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