Faculty of the College
(Date in parentheses indicates year of initial appointment.)
ANDREA C. ABRAMS (2007)
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; B.A., Agnes Scott College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
THOMAS E. ALLEN (2016)
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data 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 and Business; B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
MARIA R. APOSTOLOVA-MIHAYLOVA (2015)
Associate Professor of Economics and Business; 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 & Biochemistry and Molecular 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)
Frank B. And Virginia B. Hower Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut
KATRIN BAHR(2020)
Assistant Professor of German; B.A., M.A., Humboldt University, Berlin; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
WILLIAM BAILEY (2020)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.A., Kenyon College; Ph.D. expected, University of Kentucky
GENNY D. BALLARD (2004)
Professor of Spanish; B.A., Centre College; M.A.T., University of Louisville; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
STEVEN M. BEAUDOIN (1997)
Ewing T. Boles Professor of History; B.A., Bates College, M.A., University of Maine, M.A., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
SARTHAK S. BEHERA (2020)
Assistant Professor of Economics and Business; B.S., Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning; M.A., Auburn University and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics; Ph.D., Auburn University
GENEVIEVE A. BELL (2020)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience; B.S., M.S., & Ph.D., Florida State University
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
ANDREW J. BROWN(2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art; B.A., Towson University; M.F.A., Louisiana State 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 J. BREWSTER (2017)
Assistant Professor of Sociology; B.S., Bennett College for Women; M.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
MICHELLE BURDINE (2021)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art; B.A., Antioch University; MHum, Wright State University; MFA, The Ohio State University
MELISSA BURNS-CUSATO (2006)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience; B.A., Southwestern University; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
EVA M. CADAVID (2008)
Paul L. Cantrell Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., B.S., Florida International University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester
JINGJING CAI (2022)
Assistant Professor of Chinese; B.A., Sichuan University; M.A., Zhejiang University; Ph.D. & M.A., Indiana university
MAURICIO F. CASTRO (2019)
Assistant Professor of History; B.A., Vassar College; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University
RUWEN CHANG (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics; B.A., China Youth University of Political Studies; M.A., Peking University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
LAURA E. CHINCHILLA (2015)
Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A., Louisiana State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
ALLISON CONNOLLY (2007)
Marlene and David Grissom Professor of French; B.A., Hollins University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
WILLIAM F. COSTLEY (2013)
Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A., Centre College; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., The University of Arizona
EMILY J. CRABB (2022)
Assistant Professor of Physics; B.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BRIAN CUSATO (2006)
Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Assistant Dean and Director of Centre Learning Commons; B.A., Muhlenberg College; M.A., Bucknell University; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
CHELSEA L. CUTRIGHT (2021)
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies; B.A., Albion College; M.A. & Ph.D., University of Kentucky
ROBYN E. CUTRIGHT (2009)
Marlene and David Grissom 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 (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)
Associate 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
JONATHON L. EARLE (2012)
Associate Professor of History; B.A., Kentucky Mountain Bible College; M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Cambridge
CHELSEA EBIN (2020)
Assistant Professor of Politics; B.A., University of California; M.A., Ph.D., The New School for Social Research
SARA A. EGGE (2012)
Claude D. Pottinger 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
AMANDA R. FALK (2015)
Associate 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, Chair of the Mathematics and Science Division; B.S., Centre College; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
SATTY FLAHERTY-ECHEVERRIA (2016)
Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
AMY R. FREDERICK (2015)
Associate 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)
Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Allegheny College; M.S., University of Georgia; Ph.D., University of Canterbury
STEPHANIE M. GALLI (2018)
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)
Associate 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)
Associate Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience; B.S., University of North Carolina; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
AARON J. 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 Theatre; B.A., University of Portland; M.A., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., Wayne State University
ELLEN S. GOLDEY (2019)
Professor of Biology; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College; B.S., University of the South; M.S., Ph.D., Miami University
MARY R. GULLEY (2004)
Assistant Professor of Psychology; Assistant Dean and Director of Student Academic Support; B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Louisville
NISHA GUPTA (2021)
Assistant Professor of Education; B.A., Indiana University; M.Ed., The University of Vermont; Ph.D., Syracuse University
PETER L. HAFFNER (2019)
Assistant Professor of Art History; B.A., Bard College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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
MATTHEW R. HALLOCK (1997)
Charles T. Hazelrigg Professor of Theatre; 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)
NEH Associate Professor of History; B.A., University of College Cork; M.A., University of Sheffield; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
LORI HARTMANN (1999)
Professor of International Studies; Director of the Center for Global Citizenship; B.A., Denison University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Denver
JEFFREY W. HEATH (2007)
Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Georgetown College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland
JOHN A. HITRON (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.A., B.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
LUCAS A. HOOTS (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Centre College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Louisville
MEI LI INOUYE (2020)
Assistant Professor of Chinese; B.A., Brigham Young University; M.F.A., Hollins University; Ph.D. expected, Stanford University
LEE M. JEFFERSON (2008)
Nelson D. and Mary Rodes Associate Professor of Religion; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
SHANITA JACKSON (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of English; B.A., Berea College; M.F.A., University of Kentucky
BRUCE K. JOHNSON (1987)
James Graham Brown Professor of Economics; B.A., Transylvania University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
ALICIA JUNCOS (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A. & M.A., Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain; M.A., University of Kentucky; ABD, University of Kentucky
PATRICK KAGAN-MOORE (1992)
Professor of Theatre; B.S., Oregon State University; M.A., Western Washington University; Ph.D., Ohio State University
JUDITH POINTER KEISER(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
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)
Margaret V. Haggin Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Asbury College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
JOHN S. KINKADE (2006)
Professor of English and Brown Fellows Campus Coordinator; B.A., Centre College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
KRISTEN A. KOLENZ (2022)
Assistant Professor of International Studies; B.A., John Carroll University, M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
ANWESHA KUNDU (2022)
Assistant Professor of English; M.A., B.A., Jadavpur University; Ph.D., Washington University
DANIELLE M. LA LONDE (2013)
Associate Professor of Classics; B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D., New York 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
CHANTELL S. LIMERICK (2016)
Associate Professor of Spanish; B.S., The University of Alabama; M.H.S., Auburn University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
PHILIP P. LIMERICK (2021)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.A. & Ph.D., University of Georgia
NATHAN LINK (2006)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Music; B.A., Macalester College; M.A., University of Washington; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale 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
PETER S. K. LYNCH (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics; B.A., Tufts University, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
PATTEN P. MAHLER (2014)
Associate Professor of Economics and Business; B.S. Davidson College, M.A., Duke University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
DANIEL L. 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
PATRICK MARTIN (2022)
Professor of Art; B.A., Centre College; M.F.A., Tulane University
ALEX M. MCALLISTER (1999)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Mathematics, Associate Dean of the College; B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
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)
Professor of Education; B.A., Western Kentucky University; M.A., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
JENNIFER L. MUZYKA (1994)
Ewing T. Boles Professor of Chemistry; B.S., University of Dallas; Ph.D., University of Texas
DANA NEIDMAN (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics; B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A. ENDRE NYERGES (1997)
Professor of Anthropology; B.S., Earlham College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
CLAIRE T. O'QUIN (2020)
Biology Laboratory Instructor & Coordinator; B.S., Louisiana State University; M.S., The George Washington University; Ph.D., University of Maryland
KELLY E. O’QUIN (2014)
Elizabeth Molloy Dowling Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Maryland
AZITA S. OSANLOO (2015)
Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing Center; B.A., Oberlin College; M.F.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., Florida State University
SHEILA A. OTIENO (2021)
Assistant Professor of Religion; B.A., Pan Africa Christian University; M.Div., Candler School of Theology, Emory University; Th.M., Duke University; Ph.D., Boston University School of Theology
J. CHRISTOPHER PASKEWICH (2009)
Associate Professor of Politics; B.A., M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
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)
Professor of Economics and Business; B.S., Centre College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
MARIE T. PETKUS (2008)
Ewing T. Boles Associate Professor of Economics and Business; B.S., University of Maryland; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
MATTHEW O. PIERCE (2011)
Associate Professor of Religion; B.A., Bryan College; Ph.D., Boston University
PRAYAT POUDEL (2017)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Hanover College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Miami
ELLEN L. PRUSINSKI (2014)
Assistant Professor of Education; B.A., Grinnell College; M.P.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
RAVISHEKHAR RADHAKRISHNAN (2012)
Associate Professor of Economics and Business; 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
KATHERINE RAY KING (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Louisville
MARGARET G. RICHEY (1989)
Ewing T. Boles Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
ALEXANDRA J. RIDDLE (2021)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Gettysburg College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
ANDREW R. ROCHE (2009)
Associate Professor of Philosophy; M.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Harvard University
BRUCE E. RODENBORN (2014)
Associate Professor of Physics; B.A., University of St. Louis; B.S., Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
BRIAN C. ROGERS (2016)
Instructor of Economics and Business; B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky
REUBEN RUSSAK-PRIBBLE (2022)
Visiting Instructor of Physics; B.S., Centre College; Ph.D. in progress
ELIZABETH MAE SCOTT (2022)
Assistant Professor of Physics; B.S., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
DANIEL F. SCOTT (2017)
Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Georgetown College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
ROBERT J. SEEBACHER (2017)
Marlene and David Grissom 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
JEFFREY T. SHENTON (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology; B.A. University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
SHANA SIPPY (2017)
Associate 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)
Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A. Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
VANESSA SONG (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Centre College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
TARA E. STRAUCH (2015)
Associate Professor of History; B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina
ELLEN R. SWANSON (2012)
Marlene and David Grissom Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Wittenberg University; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University
SAMI J. SWEIS (2018)
Visiting Assistant Professor of History; B.A., Centre College, M.A., University of Chicago, Ph.D., University of Chicago
MARK S. TESHERA (2021)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Washington State University; M.S., California State University, San Marcos; Ph.D., The University of Texas at El Paso
DANIEL BIRD TOBIN (2022)
Assistant Professor of Theatre; B.A., Washington University in St. Louis; M.F.A., Arizona State University
DAVID M. TOTH (2014)
Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.A., Connecticut College; M.S., Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
AMOS TUBB (2005)
Gordon B. Davidson 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)
Associate 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)
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)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Louisville
KAELYN E. WILES (2013)
Associate Professor of Sociology; B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
LISA WILLIAMS (2001)
Charles J. LuEllen 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)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of German; 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
MINA YOSHIMURA (2022)
Visiting Instructor of Japanese; B.A., Ryukoku University
KARIN J. YOUNG (2013)
H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.A., University of Tulsa; M.S., Ph.D., Yale University
OSCAR ZATARAIN-VERA (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Universidad Autόnoma del Estado he Hidalgo; M.S., Universidad National Autόnoma de México; Ph.D., Kent State University
RUOHAO ZHANG (2022)
Assistant Professor of Data Science, Environmental Studies and Economics and Business; B.S., University of International Relations; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton