Updated November 2008
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*Nathan
Adam
Recording Industry
Assistant professor
904-8424
nadam@mtsu.edu
Public speaker, audio and video projects in recording industry, recording industry (business/technical aspects)
--------------------
*Becky
Alexander,
Elementary and Special Education
Assistant Professor
898-2343
ralexand@mtsu.edu
Technology instruction for teachers, early literacy experience, family literacy
--------------------
*Warren
Anderson
Agribusiness and Agriscience
Professor
898-2408
wanderso@mtsu.edu
Conservation, soils, forestry, fertilizers, soil-plant relationships
--------------------
*Deborah
Anderson
Speech and Theater
professor
898-2276
danderso@mtsu.edu
theater
--------------------
Mark
Anshel
Health and Human Performance
professor
898-2812
manshel@mtsu.edu
Sport psychology, exercise psychology
--------------------
Michael
Ardnt
Music
Assistant professor
898-2480
marndt@mtsu.edu
Brass music
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Sanjay
Asthana
Journalism
Assistant professor
898-5274
sasthana@mtsu.edu
Globalization (in media culture, ethnicity, cultural diversity) international media and popular culture, visual communications and literacy
--------------------
Jill
Austin
Mgmt./Mkt.
Chair of management and marketing
898-2736
jaustin@mtsu.edu
Business ethics, ethical codes, social responsibility, decision making, strategic planning
--------------------
Frank
Bailey
Biology
Associate professor
898-5483
fcbailey@mtsu.edu
Water quality assessment, toxicology, risk assessment, chemical analysis
--------------------
*Charles
Baum
Economics and Finance
Associate Professor
898-2527
cbaum@mtsu.edu
Labor economics, unions and collective bargaining, the family and medical leave act, the food and stamp program, the economics of obesity
--------------------
*Deborah
Belcher
Human Sciences
Assistant professor
898-5604
dbelcher@mtsu.edu
Health and child care facility design, residential design, elements and principles of design, color theory
--------------------
George
Benz
Biology
Associate professor
898-5021
gbenz@mtsu.edu
Fisheries biologist
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Thomas
Berg
Electronic Media Communication
Associate Professor
898-5867
tberg@mtsu.edu
EMC management and journalism, TV sitcoms
--------------------
*Mary
Bosch Farone
Biology
Assistant Professor
904-8341 Cell phone 615-653-6534
mfarone@mtsu.edu
Microbiology—disease-causing bacteria and viruses
--------------------
*Stuart
Bernstein
Psychology
Associate Professor
898-5943
sbernst@mtsu.edu
Reading and spelling development, word recognition, cognitive psychology (attention, memory, and language) dyslexia
--------------------
*Helen
Binkley
Health and Human Performance
Associate Professor
904-8192
hbinkley@mtsu.edu
Athletic training and rehabilitation, emergency procedures, aquatics (lifeguards, safety, etc.), strength training, conditioning
--------------------
*Carol
Boraiko
ETIS
Associate Professor
898-2106
cboraiko@mtsu.edu
Occupational health and safety, exposure assessment and risk assessment
--------------------
Michelle
Boyer-Pennington
Psychology
Associate Professor
898-5451
mboyer@mtsu.edu
Developmental psychology
--------------------
Lola
Clare Bratten
Electronic Media Communication
Assistant Professor
898-2795
cbratten@mtsu.edu
race, class and gender issues and portrayal in media, Middle East
--------------------
Kevin
Breault
Sociology/Anthropology
professor
898-2696
kbreault@mtsu.edu
Expert and author on suicide
--------------------
Heather
Brown
Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies
Assistant Professor
904-8060
hjbrown@mtsu.edu
Construction materials, concrete bridges, commercial construction, pavements, masonry, aggregates, precast
--------------------
*Kimball
Bullington
Mgmt./Mkt.
Associate Professor
904-8420
kimballb@mtsu.edu
Production/operations management, materials management issues and supply chain management, lean production/ lean operations, SIGMA
--------------------
Raphael
Bundage
Music
professor
898-2849
rbundage@mtsu.edu
Choral music literature
--------------------
Beverly
Burke
Psychology
Associate Professor
898-5936
bburke@mtsu.edu
Industrial and organizational psychology, psychological testing
--------------------
Larry
Burriss
Journalism
professor
898-2983
lburriss@mtsu.edu
Lt. colonel in the U.S. air force, 1st Amendment issues, mass media and national security issues
--------------------
Kathleen
Burriss
Elementary and Special Education
Professor
898-2323
kburriss@mtsu.edu
Young children (k-6), importance of play for child learning and development
--------------------
Edward James
Burton
College of business
Dean
898-2764
eburton@mtsu.edu
Certified Fraud Examiner, accounting
--------------------
*Tommy L.
Bynum
History Assistant Professor
615-898-2760 cell phone 404-449-3310
tbynum@mtsu.edu
African American History (emphasis on the Civil Rights movement and youth activism) and the American South
--------------------
*Mark
Byrnes
Political Science
Professor
898-2351
mbyrnes@mtsu.edu
Presidency, Tennessee politics
--------------------
*James
Calder
Elementary and Special Education
Professor
898-5932
jecalder@mtsu.edu
Special education: laws and legislation, development disabilities, inclusion, team building
--------------------
*Ann
Campbell
Elementary and Special Education
Professor
898-2321
acampbel@mtsu.edu
Early intervention and pre-school special education, TN early intervention system
--------------------
*Judy
Campbell
Nursing
Associate professor
898-5729
jcampbel@mtsu.edu
nursing
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*David
Carleton
Political Science
Associate professor
898-5461
carleton@mtsu.edu
U.S. politics, state and local
--------------------
Carole
Carroll
Sociology/Anthropology
Associate professor
898-2519
carolecarroll@comcast.net
Community building
--------------------
Thomas
Cheatham,
College of Basic and Applied Sciences
Dean
898-2613
cheatham@mtsu.edu
interactive web design and development, visual basic and software design, artificial intelligence, CGI, ASP, Java, Perl, C++
--------------------
Chong
Chen
Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies
Professor
898-5779
ischen@mtsu.edu
Programmable logic controllers, electrical drives, motor controls, instrumentation and controls, electronics, digital circuits, electrical power
--------------------
*Russell
Church
Speech and Theater
chairperson
(office) 494-7958, 898-0446 (vmail) 898-2640
rchurch@mtsu.edu
Political communication, political campaign, political debate, communication theory, popular culture
--------------------
*Bertha
Clark
Speech and Theater
Professor
898-2272
bclark@mtsu.edu
Communications disorders
--------------------
Maria
Clayton
English
Associate professor
898-2585
mclayton@mtsu.edu
Instructional Technology, especially in teaching writing; online courses
--------------------
Vincent
Cobb
Biology
Associate professor
898-2059
vcobb@mtsu.edu
Snakes, turtles, reptiles, and spiders; Behavioral and physiological ecology of reptiles, thermal animal biology, telemetry of animals
--------------------
*Scott
Colclough
Health and human performance
professor
898-5073
scolclou@mtsu.edu
Admins./Mgmt., athletic coaching, physical education, sports
--------------------
*Sharon
Coleman
Human Sciences
Assistant professor
898-2094
scoleman@mtsu.edu
residential design, housing for aging populations and handicapped, lighting, history of interiors and furniture
--------------------
Janet
Colson
Human Sciences
professor
898-2884
jcolson@mtsu.edu
Maternal, infant and child nutrition; weight management
--------------------
Dorothy
Craig
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
898-2332
dvcraig@mtsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: No Child Left Behind issues
1. Online learning and the need for different delivery methods.
2. The rise in online students.
3. ESL and immigrant students in schools.
4. Second language learning.
5. Technology use (such as iPods) in elementary schools.
--------------------
Alfred
Cripps
Computer Science
Professor
898-2378
csal@mtsu.edu
Database design and applications, web database applications, network design, installation, and configuration, routers, software development, neural networks, back propagation, ARTMAP and fuzzy ARTMAP, fuzzy lattice
--------------------
*Catherine
Crooks
Psychology
Assistant Professor
898-5949
ccrooks@mtsu.edu
Stress mgmt., meditation, pet assisted therapy
--------------------
Albert
Deprince
Economics and Finance
Director of economics and finance
898-5995
deprince@mtsu.edu
Mt economy, monetary theory and policy, money and capital markets, business forecasting
--------------------
Ramona P.
DeSalvo
Recording Industry
Assistant Professor
615-943-8704 or 898-5304
rdesalvo@mtsu.edu
copyright, copyright litigation, digital sampling, licensing of musical works, extensive trial experience
--------------------
Amanda
DiPaolo
Political Science
Assistant professor
898-2135
dipaolo@mtsu.edu
American presidency, Consitutional Law and Terrorism (War on Terrorism)
--------------------
*John
Divincenzo
Chemistry
Associate professor
904-8251
jdivince@mtsu.edu
Environmental pollutants and contaminants
--------------------
*Virginia
Donnell
Speech and Theater
professor
494-8745
vdonnell@mtsu.edu
Theater costume
--------------------
Ellen
Donovan
English
professor
898-2649
edonovan@mtsu.edu
Children’s literature, adolescent literature
--------------------
Jackie
Eller
Sociology/Anthropology
professor
898-2509
jaeller@mtsu.edu
Interaction and identity, women’s issues, date rape, sexual harassment
--------------------
Matthew John
Elrod-Erickson
Biology
Assistant Professor
898-5402
melroder@mtsu.edu
Molecular, cellular, and yeast cell biology, biotechnology, molecular medicine education
--------------------
Beth
Emery
Human Sciences
professor
898-2468
bemery@mtsu.edu
Family and dating violence
--------------------
*Anthony
Farone
Biology
Professor
898-5343
afarone@mtsu.edu
Sick building syndrome, fungal and bacterial contamination, endotoxin testing, legionnaires disease, bacteria identification, PCR
--------------------
Troy
Festervand
Mgmt./mkt.
Professor and director of graduate and executive education
898-2638
fester@mtsu.edu
New product development, business plan development, marketing plan development
--------------------
*Rebecca
Fischer
Speech and Theater
professor
898-2641
rfischer@mtsu.edu
Speech, hearing testing, educating deaf children, cochlear implants
--------------------
Kent
Flanagan
Journalism
Associate professor
898-2495 or 957-2825
kflanaga@mtsu.edu
media news coverage, First Amendment issues
--------------------
*Michael
Fleming
Recording industry
Assistant professor
898-2029
mfleming@mtsu.edu
Audio engineering, music production, recording, surround sound, and psychoacoustics
--------------------
*Sean
Foley
Assistant Professor
History
904-8294
sfoley@mtsu.edu
www.seanfoley.org
Middle East and Islamic History, Politics of the Middle East and broader Islamic World,
Arab-Israeli Conflict, Terrorism and oil;
Speaks Arabic and has held Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays fellowships in Syria and Turkey; Regularly writes columns on Middle East and Islamic issues for Tennessean and appears on Nashville TV as commentator.
--------------------
*David
Foote
Mgmt./mkt.
Associate professor
898-2022
dfoote@mtsu.edu
Employee and supervisory behavior in work organizations, management development, leadership, work team development
--------------------
*William "Bill"
Ford
Weatherford chair of finance
Chairperson
898-2889
Wfford@mtsu.edu
Former president and CEO of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, savings and loan issues, money and banking, interest rates, retail sales, state budget issues, senior economic adviser to telecheck services inc., MTSU Weatherford Chair of Finance, director of NABE
--------------------
Sekou
Franklin
Political Science
Assistant professor
904-8232
franklin@mtsu.edu
American and African American politics, urban politics, social movements, racial and ethnic politics
--------------------
Derek
Frisby
History
Assistant professor
494-8856
dfrisby@mtsu.edu
Antebellum U.S., American Military, Civil war, TN history, wrote “Black Flag over Dixie : Racial Atrocities in the Civil War”
--------------------
*Ellen
Garrison
History
associate professor
615- 898- 2639
egarriso@mtsu.edu
access to public records, records and privacy, archives, history of records and record-keeping
--------------------
*Patrick
Geho
Small business development center
Director of the small business development center
898-2745
pgeho@mtsu.edu
Regulatory issues, structure and organization, indemnification rights, financing and small business financing; conducts small business workshops on a wide range of business and regulatory issues
--------------------
*Jessica
Gentry Carter
Agribusiness and Agriscience
Assistant Professor
898-2419
jggentry@mtsu.edu
Beef cattle, mad cow disease, antibiotic use for livestock, swine industry, corporate farming issues, meat science and food safety
--------------------
*Jackie
Gilbert
Mgmt/mkt.
Associate professor
898-5481
jgilbert@mtsu.edu
diversity management, birth order, bullying
--------------------
Robert
Glenn
bob.glen@athens.edu
Student affairs, enrollment mgmt., parenting issues, Alfred Alder psychology
(No longer with MTSU but willing to help)
--------------------
*David
Gore
Engineering Technology and Industrial studies
Assistant professor
898-2110
dgore@mtsu.edu
Lean manufacturing, manufacturing mgmt., maintenance, quality, engineering, facility planning and management
--------------------
Diane
Gower
Elementary and Special Education
Associate Professor
898-2322
dgower@mtsu.edu
Reading and math methodology, instruction in the elementary schools
--------------------
Tim
Graeff
MGMT/MTK
Associate professor
898-5124
tgraeff@mtsu.edu
Consumer behavior, marketing research, advertising
--------------------
David
Gray
Facilities Services
Assistant Vice President
904-8021
dgray@mtsu.edu
Maint., HVAC, Central plant, energy, grounds trash, motor pool, environmental and health safety
--------------------
*Louis
Haas
History
Associate professor
898-5828
lhaas@mtsu.edu
Middle Ages and Renaissance period, social history, Roman history, warfare, military history
--------------------
*Jette
Halladay
Speech and Theater
professor
898-5824
jhallada@mtsu.edu
Children’s theater, theater directing, performance, story telling
--------------------
*Scott
Handy
Chemistry
Associate Professor
904-8114
shandy@mtsu.edu
Organic Chemistry, organic synthesis
--------------------
*Richard
Hannah
Economics and finance
Associate professor
898-2228
rlhannah@mtsu.edu
Labor and human resources, employee benefits, retirement plans, economic valuations, personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful discharge
--------------------
*Richard
Hansen
Speech and Theater
Associate professor
898-2267
rahansen@mtsu.edu
Theater and film history
--------------------
*Chris
Harris
Electronic media communications
professor
898-2841
crharris@mtsu.edu
Ethics of digital imaging, visual communication Photography, mass. comm. legal issues, copyright law
--------------------
*Barbra
Haskew
Economics and finance
professor
898-5578
bhaskew@mtsu.edu
Management education, women in business, labor arbitration, electric rates
--------------------
*Jacqueline "Jackie"
Heigle
Electronic Media Communication
Assistant Professor
904-8458
jheigle@mtsu.edu
Fine art photographer, photography history, contemporary trends and issues
--------------------
*K. Virginia
Hembry-Grub
BMOM
Associate Professor
898-2369 (cell) 631-8548
kvhemby@mtsu.edu
Business etiquette, business writing, public speaking, adult learning, training, online learning
--------------------
*Marcie
Hinton
Journalism
Assistant professor
898-5980
mhinton@mtsu.edu
Public Relations (tourism and publications), Travel Writing, International
Education in Mass Communication
--------------------
*Rhonda
Hoffman
Agribusiness and Agriscience
Associate Professor
898-2432
rhoffman@mtsu.edu
Horse nutrition and feeding, nutritional requirements for different life stages (ex. Pregnancy, aged), insulin resistance
--------------------
*Don
Hong
Mathematical Sciences
Professor
904-8339
dhong@mtsu.edu
actuarial mathematics, medical data analysis using math tools and statistics techniques
--------------------
*Larry
Howard
Mgmt./mkt
Assistant professor
898-2825
lhoward@mtsu.edu
Performance management, team building, compensation, culture, ethics/social responsibility, organizational surveys, spent nine years in general management, retail, “Fortune 100”, 3 years consulting
--------------------
Sherian
Huddleston
Enrollment Services
Assistant Vice Provost
898-2828
shuddles@mtsu.edu
Records and admissions
--------------------
*Tony
Johnston
Agribusiness/Agriscience
Associate Professor
898-2421
Johnston@mtsu.edu
Food safety and processing, Food industry issues, Genetically modified foods, Grape and wine production and appreciation, Tennessee wine industry, Food health links
--------------------
*Steven
Jones
Psychology
Associate Professor
898-5937
sdjones@mtsu.edu
Training and e-learning, performance measurement, incentives, work teams, team building, problem solving, process improvement
--------------------
Kiyoshi
Kawahito
Economics and finance
Post Retirement Faculty
kawahito@mtsu.edu
Social and economic conditions of countries in Pacific Asia, culture and economy of Japan, collegiate student exchange with Japan and Asia
--------------------
*Beverly
Keel
Recording Industry
Professor
898-5150
bkeel@mtsu.edu
Celebrities, Media coverage of country music
--------------------
Deanna
Kempf
Mgmt./mkt
Assistant professor
898-2997
dkempf@mtsu.edu
Marketing and consumer behavior and attitudes, consumer shopping decisions, advertising effects on product trials and sampling
--------------------
*Zaf
Khan
Elementary & Special Education
Assistant Professor
615-904-8429, 615-498-5678
zkhan@mtsu.edu
general and special education topics of interest
--------------------
*Yang-soo
Kim
Speech and Theater
Assistant professor
494-8756
yskim@mtsu.edu
Intercultural communication, cross cultural, interethnic communication, cross cultural adaptation, racial diversity
--------------------
*Ed
Kimbrell
Journalism
professor
904-8331
ekimbrell@mtsu.edu
1st Amendment issues, media law
--------------------
*Lori
Kissinger
Speech and Theater
Instructor
898-8685
lkissing@mtsu.edu
arts and disabilities, arts and education, communication and disabilities, genealogy research
--------------------
*Christopher
Klein
Economics and Finance
Associate Professor
904-8570
cklein@mtsu.edu
Anti-trust economics, public utility program, telecommunications, electricity, natural gas, water and sewer
--------------------
*Eric
Klumpe
Physics and Astronomy
Associate professor
898-2483
eklumpe@mtsu.edu
Jet propulsion, flight operations, space craft control systems, space craft motors and drive trains
--------------------
*Andrei
Korobkov
Political Science
Associate Professor
898-2945
korobkov@mtsu.edu
Former soviet union, eastern Europe, international relations, immigration
--------------------
*William
Langston
Psychology
Associate Professor
898-5489
wlangsto@mtsu.edu
Psychology of language, science and pseudoscience, research methodology
--------------------
Jeffrey
Leblond
Biology
Associate Professor
898-5205
jleblond@mtsu.edu
Lipids, fatty acids, sterols, algae, dinoflagellates, red tide, plankton, biomarkers
--------------------
*Terrence
Lee
Chemistry
Associate Professor
898-5947
tlee@mtsu.edu
Chemical analysis and instrumentation, cement chemistry, general chemistry topics and elements, general science topics
--------------------
*Jeong
Lee
English
Associate professor
898-2657
lee @mtsu.edu
Women’s autobiography, Asian and Asian American studies
-------------------
Cen Li
Computer Science
615-898-8168
cli@mtsu.edu
data mining, artificial intelligence, robotics, programming (C++, C#, C,python, lisp)
-------------------
*James "Randy"
Livingston
Journalism
Assistant professor
898-2335
rlivings@mtsu.edu
Art direction, illustration, exhibit design, graphic design
--------------------
*Steven
Livingston
Political science
Associate professor
898-2720
slivings@mtsu.edu
Foreign trade, TN investment, public policy, congress
--------------------
*David
Loucky
Music
professor
898-2474
dloucky@mtsu.edu
Brass instruments
--------------------
*Preston
MacDougall
Chemistry
Associate Professor
898-5265
pmacdoug@mtsu.edu
Molecular modeling, drug design tools, molecular electronics, chemistry
--------------------
*Cyrille
Magne
Psychology
Assistant Professor
898-5599
cmagne@mtsu.edu
Neural basis of language perception, Influence of musical training on language processing,
Cognitive neuroscience, Neuroimaging (Electroencephalography, functional magnetic resonance
imaging)
--------------------
*Jane
Marcellus
Journalism
Assistant professor
898-5282
jmarcell@mtsu.edu
gender and media, specifically on issues of media and women in the workplace
--------------------
*Brenden
Martin
History
Associate professor
898-2536
cbmartin@mtsu.edu
Southern and local history, tourism, public history, museum studies and environmental issues
--------------------
Jeanne
Massaquoi
UNIV 1010
Adjunct professor
jmassaqu@mtsu.edu
NCAA rules, academic advising, student athlete advising
--------------------
*Mary Kathryn
Mathis
Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies
Associate Professor
898-2113
mmathis@mtsu.edu
TN Lead elimination action program, Energy conservation, Green power generation
--------------------
*John
Maynor
Political Science
Assistant professor
898-2708
jmaynor@mtsu.edu
Contemporary political philosophy (citizenship, multiculturalism, human rights, civic republicanism), British, European, and American Politics
--------------------
Bonnie
McCarty
Financial Aid
coordinator
904-8414
bmccarty@mtsu.edu
Lottery scholarship program, MTSU scholarships
--------------------
*Dawn
McCormack
History
Assistant Professor
494-8603
mccormac@mtsu.edu
Ancient Egypt (Pharaonic), including Dynasty XIII (Late Middle Kingdom), kingship and royal funerary monuments
--------------------
*Robb
McDaniel
Political Science
Associate Professor
904-8245
rmcdanie@mtsu.edu
American political thought, political philosophy
--------------------
*Henry W.
Means
Elementary and Special Education
Associate Professor
494-8871
hmeans@mtsu.edu
Computer education, computer ethics, computers and children
--------------------
*Yuri
Melnikov
Mathematical Sciences
Professor
898-2844
ymelniko@mtsu.edu
Applied partial differential equations, green’s functions, continuum mechanics
--------------------
*Angela
Mertig
Sociology and Anthropology
Associate Professor
904-8349
amertig@mtsu.edu
Sociological dimensions of wildlife and natural resource, social environmental movements, environmental attitudes and opinions, social survey methodology, environmental sociology
--------------------
*Gregory P.
Meyjes
Elementary & Special Education
Visiting Professor
meyjes@mtsu.edu
intercultural communication, English as an international language, minority inclusion and interethnic reconciliation
--------------------
Frank
Michello
Economics and Finance
Associate professor
898-2520
michello@mtsu.edu
Finance, Business finance, income securities, portfolio theory, financial analysis, and other derivates to undergraduate and graduate student programs
--------------------
*Carol
Michler Detmer
Human Sciences
Associate professor
898-5201
cdemter@mtsu.edu
child development, early childhood education
--------------------
*Lisa
Moore
Speech and Theater
Instructor
904-8464
limoore@mtsu.edu
Professional business speaker, women and leadership, small group communication, gender, interpersonal communication and organizational communication
--------------------
*Don
Morgan
Health and Human Performance
professor
898- 5549
dmorgan@mtsu.edu
Exercise physiology, sport performance, physical activity --particularly among youth
--------------------
Richard
Mpoyi
Mgmt./mkt
Assistant professor
898-5767
mpoyi@mtsu.edu
Business policy and business strategies, international business, investment advising
--------------------
*John
Mullane
Mgmt./mkt
Assistant professor
898-2747
jmullane@mtsu.edu
Entrepreneurship, strategic mgmt, competition, corporate governance, corporate image
--------------------
Mirza
Murtaza
Computer Information Systems
Associate professor
904-8348
mmurtaza@mtsu.edu
Decision support systems
--------------------
Ahad
Nasab
Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies
Professor
898-2052
anasab@mtsu.edu
Emission spectroscopy, HVAC systems, robotics, automation, system analysis, power generation, industrial hydraulic
--------------------
*Mary
Nichols
Electronic Media Communication
Professor
898-5677
mnichols@mtsu.edu
Community crafts, copyright/ fair use
--------------------
*John
Omachonu
College of Mass Communication
Associate Dean
898-2695
omachonu@mtsu.edu
Radio broadcasting, health and international communications, First Amendment rights, media ownership and diversity
--------------------
Paul
Osterfield
Music
Assistant professor
898-5923
osterfie@mtsu.edu
20th and 21st century classical music
--------------------
Lynn
Parsons
Nursing/Healthcare
chairperson
898-2446
lparsons@mtsu.edu
nursing shortage: strategies for overcoming overwhelming circumstances
--------------------
*Dwight
Patterson
Chemistry
Associate Professor
904-8252
dpatters@mtsu.edu
Polymer science and products, structure-property determination, research management
--------------------
Patricia
Patterson
Chemistry
Associate Professor
898-5085
ppatters@mtsu.edu
Physical, earth, polymer, and space science, pre-service teacher prep, science Olympiad, science to you outreach program
--------------------
Earl
Pearson
Chemistry
Chairperson
898-2956
pearson@mtsu.edu
Laser, spectroscopy, green house effect, nonlinear optics, global warming, black body radiation
--------------------
*David
Penn
Business and Economic Research Center
Associate Professor
904-8571
dpenn@mtsu.edu
Local economic conditions
--------------------
Tanya
Peres
Sociology and Anthropology
898-8590
tperes@mtsu.edu
archaeology, early agricultural societies, prehistoric Southeastern United States, environmental archaeology, human-environment relationships, ancient and historic subsistence/foodways
--------------------
*Mario
Perez-Reilly
Political Science
Professor
898-5590
mperezre@mtsu.edu
Latin American politics, European politics
--------------------
*Charles
Perry
Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies
Professor
898-5683
chperry@mtsu.edu
Manufacturing, project mgmt., emotional intelligence, engineering, competence hardware/ packaging
--------------------
*Karen
Petersen
Political Science
Assistant Professor
494-8662
kpeterse@mtsu.edu
International military conflict, war crimes, rape and war, combatting war crimes
--------------------
Amy
Phelps
Chemistry
Professor
898-2077
ajphelps@mtsu.edu
science education, curriculum development, instructional strategies
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Dewayne
Pigg
Music
professor
898-2903
dpigg@mtsu.edu
Double reeds, orchestra manager
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*Bob
Pondillo
Electronic media communications
Associate professor
904-8465
pondillo@mtsu.edu
Electronic media communications
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*Tara Prairie
Compliance Officer
615-494-8918
tprairie@mtsu.edu
bioethics, ethical issues in medicine and research
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Suzanne
Prevost
National Health Care Chair Nursing
sprevost@mtsu.edu
Pain Management
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Michael
Principe
Philosophy
professor
898-2048
principe@mtsu.edu
Cuba, foreign intervention war
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Tee
Quillin
Theatre
Assistant professor
615-494-8691
tquillin@mtsu.edu
Shakespeare
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*Melinda
Richards
Speech and Theater
Assistant professor
898-5425
mrichard@mtsu.edu
Communication disorders
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*Cliff
Ricketts
Agribusiness and Agriscience
Professor
898-2430 or 898-2598
srickett@mtsu.edu
Alternative fuels: hydrogen, electric, hybrids, ethanol from corn, and soybean oil; leadership
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William
Robertson
Physics and Astronomy
Professor
898-5837
wroberts@mtsu.edu
Optic lasers, musical and physical acoustics, optical thin films, optics, sensors, materials physics
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Teresa
Robinson
Human Sciences
professor
898-2156
trobinso@mtsu.edu
Clothing issues and children & elderly, historic aspects of clothing
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Robert
Rogers
Criminal Justice Administration
Associate professor
898-5084
rrogers@mtsu.edu
Prisons, prison wardens, riots, order
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Wayne
Rosing
Biology
Professor
898-2060
wrosing@mtsu.edu
Mycology, fungi, Sarah Bergeman
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Ginger
Holmes- Rowell
Mathematical Sciences
Associate Professor
898-5540
rowell@mtsu.edu
Statistical analysis, regression models, parametric cost estimating, risk analysis
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*Don
Roy
Mgmt./mkt
Assistant professor
904-8564
drowland@mtsu.edu
Sports venues/naming rights, sports marketing, corporate sponsorship, corporate social responsibility, advertising, services marketing, retailing and internet marketing
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*Ken
Rushlow
Elementary and Special Education
Assistant professor
904-8243
krushlow@mtsu.edu
Public education, educational technology, networking, Microsoft products, Internet, general technology (interested in talking to historical societies doing research on one room school houses)
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Kim
Sadler
Biology
Assistant Professor
904-8283
ksadler@mtsu.edu
cedar glade ecology, mistletoe, life science and environmental science education, national and TN science education standards
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*Michael
Sanger
Chemistry
Associate Professor
904-8558
mjsanger@mtsu.edu
Chemistry and science education, instructional technology
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*Amy
Sayward
History
Associate Professor
898-2569
asayward@mtsu.edu
United Nationes, international organizations, foreign policy, death penalty (especially in Tennessee)
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Saleh
Sbenaty
Engineering Technology and Industrial studies
professor
898-2966
ssbenaty@mtsu.edu
Head of Islamic center at MTSU, Islam, Middle East, lasers and electronics
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Scott
Seipel
Computer Information systems
Assistant professor
898-2707
sseipel@mtsu.edu
Statistics, decision analysis, efficiency analysis
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*Linda
Seward
Speech and Theatre
Associate Professor
615-904-8572
lseward@mtsu.edu
Understanding intercultural communication
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*Stephen
Shearon
Music
professor
898-5984 (cell) 615-692-2330
sshearon@mtsu.edu
history of western classical and American music, music of the American South, sacred music of the American South, shape-note music and singing schools, music in contemporary world culture, music of 17th and 18th- century Italy, watermarks and rastra in Neopolitan music manuscripts
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*Lisa
Sheehan-Smith
Human Sciences
Assistant professor
898-2090
lsheehan@mtsu.edu
Weight mgmt and dieting, nutrition and exercise
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*Ted
Sherman
English
professor
898-2653
tsherman@mtsu.edu
Fantasy literature, medieval literature, Renaissance literature, edits fantasy literature
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Zachariah
Sinkala
Mathematical Sciences
Professor
898-2679
zsinkala@mtsu.edu
Dynamical systems, proteins, differential equations, mathematical biology, protein channels, ionic channels
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Ellen
Slicker
Psychology
Professor
898-5966
eslicker@mtsu.edu
Parenting styles and disciplines, adolescent and child behavior problems, education system
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*Anne
Sloan
Political Science
Exec VP and Provost
898-5091
asloan@mtsu.edu
China and Japan, U.S. foreign policy, women’s issues
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Vince
Smith
BMOM
Associate professor
898-2192
vsmith@mtsu.edu
Business teacher education, office management and technology
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Stephen
Smith
Music
Associate professor
898-2504
hssmith@mtsu.edu
Voice, opera
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*Bertha
Smith- Clark
Speech and Theater
Professor
898-2272
bclark@mtsu.edu
communication disorders
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Cindi
Smith-Walters
Biology
Professor
898-5449
csmithwa@mtsu.edu
Environmental science and ecology, plant/animal relations, outdoor classrooms, environmental health, curriculum development
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*Bobbie
Solley
Elementary and Special Education
Professor
898-5934
bsolley@mtsu.edu
Literacy, child literacy, literacy assessment, no child left behind
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Rajesh
Srivastava
Management and marketing
898-2780
raj@mtsu.edu
Neutral marketing
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Martin
Stewart
Chemistry
Associate Professor
898-2073
mstewart@mtsu.edu
Organic synthesis, interfacial chemistry, chemical reagents and solvents, NMR spectroscopy, GC-MS chemistry laboratory techniques
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Catherine
Stogner
Human Sciences
Associate professor
898-5522
cstogner@mtsu.edu
Parenting, adolescents, families in later life, intergenerational issues
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Tom
Tang
Mgmt./mkt
professor
898-2005
ttang@mtsu.edu
Organizational behavior, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, compensation, CEO pay, money ethics, money attitude, unethical behavior, quality circles, work related stresses, cross cultural studies
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*Moses
Tesi
Political Science
Professor
898-5731
mtesi@mtsu.edu
African politics, Middle Eastern politics, International relations, international political economy, environment
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*Paula
Thomas
Accounting
professor
898-5655
pbthomas@mtsu.edu
Financial reporting, accounting ethics
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Jane
Tipps
Guidance Services
Director
898-2670
jtipps@mtsu.edu
Director of Guidance services
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*Thuhang
Tran
Mgmt./mkt
Assistant professor
898-5917
ttran@mtsu.edu
Capability building in organizations, Internet strategies and businesses, innovation in organization, acquisitions and strategic alliances
--------------------
Belinda
Traughber
Psychology
professor
898-2122
btraughb@mtsu.edu
Child development
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Kimberly
Ujcich- Ward
Psychology
Associate professor
898-2188
ujcich@mtsu.edu
Feeding and eating disorders, child abuse, work in parenting and parental training, applied behavior analysis
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*Mary Lou
Veal
Health and Human Performance
professor
615-898-2888 (cell) 615-692-2999
mveal@mtsu.edu
What constitutes a quality secondary Phys Ed program?, assessment of learning in PE, supervision of teaching PE, Sport Education Model of teaching in PE
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*George
Vernardakis
Political Science
professor
898-2719
gvernard@mtsu.edu
French government and politics, United Nations
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*John
Vile
Political Science
chairperson
Dean of Honors College
898-2596
jvile@mtsu.edu
Constitutional law
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*Jacqueline
Wade
Social Work
Associate Professor
898-2868
jewade@mtstiu.edu
Cultural diversity, racism, sexism, heterosexism, black/ Africana studies, social work practice among pops. of color
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*Todd
Waldecker
Music
Associate professor
898-2490
twaldeck@mtsu.edu
clarinet
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*Phillip
Waldrop
College of Education and Behavioral Science
Associate Dean
898-5573
pwaldrop@mtsu.edu
Special Education, rights of individuals with disabilities in children with emotional and behavioral problems, teacher education
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*Brandon
Wallace
Sociology and Anthropology
Professor
Director of Aging Studies
898-5976
jbwallae@mtsu.edu
Aging, long-term care for the aging
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Terry
Ward
Accounting
Associate professor
898-2341
tward@mtsu.edu
Financial reporting, financial distress, managerial accounting
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Cheryl
Ward
Mgmt./mkt
Associate professor
898-2433
cward@mtsu.edu
Consumer behavior, family/spousal consumer decisions, gender consumer patterns
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*John
Wermert
Accounting
Assistant professor
898-2357
jwermert@mtsu.edu
Sarbanes-Oxley, financial accounting
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Gary
White
Chemistry
Associate Professor
898-2072
gwhite@mtsu.edu
Chemical demonstration, chemistry club, physical chemistry
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Joseph
Whitefield
Facilities Services
Associate Director
904-8375
jwhitefi@mtsu.edu
Facilities and campus (related energy mgmt.), Maint. and operations
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Harold
Whiteside
Psychology
Professor
Interim Dean of Education and Behavior
898-2318
whitesid@mtsu.edu
Sport psychology, performance enhancement, interpersonal influence and persuasion (NO PUBLIC SPEAKING, OR ORGANIZATIONAL MEDIA ONLY)
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Yelverton
William
Music
professor
898-5623
yelverto@mtsu.edu
Classical guitar, lute
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*Clyde
Willis
Political Science
Professor
898-2596
cewillis@mtsu.edu
Legal issues
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Andrew
Worsey
Mathematical Sciences
Professor
898-5471
ajworsey@mtsu.edu
Computer aided geometric design,multi- dimensional interpolation and approximation, simulation and modeling, finite element meshing and analysis, and non uniform rational b-splines (NURBS)
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*Stephen
Wright
Biology
professor
898-2056
smwright@mtsu.edu
Bioterrorism and viruses
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*Jinfeng
Yue
Mgmt./mkt
Assistant professor
898-2736
jyue@mtsu.edu
Productions/ operations management, quality management, decision making sciences, management in China , project management, automobile sales promotion
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Emily
Zietz
Economics and Finance
Professor
898-5618
enorman@mtsu.edu
Insurance
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