Graduate Faculty

The date after each name indicates the first year of appointment to this institution.

SCOTT ADAMS, 1999

Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology

B.S., University of Central Arkansas, 1987; M.A., Purdue University, 1992.

ROBERT W. ALLEN, 1981

Professor of Chemistry

B.S., University of Oklahoma, 1969; M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1973; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1975.

VREGE AMIRKHANIAN, 1989

Associate Professor of Mathematics

B.S., Tehran University, 1969; M.S., Oklahoma State University, 1973; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1978.

VOLTA O. ANDERS, JR., 1968

Associate Professor of Music

Head, Department of Music

B.A., Arkansas Tech University, 1967; M.M., Northwestern University, 1968.

K. MICHELE BALLENTINE-LINCH, 2001

Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1990; M.A., University of North Texas, 1997; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2001.

GARY W. BARROW, 1981

Professor of Music

B.M.E., North Texas State University, 1969; M.M., Catholic University of America, 1973; Ph.D., North Texas State University, 1982.

LINDA C. BEAN, 2000

Assistant Professor of Business

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1973; M.S.E., University of Central Arkansas, 1986; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University, 1996.

C. DAVID BELL, 1988

Professor of Elementary Education

Head, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1969; M.Ed., University of Arkansas,1972; Ed.D., University of Arkansas, 1978.

ROBERT D. BOLEN, 1970

Professor of Speech

Director of Forensics

B.S., Southeast Missouri State University, 1958; M.A., University of Colorado, 1970; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1984.

CARL W. BRUCKER, 1984

Professor of English

Head, Department of English

B.A., Rutgers University 1968; M.A., Rutgers University, 1976; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1980.

CHARLES P. BUSCH, JR., 1986

Professor of Philosophy

B.A., Columbia University, 1971; M.A., University of Southern California, 1974; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1977.

JOHN J. CADLE, 1977

Professor of Physical Education

B.S.E., Central Missouri State University, 1965; M.S., Central Missouri State University, 1967; Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi, 1970.

JORGE L. CAMACHO, 2000

Assistant Professor of Spanish

License in Education, University of Havana, Cuba, 1992; M.A., Carleton University, 1997; Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1999.

JERRY CANERDAY, 1994

Assistant Professor of Geography

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1988; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1991.

DONALD A. CARNAHAN, 1985

Professor of Mathematics

Head, Department of Mathematics

B.A., Arkansas College, 1967; M.S., University of Arkansas, 1969; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1973.

TIM L. CARTER, 1998

Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1989; M.Ed., Arkansas Tech University, 1994; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1998.

E. URSULA CHANDLER, 1981

Professor of German

Head, Department of Foreign Languages and International Studies

B.S., Illinois State University, 1965; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1981.

ELDON G. CLARY, JR., 1967

Professor of Secondary Education

Dean of Graduate Studies

B.S.E., North Texas State University, 1962; M.Ed., North Texas State University, 1964; Ed.D., North Texas State University, 1968.

RICHARD R. COHOON, 1960

Professor of Geology

Dean, School of Physical and Life Sciences

B.A., Oklahoma City University, 1954; M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1959; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University, 1974.

RAYMOND E. COLE, 1970

Professor of Economics

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1969; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1970; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1976.

HAL D. COOPER, 1979

Associate Professor of Music

Director of Bands

B.M.E., Henderson State University, 1966; M.M.E., Henderson State University, 1974.

CAROLYN C. CRAWFORD, 1982

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

Director of Learning Assistance and Testing Center

B.S., Mississippi Valley State University, 1965; M.E., University of Mississippi, 1968; Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1979.

KANDIS S. CROOM, 2001

Assistant Professor of School Counseling

B.A., Arkansas Tech University, 1971; M.Ed., University of Arkansas, 1975; Ed.D., University of Arkansas, 1997.

B. ALEXANDER DARKWAH, 1991

Associate Professor of English and Developmental Reading

B.S., Cape Coast University, Ghana, 1972; M.S., Cape Coast University, Ghana, 1977; B.S., University of Mary Hardin Baylor, 1987; Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1991.

THOMAS A. DEBLACK, 1995

Associate Professor of History

B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1973; M.S.E., Ouachita Baptist University, 1979; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1995.

GEORGENA D. DUNCAN, 1975

Professor of History

Dean, School of Liberal and Fine Arts

B.A., University of Arkansas, 1966; Ph.D., University of Liverpool, 1971.

PETER A. DYKEMA, 2001

Assistant Professor of History

B.S., Hope College, 1984; M.Div., Western Theological Seminary, 1987; M.A., University of Arizona, 1989; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1998.

ROGER FANG, 2001

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science

B.Sc., National Chiao-Tung University, 1980; M.Sc., University of Florida, 1987; Ph.D., University of Florida, 1993.

DENNIS W. FLENIKEN, 1975

Professor of Secondary Education

Dean, School of Education

B.S., Louisiana Tech University, 1963; M.S., Louisiana Tech University, 1966; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1974.

KAREN L. FUTTERER, 1980

Associate Professor of Music

B.M., State University of New York at Fredonia, 1975; M.M., North Texas State University, 1980.

KENNETH T. FUTTERER, 1980

Associate Professor of Music

B.M., North Texas State University, 1975; M.M., North Texas State University, 1980.

CHARLES J. GAGEN, 1990

Associate Professor of Fisheries Biology

Head, Department of Biological Sciences

B.S., University of Tennessee at Martin, 1983; M.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1986; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1990.

JOHN A. GALE, 1982

Associate Professor of Speech/Broadcasting

Director of Virtual Learning Center

Director of Broadcasting

B.S., University of Central Arkansas, 1977; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1978.

PAOLA GEMME, 2001

Assistant Professor of English

B.A., University of Genoa, 1989; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1998.

JILL E. GUERRA, 1998

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991; M.S., University of Arkansas, 1994; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1998.

MARY B. GUNTER, 1998

Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

Head, Center for Leadership and Learning

B.S.E., University of Arkansas, 1972; M.Ed., University of Arkansas, 1976; Ed.S., University of Arkansas, 1986; Ed.D., University of Arkansas, 1991.

JACK R. HAMM, 1972

Professor of Mathematics

Vice President for Academic Affairs

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1964; M.S., University of Missouri at Rolla, 1968; Ph.D., University of Missouri at Rolla, 1972.

RUTH M. HARRISON, 1970

Associate Professor of English

B.A., Saint MaryoftheWoods College, 1968; M.A., University of Tennessee, 1970.

FAYE E. HAWKS, 1986

Assistant Professor of Speech

B.A., University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, 1983; M.A., Arkansas State University, 1985.

MOSTAFA HEMMATI, 1983

Professor of Physics

Director of Undergraduate Research

B.S., University of Meshad (Iran), 1973; M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1980; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1983.

NITA M. HERRICK, 1976

Associate Professor of Music

B.M.Ed., Central Missouri State University, 1966; M.Ed., University of Missouri, 1969.

THERESA A. HERRICK, 1985

Associate Professor of Recreation and Park Administration

Head, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Hospitality Administration

B.S., Southwest Missouri State University, 1976; M.S., University of Missouri at Columbia, 1981; Ph.D., Clemson University, 1993.

DAVID HOELZEMAN, 2000

Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science

B.S., University of Central Arkansas, 1988; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1993.

M. ANNETTE HOLEYFIELD, 1985

Associate Professor of Physical Education

Head, Department of Health and Physical Education

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1976; M.Ed., Arkansas Tech University, 1977; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1997.

STEPHEN D. HORNOR, 1996

Director of Sports Medicine

Lecturer of Physical Education

B.S., University of Oregon, 1977; M.A., California State University, Chico, 1995.

SHELIA JACKSON, 1998

Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education

B.S.E., Southern Arkansas University, 1981; M.Ed., University of Arkansas, 1984; Ph.D., Texas Women's University, 1988.

ELLEN J. JENKINS, 1997

Associate Professor of History

Director of Honors

B.A., University of Texas at Dallas, 1977; M.A., University of North Texas, 1983; Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1992.

GEORGE P. JOHNSON, 1990

Associate Professor of Biology

Curator of Herbarium

B.S., Western Kentucky University, 1978; M.S., Western Kentucky University, 1980; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1985.

SCOTT JORDAN, 1994

Associate Professor of Mathematics

B.S., Southern Arkansas University, 1985; M.S., University of Arkansas, 1988; Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1994.

D. MICHAEL KEISLER, 1975

Professor of Mathematics

B.A., University of Texas, 1966; Ph.D., North Texas State University, 1974.

CHRISTOPHER J. KELLNER, 1991

Associate Professor of Wildlife Biology

B.S., University of California at Berkeley, 1978; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1985; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1990.

VICKY H. KIEHL, 1967

Associate Professor of Music

B.A., Arkansas Tech University, 1967; M.M., North Texas State University, 1974.

SCOTT W. KIRKCONNELL, 1981

Professor of Biology

A.B., University of Illinois, 1973; A.M., Indiana University, 1976; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1978.

WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, 1989

Assistant Professor of Physical Education

B.S., Fort Hays State University, 1983; M.S., Fort Hays State University, 1985; Ed.D., University of Arkansas, 1991.

RICHARD A. KNIGHT, 1999

Assistant Professor of Speech

B.A., Seton Hall University, 1992; M.A., Bloomsburg University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, 2000.

DAVID W. KRUEGER, 1960

Associate Professor of History

B.S., Memphis State University, 1958; M.A., Memphis State University, 1958.

PAUL S. LAKE, 1981

Professor of English

B.S., Towson State University, 1975; A.M., Stanford University, 1979.

MICHAEL A. LINK, 1965

Associate Professor of History

B.S., Henderson State University, 1962; M.S., Henderson State University, 1963; Ph.D., (History), Mississippi State University, 1966; Ph.D., (Philosophy and Religion), Protestant Faculty of Paris, 1976.

STANLEY D. LOMBARDO, 1977

Professor of English

B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1970; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1976.

GEORGE E. McLELLAN, 1973

Associate Professor of Anthropology

B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1962; M.A., University of Colorado, 1967; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1969.

DAVID J. MIDDLETON, 1998

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science

B.S., University of Sydney, 1979; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986.

JEFFREY A. MITCHELL, 1994

Associate Professor of Philosophy

B.A., Whitman College, 1986; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1990; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1993.

JOHNETTE MOODY, 1997

Instructor of Computer and Information Science

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1994; M.Ed., Arkansas Tech University, 1996.

LARRY J. MORELL, 1998

Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science

Head, Department of Computer and Information Science

B.A., Duke University, 1974; M.S., Rutgers University, 1976; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1983.

GWEN MORGAN, 1984

Professor of Elementary Education

Director of Teacher Education Student Services

B.S., Texas A & I University, 1971; M.Ed., Mississippi State University, 1977; Ed.D., University of Georgia, 1990.

ARDITH A. MORRIS, 1982

Associate Professor of Speech/Theatre

Theatre Director

B.A., University of the Ozarks, 1973; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1975; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1989.

THOMAS E. NUPP, 1997

Associate Professor of Wildlife Biology

B.S., The Pennsylvania State University, 1987; M.S., Auburn University, 1992; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1997.

JOHN J. O'REILLY, 2000

Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

B.A., Central Michigan University, 1965; M.A., Central Michigan University, 1976; Ed.D., Arizona State University, 1988.

PHILIP D. PARKER, 1977

Associate Professor of Music

B.M., Wichita State University, 1975; M.M., Indiana University, 1977.

PAULA B. PENDERGRASS, 1992

Professor of Biology

B.S.E., Southwest Missouri State University, 1968; M.A., Southwest Missouri State University, 1970; Ph.D., Washington State University, 1974.

HARVEY L. PHILPOTTS, III, 1993

Associate Professor of English

B.A., University of Virginia, 1977; M.A., University of Virginia, 1979; Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1991.

SUSAN POZNAR, 1993

Associate Professor of English

B.A., Brandeis University, 1980; M.A., Duke University, 1982; Ph.D., Duke University, 1989.

BYRA L. RAMSEY, 2000

Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education

B.S., University of Arkansas, 1966; Ph.D., Mississippi State University, 1999.

MICHAEL K. RITCHIE, 1989

Associate Professor of English

B.A., University of Cincinnati, 1969; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1975; M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky, 1979; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1986.

CAREY M. ROBERTS, 2000

Assistant Professor of History

B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 1993; M.A., University of South Carolina, 1995; Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1999.

JEFF W. ROBERTSON, 1997

Associate Professor of Astrophysics

Director of Astronomical Observatory

B.S., University of Kansas, 1989; M.S., San Diego State University, 1991; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1995.

RONALD D. ROBISON, 1988

Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science

B.S., Iowa State University, 1970; M.S., University of Southern California,1975.

SARAH H. ROBISON, 1989

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science

B.S., University of Arkansas at Monticello, 1978; M.Ed., Southern Arkansas University, 1982; M.S., Nova Southeastern University, 1994.

KENNETH A. ROGERS, 1989

Professor of Political Science

B.S., University of Oklahoma, 1970; M.A., California State University (Sacramento), 1976; Ph.D., American University, 1982.

MARY ANN ROLLANS, 1980

Associate Professor of Secondary Education

Dean, Community Education and Professional Development

Affirmative Action Officer

B.A., Arkansas Tech University, 1968; M.S.E., University of Central Arkansas, 1974; Ed.D., University of Arkansas, 1986.

EARL F. SCHROCK, Jr., 1971

Professor of English

B.A., Arkansas Tech University, 1966; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1968; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1980.

C. GLENN SHEETS, 1990

Professor of Elementary Education

Registrar

B.S.E., Henderson State University, 1971; M.S.E., Henderson State University, 1975; Ed.D., University of Arkansas, 1978.

REBECCA A. SHOPFNER, 2000

Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning

B.S.E., University of Central Arkansas, 1973; M.Ed., Arkansas Tech University, 1986; Ed.D., University of Arkansas, 1999.

KENNETH W. SHORES, 1985

Associate Professor of Mathematics

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1970; M.S., University of Arkansas, 1972.

STEPHEN A. SHRY, 1975

Professor of Psychology

B.S., Michigan State University, 1963; M.A., Southern Illinois University, 1965; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1968.

SAMMIE P. STEPHENSON, 1999

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

B.A., Henderson State University, 1963; M.S.E., University of Central Arkansas, 1969; Ed.D., University of Arkansas, 1995.

LESLIE C. STEWARTABERNATHY, 1989

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Arkansas Archeological Survey

B.A., Arkansas State University, 1970; M.A., Brown University, 1974; Ph.D., Brown University, 1981.

JOSEPH N. STOECKEL, 1992

Associate Professor of Fisheries Biology

Director, Fisheries and Wildlife Biology Program

B.A., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1978; M.A., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1985; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993.

JOHN M. SULLIVAN, 1987

Associate Professor of Art

B.S., Northwestern State University (Louisiana), 1975; M.F.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1987.

GEORGE TAYLOR, 1998

Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education

B.S.E., Henderson State University, 1975; M.S.E., Henderson State University, 1976; Ed.D., Texas A & M University, 1990.

THOMAS P. TYLER, 1967

Professor of Economics

Dean, School of Business

B.A., Hendrix College, 1965; M.B.A., University of Arkansas, 1967; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1980.

VAN A. TYSON, 1973

Professor of Journalism

B.A., Arkansas Tech University, 1959; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1963; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1981.

DAVID G. UNDERWOOD, 2001

Associate Professor of Education

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

B.A., Western Kentucky University, 1972; M.P.S., Western Kentucky University, 1978; M.A.Ed., Western Kentucky University, 1979; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1985.

W. BRAD VICE, 2001

Assistant Professor of English

B.A., University of Alabama, 1994; M.A., University of Tennessee, 1997; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2001.

DONNA R. VOCATE, 1998

Associate Professor of Speech

Head, Department of Speech/Theatre/Journalism

B.A., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1962; M.A., University of Denver, 1977; Ph.D., University of Denver, 1980.

GUIMING WANG, 2001

Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology

B.S., Nanjing Normal University, 1983; M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1990; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2000.

DANA D. WARD, 1988

Associate Professor of Spanish

B.A., Hendrix College, 1974; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1977; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1987.

JOHN W. WATSON, 1978

Professor of Mathematics

Dean, School of Systems Science

B.A., University of Arkansas, 1971; M.S., University of Arkansas, 1973; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University, 1978.

DONNA R. WHITE, 2001

Assistant Professor of English

B.A., Arkansas Tech University, 1976; M.A., University of Texas, 1983; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991.

JAMES T. WILLCUTT, 1967

Associate Professor of Physics

Head, Department of Physical Science

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1965; M.S., University of Missouri at Rolla, 1967.

DEBORAH WILSON, 1992

Associate Professor of English

B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1974; M.Ed., Mississippi College, 1982; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1991.

SID T. WOMACK, 1986

Associate Professor of Secondary Education

B.M.E., Abilene Christian College, 1972; M.Ed., Sam Houston State University, 1974; Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1979.

JEFFREY R. WOODS, 2000

Assistant Professor of History

B.A., University of Kansas, 1992; M.A., University of Arkansas, 1994; Ph.D., Ohio University, 2000.

SAM M. WORLEY, 1997

Assistant Professor of English

B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1981; M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991.

ANNETTE ZAKHARIAN, 1984

Professor of French

A.B., Rutgers University, 1974; M.A., Syracuse University, 1980; D.A., Syracuse University, 1983.

CONNIE W. ZIMMER, 1990

Associate Professor of Secondary Education

A.B., Western Kentucky University, 1972; M.S.L.S., Western Kentucky University, 1975.

STEVEN W. ZIMMER,1991

Director of Math and Science Institute

B.S., Western Kentucky University, 1970; M.A., Western Kentucky University, 1973.