ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

ADELE K. ADDINGTON
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
B.S., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2003-

BRENT A. ADKINS
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.TH., OZARK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE; M. PHIL., INSTITUTE FOR CHRISTIAN STUDIES AT TORONTO; PH.D., LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO. 2002-

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-

HEATH A. W. BROWN
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs
b.a., guilford college; m.a., ph.d., george washington university. 2006-

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-

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. 2004-

JOHN W. CREASY
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
b.s., m.s., ph.d., virginia polytechnic institute and state university. 2005-

CANER DAGLI
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., Cornell University; m.a., George Washington Universtiy; ph.d., princeton
university. 2005-

M. LISA EARP
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., RADFORD UNIVERSITY; M.A., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2002-

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-

ANN W. GENOVA
Assistant Professor of History
b.a., frostburg state university; m.a., ph.d., university of texas – Austin.2007-

SHARON C. GIBBS
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.S., M.A.; VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2002-

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-

STEPHEN B. HUGHES
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Dickinson College; M.S., Indiana university; ph.d., university of Pittsburgh. 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-

 

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. candidate, university of chicago. 2007-

JULIE S. LYON
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
b.a., north carolina state university, m.a., ph.d. candidate, university of maryland. 2007-

JULIE S. MAINA
Assistant Professor of Physical Education
b.s., slippery rock university; m.ed., ph.d., florida state university. 2005-

EDWARD NIK-KHAH
Assistant Professor of Economics
b.a., rockhurst university; m.a., ph.d., university of notre dame. 2006-

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-

DOROTHYBELLE POLI
Assistant Professor of Biology
b.s., university of pittsburgh; ph.d., university of maryland. 2006-

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-

CATHERINE A. SARINSKY
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
b.a., new college of the university of south florida; m.s., ph.d., california institute of technolgy. 2007-

KATHERINE E. SHORTRIDGE
Assistant Professor of Art
A.B., DARTMOUTH COLLEGE; M.F.A., INDIANA UNIVERSiTY. 2003-

DAVID G. TAYLOR
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
b.s., lebanon valley college, m.s., ph.d. candidate; university of virginia. 2007-

WILLIAM J. TENBRUNSEL
Assistant Professor of English
A.B., BOSTON COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. 1993-

IVONE WALLACE FUENTES
Assistant Professor of History
b.a., southwestern university; m.a., ph.d., duke university. 2006-

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-

ROBERT A. WILLINGHAM
Assistant Professor of History
b.a., fort lewis college, m.a., Purdue university; ph.d., university of texas – austin. 2004-

REBECCA S. WILLS
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., High point university; m.s., ph.d., candidate, north carolina state university. 2007-

JUSTIN P. WOLFF
The Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo Assistant Professor of Art History
b.a., bowdoin college; ph.d., princeton university. 2006-

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. candidate, university of california – los angeles. 2006-