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1999-2000 Faculty

Elmoiz Elgamri Abunura............................................Lecturer in Political Science
B.A., Baghdad University; M.A., Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands (1996)
Marcel Charles Andrade.....................................................Professor of Spanish
B.A., Louisiana State University at New Orleans; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University at 
Baton Rouge (1972)
Cheryl S. Alderman...........................................Lecturer in Industrial Engineering
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., University of Massachusetts; M.E., North Carolina State 
University (1993)
Elizabeth S. Allman..........................................Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles (1997)
Mary Margaret Alm....................................Lecturer in Literature and Language
B.A., Moorhead State University; M.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison;
Ph.D., University of South Carolina (1999)
Gwen McNeill Ashburn.............................Assistant Professor of Literature and Language
A.B., Queens College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1989)
Leigh Louis Atkinson, Jr.....................................Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Mississippi; M.A., Ph.D., Dartmouth College (1989)
Kenneth Banks...........................................Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Concordia University; M.A., Ph.D., Queens University (1999)
Leo Allan Bares..........................................................Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Dickinson State College; M.S., Montana State University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic 
Institute and State University (1979)
Maria Bartini........................................Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology 
B.S., College of William and Mary; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia (1999)
Judith Ann Beck.............................................................Lecturer in Physics
B.A., Williams College; M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999)
Christopher Ross Bell..........................................Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1989)
Charles Aycock Bennett, Jr.................................................Professor of Physics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University (1982)
John Christian Bernhardt, Jr................................................Lecturer in Biology
B.S., Davidson College; M.A., Duke University; 1989 Distinguished Teacher Award (1965)
Kenneth A. Betsalel...................................Associate Professsor of Political Science
B.A., M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1990)
Michelle Lena Bettencourt..................................................Lecturer in Spanish 
B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies (1999)
Robert Neal Bland........................................Associate Professor of Library Science
B.A., University of Alabama; M.A., Duke University; M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1983)
Randy Alan Booker................................................Associate Professor of Physics
B.A., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University; 1992 Distinguished Teacher Award (1986)
Mark Joseph Boyd........................................Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Florida State University; M.S., Wichita State University; Ph.D., 
University of Colorado (1985)
Robert Bowen.......................................................Assistant Professor of Drama
B. A., University of Southern Colorado; M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin (1993)
Ernest Keith Bramlett.....................................................Lecturer in Sociology
B.A., University of North Alabama; 1990 Distinguished Teacher Award (1982)
Jarvis Dean Brock.......................................Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Duke University; M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990)
Edward Allen Brotak...........................................Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
B.S., M.S., Rutgers University; M.Ph., Ph.D., Yale University (1981)
Tracy Lewis Brown.......................................................Professor of Psychology
B.A., Hastings College; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Michigan State University (1985)
Shirley Collins Browning.................................................Professor of Economics
B.S., M.S., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Connecticut (1970)
Rebecca F. Bruce........................................Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., University of Texas at El Paso; M.S., Stanford University; M.S., Ph.D., New Mexico State 
University (1996)
William Edward Bruce..........................................Associate Professor of Psychology
A.B., Stanford University; M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., University of Chicago (1971)
Penny Walters Brunner....................................................Lecturer in Management
B.S., University of Alabama; M.A., M.B.A., Ed.D., University of Tulsa 
James Patrick Bryant.............................................Lecturer in Health and Fitness
B.S., M.Ed., West Georgia College (1996)
Sarah Jean Bumgarner......................................................Lecturer in Economics
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.B.A., Appalachian State University (1990)
Melissa Burchard..............................................Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., San Jose State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota (1997)
Sandra Pappas Byrd........................................................Lecturer in Education
B.A., Salem College; M.A., Western Carolina University (1988)
Peter James Caulfield.........................................Associate Professor of Literature
B.S., M.A., Eastern Michigan University; D.A., University of Michigan (1987)
Richard Steven Chess.............................Associate Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Glassboro State College;                            Director of Center for Jewish Studies
M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida (1989)
Thomas Reazer Cochran.........................................Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., MacMurray College; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State University 
Karen Martin Cole..............................................Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., Mississippi State University; M.A., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., 
University of Alabama (1995)
Allan Leslie Combs......................................................Professor of Psychology
B.S., Ohio State University; M.A., University of Florida; M.S., Ph.D., 
University of Georgia (1982)
Samuel Tucker Cooke............................................................Professor of Art
B.A., Stetson University; M.F.A., University of Georgia (1966)
Linda Cornett...................................................Instructor in Political Science
B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., University of Washington (1997)
Michele A. Cornish...............................................Lecturer in Health and Fitness
B.S.Ed., George Mason University (1996)
Stephen J. Cornish...............................................Lecturer in Health and Fitness
B.Ed., North Cheshire College, University of Manchester; M.A., University of Minnesota (1992)
Melinda L. Costello...........................................Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., State University of New York at Cortland; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University (1994)
Joseph Kenneth Daugherty..........................................Professor of Computer Science
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of Maryland (1981)
Tom Forest Davenport, III........................................Associate Professor of Physics
B.A., Rice University; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University (1988)
Duane H. Davis................................................Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Purdue University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (1998)
Mary Beth Decatur............................................................Lecturer in French
B.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville; M.A., Winthrop University (1995)
Virginia Taylor Derryberry...........................................Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Peabody College; M.F.A., 
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1996)
Donald Lee Diefenbach.................................Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University (1995)
Lothar Albrecht Dohse........................................Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of New Orleans; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University (1985)
Joyce Ruth Dorr...............................................................Lecturer in Music
B.M., College Misericordia; M.M., DePaul University;  Ph.D., University of Michigan (1979)
Margaret Josephine Downes.......................N.E.H. Distinguished Teaching Professor in the
Humanities and Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., Southern Illinois     
University; Ph.D., Florida State University; 1988 Distinguished Teacher Award (1981)
Robert White Dunning.................................................Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., East Carolina University; M.F.A., Indiana University (1988)
Dorothy Dvorsky-Rohner.........................................Assistant Professor of Classics
B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado (1996)
Dolores Marie Eggers....................................... Instructor in Environmental Studies 
B.S., Western Washington University; M.S.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999)
Jacqueline Grace Ekstrand......................................... Assistant Professor of Music 
B.M., Brandon University; M.M., University of Calgary;
D.M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1999)
Laura L. Facciponti................................................Assistant Professor of Drama
B.F.A., Kutztown University; M.F.A., Syracuse University (1998)
Timothy Gordon Forrest...........................................Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Florida Southern College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida (1996)
Volker Karl Frank..............................................Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of Tubingen; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., 
University of Notre Dame (1996)
Kevan Delany Frazier...........Visiting Instructor in History and Coordinator of Honors Program 
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Kent State University (1999)
Lisa Friedenberg........................................................Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University (1977)
Steven Robert Froehlich................................................. Lecturer in Philosophy
B.A., Swarthmore College (1999)
Sherry Louise Gale...........................................Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Ashland College; M.A., Miami University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1992)
Marcia Jo Ghidina..............................................Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Drake University; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire (1992)
Mark P. Gibney..............Belk Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Political Science
B.A., Boston College; J.D., Villanova University; Ph.D., University of Michigan (1998)
John Michael Gillum........................................Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Stetson University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (1967)
Angela Ileana Grams...........................................Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Goucher College; Ph.D., Georgetown University (1975)
Archer R. Gravely..............................Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Ed.D., Virginia Polytechic Institute and State University; M.Ed., North Carolina State 
University (1996)
Bruce Stephan Greenawalt.........................................Associate Professor of History
B.A., Maryville College; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill (1965)
Joe Keith Green.........................................................Lecturer in Humanities
A.B., St. Olaf College; M.Div., Yale University; Ph.D., Brown University
Araby Young Greene.......................................Associate Professor of Library Science
B.A., M.A., University of California at Los Angeles; M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill (1988)  
William Henry Haas, III..................................................Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Valparaiso University; Ph.D., University of Florida (1980)
Tim Earl Haden.....................................................Artist-in-Residence in Music
B.A., Mars Hill College (1994)
Alan Mark Hantz.................................................Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Clarion University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Southern 
Illinois University (1984)
Grant Ricardo Hardy..............................................Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Yale University (1994)
Janet G. Harrow.............................................Lecturer in Literature and Language
B.S., Eastern New Mexico University; M.A., University of New Hampshire (1996)
Mark Lee Harvey...............................................Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Iowa; M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University (1996)
George Lance Heard....................................Research Assistant Professor of Chemistry 
B.S., Melbourne University; Ph.D., University of Tasmania (1999) 
James A. Heimbach, Jr.........................................Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma (1987)
Melissa Jayne Himelein........................................Associate Professor of Psychology
A.B., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky (1992)
Cynthia Olson Ho.................................Associate Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.Ed., Northeastern Oklahoma State University; M.A., University 
of Arkansas; Ph.D., University of Maryland (1992)
Bert E. Holmes......................Carson Professor in the Sciences and Professor of Chemistry
B.S., B.A., College of Emporia; Ph.D., Kansas State University (1998)
Herman L. Holt, Jr....................................Research Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Kenyon College; M.S., Furman University (1998)
David Brendan Hopes........................................Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Hiram College; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University (1983)
Brenda Buchanan Hopper....................................................Lecturer in Education
B.S., M.A., Western Carolina University (1990)
Lori Horvitz.....................................Assistant Professor of Literature and Language
B.F.A., State University of New York at Purchase; M.F.A., City University of New York, Brooklyn 
College; Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany (1998)
Huo-Jin Huang.......................................Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
B.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University (1984)
Eric Vincent Iovacchini...................................................Lecturer in Education
B.A., Gettysburg College; J.D., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Wyoming 
Charles Greene James, Jr.......................................Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.S., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of 
South Carolina (1984)
Deborah Grier James..............................Associate Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of 
South Carolina (1984)
Michael Ridgway Jones...........................................Assistant Professor of Classics
B.A., Emory University; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University (1997)
Sarah M. Judson..................................................Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Ph.D., New York University (1997)
Samuel R. Kaplan.............................................Assistant Professor of Mathematics 
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Boston University (1999)
Edward Joseph Katz...............................Associate Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester (1992)
Heidi Joan Helen Kelley........................................Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A.,                              Director of International Studies 
Ph.D., University of Washington (1990)
Peter William Kendrick..................................................Lecturer in Mathematics
B.S., M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook (1985)
Garland Kimmer..........................Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Language
B.S., Wake Forest University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1998)
Wayne Joseph Kirby.................................................Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Juilliard School; M.M., Yale University; D.A., New York University (1987)
Jeffrey Michael Konz...........................................Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Iowa State University; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill (1996)
Gregg Alan Kormanik........................................................Professor of Biology
A.B., Hiram College; Ph.D., University of Miami (1983)
Keith Eric Krumpe..............................................Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Allegheny College; Ph.D., Emory University (1992)
James Robert Kuhlman....................................Associate Professor of Library Research 
B.A., University of Louisville; M.L.S., George Peabody College for Teachers;
M.A., University of Georgia (1999)
John Leeland Kundert-Gibbs..................Assistant Professor of Multimedia Arts and Sciences 
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University (1999) 
Kristin Ann Kundert-Gibbs.....................................................Lecturer in Drama 
B.A., State University of New York at New Paltz; M.F.A., Ohio State University (1999)
Phyllis Martin Lang...................................Associate Professor of Mass Communication
A.B., Nebraska Wesleyan University;                      Director of University Honors Program 
M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Illinois (1989)
Wayne Wilson Lang.................................................Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska (1979)
Bruce Dean Larson........................................................Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1983)
Mark S. Latz...................................................Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., M.S., Bemidji State University; Ph.D., Oregon State University (1996)
Pamela Laughon................................................Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University (1989)
Heon Cheol Lee.................................................Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Han Nam University, Lynchburg College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University (1994)
Donald Daniel Lisnerski.................................................Professor of Management
B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.S.P.H., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at  
Chapel Hill (1982)
Michael A. Littlejohn.......................................Professor of Electrical Engineering
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University (1997)
Richard Preston Maas.........................................Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Bucknell University; M.S., Western Carolina University; M.S.P.H., Ph.D., University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1987)
Sandra Cheshire Malicote....................................................Professor of French
B.A., Butler University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University (1984)
Ronald J. Manheimer..................................Research Associate Professor of Philosophy
Ph.B., Wayne State University; Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz
Mary Lynn Manns....................................................Lecturer in Computer Science
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., Western Carolina University; M.S., University 
of Colorado (1982)
Marat Veniaminovich Markin...........................Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics 
M.S., Kiev University;
Ph.D., Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1999) 
Ellie Elizabeth Marsh....................Associate University Librarian for Public Services and 
B.A., Baylor University; M.S., University of Arkansas;  Assistant Professor of Library Research
M.L.S., Emporia State University (1995)
Martha Jo Marshall............................................Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., Henderson State University; M.B.A., University of Arkansas (1981)
Charles M. Massey..................................................Lecturer in Computer Science
B.A., University of South Florida; M.S., Florida State University (1985)
Leah Rae Mathews...............................................Assistant Professor of Economics 
B.A., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota (1998)
Sarah Lasher Mayes.......................................................Lecturer in Accounting
B.A., B.S., M.B.A., Western Carolina University (1986)
John Mackey McClain......................................................Lecturer in Humanities
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville;
M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999)
Cheryl Louise McClary.................................Associate Professor of Health and Fitness
B.S., M.S., J.D., Memphis State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1985)
Patricia Prescott McClellan.............................................Lecturer in Mathematics
B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College; M.A.Ed., Western Carolina University (1985)
Mark McClure.................................................Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Ph.D., Ohio State University (1997)
John Paul McDonald................................................Associate Professor of French
B.A., Manhattan College; M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Paris (1986)
James Edward McGlinn...........................................Associate Professor of Education
B.A., M.A., Ed.D., University of Kansas (1984)
Jeanne Marie McGlinn...........................................Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., Clarke College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas (1988)
Claudel Brooks McKenzie.......................................Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., Mars Hill College; M.B.A., Western Carolina University, 1991 Distinguished Teacher 
Award (1981)
Charles McKnight...................................................Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Stetson University; M.M., Yale University; Ph.D., Cornell University (1995)
Diane Louise Melroy..............................................Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1994)
Gary Lee Miller..............................................Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Millersville University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill (1983)
John William Miller, Jr............................Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., 
University of Georgia (1989)
Sophie Jane Victoria Mills......................................Assistant Professor of Classics
B.A., M.A., Somerville College; Ph.D., University of Oxford (1994)
Daniel William Millspaugh............................................Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Miami; 1996 Distinguished Teacher Award (1984)
Catherine Casto Mitchell........................................Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., Florida State University; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at 
Knoxville (1982)
Kevin Keith Moorhead...............................Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.S., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Florida (1992)
Merritt Wayne Moseley, Jr..................................Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Huntingdon College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1978)
Dolly Jenkins Mullen...................................Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Morgan State University; M.A., Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University (1989)
Dwight Bernard Mullen..................................Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Loma Linda University; M.A., Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University (1984)
James H. Mullen, Jr......................................................Professor of Sociology
A.B., College of the Holy Cross; M.P.A., Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of 
Government; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1999)
Gary Bernard Nallan...........................................Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky (1988)
Linda Lewis Nelms.............................................Associate Professor of Management
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill (1978)
Pamela Jean Nickless.....................................................Professor of Economics
B.S., Indiana State University; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University (1989)
Afaf Bushra Omer...............................................Assistant Professor of Sociology
M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan (1995)
Steven Curtis Patch................................................... Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Connecticut; M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University (1984)
Michelle Lynn Patrick.........................................Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., M.B.A., Youngstown State University; Ph.D., Kent State University (1995)
David Eugene Peifer..........................................Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., University of Illinois (1994)
James Depew Perry..........................................................Professor of Biology
B.A., East Tennessee State University; M.S., University of Georgia; 
Ph.D., Duke  University (1967)
Karin Elizabeth Peterson.......................................Assistant Professor of Sociology 
B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman's College; Ph.D., University of Virginia (1999)
James Walker Petranka............................................Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Auburn University; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky (1988)
Daniel Smith Pierce.................................... Visiting Assistant Professor of History 
B.S., Western Carolina University; 
M.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1999)
James P. Pitts...........................................................Professor of Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University (1996)
Cathy Renee Pons..................................................Assistant Professor of French
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University (1995)
Frank Thomas Quinlan.......................................... Lecturer in Atmospheric Sciences 
B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Rutgers University 
Jeffrey Allan Rackham......................................Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Ph.D., University of Utah (1980)
Gene Edward Rainey...............................................Professor of Political Science
B.A., George Washington University; B.S., Harding College; M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., 
American University (1969)
Alan Keith Ray........................................Associate Professor of Health and Fitness
B.S., Greensboro College; M.A.Ed., Western Carolina University; Ed.D., University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill (1988)
Milton L. Ready............................................................Professor of History
B.S., M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of Georgia; 1985 Distinguished Teacher 
Award (1972)
Nancy A. Reid.............................................................Lecturer in Education 
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A.Ed., Western Carolina University (1999)
Susan L. Reiser....................................................Lecturer in Computer Science
B.S., Duke University; M.S., University of South Carolina (1995)
Barbara Cranford Rhymes.....................................................Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., Berea College; M.A., University of Texas at El Paso (1989)
Tracey Kathlene Rizzo............................................Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Willamette University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon (1995)
Tracy Tilley Rock..............................................Assistant Professor of Education 
B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; M.A.,
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1999) 
Gayle W. Rosenthal.......................................................Director of Management
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania;            Internship Program, Lecturer in Management
M.B.A., James Madison University (1996)
Stanley Morris Rosenthal.........................................Lecturer in Health and Fitness
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.S., University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1994)
Irene Mackun Rossell...............................Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., West Virginia University; Ph.D., State University of New 
York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (1993)
Dorothy Bush Rountree............................................Assistant Professor of Biology 
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999)
Michael Joseph Ruiz........................................................Professor of Physics
B.S., St. Joseph's College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland; 1995 Distinguished Teacher 
Award (1978)
William Alan Sabo......................................Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Purdue University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 1984 
Distinguished Teacher Award (1979)
Sheryl D. Sawin..................................Assistant Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Colgate University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester (1997)
Constance A. Schrader.........................................................Lecturer in Drama
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Mills College (1997)
Theodore Lee Seitz......................................................Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Denver (1973)
Angela Seymour.....................................................Assistant Professor of Drama
B.A., University of Delaware; M.F.A., Memphis State University (1995)
Brian A. Sharpe.........................................Visiting Instructor in Computer Science 
B.F.A., M.S., Minnesota State University at Mankato (1999)
Mark Alan Sidelnick............................................Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., M.Ed., Millersville University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., 
Purdue University (1993)
Bryan T. Sinclair........................................Assistant Professor of Library Science
B.A., Samford University; M.A., M.L.I.S., University of South Carolina (1996)
Patricia Lynn Snoyer...............................................Associate Professor of Drama
B.A., Florida State University; M.F.A., Arizona State University (1988)
William Mark Spellman............................................Associate Professor of History
B.S., Suffolk University; Ph.D., Syracuse University; 1993 Distinguished Teacher Award (1988)
David Arthur Steele..........................................Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Clearwater Christian College; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida (1990)
Henry Raymond Stern.........................................................Professor of German
A.B., St. Peter's College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University (1975)
John Gehret Stevens......................................................Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University (1968)
Mark A. Stoffan......................................Assistant Technical Services Librarian and 
B.S., University of Maine;                              Assistant Professor of Library Research
M.A., University of Southern Maine; M.L.I.S., University of South Carolina (1997)
Michael David Stuart.............................................Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., M.S., Northeast Louisiana University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University; 1997 
Distinguished Teacher Award (1986)
Dorothy Randall Sulock..................................................Lecturer in Mathematics
B.S., Glassboro State College; M.A., University of Virginia; 1987 
Distinguished Teacher Award (1976)
Joseph Michael Sulock, Jr................................................Professor of Economics
B.S., St. Joseph's College; Ph.D., University of Virginia (1975)
Leith Morgan Tate..................................................Lecturer in Library Research
B.A., Georgia Southern University; M.L.N., Emory University (1995)
Lee A. Tatum......................................................Visiting Instructor in German
B.A., Guilford College; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1992)
Jeffrey Owen Taylor..............................................Lecturer in Health and Fitness
B.B.A., James Madison University; M.S., Austin Peay State University (1992)
Julie Marie Torbett..............................................Lecturer in Health and Fitness
B.S., Pennsylvania State University (1994)
Gretchen Lee Trautmann...........................................Assistant Professor of Spanish 
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia (1999)
Robert Dick Tynes....................................................Associate Professor of Art
B.A., Rhodes College; M.F.A., East Carolina University  (1987)
Teddy James Uldricks.......................................................Professor of History
A.B., University of California at Berkeley; M.A.,    Director of Master of Liberal Arts Program
Ph.D., Indiana University (1979)
Debra Lynn VanEngelen..........................................Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Washington University;                                 Director of Womens Studies Program
Ph.D., Oregon State University (1986)
Scott E. Walters...................................................Assistant Professor of Drama
B.A., University of Minnesota; M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., City University of New 
York (1998)
Philip G. Weast.........................................................Instructor in Education
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ed.D., University of Georgia
Ann Lenore Weber........................................................Professor of Psychology
B.A., Catholic University of America; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (1978); 
Distinguished Teacher Award 1998
Alice Adelaide Weldon............................................Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland (1995)
Mark Douglas West.....................................Associate Professor of Mass Communication
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill (1988)
Katherine Meiburg Whatley..................................................Professor of Physics
B.S., Wake Forest University;                        Director of Undergraduate Research Program
M.A., Ph.D., Duke University (1982)
Robert Lawrence White(1999).....................................................Lecturer in Art 
Anita White-Carter.......................................Associate Professor of Library Science
B.A., Bennett College; M.L.S., M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh (1984)
Catherine Lorena Whitlock...............................................Lecturer in Mathematics 
B.S., Salem College; M.S., North Carolina State University (1999)
Frances Elizabeth Wilson.........................................Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill (1985)
Gordon A. Wilson..............................................Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., Notre Dame Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University (1997)
Megan M. Wolfe.......................................................Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Miami; M.A., University of South Carolina; M.F.A., New York State College 
of Ceramics at Alfred University (1997)
John Colman Wood......................................Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology 
B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University (1999)
Helen Hayes Wykle.......................................Assistant Professor of Library Research
B.A., Berea College; M.F.A., Ohio University; M.A., San Jose State University; M.L.I.S., 
University of California at Berkeley (1996)
George Cochrane Yates.........................................Associate Professor of Management
B.S., California State Polytechnic University; M.S., University of California at Los Angeles; 
Ph.D., University of North Texas (1991)
Robert Frederick Yeager....................................Professor of Literature and Language
B.A., Stanford University; B.A., M.A., Oxford University; M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University;
1994 Distinguished Teacher Award (1986)
Robert Dewitt Yearout...................................................Professor of Management
B.S., Virginia Military Institute; M.S., University of Southern California;  M.S., Ph.D., 
Kansas State University (1987)

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Faculty, Retired and Emeriti

Genevieve Arnold...............................................Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Verna E. Bergemann..............................................Professor Emeritus of Education
B.S., M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; Ed.D., University of Maryland
Malcolm Eugene Blowers..........University Librarian Emeritus and Professor of Library Research
B.A., Roberts Wesleyan College; M.A., Ohio State University; M.S.L.S., University of Illinois
Walter R. Boland................................................Professor Emeritus of Sociology
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Guy L. Cooper, III...............................................Professor Emeritus of Classics
B.A., University of Chicago; Lizenziat, Ph.D., University of Zurich
Philip Cranston....................................................Professor Emeritus of French
B.A., University of Arizona; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Paul Thomas Deason......................................................Lecturer in Mathematics
B.S., M.A., Middle Tennessee State University
Laurence Andrew Dorr...........................................Professor Emeritus of Philosophy 
B.A., M.A., Boston College; 
S.T.L., College Philosophique et Theologique de St. Albert; Ph.D., University of Michigan 
Edwinn Frank Edwinn................................................Associate Professor of Music
M. B., University of Miami; Ph.D., University of Rome;  L.H.D., St. Cecilia Academia
Bahram Farzanegan................................................Professor of Political Science
B.A., Lafayette College; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., American University 
Charlotte Louise Goedsche.........................................Associate Professor of German 
B.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; M.A., University of Wisconsin 
Olivia Hansbarger Gudger....................................Lecturer in Literature and Language
B.S., M.A., West Virginia University
Christine Dora Gullickson...................................................Professor of German
University of Bern
Robert Lee Hartman....................................Associate Professor of Physical Education
B.S., Purdue University; M.Ed., American University
Gwendolyn Witherspoon Henderson.................................Professor Emeritus of Education
B.A., Fisk University; M.S., Ph.D., Oregon State University
Norma Holton................................................................Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., (equivalent), M.A. (equivalent), Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Bogota, Colombia; 
M.A. (equivalent), Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Bogota, Colombia
Elma McBride Johnson........................................Associate Professor Emeritus of Art
B.A., M.F.A., Southern Illinois University 
David Clifford Kay.....................................................Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Otterbein College; M.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Michigan State University
Harry Lee Kirby.............................................................Lecturer in Spanish 
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois 
John Junior McCoy................................................Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.S., West Virginia University; Ph.D., University of 
Florida; 1986 Distinguished Teacher Award
Lila Peck McRae.........................................................Lecturer in Mathematics
A.B., Agnes Scott College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elaine Hunter Meyers..........................................................Lecturer in Drama
B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville
David Charles Miller...............................................Lecturer in Computer Science
B.A., Ripon College; M.S., Ph.D., Washington University
Peggy Baldwin Parris................... Associate Professor Emeritus of Literature and Language 
B.F.A., University of Nebraska; M.A., D.A., Drake University 
Joseph Max Parsons..................................Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
B.S., M.A., George Peabody College for Teachers
William H. Pott..................................Vice Chancellor Emeritus for Financial Affairs
B.A., Duke University
Arthea S. Reed..................................................Professor Emeritus of Education
A.B., Bethany College; M.S., Southern Connecticut State University; Ph.D., Florida State University
Patsy B. Reed......................................Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
John Reinecke...........................................................Professor of Management
B.B.A., Loyola University; M.B.A., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Illinois
Lloyd Dean Remington............................................Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.S., University of Michigan; M.Ed., University of Florida; M.S.T., Cornell University; Ph.D., 
University of Florida 
Roy Albert Riggs.............................Vice Chancellor Emeritus for Academic Affairs and 
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University     
Professor of Literature and Language
Ted Byron Shoaf................................................Associate Professor of Education
B.A., High Point College; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ellis Shorb................................................Professor of Literature and Language
B.S., Columbia University; M.A., University of New Hampshire; Ph.D., University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill
Samuel Dexter Squibb............................................Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.S., East Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Florida; 1983 Distinguished Teacher Award
James Alexander Stewart.................................................Professor of Philosophy
Diploma in Theological Seminary, Irish Baptist Theological College; Ph.D., Eastern University; 
D.D., Stetson University
Sara G. Stewart...............................................................Lecturer in Drama
B.A., Furman University; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul Joseph Sweeney................................................Associate Professor of Drama
B.A., Wabash College; M.A., Indiana University
William Sims Thurman..................................Professor of Classics and Ancient History
B.A., David Lipscomb College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Philip Alfred Walker..............................................Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Emory University; Ph.D., University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Arnold King Wengrow.................................................Professor Emeritus of Drama
A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Tufts University
James Edward Wills, Jr.....................................................Professor of Physics
B.A., Mississippi College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Jack C. Wilson.........................................................Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., 
Case Western Reserve University
Alice S. Wutschel...........................................Associate Dean Emeritus of Students
B.A., M.A., Marquette University
Lester Frank Zerfoss....................................................Professor of Management
B.A., M.Ed., Ed.D., Pennsylvania State University

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UNCA Distinguished Teacher Award

1982	Gerald L. Gullickson	Literature and Language
1983	Dexter Squibb	Chemistry
1984	William A. Sabo	Political Science
1985	Milton L. Ready	History
1986	John M. McCoy	Biology
1987	Dorothy R. Sulock	Mathematics
1988	Margaret J. Downes	Literature and Language
1989	John C. Bernhardt	Biology
1990	E. Keith Bramlett	Sociology
1991	Claudel B. McKenzie	Accounting
1992	Randy A. Booker	Physics
1993	William M. Spellman	History
1994	Robert F. Yeager	Literature and Language
1995	Michael J. Ruiz	Physics
1996	Daniel W. Millspaugh	Art
1997	Michael D. Stuart	Biology
1998	Ann Lenore Weber	Psychology
1999	Tracy L. Brown	Psychology
2000	Robert D. Yearout	Management

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UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

1995	Michael D. Stuart	Biology
1996	William A. Sabo	Political Science
1997	S. Tucker Cooke	Art
1998	Claudel B. McKenzie	Accounting
1999	Daniel W. Millspaugh	Art
2000	Deborah G. James	Literature

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