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The Faculty, 2014-2015

Academic year of appointment to faculty is indicated in parentheses after each name.

John C. Akers (1993)
Associate Professor
BA, MA, Middlebury College; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

William T. Allison III (2014)
Visiting Professor
BA, MA, Texas A&M University-Commerce; PhD, Bowling Green State University

J. David Alvis (2009)
Associate Professor
BA, MA, University of Dallas; PhD, Fordham University

Alva K. Anderson (2000)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MDiv, Yale University; PhD, Graduate Theological Union

Aikaterini Andrews (2000)
Associate Professor
BS, American College of Greece; MBA, Delaware State University; PhD, Clemson University

Caleb A. Arrington (2001)
Associate Professor
BS, University of Richmond; PhD, University of Utah

Jane M. Arrington (2013)
Lecturer
BS, Xavier University; PhD, University of Utah

Stefanie H. Baker (2008)
Associate Professor
BS, Clemson University; MS, North Carolina State University; PhD, Clemson University

Colleen M. Ballance (2005)
Associate Professor
BFA, Tulane University; MFA, Brandeis University

Kenneth J. Banks (2009)
Associate Professor
BA, Concordia University; MA, PhD, Queens University

Laura H. Barbas Rhoden (2000)
Associate Professor
BA, University of Georgia; MA, PhD, Tulane University

Charles G. Bass (1988)
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Professor
Professor
BS, William Carey College; PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

James T. Bednar (2009)
Assistant Professor
BA, Hanover College; MA, Kent State University; PhD, Vanderbilt University

Camille L. Bethea (2003)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MA, Vanderbilt University; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kara L. Bopp (2005)
Associate Professor
BA, Hamilton College; MA, New York University; PhD, Syracuse University

Heidi E. Bostic (2013)
Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, BS, Wofford College; PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Peter K. Brewitt (2014)
Assistant Professor
BA, Dartmouth College; MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz

Beate U. Brunow (2011)
Assistant Professor
MA, University Of Wyoming; PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Mark S. Byrnes (2001)
Associate Professor
BA, Lafayette College; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

Maria Begona Caballero Garcia (2006)
Associate Professor
BA, Universidad de Extremandura; MA, Western Michigan University; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Benjamin J. Cartwright (2013)
Assistant Professor
BS, Messiah College; MS, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Matthew E. Cathey (2004)
Associate Professor
BA, University of the South; PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Anne J. Catlla (2008)
Assistant Professor
BS, MA, University of Kansas; MS, PhD, Northwestern University

Alan D. Chalmers (2005)
Professor
BA, MA, University of Sheffield; PhD, University of Southern California

C. Michael Curtis (2006)
Professor
BA, Cornell University

George R. Davis (1993)
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Professor
Professor
BS, Campbell University; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Daniel J. Day (2011)
Assistant Professor
BA, University of Missouri-Kansas City; MFA, Southern Methodist University

William E. DeMars (2001)
Professor
BA, Creighton University; MA, PhD, University of Notre Dame

Christopher L. Dinkins (2002)
Lecturer
BA, Wake Forest University; MA, University of Virginia

Christine S. Dinkins (2002)
Associate Professor
BA, Wake Forest University; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Philip C. Dorroll (2013)
Assistant Professor
BA, Purdue University; MA, Indiana University; PhD, Emory University

Courtney M. Dorroll (2013)
Visiting Instructor
BA, Purdue University; MA, Indiana University; ABD, University of Arizona

David S. Efurd (2010)
Assistant Professor
BFA, Cornell University; MA, University of Georgia; PhD, Ohio State University

Diane S. Farley (2013)
Assistant Professor
BA, Wofford College; MAcc, University of South Carolina

John Farrenkopf (2006)
Professor
BA, Trinity College; MA, Georgetown University; PhD, University of Virginia

Terry A. Ferguson (1984)
Senior Researcher for the Goodall Environmental Studies Center
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Mark A. Ferguson (2003)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MA, PhD, Washington University

Timothy J. Fisher (2009)
Lecturer
BA, MA, University of Oxford; PhD, University of Edinburgh

Shawn M. Forbes (2007)
Professor
BBA, PhD, University of Georgia

John K. Fort (2002)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; JD, Samford University

Cynthia T. Fowler (2003)
Associate Professor
BA, MA, University of Georgia; PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Gerald A. Ginocchio (1980)
Professor
BS, University of Massachusetts; MA, PhD, University of New Hampshire

Ellen S. Goldey (1995)
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor
Professor
BS, University of the South; MS, PhD, Miami University

Lillian E. Gonzalez (2001)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MPA, Clemson University

Karen H. Goodchild (1999)
Associate Professor
BA, University of Georgia; MA, PhD, University Of Virginia

Andrew F. Green (2006)
Associate Professor
BA, Tulane University; MBA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Natalie S. Grinnell (1997)
Professor
BA, Tulane University; MA, PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo

Lee O. Hagglund (1977)
Professor Emeritus
BA, Gustavus Adolphus College; MA, PhD, Duke University

Jeremy E. Henkel (2011)
Assistant Professor
BA, Whitman College; MA, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Stacey R. Hettes (2003)
Associate Professor
BS, King's College; PhD, University of California, Riverside

Jameica B. Hill (1993)
Professor
BS, Wofford College; PhD, Clemson University

D. Bryan Hiott (2013)
Lecturer

Sally A. Hitchmough (1996)
Associate Professor
MA, PhD, University of Southern California

Sarah E. Holstein (2013)
Visiting Assistant Professor
PhD, Oregon Health & Science University

Woodrow W. Hughes Jr. (2004)
Lecturer
BA, Furman University; MA, PhD, University of South Carolina

Tracie M. Ivy (2010)
Assistant Professor
BS, University of Illinois; MS, PhD, Illinois State University

Christina F. Jeffrey (2008)
Lecturer
PhD, The University of Alabama

Robert C. Jeffrey (1999)
Professor
BA, Indiana University; MA, PhD, University of Dallas

Jenny B. Johnson (2008)
Assistant Professor
BSBA, MS, Appalachian State University

Ryan A. Johnson (2009)
Assistant Professor
BSBA, MS, Appalachian State University; PhD, University of South Carolina

Katherine J. Jones (2006)
Associate Professor
BA, Davidson College; MA, PhD, University of Chicago

Charles D. Kay (1986)
Professor
AB, Princeton University; MA, PhD, University Pittsburgh

Li Qing Kinnison (2004)
Peacock Associate Professor of Chinese
Associate Professor
PhD, Michigan State University

Charlotte A. Knotts-Zides (1999)
Professor
BA, Guilford College; MS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Kirsten A. Krick-Aigner (1997)
Professor
BSLA, Georgetown University; MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

David I. Kusher (1996)
Professor
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara; MA, San Francisco State University; PhD, University of Georgia

John E. Lane (1987)
Director of the Goodall Environmental Studies Center
Professor
BA, Wofford College; MFA, Bennington College

Eun-Sun Lee (2004)
Professor
DMA, University of Southern California

John C. Lefebvre (1999)
Professor
BA, McGill University; PhD, Duke University

J. Daniel Lejeune (1986)
Professor Emeritus
BS, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; PhD, Texas A&M University

Frank M. Machovec (1988)
Professor
BS, Towson State University; MA, University of Denver; PhD, New York University

Rickey H. Madden (2009)
Associate Professor
BS, Erskine College; MBA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD, University of Georgia

Caroline A. Mark (1984)
Professor
BA, University of Georgia; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dan B. Mathewson (2004)
Associate Professor
BA, Messiah College; MTS, Duke University; PhD, Emory University

Amanda L. Matousek (2014)
Assistant Professor
BA, BS, MA, University of Akron; PhD, Ohio State University

John R. McArthur (1990)
Reeves Family Professor
Professor
BS, MS, Montana State University; PHD, Claremont Graduate School

Byron R. McCane (2003)
Albert C. Outler Professor
Professor
BA, University of Illinois; MDiv, Trinity International University; ThM, PhD, Duke University

W. Gary McCraw (1982)
Associate Professor
BS, Wofford College; MM, University of South Carolina

Alice Kay McMillan (1997)
Instructor
BA, Furman University; MFA, East Tennessee State University

Dawn E. McQuiston (2013)
Visiting Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Texas at El Paso

Michael L. Merriman (2009)
Assistant Professor
BA, University of Notre Dame; MBA, Duke University; MA, PhD, Kent State University

Stephen A. Michelman (1996)
Professor
AB, Vassar College; MA, PhD, Suny Center Stony Brook

John D. Miles (2008)
Dean of the Center for Innovation and Learning
Assistant Professor
BA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; MA, North Carolina State University; PhD, University Of New Mexico-Main Campus

Ronald A. Miller (2008)
Lecturer
BA, Limestone College

Kathryn H. Milne (2011)
Assistant Professor
MA, University of Manchester; MA, University of Glasgow; PhD, University of Pennsylvania

John F. Moeller (2007)
Associate Professor
BA, University of California, San Diego; PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Teddy R. Monroe (1990)
Professor
BS, Gardner-Webb University; MA, Wake Forest University; PhD, University of South Carolina

Robert E. Moss (1992)
Professor
BA, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Harvard University

Kristofer M. Neely (2006)
Assistant Professor
BA, Wofford College; MFA, Goddard College

James R. Neighbors (2003)
Associate Professor
BA, University of Washington; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Britton W. Newman (2012)
Assistant Professor
BA, University of South Carolina; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Cecile M. Nowatka (1999)
Professor
BA, University of Virginia; MA, College of William and Mary; PhD, University of Kentucky

Patricia G. Nuriel (2008)
Assistant Professor
BA, MA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; PhD, Arizona State University

Wesley J. Pech (2008)
Assistant Professor
BA, University of Parana; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Brian J. Pigott (2014)
Assistant Professor
BS, University of Calgary; MS, PhD, University of Toronto

David W. Pittman (2001)
Associate Professor
BS, Wofford College; MS, PhD, Florida State University

Linda Powers (1978)
Instructor
AB, University of Miami; MA, University of South Carolina; MAT, Converse College

James E. Proctor (1981)
Professor Emeritus
BA, Wofford College; MBA, University of South Carolina; PhD, Clemson University

Ramin Radfar (2001)
Assistant Professor
BS, Isfahan University; PhD, University of South Carolina

Douglas A. Rayner (1989)
Professor
BA, University of New Hampshire; MS, PhD, University of South Carolina

Alliston K. Reid (1996)
Reeves Family Professor
Professor
BS, Wofford College; PhD, Duke University

Tracy J. Revels (1991)
Professor
BA, MA, PhD, Florida State University

William Eddie Richardson (2002)
Professor
BS, Belmont University; MBE, Middle Tennessee State University; PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Anne B. Rodrick (2000)
Reeves Family Professor
Associate Professor
BA, Northwestern University; PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

Kimberly A. Rostan (2008)
Assistant Professor
BA, Duke University; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

G. Mackay Salley (2002)
Associate Professor
BS, Wofford College; PhD, University of Georgia

Kaye S. Savage (2009)
Associate Professor
BA, Pomona College; BS, Portland State Universty; PhD, Stanford University

Catherine L. Schmitz (2002)
Associate Professor
MA, University of Paris - Nanterre; MA, PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington

Timothy J. Schmitz (2000)
Associate Professor
BA, University of Illinois; MA, PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington

Peter L. Schmunk (1987)
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Garrison Professor of the Humanities
Professor
BMus, University of Washington; MMus, PhD, Ohio University

Matthew L. Schneider (2014)
Visiting Instructor
PhD, University of Georgia

Christie L. Sellars (1993)
Instructor
BMus, MMed, Converse College

Julie Sexeny (2008)
Assistant Professor
BA, Barnard College; MFA, Columbia University; PhD, Emory University

George W. Shiflet (1987)
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Professor
Professor
BS, Furman University; MS, PhD, Vanderbilt University

Angela B. Shiflet (1987)
Larry Hearn McCalla Professor
Professor
BS, Furman University; MS, Clemson University; MS, University of South Carolina; PhD, Vanderbilt University

John W. Simmons (2014)
Lecturer

George W. Singleton III (2013)
John C. Cobb Professor of Humanities
Professor
BA, Furman University; MFA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Joseph D. Sloan (2002)
Professor
BA, BS Wofford College; MS, University of Colorado Boulder; MS, PhD, Duke University

Charles F. Smith (2009)
Assistant Professor
BS, University of South Carolina; PhD, University of Connecticut

Myra G. Soderlund (2010)
Lecturer
BS, Limestone College; MEd, University of South Carolina

Natalie W. Spivey (2009)
Assistant Professor
AA, BS, Emory University; PhD, Duke University

Joseph A. Spivey (2008)
Assistant Professor
AA, BS, Emory University; MS, PhD, Duke University

Bryan G. Splawn (2005)
Associate Professor
BS, Wofford College; MS, PhD, Purdue University

Katherine R. Steinmetz (2012)
Assistant Professor
BS, Allegheny College; MA, PhD, Boston College

Cynthia A. Suarez (1993)
Associate Professor
BA, MA, University of Iowa; EdD, East Tennessee State University

Amy H. Sweitzer (2005)
Associate Professor
BA, College of William and Mary; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Philip G. Swicegood (2005)
R. Michael James Family Professor
Professor
BS, Liberty University; MBA, The University of Texas at Austin; PhD, Florida State University

David A. Sykes (2001)
Professor
BS, Purdue University; MA, The University of Texas at Austin; PhD, Clemson University

Timothy D. Terrell (2000)
Associate Professor
BS, MA, Clemson University; PhD, Auburn University

Gerald T. Thurmond (1980)
Professor
BA, Baylor University; MA, PhD, University Of Georgia

Deno P. Trakas (1980)
The Laura and Winston Hoy Professor of Literature
Professor
BA, Eckerd College; MA, University of Tulsa; PhD, University of South Carolina

Zibonele A. Valdez-Jasso (2014)
Visiting Professor

Rafael Valor Navarro (2014)
Visiting Instructor

Rachel J. Vanderhill (2014)
Assistant Professor
BA, Calvin College; MA, PhD, University of Virginia

Carey R. Voeller (2009)
Assistant Professor
BA, Portland State Universty; MA, University Montana; PhD, University of Kansas

T. Christopher Waidner (2007)
Associate Professor
BS, Wofford College; PhD, Georgetown University

Richard M. Wallace (1982)
T.B. Stackhouse Professor
Professor
AB, PhD, University of South Carolina

John M. Ware (2006)
Associate Professor
BA, University of Virginia; MA, University of North Carolina at Wilmington; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Daniel W. Welch (1978)
Professor
BS, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; MS, PhD, Clemson University

D. Edward Welchel (2000)
Associate Professor
BA, University of South Carolina; MEd, PhD, University of South Carolina

Clayton J. Whisnant (2001)
Associate Professor
BA, Rice University; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

Patrick N. Whitfill (2009)
Lecturer
BA, Wayland Baptist University; MA, PhD, Texas Tech University

Nancy M. Williams (2006)
Associate Professor
BA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; BS, Winthrop University; MA, University of South Florida; PhD, University of Georgia

Carol B. Wilson (1984)
Professor
BA, Wofford College; MA, PhD, University of South Carolina

Thomas J. Wright (2011)
Assistant Professor
BA, Bowdoin College; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Maria A. Zapata (2014)
Visiting Instructor

Yongfang Zhang (2010)
Assistant Professor
MA, PhD, Ohio State University

Steven B. Zides (1999)
Instructor
BA, Cornell University; MS, MS, University Of Tennessee, Knoxville