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-
RACHELLE ANKNEY
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., BELMONT UNIVERSITY; PH.D., GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. 2003-
RAMA BALASUBRAMANIAN
Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS (INDIA); PH.D., OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY.
2005-
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-
CANER DAGLI
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., CORNELL UNIVERSITY; M.A., GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; PH.D.,
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. 2005-
LISA EARP
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., RADFORD UNIVERSITY; M.A., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2002-
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-
MARY J. HENOLD
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. 2005-
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-
STEPHEN HUGHES
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., DICKINSON COLLEGE; M.S., INDIANA UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY
OF PITTSBUGH. 2005-
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-
ALICE L. KASSENS
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY; PH.D., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY.
2005-
WENDY LARSON-HARRIS
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON. 2002-
JULIE S. MAINA
Assistant Professor of Physical Education
B.S., SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY; M.ED., PH.D., FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.
2005-
MEETA MEHROTRA
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE,
CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY; M.S., Ph.d., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND
STATE UNIVERSITY. 1998-
CAREN BARNEZET PARRISH
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., M.A., UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS.
2005-
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-
MATTHEW P. REARICK
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY, M.S., PH.D., PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
2005-
DANIEL SARABIA
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., HUMBOLT STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D., OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY.
2005-
DAVID O. SCAER
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., HOPE COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 2000-
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.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.
2002-
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