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. ROSETTA MAYFIELD-BURFORD, Director and Chair of 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
PAUL M. DUNAWAY, Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, MS, PhD, The University of Memphis
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
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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
ROSETTA MAYFIELD-BURFORD, Associate Professor
BA, University of Tennessee, Martin; MS, University of Tennessee, Martin; EdD, University of Mississippi
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
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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
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Literature & Languages
KEVIN M. CHOVANEC, Assistant Professor
BA, Marquette University, MA, University of Chicago, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
JACOB GOESSLING, Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, MA, University of Louisville; PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
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
GAVIN JOHNSON, Assistant Professor
BA, Nicholls State University; MA North Carolina State University; PhD, The Ohio State University
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, Associate 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
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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
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Visual & Performing Arts
SCOTT CARTER, Assistant Professor
BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design/Atlanta College of Art; MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
ALAN CABALLERO LAZARE, Assistant Professor
BFA, MFA, Rutgers University
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
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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
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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