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2016-2017 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

12. Administration and Faculty


 

12.1 Administration

James B. Borsig (2012) President, Professor of Political Science, B.S., M.S., University of Southern Mississippi, Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Sheila Adams (1973) Dean, College of Nursing and Speech-Language Pathology and Professor of Nursing, A.A. Sullins College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Emory University; Ed.D., Mississippi State University

Brian Anderson (1998) Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science, B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Maridith W. Geuder (2012) Executive Director of University Relations, B.A., Millsaps College, M.A., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Martin L. Hatton (1992) Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Director of Graduate Studies, and Professor of Communication, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

Carla Lowery (2001) Chief Information Officer and Instructor of Management Information Systems, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Mississippi State University

Nora R. Miller (2001) Senior Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.B.A., Mississippi State University

Jennifer M. Miles (2011) Vice President of Student Affairs, B.S., Florida State University, M.A., Ed.D., University of Alabama 

Amanda Clay Powers (2016) Dean of Library Services and Professor, B.A., Wellesley College; M.L.I.S., Simmons College

Thomas Richardson (1988) Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Professor of English, and Eudora Welty Chair; A.B., Davidson College; M.Ed., Ph.D., Duke University 

Andrea Stevens (2001) Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations, B.S., Mississippi University for Women

Scott Tollison (2004) Associate Professor of Management Information Systems and Dean, College of Business and Professional Studies, B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

12.2 Graduate Faculty

Sheila V. Adams (1973) Professor of Nursing and Dean, College of Nursing and Speech Language Pathology, B.S.N., M.S.N., Emory University; Ed.D., Mississippi State University

Twila Alpe (2000) Professor of Education, B.S., Northeast Louisiana University; M.Ed., Ed.D., Mississippi State University

Mark H. Bean (1991) Professor of Health & Kinesiology and Department Chair, B.S., Mississippi State University; M.Ed., The University of Louisiana at Monroe; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

William G. (Peppy) Biddy (1987) Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre and Professor of Theatre, B.F.A., University of Mississippi; M.F.A., Trinity University

Shelley Bock (2010) Assistant Professor of Education and Director of Field Experiences, B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Martha A. Brock (2010) Department Chair and Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Mississippi State University

Marie Byrne (1997) Professor of Speech/Language Pathology, B.S., East Stroudsburg State University; M.A., Trenton State College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

David B. Carter (2001) Department Chair of Theatre and Associate Professor in Theatre, B.A., University of North Carolina-Asheville; M.F.A., North Carolina School of the Arts

April Coleman (2012) Assistant Professor of Education, B.S., M.A., Ed.S., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Kevin Crawford (2009) Instructor of Theatre, M.A., Central School of Speech and Drama, London

Lee Crouse (2010) Assistant Professor of Theatre, B.A., Ouachita Baptist University, M.A., Louisiana Technological University, M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi

Sueanne Davidson (2006) Associate Professor of Nursing, B.S.N., University of Alabama; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brenda Dickey (2011) Assistant Professor of Education, B.A., Southeastern University, M.Ed., University of South Carolina; Ed.D., Regent University

Kimberly Dorsey (2008) Assistant Professor of Management, B.B.A. Mississippi State University; M.B.A., Ph.D. Jackson State University

Kendall Dunkelberg (1994) Director, MFA Creative Writing Program and Professor of English, B.A., Knox College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

K. Randell Foxworth (2008) Professor of Health & Kinesiology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Bob Fuller (2005) Instructor of Education, B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Lorraine Gaddis (2013) Associate Professor of Nursing,Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Wesley H. Garrett (2009), Director of Legal Studies and Associatet Professor of Legal Studies, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; J.D., University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Teresa Hamill (1993) Assistant Professor of Nursing, B.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center; M.S.N., University of Texas; F.N.P. Certificate, Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Chrystal Hodges (2013) Assistant Professor of Education, B.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D., University of Mississippi

Michelle G. Harmon (1982) Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Richard Holden (2002) Professor of Education, B.S., South Dakota State University; M.S., Troy State University; M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Dee Larson (1998) Professor of Management and Marketing, B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Thomas Lee (2016) Visiting Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing, B.A., M.S., Mississippi State University; M.F.A., Spalding University

Alena Lester (2016) Assistant Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing, A.S.N., Mississippi Delta Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Andrew Luccassen, III (2010) Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, B.S., Birmingham Southern College; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D. Texas A&M University

Carey McCarter (2006) Associate Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing, B.B.A., Mississippi State University, B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; D.N.P., University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis

Tammie L. McCoy (1999) Professor of Nursing and BSN Department Chair, A.A., Northeast Mississippi Community College; B.A., B.S.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Scott McGehee (2009) Instructor of Theatre, B.S., University of Arkansas at Little Rock; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Boston College

Mary Miller (2016) Visiting Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing, B.A., Mississippi State University; M.A.,  University of Southern Mississippi; M.F.A., The University of Texas-Austin

Chad Murphy (2012) Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Caroline Payne-Purvis (2014) Assistant Professor of Health Education, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida

Shonda R. Phelon (2011) Assistant Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., University of Mississippi Medical Center; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; Post Master’s FNP certificate, University of Alabama at Huntsville; Post Master’s PMHNP certificate, University of Northern Kentucky; D.N.P., Mississippi University for Women

Bridget Pieschel (1983) Department Chair of Language, Literature, and Philosophy, Interim Department Chair, History, Political Science, and Geography, Professor of English, and Director of the Center of Women’s Research and Public Policy, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., University of Alabama

Irene T. Pintado (2007) Assistant Professor of Health Education, B.S., Barry University; M.Phil., University of Utah; Ph.D. University of South Florida

Monica H. Riley (2004) Professor of Education and Department Chair, B.A., Southeastern University; M.A., University of West Florida; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Jenelle Robinson (2010) Instructor in Health Education, B.S., M.S., University of Oklahoma, Ph.D. (ABD), Mississippi State University

Carrie H. Smith (2015) Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, B.S. and Au.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Patricia E. Smyth (1994, 2006) Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing, B.S.N., State University of New York; M.S.N., University of Pittsburgh; D.S.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Scott Tollison (2004) Dean, College of Business and Professional Studies; Professor in Management Information Systems; B.B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Mississippi State University

Joy R. Townsend (1995) Instructor in Speech-Language Pathology and Interim Speech Language Pathology Program Director, B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S., Mississippi University for Women

Royal Toy (2009) Associate Professor of Education, A.A., Brigham Young University-Idaho; B.M.E., M.A., Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado

Johnnie Sue Cooper Wijewardane (2008) Associate Professor of Nursing and Graduate Nursing Department Chair, B.S.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center