New, Continuing, and Reappointed Faculty
Anke Arnaud
Visiting Professor of Marketing
B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.; University of Central Florida
Term Reappointment, Fall 2025
Autumn Averitt
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Baylor University; M.A., A.B.D., Indiana University
Sabbatical Replacement, Academic Year 2025-2026
Susan Buckingham
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., The College of Wooster; M.S., Ph.D., University of Vermont
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2024-2025 - 2025-2026
Daniel Burnfin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Catholic University of Leuven; M.A., University of Heidelberg; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Jamie Capuzza
Visiting Professor of American Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies, and Rhetoric
B.A., Mount Union College; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2024-2025 - 2026-2027
Daniel Clay Carter
Teaching Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Science
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Term Reappointment, Academic Years 2024-2025 - 2026-2027
Elise Chapman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; M.S., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Alabama
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Bikash Choudhary
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Biology
B.S., Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology; M.S., SJM School of Biosciences and Bioengineering; Ph.D., National Center for Biological Sciences
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Durell Cooper
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre
B.F.A., Southern Methodist University; M.A., Ed.D., New York University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Myles Elledge
Director, Babson Center for Global Commerce
B.A., University of the South; M.A., University of Pittsburgh
Term Appointment, Fall 2025
Maria Falikman
Teaching Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Lomonosov Moscow State University
Non-Tenure-Track Reappointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Terri D. Fisher
Teaching Professor of Psychology
B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., The University of Georgia; Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Term Reappointment, Academic Years 2025-2026 - 2027-2028
Stephen Hancock
Visiting Instructor of Physics
B.S., University of the South; B.S., M.S., Washington University in St. Louis
Term Reappointment, Academic Years 2023-2024 - 2025-2026
Thomas Harris
Assistant Professor of Forestry
B.S., North Carolina State University; M.S., University of Georgia (Athens); M.Phil., Yale University, Ph.D. in progress
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
J. Garrett Heatherly
Visiting Instructor of Psychology
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., A.B.D., Spalding University
Term Appointment, Fall 2025
Shuler Hopkins
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., King University; M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Term Appointment, 2023-2024 - 2025-2026
Linxian Huang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Guangxi University; M.S., Middle Tennessee State University (Ph.D. expected May 2023)
Term Appointment, 2025-2026 - 2027-2028
Sam Johnson
Visiting Instructor of Spanish
B.A., Aquinas College; M.A., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Term Appointment, Fall 2025
Youngwha Kim
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Methodist Theological University; M.Div., Boston University; M.S.T, Yale University; Ph.D., Emory University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Charlie Kirchen
Visiting Instructor of Music
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Columbia University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Patten Mahler
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics & Finance
B.S., Davidson College; M.A., Duke University; M.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Alessia Martini
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian
B.A., Università di Pisa; M.A., Universià per Stranieri de Siena; M.A., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2024-2025 - 2025-2026
Brian McCray
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Systems
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Luis Mendez
Visiting Instructor of Psychology
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028
Alejandro Mylonas-Leegstra
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of La Laguna; M.A., Complutense University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Term Reappointment, Academic Years 2025-2026
Elizabeth Quinn-Stine
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics
B.A., Brown University; M.S., University of Washington; M.S., University Tennessee-Chattanooga
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Bhavesh Ramkorun
Assistant Professor of Physics
B.A., Berea College; M.S., University of Alabama Birmingham; Ph.D., Auburn University
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Sarah Rimkus
Assistant Professor of Music
B.M., University of Southern California; M.M., Ph.D., University of Aberdeen
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2025-2026
Giovanni F. Román-Torres
Visiting Instructor of American Studies and International & Global Studies
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., University of Michigan
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Merisa Bahar Sahin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A., Boğaziçi University; M.A., New York University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Khadijeh Salimi
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A. Islamic Azad University Science & Research Branch; M.A., Kharazmi University; Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2025-2026 - 2027-2028
Leo Seballos
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Loyola Marymount University, Ph.D., University of California
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Heidi Siegrist
Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference Director and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D, University of Virginia
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Helen Stapleton
Visiting Instructor of French
B.A., The University of the South; M.S., Georgia State University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Richard Tate
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
A.A., Mt. Hood Community College; B.S., Humboldt State University; Ph.D., University of Florida
Term Reappointment, 2025-2026
Elizabeth Teeter
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Studies
B.S., Bowdoin College; M.S., Vanderbilt University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Jane Millar Tully
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Cornell University; M.A.,, Ph.D., The University of Texas, Austin
Sabbatical Replacement, Academic Year 2025-2026
Li-Chun Richard Tung
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., National Central University; M.S., National Tsin Hua University; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
W. Grady Wells
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.S., Murray State University; Ph.D., Tennessee Technological University
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Jim Whiteside
Visiting Assistant Professor of English & Creative Writing
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Cameron World
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Ph.D., University of Queensland
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Wanda Yang Temko
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Emory University; M.M., Georgia State University; D.M., Indiana University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2025-2026
Eric J. Zinn
Instructor of Accounting
B.A., University of the South; J.D., L.L.M., University of Florida; M.S., M.B.A., University of Colorado, Denver
Term Reappointment, 2022-2023 - 2025-2026
Research Leaves
| Mishoe Brennecke (ARTH) | Spring 2026 |
| Katie McGhee (BIOL) | Spring 2026 |
| Kirk Zigler (BIOL) | Spring 2026 |
| Daniel Holmes (CLST) | Academic Year 2025-2026 |
| Stephanie McCarter (CLST) | Academic Year 2025-2026 |
| Douglas Williams (ECON) | Academic Year 2025-2026 |
| Martin Knoll (EES) | Fall 2025 |
| Keri Watson (EES) | Academic Year 2025-2026 |
| Julian Ledford (FREN) | Spring 2026 |
| John Willis (HIST) | Spring 2026 |
| Zhexiu Tu (MATH) | Spring 2026 |
| Kerry Ginger (MUSC) | Fall 2025 |
| Cameron Coates (PHIL) | Academic Year 2025-2026 |
| Sid Simpson (POLS) | Academic Year 2025-2026 |
| Betsy Sandlin (SPAN) | Academic Year 2025-2026 |
| Sarah Hamilton (THTR) | Spring 2026 |
| Jim Crawford (THTR) | Academic Year 2025-2026 |
Research Appointments
Sherry Hamby
Linda Mayes
Craig Stubblebine, emeritus
Faculty Not Returning
Nancy Berner
Zekun “Zac” Wu
Doug Durig
David Haskell
Randy Peterson
Mark Hopwood
Husnain Ahmad
William S. Andrews
Claire Cooper
Hoang Dao
Anna Foy
Erica Hussey
Yi Jiang
Matt Keogh
Jisoo Kim
Andrew Maginn
Stuart Marshall
Updated 6/9/25, Errors or questions to slcarr@sewanee.edu
