DUANE AAGAARD, Associate Professor of Sport and Health Sciences and Chair of Sport Management Programs

B.S., Liberty University; M.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; Ph.D., Concordia University

BAHY ABDEL-MESIH, Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability/Energy, Innovation, & Sustainable Technology

B.S., The American University in Cairo; M.S., Carl von Ossietzky Universitat, Oldenburg, Germany; Ph.D., Universitat de Llieda, Lleida, Spain

AISHA ADAMS, Associate Professor of Psychology

B.S., University of Florida; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia

AARON DANIEL ANNAS, Associate Professor of Digital Media Production & Chair of Communication Arts and Marketing

B.F.A., Mars Hill University; M.F.A., Governors State University

ALISON ATWATER, Assistant Professor of Nursing

B.S.N., Gannon University; M.S.N., Walden University; D.N.P., East Carolina University

KATHERINE BAKER, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte

CHAD BETTERS, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Director

B.A., University of North Florida; M.H.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida

J. MICHAEL BITZER, Professor of Politics and Chair of Politics

B.A., Erskine College; M.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

JAY F. BOLIN, Professor of Biology and Dean of Sciences

B.S., M.S., Virginia Polytechnic State University; Ph.D., Old Dominion University

AMANDA G. BOSCH, Assistant Librarian of Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship

B.S., University of Georgia; M.L.I.S., University of South Carolina-Columbia

SHEILA BROWNLOW, Professor of Psychology

B.A., University of Massachusetts at Boston; Ph.D., Brandeis University; post-doctoral study, Brandeis University

PHILLIP E. BURGESS, Associate Professor of Music and Dean of the Shuford School of Performing Arts

B.M., Samford University; M.M., D.M.A, University of Michigan

SUE K. CALCAGNI, Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science

B.S., Baylor University; M.S., Western Washington University; Ph.D., Duke University

FRANCISCO CAMACHO, Assistant Professor of Biology

A.A.S., Northern Virginia Community College; B.S., Ph.D., Oregon State University

KRISTIAN CANTENS, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

B.A., Moravian University; M.A., University of Montana; M.A., Ph.D., Texas A&M University

TROY CARLTON, Assistant Professor of Sport Management

B.S., Elon University; M.B.A., California Lutheran University; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

JULIE RHYNE CHAMBERLAIN, Professor of Music

B.M., Wingate University; M.M., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

IMRAN CHOWDHURY, Professor of Business and Dean of Ketner School of Business

B.A., Hunter College; M.S., L’Institut européen d’administration des affaires (INSEAD); Ph.D., L’École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (ESSEC Business School)

ARIEL CITRAN-ARIAS, Visiting Associate Professor of AI/Information Systems

B.S., University of Puerto Rico Cayey; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University

DOUGLAS CLARK, Assistant Professor of Religion

B.A., Davidson College; M. Div., Vanderbilt University Divinity School; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

TIMOTHY CLARK, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sociology

B.A., Southwestern University; M.A., Texas State University; Ph.D. Sociology, North Carolina State University

KIMBERLY H. CREAMER, Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Dean of the Goodman School of Education

B.A., M.A.Ed., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CHARLES CROWLEY, Associate Professor of Sport Management

B.S., M.B.A., Lincoln University; Ph.D., Florida State University

LOGAN DAUGHTRY, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science

B.S., Winthrop University; M.S., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Ed.D., Concordia University

GERARD DELEOZ, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Program Chair of Information Systems/Computer Science

B.S., Mapua Institute of Technology; M.S., Ateneo de Manila University; Ph.D., Baylor University

ALEXANDRA DIETSCHI-HENDERSON, Instructor in Modern Foreign Languages

B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; M.A., University of Georgia

LUKE DOLLAR, Professor of Environment and Sustainability and Chair of Environment and Sustainability

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Duke University

ERIN B. DOUGHERTY, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Chair of Theatre Arts

B.A., Hartwick College; M.A., Northern Michigan University; M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

NORRIS T. FEENEY, Associate Professor of Politics

B.A., Kenyon College; Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

LUIS FERNANDEZ-TORRES, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Ph.D., University of Houston

SARAH FISCHER, Assistant Professor of Recreational Therapy

B.S., Arizona State University; M.A., California State University; Ph.D., Clemson University

MEGAN FLOCKEN, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

B.A., Carnegie Mellon University; M.L.S., Rollins College; Ph.D., University of South Florida

NICHOLAS FUQUA, Visiting Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre

B.A., Siena Heights University; M.M., University of Louisville; M.Ed., University of Louisville

YAN S. GIBSON, Assistant Professor of Accounting

B.A., Shanxi Teacher's University; M.M.P.A., University of Toronto; Ph.D., Liberty University

CONSTANCE GRANT, Assistant Librarian and Associate Director of the Library

B.A., Wesleyan College; M.L.I.S., University of Alabama

GORDON A. GRANT, III, Associate Professor of English and Dean of Humanities/Social & Behavioral Sciences

B.A., Dickinson College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

ERIC R. HAKE, Professor of Economics

B.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee

JAMES W. HAND, Dean of the School of Health Sciences & Human Performance

B.S., Culver-Stockton College; M.S., Ohio University; Ed.D., California Lutheran University

CARMONY L. HARTWIG, Professor of Biology

B.S., College of William and Mary; M.S., Ph.D., Old Dominion University

LYDIA HAYES, Assistant Professor of History

B.A., Flagler College; M.Litt., Ph.D., University of St. Andrews

JAMIE HENTHORN, Associate Professor of English

B.A., Emory & Henry College; M.A., American University; Ph.D., Old Dominion University

STEPHEN R. HIATT, Professor of Business

B.S., Brigham Young University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University

KAELA HIERHOLZER, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science

B.A., Adrian College; M.S., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., East Tennessee State University

ELIZABETH A. HOMAN, Professor of Theatre Arts

B.F.A., University of Florida; M.A., Miami University of Ohio; Ph.D., University of Missouri -Columbia

JASON W. HUNT, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Mathematical & Computing Sciences

B.S., Wofford College; M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., Emory University

SARAH JACKSON, Assistant Professor of Communication

B.A., Southern Illinois University; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

ANDREW JACOBSON, Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability

B.A., St. Olaf College; Master of Environmental Management, Duke University, Ph.D., University College London

DONNA C. JAMES, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education and Chair of Teacher Education

B.A., M.E., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Ed.D., Liberty University

J. BEN JONES, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands 

B.M., University of South Carolina; M.M. and Ph.D., University of North Carolina

KRISTIN KAVANAGH, Assistant Professor of Dance

B.S., B.A., DeSales University; M.A., The University of Arizona

JENNIFER KLEBAUR, Associate Professor of Psychology and Chair of Psychology

B.A., Auburn University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

JEFFREY LITTLE, Artist-in-Residence and Chair of Music

B.S., Appalachian State University

ASHLEY PIERCE LOVE, Assistant Professor of Art

B.F.A., M.F.A., East Carolina University

MELISSA LUTE, Assistant Professor of Education

B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.S., University of Phoenix; Ph.D., Liberty University

RICHARD V. MACRI, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry

B.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

ANNE MARIE MARTIN, Assistant Professor of History and Chair of History

B.A., Clemson University; MLIS, University of South Carolina; M.A., Sam Houston State University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

SCOTT A. MORTON, Assistant Professor of Communication

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

BALA MULLOTH, Associate Professor of Management

B.S., University of Bombay; M.S., Ph.D., New York University Tandon School of Engineering

JEREMIAH NELSON, Assistant Professor of Management, MBA and BBA Program Director

B.S., M.S., Central Connecticut State University; M.S., Ph.D. Western Carolina University

ANNIE O'BRIEN, Assistant Professor of Religion

B.A., M.A., Wake Forest University

SAUDAMINI AGARWAL PERINCHERY, Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.S., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Virginia Tech

JOSEPH P. POSTON, Professor of Biology and Chair of Biology

B.S., Butler University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DAVID H. PULLIAM, Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., Mercer University; M.F.A., University of Alabama

MERCEDES QUESADA-EMBID, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Advocacy

B.S., B.A., M.A., Salisbury University; Ph.D. Antioch University New England

VALERIE RAKES, Associate Professor of Nursing and Chair of Nursing

A.A.S., Fayetteville Technical Community College; B.S.N., Cabarrus College of Health Science; M.S.N., East Carolina University; D.N.P., Gardner-Webb University

BRIANNA M. RANDALL, Assistant Professor of Counseling 

B.S., University of Florida; M.S., Jacksonville University; Ph.D., University of Florida

DIANA RISER, Associate Professor of Psychology

B.A., University of Alabama; M.S. and Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

ROSS ROBERTS, Associate Professor of Accounting

B.S., North Carolina A&T State University; M.S., University of Delaware; Ph.D., Drexel University

NATALIE ROGERS, Assistant Professor of English

B.A., Reed College; M.F.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Denver

CONSTANCE ROGERS-LOWERY, Professor of Biology

B.A., M.S., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Ph.D., Wake Forest University

MICHELLE ROSE, Assistant Professor of Music

B.S., Elon University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

KERSTIN RUDOLPH, Associate Professor of English and Chair of English

B.A./M.A., Universität zu Köln; Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

AMANDA WILLIAMS RUSHING, Assistant Professor of Biology

B.S. Catawba College; Ph.D., East Carolina University

DANA TROUTMAN SAIN, Assistant Professor of Nursing

A.S.N., Mayland Community College; B.S.N., M.S.N, Western Carolina University

MANUEL ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ CABRERA, Assistant Professor of Spanish

B.A., Universidad Pedagogica Nacional Francisco Morazan; M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CHAMARRA K. SANER, Associate Professor of Chemistry

B.S., University of North Carolina at Pembroke; M.S., North Carolina A & T State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

ASHLEY SCHOPPE, Visiting Assistant Professor of English

B.A., Louisiana Scholars' College at Northwestern State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Tulsa

AARON SHAY, Assistant Professor of Popular Music/Music Business Professional Practitioner

B.A., Kent State University; M.F.A, University of Akron

BIJAY SHESTHA, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

B.S., Southern Louisiana University; Ph.D., The University of Oklahoma

RACHEL A. SINZ, Assistant Professor of Nursing

A.S.N., Mercyhurst University; B.S.N., Winston-Salem State University; M.S.N., University of North Carolina

JAMES SLATE, Associate Professor of Economics

B.A., Christopher Newport University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

BRITTANY SMITH, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science

B.A., Baldwin Wallace University; M.S., Ball State University; Ph.D., Kent State University

BUSTER G. SMITH, Professor of Sociology and Chair of Sociology

B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D. Baylor University

SHARON L. SULLIVAN, Professor of Mathematics and Vice Provost

B.S., Trinity College; M.S., University of Vermont; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

PATRICK SWANEY, Associate Professor of English

B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Colorado; M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Ph.D., Ohio University

SARAH K. SWEATT, Assistant Professor of Nursing

B.S., Catawba College; B.S.N., Winston Salem State University; M.S., Western Governors University

MELISSA TAPP, Assistant Professor of Special Education

B.S., St. Bonaventure University; M.Ed. and Ph.D., University of North Carolina

PAMELA L. THOMPSON, Associate Professor of Business and Information Systems

B.B.A., M.B.A., James Madison University; Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

JOANNA TRAMMELL, Associate Professor of Business and Chair of Business, Economics, & Society

B.B.A., M.B.A., M.S., Northeastern State University; Ph.D., Wilmington University

MARIA VANDERGRIFF-AVERY, Professor of Sociology

B.A., M.S., University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Ph.D., University of Maryland

AMANDA VESTAL, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education

B.S., M.A, Salem College; Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

JOHN WAMPLER, Assistant Professor of Lighting Design & Technical Direction

B.F.A., Shenandoah University; M.F.A., University of Nevada

JOHN E. WEAR, JR., Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science

B.S., North Carolina State University; M.S., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Ph.D., Wake Forest University

J. MICHAEL WILSON, Professor of Modern Foreign Languages and Chair of Modern Foreign Languages

B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst

ERIN WITALISON, Associate Professor of Biology

B.S., Catawba College; Ph.D., University of South Carolina at Columbia

ALLYSON YANKLE, Assistant Professor of Politics

B.A., St. Norbert College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut

JENNIFER YURCHISIN, Assistant Professor of Marketing

B.S., M.A., University of Minnesota, St. Paul; Ph.D., Iowa State University, Ames

JOHN ZERGER, Professor of Mathematics

B.A., Bluffton College; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University

Faculty Emeriti

NANCY W. ADAMS, Assistant Professor Emerita of English

B.A., Catawba College; M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte 

DAYNA A. ANDERSON, Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts

B.S., M.S., M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi

PAUL L. BAKER, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

B.S., M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.Div., Hood Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Delaware

MICHAEL J. BARANSKI, Professor Emeritus of Biology

B.S. West Livery State College; Ph.D. North Carolina State University

JAMES M. BEARD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

B.A., Manchester College; Ph.D., Stanford University; post-doctoral study, Iowa State University

EDITH M. BOLICK, Professor of Sociology

B.A., Catawba College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DOUGLAS K. BROWN, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

LINDA T. BOULTER, Professor Emerita of Psychology

B.A., California State College; M.S., Ph.D., West Virginia University

JOYCE H. CADDELL, Assistant Professor Emerita of Mathematics

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Columbia University

ELIZABETH CARLTON, Assistant Professor Emerita of Music

B.A., B.M.E., M.A., Georgetown College; Level III Certification and Master Class in Orff-Kodaly-Laban, North Arizona University

J. ALVIN CARTER, Associate Professor Emeritus of Business

B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.B.A., Georgia State University

STEVEN J. COGGIN, Professor of Biology

B.S. Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

KURT D. CORRIHER, Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages

A.B., Davidson College; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GEORGE E. DRUM, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry & Biology

B.A., Catawba College; M.S., Ph.D., Tulane University; post-doctoral study, Rice University

LAUREL B. EASON, Professor Emerita of English

B. A., Emory and Henry College; M.A., University of Arkansas; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

JAMES R. EPPERSON, Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts

B.A., M.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., Florida State University

JANICE M. FULLER, Professor Emerita of English

B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

JOHN B. GREEN, Associate Professor Emeritus of Marketing

B. A., Providence College; M.B.A. State University of New York, Albany

KARL E. HALES, Professor Emeritus of Communication Arts

B.A., Drury College; M.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., Florida State University; post-doctoral study, Harvard University

SHIRLEY L. HAWORTH, Professor Emerita of Education

B.A., Guilford College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

JULIA G. HAYES, Assistant Professor Emerita of English

B.A., Catawba College; M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte

LOU W. KASIAS, Professor Emerita of Education

B.S., Western Carolina University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; post-doctoral study, University of Georgia

ROSEMARY KINARD, Assistant Professor Emerita of Music

B.A., Asbury College; M.M., Appalachian State University

ROBERT E. KNOTT, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy

B.S., M.A., Wake Forest University; B.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

CHARLES M. MCALLISTER, Professor Emeritus of History

B.A., King College; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., University of Virginia

HOYT M. MCCACHREN, Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts

B.A., Catawba College; M.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of Georgia

JO RENEE MCCACHREN, Professor Emeritus of Music

B.M., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.M., North Texas State University; Ph.D., University of North Texas

JESSE F. MCCARTNEY, Professor Emeritus of English

B.S., Oklahoma State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arkansas

CAROL ANN MIDERSKI, Professor Emerita of Chemistry

B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

CYNTHIA B. OSTERHUS, Associate Professor Emerita of Teacher Education

B.A., Catawba College; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

CHERYL A. PEEVY, Professor Emerita of Modern Foreign Languages

B.A., East Carolina University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky 

BARRY R. SANG, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy

B.A., Carroll College; M.Div., Crozer Theological Seminary; M.Phil., Ph.D., Drew University

SANFORD R. SILVERBURG, Professor Emeritus of Political Science

B.A., Siena College; M.A., Ph.D., The American University

BETHANY S. SINNOTT, Professor Emerita of English

B.A., Duke University; M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

J. HARVEY STRATTON, Associate Professor Emeritus of Physical Education

B.A., Catawba College; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

WILLIAM H. TRENCHARD, Professor Emeritus of Accounting

B.S., Tusculum College; M.S., Virginia Commonwealth University; CPA

RHONDA TRUITT, Associate Professor Emerita of Teacher Education

B.A.E., Florida Atlantic University; M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

SHIHCHANG TSENG, Professor Emeritus of Business and Economics

B.A., M.A., National Taiwan University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

ANDREW A. VANCE, JR. Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages and Business Law

B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University; J.D., Wake Forest University

PATRICIA R. WHITLEY, Professor Emerita of Physical Education and Recreation

B.A., Lenoir-Rhyne College; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ed.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro