Faculty & Staff

Administration

David R. Davies - Dean of the Honors College. B.A., University of Arkansas; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama.
Paula R. Mathis - Coordinator of Senior Honors and Assistant to the Dean. B.S., M. Ed., The University of Southern Mississippi.
Stacey Calloway Ready - Coordinator of General Honors and Assistant to the Dean. B.S., M. Ed., The University of Southern Mississippi.
Peggy Brockman Varnado - USM Scholarship Officer, B.S., University of Alabama; M.Ed., Loyola University, New Orleans.
Debbie Haskin - Administrative Secretary.

Faculty

BATEMAN, Robert, Professor and Chair of Chemistry, B.S., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
BETHEL, Joyous, Instructor of Social Work. B.A., M.S.W., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., Barry University.
CAPPER, Daniel, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion. B.A., M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Chicago.
CARR, Robin, Assistant Professor of Theatre. B.A., Michigan State University; M.F.A., University of Connecticut.
CONVILLE, Richard, Professor of Speech Communication. B.A., Samford University; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University.
DAVIES, Dave, Dean of the Honors College. B.A., University of Arkansas; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama.
DAWSEY, Jason, Visiting Instructor of History. B.A., University of Southern Mississippi; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago.
DEARMEY, Michael, Professor of Philosophy and Religion. B.A., Memphis State University; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University.
DIXON, Clifton, Chair of Department of Geography and Associate Professor of Geography. B.S., M.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., Texas A & M University.
DOUGHERTY, Kevin, Instructor of History. B.S., United States Military Academy; M.S., Troy State University; M.S., Army War College.
ECHEVARRIA, David, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of University Forum, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook.
ERICKSON, Keith, Professor of Speech Communication. Ed.D., University of Michigan.
EVANS, Jeffrey, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. B.A., Graceland College; Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center.
FITZSIMMONS, Susan, Associate Professor and Chair of Department of Art and Design. B.A., Webster University; M.F.A. Southern Illinois University; additional studies Chicago Art Institute.
FORSTER, MICHAEL, Director, School of Social Work and Professor of Social Work. B.A., Louisiana State University, New Orleans; M.S.W., University of Illinois, Chicago; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
GOERTZEN, Christopher, Assistant Professor of Music. B.A., Austin College; M.M., Ph.D., University of Illinois.
HAFER, Ed, Assistant Professor of Music, B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.M., Ph.D., University of Illinois.
HARRIS, Elizabeth Kay, Associate Professor of English, B.A.; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
HAUER, Stanley, Professor of English. B.A., M.A., Auburn University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee.
KLINEDINST, Mark A., Professor of Economics. B.A., Clark University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University.
LARES, Jameela, Associate Professor of English. B.A., California State University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Southern California.
LEE, Aimee, Freshman Program Coordinator of Biology Labs. B.S., University of Southern Mississippi.
LOCHHEAD, Robert, Professor of Polymer Science. B.Sc., Ph.D., Strathclyde University.
MASTERSON, Tina, Laboratory Teaching Supervisor.
McBRIDE, Allan, Associate Professor of Political Science. B.A., Louisiana State University, New Orleans; M.A., University of New Orleans; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University of Carbondale.
MILLER, Amy, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology. B.S., University of Alabama; M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of Michigan.
MILLER, Mark, Professor of Economic Development and Geography. B.S., University of Maryland; M.I.M., Thunderbird; Ph.D., University of Arizona.
MILNE-SMITH, Amy, Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D., University of Toronto.
MOORE, Frank, Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences, Ph.D., Clemson University.
NAVITSKY, Joseph, Assistant Professor of English, B.A., Saint Joseph's University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University.
NICHOLSON, Bonnie, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of Ph.D. Counseling Psychology Program, B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison; M.S., Ph.D., Marquette.
NIELSEN, Shellie, Associate Professor of Dance, B.F.A., University of Utah; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University.
PERRY III, John, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S., Marymount University, M.S., Northern Arizona University, Ph.D., North Carolina State University.
REHNER, Timothy, Professor of Social Work and B.S.W. Coordinator. B.A., Asbury College; M.S.W., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Alabama.
RUSSELL, Gail, Professor Geography and Geology. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University.
SCHAEFER, Jake, Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., Stetson University; M.A., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.
SCHEETZ, Raymond, Professor Emeritus – Biology Department, Ph.D., University of Delaware.
SCIOLINO, Martina, Associate Professor of English, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo.
SMITHKA, Paula J., Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion. B.A., B.S., University of North Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University.
STEEDMAN, Marek, Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A, Ph.D., Michigan, Ann Arbor.
STELLHORN, David, Assistant Professor of Theater. B.A., California State University, Fresno; M.F.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
WEINAUER, Ellen, Associate Professor of English. B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University.