Undergraduate Bulletin 2022 - 2023 
    
    Dec 21, 2024  
Undergraduate Bulletin 2022 - 2023 [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Faculty/Staff



Professors

Julia P. Baker (2003) – Professor of Chemistry. B.S., Furman University; Ph.D. University of South Carolina.

Tamara L. Burk (2003) - John Reeves Endowed Chair of Leadership; Professor of Communication Studies. B.A., M.A., University of Maine; Ed.S., Ph.D., College of William and Mary.

Mona R. El Shazly (1987) – Professor of International Business and Economics. B.A., M.A., American University, Cairo; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

James C. Lane (1997) – Professor of Elementary Education. B.S., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

David McCracken (2022) - Professor of English. B.A., Belmont College; M.A., Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Kirt E. Moody (2003) – Pavsinger Endowed Chair for Science and Technology; Professor of Biology and Environmental Science. B.A.S., M.A., University of Maine; Ph.D., College of William and Mary

Adrienne Yingling Oxley (2008) – Professor of Chemistry. B.S., Chatham College; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh.

Madeleine Schep (1998) – Professor of Mathematics and Computer Information Systems. M.S., University of Paris VII; Ph.D., University of Paris Sud.

Karen C. Thompson (1999) – Professor of Psychology. B.S., Bowling Green State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Tracy West (2000) – Professor of Special Education. B.S., M.A., East Carolina University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Associate Professors

Ezaz Ahmed (2018) – Associate Professor of Business. M.B.A., Maastricht School of Management (The Netherlands) Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB); Ph.D., University of Australia (UniSA), Adelaide, Australia

Diana Amos (2012) – Associate Professor of Music. B.M., Oberlin College; M.M., D.M.A., University of South Carolina.

Alexandru Atim (2018) – Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.S., University of Bucharest; M.S., Ph.D., University of North Texas.

Shirley Huisman (2014) – Associate Professor of Social Work. B.A., Dordt College; M.S.W., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Marlee Marsh (2012) – Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. Converse College; Ph.D., Clemson University.

Marla Sanders (2012) - Associate Professor of Education. B.A., M.Ed., Columbia College; Ph.D. North Carolina State University.

Edward Sharkey (2000) – Associate Professor of Political Science. B.A., M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University.

Scott Smith (1993) – Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.A., Earlham College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky.

Assistant Professors

Ahmet Aksoy (2022) - Assistant Professor of Communication. B.S., East Carolina University; M.A., Newcastle University.

Mary Jon Barrineau (2017) – Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A., Columbia College; M.A., Radford University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Tyler Brown (2019) – Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S., Penn State, Middletown, PA; M.S., Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Derek Bedenbaugh (2018) – Assistant Professor of English. B.A., Newberry College; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Brennan Davis (2018) – Assistant Professor of Education. B.A., College of Charleston; M.A.T., Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Wayne Davis (2020) - Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice. B.S., University of Michigan-Dearborn, M.B.A., Madonna University, Ph.D., Capella University.

Traci Dingle (2021) – Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice. B.A., Columbia College; M.S. in Administration, Central Michigan University; Ph.D., Capella University.

Adam Eddy (2022) - Assistant Professor of Studio Art. B.A., College of Charleston; M.F.A., Boston University; M.F.A., Virginia Tech.

Atinut Inhajak (2022) - Assistant Professor of English. B.A., M.A., Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Ga Kyung Jeong (2022) - Assitant Professor of Special Education. B.S., M.A., University of Texas at San Antonio; Ph.D., University of Illinois.

AnnMarie Knight (2017) - Assistant Professor of Speech Language Pathology. B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida.

Christine LeBlanc (2017) – Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education. B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Claire Lenviel (2021) – Assistant Professor of English. B.A., Roanoke College; MA, Ph.D., University of Kentucky.

Amanda Ling (2013) - Assistant Professor of Dance. B.F.A. in Dance, Columbia College, M.F.A. in Dance, Arizona State University.

Chakia McClendon (2020) - Assistant Professor of Biology.  B.S., M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Erin Merchant (2018) – Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A., Columbia International University; M.A., University of Central Florida; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Christine Oskar-Poisson (2022) - Assistant Professor of Trauma Informed Education. B.A., M.A., University of New Hampshire; Ed.D., New England College.

Jacob Rhoads (2021) - Assistant Professor of Studio Arts.  B.A., Grinnell College, M.Th., Harvard Divinity School, M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art.

Amanda Stefanski (2016) - Assistant Professor of Special Education. B.A., Queens University of Charlotte; M.S., University of Miami; Ph.D., University of Maryland.

Alexandra Szarabajko (2022) - Assistant Professor of Exercise Science. B.S., M.S., Eastern Kentucky University; M.P.H., Oregon State University.

Carole Sox (2017) - Assistant Professor of Business. B.S., St. Mary’s College of Maryland; M.S., Southern Wesleyan University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Gretchen Whitman (2022) - Assistant Professor of Education. B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State University.

Karilena Yount (2021) - Assistant Professor of Education. B.S., M.Ed., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University.

 

Senior Lecturers

Vida Mingo (2010) – Lecturer of Biology. B.S., Johnson C. Smith University; M.S., Long Island University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Lecturers

John Bailes (2021) - Lecturer of English. B.A., M.A., California State University.

Jennifer Erin Bailey (2022) - Lecturer of Dance and Musical Theater. B.A., Columbia College; M.A., Texas Women’s University.

Karen Beaman (2020) - Lecturer of Educational Administration and Leadership. B.A., M.A., University of South Carolina.

Jeffrey Bowe (2020) –  Lecturer of Business. B.A.. DePauw University, M.B.A., Indiana University, D.B.A., Anderson University

Whitney Chick (2018) – Lecturer of Education. B.A., Columbia College; M.Ed., Francis Marion University; M.Ed., Winthrop University.

Avery Dingle (2022) - Lecturer of Biology and Public Health. B.S., The Citadel military College; M.D., Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara.

Jennifer Dollar (2016) - Lecturer of Social Work. B.S., Carson Newman College. M.S.W., University of South Carolina.

Jill Eversmann (2017) – Lecturer of Speech Language Pathology. B.A., James Madison University; M.S., Towson State University.

Wesley Jason Gallaher (2019) - Lecturer of Athletic Coaching.  B.A., Fairmont State College, M.A., California University of Pennsylvania.

Aletha Jacobs (1998) – Lecturer of Music. B.A., Columbia College; M.A., University of South Carolina.

Stephen Kneece (2022) - Lecturer of Speech Language Pathology. B.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., South Carolina State University.

Ralph Lawson (2021) - Lecturer of English.  B.A. University of South Carolina, M.A. New York University, M.A., Ph.D. (ABD), University of South Carolina.

Joseph (JP) Mililli (2021) - Lecturer of Business. B.A., Dominican University, M.A., Liberty University.

Carl E. Moore (2020) - Lecturer of Healthcare Administration. B.S., University of Phoenix, M.B.A., American Intercontinental University, M.F.A., Queens University of Charlotte, D.H.A., University of Phoenix.

Jessica Moore (2017) - Lecturer of Dance. B.F.A., Columbia College; M.F.A., State University of New York Brockport.

Keisha Pearson (2019) – Lecturer of Education. B.A., Columbia College; M.Ed., Columbia College

Barbara Russo (2022) - Lecturer of Disaster and Emergency Management. B.S., Averett University; M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University.

Alexis Scurry (2022) - Lecturer of Social Work. B.S., Winthrop University; M.S.W., University of South Carolina.

Director/Administrator

Nadine Brooks (2018) – Chief Nursing Administrator. R.N., C.C.R.N., C.N.M.L.; B.S., B.S.N., M.S., University of Phoenix, D.N.P., Chamberlin College of Nursing.

Erin Carlson (2022) - Director of General Education and Lecturer of Spanish. B.A., Columbia College; M.Ed., College of Charleston; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Jenny Johansson (2018) – Director of Teacher Education. B.A., Columbia College; M.Ed., Lesley University.

Associate Librarians

 

Assistant Librarians

Jesika Brooks (2017) – Assistant Librarian. B.A., Columbia College; M.L.I.S., University of South Carolina.

Kala Dunn (2022) - Assistant Librarian. B.A., M.S., University of Tennessee

Daniel Stevens (2022) - Assistant Librarian. B.A., West Virginia University; M.L.S., North Carolina Central University.