Faculty
Christopher A. Adams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Kentucky, 1998; Ph.D., 2003.
Berea, 2012
Christine Broughton Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1990; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2000; M.A., 2006; Ph.D., 2015.
Berea, 2013
Dawn Anderson, Ph.D.
Charles F. Kettering Chair in Science; Professor of Biology
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006
B.A., B.S., University of Washington, 1982; M.S., 1985; Ph.D., 1988.
Berea, 1992
Mary Reginald Anibueze, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Religion and African and African American Studies
B.TH., Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria, 2017; M.T.S., University of Notre Dame, 2010; Ph.D., 2016.
Berea, 2018
Julia E. Apple, Ed.S.
Adjunct Lecturer of Education Studies
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2010; M.A., University of the Cumberlands, 2014; Ed.S., Northern Kentucky University, 2016
Berea, 2017
Shareese Arnold, M.M.
Lecturer in Applied Music
B.M., Converse College; M.M., Indiana University.
Berea, 2015
Jay H. Baltisberger, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Wabash College, 1989; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1993.
Berea, 1993
Quinn Baptiste, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agriculture
B.S., University of the West Indies, 1993; M.S., West Virginia University, 2002; Ph.D., 2009.
Berea, 2013
Kristen Barnard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2004; M.S., 2006; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2017.
Berea, 2006
Adanma Onyedike Barton, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, 2003; M.F.A., 2009.
Berea, 2009
Andrew Baskin, M.A.
Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and General Studies; African and African American Studies Department Chair
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004
B.A., Berea College, 1972; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1976.
Berea, 1983
Lexi Bass, M.F.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre
B.A., University of Kentucky, 2004; M.A., University of Louisville, 2012; M.F.A., Duke University, 2018.
Berea, 2018
Rebecca J. Bates, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Williams College, 1988; M.T.S., Harvard University, 1990; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2006.
Berea, 1998-1999, 2002
Michael Berheide, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science; Political Science Department Chair
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017
B.A., Ohio Northern University, 1976; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1984.
Berea, 1981
Chad Berry, Ph.D.
Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty;
Goode Professor of Appalachian Studies; Professor of History
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1986; M.A. Western Kentucky University, 1988; Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1995.
Berea, 2006
Suzanne Birner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology and Earth Science
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 2012; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2018.
Berea, 2018
James K. Blackburn-Lynch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Guilford College, 1989; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991; Ph.D., 1995.
Berea, 1995
Sarah Blank, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Physiology
B.S., Northern Kentucky University, 1992; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2002.
Berea, 1999-2010, 2012
Janice B. Blythe, Ph.D., R.D.
Julia Parmly Billings Chair in Child and Family Studies; Professor of Child and Family Studies
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1972; M.S., University of Kentucky, 1974; Ph.D., 1987.
Berea, 1986
Sandra Bolster, M.A.
Director of the Developmental Mathematics Program; Instructor in Mathematics
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013
B.A., University of Maine, 1970; M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1980.
Berea, 1980
Stephen C. Bolster, D.M.A.
Mary W. McGaw Chair in Music; Professor of Music
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1988
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1973; M.M., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977; D.M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1980.
Berea, 1980
Jill Bouma, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology; Sociology Department Chair
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2015.
B.A., Emory University, 1985; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993; Ph.D., 1999.
Berea, 1999
William Bratton
Lecturer in Applied Music
Berea, 2002
Edwin Broadhead, Ph.D., Dr. theol.
Professor of General Studies
B.A., Mississippi College, 1977; M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1981; Ph.D., 1986; Dr. theol., University of Zürich, 1991.
Berea, 1996
Jarrod Brown, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Berea College, 2004; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2010; Ph.D., 2018.
Berea, 2015
Kennaria Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication; Communication Department Chair
B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1989; M.S., Texas Christian University, 2003; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2007.
Berea, 2007
Anne Bruder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English; Director of Berea Bridge Program; English Department Chair
B.A., Middlebury College, 1998; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004; Ph.D., 2009.
Berea, 2011
Kathy White Bullock, Ph.D.
Professor of Music
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2016.
B.A., Brandeis University, 1977; M.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 1982; Ph.D., 1987.
Berea, 1991
Jacqueline Burnside, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology; Division III Chairperson
B.A., Berea College, 1974; M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1979; M.A., Yale University, 1982; Ph.D., 1988.
Berea, 1984
James P. Butler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986; M.A., 1992; Ph.D., 1996.
Berea, 2001
Nashwa Cahill, M.S.
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.A., Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1996; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2010.
Berea, 2008
Richard Cahill, Ph.D.
Director of Francis and Louise Hutchins Center for International Education; Associate Professor of History
B.A., Westmont College, 1988; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990; Ph.D, 1996.
Berea, 2005
Mark Calkins, M.M.
Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Concordia College Moorhead, 1983; M.M., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1987.
Berea, 2009
John Carlevale, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literature
B.A., Boston University, 1989; M.A., 1991; Ph.D., 1999.
Berea, 2001
Yolanda G. Carter, Ph.D.
Robert Charles Billings Chair in Education; Associate Professor of Education Studies; Education Studies Department Chair
B.A., University of Arizona, 1988; M.A., Northern Arizona University, 1999; Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2006.
Berea, 2014
Anne Chase, M.L.S.
Director of Library Services; Associate Professor of Library Science
B.A., University of Louisville, 1981; M.L.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1982.
Berea, 1995
Katherine Celeste Christensen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Seattle University, 1978; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1979; Ph.D., 1989.
Berea, 1991
Michael Sean Clark, Ph.D.
Clarence M. Clark Chair in Mountain Agriculture; Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Director of Farms
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., 1993; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1996.
Berea, 1998
Javier Clavere, D.M.A.
Associate Professor of Music; Music Department Chair
B.A., Brigham Young University, 2002; M.M., University of Cincinnati, 2008; D.M.A., 2011.
Berea, 2010
Lindsay Clavere, M.M.
Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Xavier University, 2006; M.M., University of Cincinnati, 2011.
Berea, 2011
Jason Cohen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Tufts University, 1997; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000; Ph.D., 2008.
Berea, 2008
Beth Crachiolo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
B.A., California State University-Long Beach, 1991; M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1993; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2000.
Berea, 2000
Jean Cupidon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics and Mathematics
B.S., Indiana University, 2000; M.A., 2001; M.A., 2004; Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2007; Ph.D., 2013.
Berea, 2014
Michael Dalessio, M.S.
Lecturer in Health and Human Performance
B.A., Berea College, 2005; M.S., University of Kentucky, 2011
Berea, 2010-2011, 2013
Dorothy Dean, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Women's and Gender Studies
B.A., Oberlin College, 2006; M.A., Drew University, 2009; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2018.
Berea, 2018
Carol de Rosset, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish; Division IV Chairperson
B.A., Berea College, 1981; M.A., University of Kentucky, 1983; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1989.
Berea, 1989-2002, 2007
Fred de Rosset, Ph.D.
William J. Hutchins Alumni Chair; Professor of Spanish
B.A., Berea College, 1972; M.A., University of Kentucky, 1975; Ph.D., 1981.
Berea, 1975
Jacob Dickerson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
B.A., Juniata College, 2002; M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2012.
Berea, 2015
Patrick Dillon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Gerontology
B.S., University of Kentucky, 1985; B.S., 1988; M.Th., Lexington Theological Seminary, 2010; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2017.
Berea, 2018
Elizabeth DiSavino, M.M.
Assistant Professor of Music
B.S., Montclair State College, 1980; M.M., Manhattan School of Music, 1982.
Berea, 2011
Meghan Doherty, Ph.D.
Director of Gallery and Art Collection Curator; Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., University of Chicago, 2002; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005; Ph.D., 2010.
Berea, 2011
Gary Neil Douglas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Kentucky, 1990; M.S., Iowa State University, 1995; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2002.
Berea, 2002
James Dreiling, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Kansas State University, 1998; M.M.E., Wichita State University, 2003; D.M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2015.
Berea, 2016
Ashley Elston, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History
B.A., St. Olaf College; M.A.; University of Kansas, 2005; Ph.D., 2011.
Berea, 2013
Maxellende Ezin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Spelman College, 1996; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2002.
Berea, 2018
Beth Feagan, M.A.
Assistant Professor of General Studies
B.A., Longwood University, 2010; M.A., 2012.
Berea, 2013-14, 2015
Daniel Feinberg, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Design and Sculpture
B.A., Vassar College, 2009; M.A. University of Iowa, 2012, M.A., 2013; M.F.A., 2014.
Berea, 2014
Robert Foster, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Asian Studies
B.A., Kenyon College, 1988; A.M., Harvard University, 1990; Ph.D., 1997.
Berea, 1997
Kevin Neal Gardner, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., St. John’s College, 1997; MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2010.
Berea, 2010
Mary Robert Garrett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Macalester College, 2002; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.
Berea, 2009
Nancy E. Y. Gift, Ph.D.
Compton Chair in Sustainability and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies; Division II Chairperson
A.B., Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, 1993; M.S., University of Kentucky, 1995; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002.
Berea, 2012
Ronald Stephen Gowler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of General Studies; Division V Chairperson
B.A., Campbellsville College, 1976; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1977; M.A., University of Louisville, 1980; M.A., University of Iowa, 1988; Ph.D., 1989.
Berea, 1993
Margarita Beatriz Graetzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
B.A., Catholic University of Ecuador, 1984; M.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1988; Ph.D., 1994.
Berea, 1991
Larry Gratton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics; Mathematics Department Chair
B.S., Western Carolina University, 1993; M.S., 1996; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2005.
Berea, 2004
Gordon Gray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Media and Culture
M.A., University of Edinburgh, 1996; Ph.D., Napier University, 2002.
Berea, 2011
Chris Green, Ph.D.
Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center; Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies; Appalachian Studies Department Chair
B.A., University of Kentucky, 1991; M.A., Appalachian State University, 1993; MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1996; M.S. Ed., 1998; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2004.
Berea, 2012
John Calvin Gross, M.S.L.I.S.
Associate Director of Library Services; Assistant Professor of Library Science
B.A., Berea College, 1986; M.S.L.I.S., University of Kentucky, 2004.
Berea, 2004
Volker Grzimek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
M.A., Eberhard-Karls-Universitat, Germany, 1997; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.
Berea, 2011
David Guggenheim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., Southern Illinois University, 2009; M.B.A., University of Illinois-Springfield, 2010; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 2016.
Berea, 2016
Joshua Guthman, Ph.D.
Julian-Van Dusen Chair in American History; Associate Professor of History; History Department Chair
B.A., Northwestern University, 1996; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000; Ph.D., 2008.
Berea, 2009
Peter H. Hackbert, Ph.D.
William and Kay Moore Entrepreneurship and Management Chair; Director of the Entrepreneurship for the Public Good Program; Professor of General Studies.
B.A., University of Cincinnati, 1969; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1976.
Berea, 2007
Richard Hale, D.B.A
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., B.A., Marshall University, 1981; M.B.A., Xavier University, 1990, D.B.A., Anderson University, 2017.
Berea, 2017
Sarah Hall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Plant and Soil Science
B.A., Appalachian State University, 2003; M.S., University of Kentucky, 2007; Ph.D. , 2011.
Berea, 2011
Tasha Hawthorne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Bates College, 1997; M.P.S., Cornell University, 2003; M.A., Northwestern University, 2004; Ph.D., 2015.
Berea, 2016
John Hedger, M.M.
Lecturer in Applied Music
B.A., University of Kentucky, 1982; M.M, 1994.
Berea, 1998
Scott Heggen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineer Team Leader
B.S., Western Carolina University, 2003; M.S., 2006; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2014.
Berea, 2014
Susan K. Henthorn, M.L.S.
Coordinator of Electronic Resources; Associate Professor of Library Science
B.Mus. Ed., Otterbein College, 1978; M.L.S., Kent State University, 1989.
Berea, 1990
John Heyrman, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Oberlin College, 1982; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991.
Berea, 1988
Dee Hill-Zuganelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Family Studies
B.A., Transylvania University, 2002; M.S., University of Kentucky, 2005; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2016.
Berea, 2016
Robert W. Hoag, Ph.D.
Henry Mixter Penniman Chair in Philosophy; Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Davidson College, 1976; M.A., University of Virginia, 1980; Ph.D., 1983.
Berea, 1983
Jeanne M. Hoch, Ph.D.
Professor of German; Foreign Languages Department Chair
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1991
B.A., South Dakota State University, 1971; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1976; Ph.D., 1979.
Berea, 1980
Tracy M. Hodge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics; Physics Department Chair
B.A., Rice University, 1989; Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1996.
Berea, 2006
Megan M. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology; Biology Department Chair
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2018
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1983; Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 1990.
Berea, 1994
bell hooks, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies
B.A., Stanford University, 1973; M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1974; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1976.
Berea, 2004
Silas House, M.F.A.
National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in Appalachian Studies; Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies
B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1993; MFA, Spalding University, 2003.
Berea, 2010
Jason Howard, M.A., M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Writing and Creative Writing Coordinator; Editor of Appalachian Heritage Magazine
B.A., George Washington University, 2003; M.A., University of Kentucky, 2012; M.F.A., Vermont College of Fine Arts, 2014.
Berea, 2013
Daniel N. Huck, Ed.D., LL.M., J.D.
William R. Gruver Chair in Leadership Studies; Associate Professor of General Studies
B.A., Bucknell University, 1984; Ed.S., Marshall University, 2000; J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 1987; Ed.D., West Virginia University, 2001; LL.M., Universiteit Leiden, 2013.
Berea, 2007
Ella Hunter, Ph.D., R.N.
Visiting Lecturer of Nursing
M.S., Texas Woman's University, 1984; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1984.
Berea, 2015
Thanayi Jackson, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000; M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, 2002; Ph.D., 2016.
Berea, 2017
Mike Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.A., Berea College, 1973; M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1974; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1984.
Berea, 1979; 1981
Douglas Newell Jones, M.A..
Lecturer in German
B.A., Berea College, 1991; M.A., University of Kentucky, 2004.
Berea, 2003, 2005
Lisa Jones, M.A.
Adjunct Lecturer of Mathematics
B.A., Berea College, 1983; M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1992.
Berea, 1997-2001, 2017
Sarah Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Smith College, 2003; Ph.D., Duke University, 2012.
Berea, 2015
Beth Kelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Indiana University, 2003; M.S., University of Washington, 2006; Ph.D., 2007.
Berea, 2015
Monica Kennison, Ed.D., R.N.
Susan V. Clayton Chair in Nursing; Professor of Nursing; Nursing Department Chair
B.S.N., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1980; M.S.N., West Virginia University, 1985; Ed.D., 2003.
Berea, 2014
Carol Kirby, D.N.P., R.N., C.N.M.
Foster G. McGaw Chair in Nursing; Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Eastern Kentucky University, 1996; M.S.N., University of Kentucky, 1998; D.N.P., 2015.
Berea, 1998-99, 2004
Kristy Kirsch, B.S.
Lecturer in Applied Music
B.S., Indiana State University, 1996.
Berea, 2017
William Korinko, B.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
B.A., St. Norbert College, 2009.
Berea, 2018
Anes Kovacevic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chemistry Department Chair
B.A., Transylvania University, 2000; Ph.D., Yale University, 2004.
Berea, 2006
Lisa L. Kriner, M.F.A.
Morris B. Belknap, Jr. Chair in Fine Arts; Professor of Art; Art & Art History Department Chair; Director of Visual Arts
B.S., North Carolina State University, 1993; M.F.A, University of Kansas, 1998.
Berea, 2000
Ram Lakhan, D.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.A., National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, India, 1999; M.S. Madras University, India, 2004; D.P.H., Jackson State University, 2016.
Berea, 2017
Connie Lamb, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., Berea College, 1996; M.S.N., Eastern Kentucky University, 2002; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008.
Berea, 2002-2004, 2015
Emily Lovell, M.S.
Instructor of Computer Science
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz, 2008; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011.
Berea, 2017
Dwayne A. Mack, Ph.D.
Carter G. Woodson Chair in African-American History; Professor of History
B.A., Methodist College, 1993; M.A., North Carolina Central University, 1996; Ph.D., Washington State University, 2002.
Berea, 2003
Felicia Mack, Ph.D.
Adjunct Lecturer of General Studies
B.A., North Carolina Central University, 1992; M.A., 1996; Ph.D., Washington State University, 2002.
Berea, 2009-2012, 2015
Gary S. Mahoney, Ed.D.
Laban T. and LaVerna McClure Chair in Technology and Applied Design; Professor of Technology and Applied Design
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007
B.S., Berea College, 1982; M.S., Murray State University, 1983; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University, 1993.
Berea, 1989
Mark Mahoney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Technology and Applied Design; Technology and Applied Design Department Chair
B.S., Central Connecticut State University, 2001; M.Ed., Ohio State University, 2008; Ph.D., 2009.
Berea, 2009
Richard Maiti, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., University of Kentucky, 1999; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2005; M.B.A., Morehead State University, 2009; Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University, 2016.
Berea, 2017
Erendra Manandhar, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2001; M.S., 2003; Ph.D., Unversity of Southern Mississippi, 2014.
Berea, 2018
Ivonne Marte, M.A., M.Ed.
Lecturer of Spanish
B.A., Auburn University, 1999; M.A., 2002; M.Ed., 2003.
Berea, 2009
Deborah G. Martin, Ph.D.
Professor of Theatre; Theatre Department Chair
B.A., University of Kentucky, 1985; M.A., American University, 1989; Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1998.
Berea, 2001
G. Ed McCormack, M.B.A., CPA
Professor of Business; Economics and Business Department Chair
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2012
B.B.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1977; M.B.A., 1982.
Berea, 1982
Verlaine McDonald, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
B.A., Seattle Pacific University, 1987; M.A., University of Southern California, 1993; Ph.D., 1994.
Berea, 1995
Cindy McGaha, Ph.D.
Professor of Child Development
B.A., Berea College, 1991; M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1994; Ph.D., 1997.
Berea, 2016
Lauren McKee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies
B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 2004; M.A., 2007; Ph.D., Old Dominion University, 2014.
Berea, 2014
Eileen P. McKiernan González, Ph.D.
Bradford and Christine Miller Mishler Art Chair; Associate Professor of Art
B.A., Wheaton College, 1992; M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1997; Ph.D., 2005.
Berea, 2003
Richard Meadows, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of French
B.A., New College of Florida, 1992; M.A., University of Virginia, 1994; M.A., Yale University, 1995; M.Phil., 1996; Ph.D., 2001.
Berea, 2002
Neil A. Mecham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Child and Family Studies; Child and Family Studies Department Chair
B.A., Utah State University, 1985; M.A., Arizona State University, 1991; Ph.D., Utah State University, 2004.
Berea, 2007
Meta Mendel-Reyes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of General Studies and Peace and Social Justice Studies
B.A., University of California-Santa Cruz, 1972; M.A, University of California at Berkeley, 1974; Ph.D., 1992.
Berea, 2000
Wayne Messer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1983; M.A.T., University of Florida, 1987; M.S., 1988; Ph.D., 1990.
Berea, 1998
Troy Messina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1996; M.A., 1999; Ph.D., 2002.
Berea, 2014
Anthony J. Mortara, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science
B.A., Centre College, 2002; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University; Ed.D., University of Kentucky, 2012.
Berea, 2013
Lori Myers-Steele, M.A.
College Archivist; Instructor of Library Science
B.A., Texas Christian University, 1991; M.A., National University Ireland, Galway, 1998.
Berea, 2014
Mario Nakazawa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A, University of Pennsylvania, 1994; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2005.
Berea, 2005
John (Ian) David Norris, III, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Business; Psychology Department Chair
B.A. Stephen F. Austin State University, 2001; M.A., Texas Tech University, 2004; M.B.A., Murray State University, 2013; Texas Tech University, Ph.D., 2007.
Berea, 2013
Adriana Núñez, B.A.
Assistant Professor of Latina/o Studies
B.A, Georgetown College, 2012.
Berea, 2017
Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Director of the Center for Teaching Learning
B.A., Hope College, 1983; M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1988; Ph.D., 1999.
Berea, 2012
Mary Parr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Agriculture and Natural Resources Department Chair
B.A., Fairfield University, 2004; M.S., North Carolina State University, 2010; Ph.D., 2014.
Berea, 2014
Nathan Patton, M.A.
Instructor of Japanese and Asian Studies
B.A., Haverford College, 1990; M.A. John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 1995; M.A., University of Kentucky, 2001.
Berea, 2012
Joseph Paushel, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Ceramics
B.F.A., West Virginia University; M.F.A., Miami University, 2016.
Berea, 2018
Amanda Peach, M.S.L.S.
Instructional Services Librarian; Associate Professor of Library Science
B.S., Northern Kentucky University, 2004; M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky, 2006.
Berea, 2011
Janice L. Pearce, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer and Information Science; Computer Science Department Chair
B.A., Augustana College, 1987; M.A., University of Rochester, 1989; Ph.D., 1992; M.S., University of Minnesota, 2002.
Berea, 1992
Eric R. Pearson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy; Philosophy Department Chair
B.Ph., Cornell College, 1982; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1990.
Berea, 1991
Shannon Phelps, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health Studies
B.A., Bellarmine University, 1997; M.A., New York University, 2001, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2017.
Berea, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2015
José V. Pimienta-Bey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of African and African American Studies
B.A., Gettysburg College, 1984; M.A., Shippensburg University, 1987; Ph.D, Temple University, 1995.
Berea, 2004
Jeff B. Pool, Ph.D.
Eli Lilly Chair in Religion and Culture; Professor of Religion
B.A., Wayland Baptist University, 1975; M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1979; M.A., Texas Christian University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1994.
Berea, 2003
David B. Porter, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and General Studies
B.S., United States Air Force Academy, 1971; M.S., University of California at Los Angeles, 1973; Ph.D., Oxford University, 1986.
Berea, 2001
Paul Edward Poston, M.A., M.Div., M.S.
Reference & Instruction Librarian; Assistant Professor of Library Science
B.A., Pfeiffer College, 1977; M.A., University of Montevallo, 1979; M.Div., Methodist Theological School, 1991; M.S., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 2001.
Berea, 2002
Leandra Price, DNP
Visiting Lecturer of Nursing
B.S.N., Eastern Kentucky University, 1989; MSN, University of Kentucky, 2002; DNP, 2006.
Berea, 2017
Stephen Pulsford, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of Strathclyde, 1981; M.A., University of South Carolina, 1987; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1996.
Berea, 1995
Judy A. Rector, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Berea College, 1973; M.A., Miami University, 1975; M.S., University of New Hampshire, 1986; Ph.D., 1992.
Berea, 1989
Maurice Reid, Ph.D.
W. George Matton Chair in Business; Associate Professor of Management
B.A., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1980; M.B.A., Columbia University, 1983; M.A., Ohio State University, 2004; Ph.D., 2008.
Berea, 2011
Cynthia L. Richardson, Ed.S.
Visiting Lecturer in Education Studies
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1976; M.A., 1978; Ed.S., 1982.
Berea, 2000
Jeffrey L. Richey, Ph.D.
Professor of Asian Studies; Asian Studies Department Chair
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1994; M.T.S., Harvard University, 1997; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 2000.
Berea, 2002
Marguerite Rivage-Seul, Ed.D.
Professor of Women’s Studies
B.A., Central Michigan University, 1972; M.I.A., School of International Training, 1973; Ed.D., University of Kentucky, 1984.
Berea, 1987
Angel Rivera, M.A.
Coordinator of Information Literacy; Assistant Professor of Library Science
B.A., Purdue University, 1992; M.A., Ball State University, 1998; M.A., Indiana University, 2004.
Berea, 2012
Katrina Rivers Thompson, Ph.D.
Professor of Child and Family Studies
B.A., Salem College, 1973; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1984.
Berea, 1986
Margaret Robillard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education Studies
B.S., Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 1993; M.S., Butler University, 2001; M.S., Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 2004; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2014.
Berea, 2015
Lyle D. Roelofs, Ph.D.
President
B.S., Calvin College, 1975; M.S., University of Maryland, 1978, Ph.D., 1980.
Berea, 2012
Ronald B. Rosen, Ph.D.
Mabel D. Worth Chair in Science; Professor of Biology
Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2008
B.A., Hendrix College, 1976; M.S., Colorado State University, 1978; Ph.D., University of Manitoba, 1984.
Berea, 1989
Jon Saderholm, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education Studies
B.A., Berea College, 1987; M.Ed., University of Louisville, 1999; Ph.D., 2007.
Berea, 2007
Matthew Saderholm, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry; Division I Chairperson
B.A., Berea College, 1992; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.
Berea, 1999
Roy M. Scudder-Davis, Ph.D.
W. Leslie Worth Chair in Science; Professor of Biology
B.A., Princeton University, 1973; M.A., Boston University, 1977; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1983.
Berea, 1988
F. Tyler Sergent, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of General Studies and History
B.S., Kentucky Christian College, 1992; M.A., Emmanuel School of Religion, 1995; M.A., Western Michigan University, 1999; Ph.D., Roskilde Unversitet, Denmark, 2009.
Berea, 2011
Duane Smith, Ph.D.
Eli Lilly Chair in Religion; Associate Professor of Religion; Religion Department Chair
B.A., William Penn College, 1980; M.Div., Earlham School of Religion, 1983; Th.M., Harvard Divinity School, 1986; A.M., Harvard University, 1991; Ph.D., 1994.
Berea, 1995
Robert J. Smith, Ph.D.
Director of Academic Assessment; Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Arizona, 1997; M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999; Ph.D., 2003.
Berea, 2003
Paul C. Smithson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Sustainability & Environmental Studies Department Chair
B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973; M.S., North Carolina State University, 1978; Ph.D., 1990.
Berea, 2002
Nancy Lumpkin Sowers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Finance
A.B., Sweet Briar College, 1989; M.A., Claremont Graduate University, 1991; Ph.D., 1999.
Berea, 2015
Melody A. Srsic, M.S.
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance; Health and Human Performance Department Chair
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1997; M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2003.
Berea, 2003
Bobby Ann Starnes, Ed.D.
Professor of General and Appalachian Studies
B.S., Wright State University, 1971; Ed.M., Harvard University, 1987; Ed.D., 1990.
Berea, 2006
Scott R. Steele, Ph.D.
Dean of Curriculum and Student Learning; Professor of Economics
B.A., Texas Christian University, 1990; M.A., Texas A & M University, 1992; M.S., 1993; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.
Berea, 2002
Emmanuel J. Stokes, M.M.
Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Berea College, 2008; M.M., University of Tennessee, 2013.
Berea, 2016
Jason Strange, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Peace and Social Justice and General Studies; Peace and Social Justice Studies Department Chair
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2000; M.A., University of Kentucky, 2003; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2013.
Berea, 2008, 2010
Linda Strong-Leek, Ph.D.
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor of Women’s Studies and General Studies; Women’s and Gender Studies Department Chair
B.A., North Carolina Central University, 1988; M.A., 1990; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1994.
Berea, 2002
Louisa Summers, Ph.D.
Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.A., University of the Pacific, 1992; M.A., 1995; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2000.
Berea, 2017
Adria Sutherland, M.M.
Lecturer in Applied Music
B.M., Morehead State University, 1999; B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2009; M.M., East Carolina University, 2001.
Berea, 2012
Theresa Thesing, M.A.
Instructor in Mathematics
B.S., Iowa State University, 1981; M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1989.
Berea, 2007
Michelle Thornton Adler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., Lock Haven University, 2006; M.S., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2010; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2015.
Berea, 2016
Jacinda Townsend, J.D., M.F.A.
Appalachian Writer in Residence
B.A., Harvard University; J.D., Duke University; M.F.A., University of Iowa.
Berea, 2018
Alicestyne Turley, Ph.D.
Director of the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education; Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
B.A., Georgetown College, 1994; MPA, Mississippi State University, 1996; M.A., University of Kentucky, 2000; Ph.D., 2009.
Berea, 2012
Lisa Turner, Ph.D., R.N., PHCNS-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing
BSN, University of Virginia, 2000; MSN, 2001; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2011.
Berea, 2012
Rachel Vagts, M.A.
Head of the Special Collections and Archives; Assistant Professor of Library Science
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College, 1993; M.A., University of Wisconsin Madison, 1997.
Berea, 2014
Cody Vaughn, M.S.
Visiting Instructor of Economics
B.A., Berea College, 2014; M.S., University of Kentucky, 2015.
Berea, 2018
Caryn Vazzana, Ph.D.
W. George Matton Chair in Economics; Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1993; M.S., Purdue University, 1996; Ph.D., 2002.
Berea, 1999
Martin Veillette, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Laval University, 1996; M.S., McMaster University, 1998; Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 2003.
Berea, 2007
Jianfen Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chinese
B.A., Beijing Language and Culture University, 2003; M.A., Ohio State University, 2011; Ph.D., 2016.
Berea, 2016
Marie-Madeleine Watkins, Ph.D.
Professor of French
B.A., The Sorbonne, 1968; M.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1972; Ph.D., 1981.
Berea, 1978
Althea Webb, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education Studies; Division VI Chairperson
B.A., Brescia College, 1987; M.S.W., University of Louisville, 1990; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008.
Berea, 2007
Al White, B.A.
Instructor in Applied Music
B.A., Berea College, 1981.
Berea, 1999
Sandra L. Williams, M.S.
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1992; M.S., 1993.
Berea, 1993
Wendy Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Social Psychology and Women’s Studies
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1997; M.S., University of Florida-Gainesville, 1999; Ph.D., University of California-Santa Cruz, 2005.
Berea, 2011
Penelope Ann Wong, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1985; M.A., Northern Arizona University, 1992; Ed.D., 2001.
Berea, 2012
Stephanie Woodie, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.S., Campbellsville College, 1981; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 1987; M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1994.
Berea, 1988
Andrea Woodward, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Social Sciences
B.A., Bethel College, 1998; M.A., University of Minnesota, 2001; M.S., Cornell University, 2007; Ph.D., 2011.
Berea, 2011
Linda Wray, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1975; M.S.N., University of North Carolina, 1983; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2005.
Berea, 2016
Wei Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Technology
B.S., Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, 2009; M.S., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 2011; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2017.
Berea, 2018
Amanda Wyrick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Bellarmine University, 2003; M.Ed., University of Louisville, 2006; Ph.D., 2011.
Berea, 2013
Sara Johnson, M.S.
TITLE
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2016; M.S., 2017.
Berea, 2018
Sara Johnson, M.S.
TITLE
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2016; M.S., 2017.
Berea, 2018
Sara Johnson, M.S.
TITLE
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University, 2016; M.S., 2017.
Berea, 2018
Mike Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance
B.A., Berea College, 1973; M.A., Eastern Kentucky University, 1974; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1984.
Berea, 1979; 1981
Jarrod Brown, M.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Berea College, 2004; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2010.
Berea, 2015
Jarrod Brown, M.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Berea College, 2004; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2010.
Berea, 2015
Jarrod Brown, M.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Berea College, 2004; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2010.
Berea, 2015
Jarrod Brown, M.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Berea College, 2004; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2010.
Berea, 2015