Faculty
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Husnain Fateh Ahmad (2017)
B.S., Lahore University of Management Sciences; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Assistant Professor of Economics
Liesl Ann Allingham (2015)
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Indiana University Bloomington; Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Associate Professor of German
Laurence Richards Alvarez (1964)
B.S., The University of the South; M.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Yale University
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Richard Bryan Apgar (2014)
B.A., Davidson College; M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Assistant Professor of German
Henry Frank Arnold, Jr. (1963)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Jesse Spalding Professor of English Literature, Emeritus
Emmanuel Asiedu-Acquah (2015)
B.A., University of Ghana; M.Phil., University of Ghana; Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies
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Robert Edward Bachman (2001)
B.A., Rice University; Ph.D., Rice University
F.B. Williams Professor of Chemistry
Daniel S. Backlund (1989)
B.S., Bradley University; M.F.A., University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Professor of Theatre Arts
Carl Albert Bardi (2008)
B.A., North Carolina State University; M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Professor of Psychology
Nicole Bella Barenbaum (1990)
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Boston University
Professor of Psychology, Emerita
Toni Marie Barnes (2015)
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; M.Ed., Middle Tennessee State University
Visiting Instructor of Education
Helen V. Bateman (2003)
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor Psychology
Robert G. Benson (1979)
M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of English, Emeritus
Julie Kay Berebitsky (1997)
B.A., University of California, Davis; M.A., The George Washington University; Ph.D., Temple University
Jessie Ball duPont Professor and Professor of History
Nancy Jane Berner (1992)
B.S., University of Idaho; M.S., University of Idaho; Ph.D., Stanford University
William Henderson Professor of Biology
Margaret Elaine Bonds (1980)
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.A., University of Maryland Baltimore; Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore
Professor of Spanish, Emerita
John Lawson Bordley, Jr. (1970)
B.S., Davidson College; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
F.B. Williams Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Nancy Mishoe Brennecke (1995)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Columbia University in the City of New York; Ph.D., The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Professor of Art History
Charles Donald Brockett (1979)
B.A., Whittier College; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Biehl Professor of International Studies, Emeritus
Sidney Pamela Brown (1999)
B.A., Emory University; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor of Religion
Alexander Martin Bruce (2008)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., The University of Georgia; Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Visiting Associate Professor of English
Lisa Reinhalter Burner (2015)
B.A., Colby College; M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor of Spanish
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Katharine M. Cammack (2015)
B.S., Santa Clara University; Ph.D., Rutgers University—Newark
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Larry Edward Carden (1982)
B.A., DePauw University; B.D., Yale University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Religion, Emeritus
Stephen Paul Carl (2004)
B.S.E.E., Rice University; M.A., The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Wright State University
Associate Professor of Computer Science
James Edward Carlos (1969)
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., The Catholic University of America; Ph.D., Ohio University
Professor of Art, Emeritus
Thomas Macnab Carlson (1970)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of English
Daniel Clay Carter (2008)
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee
Teaching Assistant Professor of Education & Environmental Studies
Catherine E. Cavagnaro (1993)
B.S., Santa Clara University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor of Mathematics
Kristen Kimberly Cecala (2013)
B.S., Davidson College; Ph.D., The University of Georgia
John D. MacArthur Assistant Professor of Biology
Manuel Alberto Chinchilla (2009)
B.A., Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Associate Professor of Spanish
Marcia Shonnard Clarkson (1973)
B.S., Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Lecturer in Computer Science, Emerita
William Ellis Clarkson (1973)
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor of English, Emeritus
Katherine Nelson Coffey (2015)
B.S., University of Mary Washington; M.A., University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Assistant Professor of Psychology
John Kenyon Coffey II (2016)
B.A., Creighton University; M.A., Claremont Mckenna College; M.S.W., University of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Psychology
David Colbert-Goicoa (2013)
B.A., Columbia University in the City of New York; M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Brown University
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Adriana Colom Cruz (2018)
B.A., University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; M.S., University of Essex; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
Visitng Assistant Professor of Psychology
Christopher H. Conn (1997)
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Professor of Philosophy
Benjamin Chisum Jason Craft (2015)
B.A., The University of the South; M.S., Troy University
Visiting Instructor of Psychology
Virginia Harvey Ottley Craighill (2001)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Teaching Professor of English
James Stockton Crawford (2016)
B.A., Brown University; M.F.A., University of California, San Diego
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
Henrietta Brown Croom (1972)
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Biology, Emerita
Frederick Hailey Croom (1971)
B.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gaston Swindell Bruton Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Joel L. Cunningham (2000)
B.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; M.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of Oregon
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Kati D. Curts (2016)
B.B.A., Washburn University; M.A., Yale University; M.Phil., Yale University; Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
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Lucia K. Dale (2000)
B.A., Texas A&M University; M.A., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Professor of Computer Science
James Charles Davidheiser (1976)
B.A., La Salle University; M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor of German, Emeritus
Robert G. Delcamp (1978)
B.M., University of Cincinnati; M.M., University of Cincinnati; D.Mus., Northwestern University
Professor of Music, Emeritus
Anthony M. Donaldson, Jr. (2019)
B.A., ; M.A., ; Ph.D., University of Florida
Assistant Professor of History
Eugenii Uliev Donev (2013)
B.S., The University of the South; M.S., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor of Physics
Hilary R. Dow Ward (2017)
B.M., University of Kansas; M.A., Memphis Theological Seminary; M.Ed., Union University; Ed.D., The University of Memphis
Sewanee Summer Music Festival Assistant Director and Coordinator of Musical Arts
Mila Dragojevic (2010)
B.A., Wilson College; M.A., Northeastern University; M.B.A., University of New Hampshire; Ph.D., Brown University
Associate Professor of Politics
Douglas J. Drinen (2001)
B.A., Trinity University; M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Arizona State University
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Linden Anne Duffee (2016)
B.A., St John's College; Ph.D., The University of Alabama
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
D. Elwood Dunn (1981)
B.A., Cuttington University; Ph.D., American University
Alfred Walter Negley Professor of Politics, Emeritus
Douglas Tybor Durig (1987)
B.A., University of South Carolina-Columbia; Ph.D., University of South Carolina-Columbia
Professor of Physics
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Sherwood F. Ebey (1968)
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Aaron A. Elrod (2013)
B.A., Centenary College of Louisiana; M.A., The George Washington University; Ph.D., The George Washington University
Assistant Professor of Economics
Margaret Louise Day Elsner (2019)
B.A., The University of the South; Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
William Edward Engel (2004)
B.A., Trinity University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Nick B. Williams Professor of English
Derek Michael Ettensohn (2015)
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Brown University
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Jonathan P. Evans (1994)
B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of Biology
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Russell Thomas Fielding (2014)
B.S., University of Florida; M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Terri D. Fisher (2016)
B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., The University of Georgia; Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Teaching Professor of Psychology
Carrie Skulley Flournoy (2018)
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Assistant Professor of Politics
John Francis Flynn (1966)
B.A., Boston College; Ph.D., Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of History, Emeritus
Elizabeth B. Ford (2004)
B.S., University of Florida; M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Professor of Economics
Stephen A. Ford (2003)
B.A., Colby College; M.A., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics
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Julie Marie Garai (2017)
B.S., Doane College; M.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Lucia I. Garcia-Santana (2016)
B.A., Universidad de La Laguna; M.A., The University of Connecticut; Ph.D., The University of Connecticut
Assistant Professor of Spanish
John J. Gatta, Jr. (2005)
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Wiiliam B. Kenan Jr. Professor of English and Interim Director, School of Letters
Brian P. Gingrich (2019)
B.A., Southwestern University; M.A., Stanford University; M.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Aymeric Charles Glacet (2003)
Ph.D., Emory University
Associate Professor of French
Harold J. Goldberg (1974)
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
David Edward Underwood Chair of Modern European History
Robert R. Gottfried (1982)
B.A., Davidson College; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Darin Trent Graber (2019)
B.A., Wabash College; M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder; M.F.A., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
John Miller Grammer (1992)
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor of English
Elizabeth Elkin Grammer (1994)
B.A., Davidson College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Teaching Professor of English
William B. Guenther (1956)
B.A., Oberlin College; M.S., University of Rochester; Ph.D., University of Rochester
F.B. Williams Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
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Sherry Lynne Hamby (2008)
B.S., The College of William and Mary; M.A., The College of William and Mary; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Visiting Research Professor of Psychology
Nicolette Bernadette Campbell Hamilton (2017)
B.A., The University of the South; M.P.S., University of Arkansas at Fayettevile
Associate Director of Civic Engagement and Instructor
Francis Xavier Hart (2014)
B.S., Manhattan College; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Tom Costen Professor of Physics, Emeritus
David George Haskell (1996)
B.A., University of Oxford; Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Biology
Andrea Christina Hatcher (2005)
B.A., University of West Florida; M.A., University of West Florida; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Politics
Patricia Ruth Gibson Heck (1986)
B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Professor of Anthropology, Emerita
Jennifer Paige Hill (2009)
B.A., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; M.A., Tennessee Technological University
Visiting Instructor of Education
Paul Andrew Holloway (2009)
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Rice University; Ph.D., University of Chicago
University Professor of Classics and Ancient Christianity
Daniel Stephen Holmes (2008)
B.A., The University of Queensland; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
JoyAnna Sutherlin Hopper (2016)
B.A., Eastern Illinois University; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Missouri
Assistant Professor of Politics
Mark Simon James Hopwood (2014)
B.A., City University of New York Queens College; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Jose Alejandro Iriarte Diaz (2019)
B.S., ; M.S., ; Ph.D., Brown University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Matthew William Irvin (2008)
B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Duke University
Associate Professor of English
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Maha Zehra Jafri (2016)
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Assistant Professor of English
Larry Hudson Jones (1977)
B.S., Wofford College; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Angela A. Jordan (2001)
B.B.A., Middle Tennessee State University; M.A., Middle Tennessee State University
Senior Instructor of Spanish
Evan Elizabeth Joslin (2016)
B.A., Agnes Scott College; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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May F. Kamalick (2017)
B.A., American University of Beirut; M.A., American University of Beirut
Visiting Instructor of Arabic Language and Culture
Serkan Karadas (2014)
B.A., Beloit College; M.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., West Virginia University
Assistant Professor of Economics
Eric Michael Keen (2018)
B.A., The University of the South; M.S., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Timothy Keith-Lucas (1973)
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
Elise A. Kikis (2012)
B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor of Biology
Leyla K. King (2012)
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Harvard University
Visiting Instructor of Arabic Language and Culture
Edward Bleakley King (1968)
B.A., The University of the South; B.D., Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of History, Emeritus
Martin Albert Knoll (1993)
B.A., The University of the South; M.S., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., The University of Texas at El Paso
Professor of Geology
Karen Kuers (1994)
B.S., Spring Hill College; M.S., Texas A&M International University; Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Annie Overton Brinkley Snowden Professor of Forestry
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David Macrae Landon (1974)
B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Bishop Frank A. Juhan Professor of Theatre Arts, Emeritus
Linda Bright Lankewicz (1995)
B.S., The University of Georgia; M.S., University of South Alabama; M.S., Tulane University; Ph.D., Tulane University
Professor of Computer Science, Emerita
Julian Ainsworth Ledford (2014)
B.A., Washington and Lee University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; M.M., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Melody J. Lehn (2017)
B.A., Furman University; M.A., The University of Memphis; Ph.D., The University of Memphis
Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Assistant Director of the Center for Speaking and Listening
Roger Saul Levine (2004)
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Yale University; M.Phil., Yale University; Ph.D., Yale University
Associate Professor of History
Wei-Chun Bernadette Lo (2011)
B.M., Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University; M.M., Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University; M.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; D.M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Matthew Bradford Lynch (2019)
B.A., Marlboro College; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
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James Ross Macdonald (2013)
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Yale University; M.Phil., Yale University; Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of English
Pamela Royston Macfie (1984)
B.A., Goucher College; M.A., Duke University; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of English
Shelley Jean MacLaren (2012)
B.A., University of Alberta; Ph.D., Emory University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities & Art & Art History
Pradip K. Malde (1990)
B.A., Bournemouth University; M.F.A., Glasgow School of Art
Professor of Art
Kelly A. Malone (2002)
B.A., Providence College; M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of English
Rodelio Dela Cruz Manacsa (2008)
B.A., Ateneo de Manila University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Politics
Andrea Nichole Mansker (2004)
B.A., California State University, Sacramento; M.A., University of Southern California; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Associate Professor of History
Arturo A. Marquez-Gomez (2015)
M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Brown University
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Alessia Martini (2019)
B.A., Università di Pisa; M.A., Università per Stranieri di Siena; M.A., Florida Atlantic University
Visiting Instructor of Italian
Jennifer Kay Matthews (2000)
B.C.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.F.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Theatre Arts
John Malcolm McCardell, Jr. (2010)
B.A., Washington and Lee University; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of History
Stephanie Ann McCarter (2008)
B.A., The University of Tennessee; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
James Waring McCrady (2004)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of French, Emeritus
Christopher Michael McDonough (2002)
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Classical Studies
Carmen Elena McEvoy (1995)
B.A., Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazon; M.A., Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru; M.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Professor of History
Katherine Elizabeth McGhee (2015)
B.S., University of Toronto; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida State University
Assistant Professor of Biology
Deborah Ann McGrath (1999)
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida
Carl Gustav Biehl Jr. Professor of International Studies and Professor of Biology
Gayle E. McKeen (1994)
B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Associate Professor of Politics, Emerita
Jessica Mecellem (2016)
B.A., Whitworth College; M.A., Universite d'Aix-Marseille; Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Jennifer Paine Davis Michael (1995)
B.A., The University of the South; B.A., University of Oxford; M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of English
Deon Terrell Miles (2002)
B.A., Wabash College; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Chemistry
Alison Janet Miller (2017)
B.A., Northern Illinois University; M.A., University of Kansas; M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Kansas
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
Stephen Ray Miller (1995)
B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor of Music
Kathryn Oliver Mills (1997)
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., University of Oxford; Ph.D., Yale University
Professor of French
Shane Elizabeth Minkin-Reinhard (2015)
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Emory University; Ph.D., New York University
Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies
Matthew David Mitchell (2014)
B.A., University of Washington; M.Litt., University of Saint Andrews; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of History
Yasmeen Mohiuddin (1982)
B.A., University of Karachi; M.A., University of Karachi; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Ralph Owen Distinguished Professor of Economics
Tiffany N. Momon (2019)
B.A., The University of Memphis; B.S., Tennessee State University; M.A., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Mellon Fellow
Andrew Paul Moser (2002)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Teaching Professor of Philosophy
Donna Faye Murdock (2003)
B.A., City University of New York Hunter College; M.A., Emory University; Ph.D., Emory University
Professor of Anthropology
Alejandro Mylonas-Leegstra (2016)
B.A., Universidad de La Laguna; M.A., Universidad de La Laguna; M.A., The University of Connecticut
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
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Sarah E. Naramore (2018)
B.A., Lafayette College; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Maria Jesus M. Natal (1986)
Ph.D., University of Florida
Professor of Spanish, Emerita
Eric Woodfin Naylor (1962)
B.A., The University of the South
William R. Kenan Professor of Spanish, Emeritus
Nicole Aimee Noffsinger-Frazier (2013)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., The University of Memphis
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Richard A. O'Connor (1978)
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Biehl Professor of International Studies and Professor of Anthropology
Sean Patrick O'Rourke (2015)
B.A., Humboldt State University; M.A., Humboldt State University; J.D., University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of Oregon
Professor of American Studies and Director of the Center for Speaking and Listening
Agnes L. Ortega (2017)
B.S., Universidad Metropolitana; M.D., University of Cincinnati
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
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John Raymond Palisano (1993)
B.S., The University of Tennessee; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee
Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Terry Logan Papillon (2014)
B.A., Saint Olaf College; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Classical Studies
Tam K. Parker (2000)
B.A., Macalester College; M.Div., Harvard University; Ph.D., Emory University
Professor of Religion
Chris Parrish (1987)
B.A., Saint Mary's University; M.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Professor of Mathematics
Amy Stephenson Patterson (2012)
B.A., Trinity University; Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Carl Gustav Biehl Jr. Professor of International Studies and Professor of Politics
William Brown Patterson, Jr. (1980)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of Oxford; Ph.D., Harvard University
Francis S. Houghteling Professor of History, Emeritus
Charles Richard Perry (1974)
B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History, Emeritus
James Franklin Peterman (1980)
B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Philosophy
James Robert Peters (1984)
B.A., Northern Illinois University; M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of Philosophy
Randolph Stuart Peterson (1989)
B.S., The University of Tennessee; M.S., The University of Tennessee; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee
Professor of Physics
Charles Samuel Peyser, Jr. (1968)
B.A., Hamilton College; M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
George Wilkinson Poe (1988)
B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Duke University
Class of 1961 Chair of the College and Professor of French, Emeritus
James Gregory Pond (1999)
B.A., The University of the South; M.F.A., The University of Georgia
Professor of Art History
Rongson Pongdee (2010)
B.S., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Donald Brandreth Potter, Jr. (1980)
B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robert M. Ayres Jr. Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Geology
Peter J. Povey (2016)
M.M., Yale University; D.Mus., Northwestern University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Raymond Mark Preslar (1991)
B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Washington
Associate Professor of Russian
William McGowen Priestley (1967)
B.A., The University of the South; Ph.D., Princeton University
Gaston Swindell Bruton Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Eugene Wyatt Prunty (1989)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Carlton Professor of English
Emily Elizabeth Puckette (1999)
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Duke University; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of Mathematics
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George S. Ramseur, Sr. (1958)
B.A., Elon College; M.Ed., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Laurie Anne Ramsey (1992)
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.A., Indiana University Bloomington; Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Associate Professor of French
Stephen Boykin Raulston (1998)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Spanish
Rebecca Celeste Ray (1998)
B.A., University of Florida; M.A., The University of Edinburgh; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Anthropology
William Wood Register, Jr. (1992)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Brown University
Francis S. Houghteling Professor of American History
John Vincent Reishman II (1969)
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Jesse Spalding Professor of English Literature, Emeritus
Leslie Buchman Richardson (1980)
B.A., Rhodes College; M.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Middlebury College
Instructor of Italian, Emerita
Dale Edward Richardson (1973)
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Princeton University
Nick B. Williams Professor of English, Emeritus
Susan Janet Ridyard (1989)
B.A., University of Cambridge; M.A., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Professor of History
Nicholas Edward Roberts (2009)
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., New York University
Associate Professor of History
Matthew Brian Rudd (2010)
B.S., Wake Forest University; M.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Utah
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Donald Charles Rung III (1987)
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Associate Professor of French
Susan K. Rupert Delcamp (1978)
B.M., University of Cincinnati; M.M., Northwestern University
Instructor in Music, Emerita
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Ruth Sanchez-Imizcoz (1995)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Professor of Spanish
Betsy Ann Sandlin (2004)
B.A., Morehead State University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Professor of Spanish
Jacqueline Thibault Schaefer (1967)
B.A., Université de Caen Basse–Normandie; Ph.D., Université Paris–Sorbonne
Professor of French, Emerita
Minh Tam Tammy Schlosky (2014)
M.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., West Virginia University
Teaching Assistant Professor of Economics
Paige L. Schneider (2000)
B.A., University of Florida; M.A., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., Emory University
Assistant Professor of Politics
Matthew Scott Schrader (2015)
B.S., Florida State University; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida State University
Assistant Professor of Biology
Bethel Sharma Seballos (2009)
B.S., The University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Associate Professor of Chemistry
John Douglas Seiters (1971)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida State University
Class of 1961 Chair of the College and Professor of Classical Languages, Emeritus
Emily Elizabeth Senefeld (2016)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of Virginia
Visiting Instructor of History
Stephen A. Shaver (1987)
B.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor of Geology, Emeritus
Christopher Shelley (2018)
B.S., Imperial College London; Ph.D., University of London
Assistant Professor of Biology
Sarah C. Sherwood (2007)
B.S., James Madison University; M.A., The University of Tennessee; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
John Hisashi Shibata (1998)
B.S., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of Washington
Associate Professor of Chemistry
David Huntington W. Shipps (2017)
B.A., The University of the South; M.B.A., Emory University
Director, Babson Center for Global Commerce
Steven Wyck Shrader (1976)
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.M., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of Music, Emeritus
Everett Clinton Smith (2016)
B.S., University of Central Arkansas; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor of Biology
Peter Thomas Smith (1982)
B.A., College of the Holy Cross; M.A., Case Western Reserve University; M.F.A., Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Professor of Theatre Arts
Gerald Lafayette Smith (1969)
B.A., University of Richmond; Ph.D., Duke University
Robert M. Ayres Jr. Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Religion, Emeritus, Emeritus
Charles Kenneth Smith (1998)
B.A., Colorado State University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida
Professor of Forestry
Tao Song (2017)
B.B.A., University of New Brunswick; M.A., University of Alberta
Assistant Professor of Economics
Thomas Dean Spaccarelli (1974)
B.A., Universidad de Granada; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor of Spanish, Emeritus
Marc St-Pierre (2006)
B.A., Universite de Sherbrooke; M.A., Universite de Sherbrooke; Ph.D., Brown University
Associate Professor of Economics
Bradley Scott Sturgill (2016)
B.B.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Assistant Professor of Economics
Alyssa Rowena Summers (2009)
B.A., Lawrence University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Biology
Richard G. Summers, Jr. (2001)
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Clinton S. Swift (2017)
B.S., Whittier College; M.A., California State University, Sacramento; Ph.D., University of Missouri
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Heidi Marie Syler (2005)
B.A., The University of Georgia; M.L.S., The University of Tennessee
Visiting Instructor of Library Science
Benito Teodoro Szapiro (1994)
M.S., Universidad de Buenos Aires; Ph.D., Universidad de Buenos Aires
Professor of Physics
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Yanbing Tan (2017)
B.A., Austin College; M.A., Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Katherine Christina Theyson (2010)
B.A., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Assistant Professor of Economics
Jeffrey Parker Thompson (2009)
B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Emory University
Associate Professor of Art History
Courtney L. Thompson (2015)
B.A., Hampton University; M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Purdue University
Assistant Professor of American Studies
Elizabeth C. Thompson (2019)
B.S., University of New Orleans; M.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Eric Thomas Thurman (2007)
B.S., Cumberland University; M.A., Drew University; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Drew University
Associate Professor of Religion
Brandy Nicole Tiernan (2015)
B.A., University of North Texas; M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., Iowa State University
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Scott J. Torreano (1993)
B.S., Michigan Technological University; M.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Professor of Forestry
Jordan Daniel Troisi (2014)
B.A., Albion College; M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Associate Professor of Psychology
Zhexiu Tu (2019)
B.A., Bard College; M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Virginia Lauryl Hicks Tucker (2009)
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Associate Professor of English
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Merle Wallace (1996)
B.A., Temple University; M.A., University of Illinois at Springfield; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Emerita
Geoffrey Harris Ward (2016)
B.M., Mount Allison University; M.M., Arizona State University; D.Mus., University of Kansas
Organist and Choirmaster, Assistant Professor
Matthew Lee Ward (2019)
B.A., Bard College; M.M., Bard College
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Joan Steves Ward (2004)
B.A., Duke University; M.A., Johns Hopkins University
Instructor of Politics, Emerita
Barclay Ward (1975)
M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Alfred Negley Professor of Politics, Emeritus
Keri Leigh Bryan Watson (2018)
B.S., The University of the South; Ph.D., University of Vermont
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Systems
G. Norman West (2011)
B.S., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; M.Ed., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Ph.D., Ball State University
Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology
Victoria Camille Westmont (2019)
B.A., University of Kentucky; M.A., University of Maryland College Park; Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park
Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Mellon Fellow
Kelly J. Whitmer (2010)
B.A., Colgate University; M.A., Western Washington University; Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Associate Professor of History
Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder (2012)
B.F.A., State University of New York College at Purchase; M.F.A., New York University
Tn Williams Playwright-in-Residence and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Earl Douglass Williams, Jr. (1999)
B.A., The University of the South; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Frank W. Wilson Professor of Economics
Samuel Ruthven Williamson, Jr. (1988)
B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Robert M. Ayres Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History, Emeritus
John Charles Willis (1991)
B.A., Baylor University; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Jessie Ball duPont Professor of History
Scott Howard Wilson (1994)
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Alfred Walter Negley Professor of Politics & Assistant Provost for Global and Strategic Partnerships
Michael Kevin Wilson (2005)
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.F.A., University of Florida
Associate Professor of English
Jessica Faye Wohl (2010)
B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute; M.F.A., The University of Georgia
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
Prakash C. Wright (2011)
B.A., McDaniel College; M.A., University of North Texas
Teaching Associate Professor of Music
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Karen Pao-ying Yu (1996)
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Psychology
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Reinhard Konrad Zachau (1978)
B.A., University of Hamburg; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor of German, Emeritus
Kirk Steven Zigler (2005)
B.A., Kenyon College; Ph.D., Duke University
Associate Professor of Biology