SPECIAL APPOINTMENT FACULTY

SHAHRAM AMINI
Visiting Instructor of Economics
B.S., M.S., SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; M.S., INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT; M.A., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.

GRETCHEN BATCHELLER
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON; MFA, TYLER SCHOOL OF ART, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.

LINDA BERNICK
Visiting Instructor of Spanish
B.A., COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY; M.A.T., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

KIMBERLY A. BOWLER
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A., CORNELL UNIVERSITY; M.A., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY

NANCY D. JOYNER
Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY; M.A., PH.D., FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.

ROY H. KIRBY, III
Visiting Instructor of Political Science
B.A., ROANOKE COLLEGE; M.A., VIRGINIA TECH; (PH.D. CANDIDATE), VIRGINIA TECH

BRENNAN KRAJE
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics
B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; M.A., University of Southern California

GULFEM (IVY) KUTLU
Visiting Instructor of Marketing
B.B.A., MARMARA UNIVERSITY; M.B.A., RADFORD UNIVERSITY; (PH.D. CANDIDATE), OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY.

STEPHANIE LIVINGSTON
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT.

K. PHIL NELSON
Visiting Instructor of Physics
B.S., JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY; M.S., PH.D., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.

PAULA NEWBILL
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
B.A., PH.D.; VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSTITY. M.A., MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.

DARSHAK PATEL
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., M.A., UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON; M.S., (PH.D. CANDIDATE), UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

JENNIFER O. ROSTI
Visiting Instructor of English
B.A., M.A., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.

AARON SHERWOOD
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; M.C.S., REGENT COLLEGE; PH.D., DURHAM UNIVERSITY (DURHAM, ENGLAND).

TIFFANY SHOOP
Visiting Assistant Professor of Communications
B.A., M.A., VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – KNOXVILLE.

DEBORAH SPENCER
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., RADFORD UNIVERSITY; M.S., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

ELDA STANCO
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO; M.A., PH.D., BROWN UNIVERSITY.

DARIAN M. TOTTEN
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO; M.A., (PH.D. CANDIDATE), STANFORD UNIVERSITY

MICHAEL J. WISE
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA; PH.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY.