Nov 25, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin

12. Administration and Faculty


 

12.1 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) Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Information Systems & Workforce Development and Director of Graduate Studies, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

David Brooking (2014) Executive Director of Enrollment Management, B.S., Auburn University-Montgomery; M.Ed., University of Southern Mississippi; Ed.D., University of Alabama

Karen Clay (2014) University Council, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., University of Tennessee; J.D., Mississippi College

Jessica Harpole (2009) Vice President for 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 and Professor of Communication, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Brandy Larmon (2008) Dean, Bill & Jo-Ann Vandergriff College of Nursing and Health Sciences 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

Carla Lowery (2001) Vice President for Operations and CFO, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.B.A., 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

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

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

Kim Whitehead (2004) Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Founding Director of the Women’s College and Professor of English, B.A., Jacksonville State University; M.Div., Southern Seminary; Ph.D., Emory University

Kelly Woodford (2024) Dean, College of Business & Professional Studies and Professor of Legal Studies, B.S., Spring Hill College, J.D., Georgetown University

12.2 Graduate Faculty

Emmanuel Ahua (2019) Assistant Professor of  Health Education, R.N., Vom General Hospital Nigeria; B.S., Eastern Washington University; M.S., University of Central Missouri; H.S.D., Indiana University, Bloomington

Christy Adams (2023) Assistant Professor of Education (Reading), B.S., Ed.M., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Kelly Ballard (2019) Director, Office of Field Experience and Associate Professor of Education, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Mississippi

Marty Brock (2010) AVPAA/Professor of Information Systems and Workforce Development/Director of Graduate Studies, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

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

Catherine Cotton (2021) Interim Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.A, M.A., Marshall University; Ph.D. University of North Carolina Greensboro

Jianwen Crump (2023) Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Louisiana Tech University; Ed.D., William Carey University

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

Shahara ‘Tova Dente (2020) Associate Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Graduate Director of Women’s Leadership, B.A., Tougaloo College; M.A., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., University of Alabama

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

Hope Durst (2021) QEP Director and Assistant Professor of Education, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

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

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

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

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

Renea Hopple (2023) Instructor of Graduate Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., Kennesaw State University; M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Laurel Jones (2023) Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women

Lindsay Kemp (2020) Assistant Professor of Graduate Nursing, MSN, A.S.N. Bevill State Community College; B.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women; M.S.N., University of Alabama-Birmingham

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

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

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

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

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

Chad Murphy (2012) Coordinator, Graduate Studies in Public Health and Professor of Health Education, B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Kathy Newman (2018) Assistant Professor of Theatre, A.A., North Greenville University; B.A., LaGrange College; M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi

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

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

Jennifer Pounders (2021) Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology and SLP Clinical Director, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., University of Mississippi

Chanley Rainey (2016) Director, Center for Women’s Research and Public Policy and Associate Professor of Political Science, B.A., Huntingdon College; Ph.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Emily Stidham (2021) Instructor of Graduate Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

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

Beth Turner (2013) Assistant Professor of Graduate Nursing, MSN, B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Brandy Wilson (2018) Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing, B.A., University of Arkansas; B.A., University of Arkansas; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida State University