KELLY ANDERSON
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND, TACOMA, WA;
(PH.D., CANDIDATE) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. 2009-
rama balasubramanian
Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., M.S., University of Madras (India); Ph.D., Old dominion
university. 2005-
JOSE F. Bañuelos-MONTES
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (SAN BERNARDINO);
M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. 2006-
SEBASTIAN BERGER
Assistant Professor of Economics
M.A., UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Diplomkaufmann);
PH.D., BREMEN UNIVERSITY. 2008-
DURELL BOUCHARD
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., HAVERFORD COLLEGE; M.S.E., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA. 2008-
HEATH A. W. BROWN
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs
b.a., guilford college; m.a., ph.d., THE george washington
university. 2006-
PATRICIO CARRASCO
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY; B.S., UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT
AUSTIN; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-
CHAMPAIGN. 2008-
ADAM CHILDERS
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
B.S., JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY; M.S., (PH.D. CANDIDATE),
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.
2009-
Rachel J. Collins
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., North carolina state university; m.s., miami
university; ph.d., university of pittsburgh. 2007-
ERICA F. COOPER
Assistant Professor of Communications
B.A., M.A., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MILWAUKEE;
Ph.d., Indiana university. 2004-
john W. creasy
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
b.s., m.s., ph.d., virginia polytechnic institute and state
university. 2005-
matthew C. fleenor
Assistant Professor of Physics
b.s., m.s., university of tennessee – knoxville,
m.s., university of massachuetts – boston;
ph.d., universiy of north carolina – chapel hill. 2006-
PAMELA GALLUCH
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.B.A., UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY; M.S., MIDDLE TENNESSEE
STATE UNIVERSITY;( PH.D. CANDIDATE) CLEMSON UNIVERSITY.
2009-
ann w. genova
Assistant Professor of History
b.a., frostburg state university; m.a., ph.d., university
of texas – Austin. 2007-
SHARON C. GIBBS, CPA
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.S., M.A.; VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE
UNIVERSITY. 2002-
DENISE GREENE
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., AVERETT UNIVERSITY; M.S., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2007-
MICHELLE B. HAGADORN, CPA
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.B.A., ROANOKE COLLEGE; M.A., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2004-
JAMES HARGROVE
Assistant Professor of Art History
B.A., NEW YORK UNIVERSITY; M.A., UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS;
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 2009-
mary j. henold
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of detroit mercy;
Ph.D., University of rochester. 2005-
TIM JOHANN
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., HAMLINE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY. 2008-
alice l. kassens
Assistant Professor of Economics
b.a., college of william and mary; ph.d., north carolina
state university. 2005-
christopher S. lassiter
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Furman university, ph.d., duke university. 2005-
jacob lauinger
Assistant Professor of History
b.a., Princeton university; m.a., Ph.d., university of
chicago. 2007-
CLAUDIA LEEB
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.S., M.S., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA (AUSTRIA);
M.A.,PH.D., THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH. 2009-
julie s. lyon
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
b.a., north carolina state university,
m.a., ph.d. university of maryland. 2007-
KEN MCGRAW
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY; M.A., NEW MEXICO
STATE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY.
2009-
SRIKANTH MALLAVARAPU
Assistant Professor of English
B.S., ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (INDIA); M.A., UNIVERSITY OF
HYDERABAD (INDIA); PH.D., STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
(STONY BROOK). 2009-
CHAD MORRIS
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.S., CENTRE COLLEGE, M.A., UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, PH.D.,
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. 2009-
DAVID NICHOLS
Assistant Professor Psychology
B.A., M.A., PH.D., FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY. 2009-
edward nik-khah
Assistant Professor of Economics
b.a., rockhurst university; m.a., ph.d., university of
notre dame. 2006-
dorothybelle poli
Assistant Professor of Biology
b.s., university of pittsburgh; ph.d., university of
maryland. 2006-
STEVEN POWERS
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., GEORGETOWN COLLEGE; M.S., EASTERN KENTUCKY
UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. 2008-
matthew p. rearick
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
b.s., shippensburg university, m.s., ph.d., pennsylvania
state university. 2005-
ERIC ROTHGERY
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY; M.A., M.TH., LUTHER
SEMINARY; PH.D., THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. 2009-
Daniel Sarabia
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Humbolt State University,
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. 2005-
catherine A. sarisky
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
b.a., new college of the university of south florida;
m.s., ph.d., california institute of technolgy. 2007-
david g. taylor
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
b.s., lebanon valley college, m.s., ph.d.; university of
virginia. 2007-
WILLIAM J. TENBRUNSEL
Assistant Professor of English
A.B., BOSTON COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. 1993-
MONICA VILHAUER
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., NEW SCHOOL FOR
SOCIAL RESEARCH. 2008-
ivonne wallace fuentes
Assistant Professor of History
b.a., southwestern university; m.a., ph.d., duke
university. 2006-
robert A. willingham
Assistant Professor of History
b.a., fort lewis college, m.a., Purdue university;
ph.d., university of texas – austin. 2004-
stella Y. xu
Assistant Professor of History
b.s., beijing university of chemical technology (china)
studies at peking university; m.a., korea university –
south korea; ph.d., university of california –
los angeles. 2006-