School of Arts
Administration
DR. SCOTT GEIS, Interim Dean
PROF. NICHOLAS PEÑA, Chair, Humanities
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
Faculty
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
KARL A. LEIB, Professor
BA, SUNY Albany; MA, SUNY Albany, PhD, Syracuse University
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
CLAYANN GILLIAM PANETTA, Professor
BA, Blue Mountain College; MA, PhD, Old Dominion University
NICHOLAS PEÑA, Associate Professor
BFA, Southern Illinois University; MFA, University of Missouri
MELINDA ECKLEY POSEY, Associate Professor
BFA, Union University; MFA, Memphis College of Art
LASHAUNDA TERRY-JOHNSON, Assistant Professor
BS University of Tennessee Martin; MEd Kent State University; EdS Cambridge College; EdD, Trevecca Nazarene University
DANNY E. THOMPSON, Assistant Professor
BA, Central Bible College; MS, EdD, The University of Memphis
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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
TRACIE L. BURKE, Behavioral Sciences
BS, University of Montana; MS, MA, EdD, The University of Memphis
MARY F. CAMPBELL, Behavioral Sciences
BS, MA, The University of Memphis, PhD, University of Alabama
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
PHILIP J. MALONEY, Religion and Philosophy
BA, MA, University of Montana; PhD, The University of Memphis
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
JAMES B. WALLACE, Religion and Philosophy
BA, The University of the South; MDiv, PhD, Emory University
ANN MARIE WRANOVIX, Literature and Languages
BA, Vanderbilt University; MA, PhD, Yale University
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Part-Time Faculty
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
R. BRUCE CINQUEGRANI, University Chaplain and Visiting Assistant Professor
BA, Assumption College; MDiv, St. Meinrad School of Theology; MA, University of Notre Dame; DMin, Barry University