Administration and Faculty

Officers of Administration

John M. McCardell Jr.
A.B., Washington and Lee, Ph.D., Harvard University
Vice-Chancellor and President

John Swallow, B.A., M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Acting Provost

John Joseph Gatta Jr., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Dean of the College

John Vincent Reishman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Director of Summer School

Eric E. Hartman, M.S.
Dean of Students

Thomas E. Macfie Jr., B.A., M. Div.
University Chaplain and Dean of All Saints’ Chapel

Jerry Forster, B.S., M. S., Ed.D.
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Jay Fisher, B.A., J.D.
Vice President for University Relations

Lee Ann Afton-Backlund, B.S., M.Ed.
Dean of Admission

Beth A. Cragar, B.S.
Associate Dean of Admission for Financial Aid

Vicki G. Sells, B.A, Ed.D.
Associate Provost and University Librarian

Paul G. Wiley II, B.A., B.M.E., M.M., Ed.D.
University Registrar

John Vineyard, B.A.
Director of Physical Plant Services

Mark F. Webb, M.B.A.
Director of Athletics

Summer School Faculty

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

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

Thomas Dean Spaccarelli
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

Gregory T. Clark
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

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

Ruth Sánchez Imizcoz
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

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

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

C. Ken Smith
B.S., Colorado State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Professor of Forestry and Geology

Deborah A. McGrath
B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Associate Professor of Biology

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

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

Helen V. Bateman
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Psychology

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

Virginia Lauryl Tucker
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of English

Donald C. Huber Jr.
B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Director of the Humanities Program