College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

ABU MUHAMMAD SHAJAAT ALI, Professor of Geography

Ph.D., Clark University

ALI AZGHANI, Associate Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University

RANDY BACK, Assistant Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of Kentucky

NAN BAILEY, Lecturer in Mathematics

M.S., George Mason University

JOSHUA BANTA, Assistant Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Stony Brook University

RICHARD BATMAN, Senior Lecturer in Physics

Ph.D., Kent State University

JON REGAN BECKHAM, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of Delaware

ANN BEEBE, Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., University of Kentucky

BLAKE R. BEXTINE, Associate Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

SHAUN BLACK, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Ph.D., The University of Michigan

LAURA BOYD, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Ph.D., University of Mississippi

SEAN BUTLER, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., Ohio State University

RACHEL BZOSTEK, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

DENNIS CALI, Chair, Department of Communication and Professor of Speech Communication

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

LARRY CARTER, Senior Lecturer in Political Science

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

MARCO CASTANEDA, Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Washington University

JOHN CLARK, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Ph.D., University of Alabama

JESSICA COLEMAN, Lecturer in Biology

M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

VICKI J. CONWAY, Senior Lecturer in Music

M.M., Baylor University

GUILLERMO COVARRUBIAS, Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Texas Tech University

COURTNEY CULLISON, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

STEPHANIE DAUGHERTY, Lecturer in Biology

Ph.D., Mayo Graduate School

SHELDON DAVIS, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., Ohio University

DONNA L. DICKERSON, Professor of Mass Communication

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

KEVIN DILLEY, Senior Lecturer of Communication

M.A. Ohio University

JESSE DOBSON, Lecturer in Literature and Languages

M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

MELISSA DOTSON, Lecturer in History

M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

SUSAN DOTY, Senior Lecturer in Economics

M.B.A., Bryant University

MICHAEL EIDENMULLER, Associate Professor of Speech Communication

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JEFFREY EMGE, Associate Professor of Music

D.M.A., University of Cincinnati

NEIL B. FORD, Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Miami University

PATRICIA A. GAJDA, Professor of History

Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

LUIS GAUTIER, Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

LUKE GOEBEL, Assistant Professor of English

M.F.A., University of Massachusetts

KAREN GOMEZ, Assistant Professor of Biology

Ph.D., University of Arkansas

CHRISTINA GRAVES, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., Syracuse University

STEPHEN GRAVES, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., Syracuse University

H. NEIL GRAY, Chair, Department of Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

THOMAS GUDERJAN, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Ph.D., Southern Methodist University

KYLE GULLINGS, Assistant Professor of Music

D.M.A., The Catholic University of America

JOHN HARRIS, Lecturer in English

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

BARBARA L. HART, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Ph.D., Sam Houston State University

GARY C. HATCHER, Chair, Department of Art and Art History and Professor of Art

M.F.A., Texas A&M University at Commerce

ALEXIS W. SERIO HUGHES, Associate Professor of Art

M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania

DEWANE F. HUGHES, Associate Professor of Art

M.F.A., Montana State University

MOLLY JOHNSON, Associate Professor of Music

D.M.A., Louisiana State University

VANESSA JOYNER, Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication

M.F.A., Marywood University

GAYATHRI KAMBHAMPATI, Lecturer of Mathematics

M.S., University of Toronto

SRINIVAS KAMBHAMPATI, Chair, Department of Biology and Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Simon Fraser University

MARY ANNA KIDD, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication

Ph.D., University of Kansas

DEBORAH A. KOSLOVER, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

MICKIE KOSTER, Assistant Professor of History

Ph.D., Rice University

JAMES F. KOUKL, Associate Professor of Biology

Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

R. STEPHEN KREBBS, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

JOHN R. LEBLANC, Associate Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MARY LINEHAN, Associate Professor of History

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

CASEY E. MANN, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of Arkansas

RACHEL MASON, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

MARSHA MATTHEWS, Associate Professor of Communication

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

JENNIFER McLOUD-MANN, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of Arkansas

FARA MEZA, Lecturer of Mathematics

M.S. University of Texas at El Paso

DAVID MILAN, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

JAMES L. NEWSOM, Senior Lecturer in History

Ph.D. Texas Christian University

JAMES R. PACE, Professor of Art

M.F.A., Arizona State University

ALLISON PERRICONE, Lecturer in Chemistry

M.A., The University of Texas at Dallas

JOHN PLACYK, JR., Assistant Professor of Biology

Ph.D., University of Tennessee

SUZANNE M. PUNDT, Senior Lecturer in Biology

M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

LETHA CLAIR ROBERTSON, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History

Ph.D., University of Kansas

CAMERON ROSE, Director, Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music

D.M.A., University of Utah

CATHERINE E. ROSS, Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

CHANTAL ROUSSEL-ZUAZU, Associate Professor of Spanish

Ph.D., Texas Tech University

VICTOR I. SCHERB, Professor of English

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

JON SEAL, Assistant Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Florida State University

TANYA SHTOYKO, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

MARTIN SLANN, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., The University of Georgia

KAREN L. SLOAN, Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

JASON J. SMEE, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

NATHAN A. SMITH, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

COLIN SNIDER, Assistant Professor of History

Ph.D., University of New Mexico

MARCUS A. STADELMANN, Chair, Department of Political Science and History, Associate Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., University of California at Riverside

KRISTEN STAGG, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., North Carolina State University

EMILY STANDRIDGE, Director of the Writing Center, Assistant Professor of English

Ph.D., Ball State University

ROBERT STERKEN, Associate Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., Texas Tech University

MATTHEW STITH, Assistant Professor of History

Ph.D., University of Arkansas

PAUL STREUFERT, Director of Honors Programs, Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., Purdue University

DAVID STRONG, Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., Indiana University

EDWARD TABRI, Associate Professor of History

Ph.D., University of Virginia

MICHAEL THRASHER, Director, The School of Performing Arts, Associate Professor of Music

D.M.A., University of North Texas

CAROLYN TILGHMAN, Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

GREGORY J. UTLEY, Associate Professor of Spanish

Ph.D., University of New Mexico

JUSTIN VELTEN, Assistant Professor of Communication

Ph.D., Regent University

AMENTAHRU WAHLRAB, Senior Lecturer in Political Science

Ph.D., University of Denver

CHARLES WALTS, Director, Forensics, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

JOHN C. WEBB, Professor of Music

D.A., University of Northern Colorado

LANCE WILLIAMS, Associate Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Mississippi State University

KENNETH WINK, Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Public Administration

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MERRIE WRIGHT, Assistant Professor of Art

M.F.A., Louisiana State University

HUI WU, Chair, Department of Literature and Languages and Professor of English

Ph.D., Texas Christian University

SHUDONG ZHANG, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia