13.1 Administration
Nora R. Miller (2001) 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) Dean, College of Business and Professional Studies and Professor of Management Information Systems, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Karen Clay (2014) University Council, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., University of Tennessee; J.D., Mississippi College
Mark Ellard (2019) Vice President for Administration and CFO, B.S., University of Alabama; M.B.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham; Certified Public Accountant
Jessica Harpole (2009) Interim Vice President of Student Affairs, A.A., East Mississippi Community College; B.S. Mississippi University for Women; M.S. Florida State University
Martin L. Hatton (1992) Dean, School of Education, 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
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) Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Jason Trufant () Director of Athletics and Recreation, B.A., University at Albany; M.S., Frostburg 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
Ashley Alexander (2019) Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women
Joe Alexander (2016) Associate Professor of Music, B.M., East Carolina University; M.M., James Madison University; D.M.A., University of North Texas
Kristy Alpe (2019) Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, B.S., University of Mississippi Medical Center; M.S., Mississippi State University; D.H.A., University of Mississippi Medical Center
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) Assistant Professor 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; D.N.P., Samford University
Laura Ball (2019) Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.A., B.S., West Virginia University; M.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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) 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) Department Chair of Psychology and Family Science and Professor of Family Science, B.A., M.S., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Heather Bliss (2020) Assistant Professor of Psychology, B.S. University of Kansas; M.A., Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Shelley Bock (2020) Interim Department Chair of Education, B.S. Mississippi State University; M.Ed. Mississippi State University; Ph.D. Mississippi State University
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
Nichole Bonaventure-Larson (2019) Assistant Professor/Collection Development Librarian, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.L.I.S., San Jose State University
Marty Brock (2010) Dean of Business and Professional Studies and Professor of Management Information Systems, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Cecilia Brooks (2019) Visiting Assistant Professor of Family Science, B.B.S., University of Arizona; M.B.A, 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
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) Associate Professor of Legal Studies, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; J.D., Mississippi College School of Law
Nora Corrigan (2008) Professor of English, B.A., College of William and Mary, M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Davida Crossley (2020) Assistant Professor of Microbiology, B.S., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Amanda Dahl (2007) Instructor of Nutrition, B.S., M.S.; Mississippi State University
Sueanne Davidson (2006) Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., University of Alabama; M.S.N., D.N.P., University of Alabama-Birmingham
Scarlett Davis (2019) Instructor of Nursing, RN-BSN, M.S.N., University of North Alabama; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; A.A., Itawamba Community College
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
Shahara ‘Tova Dente (2020) Assistant Professor of English & Women’s Studies, B.A. Tougaloo College; M.A. University of Mississippi; Ph.D. University of Alabama
Christy Dickerson (2020) Instructor of Accounting, B.S. University of Southern Mississippi; M.P.A. University of Southern Mississippi
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., Western Kentucky University; 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
Jill Drouillard (2020) Assistant Professor of Philosophy, B.A. Goucher College; M.Sc. London School of Economics and Political Science; M.A. Universite Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee; Ph.D. Universite Paris Sorbonne IV
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
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
Rose Ford (2019) Instructor of Education/JumpStart Coordinator, B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi University for Women
Dionne Fortenberry (2000) Professor of Chemistry, B.S., Dillard University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Elizabeth Fountain (2017) Assistant Professor of Nursing, B.S.N., A.A., Hinds Community College-Raymond, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.N., University of Alabama-Birmingham; D.N.P., Samford 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
Candy Grant (2020) Assistant Professor of Public Health, B.A. Mississippi University for Women; M.S. Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
April Greenway (2016) Assistant Professor 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
Teresa Hamill (1993) Chair and Associate Professor of Graduate 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
Joshua Hanes (2008) Associate Professor of Mathematics, B.S., Millsaps College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Lynn Hanson (2002) Clinic Director and Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women
Alina M. Harges (2019 Assistant Professor of Education, B.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Eric Harlan (1991) Instructor of Broadcasting, B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University
Martin Hatton (1992) Dean, School of Education, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Communication, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama
Elizabeth Hawkins (2020) Assistant Professor of Theatre, B.A. Texas A&M; M.F.A University of South Carolina
Mary Helen Hawkins (2014) Chef Instructor, Culinary Arts/Certificate Program Coordinator, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Mississippi State University
Ghanshyam Heda (2008) Professor of Biology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Osmania University-India
Melesia Henry (2013) Associate Professor of Nursing, RN-BSN; B.S.N., Mississippi College; M.S.N., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Capella University
Lisa Hester (2018) Assistant Professor of Nursing, A.D.N., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center; D.N.P, Samford University
Chrystal Hodges (2013) Associate 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
Janette Hreish (2019) Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S. Mississippi University for Women; M.S., The University of Southern Mississippi
Susan Hurley (2016) Assistant Professor of Voice, B.M., Rutgers University; M.M., Rice University; D.M.A., Arizona State University
Elizabeth Jones (2019) Visiting Instructor of Music, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.M., Georgia State University
Victoria Jones (2020) Assistant Professor, Archives & Special Collections Librarian, B.A. Nova Southeastern University; M.A. University of North Florida; MLIS, University of Southern Mississippi
Beverly Joyce (2003) Professor of Art, B.F.A., Memphis College of Art; M.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Kansas
Rebecca Kelley (2018) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.A.S., Bevill State Community College; M.S.N, Samford University
Stephanie Kelley (2017) Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women
Lindsay Kemp (2020) Instructor of Graduate Nursing, A.S.N. Bevill State Community College; B.S.N. Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N. University of Alabama at Birmingham
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
Hwamog Kim (2019) Assistant Professor of Mathematics, B.S., Sejong University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Holleen Krogh (2000) 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 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) 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 Science, B.A., M.A., Sook Myung Women’s University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Shana Lenoir (2018) Instructor of Nursing, ASN, BSN, University of North Alabama; MSN University of Mississippi Medical Center
Alena Lester (2016) Associate Professor of Graduate Nursing, A.A.S., Mississippi Delta Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women
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
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) Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; B.S., M.S., University of Montevallo; Ph.D., University of South Alabama
Jim McAnally (2019) Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, B.F.A., Birmingham Southern College; M.F.A., Louisiana Tech University
Carey McCarter (2006) Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.B.A., Mississippi State University; B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., University of Tennessee
Tammie McCoy (1999) Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and Professor of Nursing, BSN, A.A., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.A., B.S.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Mississippi
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
Lindsay Mitchell (2016) Assistant Professor of Nursing, BSN, A.A., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of North Alabama; D.N.P., Samford University
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 Professor of Music, B.M., Vanderbilt University; M.A., New York University; D.M.A., University of Miami-Coral Gables
Tyler Muddle (2020) Assistant Professor of Kinesiology-Exercise Science, B.S. University of Central Florida, M.S. University of Central Florida; Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
Chad Murphy (2012) Associate 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
Anh-Andrew Nguyen (2020) Assistant Professor of Psychology, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., Queen’s University
Allene Nichols (2020) Assistant Professor of English-Teacher Education, B.S. Texas Women’s University; M.A. University of Texas at Dallas; Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas
Benjamin Onyeagucha (2019) Assistant Professor of Biology, B.S., M.S., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona
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) Assistant Professor of Nursing, ASN, A.A.A., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., University of North Alabama; M.S. Mississippi University for Women
Andrea Osbirn (2019) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.A., Itawamba Community College; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of North Alabama
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
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
Deana Pendley (2019) Visiting Instructor of Education and Program Support Specialist, B.A., University of Mississippi; M.Ed., Mississippi College
Shonda Phelon (2011) Associate Professor of Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., The University of Mississippi School of Nursing; M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women
Brett Pickens (2018) Assistant Professor 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
Irene Pintado (2007) 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
Van Roberts (1988) Professor of Communication, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.A., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Brandon Robinson (2019) Assistant Professor of Music/Director of Bands, B.M.E., M.M., Arkansas State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Jiben Roy (2004) Professor of Chemistry, B.S., M.S., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan-Canada
Mary Helen Ruffin (2012) Associate Professor of Nursing, ASN, B.S.N., M.S.N., University of North Alabama; Ph.D., William Carey University
Clara Rustin (1994) 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) 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
Ashley Sandifer (2020) Audiologist and Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S. University of West Georgia; M.S. University of Southern Mississippi; Au.D. University of South Alabama
Maria Scott (2005) Department Chair of Bachelor of Science in Nursing and 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
Kimberly Shaw (2020) Assistant Professor of Kinesiology-Exercise Science, B.S. The University of South Alabama; M.Ed. Auburn University; Ph.D. The University of Alabama
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) Associate 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
David Smith (1983) Professor of Legal Studies, B.S., Carson-Newman College; J.D., University of Mississippi
Melissa Smith (2011) 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
Monica Smith (2020) Instructor of Nursing, BSN, A.A. East Central Community College, B.S. Mississippi University for Women; M.S. University of Mississippi Medical Center
Alexander Stelioes-Willis (2003) Associate Professor of Art, B.F.A., Washington University; M.F.A., Indiana University
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) Assistant Professor of Nursing, BSN, Itawamba Community College-Tupelo; B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.N., University of Alabama-Birmingham; D.N.P., Samford University
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 Todd (2008) Associate 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) 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., D.N.P., 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
Reyna Vergara (2019) Assistant Professor of Spanish, B.S., M.Div., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Elaine Walker (2019) Assistant Professor/Graduate Studies Librarian, B.S., University of South Alabama; M.L.I.S., University of Southern Mississippi
Nicole Welch (2008) Professor of Biology, B.S., M.S., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Kim Whitehead (2004) 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
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
Clifton Wingard (2019) Professor of Mathematics, B.S., Belhaven University; M.S., Ph.D., The University of Mississippi
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
Lestonio Yarbrough (2019) Instructor of Management, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Troy University
13.3 Child and Parent Development Center
Penny Sansing Mansell (2016) Director, A.A., East Mississippi Community College; B.S., Mississippi University for Women
Beth Bryan Fullerton (2019) Lead Early Childhood Professional, B.S. Mississippi State University
Miracle Gandy (2019) Early Childhood Professional, B.S. Mississippi University for Women
Bobbye Harrison (2017)Lead Early Childhood Professional, B.S. Mississippi University for Women
Francisco Lopes (2016) Early Childhood Professional, B.A., Central Bible College
Sherriee Sanders (2019) Lead Early Childhood Professional, B.S. Mississippi University for Women
Chandra Steele (1999) Lead Early Childhood Professional, B.S., Mississippi University for Women
13.4 Emeriti Administration
Sheila Adams (1973-2018) Dean Professor Emerita of Nursing, 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
Jim Borsig (2012-2018) President Emeritus, B.S., M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Gail Gunter (1974-2016) Dean Emerita of Library Services, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.L.S., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Hal E. Jenkins, II (1999-2011) Dean and Professor Emeritus 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 (2005-2015) Dean and Professor Emerita of Education, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; 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
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
William (Peppy) Biddy (1987-2018) Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Director of Graduate Theatre, B.F.A. University of Mississippi; M.F.A., Trinity University
Lauren Brandon (2003-2020) Professor Emerita of Microbiology, B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Laverne Bray (1966-1976) Assistant Professor Emerita of Business, B.A., Blue Mountain College; M.B.Ed., University of Mississippi
Gloria Bunnell (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
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
Cherry Dunn (1999-2019) Visiting Assistant Professor Emerita of Music, B.M.E., Mississippi University for Women; M.M., D.M.A., University of Alabama
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
K. Randell Foxworth (2008-2019) Professor Emeritus of Health and Kinesiology, B.S., M.S., 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 Gibson (1989) Professor Emeritus of Art, B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.F.A., University of Tennessee
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
Bryan Hilliard (2005-2020) Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, B.A., Elon University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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
Jane C. Hodges-Crater (1971-1996) Professor Emerita of Education, B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., University of Mississippi
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) Assistant Professor Emerita 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
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
Linda S. (Cox) Mills (1987) Professor Emerita of Nursing, BSN Program, 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
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) Professor Emerita 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
Bridget Smith Pieschel (1983-2020) Professor Emerita of English and Director of the Center of Women’s Reserach and Public Policy, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., University of Alabama
Stephen R. Pieschel (1967-1992) Assistant Professor Emeritus of English, B.A., St. Louis University; M.A., University of Mississippi
George Pinchuk (2004-2019) Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, M.D., Kyiv Medical University; Ph.D., Academy of Medical Sciences, USSR
R. Glenn Rhyne, Jr. (2001-2010) Professor Emeritus 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
Cathy Smith (2004-2020) Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing, B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Alabama-Huntsville; D.N.P., Samford 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
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
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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