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-

CHRISTOPHER T. BUCHHOLZ,
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY;
M.A., APPALACHIAN STATE
UNIVERSITY; PH.D., FLORIDA ATLANTIC
UNIVERSITY. 2004-

JON C. CAWLEY
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY;
M.S., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2000-

ERICA F. COOPER
Assistant Professor of Communications
B.A., M.A., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
— MILWAUKEE. 2004-

JAMES BROOKS CROZIER
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., ROANOKE COLLEGE; M.S., PH.D.,
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND
STATE UNIVERSITY. 2003-

REBECCA J. CURRIE
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS;
PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2004-

DOLORES FLORES-SILVA
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VERACRUZ; M.A.,
OHIO UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY
OF KENTUCKY. 2001-

SHARON GIBBS
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.S., M.A.; VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2003-

MICHELLE B. HAGADORN
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.B.A., ROANOKE COLLEGE; M.A.,
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2004-

JENNIFER J. HORA
Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU
CLAIRE; M.A., Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL. 2004-

PATCHES L. JOHNSON
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
B.S., RADFORD UNIVERSITY; M.S. VIRGINIA
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE
UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
2004-

WENDY LARSON-HARRIS
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE;
M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON. 2002-

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;
PH.D., EMORY UNIVERSITY. 2002-

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 UNIVERSiTY. 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., Ph.D., STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK–
BINGHAMTON. 2002-

GARY L. WHITT
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., M.A., PH.DS., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2002-