The College Faculty

Emeriti Faculty

John Quincy Adams (1965)
Emeritus Professor of Political Science
B.A., Rice University; M.A., University of Texas, El Paso; J.D., University of Texas, Austin

McCarrell L. Ayers (1965)
Emeritus Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; M.M., Indiana University

Richard Bruce Baltz (1966)
Emeritus Professor of Economics
A.A., Belleville Jr. College; B.B.A., M.S., Baylor University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Howard Gregory Bavender (1966)
Emeritus Professor of Political Science
A.B., College of Idaho, M.A., University of Wisconsin

Robert E. Bergmark (1953)
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
A.B., Emory University; S.T.B., Ph.D., Boston University

Roy Alfred Berry, Jr. (1962)
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Mississippi College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Frances Blissard Boeckman (1966)
Emerita Instructor, Catalog Librarian
A.B., Belhaven College; A.M., Mississippi College; M.L.S. University of Mississippi

Billy Marshall Bufkin (1960)
Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages
A.B., A.M., Texas Technological College

Charles Eugene Cain (1960)
Emerita Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of North Carolina; A.M., Ph.D., Duke University

Frances Heidelberg Coker (1967)
Emerita Professor of Sociology
B.A.,Millsaps College; M.S.T., Illinois Institute of Technology

J. Harper Davis (1964)
Emeritus Professor of Physical Education
B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi State University

Kathleen A. Drude (1986)
Emerita Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Southern Louisiana University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

George Harold Ezell(1967)
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Mississippi College; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

John Lemuel Guest (1957)
Emeritus Professor of German
A.B., University of Texas; A.M., Columbia University

Floreada Montgomery Harmon (1972)
Emerita Professor and Librarian
A.B., Tougaloo College; M.S.L.S., Louisiana State University

George Harmon (1978)
President Emeritus
B.A., Southwestern at Memphis; M.B.A., Emory University; D.B.A., Harvard University

Donald D. Kilmer (1960)
Emeritus Associate Professor of Music
B.M., M.M., Indiana University

Russell Wilford Levanway (1956)
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
A.B., University of Miami; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University

Thomas Wiley Lewis III (1959)
Emeritus Professor of Religion
A.B., Millsaps College; B.D., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Drew University

Herman L. McKenzie (1963)
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Millsaps College; M.Ed., M.S., University of Mississippi

Lucy Webb Millsaps(1969)
Emerita Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., Newcomb College; M.A., University of Mississippi

Michael H. Mitias(1967)
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
A.B., Union College; Ph.D., University of Waterloo

Caroline H. Moore (1968)
Emerita Instructor, Order Librarian
A.B., Randolph-Macon Woman's College; A.M., Radcliffe College

Robert H. Padgett (1960)
Emeritus Professor of English
A.B., Texas Christian University; A.M., Vanderbilt University

James F. Parks, Jr.(1969)
College Librarian Emeritus
A.B., Mississippi College; M.L.S., Peabody College

Lee H. Reiff (1960)
Emeritus Professor of Religion
A.B., B.D., Southern Methodist University; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

Harrylyn G. Sallis (1981)
Dean Emerita of Adult Learning
B.M., Southwestern at Memphis; M.M., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

W. Charles Sallis (1981)
Emeritus Professor of History
B.S., M.S., Mississippi State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Jonathan Mitchell Sweat (1958)
Emeritus Professor of Music
B.S., M.S., The Juilliard School of Music; A.Mus.D., University of Michigan

Edmond R. Venator(1967)
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
A.B., University of Buffalo; Ph.D., Emory University

Jerry D. Whitt (1980)
Emeritus Professor of Management
B.B.A., M.B.A., North Texas State University; Ph. D., University of Arkansas

Faculty

Ajay K. Aggarwal (1989)
Associate Professor of Quantitative Management
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology; M.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Theodore Gerald Ammon (1985)
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Mississippi State University; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University

Miguel B. Arellano (2001)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Cornell College; M.S., Mississippi State University

Sarah L. Armstrong (1985)
Professor of Biology
B.A., University of Texas; M.A., University of California at Los Angeles; Ph.D., Duke University

Loye B. Ashton (2003)
Assistant Professor of Religious studies
B.A., Montana State University; Master of Theological studies, Ph.D., Boston University

Kamilla Bahbahani (2004)
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., University of British Columbia; M.A., University of Guelph, Canada; Ph.D., Old
Dominion University

Diane F. Baker (1997)
Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., Concordia College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

William H. Bares (2003)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Elizabeth A. Beck (1997)
Assistant Professor, Librarian
B.A., University of South Alabama; M.L.S., University of Southern Mississippi

Jesse D. Beeler (1994)
Professor of Accounting
Hyman F. McCarty, Jr. Chair of Business Administration
B.S., M.B.A.,Southwest Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Texas, Arlington

George James Bey III (1990)
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.A., University of New Mexico; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University

Stephen T. Black (1989)
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara; M.S., Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz

James E. Bowley (2002)
Associate Professor of Religion
B.A., Grace College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Hebrew Union College

Bill M. Brister (1989)
Assistant Professor of Finance
B.S., M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Carl G. Brooking (1981)
Professor of Economics and Quantitative Management
Selby and Richard McRae Chair of Business Administration
B.S., Millsaps College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Kristen M. Brown (1995)
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A.,Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Kimberly G. Burke (1995)
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.B.A., M.S., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Oklahoma University

Connie M. Campbell (1992)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Huntingdon College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Claudine Chadeyras (1988)
Assistant Professor of French
Licence, Universite de Picardie, France; M.A., Ph.D. University of Iowa

Cheryl W. Coker (1987)
Assistant Professor of Music
B.M.Ed., M.M., University of Southern Mississippi; D.M.A., University of Minnesota

Timothy C. Coker (1984)
Professor of Music
B.M., M.M., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

David H. Culpepper (1984)
Professor of Accounting
Kelly Gene Cook Chair of Business Administration
B.S., Belhaven College; B.S., M.B.A., Millsaps College; Ph.D., University of Alabama

Gayla F. Dance (1989)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Texas; M.Ed., Texas A. & M. University; M.S., Mississippi College

David C. Davis (1988)
Associate Professor of History
B.A., William Carey College; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Northwestern University

Priscilla M. Fermon (1983)
Associate Professor of French
B.A. Lehman College; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Ramon Figueroa(2002)
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Harvey L. Fiser (2003)
Assistant Professor of Business Law
B.A., Mississippi State University; J.D., Mississippi College School of Law

Amy W. Forbes (2001)
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Louisana State University; M.Ed., M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Laura E. Franey (1999)
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Veronica G. Freeman(2000)
Assistant Professor of German
B.A., Eckerd College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

Catherine R. Freis (1979)
Professor of Classics
B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Michael L. Galaty (1999)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Stanely J. Galicki (2001)
Assistant Professor of Geology
B.S., Wittenberg University; M.S., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Delbert E. Gann (1982)
Associate Professor of Geology
B.S., University of Missouri, Kansas City; M.S., Northeast Louisiana University; Ph.D., Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Paula K. Garrett (1996)
Assistant Professor and Faculty Advisor for the Adult Degree Program
B.S., M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Michael Gleason (1994)
Assistant Professor of Classics
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Brown University

Roane Grantham (2002)
Instructor of Accounting
B.Acc., University of Mississippi; M.B.A., Millsaps College

Eric J. Griffin (1998)
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Iowa

Michael Ray Grubbs (1987)
Professor of Management
B.S., Millsaps College; M.B.A., Mississippi College; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Mark A. Hamon (2003)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Northern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

James B. Harris (1995)
Associate Professor of Geology
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University; B.S., University of Houston; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Rachel Heard (2002)
Assistant Professor of Music and Staff Accompanist
B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School; D.M.A., Rutgers University

Thomas W. Henderson (1997)
Associate Professor, Librarian
B.A., University of Southern Mississippi; M.S., Florida State University

Dick R. Highfill (1981)
Associate Professor of Biology
A.B., M.A., University of California at San Jose; Ph.D., University of Idaho

Patrick Hopkins (2000)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Mississippi; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University

Robert J. Kahn (1976)
Associate Professor of Romance Languages
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Melissa K. Kelly (2003)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., B.S., University of Washington; A.M., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Asif Khandker (1985)
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., University of Dacca (Bangladesh); M.S., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Wolfgang H. Kramer (2003)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Candidate Chemist, M.S., Ph.D., University of Cologne

Christopher N. Lawrence (2004)
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Brent W. Lefavor (1983)
Associate Professor of Technical Theatre
B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University; M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi

L. Lee Lewis (2002)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., B.S., Mississippi College

Frances Lucas (2000)
Professor of Education
B.A., Mississippi State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

Mark J. Lynch (1989)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Millsaps College; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Anne C. MacMaster (1991)
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Larry E. Madison (1999)
Assistant Professor, Librarian
B.S., Troy State University; M.L.I.S., University of Southern Mississippi

Debora L. Mann (1993)
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., University of Miami; M.S., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Clemson University

Suzanne Marrs (1988)
Professor of English
B.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Allison P. Mays (1999)
Assistant Professor, Librarian
B.A., Rhodes College; M.L.S., Indiana University

Robert W. McCarley (1984)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Millsaps College; M.Ed., Mississippi State University

Boty McDonald (1999)
Assistant Professor of Business Law
B.A., Millsaps College; J.D., Albany Law School of Union University

Robert S. McElvaine (1973)
Elizabeth Chisholm Professor of History
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

Sarah Lea McGuire (1995)
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., Mississippi College; M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine

James Preston McKeown (1962)
Professor of Biology
B.S., University of the South; M.A., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

David Gregory Miller (1991)
Professor of English
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Julian M. Murchison (2001)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., University of Michigan

Walter P. Neely (1980)
Professor of Finance
B.S., M.B.A., Mississippi State University; Ph.D. University of Georgia

Robert B. Nevins (1967)
Associate Professor of Biology
A.B., Washington University; M.S., University of Missouri

Iren Omo-Bare (1990)
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.A., University of Delaware; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Kevin P. Pauli (2000)
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
B.B.A., Univesity of Alaska; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Raymond A. Phelps II (1980)
Associate Professor of Marketing
A.A., University of Florida; B.B.A., M.B.A., Georgia State University; D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University

Penelope J. Prenshaw (1994)
Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.S., M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., University of Houston

Jimmie M. Purser (1981)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
B.S., Millsaps College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina

H. Lynn Raley (2002)
Assistant Professor of Music
B.M., Southern Methodist University; M.M., University of Cincinnati College; D.M.A., Rutgers University

Darby K. Ray (1996)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Hollis Robbins (2004)
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.P.P., Harvard University; M.A., University of
Colorado, Boulder; Ph.D. Princeton University

Ruth Conard Schimmel (1990)
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Donald R. Schwartz (1997)
Assistant Professor of Computer Services
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana

Robert A. Shive, Jr. (1969)
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
B.A., M.S., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Iowa State University

Molly J. Signs (2001)
Assistant Professor, Systems Librarian
B.A., M.S., University of Washington

Elise L. Smith (1988)
Professor of Art History
B.A., Florida State University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Richard A. Smith (1997)
Professor of Political Science
A.B., Whittier College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

Steven Garry Smith (1985)
Professor of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Florida State University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Duke University

Sandra Smithson (1999)
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Alfred University; M.F.A., Louisiana State University

Gina Sorci(2002)
Assistant of Physics
B.S., M.S., University of New Orleans

Kristina L. Stensaas (1997)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Ph.D., University of Wyoming

William K. Storey (1999)
Assistant Professor of History
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., The John Hopkins University

Tracy L. Sullivan (1993)
Instructor of Mathematics
B.A., M.S. University of Mississippi

Holly M. Sypniewski (2002)
Assistant Professor of Classics
B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Patrick A. Taylor (1984)
Associate Professor of Economics
B.B.A., University of Mississippi; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

Susan W. Taylor (1992)
Associate Professor of Economics
J. Armistead Brown Chair of Business Administration
B.A., B.S., Blue Mountain College; M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Kristen Tegtmeier (2000)
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Cornell College; M.A., State University of New York; Ph.D., University of Texas

A. Kurt Thaw (1998)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., Georgia Southern University; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

Ming Tsui (1992)
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Honan Teacher's University, China; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

Marlys T. Vaughn (1979)
Professor of Education
B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi State University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Eugene Vinson(2001)
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., University of Southern Mississippi; M.Ed., Mississippi College; Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Timothy Joseph Ward (1990)
Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Stanford D. Warren (1995)
Instructor of Accounting
B.S., M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi

Leon Austin Wilson (1976)
Associate Professor of English
A.B., Valdosta State College; M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Suzanne Woodward (2004)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of North Florida; Ph.D., City College of the City University of New York

Sanford C. Zale (1995)
Associate Professor of History
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

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