College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

LORRIE ALLEN, Senior Lecturer in Communication 
M.M.C., Arizona State University 

KATIE ANDERS, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

KASSIE ARCHER, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Dartmouth College

RAUF ARIF, Assistant Professor of Communication

Ph.D., University of Iowa

ALI AZGHANI, Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University

RANDY BACK, Associate Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of Kentucky

DANIELLE BAILEY, Assistant Professor in Social Sciences
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Omaha

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, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of Delaware

ANN BEEBE, Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., University of Kentucky

JAEYONG DANIEL LEE, Senior Lecturer in Music
D.M.A., Texas Tech University

BLAKE R. BEXTINE, Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

BRENT BILL, Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

SHAUN BLACK, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Ph.D., The University of Michigan

GREGORY BOCK, Senior Lecturer in Literature and Languages 
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

LAURA BOYD, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Ph.D., University of Mississippi

SEAN BUTLER, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., Ohio State University

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

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MARCO CASTANEDA, Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Washington University

JESSICA COLEMAN, Lecturer in Biology

M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

VICKI J. CONWAY, Senior Lecturer in Music

M.M., Baylor University

STEPHANIE DAUGHERTY, Lecturer in Biology

Ph.D., Mayo Graduate School

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

Ph.D., 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

MATTHEW GAYETSKY, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication and Director of Forensics
B.A., John Carroll University

LUKE GOEBEL, Assistant Professor of English

M.F.A., University of Massachusetts

CHRISTINA GRAVES, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., Syracuse University

STEPHEN GRAVES, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., Syracuse University

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

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

THOMAS GUDERJAN, Associate 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 and Chair, Department of Social Sciences 

Ph.D., Sam Houston State University

ANDREW HASLIT, Visiting Assistant Professor in Art and Art History 
Ph.D., Indiana University

GARY C. HATCHER, Professor of Art

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

RACHEL HEAD, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., North Carolina State University

RICHARD HELFERS, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas

ALLISON HELMS, Lecturer in Chemistry

M.A., The University of Texas at Dallas

KATE HERTWECK, Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Missouri

ALEXIS SERIO HUGHES, Professor of Art

M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania

DEWANE F. HUGHES, Professor of Art

M.F.A., Montana State University

REBECCA JACKSON, Lecturer in Political Science
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

VANESSA JOYNER, Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication

M.F.A., Marywood University

GAYATHRI KAMBHAMPATI, Lecturer of Mathematics

M.S., University of Toronto

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

Ph.D., Simon Fraser University

MARY ANNA KIDD, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication

Ph.D., University of Kansas

JENNIFER KLEIN, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences
Ph.D., University of Florida

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

SCOTT LALONDE, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Dartmouth College

LINDSEY-KAY LAUDERDALE, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Florida

LAUREN LEAMER, Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry
M.S., Texas A&M

JOHN R. LEBLANC, Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MARY LINEHAN, Associate Professor of History

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

ELIZABETH LISOT, Assistant Professor of Art

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas

ERIC LOPEZ, Lecturer in Political Science

Ph.D. ABD, University of Arizona

RACHEL MASON, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

MARSHA MATTHEWS, Associate Professor of Communication

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

JEREMY McBAIN, Assistant Professor of Music 
D.M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

FARA MEZA, Lecturer of Mathematics
M.S. University of Texas at El Paso

DAVID MILAN, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

JAMES L. NEWSOM, Senior Lecturer in History

Ph.D. Texas Christian University

STEPHANIE ODOM, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

MARK OWENS, Assistant Professor of  Political Science
Ph.D., University of Georgia

JAMES R. PACE, Professor of Art

M.F.A., Arizona State University

SOOAH PARK, Assistant Professor of Music

D.M.A., The University of Texas at Austin

DUSTIN PATTERSON, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of Michigan

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

SARAH ROBERTS, Assistant Professor of Music
M.M., University of North Texas

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

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

MERYEM SAYGILI, Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

DAVID SCOTT, Assistant Professor in Social Sciences 
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas

JON SEAL, Assistant Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Florida State University

TANYA SHTOYKO, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

MARK SIDEY, Senior Lecturer of Technical and Scientific Writing
Ph.D., Purdue University

ELIZABETH SILLS, Assistant Professor in Social Sciences

Ph.D., Louisiana State University and A&M College

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

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, Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., University of California at Riverside

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

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, Associate Professor of English and Executive Director of Special Academic Programs

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, Professor of Music and Director, School of Performing Arts

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, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., University of Denver

LANCE WILLIAMS, Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Mississippi State University

KENNETH WINK, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MERRIE WRIGHT, Associate Professor of Art and Chair, Department of Art and Art History

M.F.A., Louisiana State University

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

Ph.D., Texas Christian University

RIQING YU, Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Rutgers