The Faculty, 2016-2017
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
J. David Alvis (2009)
Associate Professor
BA, MA, University of Dallas; PhD, Fordham University
A. K. Anderson (2000)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MDiv, Yale University; PhD, Graduate Theological Union
Jedidiah C. Anderson (2015)
Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, University of Pittsburgh; MA, American University of Beirut; PhD, Indiana University
Aikaterini Andrews (2000)
Associate Professor
BS, American College of Greece; MBA, Delaware State University; PhD, Clemson University
Caleb A. Arrington (2001)
Professor
BS, University of Richmond; 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)
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)
Associate Professor
BA, Hanover College; MA, Kent State University; PhD, Vanderbilt University
Timothy A. Bersak (2015)
Assistant Professor
BA, BS, Boston University; MA, PhD, Clemson University
Camille L. Bethea (2003)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MA, Vanderbilt University; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Catherine Blouke (2015)
Assistant Professor
BA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; MA, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Kara L. Bopp (2005)
Associate Professor
BA, Hamilton College; MA, New York University; PhD, Syracuse University
Heidi E. Bostic (2013)
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)
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)
Associate 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
Beau Christ (2016)
Assistant Professor
BS, Doane College; PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lori Cruze (2015)
Assistant Professor
BS, University of Tennessee; PhD, University of Florida
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
Christine S. Dinkins (2002)
Associate Professor
BA, Wake Forest University; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Christopher L. Dinkins (2002)
Lecturer
BA, Wake Forest University; MA, University of Virginia
Courtney M. Dorroll (2013)
Assistant Professor
BA, Purdue University; MA, Indiana University; PhD, University of Arizona
Philip C. Dorroll (2013)
Assistant Professor
BA, Purdue University; MA, Indiana University; PhD, Emory University
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
Mark A. Ferguson (2003)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MA, PhD, Washington University
Terry A. Ferguson (1984)
Senior Researcher for the Goodall Environmental Studies Center
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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
Lillian E. Gonzalez (2001)
Associate Professor
BA, Wofford College; MPA, Clemson University
Karen H. Goodchild (1999)
Chapman Professor in the Humanities
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
Kimberly A. Hall (2015)
Assistant Professor
BA, George Mason University; MA, Georgetown University; PhD, University of California, Riverside
Moira E. Hanna (2015)
Lecturer
PhD, Clemson University
Anna E. Harkey (2015)
Visiting Assistant Professor
AB, Harvard University; MA, University of California - Berkeley
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
MFA, Parsons School of Design
Sally A. Hitchmough (1996)
Professor
MA, PhD, University of Southern California
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
Christina B. Johnson (2015)
Lecturer
MEd, EdS, Converse College
Jenny B. Johnson (2008)
Associate Professor
BSBA, MS, Appalachian State University
Ryan A. Johnson (2009)
Associate 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
Eric P. Kocher (2013)
Lecturer
MFA, University of Houston
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
Rhiannon A. Leebrick (2016)
Assistant Professor
BA, Hollins University; MA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; PhD, University of Tennessee
John C. Lefebvre (1999)
Professor
BA, McGill University; PhD, Duke 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
Carolyn Martsberger (2016)
Assistant Professor
BS, College of the Holy Cross; MS, PhD, Duke University
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
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)
Associate Professor
BS, Eastern New Mexico University; MA, PhD, University of Texas at El Paso
Michael L. Merriman (2009)
Associate 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
Associate 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
Geoffrey C. Mitchell (2015)
Assistant Professor
BS, Furman University; PhD, University of Arizona
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)
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Professor
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)
Associate Professor
BA, MA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; PhD, Arizona State University
Robert M. Panoff (2016)
Visiting Assistant Professor
BS, University of Notre Dame; AM, PhD, Washington University-St. Louis
Wesley J. Pech (2008)
Associate 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)
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
Ramin Radfar (2001)
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
Professor
BA, Northwestern University; PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Kimberly A. Rostan (2008)
Associate 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)
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
Jessica Scott-Felder (2016)
Assistant Professor
BA, Spelman College; MFA, Georgia State University
Christie L. Sellars (1993)
Instructor
BMus, MMed, Converse College
Julie Sexeny (2008)
Associate Professor
BA, Barnard College; MFA, Columbia University; PhD, Emory University
John W. Simmons (2014)
Lecturer
MD, University Medical College of Georgia
Jennifer E. Singletary (2016)
Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, Boston University; MA, Pennsylvania State University; MA, PhD, Brown University
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)
Associate Professor
BS, University of South Carolina; PhD, University of Connecticut
Myra G. Soderlund (2010)
Lecturer
BS, Limestone College; MEd, University of South Carolina
Joseph A. Spivey (2008)
Associate Professor
AA, BS, Emory University; MS, PhD, Duke University
Natalie W. Spivey (2009)
Assistant Professor
AA, BS, Emory University; PhD, Duke University
Katherine R. Steinmetz (2012)
Assistant Professor
BS, Allegheny College; MA, PhD, Boston College
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)
Larry Hearn McCalla Professor
Professor
BS, Purdue University; MA, The University of Texas at Austin; PhD, Clemson University
Amy L Telligman (2016)
Assistant Professor
BS, Presbyterian College; MS, University of Georgia; PhD, University of Colorado
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
MS, University of New Mexico; PhD, University of Texas - Dallas
Rachel J. Vanderhill (2014)
Assistant Professor
BA, Calvin College; MA, PhD, University of Virginia
Carey R. Voeller (2009)
Associate Professor
BA, Portland State Universty; MA, University Montana; PhD, University of Kansas
T. Christopher Waidner (2007)
Associate Professor
BS, Wofford College; PhD, Georgetown University
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)
Professor
BA, University of South Carolina; MEd, PhD, University of South Carolina
Clayton J. Whisnant (2001)
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
Yongfang Zhang (2010)
Assistant Professor
MA, PhD, Ohio State University
Steven B. Zides (1999)
Instructor
BA, Cornell University; MS, MS, University Of Tennessee, Knoxville
