Faculty of the College
(Date in parentheses indicates year of initial appointment.)
ANDREA C. ABRAMS (2007)
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Associate Vice President for Diversity Affairs and Special Assistant to the President; 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
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)
Marlene and David Grissom Professor of Biology & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 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)
Pierce and Amelia Harrington Lively Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut
KATRIN BAHR(2020)
Visiting Assistant Professor of German; B.A., M.A., Humboldt University, Berlin; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
WILLIAM BAILEY (2020)
Visiting Instructor 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 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; 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
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)
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
MAURICIO F. CASTRO (2019)
Assistant Professor of History; B.A., Vassar College; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University
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)
Marlene and David Grissom Associate 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
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
ROBYN E. CUTRIGHT (2009)
Associate Professor of Anthropology; Interim Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning; 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
MICHAEL H. DIXON (2015)
Assistant Professor of Japanese: B.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
JONATHON L. EARLE (2012)
Marlene and David Grissom 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)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Lake Superior State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kansas
CHRISTOPHER M. FAULKNER (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies; B.A., M.P.A., University of North Carolina, Wilmington; Ph.D., University of Central Florida
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)
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)
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)
Marlene and David Grissom 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
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
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)
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)
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)
Frank B. and Virginia B. Hower 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)
Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Georgetown College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland
LUCAS A. HOOTS (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Centre College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Louisville
BRIAN M. HOVEN (2019)
Visiting Instructor of Biology; B.S., M.S., The State University of New York; Ph.D. candidate, Miami University
MEI LI INOUYE (2020)
Instructor 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
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)
Marlene and David Grissom Professor of Economics, James Graham Brown Professor of Economics; B.A., Transylvania University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
ALICIA JUNCOS (2019)
Visiting Instructor 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 Dramatic Arts; B.S., Oregon State University; M.A., Western Washington University; Ph.D., Ohio State 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)
Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Asbury College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
DAVID KING (2019)
Assistant Professor of Art; B.F.A., The Ohio State University; M.F.A., Temple University
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
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)
Associate 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
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
PATTEN P. MAHLER (2014)
Associate 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, Associate Dean of the College; B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
BYRON MCCANE (2019)
Professor of Classics; B.A., University of Illinois; Th.M., Ph.D., Duke University
NATHAN J. MEISSNER (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology; B.A., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
RAHIM S. MOHAMED (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies; B.A., University of British Columbia; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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
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)
Associate 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, Associate Director of CentreWorks; B.S., Centre College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
STACEY L. PEEBLES (2011)
Marlene and David Grissom 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)
NEH 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 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)
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; B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky
KATHRYN SCHWAEBLE (2020)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics; B.A., University of Dayton; M.S., Indiana University-Purdue University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University
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
JEFFREY T. SHENTON (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology; B.A. University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
SHANA SIPPY (2017)
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)
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)
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
JOSEPH M. STYGA (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., University of Georgia; M.S.,University of Louisiana at Monroe; Ph.D., University of Alabama
ELLEN R. SWANSON (2012)
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
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
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)
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)
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)
Associate 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)
NEH 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
KARIN J. YOUNG (2013)
Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.A., University of Tulsa; M.S., Ph.D., Yale University