ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
ADELE K.ADDINGTON
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
B.S., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2003-
BRENT ADKINS
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.TH., OZARK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE; M. PHIL., INSTITUTE FOR CHRISTIAN STUDIES AT
TORONTO; PH.D., LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO. 2002-
MELANIE ALMEDER
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA; M.F.A., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS; M.A., PH.D.,
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. 1999-
RACHELLE ANKNEY
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., BELMONT UNIVERSITY; PH.D., GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. 2003-
MARIT A. BERNTSON
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., ST. OLAF COLLEGE; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. 2002-
JOSEPH BLAHA
Assistant Professor of Music
B.M.,M.A., UNIVERSITY OF IOWA; D.M.A., UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. 2002-
MELISSA BOOTH
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., PH.D., OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. 2003-
JON C. CAWLEY
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; M.S., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2000-
MICHAEL C. CIPRIANO, CPA
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.A., B.B.A., UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME; M.B.A., UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. 2002-
JAMES BROOKS CROZIER
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., ROANOKE COLLEGE; M.S., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2003-
DOLORES FLORES-SILVA
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VERACRUZ; M.A., OHIO UNIVERSITY; PH.D.,
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. 2001-
WENDY LARSON-HARRIS
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON.
2002-
WHITNEY A.M. LEESON
Assistant Professor of History and Anthropology
B.A., COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 1999-
MEETA MEHROTRA
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY; M.S.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1998-
TODD C. PEPPERS
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Political Science
B.A.,WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY; J.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 2002-
LEONARD D. PYSH
Assistant Professor of Biology
A.B.,WABASH COLLEGE; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO. 1998-
MARILEE A. RAMESH
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT; PH.D., INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 2002-
TIMOTHY L. REYNOLDS
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY;M.ED., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 1999-
DAVID O. SCAER
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., HOPE COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 2000-
SUZANNE M. SCHADL
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY; PH.D.,UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. 2002-
KATHERINE E. SHORTRIDGE
Assistant Professor of Art
A.B., DARTMOUTH COLLEGE; M.F.A., INDIANA UNIVERISTY. 2003-
WILLIAM J.TENBRUNSEL
Assistant Professor of English
A.B., BOSTON COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. 1993-
DANA-LINN WHITESIDE
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-CHICO; M.A., STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK-
BINGHAMTON. 2002-
GARY L.WHITT
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., M.A., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2002-
JAMES K.WOLFE
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN;M.A,WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; PH.D.,
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN. 2003-