Teaching Faculty

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

Martha Catherine Beck
Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Hamline University; M.A., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College

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

James E. Berry II
Assistant Professor of Art. B.F.A., University of Montevallo; M.F.A., University of South Carolina 

Marcus Birkenkrahe
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science. M.S. & Ph.D., University of Hamburg

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

Paul Custodio Bube
W. Lewis McColgan Professor of Religion. A.B., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Southern California

Allyn Byars
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science. B.A., Henderson State University; M.S., Techniques Baylor 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
Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.S., College of the Ozarks; M.S., Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri

Brendan J. Connell
Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A., Binghamton University; M.A., American University; M.A., University of Colorado Boulder; Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder

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

Jennifer Daniels
Associate Professor of Psychology. B.S., College of Charleston; M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Mayron Faria de Oliveira
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science. B.Sc., Vale do Paraiba University; Masters 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 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

Kimberly Kulovitz
Assistant Professor of Communication. B.A., University of Wisconsin-Parkside, M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Matthew Lebrato
Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A., TheEvergreen 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

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

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

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

Cody Norton
Assistant Professor of Art. Ph.D. The University of Texas at El Paso

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

Michael Oriatti
Associate Professor of Music. B.A., University of Illinois-Chicago; M.Mus., Washington University and University of Missouri; D.Mus., Indiana University

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

Wu Qu
Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., University of Virginia

Don Ray
Assistant Professor of Accounting. 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

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

Allison N. Sonia
Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A. English and Global Culture, Binghamton University., M.A. English, University of Rochester., Ph.D. English, University of Minnesota

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., Bringham 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

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

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

Nikki Yonts
Assistant Professor of Psychology/Education. B.A., Washington State University; M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University