Gulf Coast Faculty
Below are listed faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast. Click on the linked names to visit that faculty member's individual Web site. Listed beside each name is an e-mail address.Go to page 505 of this Undergraduate Bulletin PDF for a listing of all Southern Miss faculty, including the Hattiesburg campus.
| Name | Phone | Title | Degrees | |
| Agler, Lin-Miao | lin.agler@usm.edu | 228.214.3224 | Associate Professor and Training Director for the Gulf Coast, Department of Psychology | B.A., Tunghai Univ.; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University |
| Anderson, Mary Helen Morgan | mary.anderson@usm.edu | 228.865.4505 |
Asst Prof, College of Business | B.S.B.A. Arizona State University; M.P.A., The University of Southern Mississippi; D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University |
| Anderson, Patsy | patsy.anderson@usm.edu | 228.865.4538 | Assoc Prof of Nursing | B.S.N., Univ. of Mississippi; M.N., D.N.S., Louisiana State Univ. |
| Annulis, Heather | heather.annulis@usm.edu | 228.214.3344 | Asst Prof of Workforce Training and Development | B.A., M.S., Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette; Ph.D., Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
| Arana-Sanchez, Auxiliadora | dora.arana@usm.edu | 228.214.3260 | Instructor of Spanish | B.A., M.A.T.L., Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
| Asper, Vernon | vernon.asper@usm.edu | 228.688.3178 | Prof of Marine Science | B.S., Biology and Chemistry, Messiah College; M.S., Oceanography, Univ. of Hawaii; Ph.D., Marine Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Beck, Allisa L. | allisa.beck@usm.edu | 228.865.4585 | Assoc Prof, Librarian III, Collections Management | B.A., Univ. of South Alabama,; M.L.S., Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
| Becker, Cheri | cheri.becker@usm.edu | 228.865.4505 | Chair, Dept of Tourism Management | B.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
228.214.3357 |
Instructor, School of Nursing |
MSN, University of South Alabama; DNS, Louisiana State University |
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| Bowles, Shirley J. | shirley.bowles@usm.edu | 228.214.3224 | Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction | B.S., Mississippi Valley State Univ.; M.Ed., Univ. of Southern Mississippi; Ed.D., Mississippi State Univ. |
| Bristol, Douglas | douglas.bristol@usm.edu | 228.214.3247 | Assoc Prof of History | B.A., M.A., Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro; Ph.D., Univ. of Maryland |
| Brouwer, Marius | marius.brouwer@usm.edu | 228.872.4294 | Prof of Coastal Sciences | Ph.D., Microbiology and Biochemistry, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Brown, John A. | john.a.brown@usm.edu | 228.865.4505 | Instructor of Accounting | B.S., M.S., Univ. of Southern Mississippi; C.P.A. |
| Brunner, Charlotte | charlotte.brunner@usm.edu | 228.688.3282 | Prof of Marine Science | B.A., Geology, Univ. of Rhose Island; Ph.D., Oceanography, Univ. of Rhose Island |
601.266.4735 |
Assoc Prof of International Development |
B.A., Texas A & M University; M.A., Texas A & M University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati |
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| Campbell, Jinx | jinx.campbell@usm.edu | 228.818.8878 | Asst Prof of Coastal Science | Ph.D., Molecular biology and Marine Fungi, Univ. of Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
| Caruthers, Jerald | jerald.caruthers@usm.edu | 228.688.7126 | Prof of Marine Science | B.S., Physics, Texas A&M Univ.; M.S., Physics, Texas A&M Univ.; Ph.D., Physics, Texas A&M Univ. |
| Chatham, Cynthia | cynthia.chatham@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Assoc Prof of Nursing | B.S.N., Univ of Mississippi; M.S.N., D.S.N., Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham |
| Coleman, Jerry | jerry.coleman@usm.edu | 228.214.3335 | Instructor of Geography | B.S., M.S., Univ of Southern Mississippi |
228.872.4267 |
Asst Prof of Coastal Sciences |
M.A., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ |
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| jack.covarrubias@usm.edu | 228.214.3260 | Asst Prof of Political Science | B.A., M.A., The University of Southern Mississippi, A.B.D., Old Dominion University | |
| mary.coyne@usm.edu | 228.865.4558 | Prof of Nursing | B.S.N., William Carey College; M.S.N., D.N.Sc., Catholic University of America | |
| Cwikla, Julie | julie.cwikla@usm.edu | 228.214.3224 | Assoc Prof of Mathematics | B.S., Fairfield Univ; M.S., New York Univ; Ph.D., Univ of Delaware |
| Dillon, Kevin S. | kevin.dillon@usm.edu | 228.818.8809 | Asst Prof of Chemical Oceanography | B.S., Marine Biology, Univ of West Florida; M.S., Oceanography, Florida State Univ; Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography, Florida State Univ |
228.214.3227 |
Instructor of Philosophy and Religion |
B.A., M.A., University of Chicago; D. Min., McCormick Theological Seminary |
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228.214.3245 |
Asst Prof of History |
B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A., University of Toronto; Ph.D., University of Toronto |
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228.214.3361 |
Assoc Prof of English |
Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Georgia; B.A., University of California, Berkeley |
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| Fulford, Richard S. | richard.fulford@usm.edu | 228.872.4282 | Asst Prof of Coastal Sciences | |
| Gangemi, Rosemary | rosemary.gangemi@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Instructor of Nursing | B.S., Biology; B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Southern Mississippi |
| Gaudet, Cyndi | cyndi.gaudet@usm.edu | 228.214.3344 | Director of Workplace Learning and Performance Center and Assoc Prof of Workforce Training and Development | B.A., M.S., Univ of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ |
228.214.3318 |
Asst Prof of Mass Communication and Journalism |
B.A., Youngstown State; M.F.A., Ohio University; M.A., University of Rochester; Ph.D., University of Rochester |
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| Gilmore, Melanie S. Laird | melanie.gilmore@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Assistant Professor School of Nursing | |
Giroir, Christopher |
228.214.3224 |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Research |
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| Godfrey, Ray | ray.godfrey@usm.edu | 228.865.4507 | Assistant Professor of Construction | |
| Gore, Charlotte | charlotte.gore@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Instructor of Nursing | B.S., William Carey College; M.N., Louisiana State Univ |
Maria Guillot |
228.214.3257 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and School Counseling |
Ph.D. |
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| Guo, Laodong | laodong.guo@usm.edu | 228.688.1176 | Assoc Prof in Chemical Oceanography | Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography, Texas A & M Univ |
| Harenski, Robert Glenn | robert.harenski@usm.edu | 228.865.4511 | Visiting Instructor, College of Arts & Letters | |
| Harris, John M. | john.m.harris@usm.edu | 228.214.3293 | Asst Prof of Mathematics | B.A., Mathematics, Millsaps College; M.s., Louisiana State Univ; Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ |
| Harris, Michele S. | michele.harris@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Instructor of Nursing | B.S.N., Univ of Southern Mississippi; M.S.N., Mississippi Univ for Women |
| Hawkins, William | william.hawkins@usm.edu | 228.872.4215 | Director of the GulfCoast Research Laboratory, Prof of Biopathology | B.S., General Science, Mississippi State Univ; Ph.D., Anatomy, Univ of Mississippi School of Medicine |
| Heard, Richard | richard.heard@usm.edu | 228.872.4217 | Prof of Marine Invertebrate Zoology and Ecology | Ph.D., Univ of Southern Mississippi in Invertebrate Zoology |
| Hester, Carolyn | carolyn.hester@usm.edu | 228.214.3419 | Visiting Instructor of Social Work | |
| Holman, Elizabeth | elizabeth.holman@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Instructor of Nursing | B.S.N., Univ of South Alabama; M.S.N., Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| Holt, David Harms | david.h.holt@usm.edu | 228.865.4507 | Assistant Professor Geography | |
| Howden, Stephan | stephan.howden@usm.edu | 228.688.5284 | Asst Prof of Marine Science | B.S., Physics, State Univ of New York at Buffalo; M.Sc., Physics, Michigan State Univ; Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, Univ of Rhode Island |
| Hulbert, Holly H. | holly.hulbert@usm.edu | 228.214.3249 | Visiting Instructor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction | |
| Jackson, Sara Cargill | sara.jackson@usm.edu | 228.214.3223 | Assoc Prof of Special Education | B.A.E., Univ of Mississippi; M.Ed., Ed.D., Univ of New Orleans |
| Jackson, Steven | steven.r.jackson@usm.edu | 228.865.4505 | Assoc Prof of Accounting | B.S., Univ of Montana; Ph.D., Arizona State Univ; CPA |
| Jeanfreau, Michelle Marchese | michelle.jeanfreau@usm.edu | 228.214.3274 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Child and Family Studies | |
| Johnson, Conrad | conrad.johnson@usm.edu | 228.688.3366 | Research Scientist in High Performance Computing | |
| Johnson, Donald R. | donald.r.johnson@usm.edu | 228.872.4298 | Senior Research Scientist, Red Snapper, GCRL | |
| Kamenkovich, Vladimir | vladimir.kamenkovich@usm.edu | 228.688.3091 | Prof of Marine Science | Doctor of Physical-Mathematical Sciences, P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia |
| Kopp, Paula | paula.kopp@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Instructor of Nursing | B.S.N., M.S.N., Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| LaFleur, Elizabeth | beth.lafleur@usm.edu | 228.865.4525 | Prof of Marketing | B.S.B.A., M.B.A., Univ of Southern Mississippi; D.B.A., Mississippi State Univ |
| Lai, Fujun | fujun.lai@usm.edu | 228.865.4529 | Associate Prof of Management Information Systems | B.S., Lanzhou Univ; M.S.I.S., Central Michigan Univ; Ph.D., City Univ of Hong Kong |
| Lansford, Tom | tom.lansford@usm.edu | 228.214.3250 | Academic Dean, Prof of Political Science | B.A., Virginia Wesleyan College; M.a., Ph.D., Old Dominion Univ |
| Ledford, Dale | dale.ledford@usm.edu | 228.214.3310 | Assoc Prof of Chemistry and Director of Gulf Coast College of Science & Technology | B.a., Univ of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Ph.D., Univ of Georgia |
| Lemon, Terri | terri.lemon@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Instructor of Nursing | B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Southern Mississippi |
228.214.3339 |
Asst Prof of Sociology |
Ph.D., Texas A&M University; M.S., Université Lumière Lyon2; Maîtrise, Université Lumière Lyon2 |
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Lipscomb, Thomas |
228.214.3382 |
Professor, Department of Educational Studies and Research Associate Dean, College of Education and Psychology |
Ph.D., |
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| Lotz, Jeffrey M. | jeff.lotz@usm.edu | 228.872.4247 | Chair and Prof, Coastal Sciences | B.S., Univ of Minnesota, Zoology; Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ, Zoology. |
Lyn, Heidi |
228.214.3234 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology |
Ph.D., |
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| McCormack, Edward G. | edward.mccormack@usm.edu | 228.865.4541 | Assoc Prof/Librarian III, Director of Cox Library | B.A., Fourah Bay College; M.A., Ohio Univ; M.L.S., Indiana Univ |
228.865.4548 |
Prof of Mass Communication and Journalism |
B.A., Covenant College; M.F.A., Southern Illinois - Carbondale. |
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McDowell, Linda |
228.214.3381 |
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education |
Ph.D., |
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Marchman, David A. |
228.214.3302 |
Professor & Associate Director, School of Construction |
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228.214.3309 |
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies |
B.A., Huntingdon College; M.A., Colorado State University; Ph.D., Penn State University |
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228.688.3520 |
Instructor of Marine Science |
B.A., Indiana University at Bloomington; M.S., Marine Science Education, University of Southern Mississippi |
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Miller, Jim |
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Professor of Computer Science |
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228.688.7128 |
Assistant Professor of Marine Science |
B.A., Biology, Occidental College; M.S., Biology, Texas A&M University; Ph.D., Marine Science, University of South Florida |
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| Mitchell, Faye | faye.mitchell@usm.edu | 228.865.4517 | Asst. Prof of Nursing, Coordinator of Nursing | B.S.N., Univ of Texas at Austin; M.N., Louisiana State Univ; Ph.D., Univ of Southern Mississippi |
Mong, Michael |
228.214.3239 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology |
Ph.D., |
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Morse, Timothy |
228.863.1755 |
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction |
Ph.D., |
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228.214.3258 |
Instructor of Philosophy and Religion |
B.A., Mississippi State University, M.A., The University of Southern Mississippi |
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| Naghshpour, Shahdad | s.naghshpour@usm.edu | 228.865.4524 | Assoc Prof of Economics and Political Science | B.S., Tehran Univ; M.A., Western Michigan Univ; M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State Univ |
| Naquin, Marlene | marlene.naquin@usm.edu | 228.214.3298 |
Instructor of Mathematics / Lab Coordinator | Masters in the Science of Teaching Mathematics, Loyola University, New Orleans; BA, Psychology, Nicholls State University |
| Nechaev, Dmitri | dmitri.nechaev@usm.edu | 228.688.2573 | Asst Prof of Marine Science | M.Sc., Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Ph.D., Physical Oceanology, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| Noguchi, Kenji | kenji.noguchi@usm.edu | 228.214.3284 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology | Ph.D., |
| Nuwer, Deanne | deanne.nuwer@usm.edu | 228.214.3423 | Assoc Prof of History | B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The University of Southern Mississippi |
karen.orcutt@usm.edu |
228.688.3154 |
Assistant Professor of Marine Science |
B.S., Biology, Portland State University; M.S., Biology, Portland State University; Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, University of Wales, Swansea |
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| Osowski, Tom | tom.osowski@usm.edu | 228.214.3419 | Assistant Professor of Social Work | |
| Otvos, Ervin G. | ervin.otvos@usm.edu | 228.872.4235 | Assoc Prof, Coastal Sciences | B.S., Geology, Lorand Eotvos Univ of Science, Budapest, Hungary; M.S., Geology, Yale Univ; Ph.D., Geology, Univ of Massachusetts |
| Overstreet, Robin M. | robin.overstreet@usm.edu | 228.872.4243 | Prof, Coastal Sciences | B.A., General Biology, Univ of Oregon; M.S., Marine Biology, Univ of Miami; Ph.D., Marine Biology, Univ of Miami |
| Parker, Gaylynn A. | gaylynn.parker@usm.edu | 228.214.3274 | Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and School Counseling | Ph.D.,
The University of Southern Mississippi, Educational Leadership
and Research M.S., The University of Southern Mississippi, Secondary English B.S., University of South Alabama, Secondary Language Arts |
| Paster, David | david.paster@usm.edu | 228.865.4505 | Professor of Practice | B.A., Clark University ; M.B.A., Webster University ; M.U.P., McGill University |
228.214.3240 |
Assoc Prof of Political Science |
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Old Dominion University |
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| Payne, Thomas | thomas.payne@usm.edu | 228.214.3234 | Assoc Prof , Criminal Justice | B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Univ of Southern Mississippi; J.D., Univ of Mississippi |
| Perkins, Louise | louise.perkins@usm.edu | 228.214.3220 | Prof, Computer Science | B.S., California State Univ at Hayward; M.S., Univ of California at Davis; Ph.D., Univ of California at Davis |
| Perry, Harriet | harriet.perry@usm.edu | 228.872.4218 | Asst Prof, Coastal Sciences, Director of Center for Fisheries Research and Development | B.S., Biology, Florida State Univ; M.S., Zoology, Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| Perry, Ty | timothy.perry@usm.edu | 228.865.4505 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance | B.S., Appalachian State University; M.B.A., East Tennessee State University; A.B.D., Texas Tech University |
| Peterson, Mark S. | mark.peterson@usm.edu | 228.872.4203 | Prof, Coastal Sciences | B.S., Marine Science, Coastal Carolina Univ; M.S., Bio-Environmental Oceanography, Florida Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| Popvassilev, Strashimir | strashimir.popvassilev@usm.edu | 228.865.4507 | Visiting Instructor of Math | |
| Powell, Sarah | sarah.powell@usm.edu | 228.865.4558 | Instructor of Nursing | B.S.N., M.S.N., Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| Rakocinski, Chet F. | chet.rakocinski@usm.edu | 228.872.4284 | Prof, Coastal Sciences | B.S., Northern Illinois Univ; M.S., Northern Illinois Univ; Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| Redalje, Donald | donald.redalje@usm.edu | 228.688.1174 | Prof, Marine Science | B.A., Environmental Biology, Univ of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, Univ of Hawaii |
| Rich, Karen | karen.rich@usm.edu | 228.865.4561 | Asst Prof, Nursing | B.S.N., M.N., Louisiana State Univ; Ph.D., Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| Stricklin, Kelley | kelley.samblis@usm.edu | 228.214.3224 | Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction | Ed.D., Univ of West Florida; Ed.S., Univ. of West Florida; M.a., Nova Univ; B.a., Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| Sarder, MD Baniamin | Md.Sarder@usm.edu | 228.865.4507 | Assistant Professor of Construction | |
| Sayre, Ward | edward.sayre@usm.edu | 601.266.4310 | Asst Prof of International Development | B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin |
| Scurfield, Raymond M. | raymond.scurfield@usm.edu | 228.214.3261 | Assoc Prof, Social Work, Director of Katrina Research Center | B.A., Dickinson College; M.S.W., D.S.W., Univ of Southern California |
| Shi, Weihua | weihua.shi@usm.edu | 228.865.4527 | Visiting Asst Prof, Finance | B.A., M.A., Univ of South Alabama; Ph.D., City Univ of Hong Kong |
| Shiller, Alan | alan.shiller@usm.edu | 228.688.1178 | Prof, Marine Science, Director of Center for Trace Analysis | B.S., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ of California |
| Smith, James Patterson | jamespat.smith@usm.edu | 228.865.4590 | Prof of History | B.A., Mississippi College; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt Univ |
| Speas, Eric | eric.speas@usm.edu | 228.865.4550 | Information Services Librarian | |
228.214.3254 |
Asst Prof of Political Science |
B.A., Gonzaga University; M.A., University of Idaho; Ph.D., Texas Tech University |
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228.214.3330 |
Instructor of Spanish |
B.A. in Spanish, University of Southern Mississippi; M.A., University of Southern Mississippi |
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| Stretch, Vincent | vincent.stretch@usm.edu | 228.214.3224 | Asst Prof, Psychology | Ph.D., Univ of California, SanDiego |
Tingle, Billie |
228.214.3281 |
Visiting Instructor, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education |
M.Ed., |
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| Turnbull, Robert | robert.turnbull@usm.edu | 228.214.3294 | Instructor/Lab Coordinator | B.S., Auburn University; M.S., Auburn University |
| Vera, Michael | michael.vera@usm.edu | 228.865.4507 | Asst Prof, Physics | B.S., Harvey Mudd College, M.S., Univ of California at Santa Cruz, Ph.D., Univ of California at Santa Cruz |
Vonk, Jennifer |
228.214.3264 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology |
Ph.D., |
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| Jennifer M. Walker | jennifer.walker@usm.edu | 228.214.3332 | Assistant Prof., Biology | B.S., Troy State University; M.S., the University of Alabama; Ph.D., rhe University of Alabama |
Walker, Kevin |
228.214.3251 |
Visiting Instructor, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education |
Ph.D. |
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| Walker, Sharon H. | sharon.walker@usm.edu | 228.374.5500 | Prof, Coastal Sciences | B.S., Zoology, Millsaps College; M.S., Marine Science, Louisiana State Univ, Ph.D., Science Education, Univ of Southern Mississippi |
| Watson, William | Wil.Watson@usm.edu | 228.865.4575 | Assoc Prof, English | B.A., Western Illinois Univ; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ |
| White, J. Elaine | elaine.white@usm.edu | 228.214.3288 | Asst Prof of English | B.A., University of North Texas; M.Ed., East Central Univ; Ph.D., Univ of Oklahoma |
| Yenduri, Sumanth | sumanth.yenduri@usm.edu | 228.214.3265 | Associate Professor, Computer Science | B.Tech, Computer Science, Andhra University, India; M.S., System Science, Louisiana State University; PhD, Computer Science, Louisiana State University |
| Zantow, Ken | ken.zantow@usm.edu | 228.865.4530 | Associate Prof of Management | B.A., Southern Illinois Univ; M.B.A., Pittsburgh State Univ; Ph.D., Univ of Arkansas |