School of Arts
Administration
DR. SCOTT D. GEIS, Dean
DR. NEAL A. PALMER, Chair of History & Political Science
DR. KAREN B. GOLIGHTLY, Chair of Literature & Languages
DR. MAUREEN O'BRIEN, Chair of Behavioral Sciences
DR. SAMANTHA M. ALPERIN, Chair of Education, Director of Undergraduate & Graduate Education
DR. JAMES B. WALLACE, Chair of Religion & Philosophy
MS. JANA B. TRAVIS, Chair of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty
Behavioral Sciences
TRACIE L. BURKE, Professor
BS, University of Montana; MS, MA, EdD, The University of Memphis
MARY F. CAMPBELL, Associate Professor
BS, MA, The University of Memphis, PhD, University of Alabama
M. KELLY JAMES, Assistant Professor
BA, MA, The University of Memphis; PhD, Louisiana State University
MAUREEN E. O’BRIEN, Associate Professor
BA, Christian Brothers University; MS, The University of Memphis;
PhD, University of North Carolina Greensboro
JEFFREY J. SABLE, Associate Professor
BA, Drury College; MS, Kansas State University; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
COLBY D. TAYLOR, Assistant Professor
BA, MS, PhD, The University of Memphis
RODNEY J. VOGL, Professor
BS, University of Iowa; MS, PhD, Kansas State University
———
Education
SAMANTHA M. ALPERIN, Professor
BSBA, University of Tennessee; MAT, EdD, The University of Memphis
CORT CASEY, Associate Professor
BBA, University of Mississippi, MAT; University of West Alabama; EdD, The University of Memphis
CATHY D. MEREDITH, Associate Professor
BS, University of Tennessee, Martin; MS, Memphis State University; EdD, The University of Memphis
RICHARD POTTS, Associate Professor
BA, Southern Illinois University; MEd, MA, and EdD, The University of Memphis
LAVERN TERRELL, Associate Professor
BM, Samford University; MA, Clark Atlanta University; EdD, East Tennessee State University
NANCY WILDER, Associate Professor
BS, MEd, The University of Memphis
———
History & Political Science
MARIUS M. CARRIERE JR., Professor
BA University of Louisiana-Lafayette;
MA, Stephen F. Austin State University; PhD, Louisiana State University
BENJAMIN JORDAN, Professor
BA Bard College, MA, PhD University of California San Diego
KARL A. LEIB, Associate Professor
BA, SUNY Albany; MA, SUNY Albany, PhD, Syracuse University
NEAL A. PALMER, Associate Professor
BS, Vanderbilt University; MA, The University of Memphis; PhD, University of Rochester
———
Literature & Languages
KEVIN M. CHOVANEC, Assistant Professor
BA, Marquette University, MA, University of Chicago, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
KAREN B. GOLIGHTLY, Associate Professor
BA, Rhodes College; M.F.A., University of Memphis; PhD, Southern Illinois University
FEDERICO C. GOMEZ UROZ, Assistant Professor
BS, MS, University of Granada, Spain; MA, The University of Memphis
JEFFREY GROSS, Associate Professor
BA, Canisius College; MA, Indiana State University; PhD, University of Kentucky
KARYNA E. McGLYNN, Assistant Professor
BA, Seattle University; MFA, University of Michigan; PhD, University of Houston
CLAYANN GILLIAM PANETTA, Professor
BA, Blue Mountain College; MA, PhD, Old Dominion University
JULIETTE M. PAUL, Assistant Professor
BA, Providence College; MA, PhD, University of Missouri
TAWNY LEBOUEF TULLIA, Assistant Professor
BFA, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; MA, PhD, Texas Woman's University
SARAH K. WOODS, Instructor
BA, MA, University of Mississippi
————
Religion & Philosophy
R. BRUCE CINQUEGRANI, Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, Assumption College; MDiv, St. Meinrad School of Theology; MA, University of Notre Dame; DMin, Barry University
J. BURTON FULMER, Associate Professor
BA, Georgetown University; MA, George Mason University; PhD, Vanderbilt University
SCOTT D. GEIS, Professor
BA, Bethel College; MDiv, Bethel Theological Seminary; MTh, Duke University;
PhD, Marquette University
PAUL A. HAUGHT, Professor
BA, Georgetown University; MA, University of North Texas; PhD, Tulane University
EMILY A. HOLMES, Associate Professor
BA, Tulane University; MPhil, University of Cambridge; MTS, Harvard University; PhD, Emory University
LEIGH M. JOHNSON, Associate Professor
BA, University of Memphis; MA, Villanova University; PhD, The Pennsylvania State University
PHILIP J. MALONEY, Professor
BA, MA, University of Montana; PhD, University of Memphis
JAMES B. WALLACE, Professor
BA, The University of the South; MDiv, PhD, Emory University
———
Visual & Performing Arts
MATTHEW HAMNER, Associate Professor
BSA, Auburn University; MFA, University of Central Florida
NICHOLAS PEÑA, Associate Professor
BFA, Southern Illinois University; MFA, University of Missouri
JANA B. TRAVIS, Professor
BFA, MFA, The University of Memphis
———
Professors Emeriti
ELIZABETH P. BROADWELL, Literature & Languages
BA, Guilford College; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CONRAD BROMBACH, Behavioral Sciences
BA, St. Mary’s College (Winona); MEd, Loyola University (Chicago); MA, St. Louis University; EdD, University of New Orleans
MARY T. CARGILL, Literature & Languages
BA, MA, Memphis State University; PhD University of Mississippi
RENA DURR, Behavioral Sciences
BS, MA, PhD, Louisiana State University
STEPHEN E. GRICE, Literature & Languages
AB, University of Illinois, MA, PhD, University of Southern Illinois
MARGARET A. MILLER, Behavioral Sciences
BA, Carlow College; MEd, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
ELIZABETH M. NELSON, Behavioral Sciences
BA, MA, MS, PhD, Kansas State University
KRISTIN A. PRUITT, Literature & Languages
BA, Southwestern at Memphis; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ANN MARIE WRANOVIX, Literature & Languages
BA, Vanderbilt University; MA, PhD, Yale University
———
Part-Time Faculty
DOUGLAS CUPPLES, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History
BA, MA, PhD, The University of Memphis
BROTHER MICHAEL A. SCHMELZER, Assistant Professor of Education
BA, Christian Brothers College; MAT, St. Mary’s College; PhD, The Ohio State University