ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

JOHN C. ACQUAVIVA
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.A., SHEPHERD COLLEGE;
M.S., GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY.
PH.D., FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. 1997-

W. KEVIN BAKER
Associate Professor of Business Administration
B.B.A., ROANOKE COLLEGE;
M.B.A., RADFORD UNIVERSITY; PH.D.,
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1993-

ABDULNASSER F. BARGHOUTY
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY;
M.A., PH.D., KENT STATE UNIVERSITY. 1989-

JAMES BURIAK
Associate Professor of Health and Human
Performance & Athletic Trainer
B.S., LOCK HAVEN STATE COLLEGE;
M.S., UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 1981-

CURT R. CAMAC
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY
OF DELAWARE. 1986-

MARY K. CAMAC
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE; M.A.,
PH.D., PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. 1992-

THOMAS J. CARTER
Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., GEORGIA SOUTHERN COLLEGE;
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. 1994-

M. GILBERT DUNN
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY;
M.A., TULANE UNIVERSITY;
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 1993-

DAVID M. GARDNER
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., TRINITY COLLEGE (HARTFORD);
PH.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY. 1995-

ELISABETH C. GILSTER
Associate Professor of Business Administration
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO;
M.A.T., SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 1995-

RICHARD G. GRANT
Associate Professor of Physics
B.SC., UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, ONTARIO;
M.S., FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY;
M.S., PH.D., OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY. 1996-

PAUL HANSTEDT
Associate Professor of English
B.A., LUTHER COLLEGE; M.A., IOWA STATE
UNIVERSITY; PH.D., OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. 1996-

ELIZ. K. HEIL
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE;
M.F.A., NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. 1981-

KRISTI L. HOFFMAN
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA; M.S.,
PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1995-

W. GARY HOLLIS JR.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL. 1995-

MARTHA KUCHAR
Associate Professor of English
B.A., SUNY-ALBANY; M.A., PH.D., CORNELL
UNIVERSITY. 1994-

DANIEL L. LARSEN
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA;
M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 1981-

CHRISTOPHER LEE
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., ST. OLAF COLLEGE; M.S.,
PH.D., CLEMSON UNIVERSITY. 1994-

WHITNEY A. M. LEESON
Associate Professor of History and Anthropology
B.A., COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY;
M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 1999-

JANE C. LONG
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
A.B., BROWN UNIVERSITY; M.A.,
PH.D., COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. 1996-

DARRYL W. LOWRY
Associate Professor of Economics
A.B., M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. 1981-

QIAN MA
Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., NORTHEAST NORMAL
UNIVERSITY (CHANGCHUN, CHINA);
PH.D., EMORY UNIVERSITY. 2004-

JENNIFER K. BERENSON MACLEAN
Associate Professor of Religion
A.B., STANFORD UNIVERSITY;
M.A., PH.D., HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 1996-

GORDON E. MARSH
Associate Professor of Music
B.MUS., EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC;
M.F.A., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE;
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 1996-

CHRISTINA D. McCART
Associate Professor of Business Administration
and Computer Information Systems
B.S., M.B.A., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1990-

GAIL H. McKEE
Associate Professor of Business Administration
B.A., DAVIS AND ELKINS COLLEGE; M.ED.,
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI; M.B.A., UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTH DAKOTA; PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1986-

VERNON R. MILLER
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., MANCHESTER COLLEGE; PH.D.,
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT
CARBONDALE. 1976-

FRANK E. MUNLEY
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON; PH.D., JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. 1986-

LESLIE D. MURRILL
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., GRACE COLLEGE; M.S.ED., PURDUE UNIVERSITY;
PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1992-

LAURA L. O’TOOLE
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE. 2001-

LEONARD D. PYSH
Associate Professor of Biology
A.B., WABASH COLLEGE; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO. 1998-

FLORINDA RUIZ
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages
B.A., UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID,
SPAIN; M.A., PH.D., JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
1993-

ANIL M. SHENDE
Associate Professor of Computer Science
and Mathematics
M.SC., BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AND SCIENCE; M.S., PH.D., SUNY-BUFFALO. 1995-

SARAH J. SIMMONS
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., RADFORD UNIVERSITY; M.A., ED.D.,
V IRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND
STATE UNIVERSITY. 1988-

ROBERT F. STAUFFER
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., WASHINGTON & LEE; M.A., DUKE
UNIVERSITY; PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1978-

VIRGINIA R. STEWART
Associate Professor of English
B.A., DAVIDSON; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY
OF IOWA. 1991-

LISA C.WARREN
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.F.A., WILLIAM WOODS COLLEGE; M.A.,
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS; PH.D., UNIVERSITY
OF GEORGIA. 1985-

EDWARD R.WHITSON
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; M.ED.
,ANTIOCH GRADUATE SCHOOL;
M.A., PH.D., SUNY-BUFFALO. 1994-

HARRY L.WILSON
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.A., PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY;
PH.D., RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. 1986-