NEW, CONTINUING, AND REAPPOINTED FACULTY
Samar AbushkheidemVisiting Instructor of Arabic Language and CultureTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Laura B. AttanasioVisiting Assistant Professor of Southern Appalachian StudiesB.A., Vassar College; M.S., Ph.D., University of MinnesotaTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Toni BarnesVisiting Instructor of EducationTerm Reappointment, Easter 2017 James Myron BatemanVisiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer ScienceB.S., Union University; M.S., Mathematics, M.S., Computer Science, Ph.D., Vanderbilt UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Stephanie L. BatkieVisiting Assistant Professor of English and Director of Writing Across the CurriculumB.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of MichiganTerm Appointment, Academic Years 2016 - 2017 to 2018 - 2019 Katharine Seip-CammackAssistant Professor of PsychologyB.S., Santa Clara University; Ph.D., Rutgers UniversityTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Stephen Byrnes CarmodyPost-doctoral Fellow in ArchaeologyB.S., College of Charleston; M.A., Ph.D., University of TennesseeTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 John Kenyon Coffey IIAssistant Professor of PsychologyB.A., Creighton University; M.S.W., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate UniversityTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Abby ColbertVisiting Instructor of PoliticsTerm Reappointment, Easter 2017 James CrawfordAssociate Professor of TheatreB.A., Brown University; M.F.A., University of California at San DiegoTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Kati CurtsAssistant Professor of Religious StudiesB.B.A., Washburn University; M.A., New York University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale UniversityTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Sharon DolackVisiting Instructor of EducationTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Linden Anne DuffeeVisiting Assistant Professor of MathematicsB.A., St. John's College (MD); Ph.D., University of AlabamaTerm Appointment, 2016 - 2017 to 2017 - 2018 Thea M. EdwardsResearch Visiting Assistant Professor of BiologyB.S., Virginia Tech; M.A., Ph.D., University of FloridaTerm Reappointment, Advent Semester 2016 Terri D. FisherVisiting Professor of PsychologyB.A., Wake Forest University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia (Athens)Term Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Edith Loraine FreniTennessee Williams Playwright-in-Residence and Visiting Assistant Professor of EnglishB.F.A., M.F.A., New York UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Lucia García SantanaAssistant Professor of SpanishB.A., University of La Laguna; M.A., Ph.D., University of ConnecticutTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Sarah E. GardnerBrown Foundation Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of HistoryB.A., M.A., Miami University (OH); Ph.D., Emory UniversityTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Anna Lee GeorgeVisiting Assistant Professor of EducationB.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Saint Louis UniversityTerm Reappointment, Easter Semester 2017 James Brock GordonVisiting Assistant Professor of Art & Art HistoryB.F.A., The University of Georgia; M.F.A., The University of North Carolina at GreensboroTerm Appointment, Advent 2016 Cynthia G. GrayVisiting Instructor of Biology and Assistant Director of Advising for the Office of Medical and Health ProgramsB.S., The University of the South; M.S., Middle Tennessee State UniversityTerm Appointment, 2016 - 2017 to 2018 - 2019 Nicholas J. HarmonVisiting Assistant Professor of PhysicsB.A., The College of Wooster; Ph.D., The Ohio State UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Stephen HarrisonVisiting Assistant Professor of HistoryB.A., East Carolina University; M.A., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt UniversityTerm Appointment, Advent 2016 Emily HermanVisiting Instructor of Education B.A., Boston University; M.S., Simmons College; B.A., St. Cloud State UniversityTerm Reappointment, Easter Semester 2017 Jennifer Paige HillVisiting Instructor of EducationB.A., University of Tennessee; M.A., Ed.S., Tennessee Technological UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 JoyAnna S. HopperAssistant Professor of PoliticsB.A., Eastern Illinois University; M.A., Ph.D., University of MissouriTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Maha JafriAssistant Professor of EnglishB.A., The Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern UniversityTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Timothy Michael JesurunVisiting Assistant Professor of PsychologyB.A., Calvin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of AkronTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Evan Elizabeth JoslinAssistant Professor of ChemistryB.A., Agnes Scott College; Ph.D., University of VirginiaTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Rev. Leyla KingVisiting Instructor of International and Global StudiesB.A., Dartmouth College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity SchoolTerm Reappointment, Advent 2016 Alice K. KolakowskaVisiting Assistant Professor of PhysicsM.S., University of Gdansk; M.S., Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, CanadaTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Bernard KuhajdaVisiting Assistant Professor of BiologyTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Julian A. LedfordVisiting Assistant Professor of FrenchB.A., Washington and Lee University; M.M., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Vanderbilt UniversitySabbatical Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Alejandro Mylonas LeegstraVisiting Instructor of SpanishB.A., University of La Laguna; M.A., Complutense University; M.A., University of ConnecticutTerm Appointment, 2016 - 2017 to 2017 - 2018 Arturo Márquez-GómezAssistant Professor of SpanishB.A., M.A., University of Chile; M.A., Ph.D., Brown UniversityTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Melissa MartinVisiting Instructor of EducationTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Jon Ellis MeachamDistinguished Visiting Professor of HistoryB.A., The University of the SouthTerm Reappointment, Advent Semester 2016 Jessica MecellemVisiting Assistant Professor of PoliticsB.A., Whitworth University; M.A., Université de Provence; Ph.D., Loyola University (Chicago)Term Appointment, 2016 - 2017 to 2020 - 2021 Antonio MompletBrown Foundation Fellow and Visiting Professor of Spanish and Art and Art HistoryM.A., Ph.D., Complutense UniversityTerm Reappointment, Advent Semester 2016 David NeelyVisiting Assistant Professor of Biology and Earth and Environmental SciencesTerm Reappointment, Easter 2017 Sara Rose NimisMellon Globalization ForumPost-doctoral Fellow in Arabic Language and CultureB.A., Macalester College; M.A., Miami University; Ph.D., Georgetown UniversityTerm Reappointment, Advent Semester 2016 Laura K. NüfferVisiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies (Japanese)B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., University of PennsylvaniaTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Agnes OrtegaVisiting Assistant Professor of BiologyTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Sean Patrick O'RourkeDirector of the Center for Speaking and Listening and Professor of Rhetoric/American StudiesB.A., M.A., Humboldt State University; J.D., Ph.D., University of OregonTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Joseph PernaVisiting Assistant Professor of ItalianA.B., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., New York UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Peter PoveyVisiting Assistant Professor of MusicB.M., Royal College of Music; M.M., Yale University; D.M., Northwestern UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Karen ProctorEntrepreneur in Residence, Babson CenterB.A., University of Notre DameTerm Reappointment, Easter 2017 Dana RaschVisiting Assistant Professor of Medical HumanitiesB.A., Flagler College; M.S., California State; Ph.D., University of Miami (FL)Term Appointment, Easter 2017 Matthew SchraderVisiting Assistant Professor of BiologyTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Emily SenefeldVisiting Instructor of HistoryB.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of VirginiaTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Martha Louise Smith RobertsVisiting Instructor of Religious StudiesB.A., M.A., Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of CaliforniaTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Shu YangAssistant Professor of Asian Studies (Chinese)B.A., M.A., Beijing Normal University; Ph.D., University of OregonTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Clint SmithAssistant Professor of BiologyB.S., University of Central Arkansas; Ph.D., University of KentuckyTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Bradley S. SturgillAssistant Professor of EconomicsB.S., B.A., Appalachian State University; M.Econ., Ph.D., North Carolina State UniversityTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Nathan W. SwansonVisiting Professor of International and Global StudiesB.A., M.A., Iowa State University of Science and Technology; J.D., Drake University Law School; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Elizabeth TaylorVisiting Instructor of PsychologyB.A., Augusta State University; M.S., Georgia Regents University (Agusta University)Term Appointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Jessica UsherwoodVisiting Professor of MusicB.A., Lee University; M.Mus., Roosevelt University; D.Mus., Indiana University (Bloomington)Term Appointment, 2016 - 2017 to 2017 - 2018 Henry WalkerVisiting Professor of Computer ScienceA.B., Williams College; M.S., University of Iowa; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Hilary Dow WardVisiting Assistant Professor of MusicTerm Appointment, Easter 2017 Andrea WeathermanVisiting Instructor of GermanB.A., Converse College; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt UniversityTerm Appointment, Advent 2016 G. Norman WestVisiting Assistant Professor of PsychologyB.S., M.Ed., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Ball State UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Elyzabeth Gregory WilderVisiting Assistant Professor of English and TheatreB.F.A., SUNY Purchase; M.F.A., New York UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017 Teresa Rose WisemanVisiting Instructor of EducationElem. 1-8, Librarian K-12, SPED., Motlow, MTSU, Trevecca; M.S., Tennessee State UniversityTerm Reappointment, Advent Semester 2016 Cameron WorldVisiting Assistant Professor of BiologyB.S., Ph.D., University of QueenslandTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2016 - 2017Leaves
| Richard B. Apgar (Germ) | Advent 2016 |
| Helen Bateman (Psyc) | Easter 2017 |
| Gregory T. Clark (ArtH) | 2016 - 2017 |
| Aaron A. Elrod (Econ) | Advent 2016 |
| William E. Engel (Engl) | 2016 - 2017 |
| Mark Hopwood (Phil) | Advent 2016 |
| Kelly Malone (Engl) | Easter 2017 |
| Christopher Michael McDonough (ClSt) | Easter 2017 |
| Carmen E. McEvoy (Hist) | Easter 2017 |
| Shana Minkin (IGS) | 2016 - 2017 |
| Xiaofei Pan (Econ) | Advent 2016 |
| Randolph S. Peterson (Phys) | 2016 - 2017 |
| Susan J. Ridyard (Hist) | 2016 - 2017 |
| Houston Roberson (Hist) | Advent 2016 |
| Donald Rung (Fren) | 2016 - 2017 |
| Courtney L. Thompson (WGS/AmSt) | 2016 - 2017 |
| Merle "Mae" Wallace (Educ) | Easter 2017 |
| Jessica Wohl (ArtH) | Advent 2016 |
Faculty Not Returning
Frederick Hailey CroomCharles Vance DaltonRobert G. DelcampCraig DuncanMaggie Ann Fritz-MorkinJames Brock GordonStephen HarrisonLarry JonesPhoebe KajubiAndrea Weatherman KikkertDavid Macrae LandonKatherine LehmanWilliam Henry Lewis IICheri MagidMayumi ManabeJohann Ray ManningJon Ellis MeachamAntonio MompletSara Rose NimisCharles Richard PerryJennifer A. PickensJohn V. ReishmanHouston Roberson (deceased)Susan K. RupertMatthew D. SandersonKevin SchoenbergerGerald Lafayette SmithThomas D. SpaccarelliMichael Gathonjia WairunguRobert Jeffrey WhittleEmily Marie WhiteTeresa Rose WisemanFACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND LEAVES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS CAN BE FOUND HERE.
