13.1 Administration
James B. Borsig (2012) President, Professor of Political Science, B.S., M.S., University of Southern Mississippi, Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Sheila Adams (1973) Professor of Nursing and Dean, College of Nursing and Speech-Language Pathology, B.S.N., M.S.N., Emory University; Ed.D., 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
Maridith W. Geuder (2012) Executive Director of University Relations, B.A., Millsaps College, M.A., University of Alabama
Gail Gunter (1974) Associate Professor and Dean of Library Services, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women, M.L.S., University of Alabama
Martin L. Hatton (1992) Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences, 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-Tuscaloosa
Carla Lowery (2006) Chief Information Officer and Instructor of Management Information Systems, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.B.A., Mississippi State University
Nora R. Miller (2001) Senior Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.B.A., Mississippi State University
Jennifer M. Miles (2011) Vice President of Student Affairs, B.S., Florida State University, M.A., Ed.D., University of Alabama
Thomas Richardson (1988) Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Professor of English, and Eudora Welty Chair; A.B., Davidson College; M.Ed., Ph.D., Duke University
Andrea Stevens (2001) Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations, B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Scott Tollison (2004) Associate Professor of Management Information Systems and Dean, College of Business and Professional Studies, B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
13.2 Faculty
Kristi Acker (2013) Assistant Professor Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., University of Alabama-Birmingham
Sheila Adams (1973) Dean, College of Nursing and Speech-Language Pathology and Professor of Nursing, A.A., Sullins College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Emory University; Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Twila Alpe (2000) Professor of Education, B.S., Northeast Louisiana University; M.Ed., Ed.D., 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
Nan Anderson (2013) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.D.N., B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Alabama-Huntsville
Lisa Bailey (2014) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Phoenix
Hanna Bascomb (2011) Instructor of Nursing, BSN-Tupelo, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center
Mark Bean (1991) Director of QEP, Department Chair of Health and Kinesiology, and Professor of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., Mississippi State University; M.Ed., Northeast Louisiana University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Dorothy Berglund (2006) Associate Professor of Family Studies, B.A., M.S., New Mexico State University, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
William (Peppy) Biddy (1987) Professor of Theatre and Director of Graduate Theatre, B.F.A., University of Mississippi; M.F.A., Trinity University
Shelley Bock (2010) Assistant Professor of Education and Director, Office of Field Experience, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Valentin Bogdan (2013) Assistant Professor of Music, B.M., Wayne State University; M.M., Michigan State University; M.M., D.M.A. University of Miami
Tammy Bolton (2014) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, A.D.N., Bevill State Community College; M.S.N., Walden University
Lauren Brandon (2003) Professor of Microbiology, Emma Sadler Moss Chair, B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Marty Brock (2010) Department Chair of Business and Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Kimberly Brown (2015) Instructor of Psychology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi State University
Edward Bruster (2013) Instructor of Physics, B.S., Grambling State University; M.S., Louisiana Tech University
Barbara Bryan (1999) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, A.S.N., B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center
Gloria Bunnell (1996-97, 1999) Professor of English, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Todd Bunnell (2003) Instructor of English and Director of Writing Center, B.A., Wright State University; M.A., Mississippi State University
Donna Burlingame (2004) Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., University of Southern Mississippi
Marie Byrne (1997) Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., East Stroudsburg State University; M.A., Trenton State College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Michael Calvery (2009) Instructor of Nursing, BSN-Tupelo, B.S.N., Cumberland University; M.S.N., University of Alabama-Huntsville
Agnes Carino (2013) Assistant Professor of Mathematics, B.S., University of the Philippines-Los Baňos; M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
David Carter (2001) Department Chair of Theatre and Associate Professor of Theatre, B.A., University of North Carolina-Asheville; M.F.A., North Carolina School of the Arts
Allison Caston (2007) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
Ian Childers (2011) Assistant Professor of Art, B.F.A., Shorter University; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Elizabeth A. Chisolm (2013) Instructor of Legal Studies and Coordinator, Promotion and Outreach Activities, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; J.D., Mississippi College School of Law
April Coleman (2012) Assistant Professor of Education, B.S., M.A., Ed.S., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Jolyn Cooke (2000) Instructor of Nursing, BSN-Tupelo, B.S.N., University of Southern Mississippi; M.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center
Hugh Cooper (2015) Visiting Instructor of Accounting, B.S., M.B.A., Mississippi State University
Nora Corrigan (2008) Associate Professor of English, B.A., College of William and Mary, M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Jeffrey Courtright (2013) Assistant Professor of Philosophy, B.A., Calvin College; M.A., Ph.D., Loyola University
Linda Cox (1987) Instructor of Nursing, BSN-Tupelo, B.S.N., Florida State University: M.S.N., University of Alabama; Ed.D., University of Mississippi
David Lee Crouse (2010) Assistant Professor of Theatre, B.A., Ouachita Baptist University; M.A., Louisiana Technological University; M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi
Jonathan Cumberland (2013) Assistant Professor of Art, B.F.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design
Amanda Dahl (2007) Instructor of Nutrition, B.S., M.S.; Mississippi State University
Sueanne Davidson (2006) Associate Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., University of Alabama; M.S.N., D.N.P., University of Alabama- Birmingham
Sacha Dawkins (2004) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.D.N., Bevill State Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
Brenda Dickey (2011) Assistant Professor of Education, B.A., Southeastern University; M.Ed., University of South Carolina; Ed.D., Regent University
Shawn Dickey (1999) Department Chair of Art and Design and Professor of Art, B.S., B.F.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.F.A., Texas Tech University
Kristi DiClemente (2015) Visiting Assistant Professor of History, B.A., Millersville University; M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Thomas Dodson (2009) Instructor of Biology, B.S., M.S., Ohio University
Kimberly Dorsey (2008) Associate Professor of Management, B.B.A., Mississippi State University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Jackson State University
Carol Dowdy (2013) Visiting Chef Instructor, B.S., Mississippi 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
Cherry Dunn (1999) Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, B.M.E., Mississippi University for Women; M.M., D.M.A., University of Alabama
Elaine Evans (1986) Instructor of Accounting, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Susan Ficken (2013) Assistant Professor of Mathematics, B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Ann Fletchall (2013) Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University
Dionne Fortenberry (2000) Department Chair of Sciences and Mathematics and Professor of Chemistry, B.S., Dillard University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
K. Randell Foxworth (2008) Professor of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Bobby Fugitt (1999) Associate Professor of Library Services, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.L.S., University of Alabama
Bobby Fuller (2010) Instructor of Education, B.S., Mississippi State University, M.Ed., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Gillian Furniss (2014) Assistant Professor of Art Education, B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.A., Ed.D., Teachers College Columbia University
Lorraine Gaddis (2013) Assistant Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., University of North Alabama; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Wesley Garrett (2009) Director of Legal Studies and Associate Professor of Legal Studies, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; J.D., The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Robert Gibson (1989) Professor of Art, B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.F.A., University of Tennessee
Lisa Griffin (2015) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, A.S.N., B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center
Gail Gunter (1974) Dean of Library Services and Associate Professor, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women, M.L.S., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Thomas Haffey (2010) Instructor of Marketing, B.B.A., M.B.A., Mississippi State University
Teresa Hamill (1993) Assistant Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center; M.S.N., University of Texas; F.N.P. Certificate, D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women
Amber Handy (2011) Director, Center for Teaching and Learning and Assistant Professor of History, A.B., Mount Holyoke College, P.H.M., Trinity College Dublin; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Joshua Hanes (2008) Associate Professor of Mathematics, B.S., Millsaps College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Lynn Hanson (2002) Speech-Language Pathologist, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women
Rita Hargett (2013) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
Eric Harlan (1991) Instructor of Broadcasting, B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University
Michelle Harmon (1982) Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Alexei Harrison (2012) Chef Instructor-Culinary Arts, Hinds Community College Campus, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Martin Hatton (1992) Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences, 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-Tuscaloosa
Mary Hawkins (2014) Chef Instructor/Certificate Program Coordinator, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Mississippi State University
Lynn Healy (2014) Instructor of Spanish, B.A., M.A., Loyola University-Chicago; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Ghanshyam Heda (2008) Associate Professor of Biology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Osmania University-India
Jessica Henry (2014) Visiting Assistant Professor of Culinary Arts, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Auburn University
Melesia Henry (2013) Assistant Professor of Nursing, BSN; B.S.N., Mississippi College; M.S.N., University of Mississippi
Bryan Hilliard (2005) Professor of Philosophy, B.A., Elon University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chrystal Hodges (2013) Assistant Professor of Education, B.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D., University of Mississippi
Richard Holden (2002) Professor of Education, B.S., South Dakota State University; M.S., Troy State University; M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Erinn Holloway (2007) Coordinator of Study Abroad Program and Instructor of Spanish, B.A., M.A., Mississippi State University; J.D., California Western School of Law
Jonathon Hooks (2008) Assistant Professor of History and Secondary Social Studies Education, B.A., Elon University; M.A., East Carolina University; Ph.D., University of Alabama
Joyce Hunt (1976) Instructor of Management, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Clara Hurd (2011) Instructor of Nursing, BSN-Tupelo, B.S.N., University of North Alabama, M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
Jessica Jeremiah (2005) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, B.S., M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Jones (2014) Visiting Instructor of Music, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.M., Georgia State University
Beverly Joyce (2003) Professor of Art, B.F.A., Memphis College of Art; M.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Kansas
Erin Kempker (2008) Associate Professor of History, B.S., Central Missouri State University; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University
Dorothy Kerzel (1997) Professor of Mathematics, B.S., Lewis and Clark College; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., Washington State University
Russell King (2008) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, B.S.N., University of Memphis; M.S.N., Arkansas State University
Holleen Krogh (2000) Department Chair of Psychology and Family Studies and Professor of Psychology, B.A., University of Texas; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Brandy Larmon (2008) Assistant Professor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dee Larson (1998) Professor of Management and Marketing, B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Youn Mi Lee (2006) Associate Professor of Family Studies, B.A., M.A., Sook Myung Women’s University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Xiaoxia Li (2007) Associate Professor of Chemistry, B.E., Chongging University; M.S., Zhejiang University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carla Lowery (2001) Chief Information Officer and Instructor of Management Information Systems, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Mississippi State University
Andrew Luccasen, III (2010) Associate Professor of Finance and Economics; B.S., Birmingham-Southern College; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Paul Mack (2006) Professor of Biology, B.S., University of California-Riverside; M.S., University of California-Davis; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Linda Mahoney (2005) Professor of Education, B.A., Goshen College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Texas A&M University-Commerce
Mallory Malkin (2014) Assistant Professor of Psychology, B.A., Guilford College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Kathrynmay Malone (2015) Instructor of Health and Kinesiology, A.A., State University of New York Broome Community College; B.S., Cornell University; M.A., Teachers College Columbia University
Leann Markham (2014) Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, A.A., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D, Mississippi State University
Carey McCarter (2006) Assistant Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.B.A., Mississippi State University; B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., The University of Tennessee
Steven McCorkle (2013) Assistant Professor of Exercise Science, B.S., M.S., Mississippi State University
Tammie McCoy (1999) Department Chair of BSN Program and Professor of Nursing, BSN, A.A., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.A., B.S.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Richard Montalto (1988) Professor of Music, B.A., University of New Orleans; M.A., Tulane University; D.M.A., University of North Texas
Gladys Mooneyham (2011) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, B.S.N., M.S.N., University of North Alabama
Julia Mortyakova (2012) Department Chair of Music and Assistant Professor of Music, B.M.,Vanderbilt University, M.A., New York University, D.M.A., University of Miami-Coral Gables
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
Karen Nabors (1992) Associate Professor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., University of Alabama; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Erich Ogle (2005) Director, Culinary Arts Institute and Associate Professor of Culinary Arts, B.F.A., B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., The University of Adelaide-Australia
Bonnie Oppenheimer (1998) Associate Department Chair of Sciences and Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics, B.S., B.M., Baldwin-Wallace College; M.A.T., University of Chicago; M.A., Mississippi State University; Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
Carmen Osburn (2005) Associate Professor of Music, B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.A., Drexel University
Amy Pardo (1997) Professor of English, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Joyce Pate (2014) Assistant Professor of Nursing, BSN, B.S.N., Pensacola Christian College; M.S.N., University of South Alabama; D.N.P., Case Western Reserve University
Carolyn Payne-Purvis (2014) Assistant Professor of Health Education, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Sally Pearson (2001) Assistant Professor of Nursing, BSN, University of Mississippi Medical Center; M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women
Shonda Phelon (2011) Assistant Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., The University of Mississippi School of Nursing; M.S.N., 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
George Pinchuk (2004) Professor of Microbiology, M.D., Kyiv Medical University; Ph.D., Academy of Medical Sciences, USSR
Irene Pintado (2007) Associate Professor of Health Education, B.S., Barry University, M.Ph., University of Utah, Ph.D., University of South Florida
Leigh Ann Puckett (2012) Instructor of Nursing, Tupelo BSN, B.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center, M.S.N., Delta State University
Thomas Richardson (1988) Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of English, and Eudora Welty Chair, A.B., Davidson College; M.Ed., Ph.D., Duke University
Debbie Ricks (2012) Instructor of Nursing, Tupelo RN-BSN, B.S.N., University of North Alabama; M.S.N., University of Alabama-Birmingham
Monica Riley (2004) Department Chair of Education and Professor of Education, B.A., Southeastern University; M.A., University of West Florida; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Van Roberts (1988) Associate Professor of Communication, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.A., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
James Roth (2000) Professor of Psychology, B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ohio State University; M.A., College of William and Mary, Ph.D., Harvard University
Jiben Roy (2004) Professor of Chemistry, B.S., M.S., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Mary Helen Ruffin (2012) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., M.S.N., University of North Alabama
Clara Rustin (1994) Assistant Professor of Nursing, ASN, A.S.N., Pearl River Junior College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., Samford University
Sarah Shotts (2015) Instructor of Theatre, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Goldsmiths University of London
Blanca Simmons Diez (2013) Instructor of Biology, B.S., California State University; Ph.D., Autónoma State University of Madrid
Adrian Sligh (2011) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, B.S., The University of Mississippi; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of North Alabama
Barry Smith (2006) Department Chair of Communication and Professor of Communication, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama
Carrie Smith (2015) Assistant Professor of Audiology, B.A., Au,D., The University of Southern Mississippi
Cathy Smith (2004) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Alabama-Huntsville; D.N.P., Samford University
David Smith (1983) Professor of Paralegal Studies, B.S., Carson-Newman College; J.D., University of Mississippi
Melissa Smith (2011) Assistant Professor of Communication and Gibbons Chair of Journalism, B.A., Auburn University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Michael Smith (2007) Associate Professor of English, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.Ed., William Carey University; Ph.D., The University of Southern Mississippi
Patricia Smyth (1994, 2006) Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., State University of New York; M.S.N., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of Alabama-Birmingham
Alexander Stelioes-Willis (2003) Associate Professor of Art, B.F.A., Washington University; M.F.A., Indiana University
Maria Stephens (2005) Department Chair of Associate Nursing and Assistant Professor of Nursing, A.S.N., B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., Samford University
Phillip Stockton (2013) Assistant Professor of Choral/Music Education, B.M., Auburn University; M.M., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Leslie Stratyner (1997) Professor of English, B.A., M.A., University of New York-Albany; Ph.D., Louisiana State University and A&M College
Tara Sullivan (2012) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.S.N., Bevill State Community College; M.S.N., Samford University
Amanda Thacker (2015) Chef Instructor, MGCCC-Jefferson Davis Campus, A.A., Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Pamela Thomas (2003) Instructor of Nursing, A.S.N., B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
James Terry Todd (2008) Instructor of Nursing,Tupelo RN-BSN, A.S.N., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N., University of North Alabama; D.N.P., Samford University
Scott Tollison (2004) Dean, College of Business and Professional Studies and Professor of Management Information Systems, B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Joy Townsend (1995) Interim Department Chair of Speech-Language Pathology and Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Mississippi University for Women
Royal Toy (2009), Associate Professor of Education, A.A., Brigham Young University; B.M.E., University of Northern Colorado; M.A., Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado
Laura Beth Turner (2013) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, B.S.N., M.S.N.; Mississippi University for Women
Thomas Velek (1997) Professor of History, B.A., Millikin University; M.A., J.D., Washington University School of Law; Ph.D., Edinburgh University-Scotland
Dana Walker (2012) Interim Coordinator,of Tupelo RN-BSN Advanced Placement Option, and Instructor of Nursing, Tupelo RN-BSN, B.S.N., M.S.N., University of North Alabama
James Ward (2005) Professor of Political Science, B.A., University of Mississippi; M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Derek Webb (2012) Archivist, B.A., Texas Tech University; M.A., University of Notre Dame; M.L.S., Indiana University
Nicole Welch (2008) Professor of Biology, B.S., M.S., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Nancy Wheeley (1967) Assistant Professor of Library Services, B.A., Muskingum College; M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh
Kim Whitehead (2004) Interim Director of Ina E. Gordy Honors College and Associate Professor of English and Religion, B.A., Jacksonville State University; M.Div., Southern Seminary; Ph.D., Emory University
Ross Whitwam (1999) Professor of Biology, B.S., M.S., Carleton University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Johnnie Sue Wijewardane (2008) Department Chair of Graduate Nursing and Associate Professor of Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Donna Williams (2015) Assistant Professor, BSN-Tupelo; A.S.N. Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., The University of Southern Mississippi; D.N.P., Samford University
John Williams (2010) Instructor of Accounting, B.A., Sewanee-The University of the South; M.B.A., The University of Mississippi
Janet Woodcock (2007) Visiting Instructor of English, B.A., M.A., Mississippi State University
Cathy Young (2003) Coordinator of Information Literacy Programs/Reference Services and Associate Professor of Library Services, B.S., Mississippi State University; M.L.S., University of Alabama
13.3 Child and Parent Development Center
Susan L. Kling (1975) Director, B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Tonya Kliment (2007) Lead Teacher, B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Rebecca Morton (2010) Care Teacher, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Mississippi State University
Chandra Steele (2002) Teacher, B.S., Mississippi University for Women
13.4 Emeriti Administration
Claudia A. Limbert (2002-2010) President Emerita, B.A., Bethel College, M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Clyda S. Rent (1989-2001) President Emerita , A.B., M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University
Hal E. Jenkins, II (1999-2011) Dean Emeriti of College of Education and Human Sciences and Professor of Education, B.S.E., Delta State University; M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Sue Jolly-Smith (2005-2015) Dean Emerita of
13.5 Emeriti Faculty
Jessica Lynn Alexander (1975-2008) Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi
James Allen (1965-2014) Associate Professor Emeritus of Music, B.M., M.M., University of Southern Mississippi
Suzanne Meriweather Bean (1989-2008) Professor Emerita of Education, B.S., Delta State University; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Suzanne L. Bennett (1981-2007) Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing, B.A., Harding University; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
Laverne Bray (1966-1976) Assistant Professor Emerita of Business, B.A., Blue Mountain College; M.B.Ed., University of Mississippi
Dorothy Burdeshaw (1973-1994) Professor Emerita of Health and Kinesiology, A.B., Judson College; M.S., Louisiana State University; Ed.D., University of Texas
Mary Patricia Curtis (1979-2003) Professor Emerita of Nursing, B.S.N., Marquette University; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Hubert James Davidson, Jr. (1975-2007) Professor Emeritus of Paralegal Studies, B.A., J.D., University of Mississippi
Carl J. Doumit (1973-2004) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana; M.A.T., M.S., Ph.D., Tulane University
Lawrence L. Feeney (1968-2003) Professor Emeritus of Art, B.A., St. Ambrose College; M.A., M.F.A., University of Iowa
Jon R. Fortman (1968-2004) Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, B.S., University of Florida; M.Ed., Louisiana State University; M.A., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
David H. Frank (1965-2001) Professor Emeritus of Art, B.S., University of Minnesota; M.F.A., Tulane University
Barbara Ann Garrett (1967-1991) Professor Emerita of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.Ed., Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Janice Giallourakis (1983-2013) Professor Emerita of Nursing, B.S.N., Alverno College; M.S.N., Case Western Reserve University
Robert I. Gilbert (1954-1967; 1968-1980) Professor Emeritus of Sociology, B.A., M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., Florida State University
Theo J. Gordon (1973-1999) Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing, B.S., M.S., Rutgers University
Jane Hinton (1974-2005) Professor Emerita of English, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Rita Hinton (1993-2012) Professor Emerita of Philosophy, B.S., Mississippi State University; M.A., University of South Carolina: Ph.D., University of Georgia
Ginger Y. Hitt (1966-1968; 1971-1997) Professor Emerita of English, B.A., Blue Mountain College; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Jane C. Hodges (1971-1996) Professor Emerita of Education, B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., University of Mississippi
Charlie M. Holcomb (1959-1991) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, B.A., William Carey College; B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi State University; M.S., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Florida State University
Sarah Howell (1972-2011) Emerita Assistant Professor of Associate Nursing, A.D.N., B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center
James W. Hunt (1963-1989) Professor Emeritus of Education, B.S., Mississippi College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Mississippi
Joyce M. Hunt (1976-2001) Professor Emerita of Business, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Mary Jo Kirkpatrick (1976-2015) Emerita Assistant Professor of Nursing, B.S.N., University of Mississippi; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
R. Bruce Lacey (1973-2003) Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, A.B., Albion College; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Bonnie E. Lockard (1977-2000) Professor Emerita of Nursing, B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Alabama; Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Thomas Longton (1990-2015) Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish, B.A., M.A., University of Arizona; M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of Alabama
Sula Johnson Marsalis (1958-1978) Professor Emerita of Chemistry, B.S., University of Southern Mississippi; M.S., University of Mississippi; Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Patricia H. Matthes (1980-2004) Professor Emerita of Library Services, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.L.S., University of Alabama
Margaret E. McClintock (1996-2009) Professor Emerita of Management Information Systems, B.S., San Diego State University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Ohio University
Betty Joyce Metheny (1992-2005) Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing, A.D.N., San Antonio Junior College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
Richard Millikin (1992-2013) Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Family Studies and Professor of Psychology, B.A., University of Hawaii; M.Ed., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Linda S. Mills (1987) Professor Emerita of Nursing, BSN-Tupelo, B.S.N., Florida State University; M.S.N., University of Alabama; Ed.D., University of Mississippi
Martha Jo Mims (1970-2000) Professor Emerita of Human Sciences, B.S., M.S., Ed.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Florida State University
Deborah Miranda (1994-2015) Professor Emerita of Nursing, BSN, A.D.N., Morehead State University; B.S.N., University of Kentucky; M.S.N., University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Mary Alyce Mize (1973-1998) Professor Emerita of Education, B.A., Birmingham Southern College; M.A., Ed.D., University of Alabama
Barbara Moore (1996-2011) Emerita Professor of Gifted Studies, B.S., Northwestern University; M.A., San Francisco State University; M.S., University of Southern Maine; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Thomas D. Nawrocki (1970-2012) Professor Emeritus of Art, B.F.A., M.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin
Carol Ottinger (1965-1990) Professor Emerita of Mathematics, B.S.Ed., Arkansas College; M.S., Ed.D., Oklahoma State University
William S. Parker (1974-2007) Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, B.A., Wabash College; M.S., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Utah
M. Judy Pate (1973-1998) Assistant Professor Emerita of Mathematics, B.A., Harding College, M.Ed., M.C.S., Mississippi State University; Ed.S., Mississippi University for Women
David L. Payne (1967-1968; 1969-1992) Professor Emeritus of Library Services, B.S., M.S., Mississippi State University; M.L.S., University of Alabama; Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Stephen R. Pieschel (1967-1992) Assistant Professor Emeritus of English, B.A., St. Louis University; M.A., University of Mississippi
Billy Dean Pounds (1959-1997) Professor Emeritus of Paralegal Studies, B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., Mississippi State University
R. Glenn Rhyne, Jr. (2001-2010) Professor of Economics, B.S. Western Carolina University; M.A., Appalachian State University; D.B.A. Mississippi State University
Alma J. Roberts (1966-1981) Assistant Professor Emerita of Business, B.S., Livingston University; M.E., University of Texas, Austin
Sarah P. Sanders (1971-1995) Professor Emerita of Home Economics, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D., Florida State University
Robert Seney (1993-2006) Professor Emeritus of Gifted Studies, B.A., University of Missouri; M.Div., Nashotah House; Ed.D., University of Houston
Harry L. Sherman (1961-1992) Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, B.S., Jacksonville State College; M.S., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Jo Edna Spearman (1974-2005) Professor Emerita of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., North Texas State University; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University
Carole Ann Stewart (1972-2001) Professor Emerita of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., Murray State University; M.S., Indiana University; Ed.D., University of Mississippi
Rebecca S. Stockwell (1964-1992) Professor Emerita of History, B.A., LaGrange College; M.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Eugenia Summer (1949-1985) Professor Emerita of Art, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; A.M., Teachers College, Columbia University
Marilyn R. Swingle (1967-1992) Professor Emerita of Music, B.M., M.M., Ph.D., Florida State University
Joan T. Thomas (1961-1987) Professor Emerita of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Martha Fulton Wells (1964-1996) Emma Ody Pohl Professor Emerita of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., University of Montevallo; M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D., Florida State University
Cyril John Wierengo (1967-1993) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, B.A., M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Shaochen Yang (1988-2012) Professor Emerita of Mathematics, B.S., National Chengchi University (Taiwan); M.S., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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