Faculty
Aaron G. Astor
Associate Professor of History (2007)
B.A., Hamilton College
M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Jeffrey M. Bay
Professor of Mathematics (1997)
Chair, Division of Mathematics & Computer Science
B.A., DePauw University
M.A., University of Missouri
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Karen S. Beale
Associate Professor of Psychology (2006)
B.S., University of Virginia, College at Wise
M.A., East Tennessee State University
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Jennifer R. Brigati
Associate Professor of Biology (2006)
Chair, Division of Natural Sciences
B.S., Southampton College of Long Island University
Ph.D., Auburn University
Naji Bsisu
Assistant Professor of Political Science (2020)
B.S., University of Dayton
M.A., University of Chicago
M.A., University of Missouri
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Joy Buongiorno
Assistant Professor of Biology (2020)
B.S., Tennessee Technological University
M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Sarah Beth Clinton
Associate Professor of Finance (2018)
B.B.A., M.S., Texas A&M University
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Crystal Wright Colter
Professor of Psychology (2000)
B.A., University of Richmond
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Lynn King Coning
Assistant Professor of English (1994)
B.A., Maryville College
M.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
David Andrew Crain
Professor of Biology (1998)
B.S., Clemson University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Doug Davis (2021)
Visiting Lecturer in Chemistry
B.S., Milligan College
M.S., East Tennessee State University
Angela DeLozier
Senior Lecturer in of Statistics (2014)
B.A., Maryville College
M.M., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Nathan Duncan
Associate Professor of Chemistry (2012)
B.S., Ph.D., Baylor University
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Anna Engelsone
Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences (2016)
B.A., Goshen College
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Wei Fu
Associate Professor of Marketing (2016)
B.S., Kunming University of Science and Technology
M.Acc., East Tennessee State University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
John B. Gallagher
Professor of Management (1998)
B.A., Boston College
M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Cynthia Crompton Gardner
Associate Professor of Education (2018)
Chair, Division of Education
B.A., M.A., Ed.D., University of South Carolina
Angelia Douglass Gibson
Professor of Chemistry (2005)
B.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Carl R. Gombert
Professor of Art History (1993)
B.F.A., University of Akron
M.F.A., Kent State University
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Jenifer King Greene
Professor of Management (2002)
B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University
Irene Guerinot
Senior Lecturer in Physics (2016)
B.S., M.S., M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Andrew Gunnoe
Associate Professor of Sociology (2015)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Traci L. Haydu
Professor of Exercise Science (2004)
Chair, Division of Health Sciences and Outdoor Studies
B.S., Eastern Michigan University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Raymond Scott Henson
Associate Professor of Political Science (2006)
B.A., Gardner-Webb University
M.F.A., Queens University
M.B.A., The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Harvard University
M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Angela (Nikki) Hilton
Assistant Professor of Psychology (2019)
B.A., New York University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Zachary Himmelberger
Lecturer in Psychology (2017)
B.A., Rivier College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama
Andrew B. Irvine
Associate Professor of Philosophy (2007)
B.A., University of Sydney
M.T.S., S.T.M., Ph.D., Boston University
Barbara C. Johnson
Assistant Professor of Computer Science (2021)
B.A., Viterbo University
M.S., University of Kentucky
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Andrew Reeves Johnson
Assistant Professor of Economics (2017)
B.A., University of Kansas
B.S., B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri – Kansas City
L. Gabie Kerr
Lecturer in Management (2018)
B.A. Huntingdon College
M.A. Bowie State University
Ph.D. Northcentral University
Nancy L. Locklin-Sofer
Professor of History (2000)
B.A., Hartwick College
M.A., University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., Emory University
Rebecca L. Lucas
Professor of Education (2002)
B.S., Western Kentucky University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Morgan Manning
Assistant Professor of Art (2017)
B.F.A., Savannah College of Art & Design
M.F.A., University of Missouri, Columbia
Alicia R. Massie-Legg
Senior Lecturer in Music (2015)
B.M., Radford University
M.M., M.M., Ohio University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Sheri L. Matascik
Associate Professor of Music (1995)
B.M., M.M., Youngstown State University
Ph.D., Kent State University
Sharon Lee May
Associate Professor of Economics (2006)
Chair, Division of Social Sciences
B.A., Wilson College
M.A., Maxwell School, Syracuse University
M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University
Heather Marie McMahon
Professor of Theatre (2003)
B.A., Belmont University
M.S., Illinois State University
Ph.D., Indiana University
William J. Meyer
Professor of Philosophy & Religion (1997)
Ralph W. Beeson Professor in Religion
B.A., Northwestern University
B.D., University of Edinburgh M.A.
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Ryan Douglas Mickey
Associate Professor of Economics (2015)
B.S., Georgia College and State University
M.A., Georgia State University
Geoffrey Scott Mitchell
Associate Professor of Spanish (2006)
B.A., Hillsdale College
M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia
Ph.D., Tulane University
Angela S. Myers
Associate Professor of American Sign Language- English Interpreting (2019)
B.S., Indiana University
B.S., University of New Mexico
M.S., Western Maryland College
Roger W. Myers
Associate Professor, Research and Instruction Librarian (1994)
B.S., M.S.L.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Mark J. O’Gorman
Professor of Political Science (1997)
B.A., St. Lawrence University
M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University
Jennifer I. Oody
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science (2016)
B.S., Saginaw Valley State University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Alesia Hicks Orren
Professor, Elementary Education (2000)
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute/State University
M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Samuel A. Overstreet
Professor of English (1990)
Chair, Division of Languages & Literature
Ralph S. Collins Professor in the Humanities
B.A., Yale University
Ph.D., Cornell University
William M. Phillips
Associate Professor of English (2001)
B.A., University of the South
M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Angela Myatt Quick
Assistant Professor (2003)
Director of the Library
B.A., Northwestern University
M.L.S., Simmons College
Anne C. Rea
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology (2021)
B.S., The Ohio State University
Ph.D., Cornell University
Kristin Riggsbee
Assistant Professor of Health & Wellness Promotion (2019)
B.S., Tennessee Technology University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Daniel J. Ross
Associate Professor of Mathematics (2010)
B.S., Martin Luther College
M.S.T., Ph.D., University of Missouri
Lori Ann Schmied
Professor of Psychology (1989)
B.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ariane Schratter
Professor of Psychology (2000)
B.A., California State University, Sonoma
M.A., California State University, Sacramento
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Josef Chad Schrock
Professor of Psychology (2002)
B.A., Mississippi State University
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Adrienne Renee Schwarte
Professor of Art (2005)
B.A., Buena Vista University
M.F.A., University of Minnesota
Christina Seymour
Lecturer in English (2014)
B.A., Pennsylvania State University
M.F.A., West Virginia University
Phillip Michael Sherman
Associate Professor of Religion (2006)
Chair, Division of Humanities
B.A., Emory & Henry College Yale Divinity School
M.Div., Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Ph.D., Emory University
Kathie E. Shiba
Professor of Psychology (1994)
Chair, Division of Behavioral Sciences
B.A., California State University
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
R. Eric Simpson
Associate Professor of Music Education and Director of Bands (2015)
B.M., Stetson University
M.M., University of Cincinnati College, Conservatory of Music
Ph.D., Florida State University
Maria Siopsis
Professor of Mathematics (2002)
B.A., Drew University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jesse Gerald Smith
Lecturer in Mathematics (2014)
B.A., Maryville College
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Douglas Osher Sofer
Associate Professor of History (2006)
B.A., Hartwick College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Scott L. Steele
Assistant Professor of English Composition (2001)
B.A., Maryville College
M.Ed., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jeremy A. Steeves
Associate Professor of Exercise Science (2015)
B.S., St. Francis Xavier University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute
Rayanne Streeter
Assistant Professor of Sociology (2019)
B.A., Pacific Lutheran University
M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Jerilyn M. Swann
Associate Dean
Professor of Biology (1999)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
William E. Swann
Professor of Music (2000)
Chair, Division of Fine Arts
B.M., M.M., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
D.A., University of Mississippi
Jannis F. Taylor
Assistant Dean
Senior Lecturer in English (2011)
B.S., Excelsior College
M.A., Appalachian State University
M.F.A., Goddard College
Rebecca Broady Treadway
Associate Professor of Accounting (2006)
B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.B.A., Middle Tennessee State University
Certification in Internal Auditing Certification in Public Accounting, TN
John Kimble Trevathan
Professor of Writing Composition (2002)
B.A., University of Louisville
M.A., University of Illinois
M.A., University of Wyoming
M.F.A., University of Alabama
Mary Ellen Turner
Professor of Chemistry (2003)
B.S., Harding University
Ph.D., Rice University
David Edward Unger
Associate Professor of Biology (2012)
B.S., Eastern College
M.S., University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
William Edward White Jr.
Assistant Professor in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies (2018)
B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.S., University of North Florida
Stacey Murphy Wilner
Senior Lecturer in Music (2015)
B.M., Concord College
M.M., University of Tennessee, Knoxville