Faculty

William Allen, NEH/Libman Assistant Professor; B.A., Emory University; M.A., Georgia State University; Ph.D., The University of Memphis (2020)

Emilie Amt, Hildegarde Pilgram Professor of History; B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., University of Oxford (1998)

Mary Jo Anderson, Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Administration and Director of the Graduate Project Management Program; B.S. West Virginia University; MBA, Wright State University; D.M., University of Maryland University College (2019)

Judith Anglin, Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Nutrition Programs; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Howard University (2020)

Eric Annis, Associate Professor of Biology, B.A., Boston University; M.S., Florida Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Maine (2008)

Elizabeth A. Atwood, Associate Professor of Journalism; B.S., West Virginia University; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2010)

Kathleen Bands, Professor of Education and Director of the Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Program; B.S., M.Ed., University of North Carolina; Ph.D., University of Maryland (1984)

Martha Bari, Assistant Professor of Art; B.A., The George Washington University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland (1984)

Teresa Bean, Assistant Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, B.A., Hood College, J.D., Washington College of Law, American University (2015)

Kevin H. Bennett, Professor of Chemistry; B.S., James Madison University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee (2000) 

April M. Boulton, Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Centre College; M.S., Bucknell University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis (2003)

Ann L. Boyd, Professor of Biology and Director of the Graduate Biomedical Science Program; B.S., M.S., Northwestern State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University (1976)

Joseph T. Brady, Assistant Professor of Theater; B.S., Towson University; M.F.A., Brooklyn College (2008)

Catherine Breneman, Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.S., University of Pittsburgh; MSW, West Virginia University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2020)

Kristine Calo, Associate Professor of Education and Director of the Graduate Curriculum and Instruction Program; B.A., DePauw University; M.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., George Mason University (2008)

Andrew Campbell, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling and Director of the Graduate Counseling Program, B.A., University of Michigan; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2015)

Corey Campion, Associate Professor of History and Global Studies and Director of the Graduate Humanities Program; B.A., Washington State University; M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown University (2011)

Susan L. Carney, Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Graduate Environmental Biology Program; B.S., Muhlenberg College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2008)

Robert Casas Roigé, Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A., Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University (2017)

Ashish Chakradhar, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Minnesota State University Moorhead; Ph.D., North Dakota State University (2018) 

James Cherry, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Shepherd University; M.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America (2019)

Jennifer Cooper, Assistant Professor of Nursing; B.S.N., Cedarville University; M.S.N., Rush University; D.N.P., The George Washington University (2016)

Didier Course, Professor of French; Licence, Maîtrise, Université de Nancy; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1995)

Jennifer Cuddapah, Associate Professor of Education; B.A., M.Ed., Boston College, M.S., The Johns Hopkins University; Ed.D., Teachers College Columbia University (2012)

Gary E. Cuddington, Assistant Professor of Art; B.F.A., Kendall College of Art and Design; M.F.A., Rutgers University (2012) 

Miranda M. Darby, Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics and Director of the Graduate Bioinformatics Program; B.A., Carlton College; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (2017)

George Dimitoglou, Associate Professor of Computer Science, and Director of the Graduate Cybersecurity Program; B.S., Temple University; M.S., University of Maryland;  D.Sc.,The George Washington University (2004)

Trevor Dodman, Associate Professor of English; A.B., Dartmouth College; M.A., Carleton University; Ph.D., Boston College (2009) 

Aijuan Dong, Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.S., M.S., Changehun University of Earth Science; M.S., Minnesota State University; Ph.D., North Dakota State University (2006) 

Cynthia Drenovsky, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology; B.S., Western Michigan University, M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University (2019)

Paige Eager, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Global and International Studies; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware (2005)

Susan Ensel, Whitaker Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Union College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (1995)

Kathy F. Falkenstein, Associate Professor of Biology; B.A., Gettysburg College; M.S., West Virginia University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (1981)

Ingrid G. Farreras, Professor of Psychology; B.A., Clark University; M.A., MST., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire (2002)

M. Drew Ferrier, Professor of Biology and Director of Coastal Studies Program; B.A., Washington and Jefferson College; M.A., Miami University, Ohio; Ph.D., University of Maryland (1993)

Allen P. Flora, Professor of Physics and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics; B.A., Bridgewater College; Ph.D., University of Virginia (1983) 

Alan Goldenbach, Assistant Professor of Journalism, B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Maryland (2015)

Amy Gottfried, Professor of English; B.A., M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Tufts University (1998)

Diane Graves, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Behavior Program; B.A., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Washington (2011)

Christy D. Graybeal, Associate Professor of Education, Chair of the Department of Education and Director of the Graduate Mathematics Education Program; B.S., Moravian College; M.S., American University; Ph.D., University of Maryland  (2008)

Michelle R. Gricus, Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., College of St. Benedict; M.A., University of Houston (2017)

Rebecca Grove, Assistant Professor of Education and Director of the Graduate Multidisciplinary Studies Programs; B.A., Elizabethtown College; M.A., Lehigh University; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2016)

David Gurzick, Associate Professor of Economics and Management and Chair of the Department of Economics and Business Administration; B.S., Frostburg State University; M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County (2006) 

Jay Harrison, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History, B.A., University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., The Catholic University of America (2015)

Joseph Haymore, Assistant Professor of Nursing; B.S.N., M.S.N., Georgetown University; D.N.P., University of Maryland, Baltimore (2019)

Suzanne Hiller, Assistant Professor of Education; B.A., University of Mary Washington; M.Ed., Loyola University; Ph.D., George Mason University (2017)

Ricky Hirschhorn, Professor of Biology; B.A., University of Rochester; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1992)

David R. Hixson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology; B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University (2017)

Karen D. Hoffman, Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and Co-Director of the Honors Program; B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University (2001)

James Hua, Assistant Professor of Accounting; B.E., Southeast University, Japan; M.E., Ph.D., Morgan State University (2017)

Carol Jim, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Management Information Systems Program; B.A., M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2017)

Anita Jose, Professor of Management; B.A., Gandhiji University; M.M., MBA, University of Dallas; Ph.D., University of North Texas (1994)

Janak Joshi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics; B.A., M.A., Tribhuvan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico (2019)

Janis Judson, Professor of Political Science, Chair of the Department of Law and Criminal Justice; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland (1984)

Shannon Kakkar, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.S., M.Ed., Bridgewater State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (2019)

Jamie Keaton Jones, Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., New York University; M.A., Fordham University (2019)

Linda Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Chair of the Department of Nursing and Director of the B.S.N program; B.S.N., University of Wisconsin; M.S.N., Marquette University; Ph.D., Capella University (2018)

Daehwan Kim, Assistant Professor of Biology and the ENnovation-Hodson Endowed Chair in Advanced Bioproducts Research and Education; B.S., Korea University; M.S., Yonsei University; Ph.D., Purdue University (2018)

Sang Kim, Associate Professor of Economics and Management; B.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2001)

Eric C. Kindahl, Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Cornell University (1998)

Elizabeth Knapp, Associate Professor of English; B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., The Bennington Writing Seminars; Ph.D., Western Michigan University (2008)

Ellen Garfinkel Koitz, Giles Associate Professor of Education and Director of the Graduate Reading Specialization Program; A.B., Catawba College; M.Ed., University of Georgia; Ed.D., University of Virginia (1985)

Simone Kolysh, Assistant Professor of Sociology; B.A., MPH., New York University; M.A., Brooklyn College; MPhil, Ph.D., The City University of New York (2020)

Shannon Kundey, Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychology and Counseling; B.A., Wesleyan College; M.S., M.Phil., Yale University; Ph.D., Kent State University (2008) 

Craig S. Laufer, Professor of Biology, Co-Chair of the Department of Biology, and Co-Director of the Honors Program; B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Kent State University (1988)

Dana Lawrence, Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Jacksonville University; Ph.D., Florida State University (2005)

Jiang Li, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.S., M.S., University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo (2018)

Tianning Li, Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Graduate MBA Program; B.S., Dalian University of Technology; M.S., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee (2009)

Xinlian Liu, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Computer Science Program; B.E., Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., Louisiana State University (2003)

Yulu Cherry Liu, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Ph.D., University of Toronto (2020)

Elizabeth Mackessey-Lloyd, Assistant Professor of Nursing; B.S., St. Joseph's College; M.A. Trinity College; MSN, University of Maryland, Baltimore; DNP, University of Alabama (2019)

Sara Malec, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University (2015)

Lisa Algazi Marcus, Professor of French; B.A., Hollins College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University (1994)

Terry Martin, Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., M.A., Hood College; Ph.D., University of Maryland (1979) 

Chaz Martinsen, Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Graduate Ceramic Arts Programs, B.A., San Diego State University; MFA, California State University (2020)

Heather Mitchell-Buck, Associate Professor of English and Director of First-Year Seminar; B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Duke University (2011)

Laura M. Moore, Andrew G. Truxal Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Work; B.D. Louisiana State University School of Architecture; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park (2003)

Molly B. Moreland, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology; B.A., San Diego State University, M.A., Ph.D., University of California (2017)

April Morris, Associate Professor of Art; B.A., Hood College, M.A., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin (2015) 

Janie J.C. O’Neal, Instructor in English; B.A., Binghamton University; M.L.S., University of Maryland (2011)

Katherine Orloff,  Associate Professor of Journalism; B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles (2008) 

Nicholas Owad, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2020)

James Parson, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Department of Mathematics; B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Princeton University (2008)

William Pierce, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.M.E., Shenandoah Conservatory of Music; M.S., Hood College (1993)

Scott Pincikowski, Professor of German and Director of Study Abroad; B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin Parkside; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2001) 

Katherine M. Robiadek, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Martha E. Church Center for Community Engagement; B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020)

Carin Robinson, Associate Professor of Political Science; B.A., Bethel University; M.A., The George Washington University; Ph.D., Georgetown University (2009)

Jennifer Ross, Professor of Art and Archaeology and Chair of the Department of Art and Archaeology; A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1999)

Ryan Safner, Assistant Professor of Economics; B.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., Ph.D., George Mason University (2016)

Ahmed Salem, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, and Director of the Graduate Information Technology Program; B.S., Higher Technological Institute-Egypt; M.S., Ph.D., University of Louisville (2006)

Jolene Sanders, Associate Professor of Sociology; B.A., University of Maryland; M.A., University of Baltimore; Ph.D., American University (2006)

Mark Sandona, Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English; B.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Harvard University (1990)

Terry Scott, Associate Professor of History, American and African American Studies; B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., University of Chicago (2016)

Megan J. Doughty Shaine, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling; B.A., Wesleyan University, M.S. Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., The George Washington University (2016)

Daniel Shea, Visiting Instructor of Education and Director of the Graduate Educational Leadership program; B.A., Georgetown University; M.A. University of Maryland (2017)

Paulette Shockey, Assistant Professor of Education; B.S., West Virginia Institute of Technology; M.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2016)

Daniel Sierra-Sosa, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Information Technology; Ph.D., University of LaPlata, Argentina (2021)

Atiya Smith, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.A., Hood College; M.S., University of Baltimore (2018); Ph.D., University of Rochester (2018)

Oney P. Smith, Professor of Biology and Co-Chair of the Department of Biology; B.S., University of Vermont; M.S., University of Maine; Ph.D., Texas A&M University (1995) 

Lynn L. Staininger, Instructor of Music; B.M., M.M., Arizona State University (2012)

James Stanker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics; B.S., San Jose State University; MBA, California State University (2019)

Ann Stewart, Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Ithaca College; M.M., San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University (2007)

Tricia K. Strickland, Associate Professor of Education; B.A., University of Baltimore; M.Ed., George Mason University; Ph.D. University of Maryland (2011)

Christopher Stromberg, Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; Ph.D., Stanford University (2005)

Sandra Thomas-Lalmansingh, Assistant Professor of Nursing; B.S., Thomas Jefferson University; MSN, The Catholic University of America; Ph.D., University of Phoenix (2019)

Marisel Torres-Crespo, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Coordinator of Online Instruction; B.A., M.Ed., University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2012)

Tamelyn N. Tucker-Worgs, Virginia E. Lewis Chair in Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science; B.A., Hampton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park (2002)

Jill Tysse, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, B.S, University College Cork, M.S., University of Oxford, M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia (2014)

Jerrold A. Van Winter, Associate Professor of Management; B.A., St. Mary’s College of Maryland; MBA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2009)

Noel Verzosa, Jr., Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music; B.A., Bowdoin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2009)

Brooke Witherow, Assistant Professor of Communications; B.S., Stevenson University; M.A., Duquesne University (2019) 

Wayne L. Wold, Professor of Music, College Organist; B.M., Concordia College; M.M., Wittenberg University; D.M.A., Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University (1990)

Donald Wright, Professor of French and Arabic and Director of the Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program; B.S., The Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2008) 

Mel Zuberi, Assistant Professor of Marketing; B.S., Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, India; MBA, Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of North Texas (2018)

Maria Griselda Zuffi, Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Global Languages and Cultures; B.A., University del Salvador; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1997)