Faculty by Department
FACULTY LIST BY DEPARTMENT 2026-27 (FULL-TIME)
Africana Studies
Professor McKinley Melton Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Michelle Bostic 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.
Associate Professor Scott Garner Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Ariel Lopez Ph.D.
Anthropology & Sociology
Professor Jeanne Lopiparo Ph.D.
Associate Professor Evelyn Perry Ph.D.
Professor Earl Wright II Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2027)
Associate Professor Hadi Khoshneviss Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Laura Leisinger Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Jennifer Lupu Ph.D. (Early Leave Fall 2026)
Art & Art History
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 Emerging Technologies)
Associate Professor Karl Erickson M.F.A.
Assistant Professor Sheyda Khaymaz Ph.D.
Biology
Professor Terry Hill Ph.D.
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. (Early Leave Fall 2026
Assistant Professor James Tumulty Ph.D. (Early Leave Spring 2027)
Assistant Professor Evan Kingsley Ph.D. (Early Leave Fall 2026)
Assistant Professor Cameron Ogg Ph.D.
Business
Associate Professor Jade PlanchonPh.D.
Associate Professor Sujan Dan Ph.D.(Dean for Postgraduate and Special Programs)
Professor Andrey Zagorchev Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2027)
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.
Assistant Professor Anamika Datta Ph.D.
Chemistry
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. (Sabbatical Spring 2027)
Associate Professor Kimberly Brien Ph.D.
Associate Professor Will Eckenhoff Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Ramesh Sapkota Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Md Nure Alam Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Jen Park Ph.D.
Computer Science
Professor Betsy Sanders Ph.D.
Professor Phillip Kirlin Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2027)
Associate Professor D. Brian Larkins Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Matt Superdock Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Sean Kugele Ph.D. (Early Leave Fall 2026)
Assistant Professor Addison Schwamb Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Hong Xu Ph.D.
Economics
Professor Marshall Gramm Ph.D.
Professor C. Nick McKinney, Jr. Ph.D.
Associate Professor Courtney Collins Ph.D. (Parental Leave Fall 26)
Associate Professor Bruno Badia Ph.D.
Associate Professor Jaqueline Oliveira Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Joao Tampellini Ph.D.
Education
Professor Natalie Person Ph.D. (Dean for Community Engagement)
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. Fall 2026
Associate Professor Rebecca Finlayson Ph.D.
Associate Professor Judith Haas Ph.D.
Professor Leslie Petty Ph.D.
Professor Rashna Richards Ph.D. (Associate Provost)
Associate Professor Jason Richards Ph.D.
Professor Lori Garner Ph.D.
Associate Professor Seth Rudy Ph.D.
Professor Caki Wilkinson Ph.D.
Associate Professor Amy Benson M.F.A.
Associate Professor Stephanie Elsky Ph.D.
Professor Katherine Bassard Ph.D.
Associate Professor Gretchen Henderson Ph.D.
Environmental Studies and Sciences
Assistant Professor Katherine (Kate) Shields Ph.D.
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. (Sabbatical AY 2026-27)
Professor Etty Terem Ph.D.
Associate Professor Tait Keller Ph.D.
Associate Professor Seok-Won Lee Ph.D.
Associate Professor Samson Ndanyi Ph.D. (Sabbatical Spring 2027)
Associate Professor Sarah Ifft Decker Ph.D.(Sabbatical AY 2026-27)
International Studies
Professor Stephen Ceccoli Ph.D.
Professor Shadrack Nasong'o Ph.D.
Professor Amy Risley Ph.D. (Sabbatical Fall 2026)
Professor Esen Kirdis Ph.D.
Professor Chien-Kai Chen Ph.D. (Sabbatical AY 2026-27)
Professor Nikolaos Zahariadis Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Kevin Galambos Ph.D. (Early Leave Spring 2027)
Mathematics & Statistics
Associate Professor Eric Gottlieb Ph.D. (Sabbatical AY 2026-27)
Professor Christopher Mouron Ph.D.
Professor Erin Bodine Ph.D.
Associate Professor Ibrahim Abdelrazeq Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Erika Parr Ph.D. (Parental Leave Spring 27)
Assistant Professor Kyle Dempsey Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Chathurika Abeykoon Ph.D.
Media Studies
Professor David MasonPh.D.
Associate Professor Joy Fairfield Ph.D.
Assistant Professor David Maxson Ph.D.
Modern Languages & Literatures
Associate Professor Paul E. HenagerPh.D.
Associate Professor Alexandra Kostina Ph.D.
Associate Professor Kathleen Doyle Ph.D. (Sabbatical Fall 2026)
Professor Elizabeth Pettinaroli Ph.D.
Professor Han Li 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.
Associate Professor Yinyin Xue Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Bruce Jackson Jr. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Nina Morais Ph.D. (Parental Leave Spring 27)
Assistant Professor Ricardo Martins Ph.D.
Music
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. (Early Leave Fall 2026)
Neuroscience
St. Jude CAP Fellow Kyla Gibney 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. (Sabbatical Spring 2027)
Professor David Rupke Ph.D.
Associate Professor Gregory Vieira Ph.D. (Sabbatical Fall 2026)
Assistant Professor Karyn Bondi Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Scientist Weizhe Liu Ph.D.
Politics and Law
Professor Michael Nelson Ph.D.
Associate Professor Anna Eldridge J.D.
Assistant Professor Thomas Goodman Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Kyu Chul (Casey) Shin Ph.D. (Early Leave 1/1)
Assistant Professor Be Stone Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Stephen Kipp Ph.D.
Psychology
Professor Katherine White Ph.D.
Professor Rebecca Klatzkin Ph.D.
Professor Elizabeth Thomas Ph.D. (Dean for Faculty Development)
Associate Professor Geoff Maddox 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.
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.
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.
Visiting Assistant Professor Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor Soheil Hashtarkhani Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Assistant Professor Ben Curtis Ph.D.