ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

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

MELANIE M.ALMEDER
Associate Professor of English
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA; M.F.A., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. 1999-

RAMA BALASUBRAMANIAN
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS (INDIA); PH.D., OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY. 2005-

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

MARIT A. BERNTSON
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., ST. OLAF COLLEGE; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. 2002-

JOSEPH BLAHA
Associate Professor of Music
B.M., M.A., UNIVERSITY OF IOWA; D.M.A., UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. 2002-

CHRISTOPHER T. BUCHHOLZ
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY; M.A., APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY.2004-

JAMES BURIAK
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance & Athletic Trainer B.S., LOCK HAVEN STATE COLLEGE; M.S., UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1981-

MARY K. CAMAC
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE; M.A., PH.D., PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.1992-

THOMAS J. CARTER
Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., GEORGIA SOUTHERN COLLEGE; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. 1994-

JON C. CAWLEY
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
B.S., PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; M.S., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2000-

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

ERICA F. COOPER
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
B.A., M.A., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MILWAUKEE; PH.D., INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 2004-

JOHN W. CREASY
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., M.S., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.2005-

J. BROOKS CROZIER
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., ROANOKE COLLEGE; M.S., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2000-

M. GILBERT DUNN
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY; M.A.,TULANE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 1993-

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

MATTHEW C. FLEENOR
Associate 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-

DOLORES FLORES-SILVA
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VERACRUZ; M.A., OHIO UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. 2001-

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

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

MICHELLE B. HAGADORN, CPA
Associate Professor of Business Administration
B.B.A., ROANOKE COLLEGE; M.A.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTI- TUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 2004-

ELIZ. K. HEIL
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE; M.F.A., NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.1981-

MARY J. HENOLD
Associate Professor of History
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. 2005-

PABLO T. HERNANDEZ
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. 2013-

KRISTI L. HOFFMAN
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA; M.S., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1995-

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

ALICE L. KASSENS
John S. Shannon Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY; PH.D., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. 2005-

WENDY R. LARSON-HARRIS
Associate Professor of English
B.A., GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON. 2002-

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

CHRISTOPHER R. LEE
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., ST. OLAF COLLEGE; M.S., PH.D., CLEMSON UNIVERSITY. 1994-

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

JULIE S. MAINA
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY; M.ED., PH.D., FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. 2005-

MICHAEL P. MAINA
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., M.ED., SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY; PH.D., FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.2005-

SANDEE K. MCGLAUN
Associate Professor of English and Director of theWriting Center
B.A. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. 2006-

MEETA MEHROTRA
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY; M.S., PH.D, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. 1998-

EDWARD NIK-KHAH
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. 2005-

TODD C. PEPPERS
Henry H. and Trudye H. Fowler Associate Professor of Public Affairs
B.A.,WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY; J.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA; PH.D., EMORY UNIVERSITY. 2002-

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

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

MARILEE A. RAMESH
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—STEVENS POINT; PH.D., INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 2002-

MATTHEW P. REARICK
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY, M.S., PH.D., PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY. 2005-

TIMOTHY L. REYNOLDS
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY; M.ED., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 1999-

DANIEL SARABIA
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., HUMBOLT STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D., OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. 2005-

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

DAVID O. SCAER
Associate Professor of French
B.A., HOPE COLLEGE; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 2000-

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

MARIA STALLIONS
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., M.S., PH.D. BARRY UNIVERSITY. 2008-

VIRGINIA R. STEWART
Associate Professor of English
B.A., DAVIDSON; M.A., PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. 1991-

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

ELISABETH C. GILSTER VELAZQUEZ
Associate Professor of Business Administration
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO; M.A.T., SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 1995-

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

IVONNE WALLACE FUENTES
Associate Professor of History
B.A., SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY; M.A., PH.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY.2006-

LISA C.WARREN
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.F.A.,WILLIAM WOODS COLLEGE; M.A., UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 1985-

DANA-LINN WHITESIDE
Associate Professor of English
B.A., CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY—CHICO; M.A., Ph.D., STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK— BINGHAMTON. 2002-

EDWARD R.WHITSON
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S.,PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY;M.ED.,ANTIOCH GRADUATE SCHOOL; M.A., PH.D., SUNY-BUFFALO. 1994-

GARY L.WHITT
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., M.A., PH.D.,VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.2002- ROBERT A.WILLINGHAM
Associate Professor of History
B.A., FORT LEWIS COLLEGE, M.A., PURDUE UNIVERSITY; PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – AUSTIN. 2004-

STELLA Y. XU
Associate 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-