ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

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-

JESSE BUCHER
Assistant Professor of African History
b.a., the college of new jersey; ph.d., university of minnesota.  2012-.

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

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

WHITNEY COURT
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.S., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LACROSSE; M.A., SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; M.A., PH.D.; UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.  2012-

KELLEY F. DEETZ-HERCULES
Assistant Professor of Public History
B.A. THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY; M.A., PH.D.; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY.  2012-

LANE M. DESTRO
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A.; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; M.A., PH.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY.  2012-

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 TENNESSEE
STATE UNIVERSITY.  2010-

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

GULFEM (IVY) KUTLU
Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.B.A., MARMARA UNIVERSITY; M.B.A., RADFORD UNIVERSITY;
(PH.D. CANDIDATE), OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY. 2011-

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.,
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-

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

DANIEL T. ROBB
Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., WILLIAMS COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.  2012-

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-

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

LESLIE A. WARDEN
Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – DAVIS; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY
OF PENNSYLVANIA.  2012-

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 -