(effective June 1, 2006)

Faculty

Sherry Hill Kelly, Associate Professor Emerita of Music (1976)
B.M., Westminister Choir College; M.M., University of North Carolina

H. James Kimmel, Associate Professor of Music (1995)
B.M.E., Hasting College; M.S.E., Northwest Missouri State University

Frances Joy Kimmons, Associate Professor of Education and Chair, Department of Education (1996)
B.A., M.Ed., Middle Tennessee State University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

Merrie Beth King, Assistant Professor of Education (2001)
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.A.T., Georgetown University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

Jeffrey W. Kirk, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Events Administration, School of Music (1993)
B.M., University of Miami; M.M.E., Belmont University, Ed.D, University of Memphis

John Klepko, Associate Professor of Music Business (2003)
B.F.A., Concordia University; M.M., Ph.D., McGill University

Deanna M. Kuhn, Instructor of Nursing (2005) B.S.N., University of Cincinnati; M.S.N., University of Central Florida

Robert P. Lambert, Professor of Marketing (1974)
B.S., M.S., Northwestern State University; D.B.A., Memphis State University

Kenneth E. Landers, Jr., Instructor of Music Business (1998)
B.M., Belmont College; M.A., Ohio University

W. Daniel Landes, Professor of Music (1983)
B.M., Shenandoah Conservatory of Music; M.M., University of Maryland; D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Suzanne E. Lindsey, Associate Professor of Communication Studies (1992)
B.A., Wright State University; M.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., Indiana University

Lorry Liotta-Kleinfeld, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy (1997)
A.S., Palm Beach Junior College; B.S., Florida International University; M.S., Kent State University; Ed.D. Candidate, Nova Southeastern University

Ronnie L. Littlejohn, Professor of Philosophy and Chair, Department of Philosophy (1984)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Baylor University

Robert H. Magruder, III, Professor of Physics and Chair, Department of Chemistry/Physics (1984)
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Matthew C. Manwarren, Professor of Music (2005)
B.M., Texas Tech University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Robert D. Marler, Professor of Music (1979)
B.M., University of Missouri; M.M., Indiana University; D.M.A., University of Cincinnati

John M. Maslyn, Associate Professor of Management (2004) B.A., Hobart College; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

V. Keith Mason, Instructor of Music (1998)
B.M., Winthrop University; M.M., University of Miami

H. Vaughn May, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Chair, Department of Political Science (2003)
B.A., University of Alabama, Huntsville; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Otis B. McCowan, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics (1967)
B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Marcia A. McDonald, Professor of English and Associate Provost (1981)
B.A., Stetson University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Mark H. McEntire, Associate Professor Religion (2000)
B.S., University of Illinois; M.Div., Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Lori L. McGrew, Assistant Professor of Biology (2004) B.S., Guilford College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Kenneth A. McLeod, Assistant Professor of Music (2002)
B.M., University of British Columbia; M.A., McMaster University; Ph.D., McGill University

Scott D. McPhee, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy (1996)
B.A., University of Washington; B.S., University of Puget Sound, M.S., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.P.Ad., Western Kentucky University; Dr.P.H., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

James Morgan Meaders, Professor of Art (1992)
A.A., Polk Community College; B.A., Florida Southern College; M.F.A., Clemson University

Helen T. Midkiff-Capra, Associate Professor Emerita of Music (1961)
B.M., M.M., University of Michigan and University of Sienna, Italy; Additional Study, George Peabody College

Andrew J. Miller, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2003)
B.A., Wartburg College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Diane M. Monahan, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies (2005) B.S., Florida State University; M.A., University of Central Florida; Ph.D., Temple University

Margaret P. Monteverde, Professor of English, Associate Dean, School of Humanities (1988)
B.A., Chatham College; M.A., Leeds University; Ph.D., Ohio State University

Alison B. Moore, Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2004) B.A., Transylvania University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Keith B. Moore, Professor of Music (1980)
B.A., Jacksonville State University-Ala.; M.M., University of Louisville; D.M.A., University of Cincinnati

David J. Moser, Assistant Professor of Music Business (2000)
B.F.A., Memphis State University; J.D., University of Memphis School of Law

Sandra W. Murabito, Instructor of Nursing (2005)
B.S.N., Western Kentucky University; M.S.N., Vanderbilt University

C. Steven Murphree, Professor of Biology (1991)
B.S., M.S., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., Auburn University

Douglas Murray, Professor of English (1987)
A.B., Pfeiffer College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Christopher Scott Norton, Professor of Music (2001)
B.M., M.A., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; D.M.A., Louisiana State University

Myron Oglesby-Pitts, Assistant Professor of Education (2005) B.S., George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University; M.Ed., Trevecca Nazarene University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

D. D. O'Neal, Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics
M.A., University of Mississippi

Ginger Osborn, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (1990)
B.A., University of Tennessee; M.A., University of Tennessee, J.D., Nashville Law School; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Jeffrey W. Overby, Assistant Professor of Marketing (2005) B.S., Mississippi State University; M.B.A., Millsaps College; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Andrea Stover Paine, Assistant Professor of English and Director, Graduate Studies in English (1999)
B.A., University of Vermont; M.A., Boston College; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

John H.E. Paine, Professor of Literature (1980)
B.A., Eckerd College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

Darlene Panvini, Assistant Professor of Biology (2003)
B.S., Garner-Webb University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Pamela Ann Parry, Assistant Professor of Journalism (2001)
B.J., University of Missouri at Columbia; M.R.E., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.A., American University

John N. Pell, Instructor of Music (1980)
Study at Boston University and Berklee School of Music

Michael R. Pinter, Professor of Mathematics and Director, Teaching Center (1989)
B.A., Hendrix College; M.Ed., University of Mississippi; M.S., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Robbie C. Pinter, Professor of English (1986)
B.A., Ouachita Baptist University; M.A., University of Mississippi; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

Teresa E. Plummer, Instructor of Occupational Therapy and Fieldwork Coordinator for the School of Occupational Therapy (2004)
A.S., Mt. Aloysius Junior College; B.S., Medical College of Virginia; M.S.O.T., Belmont University

William W. Pursell, Associate Professor of Music (1980)
B.M., M.M., D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester

Linda J. Quigley, Instructor of Journalism (2000)
B.S., University of North Alabama; M.A., Penn State University

Daniel Nicholas Ragsdale, Assistant Professor of Biology (2000)
B.A., Wabash College, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Memphis

J. Patrick Raines, Professor of Economics and Dean, College of Business Administration (2003)
B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., University of Alabama

Donald R. Ramage, Professor Emeritus of Biology (1970)
A.S., Paducah Community College; B.S., Murray State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Gipsie B. Ranney, Professor of Management (1996)
B.S., Duke University; M.E.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

David Ribar, Associate Professor of Art and Interim Chair, Department of Art (1991)
B.F.A., Murray State University; M.F.A., University of Cincinnati

Rachel E. Rigsby, Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2005) B.A., Kentucky Wesleyan College; Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University

Risa R. Robinson, Electronic and Educational Resources Librarian with Assistant Professor Rank (2005)) B.S., Belmont University; M.S., University of Tennessee

T. Kevin Robinson, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy (1998)
B.S., East Carolina University; M.S., University of Kentucky

Clyde P. Rolston, Associate Professor of Music Business (1994)
B.S., M.S., Louisiana State University; Ph.D. Temple University

Sheron Leigh Salyer, Assistant Professor of Nursing (1997)
B.S.N., University of Alabama (Huntsville); M.S.N., University of Alabama (Birmingham); Additional Study, Vanderbilt University

Daniel E. Schafer, Associate Professor of History (1996)
A.B., Washington University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Gary T. Schallert, Associate Professor of Music (2004) B.M.E., M.M., New Mexico State University; D.A., University of Northern Colorado

Mark T. Schenkel, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship (2005) B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.B.A., Northern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Lorraina Q. Scholten, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Interim Chair, Department of Social Work (2000)
B.S., Belmont College; M.S.S.W., University of Tennessee; Ed.D., Trevecca Nazarene University

Regine Schwarzmeier, Assistant Professor of German (1997)
B.A., University of Regensburg (Germany); Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University

Edgar T. Scruggs, Assistant Professor of Music and Director, Choral Activities (2000)
B.S., University of Tennessee; M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Candidate, Florida State University

Patrick D. Sells, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy (2004) B.S., M.A., Tennessee Technological University; D.A., Middle Tennessee State University

Richard C. Shadinger, Professor of Music and Associate Dean, Performance Studies, School of Music (1974)
B.M., Shorter College; M.C.M., D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Jane P. Shelby, Associate Professor of Nursing and Director, Undergraduate Studies in Nursing (1987)
B.S.N., M.S.N., Vanderbilt University

Lynne S. Shores, Associate Professor of Nursing and Course Leader (1995)
B.S.N., Vanderbilt University; M.S., University of Tennessee-Memphis; Ph.D., George Peabody College-Vanderbilt

Debbie Dempsey Simpler, Professor of Social Work (1979)
B.A., Memphis State University; M.S.S.W., University of Tennessee; A.C.S.W.; L.C.S.W

Steven H. Simpler, Professor of Religion (1987)
B.A., Baylor University; M.Div., Southwestern Seminary; Ph.D., Baylor University

Annette M. Sisson, Professor of English and Director, General Education (1989)
B.A., University of Evansville; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

Judy Skeen, Associate Professor of Religion (1998)
B.A., Samford University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; M.Div., Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Valerie L. Sloan, Assistant Professor of Art (2001)
B.A., Flagler College; M.F.A., University of Florida

Elisabeth Small, Visiting Lecturer, School of Music (2003)
B.M., M.M., The Julliard School

Henry W. Smiley, Assistant Professor of Music (1998)
B.A., Emory and Henry College; M.M., University of Tennessee

Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant Professor of English (2003)
B.A., University of the South; M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Joseph C. Smolira, Assistant Professor of Finance (1999)
B.S., Wheeling Jesuit College; M.B.A., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Jeanne L. Sowers, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy (2005) B.S., University of Kansas; M.A., Texas Women's university; O.T.D., Creighton University

Kenneth M. Spring, Instructor of Sociology (2002)
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; B.A., M.A., University of Toledo; Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University

Jason D. Stahl, Instructor of Communication Studies and Director, Forensics Program (2005) B.A., Georgetown College; M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D. Candidate, Louisiana State University

James C. Stamper, Professor of Education and Director, Field Placement Program (1980)
B. A., Carson-Newman; M.A., Ed.D, University of Tennessee; Additional Study, Harvard University

Andrea Stepnick, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair, Department of Sociology (2001)
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

Sarah Ann Stewart, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2005) B.S., Mississippi College, M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Thompson Edward Storey, Professor of Journalism and Associate Dean, School of Social Sciences and Chair, Department of Media Studies (1985)
B.A., St. Bonaventure University; M.S., Iowa State University

Michael P. Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Psychology (2001)
B.A., Wabash College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Timothy Tappan, Instructor of Music Business (1998)
B.S., Ball State University; M.Ed., Belmont University

Susan Lee Taylor, Associate Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean, College of Business Administration (2000)
B.S., M.B.A., Nicholls State University; D.B.A., Mississippi State University

Jennie Carter Thomas, Professor of Management (1989)
B.A., George Peabody College; M.S., Tennessee State University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

Jennifer T. Thomas, Assistant Professor of Biology (2000)
B.S., University of Evansville; M.S., Loyola University, Chicago; Ph.D., Northwestern University

John W. Thompson, Jr., Professor of Health and Physical Education (1968)
B.S., M.Ed., East Texas State University; Ed.D., North Texas State University

Mary M. Thompson, Assistant Professor of Economics (1983)
B.A., Oglethorpe University; M.A., University of Notre Dame

Jonathan L. Thorndike, Professor of Honors (1998)
B.A., Alma College; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University; Additional Study, University of Arizona, Harvard University

Richard H. Tiner, Associate Professor of Mass Communication(1997)
B.S., Gulf-Coast Bible College; M.S., Eastern Washington University

Joel Treybig, Assistant Professor of Music (2005)
B.M.E., Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music; M.M., University of Akron; D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin

John H. Tullock, Professor Emeritus of Religion (1962)
B.A., Carson-Newman College; B.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Susan H. Tully, Assistant Professor of English (1998)
B.A., College of Charleston; M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, University of South Carolina

Teresa R. Van Hatten-Granath, Associate Professor of Art (1998)
B.S., B.A., University of Minnesota; M.F.A., Clemson University

James Van Hook, Associate Professor of Music Business and Dean, Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business (2003)
B.A., Trevecca Nazarene University; M.M.E., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Mary S. Vaughn, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Chair, Department of Communication Studies (1999)
B.S., Grace College; M.A., Ball State University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Michael L. Voight, Professor of Physical Therapy (1998)
B.S., Portland State University; M.Ed., University of Virginia; D.P.T., Institute of Physical Therapy University of St. Augustine

Larry E. Wacholtz, Professor of Music Business (1979-81; 1984)
A.A., Spokane Falls Community College; B.A., Eastern Washington University; M.A., Memphis State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University

Elizabeth Wall, Associate Professor Emerita of Music
B.S., George Peabody College for Teachers; B.M., Nashville Conservatory of Music; M.M., Chicago Musical College

Barbara B. Ward, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Coordinator, Statistics Program (1999)
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.S. University of Memphis

Albert W. Wardin, Jr., Professor Emeritus of History (1967)
B.A., Willamette University; B.D., Western Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Oregon

Dorothy Lee Warren, Associate Professor of Accounting (1998)
B.A., Randolph-Macon Women's College; M.B.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Jane Warren, Assistant Professor of Music (2005)
B.M., Furman University; M.M., Baylor University, M.M. Southern Methodist University, D.M.A., University of South Carolina

Jerry L. Warren, University Professor (1969)
B.M., Samford University; M.S.M., D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Cynthia A. Watkins, Associate Professor of Education (2001)
B.S., University of Tennessee at Martin; M.A.Ed., Southeast Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri at Columbia

Laurence A. Watts, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics (2005) B.A., Baylor University; M.Div., Baptist Theological Seminary-Richmond; Th.M., Duke University; Ph.D., Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

James W. Wells, Assistant Professor of English (2003)
B.A., University of the South; M.A., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., Ohio University

Kristi L. Whitten, Assistant Professor of Music (2001)
B.M., Belmont University; M.M., D.M., Indiana University

Karen Wieckert, Assistant Professor of Information Systems Management (2003)
B.S., Oregon State University; M.S., University of California-Irvine; Ph.D., University of California-Irvine

Rebecca N. Williams, Periodicals/Interlibrary Loan Librarian with Assistant Professor Rank (1991)
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; M.L.S., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Susan G. Williams, Professor of Management (2001)
B.S., M.A., East Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Edward L. Winn, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Finance (1977)
B.S., University of Florida; M.A., Vanderbilt University; D.B.A., Indiana University

Debra Wollaber, Professor of Nursing and Dean, College of Health Sciences (1988)
B.S., Hartwick College; M.S., Russell Sage College; Ph.D., Syracuse University

M. Elizabeth (Beth) Woodard, Assistant Professor of Management (2000)
B.S., Clemson University; M.H.S.A., Medical University of South Carolina; Ph.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham

Thomas Clifford Wooten, Associate Professor of Accounting (1994)
B.B.A., University of Georgia; M.P.A., Ph.D., Georgia State University

Daniel T. Wujcik, Instructor of Music Business (2004)
B.S., Clarion University; M.M., University of Miami

Ted D. Wylie, Professor of Music (1985)
B.M., Oklahoma Baptist University; M.M., D.M., Indiana University.

Lonnie R. Yandell, Professor of Psychology (1985)
B.A., Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Sharon West Yates, Associate Professor of Education (2004) B.A., M.A., Marshall University; Ed.D., West Virginia University

Marilyn Young, Assistant Professor of Accounting (2001)
B.S., M.T.A., University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Susan B. Young, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy (2003)
B.S., University of Kansas; M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City; O.T.D. Candidate, Creighton University

Elizabeth A. Youngblood, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Course Leader (2003)
A.S.N., B.S.N., Belmont College; M.S.N., Vanderbilt University; Ed.D.,Trevecca Nazarene University

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