New, Continuing, and Reappointed Faculty
J.R. Ankney
Visiting Instructor of Music
B.M.Ed., Berklee College of Music
Term Appointment, Advent 2023
Anke Arnaud
Visiting Professor of Marketing
B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.; University of Central Florida
Term Reappointment, Advent 2023
Doug Barlow
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., University of Florida; M.S., Pittsburg State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Alabama-Huntsville
Term Appointment, Easter 2023 - Easter 2024
Stephen Berquist
Visiting Assistant Professor of International & Global Studies
B.A., University of Chicago; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Toronto
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
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 2022-2023 and 2023-2024
Elise Chapman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; M.S., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Alabama
Term Appointment, Advent 2023
Stephanie Choi
Visiting Poet-in-Residence of English and Creative Writing
B.A., University of Arizona; M.F.A., University of Utah
Term Appointment, August 2023-May 2024
Cameron Coates
Teaching Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., St. John’s College; M.A., Loyola University; Ph.D., DePaul University (in progress)
Term Reappointment, Academic Years 2023-2024 - 2025-2026
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 2023-2024
Hoang Dao
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., St. John’s University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Chris Eppolito
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A.,Canisius College; M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Binghamton University
Term Appointment, 2022-2023 - 2023-2024
Maria Falikman
Teaching Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Lomonosov Moscow State University
Non-Tenure-Track Reappointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
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, 2023-
Anna M. Foy
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Seth Gannon
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Transylvania University; M.S., University of Dayton; M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, University of Louisville
Term Appointment, 2022-2023 - 2023-2024
Patrick Gauding
Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A., M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D. Candidate, University of Kansas
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2023-2024
Aaron Gold
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A., The Citadel; M.A., East Carolina University; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Sarah Lacy Hamilton
Assistant Professor of Theatre
B.F.A., Southern Methodist University; M.F.A., University of Iowa
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2023-2024
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
Diana Hatchett
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Systems
B.A., University of the South; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Garrett Heatherly
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Spalding University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
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, 2023-2024 - 2024-2025
Ian K. Jensen
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Montana, Missoula; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Eric Keen
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., University of the South; M.S., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2023 -2024
Matthew Keogh
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Rhodes College; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Andrew Parker Lawson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., Centre College; M.Phil., Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Term Reappointment, Advent 2023
Trent Leipert
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., M.A., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Term Appointment, 2022-2023 - 2023-2024
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
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, 2023-2024
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 2023-2024
Luis Mendez
Instructor of Psychology
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2023-2024 - 2024-2025
Alejandro Mylonas-Leegstra
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of La Laguna; M.A., Complutense University; M.A., University of Connecticut
Five-Year Term Appointment, Academic Years 2020-2021 -- 2024-2025
Clarissa L. Peterson
Professor of Politics and African & African American Studies
B.S., University of Akron; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Tenured Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Thomas Powell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Forestry
B.S., University of the South; M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., Harvard University
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Ross T. Sowell
Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., The University of the South; Ph.D., Washington University
Tenured Appointment, 2023-2024
Elizabeth Quinn-Stine
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics
B.A., Brown University; M.S., University of Washington; M.S. University Tennessee-Chattanooga (expected May 2023)
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024 (4 courses)
Misha Rai
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Delhi; M.A., University of Leicester; M.F.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Florida State University
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2023-2024
Emmitt Y. Riley III
Associate Professor of Politics and African & African American Studies
B.A., Mississippi Valley State University; M.A., Jackson State University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Mississippi
Tenured Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Kevin Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2023-2024 - 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 2023-2024 - 2025-2026
Heidi Siegrist
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 2023-2024
Christopher F. Silver
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., B.S., M.S., D.E.L.L., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; M.A., Wilfrid Laurier University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2023-2024
Sina Soleymani
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
B.Sc., University of Bonab; M.Sc., University of Tabriz; Ph.D., Penn State University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Helen Stapleton
Visiting Instructor of French
B.A., The University of the South; M.S., Georgia State University
Term Appointment, Advent 2023
Hunter Swenson
Visiting Instructor of Art & Art History
B.A., The University of the South; Post-Bac Certificate, New York University
Term Appointment, Advent 2023
Richard Tate
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
A.A, Mt. Hood Community College; B.S., Humboldt State University; ABD, University of Florida (exp. Dec. 2023)
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Teri Terigele
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., Central University of Finance and Economics; M.S., Iowa State University; ABD, University of Kansas (expected 2023)
Tenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Mario Torres
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
B.S., B.M., M.M., Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA; M.M., Ithaca College; D.M.A. Candidate, University of Washington
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2022-2023 - 2023-2024
Chiedozie Uhuegbu
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
B.A., M.A., University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2022-2023 - 2023-2024
Jordan Vera
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre & Dance
B.F.A., Florida International University; M.F.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Sheahan Virgin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Term Appointment, Academic Years 2023-2024 - 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 to 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 2023-2024
Pandora White
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Alcorn State University; M.P.H., University of Alabama-Birmingham; M.S., Ph.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Kayleigh Whitman
Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Women’s & Gender Studies
B.A., Florida State University; M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Term Appointment, Academic Year 2023-2024
Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Assistant Professor of English & Creative Writing
B.F.A., SUNY Purchase; M.F.A., New York University
Tenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2023-2024
Cameron World
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Ph.D., University of Queensland
Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2022-2023 - 2023-2024
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
Four-Year Term Reappointment, 2022-2023 and 2025-2026
Honorary Faculty
Leaves
| Richard Apgar (GRMN) | Fall 2023 |
| Dan Backlund (THTR) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Al Bardi (PSYC) | Calendar Year 2024 |
| Nancy Berner (BIOL) | Calendar Year 2024 |
| Molly Brookfield (HIST/WGS) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Anthony Donaldson (HIST) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Aaron Elrod (ECON) | Spring 2024 |
| Bill Engel (ENGL) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Jon Evans (BIOL) | Full Year 2023-2024 |
| David Haskell (EES/BIOL) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Kelly Malone (ENGL) | Spring 2024 |
| Chris McDonough (CLST) | Spring 2024 |
| Kartik Misra (ECON) | Spring 2024 |
| Terry Papillon (CLST/RHET) | Fall 2024 - Fall 2025 |
| Randy Peterson (PHYS) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Rongson Pongdee (CHEM) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Sue Ridyard (HIST) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Clint Smith (BIOL) | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
Research Appointments
Elena Eneva
Robert Gaines
Sherry Hamby
Linda Mayes
Sarah Sherwood
Craig Stubblebine, emeritus
(Victoria) Camille Westmont
Fulbright scholar
Faculty Not Returning
Joseph Coll
Adriana Colom Cruz
Isabel Duarte-Gray
Juyoun Jang
Stormy Malone
N.H. Manzur-E-Maula
Lindi Masur
Giordano Mazza
Shana Minkin
David Neely
Ved Patel
Paige Schneider
Ken Smith
Sarah Sherwood
Faculty Appointments and Leaves from previous years can be found here.
