Nov 23, 2024

2007-2008

2007-2008 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Faculty

Retired Faculty (as of August 1, 2006)


Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr., President Emeritus of the College and Professor Emeritus of History		(1951, 1983)
	A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard), L.L.D. (Davidson), L.H.D. (Oglethorpe, Queens, Bridgewater, Marymount, Hollins, Mary Baldwin), Litt.D. (Washington and Lee)

John W. Kuykendall, President Emeritus of the College and Samuel E. and Mary W. Thatcher Professor Emeritus of Religion		(1984, 2003)
	B.A. (Davidson), B.D. (Union Seminary-Richmond), S.T.M. (Yale)
	M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton), D.D. (Hanover), L.H.D. (Wofford)

Anthony S. Abbott, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of English		(1964, 2001)
	A.B. (Princeton), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard)

Horace Alden Bryan, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1955, 1992)
	A.B. (King), Ph.D. (Tennessee)

John Nicholas Burnett, Maxwell Chambers Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1968, 1997)
	B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Emory)

Richard Clyde Burts, Jr., Registrar Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Psychology		(1961, 1985)
	A.B. (Furman), M.A., Ed.D. (Columbia)

Thomas A. Cartmill, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education		(1974, 1985)
	B.S. (Springfield), M.Ed. (Johns Hopkins)

John Addis Casey, Executive Director and Professor Emeritus of Information Technology		(1983, 2005)
	B.S. (Loyola), M.S., Ph.D. (Michigan State)

Richard Cargill Cole, Virginia Lasater Irvin Professor Emeritus of English		(1961, 1993)
	A.B. (Hamilton), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale)

Jean S. Cornell, Associate Professor Emerita of Speech		(1971, 1987)
	B.A. (Ohio Wesleyan), M.S.J. (Northwestern), M.A. (Arizona)

Charles D. Dockery, Professor Emeritus of French		(1974, 2003)
	B.A. (Earlham), M.A., Ph.D. (Iowa)

James Monroe Fredericksen, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1957, 1989)
	B.S. (Richmond), Ph.D. (Virginia)

Dirk French, W. R. Grey Professor Emeritus of Classics		(1967, 2001)
	A.B. (Lawrence), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

William Francis Frey, Professor Emeritus of Physics		(1960, 1999)
	A.B. (King), M.S., Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)

Ralph William Gable, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1960, 1994)
	B.S. (Texas), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

David Carroll Grant, Professor Emeritus of Biology		(1968, 2000)
	A.B. (Wooster), Ph.D. (Yale)

John Gill Holland, Professor Emeritus of English		(1967, 2004)
	A.B. (Washington & Lee), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Douglas Clay Houchens, Professor Emeritus of Art		(1953, 1978)
	B.F.A., M.F.A. (Richmond Professional Institute)

Grant D. Jones, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Anthropology		(1985, 2003)
	B.A. (Florida State), M.A., Ph.D. (Brandeis)

Robert David Kaylor, James Sprunt Professor Emeritus of Religion		(1964, 1999)
	A.B. (Southwestern), B.D. (Louisville Seminary), Ph.D. (Duke)

John D. Kelton, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Psychology		(1959, 1997)
	B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Donald L. Kimmel, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Biology		(1971, 2000)
	A.B. (Swarthmore), M.D. (Temple), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)

Lunsford Richardson King, Richardson Professor Emeritus of Mathematics		(1964, 2002)
	B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Duke)

George Labban, Jr., W. R. Grey Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies		(1952, 1984)
	A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (Texas)

Malcolm Lester, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of History		(1959, 1989)
	A.B. (Mercer), M.A., Ph.D. (Virginia)

Glenn Carlos Lindsey, Professor Emeritus of Economics		(1958, 1998)
	B.B.A., M.B.A. (Georgia)

Samuel Dow Maloney, James Sprunt Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy		(1954, 1994)
	A.B. (Davidson), B.D., Th.M., Th.D. (Union Seminary-Richmond)

Robert John Manning, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Physics and Humanities		(1968, 2005)
	A.B. (Gettysburg), M.S., Ph.D. (Virginia)

Robert E. Maydole, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy		(1974, 2005)
	B.S. (St. Joseph’s), Ph.D. (Boston University)

Winfred Pleasants Minter, Professor Emeritus of Political Science		(1957, 1981)
	B.S., M.S. (Virginia Polytechnic), Ph.D. (Chicago)

Martha R. McAlister, Lecturer Emerita in Speech		(1987, 2003)
	B.S. (Northwestern), M.A. (UNC Greensboro)

Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, Paul B. Freeland Professor Emeritus of Religion		(1965, 1998)
	A.B. (Davidson), B.A. (Princeton Seminary), Th.D. (Basel)

C. Louise Nelson, Professor Emerita of Economics		(1964, 1988)
	B.S., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Leland Madison Park, Director Emeritus of the Davidson College Library		(1967, 2006)
	A.B. (Davidson), M.Ln. (Emory), Adv. M. in L.S., Ph.D. (Florida State)

Malcolm Overstreet Partin, Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor Emeritus of History		(1968, 2003)
	A.B. (UNC Chapel Hill), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Jack R. Perry, Director Emeritus of the Dean Rusk Program in International Studies and Professor Emeritus of Political Science		(1985, 1995)
	A.B. (Mercer), M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia)

Max Eugene Polley, J.W. Cannon Professor Emeritus of Religion		(1956, 1993)
	A.B. (Albion), B.D., Ph.D. (Duke)

J. Harris Proctor, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Political Science		(1970, 1991)
	A.B. (Duke), M.A. (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy), Ph.D. (Harvard)

Charles Edward Ratliff, Jr., William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Economics		(1947, 1992)
	B.S. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Jerry Allan Roberts, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics		(1965, 1993)
	B.E.Py., M.S., Ph.D. (North Carolina State)

Janet Harrison Shannon, Associate Professor Emerita of Sociology		(1990, 1996)
	B.S. (Saint Joseph’s), M.A., Ph.D. (Temple)

Junius Brutus Stroud, Richardson Professor Emeritus of Mathematics		(1960, 1994)
	B.S. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Virginia)

William Holt Terry, Dean of Students Emeritus		(1962, 1994)
	B.S. (Davidson), M.Div., D.Min. (Union Seminary-Richmond)

Hallam Walker, Professor Emeritus of French		(1965, 1985)
	A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Wilmer Hayden Welsh, Professor Emeritus of Music		(1963, 1991)
	B.S. (Johns Hopkins), B.M., M.M., Artist’s Diploma (Peabody Conservatory)

Robert C. Williams, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Emeritus and Vail Professor Emeritus of History		(1986, 2004)
	B.A. (Wesleyan), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)

John H. Williamson, Herman Brown Professor Emeritus of Biology		(1981, 2000)
	B.S. (North Carolina State), M.S. (Cornell), Ph.D. (University of Georgia, Athens)

Albert Allen Wolf, Professor Emeritus of Physics		(1965, 1991)
	B.A., M.A. (Vanderbilt), Ph.D. (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Erich-Oskar Joachim Siegfried Wruck, Professor Emeritus of German		(1962, 1994)
	A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (Rutgers)

T.C. Price Zimmermann, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Emeritus and Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of History		(1977, 1999)
	B.A. (Williams), B.A., M.A. (Oxford), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)

Continuing Faculty, 2006-2007 (as of August 1, 2006)

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(tenured/tenure-track appointments)

Peter J. Ahrensdorf, Professor of Political Science and Humanities		(1989, 2003)
	B.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

Daniel W. Aldridge III, Associate Professor of History		(2000, 2004)
	B.A. (Michigan State), J.D. (Northwestern University Law School), Ph.D. (Emory)

Dennis R. Appleyard, James B. Duke Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics		(1989, 1989)
	A.B. (Ohio Wesleyan), A.M., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

** Ruth L. Ault, Nancy and Erwin Maddrey Professor of Psychology		(1979, 1989)
	B.A. (Pomona), M.A., Ph.D. (UCLA)

Ben Baker, Professor of Economics		(1997, 2006)
	B.A. (Wofford), M.A. (University of South Carolina, Columbia)

Robin Bruce Barnes, Professor of History		(1980, 1994)
	B.A. (Colby), M.A., Ph.D. (Virginia)

Cole Barton, Professor of Psychology		(1983, 1994)
	B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Utah)

Ruth Freitag Beeston, Professor of Chemistry		(1984, 1998)
	B.S. (Bucknell), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Mario J. Belloni, Associate Professor of Physics		(1998, 2005)
	B.A. (University of California, Berkeley), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)

+Jonathan P. Berkey, Professor of History and Humanities		(1993, 2004)
	B.A. (Williams), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Karen Kabat Bernd, Associate Professor of Biology		(1998, 2004)
	B.A. (Franklin and Marshall), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Irl C. Bivens, Professor of Mathematics		(1982, 1992)
	A.B. (Pfeiffer), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

David N. Blauch, Professor of Chemistry		(1993, 2006)
	B.S. (Lebanon Valley College), Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)

**Mauro Botelho, Associate Professor of Music		(1990, 1996)
	B.M., M.M. (University of Cincinnati), Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Daniel M. Boye, Professor of Physics		(1989, 2001)
	B.S. (Emory & Henry), Ph.D. (University of Georgia, Athens)

Laurence S. Cain, Professor of Physics		(1978, 1992)
	B.S. (Wake Forest), M.S., Ph.D. (Virginia)

A. Malcolm Campbell, Associate Professor of Biology		(1994, 2000)
	B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)

Shireen E. Campbell, Associate Professor of English		(1993, 1999)
	B.A. (Florida Atlantic), M.A., Ph.D. (Tulane)

Felix Alvin Carroll, Jr., Joseph R. Morton Professor of Chemistry		(1972, 1986)
	B.S. (UNC Chapel Hill), Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology)

Verna M. Case, Charles A. Dana Professor of Biology		(1974, 1991)
	B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State)

Tara Villa Chamra, Instructor in Music		(2003, 2004)
	B.A. (Franklin and Marshall), M.M. (Penn State University)

Timothy P. Chartier, Assistant Professor of Mathematics		(2003, 2003)
	B.S., M.S. (Western Michigan), Ph.D. (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Kelly A. Chaston, Associate Professor of Economics		(1997, 2003)
	B.A. (Rhode Island), M.A. (University of New Hampshire), Ph.D. (Boston College)

Keyne A. Cheshire, Assistant Professor of Classics		(2002, 2002)
	B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Helen Cho, Assistant Professor of Anthropology		(2002, 2002)
	B.A., B.S. (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign),
	M.A., Ph.D. (University of Missouri, Columbia)

Wolfgang Christian, Herman Brown Professor of Physics		(1983, 1993)
	B.S., Ph.D. (North Carolina State)

Suzanne W. Churchill, Associate Professor of English		(1996, 2002)
	B.A. (Middlebury), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Ann Marie Costa, Professor of Theatre		(1994, 2004)
	B.F.A. (Boston Conservatory of Music), M.F.A. (University of Pittsburgh)

** Russell Crandall, Associate Professor of Political Science		(2000, 2006)
	B.A. (Bowdoin), M.A., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)

Stephen L. Davis, Professor of Mathematics		(1981, 1996)
	B.A. (Lindenwood), Ph.D. (Rutgers)

Scott D. Denham, Professor of German		(1990, 2004)
	A.B. (University of Chicago), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)

Joseph R. Dennis, Assistant Professor of History		(2005, 2005)
	B.S. (University of Wisconsin-Madison), J.D., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

Vivien E. Dietz, E. Craig Wall, Jr. Distinguished Teaching Professor in Humanities and Associate Professor of History and Humanities		(1990, 1996)
	A.B. (Harvard), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Michael Edwin Dorcas, Associate Professor of Biology		(1998, 2004)
	B.S., M.S. (University of Texas at Arlington), Ph.D. (Idaho State)

C. Earl Edmondson, Professor of History		(1970, 1985)
	B.A. (Mississippi College), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Hansford M. Epes, Jr., Registrar and Professor of German and Humanities		(1964, 1985)
	A.B. (Davidson), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

** Amanda Ewington, Assistant Professor of Russian		(2002, 2002)
	B.A. (Barnard), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

Nancy J. Fairley, Professor of Anthropology		(1993, 2003)
	B.A. (CUNY), Ph.D. (SUNY at Stony Brook)

Brenda A. Flanagan, Edward M. Armfield Sr. Professor of English		(1996, 1996)
	B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

** Mark C. Foley, Associate Professor of Economics		(2000, 2006)
	B.S. (William and Mary), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale)

W. Trent Foley, Professor of Religion		(1984, 1997)
	B.A. (Kalamazoo), M.Div. (McCormick Theological Seminary),
	M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago)

Ann M. Fox, Associate Professor of English		(1999, 2005)
	B.S., B.A. (SUNY at Buffalo), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Joseph Tate Gardner, Jr., Professor of Theatre		(1974, 1990)
	A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Florida State)

Richard R. Gay, Associate Professor of Education		(1999, 1999)
	B.A., M.A. (University of Richmond), Ph.D. (UNC Greensboro)

Timothy H. Gfroerer, Associate Professor of Physics		(1999, 2004)
	B.S. (University of the South), M.S. (Georgia Institute of Technology), Ph.D. (Dartmouth)

Gail McMurray Gibson, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Humanities		(1983, 1992)
	B.A., M.A. (Duke), Ph.D. (Virginia)

Irwin Stuart Goldstein, Professor of Philosophy		(1983, 1998)
	B.A. (Carleton University), M.Litt. (Bristol), Ph.D. (Edinburgh)

** Sharon L. Green, Associate Professor of Theatre		(1999, 2006)
	B.A. (University of Rochester), M.A. (University of Toronto), Ph.D. (CUNY)

Meghan E. Griffith, Assistant Professor of Philosophy		(2005, 2005)
	B.A. (Bucknell), Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Michael J. Guasco, Assistant Professor of History		(2001, 2003)
	B.A. (University of Portland), M.A. (Villanova), Ph.D. (College of William and Mary)

+ Karen Gwen Hales, Associate Professor of Biology		(2000, 2006)
	B.A. (Swarthmore), Ph.D. (Stanford)

Cindy DeForest Hauser, Assistant Professor of Chemistry		(2002, 2002)
	B.S. (Washington and Lee), M.S. (UNC Wilmington), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Pamela C. Hay, Associate Professor of Biology		(1985, 1991)
	B.A. (Hendrix), M.S. (University of Arkansas), Ph.D. (North Carolina State)

* Burkhard J. Henke, Professor of German		(1993, 2006)
	Zwischenprüfung (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität), M.A. (University of California, Santa Barbara), Ph.D. (University of California, Irvine)

J. Alberto Hernández-Chiroldes, Professor of Spanish		(1979, 1991)
	B.A. (Puerto Rico), M.A. (Middlebury), Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin)

Peter Neal Hess, Gail M. and Ernest G. Doe Professor of Economics		(1980, 1993)
	B.A. (Bowdoin), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

+ Laurie J. Heyer, L. Richardson King Associate Professor of Mathematics		(2000, 2006)
	B.S., M.S. (University of Texas at Arlington), Ph.D. (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Ann M. Ingram, Associate Professor of English		(1994, 2000)
	B.A. (Stanford), M.A. (Monterey Institute of International Studies),
	M.A., Ph.D. (Emory)

Randall M. Ingram, Associate Professor of English		(1995, 2000)
	A.B. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Emory)

Walter Herbert Jackson, Douglas Houchens Professor of Fine Arts		(1969, 1983)
	A.B. (Davidson), M.F.A. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Everett Frank Jacobus, Jr., Professor of French		(1971, 1988)
	B.A. (Duke), Ph.D. (Cornell University)

Gayle H. Kaufman, Associate Professor of Sociology		(1999, 2005)
	B.S., M.S. (Cornell University), Ph.D. (Brown)

John E. Kello, Professor of Psychology		(1974, 1991)
	B.S. (Old Dominion), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

**Kyra A. Kietrys, Assistant Professor of Spanish		(2001, 2001)
	B.A. (Wellesley), M.A. (Middlebury), Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)

Benjamin G. Klein, Beverly F. Dolan Professor of Mathematics		(1971, 1985)
	A.B. (University of Rochester), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale)

Peter M. Krentz, W. R. Grey Professor of Classics and History		(1979, 1993)
	B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Yale)

● Carole Ann Kruger, Associate Professor of French		(1987, 1994)
	A.B., A.M. (UNC Greensboro), Ph.D. (Duke)

Vikram Kumar, Professor of Economics		(1986, 2004)
	B.A. (St. Stephen’s College), M.A. (Delhi School), Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)

+ Zoran Kuzmanovich, Professor of English		(1988, 2002)
	B.A., M.A. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee),
	Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

William David Lawing, J. Estes Millner Professor of Music		(1976, 1994)
	A.B. (Davidson), M.M., D.M.A. (Cleveland Institute of Music)

Jung Lee, Assistant Professor of Religion		(2001, 2002)
	B.A. (Amherst), Ph.D. (Brown)

Neil Lerner, Associate Professor of Music		(1997, 2003)
	B.A. (Transylvania), A.M., Ph.D. (Duke)

Ralph B. Levering, Vail Professor of History		(1986, 1992)
	B.A. (UNC Chapel Hill), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Cynthia Lynn Lewis, Charles A. Dana Professor of English		(1980, 1993)
	B.A. (Ohio State), Ph.D. (Harvard)

Larry L. Ligo, Professor of Art History		(1970, 1988)
	A.B. (Muskingum), B.D. (Princeton Seminary), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Barbara Mary Lom, Associate Professor of Biology		(2000, 2006)
	B.A. (Lawrence), Ph.D. (Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience)

+ Eriberto P. Lozada, Jr., Associate Professor of Anthropology		(2002, 2006)
	A.B., A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)

B. Andrew Lustig, Holmes Rolston III Professor of Religion		(2005, 2005)
	B.A. (University of San Francisco), M.A. (Princeton), Ph.D. (University of Virginia)

William K. Mahony, Professor of Religion		(1982, 1996)
	A.B. (Williams), M.Div. (Yale), Ph.D. (Chicago)

Maria Magdalena Maiz-Peña, Professor of Spanish		(1992, 2006)
	B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Arizona State)

Jane E. Mangan, Assistant Professor of History		(2004, 2004)
	B.A. (Vassar), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Gerardo Marti, Assistant Professor of Sociology		(2004, 2004)
	B.A. (Pepperdine), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Southern California)

●● David W. Martin, Professor of Economics		(1984, 1997)
	B.A. (DePauw), M.S., Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

** Margaret R. McCarthy, Associate Professor of German		(1995, 2001)
	B.A. (Connecticut College), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Rochester)

Mark R. McCulloh, Professor of German		(1982, 1996)
	A.B. (Alabama), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Sean D. McKeever, Assistant Professor of Philosophy		(2005, 2005)
	B.A. (Wesleyan), M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

+ Sally G. McMillen, Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History		(1988, 1998)
	B.A. (Wellesley), M.L.S. (Pratt Institute), M.A. (UNC Charlotte), Ph.D. (Duke)

Kenneth J. Menkhaus, Professor of Political Science		(1991, 2004)
	B.A. (Xavier), M.A., Ph.D. (University of South Carolina, Columbia))

Paul B. Miller, Associate Professor of English		(1999, 2005)
	B.A. (College of Wooster), M.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Ohio State)

Elizabeth M. Mills, Professor of English		(1985, 1999)
	B.A., M.A. (University of Texas at El Paso), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

+ Donna K. Molinek, Associate Professor of Mathematics		(1992, 1998)
	B.S. (University of Alaska, Anchorage), M.S. (Northern Arizona), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Michael J. Mossinghoff, Associate Professor of Mathematics		(2002, 2006)
	B.S. (Texas A&M), M.S. (Stanford), Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin)

Kristi S. Multhaup, Associate Professor of Psychology		(1996, 2002)
	B.A. (Gustavus Adolphus College), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Margaret P. Munger, Associate Professor of Psychology		(1994, 2000)
	B.A. (University of Chicago), M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D. (Columbia University)

Richard D. Neidinger, Professor of Mathematics		(1984, 1997)
	B.A. (Trinity), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin)

Randy F. Nelson, Virginia Lasater Irvin Professor of English		(1977, 1988)
	B.A., M.A. (North Carolina State), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Jeanne M. Neumann, Associate Professor of Classics		(1994, 2000)
	B.A. (Union College), M.A. (Indiana), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)

William Rodger Nutt, Professor of Chemistry		(1971, 1985)
	A.B. (Ohio Wesleyan), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Louis L. Ortmayer, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science		(1977, 1989)
	B.A. (Yale), M.A., Ph.D. (Denver)

Edward L. Palmer, Wayne M. and Carolyn A. Watson Professor of Psychology		(1970, 1986)
	A.B. (Gettysburg), B.D. (Gettysburg Seminary), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio)

** Christopher J. Paradise, Associate Professor of Biology		(2000, 2006)
	B.S. (SUNY at Albany), M.A. (SUNY at Binghamton), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State)

Alan Michael Parker, Associate Professor of English		(1998, 2000)
	B.A. (Washington University), M.F.A. (Columbia University School of the Arts)

** Luis H. Peña, Professor of Spanish		(1987, 1997)
	B.A. (Universidad de Monterrey), M.A., Ph.D. (Arizona State)

Patricia A. Peroni, Associate Professor of Biology		(1992, 1998)
	B.A. (SUNY College at Plattsburgh), M.L.S. (SUNY at Albany), M.S. (Bucknell), Ph.D. (Duke)

Karl A. Plank, James W. Cannon Professor of Religion		(1982, 1995)
	B.A. (Hanover), M.Div., M.A., Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)

* Lynn M. Poland, Associate Professor of Religion and Humanities		(1990, 1991)
	A.B. (Bates), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

Jeremiah Lee Putnam, Paul B. Freeland Professor of Biology		(1973, 1988)
	B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Texas A & M)

Julio J. Ramirez, R. Stuart Dickson Professor of Psychology		(1986, 1995)
	B.S. (Fairfield), M.A., Ph.D. (Clark)

Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of Political Science		(1993, 2006)
	A.B. (Princeton), Ph.D. (Harvard)

William M. Ringle, Professor of Anthropology		(1986, 1998)
	B.A. (Johns Hopkins), M.A., Ph.D. (Tulane)

** Carlos M. Rivera, Assistant Professor of Spanish		(2000, 2002)
	B.A. (University of Puerto Rico), M.A. (New York), Ph.D. (Arizona State)

David M. Robb, Associate Professor of Philosophy		(1999, 2003)
	B.A. (Stanford University), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell University)

Susan L. Roberts, Associate Professor of Political Science		(1993, 1994)
	B.A. (Wake Forest), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame)

Clark G. Ross, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, and Frontis W. Johnston Professor of Economics		(1979, 1990)
	B.A. (University of Pennsylvania), Ph.D. (Boston College)

** Robert D. Ruth, Associate Professor of Sociology		(1971, 1980)
	A.B. (SUNY at Buffalo), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

+ Lakshmanan Sabaratnam, Professor of Sociology		(1986, 2003)
	B.A. (University of Ceylon), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Washington)

Samuel Sánchez-Sánchez, Assistant Professor of Spanish		(2004, 2004)
	B.A. (University of Huelva, Spain), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Sophia D. Sarafova, Assistant Professor of Biology		(2006, 2006)
	B.S. (Swarthmore), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Columbia University)

Cort Savage, Associate Professor of Art		(1992, 1998)
	B.A. (Indiana), M.F.A. (Syracuse)

Merlyn D. Schuh, James G. Martin Professor of Chemistry		(1975, 1986)
	B.A. (South Dakota), Ph.D. (Indiana)

* Patrick Joel Sellers, Associate Professor of Political Science		(2000, 2002)
	B.A. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Nina E. Serebrennikov, Professor of Art		(1987, 2001)
	B.A. (George Washington University), M.S.L.S., M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Thomas C. Shandley, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students		(1994, 1994)
	B.A. (Simpson College), M.A. (Bowling Green State University),
	Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

Ping Shao, Assistant Professor of Chinese		(2002,2003)
	B.A. (Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages), M.A. (Illinois State), Ph.D. (Washington University)

Brian J. Shaw, Professor of Political Science and Humanities		(1982, 1996)
	B.A. (SUNY at Stony Brook), M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Vivian Shen, Associate Professor of Chinese		(1998, 2004)
	B.A. (Shandong University), M.A., Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)

Alan J. Singerman, Richardson Professor of French		(1982, 1991)
	B.A. (Ohio), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)

Catherine Slawy-Sutton, Professor of French		(1985, 1999)
	Licence d’anglais, Maitrise d’anglais (University of Nice), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)

C. Shaw Smith, Jr., Professor of Art History and Humanities		(1986, 2000)
	A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Fred H. Smith, MacArthur Associate Professor of Economics		(2000, 2006)
	B.A. (Kenyon), M.A. (University of Delaware), Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)

Mark A. Smith, Associate Professor of Psychology		(1998, 2004)
	B.A. (Lenoir-Rhyne), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Harlow Gregory Snyder, Associate Professor of Religion		(2000, 2004)
	B.S. (Seattle Pacific), M.S. (Columbia University), M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. (Yale)

Raymond Sprague, Professor of Music		(1999, 1999)
	B.A. (Williams), M.M. (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque),
	D.M.A. (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Mark T. Stanback, Associate Professor of Biology		(1995, 2001)
	B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley)

Jennifer E. Stasack, Associate Professor of Music		(1991, 1997)
	B.M., M.M. (University of Hawaii-Manoa), D.M.A. (University of Cincinnati)

Lance Keith Stell, Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy		(1976, 1985)
	B.A. (Hope), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Erland P. Stevens, Associate Professor of Chemistry		(1998, 2004)
	B.S. (Duke), Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Durwin R. Striplin, Associate Professor of Chemistry		(1996, 2002)
	B.S. (Eastern New Mexico), Ph.D. (Washington State)

Paul H. Studtmann, Assistant Professor of Philosophy		(2004, 2005)
	B.A., M.A., (University of Iowa), Ph.D. (University of Colorado)

Homer Bates Sutton, Professor of French		(1980, 1995)
	A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)

John R. Swallow, J.T. Kimbrough Associate Professor of Mathematics		(1994, 2000)
	B.A. (University of the South), M. Phil., M.S., Ph.D. (Yale)

I. Job Thomas, Professor of History		(1979, 1994)
	B.A., M.A. (Madras), Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Mary Caroline Thornberry, Professor of Political Science		(1980, 1991)
	B.A., M.A. (Duke), Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Patricia A. Tilburg, Assistant Professor of History		(2003, 2003)
	B.A. (The College of New Jersey), M.A., Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)

Scott Tonidandel, Assistant Professor of Psychology		(2002, 2002)
	B.A. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Rice)

●● Michael K. Toumazou, Professor of Classics		(1987, 2000)
	A.B. (Franklin and Marshall), M.A. (Loyola University of Chicago), M.A., Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr)

Robert F. Vagt, President of the College		(1997, 1997)
	B.A. (Davidson), M.Div. (Duke), L.H.D. (Queens), LL.D. (Davis & Elkins)

Mary S. Vásquez, Joel O. Conarroe Professor of Spanish		(1996, 1996)
	B.A. (Florida State), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Washington)

Onita M. Vaz-Hooper, Assistant Professor of English		(2005, 2005)
	B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Southern California)

Russ C. Warren, Professor of Art		(1978, 1992)
	B.F.A. (New Mexico), M.F.A. (University of Texas at San Antonio)

John Wertheimer, Professor of History		(1993, 2006)
	B.A. (Oberlin), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

David R. Wessner, Associate Professor of Biology		(1998, 2004)
	A.B. (Franklin and Marshall), Ph.D. (Harvard)

Angela L. Willis, Assistant Professor of Spanish		(2002, 2004)
	B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin)

Anne Blue Wills, Assistant Professor of Religion		(2003, 2003)
	B.A. (Davidson), M.Div. (Yale), Ph.D. (Duke)

Lauren W. Yoder, James Sprunt Professor of French		(1973, 1989)
	B.A. (Eastern Mennonite), M.A., Ph.D. (Iowa)

John Nicholas Yukich, Associate Professor of Physics		(1998, 2004)
	B.A. (Kenyon), Ph.D. (University of Virginia)

The first date shown in parentheses is that of the original academic-year appointment to the faculty and the second is that of appointment to current faculty rank.

*		On Leave Fall Semester 2006-07
**		On Leave Spring Semester 2006-07
+		On Leave 2006-07
●		Study Abroad Year Program: Germany or France
●●		Study Abroad Semester Program: Art, Classics, or India

Other Instructional Appointments, 2006-07

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M. Christopher Alexander, McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program and Associate Professor of Political Science

B.S. (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Denise Alvarez, Adjunct Lecturer in English

B.A. (UNC Chapel Hill)

(Fall Semester)

Pat Baker, Adjunct Lecturer in Communication Studies

B.A., M.A. (Queens)

Timothy A. Beach-Verhey, Director of Exploration of Vocation Program, Associate Chaplain, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religion

B.A. (Hope College), M.Div. (Union Theological Seminary), Ph.D. (Emory)

Jack M. Beasley, Adjunct Associate Professor of Theatre

B.A. (Vanderbilt), M.F.A. (University of Georgia, Athens)

(Spring Semester)

Daniel R. Boisvert, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy

B.A. (Providence), B.A. (University of Central Florida), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Florida)

(Spring Semester)

Iain Ross Bolton, Adjunct Instructor in Political Science

B.A. (University of Virginia), M.S. (London School of Economics and Political Science)

(Spring Semester)


Debra S. Boyd, Adjunct Associate Professor of French
	B.A. (University of Iowa), M.A. (Rutgers), Ph.D. (Ohio State)
	(Spring Semester)

Maurya M. Boyd, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
	B.A. (Davidson), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio State)
	(Spring Semester)

Ann Lee Bressler, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History

B.A. (Pennsylvania State), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Virginia)

David M. Brown, Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry

B.A. (Berry), Ph.D. (Emory)

D. Henry Buckley, Visiting Professor of French

B.A. (Tufts), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Ashley Y. Butler, Adjunct Lecturer in Communication Studies

B.A. (Eastern)

(Spring Semester)

Tonya J. Clay, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art

B.F.A. (University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, M.F.A. (SUNY at Stony Brook)

Henri Cole, McGee Professor of Writing

B.A. (College of William and Mary), M.A. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), M.F.A. (Columbia University)

(Spring Semester)

Donna C. Conrad, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre

B.A. (Southwestern), M.A. (University of South Carolina, Columbia), M.F.A. (University of Iowa)

(Spring Semester)

Ruskin K. Cooper, Artist Associate in Piano

B.M. (Oberlin College Conservatory of Music), M.M. (University of South Florida),

D.M.A. (UNC Greensboro)

Jacquelyn Culpepper, Artist Associate in Voice

B.S. (Western Carolina), M.M. (Baylor)

Camille M. Davidson, Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science

B.B.A. (Millsaps), J.D. (Georgetown University Law Center)

(Fall Semester)

Hassan El Menyawi, Kemp Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science

B.Sc., B.C.L., LL.B. (McGill Law School, Montreal), LL.M. (York University, Toronto)

(Spring Semester)

Victoria R. Gardner, Visiting Assistant Professor of History

B.A. (Temple), A.M, A.M., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Andrea Gazzaniga, Visiting Assistant Professor of English

B.A. (Wellesley), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell)

Evelyn C. Gerdes, Lecturer in Education

B.S., M.A. (East Carolina)

Pamela C. Grundy, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History

B.S. (Yale), M.S., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

(Spring Semester)

Robert N. Hallquist, Adjunct Professor of Music

B.S. (Centenary), M.M. (Indiana University, Bloomington), D.M.A. (University of North Texas, Denton)

(Spring Semester)

Karmella A. Haynes, HHMI Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Biology

B.S. (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University), Ph.D. (Washington University)

Carol L. Higham, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Humanities

B.A. (Wellesley), M.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (Duke)

(Spring Semester)

John Gill Holland, Professor Emeritus of English

A.B. (Washington & Lee), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Jane Braden Houston, Adjunct Lecturer in French

B.A. (Hendrix), M.A. (Winthrop)

(Fall Semester)

Elizabeth Huddleston, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology

B.S. (Tulane), M.A. (Middle Tennessee State), Ph.D. (Florida Institute of Technology)

(Davidson-Broughton Program Summer 2006)

● Christian Hunt, Visiting Instructor in German

B.A. (Davidson), M.Phil., M.St. (Oxford University)

Larry Jinks, James K. Batten Professor of Public Policy

B.J. (University of Missouri), M.S.J. (Columbia University)

(Fall Semester)

Lunsford Richardson King, Visiting Richardson Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Duke)

Martha S. Koljonen, Artist Associate in Violin and Strings

B.M. (Cleveland Institute of Music)

Joseph C. Konen, Adjunct Lecturer in Medical Humanities

A.B. (Hamilton), M.D. (College of Medicine, SUNY) M.S.P.H. (University of Utah)

(Fall Semester)

Holly A. Korta, Adjunct Lecturer in Education

B.A. (UNC Charlotte), M.S. (Winthrop)

(Fall Semester)

Cynthia Lawing, Artist Associate in Piano

B.M. (Wittenburg), B.M., M.M. (Cleveland Institute of Music)

Rita Martin, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

B.A. (University of Havana), M.A. (Florida Atlantic), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Linda C. McNally, Lecturer in Biology

B.S., M.S. (UNC Charlotte)

Fritz Y. Mercer, Jr., Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology

B.S. (Belmont Abbey) J.D. (University of Louisville)

(Spring Semester)

Olga Zhitomirskaya Muller, Adjunct Lecturer in Russian

B.S., M.S. (St. Petersburg State University)

(Spring Semester)

Carlos Navarro, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spanish

B.S., M.A. (University of Miami), Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh)

(Spring Semester)

Douglas F. Ottati, Lester B. Coltraine III Visiting Professor of Religion

A.B. (University of Pennsylvania), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

(Spring Semester)

Scott D. Ripley, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre

B.S. (U.S. Naval Academy), M.F.A. (University of California, San Diego)

Michael Rowland, Artist Associate in Music/Departmental Accompanist

B.A. (Wake Forest), M.C.M. (Southern Baptist Seminary)

C. Mathews Samson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

B.S. (Louisiana State), M.Div. (Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary), M.A. (Louisiana State), Ph.D. (SUNY at Albany)

Dolores Santamaria, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

Licenciada (University Complutense de Madrid), M.A. (University of South Carolina, Columbia), Ph.D. (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Emily Setina, Visiting Instructor in English

B.A. (Davidson), Ph.D. (expected) Yale

Jialin C. Shen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chinese

B.A. (Shanghai International Studies), Ph.D. (Laval University at Québec)

Vadim Shkolnikov, Adjunct Instructor in Russian

B.A. (Yale), M.A., M. Phil. (Columbia)

(Spring Semester)

Alica Stubnova Sparling, Visiting Instructor in Economics

B.A. (Guilford), Ph.D. (expected) (UNC Chapel Hill)

Karin L. Stevens, Adjunct Lecturer in Chemistry

B.S. (Davidson), M.S. (University of California, Berkeley)

(Spring Semester)

Mark Sutch, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre

B.A. (Iowa State), M.F.A. (Rhode Island College)

Diane Basgall Thornton, Artist Associate in Voice

B.M., M.M. (Temple)

Kathleen J. Turner, Director of Oral Communication and Professor of Communication Studies

B.A. (University of Kansas), M.A., Ph.D. (Purdue)

Jean Wright Veilleux, Adjunct Lecturer in Medical Humanities

B.A. (UNC Chapel Hill), J.D., L.L.M. (George Washington)

(Fall Semester)

Eve Veliz, Visiting Instructor in Sociology

B.A. (Stanford), M.P.P. (Duke), M.A. (UNC Chapel Hill)

(Spring Semester)

Fiona L. Watson, HHMI Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Biology

B.S., M.S. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Harvard)

Monica M. White, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology

B.A. (University of Missouri, Columbia), M.A., Ph.D. (Ohio State)

(Spring Semester)

Robert C. Whitton, Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics

B.S. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)

●Study Abroad Year Program: Germany or France

New Faculty and Instructional Appointments (as of May 15, 2007)

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

Jack Beasley, Associate Professor of Theatre
	B.A. (Vanderbilt), M.F.A. (University of Georgia, Athens)
	(Fall Semester)

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

Frieda F. Brown, Adjunct Professor of Education
	A.B., M.Ed. (UNC Chapel Hill), Ph.D. (University of Louisville)
	(Fall Semester)

● D. Henry Buckley, Visiting Professor of French
	B.A. (Tufts), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

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

Hassan El Menyawi, Kemp Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
	B.Sc., B.C.L., LL.B. (McGill Law School, Montreal), LL.M. (York University, Toronto)

*Caroline Beschea Fache, Assistant Professor of French
	DEUG et Licence, Maîtrise (Université Charles de Gaulle-Lille 3), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)

*Maria Fackler, Assistant Professor of English
	B.A. (Duke), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (expected) Yale

Andrea Gazzaniga, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
	B.A. (Wellesley), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell)

Gillian S. Gremmels, Leland M. Park Director of the Davidson College Library
	B.A. (Wartburg), M.L.S. (University of Maryland, College Park)

Kifah Hanna, Visiting Instructor in Arabic
	B.A. (Homs University), M.Sc., Ph.D. (expected) (Edinburgh University)

Carol L. Higham, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
	B.A. (Wellesley), M.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (Duke)

Michael Johnson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
	B.A. (Truman State University), M.A. (UNC Chapel Hill), Ph.D. (expected) (Rutgers)

*Hilton Kelly, Assistant Professor of Education
	B.A. (UNC Charlotte), M.S., Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

Joseph C. Konen, Adjunct Lecturer in Medical Humanities
	A.B. (Hamilton), M.D. (College of Medicine, SUNY) M.S.P.H. (University of Utah)
	(Fall Semester)

Jason Koo, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
	B.A. (Yale), M.F.A. (University of Houston), Ph.D. (expected) University of Missouri, Columbia)

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

Carole A. Martin, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
	B.A. (Bates), M.A. (University of Connecticut), M.S., Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin- Madison)
	(Fall Semester)

*Sarah Mason, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
	B.S. (University of Georgia), Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)

Ryan O’Malley, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
	B.F.A. (University of South Dakota), M.F.A. (Louisiana State)

*Douglas F. Ottati, Craig Family Distinguished Professor in Reformed Theology and Justice Ministry
	A.B. (University of Pennsylvania), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

*Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Assistant Professor of History
	Zwischenprüfung (University Tübigen), M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

C. Mathews Samson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
	B.S. (Louisiana State), M.Div. (Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary), M.A. (Louisiana State), Ph.D. (SUNY at Albany)

Dolores Santamaria, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
	Licenciada (University Complutense de Madrid), M.A. (University of South Carolina, Columbia), Ph.D. (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Jessica L. Shade, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
	B.A. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (expected) (UNC Chapel Hill)

Alica Stubnova Sparling, Adjunct Instructor in Economics
	B.A. (Guilford), Ph.D. (expected) (UNC Chapel Hill)

Teresa Svodoba, McGee Professor of Writing
	B.F.A. (University of British Columbia), M.F.A. (Columbia University)
	(Spring Semester)

Diane Basgall Thornton, Artist Associate in Voice
	B.M., M.M. (Temple)

Jean Wright Veilleux, Adjunct Lecturer in Medical Humanities
	B.A. (UNC Chapel Hill), J.D., L.L.M. (George Washington)
	(Fall Semester)

Jarrett T. Welsh, Adjunct Instructor in Classics
	A.B. (Davidson), A.M., Ph.D. (expected) (Harvard)
	(Fall Semester)

Robert C. Whitton, Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics
	B.S. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)

Douglas J. Young, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
	A.B. (Brown), M.T.S. (Harvard), M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell University)

* Tenure-track appointment
● Study Abroad Year Program: Germany or France