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2016-2017 
    
2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Other Instructional Appointments


2015-16

M. Christopher Alexander, Associate Dean for International Programs, McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program, and Professor of Political Science
B.S. (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)  

Eulises Avellaneda, Adjunct Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
B.A. (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), M.A. (University of Southern Mississippi) 

David H. Backus, Covington Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies
A.B. (Haverford), M.S., Ph.D. (University of Washington, Seattle)

Pat Baker, Lecturer in Communication Studies
B.A., M.A. (Queens)

Mark J. Barsoum, Director of the Mathematics and Science Center and Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. (University of California, Davis), Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego) 

Florin Beşchea-Fache, Visiting Assistant Professor of French
B.A. (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania), M.S. (University of Southern Indiana), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Alan Black, Artist Associate in Cello
B.A. (University of California, Los Angeles), M.M. (Indiana)

Scott S. Boddery, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A. (Coastal Carolina), J.D. (Florida State University College of Law), Ph.D. (Binghamton)

Basma Botros, Visiting Lecturer in Arab Studies
B.S. (International Academy, Cairo), M.A. (Eastern Illinois) 

Maurya MacNeil Boyd, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. (Davidson), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio State)

Britta H. Crandall, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies
B.A. (Miami University), M.A., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) 

Jacquelyn Culpepper, Artist Associate in Voice
B.S. (Western Carolina), M.M. (Baylor) 

Marleen Eijkholt, Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities
LL.B./LL.M. (Maastricht University, The Netherlands), Ph.D. (University of Manchester)

Rebeca Fernandez, Non-native English Writing Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing
B.S. (Boston), M.Ed., Ph.D. (Harvard) 

Aaron Finkle, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. (Reed), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Washington, Seattle) 

Gabriel Ford, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A. (University of Alabama), M.Phil. (Trinity College Dublin), M.A., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State) 

William Fried, Artist Associate in Piano
B.S. (Brown), M.M. (New England Conservatory), D.M.A. (University of California, San Diego) 

Christopher Gilliam, Director of Choral Activities/Artist Associate
B.M., M.M. (Bob Jones University), M.M., D.M.A. (University of Kansas) 

David Gilliland, Artist Associate in Piano
B.M. (DePauw), M.M. (Eastman School of Music), D.M.A. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis)

Daniel R. Griffith, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A. (Hamilton), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Columbia University)

Jennifer B. Hawthorne, Adjunct Practicum Facilitator in Psychology
B.A. (Davidson), M.A. (Argosy), Psy.D. (Pepperdine) 

Van E. Hillard, Director of College Writing Program, and Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies
B.A. (Ohio Wesleyan), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati) 

Katie Horowitz, Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Gender/Sexuality Studies
B.A. (Wesleyan), M.A., Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley) 

Marija Jankovic, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A. (University of Belgrade), M.A. (University of Florida), Ph.D. (Indiana) 

Michael J. Kamtman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre
B.A. (Bucknell), M.A. (University of Connecticut), M.F.A. (UNC Greensboro)

Lauren Keough, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A. (Hofstra), M.S., Ph.D. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Savan Kharel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S. (Indiana), Ph.D. (University of Tennessee)

Tae-Sun Kim, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Educational Studies
B.A. (Lawrence), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan State)
(Spring Semester)

Amy Lee Kohout, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities
B.A. (Yale), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell)

Cynthia Lawing, Artist Associate in Piano
B.M. (Wittenburg), B.M., M.M. (Cleveland Institute of Music) 

Andrew W. Leslie, Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
B.A. (University of Virginia), Ph.D. (Northwestern) 

Naila M. Mamoon, Director of Premedical and Allied Health Professions and Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
M.B.B.S. (Dhaka University), Ph.D. (University of Mississippi, Jackson) 

Benjamin C. Mangrum, Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Environmental Studies
B.A. (Mississippi), M.Div., M.A. (Baylor), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Linda C. McNally, Lecturer in Biology
B.S., M.S. (UNC Charlotte) 

Janet H. Melonakos, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. (Brigham Young), Ph.D. (Duke)
(Fall Semester)

Joseph Meyer, Artist Associate in Violin
B.A. (University of Minnesota), M.M. (San Francisco Conservatory)

Maren Milligan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A. (Oberlin), Ph.D. (University of Maryland) 

Hadia Mubarak, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A. (Florida State), M.A., Ph.D. (Georgetown)

Melati Nungsari, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. (Knox), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Lesa R. Offermann, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. (Canisius), Ph.D. (University of South Carolina, Columbia)

Kate K. Orroth, Adjunct Lecturer in Medical Humanities
B.S.E. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), M.P.H. (Boston), Ph.D. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

David L. Perry, Director of the Vann Center for Ethics and Professor of Applied Ethics
B.A. (Pacific Lutheran), A.M.Div., Ph.D. (University of Chicago Divinity School) 

Iva Petkova, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A. (University for National & World Economy, Bulgaria), M.S. (Goteborg University, Sweden), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Columbia University)

Stacey Riemer, Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology
B.S. (St. John Fisher College), M.S. (University of Rochester), Ph.D. (Syracuse)
(Spring Semester) 

Rebecca N. Ruhlen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A. (Trinity), M.A. (Harvard), Ph.D. (University of Washington)

Dolores Santamaria, Visiting Instructor in Hispanic Studies
Licenciada (University Complutense de Madrid), M.A. (University of South Carolina, Columbia)

Ronald J. Schmidt, Sr., Adjunct Professor of Political Science
A.A. (Reedley College), A.B., M.A. (University of California, Berkeley), Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside)
(Spring Semester)

Matthew Schoene, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A. (Villanova), M.A., Ph.D. (Ohio State)

Rosalba E. Scott, Visiting Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
B.A. (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá), M.A. (University of Southern Mississippi)

Anelise Hanson Shrout, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Studies
A.B. (University of Chicago), Ph.D. (New York University)

Clinton Sleeper, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
A.A.F. (Truckee Meadows Community College), B.A. (University of Nevada, Reno), M.F.A. (Simon Fraser University)

Karin L. Stevens, Adjunct Lecturer in Chemistry
B.S. (Davidson), M.S. (University of California, Berkeley)
(Fall Semester)

Lauren A. Stutts, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (University of Florida, Gainesville)

Katherine Thompson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S. (Oglethorpe), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Georgia)

Yi-Ting Tsai, Visiting Lecturer in Chinese Studies
B.A. (National Chiayi University, Taiwan), M.A. (National Taiwan Normal University) 

Kenneth J. Urban, McGee Professor of Writing
B.A. (Bucknell), M.A., Ph.D. (Rutgers)
(Sring Semester)

Annie M. Wadman, Production Manager and Lecturer in Theatre
B.A. (Davidson), M.A., M.B.A. (University of Cincinnati) 

Sarah F. Waheed, Director of the Davidson in India Program and Assistant Professor of History
B.A. (Bryn Mawr), M.A. (University of Chicago), Ph.D. (Tufts)  

Heather K. Ward, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S. (University of California, San Diego), Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
(Spring Semester)

Gregory E. Weinstein, Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Music
A.B. (Princeton), Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

Caroline A. Weist, Visiting Assistant Professor of German Studies
B.A. (University of Richmond), Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)

Benjamin F. Wicker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. (University of South Alabama), Ph.D. (Indiana)

L. Lamar Wilson, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.S. (Florida A&M), M.F.A. (Virginia Polytechnic and State University), Ph.D. (expected) (UNC Chapel Hill)