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

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 

JOSHUA BANTA, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Stony Brook University

RICHARD BATMAN, Senior Lecturer in Physics
Ph.D., Kent State University

CLIFFORD BEARDEN, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Houston

JON REGAN BECKHAM, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Delaware

ANN BEEBE, Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

JENNIFER BELEW, Lecturer in Chemistry
M.S., The University of Texas at Dallas

JONATHAN BELEW, Lecturer in Chemistry
M.S.N.S., Stephen F. Austin State 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, Assistant Professor of Literature and Languages 
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

LAURA BOYD, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Mississippi 

KENNETH BRYANT, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

SEAN BUTLER, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Ohio State University

DENNIS CALI, Professor of Speech Communication
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JILL CARTER, Lecturer in History
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

MARCO CASTANEDA, Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Washington University

CLEMENT CHAN, Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

ELENA DAUGHTERY, Lecturer in Music
M.M., Northwestern State University of Louisiana

SHELDON DAVIS, Professor of Mathematics and Chair, Department of Mathematics
Ph.D., Ohio University

M. RHYS DOTSON, Lecturer in History
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

SUSAN DOTY, Senior Lecturer in Economics
M.B.A., Bryant University

JEFFREY EMGE, Professor of Music and Interim Dir. School of Performing Arts
D.M.A., University of Cincinnati

NEIL B. FORD, Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Miami University

LUIS GAUTIER, Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

CHRISTINA GRAVES, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Syracuse University

STEPHEN GRAVES, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Syracuse University

H. NEIL GRAY, Professor of Chemistry and Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

THOMAS GUDERJAN, Professor of Anthropology and Chair, Department of Social Sciences
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University

KYLE GULLINGS, Associate Professor of Music
D.M.A., The Catholic University of America 

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 

RICHARD HELFERS, Associate 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

ALEXIS SERIO HUGHES, Professor of Art
M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania

DEWANE F. HUGHES, Professor of Art
M.F.A., Montana State University 

ANETT JESSOP, Assistant Professor in the Department of Literature and Languages
Ph.D., University of California, Davis

VANESSA JOYNER, Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication
M.F.A., Marywood University

GAYATHRI KAMBHAMPATI, Lecturer of Mathematics
M.S., University of Toronto

KATRIN KELLNER, Assistant Professor of Biology
Dr. rer. Nat., University of Regensburg, Germany

MATTHEW KELLY, Assistant Professor of Literature and Languages
Ph.D., Kent State University

JENNIFER KLEIN, Associate 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, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Rice University

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

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

AMANDA LINK, Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Washington State University

ELIZABETH LISOT, Assistant Professor of Art
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas

ERIC LOPEZ, Lecturer in Political Science
M.A., University of Arizona

KAIA MAGNUSEN, Assistant Professor of Art
Ph.D., Rutgers University

RACHEL MASON, Associate 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

NATALIA MENKINA-SNIDER, Lecturer in the Department of Literature and Languages
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

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

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

SOOAH PARK, Assistant Professor of Music
D.M.A., The University of Texas at Austin

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

TARA PROPPER, Senior Lecturer in Literature and Languages
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

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

DENNIS ROBERTSON, Professor of Communication and Chair, Department of Communication
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

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  

MERYEM SAYGILI, Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

EMILY SCHEINFELD, Assistant Professor of Communication
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, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Florida State University

TANYA SHTOYKO, Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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

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, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of New Mexico

MARCUS A. STADELMANN, Professor of Political Science and Chair, Department of Political Science and History
Ph.D., University of California at Riverside

EMILY STANDRIDGE, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing Center
Ph.D., Ball State University

ROBERT STERKEN, Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

MATTHEW STITH, Associate 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, Professor of English
Ph.D., Indiana University

EDWARD TABRI, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Virginia

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

AMENTAHRU WAHLRAB, Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Denver

LANCE WILLIAMS, Professor of Biology and Chair, Department of Biology
Ph.D., Mississippi State University

KENNETH WINK, Professor of Public Administration and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MERRIE WRIGHT, 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