Faculty of the College
(Date in parentheses indicates year of initial appointment.)
ANDREA C. ABRAMS (2007)
Interim Associate Vice President for Diversity Initiatives, Associate Professor of Anthropology; B.A., Agnes Scott College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
THOMAS E. ALLEN (2016)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; M. Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
DAVID A. ANDERSON (1992)
Paul G. Blazer Professor of Economics; B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
KYLE D. ANDERSON (2010)
Director of Global Citizenship, Associate Professor of Chinese; B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
MARIA R. APOSTOLOVA-MIHAYLOVA (2015)
Assistant Professor of Economics; B.S., M.S., University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria; M.S., Université Pierre Mendès France; M.B.A., Montclair State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
STEPHEN E. ASMUS (1996)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Biology; B.S., Cleveland State University; Ph.D., University of Michigan
RICHARD D. AXTELL (1992)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Religion and Chaplain; B.A., Mississippi College; M.Div., Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
DINA M. BADIE (2012)
Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut
GENNY D. BALLARD (2004)
Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A., Centre College; M.A.T., University of Louisville; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
STEVEN BEAUDOIN (1997)
Ewing T. Boles Professor of History; B.A., Bates College, M.A., University of Maine, M.A., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
ADAM T. BETZ (2018)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
LAURENCE S. BITENSKY (1998)
W. George Matton Professor of Music; B.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music; M.M., Ithaca College; D.M.A., Cornell University
ROBERT M. BOSCO (2010)
Associate Professor of International Studies; B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., American University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
MICHAEL K. BRADSHAW (2014)
Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.A., Centre College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
KIYONA BREWSTER (2017)
Assistant Professor of Sociology; B.S., Bennett College for Women; M.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
MELISSA BURNS-CUSATO (2006)
Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., Southwestern University; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
EVA M. CADAVID (2008)
Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., B.S., Florida International University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester
LAURA E. CHINCHILLA (2015)
Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A., Louisiana State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
ALLISON CONNOLLY (2007)
Associate Professor of French; B.A., Hollins University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
WILLIAM F. COSTLEY (2013)
Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A., Centre College; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., The University of Arizona
BRIAN CUSATO (2006)
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience; B.A., Muhlenberg College; M.A., Bucknell University; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
ROBYN E. CUTRIGHT (2009)
Charles T. Hazelrigg Associate Professor of Anthropology; B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
MARY BLYTHE DANIELS (1996)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Spanish; B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
MARC M. DEMONT-DEVLIN (2018)
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Humanities; Undergraduate studies, Lille III; M.A., Aix-Marseille III; M.A., Paris, VIII; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina
LEONARD T. DEMORANVILLE (2012)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S. Eastern Nazarene College; Ph.D., University of Maryland
STEPHANIE E. DEW (1994)
Professor of Biology, B.A., Centre College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
MICHAEL H. DIXON (2015)
Assistant Professor of Japanese: B.A. and Ph.D., Indiana University
JASON P. DOROGA (2013)
Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A., University of Dallas; M.A., University of Texas-Arlington; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
JONATHON L. EARLE (2012)
Assistant Professor of History; B.A., Kentucky Mountain Bible College; M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Cambridge
SARA A. EGGE (2012)
Associate Professor of History; B.S. North Dakota State University; M.A., Ph.D., Iowa State University
HELEN V. EMMITT (2002)
J. Rice Cowan Professor of English; A.B., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
STEPHANIE L. FABRITIUS (2006)
Professor of Biology; B.S., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., Purdue University
AMANDA R. FALK (2015)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Lake Superior State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kansas
JEAN B. FAYE (2018)
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies; B.S., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon
JEFFREY E. FIEBERG (2005)
John H. Walkup Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Centre College; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
SATTY FLAHERTY-ECHEVERRIA (2016)
Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
AMY R. FREDERICK (2015)
Assistant Professor of Art History; B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
KRISTEN D. FULFER (2017)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Texas State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University
MARK L. GALATOWITSCH (2015)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Allegheny College; M.S., University of Georgia; Ph.D., University of Canterbury
STEPHANIE M. GALLI (2018)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art; B.F.A., Central Michigan University; M.F.A., Indiana University
CHRISTINA B. GARCIA (2018)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Centre College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
MEGAN S. GENDREAU (2018)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies; B.S. Hampshire College; M.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
KARIN E. GILL (2015)
Assistant Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience; B.S., University of North Carolina; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
AARON GODLASKI (2012)
Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
JENNIFER L. GOETZ (2011)
Associate Professor of Psychology; B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkley
JENNIFER GOFF (2017)
Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts; B.A., University of Portland; M.A., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., Wayne State University
MARY R. GULLEY (2004)
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean for Advising; B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Louisville
JANUARY D. HAILE (2008)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; B.S., Emory & Henry College; Ph.D., Virginia Tech
W. DAVID HALL (2002)
W. George Matton Professor of Religion and Philosophy; B.A., California State University; Ph.D., M.Div., University of Chicago
KATHLEEN C. HALL (2018)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art; B.A., University of Virginia; M.F.A., University of New Hampshire
MATTHEW R. HALLOCK (1997)
Professor of Dramatic Arts; B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz; M.F.A., Western Illinois University
MYKOL C. HAMILTON (1988)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Psychology; B.A., Stanford University; M.A., San Jose State; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
JOHN J. HARNEY (2013)
Assistant Professor of History; B.A., University of College Cork; M.A., University of Sheffield; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
LORI HARTMANN (1999)
Frank B. and Virginia B. Hower Professor of International Studies; B.A., Denison University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Denver
CHRISTIAN P.B. HASKETT (2012)
Assistant Professor of Religion; B.A., Marywood University; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
JEFFREY W. HEATH (2007)
Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Georgetown College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland
PETRA HENDRICKSON (2017)
Assistant Professor of International Studies; B.A., Indiana State University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
LEE M. JEFFERSON (2008)
NEH Associate Professor of Religion; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
JUDITH K. JIA (1998)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Art, Chair of Humanities Division; B.A., Kansas University; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
BRUCE K. JOHNSON (1987)
James Graham Brown Professor of Economics; B.A., Transylvania University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
PATRICK KAGAN-MOORE (1992)
Professor of Dramatic Arts; B.S., Oregon State University; M.A., Western Washington University; Ph.D., Ohio State University
MATTHEW P. KASSNER (2014)
Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.A., University of Tennessee; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University
JAMES G. KELLY (2008)
Associate Professor of Physics; B.S., California Polytechnic State University; M.S., University Washington; Ph.D., University of California-Davis
JOEL M. KILTY (2009)
Elizabeth Molloy Dowling Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Asbury College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
JOHN S. KINKADE (2006)
Associate Professor of English and Brown Fellows Campus Coordinator; B.A., Centre College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
MATTHEW R. KLOOSTER (2010)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Xavier University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
BENJAMIN R. KNOLL (2010)
John Marshall Harlan Associate Professor of Politics; B.A., Utah State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
DANIELLE M. La LONDE (2013)
Assistant Professor of Classics; B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
ISABELLA La ROCCA (2017)
Assistant Professor of Art; B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Indiana University
MICHAEL T. LAMAR (2016)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.A., B.S., M.S., Washington University; M.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Brown University
SARAH LASHLEY (2012)
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning; B.A., Allegheny College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan
CHANTELL S. LIMERICK (2016)
Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.S., The University of Alabama; M.H.S., Auburn University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
NATHAN LINK (2006)
Associate Professor of Music; B.A., Macalester College; M.A., University of Washington; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
PHILIP LOCKETT (1990)
Professor of Physics; B.A., Centre College; M.S.E., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
ANNE E. LUBBERS (1993)
Professor of Biology; B.S., University of Wisconsin at Green Bay; Ph.D., Duke University
MARK T. LUCAS (1981)
Alfred P. and Katherine B. Jobson Professor of English; B.A., Centre College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
JENNAPHER J. LUNDE SEEFELDT (2016)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics and International Studies; B.A., Augustana College; M.A, Ph.D., Northeastern University
PATTEN P. MAHLER (2014)
Assistant Professor of Economics; B.S. Davidson College, M.A., Duke University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
DANIEL MANHEIM (1991)
H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of English; A.B., Amherst College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
ALEX M. McALLISTER (1999)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Mathematics, Chair of Science and Mathematics Division; B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
J. PRESTON MILES (1981)
John H. Walkup Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Centre College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
DREW M. MORRIS (2018)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.S., The University of South Dakota; M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University
JAMES V. MORRISON (1993)
H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Classics; B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of Michigan
SARAH W. MURRAY (2006)
Associate Professor of Education; B.A., Western Kentucky University; M.A., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
JENNIFER L. MUZYKA (1994)
H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Chemistry; B.S., University of Dallas; Ph.D., University of Texas
JASON D. NEISER (2006)
Associate Professor of Physics; B.S., Centre College; Ph.D., University of Rochester
MARIE L. NYDAM (2012)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., University of California; Ph.D., Cornell University
A. ENDRE NYERGES (1997)
Professor of Anthropology; B.S., Earlham College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
KELLY E. O’QUIN (2014)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Maryland
AZITA S. OSANLOO (2015)
Assistant Professor of English and Director of Writing Center; B.A., Oberlin College; M.F.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., Florida State University
J. CHRISTOPHER PASKEWICH (2009)
Associate Professor of Politics; B.A., M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
KERRY A. PAUMI (2009)
Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Gettysburg College; Ph.D., Wake Forest University
ANDREW P. PATRICK (2018)
Assistant Professor of History and Assistant Director and Coordinator of Experiential Learning; B.S., Centre College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
STACEY L. PEEBLES (2011)
NEH Associate Professor of English; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
JOHN J. PERRY (2007)
Associate Professor of Economics; B.S., Centre College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
MARIE T. PETKUS (2008)
Ewing T. Boles Associate Professor of Economics; B.S., University of Maryland; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
MATTHEW O. PIERCE (2011)
Assistant Professor of Religion; B.A., Bryan College; Ph.D., Boston University
STEPHEN R. POWELL (1983)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Art; B.A., Centre College; M.F.A., Louisiana State University
PRAYAT POUDEL (2017)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Hanover College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Miami
ELLEN PRUSINSKI (2014)
Assistant Professor of Education; B.A., Grinnell College; M.P.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
RAVISHEKHAR RADHAKRISHNAN (2012)
Associate Professor of Economics; B.A., University of Delhi; M.A., Delhi School of Economics; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia Tech
MARK D. RASMUSSEN (1989)
Charles J. Luellen Professor of English; B.A., M.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
MARGARET G. RICHEY (1989)
Ewing T. Boles Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
ANDREW R. ROCHE (2009)
Paul L. Cantrell Associate Professor of Philosophy; M.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Harvard University
BRUCE E. RODENBORN (2014)
Assistant Professor of Physics; B.A., University of St. Louis; B.S., Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
ROSE-MARIE ROESSLER (2004)
Instructor of Biology and Coordinator of Biology Laboratories; B.S., University of Kentucky; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University
BRIAN C. ROGERS (2016)
Instructor of Economics; B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky
NÚRIA SABATÉ-LLOBERA (2007)
Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A., Universitat de Lleida; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
DANIEL F. SCOTT (2017)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Georgetown College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
ROBERT J. SEEBACHER (2017)
Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Instrumental Programs; B.M., Youngstown State University; M.M., Bowling Green State University; D.M.A., University of Kentucky
JAMIE E. SHENTON (2017)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology; B.A., Centre College; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
SHANA SIPPY (2017)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion; A.B., Columbia University; M.T.S., Harvard University; Ph.D., Columbia University
KATIEANN R. SKOGSBERG (2008)
Associate Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience; B.S., B.A., Boise State University; M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern University
A. IULIA SPRINCEANA (2014)
Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A. Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
TARA E. STRAUCH (2015)
Assistant Professor of History; B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina
DANIEL G. STROUP (1976)
Pierce and Amelia Harrington Lively Professor of Government and Law; B.A., University of Dayton; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
CHRISTINA L. SVENDSEN (2016)
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and German; A.M., A.B., Harvard University; M.F.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Harvard University
ELLEN R. SWANSON (2012)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Wittenberg University; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University
SAMI J. SWEIS (2018)
Visiting Instructor of History; B.A., Centre College, M.A., University of Chicago, Ph.D. candidate, University of Chicago
SHELDON TAPLEY (1983)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Art; B.A., Grinnell College; M.F.A., University of Nebraska
DAVID M. TOTH (2014)
Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.A., Connecticut College; M.S., Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
ZHEXIU TU (2017)
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics; B.A., Bard College; M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Cornell University
AMOS TUBB (2005)
Gordon B. Davidson Associate Professor of History and Chair Social Studies Division; B.A., University of California Davis; M.A., Ph.D., University of California Riverside
JOHANN J. VAN NIEKERK (2015)
Assistant Professor of Music; B.M., University of Pretoria, South Africa; M.M., Temple University; Ph.D., University of Washington
ERIN M. WACHTER (2016)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Saint Vincent College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
BRETT A. WERNER (2013)
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies; B.A., St. Olaf College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
JAN J. WERTZ (2002)
Associate Professor of Psychology; B.S., Montana State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
WILLIAM J. WESTON (1990)
John M. and Louise Van Winkle Professor of Sociology; B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A.R., Yale Divinity School; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
PHILIP W. WHITE (1999)
Professor of English; B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
LESLEY W. WIGLESWORTH (2008)
Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Louisville
KAELYN E. WILES (2013)
Assistant Professor of Sociology; B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
LISA WILLIAMS (2001)
Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing Program; B.A., Belmont University; M.A., University of Cincinnati; M.F.A., University of Virginia
JOHN H. WILSON (1985)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Mathematics; B.S., University of the South; M.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
IAN W. WILSON (2003)
Associate Professor of German and Humanities; B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CHRISTIAN C. WOOD (2016)
Assistant Professor of French; B.A., University of California; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico
JOSÉ M. WORKMAN (1993)
Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Santa Clara University; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
KE YI (2017)
Visiting Instructor of Chinese; B.A., Sichuan Normal University; M.A., East China Normal University; M.A., Purdue University
KARIN J. YOUNG (2013)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.A., University of Tulsa; M.S., Ph.D., Yale University
SHUNAN ZHAO (2017)
Assistant Professor of Economics; B.A., M.A., Zhejian University; Ph.D., SUNY – Binghamton