 Associate Professor Dee Birnbaum Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2025)

 Assistant Professor Jade Planchon Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Sujan Dan Ph.D.

 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.

 Assistant Professor Eric Horne Ph.D.

Instructor Sarah Cate M.S. 

Chemistry

 Professor Darlene Loprete Ph.D. 

 Professor Loretta Jackson-Hayes Ph.D. 

 Professor Jon Russ Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Dhammika Muesse Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Roberto de la Salud Bea Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Larryn Peterson Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Kimberly Brien Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Will Eckenhoff Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorShana StoddardPh.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor Ramesh Sapkota Ph.D.

Computer Science

 Professor Betsy Sanders Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Phillip Kirlin Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Catie Welsh Ph.D.

 Associate Professor D. Brian Larkins Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Matt Superdock Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Sean Kugele Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Nate Phillips Ph.D.

Economics

 Professor Marshall Gramm Ph.D. 

 Professor C. Nick McKinney, Jr. Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2025)

 Associate Professor Courtney Collins Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Bruno Badia Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Jaqueline Oliveira Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Shameel Ahmad Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Zoe Laulederkind Ph.D.

Education

 Professor Natalie PersonPh.D. (Dean for Community Engagement)

 Associate Professor Zachary Casey Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Laura Taylor Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Laura Kelly Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2025)

 Associate Professor Cara Djonko-Moore Ph.D.

English

Professor Marshall Boswell Ph.D. 

Professor Gordon Bigelow Ph.D. 

Professor Leslie Petty Ph.D.

Professor Scott Newstok Ph.D. 

Professor Rashna Richards Ph.D. (Associate Provost)

Professor Lori Garner Ph.D. 

Professor Katherine Bassard Ph.D. 

Associate Professor Jason Richards Ph.D. 

Associate Professor Seth Rudy Ph.D. (Sabbatical Fall 2024)

Associate Professor Caki Wilkinson Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Amy Benson M.F.A.

Associate Professor Stephanie Elsky Ph.D. 

Associate Professor Rebecca Finlayson Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Judith Haas Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor Marilyn Koester Ph.D.

Environmental Studies and Sciences

 Assistant Professor Katherine Shields Ph.D.

History

Professor Lynn Zastoupil Ph.D. 

 Professor Timothy Huebner Ph.D. 

 Professor Jeffrey Jackson Ph.D.

 Professor Etty Terem Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Michael LaRosa Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Robert Saxe Ph.D. (Sabbatical 24-25)

 Associate Professor Charles McKinney, Jr. Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Tait Keller Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Seok-Won Lee Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Samson Ndanyi Ph.D.

 Assistant 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. 

 Professor Amy Risley Ph.D. 

 Professor Nikolaos Zahariadis Ph.D.

 Professor Esen Kirdis Ph.D. (Sabbatical 24-25)

 Associate Professor Chien-Kai Chen Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Kevin Galambos Ph.D. 

Mathematics & Statistics

 Professor Christopher Mouron Ph.D. 

 Professor Erin Bodine Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Eric Gottlieb Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Ibrahim Abdelrazeq Ph.D. 

 Assistant Professor Chathurika Abeykoon Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor Erika Parr Ph.D. 

  Visiting Assistant Professor Kyle Dempsey Ph.D. 

 Visiting Assistant Professor Robert Chang Ph.D. 

Media Studies

 Associate Professor David Mason Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Joy Fairfield Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor David Maxson Ph.D.

Modern Languages & Literatures

 Professor Li Han Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Paul E. Henager Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Alexandra Kostina Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Kathleen Doyle Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Elizabeth Pettinaroli Ph.D.

Associate Professor Alberto del Pozo Martinez Ph.D. 

Associate Professor Laura Loth Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Catherine Sundt Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Abou-Bakar Mamah Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Rachel Bauer Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Yinyin Xue Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Bruce Jackson Jr. Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Kathryn Holihan Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Stacey Battis Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Juanita Bernal Benavides Ph.D. 

 Visiting Assistant Professor Nina Morais Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Ricardo Martins Ph.D.

Music

Professor Carole Blankenship D.M.A. 

 Professor Courtenay Harter Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2025)

 Associate Professor Thomas Bryant D.M

 Associate Professor Vanessa Rogers Ph.D.

 Associate Professor John Bass Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Jacob Sunshine Ph.D

 Visiting Assistant Professor Jason Bishop Ph.D.

Neuroscience

 Visiting Assistant Professor Carlos Lafourcade Ph.D.

Philosophy

 Professor Dan Cullen Ph.D. 

 Professor Stephen Wirls Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Rebecca Tuvel Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Erin Dolgoy Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor JaredMillson Ph.D.

 Post-doctoral Fellow Connor Kianpour Ph.D

Physics 

 Professor Brent Hoffmeister Ph.D. 

 Professor Shubho Banerjee Ph.D. (Sabbatical 24-25)

 Professor David Rupke Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Ann Viano Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Gregory Vieira Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Sean Wu Ph.D. 

Politics and Law

 Professor Michael Nelson Ph.D. 

 Assistant Professor Anna Eldridge J.D.

 Assistant Professor Thomas Goodman Ph.D. (EL Spring 2025)

 Assistant Professor Kyu Chul (Casey) Shin Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Be Stone Ph.D.

Psychology

 Professor Katherine White Ph.D. 

 Professor Elizabeth Thomas Ph.D. (Dean for Faculty Development)

 Associate Professor Rebecca Klatzkin Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Geoff Maddox Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Jason Haberman Ph.D.

 Associate Professor R. Matt Weeks Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Kiren Khan Ph.D. (Sabbatical Fall 2024)

 Assistant Professor LauraShanahan Ph.D. (EL Spring 2025)

 Assistant Professor Amanda Hasselle Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Kailey Lawson Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor Ali Babij Ph.D. 

Visiting Assistant Professor Alex McDiarmid  

Religious Studies

 Professor Steven McKenzie Th.D. (Sabbatical 24-25)

 Professor Stephen Haynes Ph.D. 

 Professor Patrick Gray Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor John Kaltner Ph.D. (Sabbatical 24-25)

 Associate Professor Bernadette McNary-Zak Ph.D.

  Associate Professor Sarah Rollens Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Brooke Schedneck Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Shatavia Wynn Ph.D. (EL Fall 2024)

 Visiting Assistant Professor Herb Berg Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Beck Henriksen Ph.D.

Urban Studies

Associate Professor Kendra Hotz Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2025)

 Associate Professor Peter Hossler Ph.D.

 Associate Professor Shaolu Yu Ph.D. 

 Associate Professor Charles Hughes Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Austin Harrison Ph.D.

 Assistant Professor Duane Loynes Ph.D.

 Visiting Assistant Professor Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua Ph.D. 

Interdisciplinary Humanities