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Internships and Research Opportunities
… Students majoring in chemistry are encouraged to consider becoming involved in the department′s research program either … an on-going research program; thus, research opportunities for students are available in a wide variety of … paintings, studies of the cell walls of fungi, and more. Visit the links below for an in-depth description of each …
Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua
… Health Equity Program in the Urban Studies Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor.  She holds a PhD in African … in Theological Studies from Harvard University. She comes to Rhodes from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She has also taught for Denison University and the Namibian University of …
Dr. Fulkerson Dikuua's research interests center on understanding health equity in post-apartheid spaces.
Charity Clay
… Charity Clay joins the History department as a visiting professor of African American History. She comes to Rhodes after being a 2023-24 research fellow at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard …
Dr. Clay is an integrated methods sociologist of the African Diaspora who has taught courses in Sociology, Women's and Gender Studies and Diaspora studies
Stephen Kipp
… Stephen Kipp is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science in the … on political behavior and perceptions in rural U.S. communities. …
Dr. Kipp's research revolves around the effects of privatized development on political behavior and perceptions in rural U.S. communities.
Kelly Dougherty
… the biophysical underpinnings of epilepsy. She uses a combination of molecular biology, biochemistry, … work is focused on understanding the mechanism of action for several common antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and … along the longitudinal hippocampal axis.  H ippocampus : 26(3):341–361. Dougherty KA , Nicholson DA, Diaz L, Buss EW, …
Dr. Dougherty uses a combination of molecular biology, biochemistry, electrophysiology, and computer modeling to study the underpinnings of epilepsy.
Julia Wefferling
… Julia Wefferling joins the Department of Psychology as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Dr. Wefferling earned her …
Dr. Wefferling's research explores how children, adolescents, and adults think about different social groups and the consequences of these beliefs.
Tanushree Pandit
… received a Ph.D. in molecular medicine from the Umea Center for Molecular Medicine at Umea University in Sweden in 2013. She comes to Rhodes after serving as a postdoctoral research … St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences and has previously served as an …
Tanushree Pandit joined Rhodes as a William Randolph Hearst Teaching Fellow in Neuroscience.
Esen Kirdis
… continents, all of which have undergone massive transformations in the last twenty years. Turkey, where I was … to 1994 – soon after unification and the collapse of the communist bloc, and experienced the simmering resentment … .” The International Spectato r. Kirdiş, Esen. 2022. “ Revisiting Religious Economy Models: The Decline of Religious …
Dr. Kirdis' research and teaching focuses on the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East and North Africa.
Yuki Whitehead
… a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music. In Japan, she performed weekly on television and was a Teacher-Trainer and Performer for the YAMAHA Music Foundation. The aspiration to … won prizes and awards from both regional and national competitions, she pursued a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in …
Yukiko Whitehead, a native of Tokyo, Japan is a Registered Suzuki Piano Teacher and a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music.
Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society
… bring students, teachers, and writers of history together for intellectual and social exchanges, which promote and … Any student—not just history majors or minors—who has completed twelve credits of history coursework at Rhodes and … Phi Alpha Theta faculty advisor Dr. Sarah Ifft Decker or visit the national Phi Alpha Theta website . …
Phi Alpha Theta is a national honor society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication.