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2018-2019 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

12. Administration and Faculty


 

12.1 Administration

Nora R. Miller (2001) Acting President, B.A., Mississippi University for Women, M.B.A., Mississippi State University

Brian Anderson (1998) Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science, B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Marty Brock (2010) Interim Dean, College of Business and Professional Studies and Professor of Management Information Systems, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Martin L. Hatton (1992) Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Director of Graduate Studies, and Professor of Communication, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

Carla Lowery (2001) Chief Information Officer and Instructor of Management Information Systems, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Mississippi State University

Tammie McCoy (1999) Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences and Professor of Nursing, A.A., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.A., B.S.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Jennifer M. Miles (2011) Vice President of Student Affairs, B.S., Florida State University, M.A., Ed.D., University of Alabama 

Anika Perkins (1999) Executive Director of University Relations, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Kent State University

Amanda Clay Powers (2016) Dean of Library Services and Professor, B.A., Wellesley College; M.L.I.S., Simmons College

Andrea Stevens (2001) Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations, B.S., Mississippi University for Women

Scott Tollison (2004) Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Managemant Information Systems, and Dean, College of Business and Professional Studies, B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

12.2 Graduate Faculty

Twila Alpe (2000) Professor of Education, B.S., Northeast Louisiana University; M.Ed., Ed.D., Mississippi State University

Mark H. Bean (1991) Professor of Health & Kinesiology and Department Chair, B.S., Mississippi State University; M.Ed., The University of Louisiana at Monroe; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Martha A. Brock (2010) Interim Dean and Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Mississippi State University

David B. Carter (2001) Department Chair of Theatre and Associate Professor in Theatre, B.A., University of North Carolina-Asheville; M.F.A., North Carolina School of the Arts

Lee Crouse (2010) Assistant Professor of Theatre, B.A., Ouachita Baptist University, M.A., Louisiana Technological University, M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi

Sueanne Davidson (2006) Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., University of Alabama; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brenda Dickey (2011) Assistant Professor of Education, B.A., Southeastern University, M.Ed., University of South Carolina; Ed.D., Regent University

Kimberly Dorsey (2008) Professor of Management, B.B.A. Mississippi State University; M.B.A., Ph.D. Jackson State University

Kendall Dunkelberg (1994) Director, MFA Creative Writing Program and Professor of English, B.A., Knox College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

K. Randell Foxworth (2008) Professor of Health & Kinesiology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Wesley H. Garrett (2009), Director of Legal Studies and Associate Professor of Legal Studies, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; J.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Teresa Hamill (1993) Department Chair of Graduate Nursing and Associate Professor of Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center; M.S.N., University of Texas; F.N.P. Certificate, Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Chrystal Hodges (2013) Assistant Professor of Education, B.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D., University of Mississippi

Rachel Huber (2018) Audiologist and Assistant Professor, B.S. Delta State University; Au.D., University of Arkansas

Hortencia Kayser (2017) Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., New Mexico State University

Dee Larson (1998) Interim Department Chair and Professor of Management and Marketing, B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Thomas Lee (2016) Visiting Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing, B.A., M.S., Mississippi State University; M.F.A., Spalding University

Brandi Jo Lambert (2017) Instructor of Graduate Nursing, A.A.S., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.H.S.C., Baptist Memorial College Health Sciences; P.M.C, Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., Vanderbilt University

Alena Lester (2016) Assistant Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing, A.S.N., Mississippi Delta Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Andrew Luccassen, III (2010) Professor of Finance and Economics, B.S., Birmingham Southern College; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D. Texas A&M University

Hunter Manasco (2018) Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; B.S., M.S., University of Montevallo; Ph.D., University of South Alabama

Carey McCarter (2006) Associate Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing, B.B.A., Mississippi State University, B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis

Tammie L. McCoy (1999) Professor of Nursing and Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, A.A., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.A., B.S.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Linda McNeely (2017) Assistant Professor of Management, B.S., University of Illinois-Urbana; M.B.A., Butler University; Ph.D., International School of Management

Mary Miller (2016) Visiting Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.A.,  University of Southern Mississippi; M.F.A., The University of Texas-Austin

Chad Murphy (2012) Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Caroline Payne-Purvis (2014) Assistant Professor of Health Education, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida

Sally Pearson (2001) Associate Professor of Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center; M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Shonda R. Phelon (2011) Associate Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; Post Master’s FNP certificate, University of Alabama at Huntsville; Post Master’s PMHNP certificate, University of Northern Kentucky; D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Bridget Pieschel (1983) Department Chair of Language, Literature, and Philosophy, Interim Department Chair, History, Political Science, and Geography, Professor of English, and Director of the Center of Women’s Research and Public Policy, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., University of Alabama

Irene T. Pintado (2007) Assistant Professor of Health Education, B.S., Barry University; M.Phil., University of Utah; Ph.D. University of South Florida

Kathy Shapley (2018) Department Chair of Speech-Language Pathology and Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., Stephen F. Austin State University; M.A., University of Houston; M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Scott Tollison (2004) Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor in Management Information Systems; B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Mississippi State University

Beth Turner (2013) Instructor of Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., M.S.N.. Mississippi University for Women