School of Arts

Administration

DR. TAWNY LEBOUEF TULLIA, Dean

PROF. NICHOLAS PEÑA, Interim Associate Dean 

DR. JAMES B. WALLACE, Interim Associate Dean 

DR. MARY CAMPBELL, Coordinator for First-Year Students

DR. CYNTHIA ALEXANDER MITCHELL, Director, Graduate Studies Education

DR. DANNY E. THOMPSON, Director, Undergraduate Education

DR. ROSETTA MAYFIELD-BURFORD, Coordinator of the Reading Specialist Program

DR. MELINDA GOEDECKE, Licensing Officer, Education

AISHA THORNTON, Assessment Coordinator, Education 

DR. PAUL DUNAWAY, Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program

DR. AMANDA RUSSELL, CACREP Liaison, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program

DR. MARY NEAL, Coordinator of Clinical Experience, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program

 

Faculty

DAN L. BERNITT, Assistant Professor
BA, University of Kentucky; MFA, The New School

TRACIE L. BURKE, Professor
BS, University of Montana; MS, MA, EdD, The University of Memphis

MARY F. CAMPBELL, Associate Professor
BS, MA, The University of Memphis, PhD, University of Alabama

SCOTT CARTER, Assistant Professor
BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design/Atlanta College of Art; MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

R. BRUCE CINQUEGRANI, Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, Assumption College; MDiv, St. Meinrad School of Theology; MA, University of Notre Dame; DMin, Barry University

PAUL M. DUNAWAY, Associate Professor
BS, MS, PhD, The University of Memphis

SHIMA FARHESH, Assistant Professor
BA, Alzahra University; MA, Allameh Tabataba’i University; PhD, The University of Memphis

SCOTT D. GEIS, Professor
BA, Bethel College; MDiv, Bethel Theological Seminary; MTh, Duke University; PhD, Marquette University

KAREN B. GOLIGHTLY, Associate Professor
BA, Rhodes College; M.F.A., University of Memphis; PhD, Southern Illinois University

ANDREW J. HAMPTON, Assistant Professor
BA, University of Central Florida; MS, PhD, Wright State University

JAMES B. HARR, III, Assistant Professor
BA, Albright College; MA, University of Leeds; PhD, North Carolina State University

MAUREEN JOHNSON, Associate Professor
BA, Marshall University; MA, Marshall University; PhD Texas Woman's University

KARL A. LEIB, Professor
BA, SUNY Albany; MA, SUNY Albany, PhD, Syracuse University

PHILIP J. MALONEY, Professor
BA, MA, University of Montana; PhD, The University of Memphis

ROSETTA MAYFIELD-BURFORD, Associate Professor
BA, MS, University of Tennessee, Martin; EdD, University of Mississippi

CYNTHIA ALEXANDER MITCHELL, Associate Professor
BS, University of Tennessee, Martin; MEd, Freed-Hardeman University; EdD, The University of Memphis

MARY H. NEAL, Assistant Professor
BS, Eckerd College; MS Valdosta State University; PhD The University of Memphis

MAUREEN E. O’BRIEN, Associate Professor
BA, Christian Brothers University; MS, The University of Memphis; PhD, University of North Carolina Greensboro

CLAYANN GILLIAM PANETTA, Professor
BA, Blue Mountain College; MA, PhD, Old Dominion University

JULIETTE M. PAUL, Associate Professor
BA, Providence College; MA, PhD, University of Missouri

NICHOLAS PEÑA, Associate Professor
BFA, Southern Illinois University; MFA, University of Missouri

HANNAH N. PITNER, Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, MA, PhD The University of Memphis

MELINDA ECKLEY POSEY, Associate Professor
BFA, Union University; MFA, Memphis College of Art

AMANDA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Professor
BS, Middle Tennessee State University; MS, PhD The University of Memphis

JEFFREY J. SABLE, Professor
BA, Drury College; MS, Kansas State University; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia

MEGAN L. SALEMI,  Assistant Professor
BA, Rhodes College; MAT, EdS University of Memphis; EdD, Union University

COLBY D. TAYLOR, Associate Professor
BA, MS, PhD, The University of Memphis

DANNY E. THOMPSON,  Assistant Professor 
BA, Central Bible College; MS, EdD, The University of Memphis

TAWNY LEBOUEF TULLIA, Associate Professor
BFA, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; MA, PhD, Texas Woman's University

RODNEY J. VOGL, Professor
BS, University of Iowa; MS, PhD, Kansas State University

JAMES B. WALLACE, Professor
BA, The University of the South; MDiv, PhD, Emory University

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Professors Emeriti

ELIZABETH P. BROADWELL, Literature and Languages
BA, Guilford College; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CONRAD BROMBACH, Behavioral Sciences
BA, St. Mary’s College (Winona); MEd, Loyola University (Chicago); MA, St. Louis University; EdD, University of New Orleans

MARY T. CARGILL, Literature and Languages
BA, MA, Memphis State University; PhD University of Mississippi

MARIUS M. CARRIERE JR., History and Political Science
BA University of Louisiana-Lafayette; MA, Stephen F. Austin State University; PhD, Louisiana State University

RENA DURR, Behavioral Sciences
BS, MA, PhD, Louisiana State University

STEPHEN E. GRICE, Literature and Languages
AB, University of Illinois, MA, PhD, University of Southern Illinois

MARGARET A. MILLER, Behavioral Sciences
BA, Carlow College; MEd, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

ELIZABETH M. NELSON, Behavioral Sciences
BA, MA, MS, PhD, Kansas State University

KRISTIN A. PRUITT, Literature and Languages
BA, Southwestern at Memphis; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

JANA B. TRAVIS, Visual and Performing Arts
BFA, MFA, The University of Memphis

ANN MARIE WRANOVIX, Literature and Languages
BA, Vanderbilt University; MA, PhD, Yale University

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Part-Time Faculty

MATTHEW HAMNER, Associate Professor
BSA, Auburn University; MFA, University of Central Florida

EMILY A. HOLMES, Associate Professor
BA, Tulane University; MPhil, University of Cambridge; MTS, Harvard University; PhD, Emory University

BROTHER MICHAEL A. SCHMELZER, Assistant Professor of Education
BA, Christian Brothers College; MAT, St. Mary’s College; PhD, The Ohio State University

NANCY P. WILDER, Assistant Professor of Education
BS, M.Ed. University of Memphis