New, Continuing, and Reappointed Faculty
William S. Andrews
Visiting Instructor of Psychology
B.A., Middle Tennessee State University, B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, B.A., M.B.A, A.B.D., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Autumn Averitt
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Baylor University,; M.A., A.B.D., Indiana University
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
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
Jamie Capuzza
Visiting Assistant 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, M.P.A., American University, Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Term Reappointment, Academic Years 2024-2025 - 2026-2027
Cecilia L. Cerja
Assistant Professor of Politics and Women's & Gender Studies, and Rhetoric
B.A., James Madison University; M.A. University of Northern Iowa; A.B.D., University of Georgia
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Cameron Coates
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis; M.A., Loyola University; Ph.D., DePaul University
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2024-2025
Claire Cooper
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Georgetown University; M.A. Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Hoang Dao
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance
B.A., St. John’s University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2023-2024 - 2024-2025
Maria Falikman
Teaching Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Lomonosov Moscow State University
Non-Tenure-Track Reappointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Anna M. Foy
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Stephen Hancock
Visiting Instructor of Physics
B.S., The University of the South; B.S., M.S., Washington University in St. Louis
Term Reappointment, Academic Years 2023-2024 - 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, Academic Year 2024-2025
Shuler Hopkins
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., King Unviversity; M.S. Ph.D. Candidate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2023-2024 - 2025-2026
Linxian Huang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Guangxi University; M.S., Middle Tennessee State University
Term Appointment, 2023-2024 -2024-2025
Erica Hussey
Visiting Assistant Professor of English & Creative Writing
B.A., University of Texas, Austin; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.F.A., The University of Alabama
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Yi Jiang
Visiting Assistant Professor of English & Creative Writing
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.F.A., Vanderbilt University
Term Appointment, Spring 2025
Sam Johnson
Visiting Instructor of Spanish
B.A., Aquinas College; M.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Yoonjung Kang
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., M.A, Yonsei University; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Tenure-Track Appointment, 2024-2025
Matthew Keogh
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Rhodes College; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Jisoo Kim
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Systems
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Arizona State University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Charlie Kirchen
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Columbia University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024 -2025
Kevin Liu
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Vanderbilt University; M.S., M.S, Ph.D., University of Washington
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Andrew Maginn
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College; M.A., North Carolina Central University; Ph.D., Howard University
Term Appointment, Academic years 2023-2024 - 2024-2025
Patten Mahler
Visiting Assistant 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 2024-2025
Stuart Marshall
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A., St. Andrews University (Laurinburg, NC); M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
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 2024-2025
Luis Mendez
Visiting Instructor of Psychology
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Caroline Minchew
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., The University of the South; M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
Term Appointment, Fall 2024
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of La Laguna; M.A., Complutense University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Claire Panetta
Assistant Professor of International & Global Studies
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Columbia University; M. Phil, Ph.D., The Graduate Center-CUNY
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Thomas Powell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Science
B.S., The University of the South; M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., Harvard University
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2024-2025
Elizabeth Quinn-Stine
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics
B.A., Brown University; M.S., University of Washington; M.S. University Tennessee-Chattanooga
Term Appointment, Fall 2024
Alexandra Raeber
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.S. Ph.D., University of Chicago
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Sarah Rimkus
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
B.M., University of Southern California; M.M., Ph.D., University of Aberdeen
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Kevin Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2024-2025
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 2023-2024 - 2025-2026
Emily Sharp
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.S., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University
Tenure-Track Appointment, 2024-2025
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 Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Helen Stapleton
Visiting Instructor of French
B.A., The University of the South; M.S., Georgia State University
Term Appointment, Fall 2024
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, 2024-2025
Brittney Threatt
Assistant Professor of English
B.A. Rhodes College; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Mario Torres
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
B.S., B.M., M.M., Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA; M.M., Ithaca College; A.B.D., University of Washington
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2024-2025
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 2024-2025
Jordan Vera
Assistant Professor of Theatre & Dance
B.F.A., Florida International University; M.F.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2024-2025
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 Years 2022-2023 - 2024-2025
Elena “Susanna” Weygandt
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian
B.A., Bryn Mawr; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Princeton University
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
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 2024-2025
Cameron World
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Ph.D., University of Queensland
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
Zekun (Zac) Wu
Assistant Professor of Finance
B.E., University of Science and Technology Beijing; M.S. M.S., University of North Carolina Charlotte; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2024-2025
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
Leaves
| Celeste Ray (ANTH) | Fall 2024 |
| Pradip Malde (ARTH) | Fall 2024 |
| Nancy Berner (BIOL) | Spring 2024- Fall 2024 |
| Pepe Iriarte-Diaz (BIOL) | Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Matthew Schrader (BIOL) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| Terry Papillon (CLST) | Fall 2023 - Fall 2024 |
| Marc St-Pierre (ECON) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| Lhakpa Sherpa (ECON) | Spring Semester (2025) |
| Huarui Jing (ECON/FIN) | Fall Semester 2024 |
| Brad Sturgill (ECON/FIN) | Fall Semester 2024 |
| Lily Thompson (EES) | Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Misha Rai (ENGL) | Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Kevin Wilson (ENGL) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| Don Rung (FREN) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| Liesl Allingham (GRMN) | Fall 2024 |
| Matthew Mitchell (HIST) | Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Tiffany Momon (HIST) | Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Carmen McEvoy (HIST) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| Mark Hopwood (PHIL) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| Chris Conn (PHIL) | Fall Semester 2024 |
| Al Bardi (PSYC) | Spring Semester 2024 - Fall 2024 |
| Karen Yu (PSYC) | Fall Semester 2024 |
| Kathryn Morgan (PSYC) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| Thomas Reppert (PSYC) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| Tam Parker (RELG) | Spring Semester 2025 |
| David Colbert (SPAN) | Spring Semester 2025 |
Research Appointments
Robert Gaines (2024-2025)
Sherry Hamby
Linda Mayes
Craig Stubblebine, emeritus
Faculty Not Returning
Dan Backlund
Jim Peterman
Ben Szapiro
Wyatt Prunty
Nancy Berner
Sid Brown
J.R. Ankney
Doug Barlow
Stephen Berquist
Elise Chapman
Stephanie Choi
Chris Eppolito
Seth Gannon
Aaron Gold
Diana Hatchett
Ian K. Jensen
Gwen Kirby
Andrew Parker Lawson
Trent Leipert
Emily Stanton
Hunter Swenson
Chiedozie Uhuegbu
Sheahan Virgin
Pandora White
Kayleigh Whitman
