COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
FACULTY

DANA ADAMS, Lecturer in English
B.S., Stephen F. Austin State University; M.A., the University of Texas at Tyler; Ph.D., University of North Texas

ABU MUHAMMAD SHAJAAT ALI, Associate Professor of Geography
B.S., University of Rajshahi; M.S., University of Dhaka; M. A., University of Windsor; M.S., Wayne State University; Ph.D., Clark University

THOMAS L. ALLEN, Associate Professor of Music
B.M., University of Northern Colorado; M. M., University of Northern Colorado; D.M.A., University of Arizona

ANN BEEBE, Assistant Professor in English
B.A., University of Wisconsin, Eau Clair; M.S., Washington State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

LESA BEVERLY, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Clinch Valley College; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

LARRY CARTER, Assistant Professor in Public Administration
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

KENNETH R. CASSTEVENS, Chair, Department of Communication,
and Associate Professor of Journalism
B.S., M.A., Ed.D., East Texas State University

ROGER N. CONAWAY, Professor of Speech Communication
B.S., M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

VICKI J. CONWAY, Senior Lecturer In Music
B.S., Stephen F. Austin State University; M.M., Baylor University

MARIANTHI J. CORONEOU, Senior Lecturer in English, and Coordinator of English as a Second Language Program
B.A., American University at Cairo; M.A., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

DALLAS COTHRUM, Associate Professor of History
B.A., Austin College; M.A., Ph.D., Texas Christian University

ROBERT H. CRANFORD, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics
B.S. , Middle Tennessee State University; M.S., Ph. D., Louisiana State University

VANESSA CURRY, Advisor to Student Publications and Lecturer in Journalism
B.S., Illinois State University; M.A.I.S., University of Texas at Tyler

STEPHEN E. DANIELS, Professor of Education and History
B.S.Ed., M.A., Northeast Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri

DONNA L. DICKERSON, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Journalism
B.J., The University of Texas at Austin; M.A., The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

MICHAEL EIDENMULLER, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
B.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JEFFREY EMGE, Chair, Music Program and Associate Professor of Music
B.S., Tennessee Tech University; M.M.E., Florida State University; D.M.A., University of Cincinnati

VINCENT J. FALZONE, Chair, Department of History and Professor of History
B.S., University of Scranton; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland

NEIL B. FORD, Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Kansas; M.S., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., Miami University

PATRICIA A. GAJDA, Professor of History
B.S., St. John College; B.A., The University of Texas at Tyler; M.A., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

AMY GERHAUSER, Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University

H. NEIL GRAY, Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., The University of Texas at Tyler; Ph.D., Texas A&M University

RONALD LOUIS GUTBERLET, JR., Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., University of Maryland; M.S., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Arlington

BARBARA L. HART, Chair, Department of Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., MacMurray College; M.A., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University

GARY C. HATCHER, Chair, Art Program and Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of North Texas; M.F.A., East Texas State University

JAMES A. HATFIELD, Chair, Theatre Program and Professor of Theatre
B.S. and M.A., Ball State University; Ph.D., Wayne State University

JEFFREY D. HOBBS, Associate Professor of Speech
B.A., Harding University; M.S., Abilene Christian University; Ph.D., University of Kansas

DAVOR JEDLICKA, Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Ph.D., Texas Women's University

MARK D. JOHNSON, Assistant Professor of Music
B.S., Oral Roberts University; M.M., Oklahoma City University; D.M.A., Louisiana
State University

MOLLY JOHNSON, Assistant Professor of Music
B.M., Oklahoma City University; M.M. , Ph.D., Louisiana State University

TIM D. KANE, Professor of Economics
B.S., Stephen F. Austin State University; M.S., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

DON W. KILLEBREW, Chair, Department of Biology and Professor of Biology
B.S., Lamar University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University

JAMES F. KOUKL, Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Northern Illinois University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

R. STEPHEN KREBBS, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Director of Freshman Seminar
B.A., Texas Tech University; M.A., California State University, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

JOHN R. LEBLANC, Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JOSEPH E. LOFTIN, Associate Professor of Journalism
B.A.J., M.A.J., and Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

W. ALLEN MARTIN, Professor of Sociology
B.A., Southern Methodist University; M.A., Texas Christian University; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

DONALD L. MCCLAUGHERTY, Chair, Department of Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry
B.S., M.A., Sam Houston State University; Ph.D., Baylor University

DOROTHY E. MERIANOS, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., University of Texas at Dallas; M.A., Ph.D., Sam Houston State University

A. RICHARD MITCHELL, Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Southern Methodist University; M.S., Ph.D., New Mexico State University

GERALD L. MORRIS, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
B.A., Baylor University; M.A., The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Texas Tech University

LUCAS P. NIILER, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Gettysburg College; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY- Buffalo

GREGORY P. ORVIS, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., M.A., University of New Orleans; Ph.D., University of Houston

JAMES R. PACE, Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Oklahoma; M.F.A., Arizona State University

PETER W. PHILLIPS, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., SUNY at Plattsburgh; M.S., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Florida State University

DARRELL POGUE, Assistant Professor
B.S. East Central University; M.S. University of Oklahoma; Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

SUZANNE H. PUNDT, Senior Lecturer in Biology
B.S., Texas A&M University; M.S., The University of Texas at Tyler

DENNIS ROBERTSON, Associate Professor of Journalism
B.S., Ambassador College; M.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

CATHERINE E. ROSS, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Mary Baldwin College; M.A.L.S, Wesleyan University; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

VICTOR I. SCHERB, Chair, Department of Literature and Languages and Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

L. LYNN SHERROD, Professor of Biology
B.A., M.S., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Oregon State University

KAREN L. SLOAN, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., LeTourneau College, M.A., California State University, Fullerton, Ph.D., Texas A&M University

NATHAN A. SMITH, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

MARCUS A. STADELMANN, Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Weber State College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Riverside

WILLIAM B. STEPHENS, Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.Ed., M.F.A., The University of Texas at Austin; Ed.D., University of Florida

ROBERT STERKEN, Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.I.S., Stephen F. Austin University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University

JAMES R. STEWART, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Chemistry
B.S., North Texas State University; M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

PAUL STREUFERT, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Valparaiso University; M.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Purdue University

DAVID STRONG, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Dominican University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

OLGA SUPEK, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Coordinator of Arts and Sciences Advising Center
B.A., The University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Michigan

ALAN SWARTZ, Lecturer in Music
B.M.E., Baylor University; M.A.I.S., University of Texas at Tyler

EDWARD TABRI, Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Wittenberg University; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of Virginia

BRIAN TAYLOR, Assistant Professor in Chemistry
B.S., University of Central Arkansas; Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville

YVONNE THRASH, Senior Lecturer in Speech Communication
B.A., M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

GREGORY J. UTLEY, Associate Professor in Spanish
B.A. San Jose State University; M.A., Fresno State University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico

MICHAEL I. VICTOR, Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

SAM WEAVER, Senior Lecturer in Physics
B.S., University of Missouri; M.S., Air Force Institute of Technology

JOHN C. WEBB, Director, School of Visual and Performing Arts
B.M., M.M.E., University of North Texas; D.A., University of Northern Colorado

LLOYD BENJAMIN WEHRUNG, III, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Samford University; M.P.S., Ph.D., Auburn University

KENNETH WINK, Assistant Professor of Public Administration
B.A., Northeast Louisiana University; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MARY ELLEN WRIGHT, Assistant Professor in Theatre,
B.A., M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler; Ph.D., Texas Tech University