13.1 Administration
Nora R. Miller (2001) Acting President, B.A., M.S., 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
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
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-Tuscaloosa
Carla Lowery (2001) Chief Information Officer, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.B.A., 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
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, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
13.2 Faculty
Emmanuel Ahua (2019) Assistant Professor of Health Education, R.N., Bom General Hospital Nigeria; B.S., Eastern Washington University; M.S., University of Central Missouri, H.S.D., Indiana University, Bloomington
Joe Alexander (2016) Associate Professor of Music, B.M., East Carolina University; M.M., James Madison University; D.M.A., University of North Texas
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
Leslie Arnold (2016) Instructor of Nursing, Tupelo RN-BSN, A.A.S., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.S., Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences; M.S.N., University of North Alabama
Hanna Bascomb (2011) Instructor of Nursing, Tupelo, RN-BSN Advanced Placement Option, 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
Kelly Bennett (2018) Assistant Professor of Education, B.S. Mississippi University for Women; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Mississippi
Dorothy Berglund (2006) Associate Professor of Family Studies, B.A., M.S., New Mexico State University, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Valentin Bogdan (2013) Associate 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
Tiffany Bowman (2017) Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.A., M.S., University of Alabama
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) Interim Dean of Business and Professional Studies and Professor of Management Information Systems, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Edward Bruster (2013) Instructor of Physics, B.S., Grambling State University; M.S., Louisiana Tech University
Todd Bunnell (2003) Instructor of English and Director of Writing Center, B.A., Wright State University; M.A., Mississippi State University
Michael Calvery (2009) Instructor of Nursing, Tupelo, RN-BSN Advanced Placement Option, 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) Associate Professor of Art, B.F.A., Shorter University; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Elizabeth Ashley Chisolm (2013) Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; J.D., Mississippi College School of Law
Hugh Cooper (2015) Instructor of Accounting, B.S., M.B.A., Mississippi State University
Nora Corrigan (2008) Professor of English, B.A., College of William and Mary, M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
David Lee Crouse (2010) Associate Professor of Theatre, B.A., Ouachita Baptist University; M.A., Louisiana Technological University; M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi
Shanna Cummings (2018) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, BSN, University of North Alabama; MSN, University of Mississippi Medical School
Amanda Dahl (2007) Instructor of Nutrition, B.S., M.S.; Mississippi State University
Sacha Dawkins (2004) Assistant Professor of Nursing, BSN, A.D.N., Bevill State Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., Samford University
Brenda Dickey (2011) Associate 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) 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
Josh Dohmen (2018) Assistant Professor of Philosophy, B.A., Simpson College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Memphis
Kimberly Dorsey (2008) Professor of Management, B.B.A., Mississippi State University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Jackson State University
Carol Dowdy (2013) Chef Instructor of Culinary Arts, B.S., M.S., Mississippi State University
Kendall Dunkelberg (1994) Department Chair of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy, 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
Elizabeth Eggerding (2016) Assistant Professor of Music Therapy, B.S., Fredonia State University-New York; M.S., Radford University
Candace Evans ( 2018) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, A.A., Jones County Junior College, B.S., Mississippi State University; B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dionne Fortenberry (2000) Professor of Chemistry, B.S., Dillard University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Elizabeth Fountain (2017) Instructor of Nursing, B.S.N., A.A., Hinds Communicty College-Raymond, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.N., University of Alabama-Birmingham
K. Randell Foxworth (2008) Professor of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Ann Fletchall Frazier (2013) Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University
Bobby Fugitt (1999) Associate Professor of Library Services, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.L.S., University of Alabama
Wesley Garrett (2009) Director of Legal Studies and Professor of Legal Studies, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; J.D., The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Karen George (2018) Coordinator, Advance Placement Option and Instructor of Nursing RN-BSN, A.D.N., Itawamba Community College; B.S., University of North Alabama; M.S.N., Delta State University
Robert Gibson (1989) Professor of Art, B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.F.A., University of Tennessee
April Greenway (2016) Instructor of Nursing, Tupelo RN-BSN, A.A.S., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.A., Mississippi State University; M.S.N., University of North Alabama; D.N.P., Samford University
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
Thomas Haffey (2010) Instructor of Marketing and Management, B.B.A., M.B.A., Mississippi State University
Travis Hagey (2018) Assistant Professor of Biology, B.S., Western Washington University; Ph.D., University of Idaho
Amber Handy (2011) Director, Kossen Center for Teaching and Learning and Associate 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 and Graduate Practicum Coordinator, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women
Eric Harlan (1991) Instructor of Broadcasting, B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University
Alexei Harrison (2012) Director and Assistant Professor of the Culinary Arts Institute, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Martin Hatton (1992) Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Division Head of Education and Outreach, and Professor of Communication, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Mary Hawkins (2014) Chef Instructor, Culinary Arts/Certificate Program Coordinator, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Mississippi State University
Lynn Healy (2014) Assistant Professor of Spanish, B.A., M.A., Loyola University-Chicago; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Ghanshyam Heda (2008) Professor of Biology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Osmania University-India
Jessica Henry (2014) Assistant Professor of Culinary Arts, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Auburn University
Melesia Henry (2013) Associate Professor of Nursing, BSN; B.S.N., Mississippi College; M.S.N., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Capella University
Lisa Hester (2018) Instructor of Nursing, A.D.N., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center
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
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) Associate Professor of History and Secondary Social Studies Education, B.A., Elon University; M.A., East Carolina University; Ph.D., University of Alabama
Rachel Huber (2018) Audiologist and Assistant Professor of Audiology, B.S., Delta State University; Au.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Lorraine Hughes (2018) Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, B.S., State University of New York; M.S., Mississippi State University
Clara Hurd (2011) Instructor of Nursing, Tupelo RN-BSN Advanced Placement Option, B.S.N., University of North Alabama, M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women
Susan Hurley (2016) Assistant Professor of Voice, B.M., Rutgers University; M.M., Rice University; D.M.A., Arizona 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
Hortencia Kayser (2017) Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Stephanie Kelley (2017) Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women
Erin Kempker (2008) Chair, Department of History, Political Science, and Geography and 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
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) Department Chair of Associate of Science in Nursing and Associate Professor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center; Ed.D Delta State University
Dee Larson (1998) Interim Department Chair of Business and Professor of Management and Marketing, B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Thomas Lee (2016) Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing, B.A., M.S., Mississippi State University; M.F.A., Spalding University
Youn Mi Lee (2006) Associate Professor of Family Studies, B.A., M.A., Sook Myung Women’s University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Constance Lee (2018) Collections Development Librarian and Assistant Professor. A.A.S., Illinois Central College; B.S., MacMurray College; M.S., Illinois Benedictine College; M.L.I.S., Wayne State University
Xiaoxia Li (2007) Associate Professor of Chemistry, B.E., Chongging University; M.S., Zhejiang University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Tina Long (2018) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, A.D.N., Bevill State Community College; M.S.N., Samford University
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) Professor of Finance and Economics; B.S., Birmingham-Southern College; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University
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
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
Ashley Matthews (2016) Instructor of Education, B.S., Mississippi State University; M.Ed., Mississippi University for Women
Steven McCorkle (2013) Assistant Professor of Exercise Science, B.S., M.S., Mississippi State University
Tammie McCoy (1999) Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciencs, and Professor of Nursing, BSN, 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
Thomas Meguiar (2018) Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, A.S., Volunteer State Community College; B.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Mary Miller (2016) Visiting Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.A., the University of Southern Mississippi; M.F.A., The University of Texas-Austin
Linda Mills (Cox) (1987) Professor of Nursing, Tupelo RN-BSN Advanced Placement Option, B.S.N., Florida State University: M.S.N., University of Alabama; Ed.D., University of Mississippi
Lindsay Mitchell (2016) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.A., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of North Alabama
Amy Mobley (2016) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.A.S., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., University of North Alabama
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 Associate 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) Professor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., University of Alabama; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Kathy Newman (2018) Assistant Professor of Theatre. A.A., North Greenville University; B.A., LaGrange College; M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi
Bonnie Oppenheimer (1998) 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
Angela Orsborn (2018) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, A.A.A., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., University of North Alabama; M.S. Mississippi University for Women
Carmen Osburn (2005) 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
Caroline Payne-Purvis (2014) Assistant Professor of Health Education, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Brett Pickens (2018) Instructor of Nursing. A.A.S., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Western Governors University; D.N.P., Samford University
Bridget Pieschel (1983) 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, Emma Ody Pohl Chair, and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Health Education, B.S., Barry University, M.Ph., University of Utah, Ph.D., University of South Florida
Amanda Clay Powers (2016) Dean of Library Services and Professor, B.A., Wellesley College; M.L.I.S., Simmons College
Leigh Ann Puckett (2012) Assistant Professor of Nursing, Tupelo RN-BSN, Advanced Placement Option, B.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center, M.S.N., Delta State University; D.N.P., Samford University
Chanley Rainey (2016) Assistant Professor of Political Science, B.A., Huntington College; Pd.D., The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Hillary Richardson (2017) Associate Professor, Undergraduate Research Coordinator and Information Literacy Librarian, B.A., Millsaps College, M.A., University of Mississippi; M.L.I.S., University of Southern Mississippi
Thomas Richardson (1988) 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, Advanced Placement Option, B.S.N., University of North Alabama; M.S.N., University of Alabama-Birmingham
Van Roberts (1988) Professor of Communication, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.A., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State 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) Assistant Professor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., M.S.N., University of North Alabama; Ph.D., William Carey University
Clara Rustin (1994) Associate 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
Robert Sample (2019) Visiting Assistant Professor of Microbiology, A.S., Lincoln Land Community College; A.G.E., Lincoln Land Community College; A.A.S., Community College of the Air Force; M.S., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center
Maria Scott (2005) Department Chair of Associate Nursing and Associate Professor of Nursing, A.S.N., B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University of Women; D.N.P., Samford University
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
Amber Lynn Shaw (2017) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.A.S., Bevill State Community College; M.S.N., Nebraska Meth College of Nursing/All
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) Assistant Professor of Nursing, ASN, B.S., The University of Mississippi; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of North Alabama; D.N.P., Samford University
Barry Smith (2006) Department Chair of Communication and Professor of Communication, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama
Cathy Smith (2004) Assistant Professor 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 Legal Studies, B.S., Carson-Newman College; J.D., University of Mississippi
Melissa Smith (2011) Associate 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
Alexander Stelioes-Willis (2003) Associate Professor of Art, B.F.A., Washington University; M.F.A., Indiana 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
Hannah Sumerford (2017) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, Itawamba Community College-Tupelo; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.N., University of Alabama-Birmingham
Amanda Thacker (2015) Chef Instructor, Culinary Arts-MGCCC-Jefferson Davis Campus, A.A., Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Leigh Todd (2017) Visiting Assistant Professor of Education, Director, Office of Field Experience, B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.S., Mississippi State University
James Terry Todd (2008) Assistant Professor of Nursing,Tupelo RN-BSN Advanced Placement Option, 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) Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Management Information Systems, B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Laura Beth Turner (2017) 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
Derek Webb (2012) Assistant Professor/Special Collections Librarian and University 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
Ashley White (2017) Assistant Professor of Health Education, B.S., M.P.H., Jackson State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama
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
Donna Williams (2015) Associate Professor of Nursing, Tupelo RN-BSN Advanced Placement Option; 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
Zelda Wilmoth (2017) Instructor of Education & Coordinator of JumpStart, B.S. Evangel College, M.S., Oklahoma State University
Brandy Wilson (2018) Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing, B.A., University of Arkansas; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida State University
Meagan Wood (2016) Assistant Professor of Psychology, B.A., Valdosta State University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Janet Woodcock (2007) Visiting Instructor of English, B.A., M.A., Mississippi State University
Christopher Wright (2018) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, L.P.N., East Mississippi Community College; A.S.N., B.S., B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women;
13.3 Child and Parent Development Center
Penny Sansing Mansell (2016) Director, A.A., East Mississippi Community College; B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Sabriya Clay Early Childhood Professional, Substitute
Bobbye Harrison Lead Early Childhood Professional
Francisco Lopes (2016) Afternoon Teacher, B.A., Central Bible College
Clarice Rupert Early Childhood Professional, Substitute
Elois Smith Lead Early Childhood Professional
Chandra Steele (1999) Teacher, B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Leslie White Lead Early Childhood Professional
13.4 Emeriti Administration
Jim Borsig (2012-2018) President Emeriti, B.S., M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
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
Sheila Adams (1973-2018) Dean of College of Nursing and Health Sciences and Professor of Nursing, A.A., Sullins College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Emory University; Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Gail Gunter (1974-2016) Dean of Library Services Emerita and Associate Professor B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.L.S., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
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
Helen Sue Jolly (2005-2015) Dean Emerita, College of Education and Human Science and Professor Emerita of Education, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
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
Gloria Bunnell (1996-97, 1999-2016) Professor Emerita of English, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Dorothy Burdeshaw (1973-1994) Professor Emerita of Health and Kinesiology, A.B., Judson College; M.S., Louisiana State University; Ed.D., University of Texas
Marie Byrne (1997-2018) Professor Emerita of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S. East Stroudsburg State University; M.A., Trenton State College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
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
Elaine Evans (1986-2017) Professor Emerita of Accounting, b.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women, E.D.D, Mississippi State 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
Michelle Harmon (1982-2018) Professor Emerita of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State 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-Crater (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
Richard Holden (2002-2017) Professor Emeritus of Education, B.S., South Dakota State University; M.S., Troy University; M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi 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 (1976-2009; 2012-2016) Professor Emerita of Business, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., Mississippi State University
Mary Jo Kirkpatrick (1976-2015) Assistant Professor Emerita 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 Michael 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
Paul Mack (2006-2017) Professor Emeritus of Biology, B.S., University of California-Riverside; M.S., University of California-Davis; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Linda Mahoney (2005-2016) Professor Emerita of Education, B.A., Goshen College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Texas A&M University-Commerce
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. (Cox) 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
Richard Montalto (1988-2016) Professor Emeritus of Music, B.A., University of New Orleans; M.A., Tulane University; D.M.A., University of North Texas
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
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
Patricia Smyth (1994, 2006-2017) Professor Emerita of Nursing, B.S.N., State University of New York; M.S.N., University of Pittsburg; D.S.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham
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
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
Joy Townsend (1995-2018) Assistant Professor Emerita of Speech-Language Pathology, B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Mississippi University for Women
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
Nancy Wheeley (1967-2017) Assistant Professor Emerita of Library Services, Muskingum College; M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh
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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