Faculty 2011-2012 Ruth A. Knox ‘75, President of the College. A.B., Wesleyan College; J.D., University of Georgia School of Law. Vivia L. Fowler, Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs. B.A., Columbia College; M.A., Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary; Ph.D., University of South Carolina. Patricia R. Hardeman ‘68, Associate Dean and Registrar of the College. Associate Professor of Biology. A.B., Wesleyan College; M.S., Georgia College.
Dennis La Delbert Applebee, Associate Professor of Art. A.A., Illinois Valley Community College; B.F.A., Illinois State University; M.F.A., Ohio State University. Helen Elizabeth Bailey, Professor of Art. B.F.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia. Charles John Benesh, Associate Professor of Physics. B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Washington. Brooke Bennett-Day, Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.S., Valdosta State University; Ph.D., M.S., Florida State University. Brock Bingaman, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies. B.A., Southern Nazarene University; M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D., Loyola University. David Anthony Bobbitt, Associate Professor of Communication. B.S., University of Tennessee; M.A., University of Memphis; M.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Holly Lynn Boettger-Tong, Associate Professor of Biology. B.S., St. Louis University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham. Frances de La Rosa, Catherine L. Comer Professor of Painting and Drawing. B.F.A., University of Alabama; M.F.A., Tulane University. Sarah Jacqueline Harrell DeSmet, Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages. B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Georgia. Melanie Doherty, Assistant Professor of English and Director of Writing, B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University. Deidra D. Donmoyer, Associate Professor of Communication. B.A., Kutztown University; M.A., Auburn University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University. Barbara Terese Donovan, Professor of Political Science. Guerry Chair of History and Economics. B.A., Tufts University; M.A. University of London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies; Ph.D., Georgetown University. Charles Edward Eikner, Jr., Catherine L. Comer Professor of Fine Arts. B.M., Texas Technological College; M.M., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; M.M., Belgrade Music Academy of Yugoslavia. Thomas Coke Ellington, Associate Professor of Political Science. B.A., M.A., University of Alabama; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland. Kel-Ann Sheldon Eyler, Associate Professor of Accounting. B.S., University of Virginia; M.P.A., Ph.D., Georgia State University. Glenda Kay Ferguson, Munroe Chair of Math and Science. Professor of Chemistry. B.S., Kentucky Wesleyan College; Ph.D., University of Georgia. James Bennett Ferrari, Professor of Biology. A.B., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. James Walter Halloran, Instructor of Business. B.A., M.B.A., Rollins College. Ellen Hanson ‘83, Assistant Professor of Music. B.M., Wesleyan College; M.M., University of Tennessee.
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