The University of Texas at Tyler has hired 30 new faculty members, and each were introduced at the 2006-07 Academic Year Convocation Aug. 21.

New faculty members, listed by college, are:

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Randy Back, visiting assistant professor of chemistry

Ph.D. – University of Kentucky

Former Position: physics instructor, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts

Sally Campbell, visiting assistant professor of art

M.F.A. – University of Florida

Former Position: graduate teaching assistant, University of Florida

Guillermo Covarrubias, assistant professor of economics

Ph.D. – Texas Tech University

Former Position: assistant professor, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Courtney Cullison, assistant professor of political science

M.A. – University of Oklahoma 

Former Position: graduate fellow, University of Oklahoma

Suneeti Jog, assistant professor of biology

Ph.D. – Cleveland State University

Former Position: post doctoral researcher, University of Kansas

Marsha Little Heidelberg Matthews, assistant professor of journalism

Ph.D. - University of Oklahoma

Former Position: assistant professor mass communication, East Central University

Christina Ragain, lecturer in chemistry

M.S. – Yale University

Former Position: graduate teaching assistant, Yale University

David Scholz, visiting lecturer and chorale director

M.A. – Michigan State University

Former Position: teaching assistant, University of Minnesota

Alan Swartz, lecturer in music

M.A. – UT Tyler

Former Position: teaching fellow in music theory, University of North Texas

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

Terry Stanley, senior lecturer in business administration and director of business

administration student advising and recruiting center

M.B.A. – Touro University International

Former Position: superintendent, Information Management/HR, U.S. Air Force

Richard Swanson, distinguished research professor of human resource development and the Sam Lindsey Chair

Ed.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Former Position: professor of human resource development and adult education, University of Minnesota

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY

Buddy Davis, lecturer in curriculum and instruction

Ph.D. – University of North Texas

Former Position: superintendent, Decatur City Schools

Priscilla Gilpin, lecturer in curriculum and instruction

M.Ed. – UT Tyler

Former Position:  vice president, NBC Family properties/TXC Properties LLC

Rhonda McCallie, lecturer in curriculum and instruction

M.Ed. – UT Tyler

Former Position: principal, Owens Elementary School, Tyler Independent School District

Michael Odell, professor and Celia and Sam Roosth Endowed Chair in Education

Ph.D. – Indiana University

Former Position: interim assistant dean of the College of Education, Illinois State University

Tammy Stephens, assistant professor in early childhood, reading and special education

M.Ed. – University of New Orleans

Former Position: educational diagnostician, Bear Creek Intermediate School

Vance Vaughn, assistant professor in educational leadership and policy studies

Ed.D. - Stephen F. Austin State University

Former Position: superintendent of schools, Kerens Independent School District

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Wei Fan, assistant professor of civil engineering

Ph.D. – UT Austin

Former Position: senior analytical optimization developer, SAS Institute, Inc.

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy, associate provost and professor in mechanical

engineering

Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology

Former Position:  dean and professor, Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HELATH SCIENCES

Jennifer Coe, senior lecturer (Tyler Campus)

M.S.N. – UT Tyler

Former Position: clinical research associate, Clinsys, Inc.

John Cutcliffe, David G. Braithwaite Professor of Nursing (Tyler Campus)

Ph.D. – Sheffield University

Former Position: associate professor and chair of nursing, University of Northern British Columbia

Deborah Flournoy, associate professor of nursing (Tyler Campus)

Ph.D. – Texas Woman’s University

Former Position: associate professor, Texas A&M University - Texarkana

Lori Greer, senior lecturer (Longview Campus)

M.S.N. – UT Tyler

Former Position: laboratory system manager, UT Tyler Longview Campus Skills Lab

Karen Grover, senior lecturer (Tyler Campus)

M.S.N. – University of Phoenix

Former Position: instructor in health assessment and adult medical-surgical, Grand Canyon University College of Nursing

Linda Herndon, senior lecturer (Palestine Campus)

M.S.N., Texas Woman’s University

Former Position: assistant professor, Tarrant County College

Kathleen Hudson, senior lecturer (Longview Campus)

M.S.N. – University of California, San Francisco

Former Position: director of medical surgical services, Good Shepherd Medical Center

Melissa Kling, senior lecturer (Tyler Campus)

M.S.N. – UT Tyler

Former Position: registered nurse, Trinity Mother Francis Hospital

Monte' Karen Koerber-Timmons, senior lecturer (Tyler Campus)

M.S.N. – UT Tyler    

Former Position: clinical director, Good Shepherd Medical Center

Sarah Northam, visiting professor of nursing (Tyler Campus)

Ph.D. – University of Maryland

Former Position: associate professor, Texas Woman’s University

Narisa Waldo, senior lecturer (Tyler Campus)

M.S.N. – UT Tyler

Former Position: director of nursing, Pathways Hospital

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 6,000 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine.