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2024-2025 Catalog > The Faculty > College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

LORRIE ALLEN, Senior Lecturer in Communication 
M.M.C., Arizona State University 

KATIE ANDERS, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

ALI AZGHANI, Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University

RANDY BACK, Associate Professor of Physics
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

DANIELLE BAILEY, Associate Professor in Social Sciences
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Omaha 

JOSHUA BANTA, Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Stony Brook University

RICHARD BATMAN, Senior Lecturer in Physics
Ph.D., Kent State University

JON REGAN BECKHAM, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Delaware

ANN BEEBE, Professor of English and Interim Chair, Department of Literature and Languages
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

BRENT BILL, Associate Professor of Developmental Biology
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

WILLIAM BLAIR, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Arkansas

GLENN BLAKE, Professor of Instruction
M.A., The Johns Hopkins University

GREGORY BOCK, Associate Professor of Literature and Languages
Ph.D., University of Tennessee

TERRY BRITT, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri

ANITA BROWN, Lecturer in Communication
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

TANYA BROWN, Assistant Professor in Biology
Ph.D., Florida International University

KENNETH BRYANT, Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

SEAN BUTLER, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Ohio State University

DENNIS CALI, Professor of Speech Communication
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MACLOVIO CANTU, Assistant Professor in Art and Art History
M.F.A., Texas A&M University

JILL CARTER, Senior Lecturer in History
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

MARCO CASTANEDA, Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Washington University

JESSICA COLEMAN, Senior Lecturer in Biology
M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

VICKI J. CONWAY, Distinguished Lecturer in Music
M.M., Baylor University

ALEKSANDA CREGLER, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. SS Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

BILLY CRYER, Professor of Instruction
M.A., The University of Texas Pan American

STEPHANIE DAUGHERTY, Associate Professor of Instruction in Biology
Ph.D., Mayo Graduate School

ELENA DAUGHTERY, Lecturer in Music
M.M., Northwestern State University of Louisiana

MADELINE DAWSEY, Associate Professor in Mathematics
Ph.D., Emory University

PAMELA DELGADO, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

JARED DICKSON, Lecturer in Biology
M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

JASON DISTEFANO, Lecturer in Chemistry
M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

M. RHYS DOTSON, Associate Professor Instruction in History
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

SUSAN DOTY, Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Economics
M.B.A., Bryant University

JEFFREY EMGE, Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Cincinnati

MICHAEL FERGUSON, Lecturer
M.S., Sam Houston State University

CHLOE FOREHAND, Assistant Professor of Practice
M.S.W., The University of Texas at Arlington

BRANDON GOODALE, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

CHRISTINA GRAVES, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Syracuse University

STEPHEN GRAVES, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Syracuse University

H. NEIL GRAY, Professor of Chemistry and Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

MATTHEW GREENWOLD, Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

THOMAS GUDERJAN, Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University

KYLE GULLINGS, Professor of Music
D.M.A., The Catholic University of America  

ERIK GUSTAFSON, Assistant Professor in Communication
Ph.D., North Dakota State University

RICHARD HELFERS, Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas 

WEI-CHIN HO, Assistant Professor in Biology
Ph.D., University of Michigan

YEZI HU, Assistant Professor in Communication
Ph.D., Washington State University

ALEXIS SERIO HUGHES, Professor of Art
M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania

DEWANE F. HUGHES, Professor of Art
M.F.A., Montana State University 

ZITA HUSING, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

ANETT JESSOP, Associate Professor of Literature and Languages
Ph.D., University of California, Davis

LAUREN JOHNSON, Senior Lecturer
M.S., Texas A&M University

VANESSA JOYNER, Associate Professor of Instruction in Mass Communication
M.F.A., Marywood University

GAYATHRI KAMBHAMPATI, Senior Lecturer of Mathematics
M.S., University of Toronto

KATRIN KELLNER, Associate Professor of Biology
Dr. rer. Nat., University of Regensburg, Germany

MATTHEW KELLY, Associate Professor of Literature and Languages
Ph.D., Kent State University

RICHARD KENNEY, Professor of Practice in Social Work
MSSW, The University of Texas at Austin

DEBORAH A. KOSLOVER, Professor of Instruction in Mathematics
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

MICKIE KOSTER, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Rice University

JOHN R. LEBLANC, Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JIYONG LEE, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center

JEROME LEWIS, Lecturer in Chemistry
M.S., The University of Texas at Dallas

MARY LINEHAN, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

AMANDA LINK, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Washington State University

ELIZABETH LISOT, Associate Professor of Art
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas

ERIC LOPEZ, Senior Lecturer in Political Science
M.A., University of Arizona

CORTNEY LYNN, Lecturer in Biology
M.S., Stephen F. Austin State University

RACHEL MASON, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

JOANNA MATUSZAK, Assistant Professor in Art and Art History
Ph.D., Indiana University

JEREMY McBAIN, Associate Professor of Music 
D.M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BREANNE McELDERRY, Lecturer
M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

NATALIA MENKINA-SNIDER, Senior Lecturer in the Department in Literature and Languages
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

FARA MEZA, Senior Lecturer of Mathematics
M.S. University of Texas at El Paso

DAVID MILAN, Professor of Mathematics and Interim Chair, Department of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

LAURA MILLER, Professor of Instruction in Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Mississippi 

KRISTIN MYCKE, Lecturer in Sociology
M.S.W., Baylor University

JAMES L. NEWSOM, Professor of Instruction in History
Ph.D. Texas Christian University

JUNE OH, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University

SOOAH PARK, Associate Professor of Music
D.M.A., The University of Texas at Austin

DUSTIN PATTERSON, Professor of Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of Michigan 

TARA PROPPER, Assistant Professor in Literature and Languages
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

JOSEPH PROVENCHER, Lecturer
M.S., Portland State University

ROBIN RAGLAND, Lecturer
Ph.D., University of North Texas

IVAN RAMIREZ ZUNIGA, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

SARAH ROBERTS, Associate Professor of Music
M.M., University of North Texas

ERICKA ROBINSON-FREEMAN, Associate Professor of Practice in Social Work
MSSW, The University of Texas at Arlington

CAMERON ROSE, Professor of Music and Director, Choral Activities
D.M.A., University of Utah

CATHERINE E. ROSS, Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin  

MIRIAM ROWNTREE, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Arlington

SARA RUMBELOW, Lecturer in Biology
M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

MERYEM SAYGILI, Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

DAVID SCOTT, Associate Professor in Social Sciences 
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas

JON SEAL, Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Florida State University

TIMOTHY SEITER, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University

RYAN SHARTAU, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of British Columbia

TANYA SHTOYKO, Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

MARK SIDEY, Associate Professor of Instruction of Technical and Scientific Writing
Ph.D., Purdue University

ELIZABETH SILLS, Associate Professor in Social Sciences
Ph.D., Louisiana State University and A&M College

JASON J. SMEE, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

NATHAN A. SMITH, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

COLIN SNIDER, Associate Professor of History, Interim Chair, Department of History
Ph.D., University of New Mexico

MARCUS A. STADELMANN, Professor of Political Science and Chair, Department of Political Science
Ph.D., University of California at Riverside

EMILY STANDRIDGE, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing Center
Ph.D., Ball State University

ROBERT STERKEN, Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

CHRISTOPHER STEWART, Professor and Chair, Department of Art and Art History
M.F.A., University of Nebraska

MATTHEW STITH, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Arkansas

PAUL STREUFERT, Professor of English and Dean, Honors College
Ph.D., Purdue University

DAVID STRONG, Professor of English
Ph.D., Indiana University

EDWARD TABRI, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Virginia 

BRIAN TUTEN, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

GREGORY J. UTLEY, Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., University of New Mexico

JOSEPH VANDEHEY, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

AMENTAHRU WAHLRAB, Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Denver

LANCE WILLIAMS, Professor of Biology and Chair, Department of Biology
Ph.D., Mississippi State University

MARSHA WILLIAMS, Lecturer
M.S., Oklahoma State University

KENNETH WINK, Professor of Public Administration and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JENNIFER WOOLDRIDGE, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences
Ph.D., University of Florida

MERRIE WRIGHT, Professor of Art
M.F.A., Louisiana State University

BRENT YERGENSEN, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

RIQING YU, Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Rutgers

JIE ZENG, Visiting Assistant Professor in Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

KAI ZHANG, Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., Duke University