ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

DENISE ADKINS
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., AVERETT UNIVERSITY; M.S., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2007-

KELLY ANDERSON
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND, TACOMA, WA; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. 2009-

SHANNON ANDERSON
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., TULANE UNIVERSITY; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 2010-

JOSÉ F. BAÑUELOS-MONTES
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (SAN BERNARDINO); M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. 2006-

DURELL BOUCHARD
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., HAVERFORD COLLEGE; M.S.E., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 2008-

WILLIAM E. BRENZOVICH, JR.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY; PH.D., THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 2011-

PATRICIO CARRASCO
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY; B.S., UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANACHAMPAIGN. 2008-

ADAM CHILDERS
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
B.S., JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY; M.S., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2009-

RACHEL J. COLLINS
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY; M.S., MIAMI UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. 2007-

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-

PAMELA GALLUCH
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.B.A., UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY; M.S., MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., CLEMSON UNIVERSITY. 2009-

PATRICIA S. HAN
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., HAVERFORD COLLEGE; M.A., M. PHIL., PH.D., COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. 2010-

JAMES HARGROVE
Assistant Professor of Art History
B.A., NEW YORK UNIVERSITY; M.A., UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 2009-

JASON G. HAWKE
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF UTAH; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. 2011-

ELIZABETH HOLBROOK
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S. SUNY CORTLAND COLLEGE; M.S., (PH.D. CANDIDATE); MIDDLE TENNESSEESTATE UNIVERSITY. 2010-

TIM JOHANN
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., HAMLINE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. 2008-

CHRISTOPHER S. LASSITER
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., FURMAN UNIVERSITY, PH.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY. 2005-

CLAUDIA LEEB
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.S., M.S., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA (AUSTRIA); M.A.,PH.D., THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH. 2009-

JULIE S. LYON
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.A., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.A., PH.D. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. 2007-

SRIKANTH MALLAVARAPU
Assistant Professor of English
B.S., ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (INDIA); M.A., UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD (INDIA); PH.D., STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (STONY BROOK). 2009-

KEN MCGRAW
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY; M.A., NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. 2009-

DEBRA B. MELICAN
Assistant Professor in Communication Studies
A.B., UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN; J.D., WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW; M.P.A., KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERISTY OF MICHIGAN. 2011-

ANDREEA S. MIHALACHE-O’KEEF
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs
B.A., RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN’S COLLEGE; M.A., (PH.D. CANDIDATE), PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY. 2009-

CHAD MORRIS
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.S., CENTRE COLLEGE, M.A., UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. 2009-

DAVID NICHOLS
Assistant Professor Psychology
B.A., M.A., PH.D., FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY. 2009-

KATHERINE O’NEILL
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
B.S., COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY; PH.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY. 2008-

DOROTHYBELLE POLI
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. 2006-

STEVEN POWERS
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., GEORGETOWN COLLEGE; M.S., EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. 2008-

HANNAH ROBBINS
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., REED COLLEGE; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. 2011-

ERIC ROTHGERY
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY; M.A., M.TH., LUTHER SEMINARY; PH.D., THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. 2009-

KARIN SAOUB
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., WELLESLEY COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. 2010-

CATHERINE A. SARISKY
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., NEW COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA; M.S., PH.D., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY. 2007-

DAVID G. TAYLOR
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE, M.S., PH.D.; UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 2007-

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

MONICA VILHAUER
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH. 2008-

IVONNE WALLACE FUENTES
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY; M.A., PH.D., DUKE 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., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES. 2006-