Teaching Faculty

Wesley Beal
W. C. Brown, Jr., Professor of English. B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

Alexander Beeser
Associate Professor of Biology. B.S., Concordia University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Dustyn Bork
Professor of Art. B.F.A., University of Michigan; M.F.A., Indiana University

Michael Brown James
Assistant Professor of Communication. M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 

Allyn Byars
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science. B.A., Henderson State University; M.S., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Margaret Campbell 
Assistant Professor of Education. B.S., Arkansas State University; M.A., Arkansas State University; Ph.D., Arkansas State University 

Jeremy Chapman
Professor of Mathematics. B.S., College of the Ozarks; M.S., Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri

Kimberly Crosby, ’92
Associate Professor of Education. B.A., Lyon College, M.Ed., Harding University; Ed.D., Arkansas State University

Pietro Dall'Olio
Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Ph.D., Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

Mayron Faria de Oliveira
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science. B.Sc., Vale do Paraiba University; Master's in Translational Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo; Ph.D.,  Federal University of Sao Paulo

Britt Florkiewicz
Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D.; University of California Los Angeles

Maggie Gayle
Associate Professor of Theatre and Art. B.F.A., Art Emporia State University (Emporia, KS); M.F.A.; Brandeis University Waltham, MA

Fonzie Geary II
Professor of Theatre. B.S., M.S., Eastern Kentucky University; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Stuart Hutton
Associate Professor of Physics. B.S., University of Richmond; M.S., Ph.D., Montana State University

Joseph Ivy
Instructor of Spanish. B.A., University of Central Arkansas; M.A. University of Central Arkansas

Maryline Jones
Associate Professor of Organismal Biology. B.S., University of Provence; M.S., University of the Mediterranean Sea; Ph.D., University of Montpellier

Melissa Johnson
Assistant Professor of English. Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Mahbubul Kabir
Associate Professor of Economics. B.Sc., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka; M.B.A., Dhaka University, Bangladesh; M.A., Williams College; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jason R. Kennedy
Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Binghamton University; Ph.D., Binghamton University

Matthew Lebrato
Associate Professor of Anthropology. B.A., The Evergreen State College; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., and Ph.D., Indiana University

James Martell
Associate Professor of Romance Languages. B.A., Universidad Iberoamericana; M.A, University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Patrick Lynch
Assistant Professor of Business. B.A., University of Michigan; M.B.A., Michigan State University
 

Melissa Merte
Assistant Professor of English. B.A., Binghamton University; M.A., University of Rochester; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Robert Miller
Associate Professor of Psychology. B.S., Northern Illinois University; M.S., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Irosha Nawarathne
Professor of Chemistry. B.S., University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Bethany Neese
Assistant Professor of Music. Ph.D., Grand Canyon University

Cody Norton
Assistant Professor of Art. B.F.A., University of North Texas; M.F.A., University of Colorado Boulder

Kieran J. O'Keefe
Assistant Professor of History. B.A., Mount Saint Mary College; M.A., University of Vermont; Ph.D., The George Washington University

Cassia Oliveira
Professor of Biology. B.S., M.S., Sao Paulo State University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Jes Parker
Assistant Professor of Psychology.

Welsey Perkins, '15
Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.A., Lyon College; M.A. & Ph.D. University of Kansas

Brandon Porter
Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.S., Ohio State University Columbus; M.S., University of Dayton; Ph.D., University of Tennessee Knoxville

Wu Qu
Assistant Professor of History. B.A., University of Iowa; M.A. University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Don Ray, '91
Assistant Professor of Accounting. B.S., Lyon College; CPA; M.B.A., Arkansas State University

Monica Rodriguez
Associate Professor of Spanish. B.A., Berea College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Scott Roulier
John D. Trimble, Sr., Professor of Political Philosophy. B.A., University of Denver; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Fariba Sanaei
Assistant Professor of Business.

Stephanie N. Saunders, '02
Associate Professor of Spanish. B.A., Lyon College; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Rebecca Sharp, '05
Instructor of English/Director of Developmental English. B.A. Lyon College; M.F.A., The University of Memphis

Eric South
Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., Kennesaw State University, M.S. & Ph.D., University of Illinois

Peter Staples
Assistant Professor of Business & Economics. B.S., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Clemson University

Jaeyun Sung
Associate Professor of American Politics. B.A., Myong Ji University; M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Radek Szulga
Associate Professor of Economics. B.A., Auburn University; M.A., Miami University of Ohio; Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Terrell Tebbetts
Martha Heasley Cox Chair in American Literature. B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Edward Tenace
Associate Professor of History. B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois

David Thomas
Willie Dillard Bryan Professor of Biology. B.S., M.S., Central Washington University; Ph.D., University of Idaho

Matthew Thompson
Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B.S., Harding University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 

Shensi Wang
Assistant Professor of Accounting. Ph.D. The University of Texas at El Paso

Tharanga Mahesh Kumara Wijetunge
Professor of Mathematics. B.S., University of Colombo (Sri Lanka); Ph.D., Central Michigan University

Scott Williams
Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A. San Francisco State University; M.A. Trinity Evangelical Divinity; M. St. University of Oxford, Ph.D., Oriel College, University of Oxford

Meredith Wright, '04
Instructor of Mathematics. B.A., Lyon College; Master of Arts, University of Central Arkansas

Dr. Mengfan Zhu
Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B.S. South China University of Technology; M.S. Nanyang Technological University; Ph.D. Oklahoma State University