Mar 29, 2024  
2022-23 University Catalog 
    
2022-23 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Faculty Emeriti


Charles L. Shearer, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.; President Emeritus, 1983-2010.

Gary L. Anderson, B.M.E., M.S., D.M.A.; Professor of Music, 1965-2014.

William Baldwin, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Business Administration, 1988-2015.

Martha Billips, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of English, 1997-2021.

Joseph N. Binford, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of History, 1959-60, 1962-2000, 2003-04.

Kathleen C. Bryson, B.A., M.S.; Director of the Library, 1984-2002.

Dwight W. Carpenter, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Computer Science, 1985-96.

Lisa M. Contreras, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Instructor in Spanish, 2000-2020.

Patricia Blackburn Deacon, B.A., M.A.; Associate Professor of Physical Education, 1970-97.

Jeffrey B. Freyman, B.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Political Science, 1980-2014

Jack Furlong, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Philosophy, 1989-2017.

Tylene S. Garrett, B.S., M.A., M.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Computer Science, 1985-2014.

Martha G. Gehringer, B.A., M.A.; Instructor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication, 1982-2014.

Ash Gobar, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Philosophy, 1968-92.

Alan C. Goren, B.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Chemistry, 1985-2012.

Charles Harmon Haggard, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Mathematics, 1961-90.

Roemol Henry, A.B., M.S. in L.S.; Assistant Librarian, 1936-42; Librarian, 1943-77, University Archivist, 1977-78.

Angela Hurley, B.S., M.A., Ed.D.; Professor of Education, 1991-2018.

Judy L. Jones, B.B.A., M.B.A., C.P.A., D.B.A.; Professor of Accounting, 1980-2020

Paul Jones, B.A., M.Div., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Religion, 1985-2018

Donald G. Lane, B.S., M.A.; Professor of Physical Education, 1972-74, 1975-2014.

Larry Lynch, B.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Economics, 1979-99.

James E. Miller, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1966-2008.

James M. Mills, B.S., M.A.; Registrar, 1984-2012.

Michael R. Pepper, B.S., M.S.; Professor of Hospitality Management, 1989-2014.

George Philip Points, A.B., B.D., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Religion, 1964-73, 1974-2000.

William Pollard, B.A., M.A., M.Div., Ph.D.; Professor of English, 2004-2012, 2014-2015.

Julia Quirch, D.D.; Assistant Professor of Spanish, 1965-74.

Brian L. Rich, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, 1994-2022.

Cara Elizabeth Richards, B.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, 1967-94.

Richard Rolfes, A.B., M.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Physics, 1988-2016.

Gerald Seebach, B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, 1973-2015.

Dave Shannon, B.S., Ph.D.; Professor of Mathematics, 1977-2016.

John Sinclair, B.M., M.M., Mus.D.; Professor of Music, 1968-87.

Timothy Soulis, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Writing, Rhetoric & Communication, 1994-2021.

Carol W. Spotts, B.S., M.A.; Associate Professor of Education, 1972-96.

Martha Jane Stone, A.B., M.A.; Instructor in Music, 1947–55; Assistant Professor of Music, 1955-62; Assistant Professor of Music Education and Piano, 1962-80.

Richard L. Taylor, B.A., M.A., J.D., Ph.D., Visiting Kenan Writer, 2009-22.

James Richard Thompson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor of Sociology, 1977-2008.

Florence Thorne, B.S., B.F.A., M.F.A.; Associate Professor of Art, 1986-98.

Margaret B. Upchurch, B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, 1990-2022.

Anthony Vital, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of English, 1982-2016.

Nancy Wolsk, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Professor of Art, 1978-2016.