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
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