Faculty by Department

FACULTY LIST BY DEPARTMENT

‡ part-time, Member of the Faculty
* part-time

Anthropology/Sociology
rhodes.edu/anthrosoc
Professor Susan Kus, Chair
Associate Professor Thomas McGowan (Program Director, Urban Studies)
Assistant Professor Jeanne Lopiparo
Assistant Professor Evelyn Perry
Assistant Professor Heather Jamerson
Faculty Fellow Kimberly Kasper
Staff: Christy Waldkirch

Art
rhodes.edu/art
Professor David McCarthy (Sabbatical 2011-12)
Associate Professor Victor Coonin, Chair
Associate Professor Erin Harmon
Assistant Professor Ben Butler (Mellon Leave Fall 2011)
Assistant Professor Francesca Tronchin
Assistant Professor Liz Daggett (Program Director, CODA)
Assistant Professor Elliot King
Assistant Professor Hamlett Dobbins*
Assistant Professor Laurel Sucsy*
Assistant Professor Jonathan Auger*
Staff: Karen Winterton

Biology
rhodes.edu/biology
Professor Terry Hill (Sabbatical Spring 2012)
Professor Gary Lindquester, Chair
Professor John Olsen (Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Chair, Departments of Philosophy and Political Science)
Associate Professor Carolyn Jaslow
Associate Professor Mary Miller (Program Director, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Assistant Professor Michael Collins
Assistant Professor Jonathan Fitz Gerald
Assistant Professor David Kabelik
Assistant Professor Laura Luque de Johnson
Assistant Professor Sarah Boyle
Assistant Professor Rosanna Cappellato
Assistant Professor Rachel Jabaily
Associate Professor Alan Jaslow‡
Visiting Associate Professor Bill Thierfelder*
Visiting Assistant Professor Oliver Sturm*
Visiting Assistant Professor Melissa Parsons*
Staff: Karen Thomas, Sarah Hasty

Chemistry
rhodes.edu/chemistry
Professor David Jeter
Professor Darlene Loprete, Chair
Associate Professor Mauricio Cafiero
Associate Professor Loretta Jackson-Hayes
Associate Professor Jon Russ (Sabbatical Fall 2011)
Assistant Professor Roberto de la Salud Bea
Assistant Professor Larryn Peterson
Assistant Professor Valerie Smith
Assistant Professor Dhammika Muesse
Staff: Jeff Goode, Garrick Florence

Commerce and Business
rhodes.edu/commerceandbusiness
Associate Professor Dee Birnbaum
Associate Professor Pam Church
Associate Professor John Planchon
Assistant Professor Stephanie Moussalli
Assistant Professor Steven Samaras
Instructor Ferron Thompson
Assistant Professor Milton Lovell*
Instructor Archana Jain*
Instructor Brian Jones*
Instructor Chris Nunn*
Staff: Linda Gibson

Economics
rhodes.edu/economics
Professor Steven Caudill
Professor John Murray (Joseph R. Hyde III Professor of Political Economy)
Associate Professor Teresa Beckham Gramm
Associate Professor Marshall Gramm, Chair
Associate Professor Nick McKinney
Assistant Professor Art Carden
Assistant Professor Sarah Estelle
ACS Environmental Fellow Ermanno Affuso
Staff: Linda Gibson

Education
rhodes.edu/education
Assistant Professor Jeanne Wilson*

English
rhodes.edu/english
Professor Marshall Boswell, Chair
Professor Jennifer Brady (Sabbatical Fall 2011)
Professor Michael Leslie (Dean of British Studies) 
Professor Brian Shaffer (Associate Dean of Academic Affairs)
Associate Professor Mark Behr
Associate Professor Gordon Bigelow (Sabbatical 2011-12)
Associate Professor Scott Newstok
Associate Professor Leslie Petty
Assistant Professor Lori Garner
Assistant Professor Rashna Richards (Program Director, Film Studies)
Assistant Professor Rychetta Watkins
Assistant Professor Rebecca Finlayson (Director of Writing Center, Summer Writing Institute)
Assistant Professor Judith Haas (Program Director, Gender and Sexuality Studies)
Assistant Professor Jason Richards
Assistant Professor Seth Rudy
Assistant Professor Michael Bogucki
Assistant Professor Mary Molinary
Instructor Eliza Warren*
Staff: Lorie Yearwood

Environmental Studies & Sciences
rhodes.edu/ess
Instructor Charles Thibault *

Greek and Roman Studies
rhodes.edu/grs
Professor Geoffrey Bakewell (Director, SEARCH Program)
Associate Professor Kenneth Morrell, Chair
Associate Professor David Sick (Sabbatical 2011-12)
Assistant Professor Joe Jansen
Assistant Professor Susan Satterfield
Assistant Professor Ariel Lopez
Staff: Kathy Foreman

History
rhodes.edu/history
Professor Michael Drompp (Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs)
Professor Tim Huebner, Chair
Professor Jonathon Judaken (Spence L. Wilson Chair in the Humanities)
Professor Lynn Zastoupil
Associate Professor Dee Garceau
Associate Professor Jeffrey Jackson (Program Director, Environmental Studies and Sciences)
Associate Professor Mike LaRosa
Associate Professor Charles McKinney (Sabbatical Spring 2012)
Associate Professor Gail Murray
Associate Professor Robert Saxe (Program Director, American Studies)
Assistant Professor Seok-Won Lee
Assistant Professor Vanessa Mongey
Assistant Professor Alex Novikoff
Assistant Professor Etty Terem
Assistant Professor Tait Keller
Professor Doug Hatfield*
Staff: Nannette Gills

Interdisciplinary Humanities
Professor Jim Vest*
Assistant Professor Karen Golightly*

International Studies
rhodes.edu/is
Professor John Copper (sabbatical 2011-12)
Professor Andrew Michta
Associate Professor Stephen Ceccoli, Chair
Associate Professor Shadrack Nasong’o (Sabbatical 2011-12)
Assistant Professor Amy Risley
Assistant Professor Nuray Ibryamova
Assistant Professor Jennifer Sciubba
Assistant Professor Carlos Costa
Assistant Professor Esen Kirdis
Instructor Yasir Kazi*
Staff: Kimberly Stevenson

Mathematics and Computer Science
rhodes.edu/mathcs
Professor Michael Sheard, Chair
Associate Professor Eric Gottlieb (Sabbatical Spring 2012)
Associate Professor Chris Mouron
Assistant Professor Erin Bodine
Assistant Professor Eric Breck
Assistant Professor Rachel Dunwell
Assistant Professor Jeff Hamrick
Assistant Professor Chris Seaton
Assistant Professor Betsy Williams
Assistant Professor Stephen Rice
Staff:  Michelle Hammontree

Modern Languages and Literatures
rhodes.edu/modernlanguages

Chinese
Assistant Professor Li Han
Assistant Professor Chia-rong Wu

French
Associate Professor Shira Malkin
Associate Professor Katheryn Wright, Chair
Assistant Professor Margaret McColley
Assistant Professor Laura Loth
Instructor Iris Laverdant*

German
Associate Professor Michelle Mattson
Assistant Professor Felix Kronenberg
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Bridges

Russian
Associate Professor Valerie Nollan
Instructor Alexandra Kostina

Spanish
Associate Professor Kathleen Doyle
Associate Professor Eric Henager (Program Director, Latin American Studies)
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Pettinaroli
Assistant Professor Alberto del Pozo Martinez
Assistant Professor Rachel Bauer
Assistant Professor Clara Pascual-Argente
Instructor Nora Jabbour
Instructor Valeria Costa Roy*
Staff: Kathy Foreman

Music
rhodes.edu/music
Professor William Skoog, Chair
Associate Professor Thomas Bryant
Associate Professor Courtenay Harter
Assistant Professor Carole Blankenship
Assistant Professor Joe Montelione
Assistant Professor Vanessa Rogers
Assistant Professor John Bass* (Director, CURB Institute)
Assistant Professor Mona Kreitner*
Assistant Professor Jennifer Rhodes*
Instructor James Cornfoot*
Instructor Debra Smith*
Instructor Andrew Drannon*
Staff: Amy Wilson

Philosophy
rhodes.edu/philosophy
Associate Professor Patrick Shade (Sabbatical 2011-12)
Assistant Professor Leigh Johnson
Assistant Professor Kyle Grady
Assistant Professor Mark Newman
Assistant Professor Sarah Hansen
Staff: Karen Winterton

Physics
rhodes.edu/physics
Associate Professor Shubho Banerjee
Associate Professor Brent Hoffmeister, Chair
Associate Professor Ann Viano
Assistant Professor Deseree Meyer
Assistant Professor David Rupke
Assistant Professor Bentley Burnham*
Instructor Donna Budnyas*
Staff: Eva Owens

Political Science
rhodes.edu/politicalscience
Professor Michael Nelson (Sabbatical Spring 2012)
Professor Marcus Pohlmann (Sabbatical Fall 2011)
Associate Professor Daniel Cullen
Associate Professor Stephen Wirls
Assistant Professor Christopher Baldwin
Assistant Professor Margaret Carne
Assistant Professor Lindsay Flynn
Faculty Fellow Laura Field
Faculty Fellow Aaron Herold
Instructor Ashley Coffield*
Instructor Anna Smith*
Staff: Jackie Baker

Psychology
rhodes.edu/psychology
Professor Marsha Walton
Associate Professor Bette Ackerman
Associate Professor Anita Davis (Associate Dean of Academic Affairs)
Associate Professor Natalie Person, Chair
Associate Professor Robert Strandburg (Program Director, Neuroscience) (Sabbatical 2011-12)
Associate Professor Christopher Wetzel
Associate Professor Elizabeth Thomas (Director of Urban Studies Program)
Assistant Professor Kim Gerecke
Assistant Professor Janet Panter
Assistant Professor Katherine White
Assistant Professor Rebecca Klatzkin
Assistant Professor Jenny Vaydich
Staff: Christy Waldkirch

Religious Studies
rhodes.edu/religion
Professor Steven McKenzie
Professor Gail P.C. Streete (Sabbatical 2011-12)
Professor Steve Haynes (Program Director, Life)
Associate Professor Patrick Gray
Associate Professor Luther Ivory (Program Director, African American Studies)
Associate Professor John Kaltner, Chair
Associate Professor Mark Muesse (Program Director, Asian Studies)
Associate Professor Thomas Bremer
Associate Professor Bernadette McNary-Zak
Associate Professor Milton Moreland (Program Director, Archaeology)
Assistant Professor Kendra Hotz
Assistant Profesdsor Catherine Burris
Assistant Professor Daniel Ullucci
Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Harry Danziger*
Instructor Craig Jordan*
Instructor Leigh Pittenger*
Instructor Yasir Kazi*
Instructor Earle Fisher*
Staff: Karen Winterton

Theatre
rhodes.edu/theatre
Professor Julia Ewing (Artistic Director, McCoy Theatre)
Associate Professor David Jilg, Chair
Associate Professor David Mason
Distinguished Service Assistant Professor Laura Canon
Assistant Professor James Mann*
Staff:  Kevin Collier