Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences

 CURRENT AND EMERITUS
(Years indicate date of hire of current faculty.)


Laurence Richards Alvarez
B.S., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Henry Frank Arnold Jr.
B.A., The University of the South; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Jesse Spalding Professor of English Literature, Emeritus

Phyllis Arthasery, '08
B.Sc., Kerala University; M.Sc., Madras University; Ph.D. Baylor University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Srikrishna Ayyangar, ‘07
B.A., Bangalore University; M.A., M.Phil, Jawaharial Nehru University; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science

Robert Edward Bachman, '01
B.A., Ph.D., Rice University
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Daniel Backlund, '89
B.S., Bradley University; M.F.A., North Carolina School of the Arts
Professor of Theatre Arts and Director of the Sewanee Summer Seminar

Carl Albert Bardi, '08
B.A., North Carolina State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Professor of Psychology

Nicole Bella Barenbaum, '90
A.B., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Professor of Psychology

Helen V. Bateman, '03
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Alfred Scott Bates
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of French and Theatre Arts, Emeritus

Robert George Benson, '79
B.A., M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of English

Julie Kay Berebitsky, '97
B.A., University of California, Davis; M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., Temple University
Associate Professor of History

Nancy Jane Berner, '92
B.A., M.S., University of Idaho; Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor of Biology

Margaret Duncan Binnicker, '07
B.A., The University of the South; M.A.L.S., Dartmouth College; D.A., Middle Tennessee State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History and Coordinator of the Sewanee School of Letters

Margaret Elaine Gompper Bonds, '80
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland
Professor of Spanish
Sabbatical Leave Advent 2008

Alyssa R. Bonine-Summers, '07
B.A., Lawrence University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor in Biology

John Lawson Bordley Jr., '70
B.S., Davidson College; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
F.B. Williams Professor of Chemistry

Scott Thomas Borella, '08
B.S., Gannon University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Michael A. Braden, '07
B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Purdue University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

Andrew Bragen, '08
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.F.A., Brown University
Tennessee Williams Playwright-in-Residence and Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Nancy Mishoe Brennecke, '95
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., City University of New York
Associate Professor of Art History

Charles Donald Brockett, '79
B.A., Whittier College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Biehl Professor of International Studies

Sid Brown, '99
B.A., Emory University; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Associate Professor of Religion

Larry Edward Carden, '82
B.A., DePauw University; B.D., Yale University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Religion

Stephen Paul Carl, '04
B.S.E.E., Rice University; M.A., University of Texas
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

James Edward Carlos
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Catholic University of America; Ph.D., Ohio University
Professor of Art, Emeritus

James Robert Carlson, '03
B.M., Central Washington University; M.M., New England Conservatory; Ph.D., Duke University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Thomas Macnab Carlson, '70
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of English

Daniel C. Carter, '08
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University
Visiting Instructor of Political Science

Catherine Elizabeth Cavagnaro, '93
B.S., Santa Clara University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor of Mathematics

Mark A. Christian, '08
B.A., Belmont University; M.A., Vanderbilt University
Instructor in Classical Languages

Gregory Thomas Clark, '89
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Queens College, City University of New York; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor of Art History

Marcia Shonnard Clarkson
B.S. William Smith College
Lecturer in Computer Science, Emerita

William Ellis Clarkson, '73
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor of English

James Winston Clayton
B.A., New York University; B.D., S.T.M., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of Religion, Emeritus

William Tomphson Cocke III
B.A., The University of the South; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Jesse Spalding Professor of English Literature, Emeritus

Michael T. Coffey, ‘07
B.A., University of the South; D. Phil., University of Oxford
Visiting Associate Professor of Physics

Christopher H. Conn, '97
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Associate Professor of Philosophy

Marcia Mary Cook, '94
B.A., University of Iowa; M.Ed., The Johns Hopkins University; M.F.A., University of Tennessee
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre

Warren D. Hoss Craft, '98
B.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology and Mathematics and Computer Science

Virginia Ottley Craighill, '00
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Frederick Hailey Croom, '71
B.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Mathematics

Henrietta Brown Croom
A.B., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Biology, Emerita

James Thomas Cross
A.B., Brown University; M.S., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Gaston S. Bruton Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Joel Cunningham, '00
B.A., University of Chattanooga; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon
Vice Chancellor and Professor of Mathematics

Trudy Cunningham, '00
B.A., The University of Chattanooga; M.A., University of Oregon; Ed.D., University of Tennessee
Lecturer in Mathematics and Senior Consultant for Admission and Advising

Joseph David Cushman
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University
Francis S. Houghteling Professor of American History, Emeritus

Mary Susan Livingstone Cushman
A.B., Wellsley College; Ed.M., Harvard University
Lecturer of Education; Dean of Students, Emerita

Lucia K. Dale, '00
B.S., M.C.S., Ph.D, Texas A&M University
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

James Charles Davidheiser, '76
B.A., LaSalle College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor of German

Robert Arthur Degen
B.S., M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Robert Granville Delcamp, '78
B.M., M.M., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; D.Mus., Northwestern University
Professor of Music and University Organist

Douglas J. Drinen, '01
B.A., Trinity University; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

Daniel Elwood Dunn, '81
B.A., Cuttington College; M.A., Ph.D., The American University
Alfred Walter Negley Professor of Political Science
Sabbatical Leave Advent 2008

Douglas Tybor Durig, '87
B.S., Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Professor of Chemistry and Physics and Director of The Cordell-Lorenz Observatory

Sherwood Forrest Ebey
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

William E. Engel, '04
B.A., Trinity College; M.A. University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor of English

Jonathan P. Evans, '94
B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of Biology
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

John Francis Flynn
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor of History, Emeritus

Beth Pride Ford, '03
B.S., M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Jane Benton Fort, ‘07
B.A., Tulane University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Associate Professor in Spanish and Political Science

Jens Frederiksen, '08
B.A., M.A., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Instructor of Political Science

Kim Teresa Gallon, '08
B.A., Rutgers University; M.S., Drexel University; ABD, University of Pennsylvania
CFD Brown Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of History

William Jay Garland, '68
B.A., Emory University; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
Professor of Philosophy

John Joseph Gatta Jr., '04
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Dean of the College and Professor of English

Aymeric Glacet, '03
Maîtrise, D.E.A., Université de Lille III, France; Ph.D., Emory University
Assistant Professor of French

Harold Joel Goldberg, '74
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of History
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

Marvin Elias Goodstein
B.S., New York University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Robert Richard Gottfried, '82
A.B., Davidson College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Economics

Justin Cameron Gramarye, '08
B.S., George Mason University; Ph.D., University of Kansas
Visiting Instructor of Biology

Elizabeth Elkin Grammer, '94
A.B., Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of English

John Miller Grammer, '92
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor of English and Director of the School of Letters

William Benton Guenther
A.B., Oberlin College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rochester
F.B. Williams Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

William Thompson Haight, '93
B.A., West Virginia University; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Instructor in Mathematics

Sherry Lynne Hamby, '08
B.S., M.A., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of North Carolina 
Research Associate Professor of Psychology

Francis Xavier Hart, '67
B.S., Manhattan College; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University
Tom Costen Professor of Physics
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

David George Haskell, '96
B.A., University of Oxford; Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor of Biology

Andrea C. Hatcher, '05
B.A., M.A., University of West Florida; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science

Patricia Ruth Heck
B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Professor of Anthropology, Emerita

Carl Phillip Heinemann, C.P.A., '87
B.A., Vanderbilt University
Lecturer in Economics

Paige Hill, '08
B.A., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; M.A., Tennessee Technological University; Ed.S., Tennessee Technological University
Visiting Instructor of Education

Daniel Stephen Holmes, '08
B.A., University of Queensland; M.A. and  Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Classical Languages

Donald Charles Huber Jr., '95
B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics

Jerry Lee Ingles
A.B., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Matthew W. Irvin, '08
B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Duke University
Assistant Professor of English

Larry Hudson Jones, '77
B.S., Wofford College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of the College and Director of Study Abroad

Angela Alvarez Jordan, '96
B.S., Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; M.A., Middle Tennessee State University
Visiting Instructor in Spanish

Robert Larry Keele
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Alfred Walter Negley Professor of Political Science, Emeritus

Timothy Keith-Lucas, '73
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of Psychology

Edward Bleakley King
B.A., The University of the South; B.D., Seabury-Western Theological Seminary; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of History, Emeritus

Arthur Joseph Knoll
A.B., Bates College; A.M., New York University; Ph.D., Yale University
David E. Underdown Professor of European History, Emeritus

Martin Knoll, '93
B.A., The University of the South; M.S., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of Texas
Professor of Geology

Karen Kuers, '94
B.S., Spring Hill College; M.S., Texas A & M University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Professor of Forestry and Geology

Glenn Kumhera, '08
B.A., Ohio University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Dane Mitchell Kuppinger, ‘07
B.S., Emory University; M.S., Lesley University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

David MacRae Landon, '74
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Theatre Arts

Linda Bright Lankewicz, '95
B.S., University of Georgia; M.Ed., M.S., University of South Alabama; M.S., Ph.D., Tulane University
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science and Provost

Katherine L. Lehman, '95
B.M., University of Kansas; M.M., Certificate in Performance, Northwestern University
Instructor in Music

Leigh B. Lentile, '07
B.S., The University of the South; M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Forestry and Geology

Roger S. Levine, '04
B.A., Yale College; Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of History

Terza Silva Lima-Neves, '08
B.A., Providence College; M.A., Clark Atlanta University
CFD Brown Fellowship and Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science

Julie C. Lively, '05
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor of Biology
Pre-tenure Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

Bethany A. Lohr, '03
B.S., University of Alabama; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

James Norman Lowe
B.S., Antioch College; Ph.D., Stanford University
F.B. Williams Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

David Wayne Lumpkins
B.A., University of Tennessee; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Russian, Emeritus

Pamela Royston Macfie, '84
B.A., Goucher College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Samuel R. Williamson Distinguished University Chair and Professor of English and Co-director of Center for Teaching

Pradip Malde, '90
Diploma, Bournemouth College of Art; M.A., Glasgow School of Art
Professor of Art

Kelly Malone, '02
B.A., Providence College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Associate Professor of English

Rodelio Manacasa, '08
B.A., Ateneo de Manila University; M.A. Exec., University of Amsterdam; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science

Andrea Mansker, '04
B.A., California State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California
Assistant Professor of History
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

Jennifer Kay Matthews, '00
B.C.A., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

Elizabeth M. McCahill, '06
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Assistant Professor of History
Leave of Absence 2008-2009

Stephanie Ann McCarter, '08
B.A., University of Tennessee Knoxville; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Classical Languages

James Waring deBernieres McCrady, '08
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of French, Emeritus

Martha McCrory
B.M., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Rochester
Professor of Music, Emerita, and Director of the Sewanee Summer Music Center, Emerita

Christopher Michael McDonough, '02
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Associate Professor of Classical Languages
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

Carmen Elena McEvoy, '95
B.A., University of the Sacred Heart; M.L.A., Pontifical Catholic University of Peru; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Professor of History

Deborah Anne McGrath, '99
B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Asociate Professor of Biology
Leave of Absence Advent 2008

Gayle Elaine McKeen, '93
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Associate Professor of Political Science
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

Regis Miannay, '08
B.A., Lafayette College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Visiting Lecturer of French

Jennifer Davis Michael, '95
B.A., The University of the South; B.A., University of Oxford; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of English
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

Deon Terrell Miles, '02
B.A., Wabash College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
John D. MacArthur Associate Professor of Chemistry

Stephen Ray Miller, '95
B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Associate Professor of Music

Kathryn Oliver Mills, '97
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Oxford University; Ph.D., Yale University
Associate Professor of French

Yasmeen Mohiuddin, '81
B.A., M.A., Karachi University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Ralph Owen Distinguished Professor of Economics

Andrew Paul Moser, '03
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Donna F. Murdock, '03
B.A., Hunter College; M.A., Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies; Ph.D., Emory University
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Jeanne-Marie Musto, '08
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A.,The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History

Maria-Jesus Mayans Natal, '86
Bachiller, University of Seville; M.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Florida
Professor of Spanish

Eric Woodfin Naylor
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
William R. Kenan Professor of Spanish, Emeritus

Bonita Bailey Nolan, '08
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; M.S., Ed.S, MTSU; Ph.D., Tennessee State
Visiting Instructor of Education

Richard Allan O'Connor, '78
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Biehl Professor of International Studies and Co-director of Center for Teaching

Robert A. Ott Jr., '07
B.A., Bellarmine University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

John Raymond Palisano, '93
B.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Professor of Biology

Tam K. Parker, '00
B.A., Macalester College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Emory University
Associate Professor of Religion

Chris Parrish, '88
B.A., St. Mary's University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

William Brown Patterson
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of Oxford; M.Div., Episcopal Divinity School; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Francis S. Houghteling Professor of History, Emeritus

Phoebe Stone Pearigen, '87
B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; M.F.A., Southern Methodist University
Lecturer in Theatre Arts

Robert Wesley Pearigen, '87
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Associate Professor of Political Science and Vice President for University Relations

Charles Richard Perry, '74
A.B., Davidson College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

James Franklin Peterman, '80
A.B., Kenyon College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Philosophy

James Robert Peters, '84
B.A., Northern Illinois University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of Philosophy

Randolph Stuart Peterson, '89
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Professor of Physics

Charles Samuel Peyser Jr., '68
A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Professor of Psychology

Scott E. Phillips, '08
B.S., Auburn University; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

John James Piccard, '78
B.A., M.F.A., Florida State University
Lecturer in Theatre Arts

George Wilkinson Poe, '87
B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of French

James Gregory Pond, '99
B.A., The University of the South; M.F.A., The University of Georgia
Associate Professor of Art

Donald Brandreth Potter Jr., '80
B.A., Williams College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Annie Overton Brinkley Snowden Professor of Geology

Raymond Mark Preslar, '91
B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Washington
Assistant Professor of Russian

Joseph David Prestia, '08
B.A., Colgate University; M.A., University of Richmond; Ph.D., Indiana University
Visiting Assistant Professor of History

William McGowen Priestley, '67
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Gaston Swindell Bruton Professor of Mathematics

Wyatt Prunty, '89
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Carlton Professor of English and Director of the Sewanee Writers' Conference

Emily Puckette, '01
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

Julie N. Püttgen, '06
B.A., Yale University; M.F.A., Georgia State University
Assistant Professor of Art & Art History

George Shuford Ramseur
B.A., Elon College; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Biology, Emeritus

Laurie Anne Ramsey, '92
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Associate Professor of French

Tracy Johnson Randolph, '08
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; M.Ed., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
Visiting Instructor of Education

Stephen Boykin Raulston, '98
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor of Spanish

Rebecca Celeste Ray, '98
B.A., University of Florida; M.A., University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Professor of Anthropology

Eric Douglas Reed, '96
B.M. University of Houston; M.M., University of Tennessee
Lecturer in Music

William Wood Register, '92
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Professor of History

John Vincent Reishman, '69
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Jesse Spalding Professor of English Literature and Director of Summer School

Dale Edward Richardson, '73
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Princeton University
Nick B. Williams Professor of English

Leslie Buchman Richardson, '80
B.A., Rhodes College; M.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Middlebury College
Instructor in Italian

Susan Janet Ridyard, '89
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Professor of History and Director of the Sewanee Mediaeval Colloquium

Houston Bryan Roberson, '97
B.A., Mars Hill College; M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Associate Professor of History

Clay Campbell Ross Jr.
B.S., University of Kentucky; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Rashida Mohd Rowther, '08
B.Sc., M.S., Indiana State University
Visiting Instructor of Economics

Donald Charles Rung, '87
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Associate Professor of French
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

Joseph Martin Running
B.Mus., St. Olaf College; D.Mus., Florida State University
Professor of Music, Emeritus

Susan Kay Rupert, '78
B.M., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; M.M., Northwestern University
Instructor in Music

Marc St-Pierre, '06
B.Sc., Universite de Sherbrooke;  Ph.D., Brown University
Assistant Professor of Economics

Ruth Sánchez Imizcoz, '95
Licenciatura en Geografia e Historia, Universidad de Valencia; B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Professor of Spanish

Betsy A. Sandlin, '04
B.A., Morehead State University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Arthur McCluny Schaefer
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Ralph Owen Distinguished Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Jacqueline Thibault Schaefer
Licence ès lettres, Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures, Université de Caen; Agrégation de l'Université, Université de Paris-Sorbonne
Professor of French, Emerita

Paige L. Schneider, '00
B.A., University of Florida; M.A., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., Emory University
Assistant Professor of Political Science

John Douglas Seiters, '71
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University
Class of 1961 Chair of the College, Professor of Classical Languages

Vicki Sells, '00
B.A., Antioch College; M.S., University of Tennessee; Ed.D., University of Tennessee
Associate Provost for Information Technology Services and University Librarian
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education

Ansel Miree Sharp
B.A., Howard College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Frank W. Wilson Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus

Stephen Allen Shaver, '87
B.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Professor of Geology

Sarah C. Sherwood, ‘07
B.S., James Madison University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

John Hisashi Shibata, '98
B.S., University of Washington; Ph.D, University of Washington
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Steven Wyck Shrader, '76
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.M., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of Music

Elizabeth A. Skomp, '05
B.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of London
Assistant Professor of Russian

Charles Kenneth Smith, '98
B.S., Colorado State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Associate Professor of Forestry and Geology
Leave of Absence Advent 2008

Gerald LaFayette Smith, '69
B.A., University of Richmond; B.D., Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of Religion and Marshal of the University Faculties

Peter Thomas Smith, '82
A.B., College of the Holy Cross; M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Professor of Theatre Arts

Yumi Soeshima, '08
B.A. Kansai Gaidai University; M.A. University of North Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies

Thomas Dean Spaccarelli, '74
Diploma de Estudios Hispánicos, Universidad de Granada; A.B., University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of Spanish
Sabbatical Leave 2008-2009

Richard G. Summers, '01
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean of the College

Benito Theodoro Szapiro, '94
M.S., Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires
Professor of Physics

Huey Bin Teng, '08
B.A., (Hons) National University of Singapore; M.Phil., University of California
Visiting Instructor of History

Eric Thomas Thurman, ‘07
B.S., Cumberland College; M.Div., Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; M. Phil, Drew University
Instructor of Religion

Scott Torreano, '93
B.S., Michigan Technological University; M.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Professor of Forestry

Daniel Breck Walker, ‘07
B.B.A., University of Texas; M.B.A., J.D., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Merle Wallace, '96
B.A., Temple University; M.A., University of Illinois, Springfield; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Teacher Education

Barclay Ward
A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Alfred Negley Professor of Political Science, Emeritus

Thomas R. Ward Jr.
B.A., The University of the South; B.A., M.A., Oxford University; M.Div., Virginia Theological Seminary
Former Instructor in English and University Chaplain

Donald Douglas Wells, '07
B.A., Appalachian State University; M.A., St. John’s College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Herbert Stephenson Wentz
A.B., University of North Carolina; S.T.B., The General Theological Seminary; M.A., University of Oxford; Ph.D., University of Exeter
Professor of Religion, Emeritus

E. Douglass Williams, '99
B.A., The University of the South; Ph.D, Northwestern University
Frank W. Wilson Associate Professor of Economics

Samuel Ruthven Williamson
B.A., Tulane University; A.M., Ph.D, Harvard University
Professor of History and Robert M. Ayres Distinguished University Chair, Emeritus
Vice Chancellor, Emeritus

John Charles Willis, '91
B.A., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor of History

Michael Kevin Wilson, '05
B.A, Vanderbilt University; M.F.A., University of Florida
Creative Writing Administrator and Visiting Instructor of English

Scott Howard Wilson, '94
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Political Science

Teresa Rose Wiseman, '08
Elem. 1-8, Librarian K-12, SPED., Motlow, MTSU, Trevecca; M.S., Tennessee State University
Visiting Instructor of Education

Patrician L. Wiser, '08
B.A., Peabody College; M.A., Ed.S., University of Colorado; M.A., University of Colorado
Visiting Instructor of Education

Wei Yang, '08
B.A., Sun Yat-Sen University; Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Chinese

Harry Clay Yeatman
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
William R. Kenan Professor of Biology, Emeritus

Karen Pao-Ying Yu, '96
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Psychology

Reinhard Konrad Zachau, '78
Staatsexamen, University of Hamburg; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor of German

Kirk S. Zigler, '04
B.A., Kenyon College; Ph.D., Duke University
Assistant Professor of Biology