Faculty
William Allen, NEH/Libman Assistant Professor; B.A., Emory University; M.A., Georgia State University; Ph.D., The University of Memphis (2020)
Eric Annis, Associate Professor of Biology, B.A., Boston University; M.S., Florida Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Maine (2008)
Elizabeth A. Atwood, Associate Professor of Journalism; B.S., West Virginia University; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2010)
Tina Barr, Assistant Professor of Social Work, B.A., University of Virginia; M.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota (2021)
Teresa Bean, Associate Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, B.A., Hood College, J.D., Washington College of Law, American University (2015)
Kevin H. Bennett, Professor of Chemistry; B.S., James Madison University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee (2000)
April M. Boulton, Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Centre College; M.S., Bucknell University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis (2003)
Catherine Breneman, Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.S., University of Pittsburgh; MSW, West Virginia University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2020)
Kristine Calo, Associate Professor of Education; B.A., DePauw University; M.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., George Mason University (2008)
Andrew Campbell, Associate Professor of Psychology and Counseling; B.A., University of Michigan; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2015)
Corey Campion, Associate Professor of History and Global Studies; B.A., Washington State University; M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown University (2011)
Robert Casas Roigé, Assistant Professor of Spanish; B.A., Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University (2017)
Ashish Chakradhar, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Minnesota State University Moorhead; Ph.D., North Dakota State University (2018)
James Cherry, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Shepherd University; M.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America (2019)
Jennifer Cooper, Associate Professor of Nursing, Chair of the Department of Nursing and Director of the B.S.N. program; B.S.N., Cedarville University; M.S.N., Rush University; D.N.P., The George Washington University (2016)
Didier Course, Professor of French and Chair of the Department of Global Languages and Cultures; Licence, Maîtrise, Université de Nancy; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1995)
Jennifer Cuddapah, Associate Professor of Education; B.A., M.Ed., Boston College, M.S., The Johns Hopkins University; Ed.D., Teachers College Columbia University (2012)
Miranda M. Darby, Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics and Director of the Graduate Bioinformatics Program; B.A., Carlton College; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (2017)
Anne Davis, Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science and Director of the Graduate Nutrition Science Program; B.S., University of Maine; M.S., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., Temple University (2022)
George Dimitoglou, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Cybersecurity Program; B.S., Temple University; M.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D.,The George Washington University (2004)
Trevor Dodman, Associate Professor of English; A.B., Dartmouth College; M.A., Carleton University; Ph.D., Boston College (2009)
Aijuan Dong, Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.S., M.S., Changehun University of Earth Science; M.S., Minnesota State University; Ph.D., North Dakota State University (2006)
Paige Eager, Professor of Political Science, Dean of the Faculty, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Director of the Center for Global and International Studies; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware (2005)
Susan Ensel, Whitaker Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics; B.S., Union College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (1995)
M. Drew Ferrier, Professor of Biology and Director of Coastal Studies Program; B.A., Washington and Jefferson College; M.A., Miami University, Ohio; Ph.D., University of Maryland (1993)
Alan Goldenbach, Associate Professor of Journalism, B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Maryland (2015)
Amy Gottfried, Professor of English; B.A., M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Tufts University (1998)
Christy D. Graybeal, Professor of Education, Chair of the Department of Education and Director of the Graduate Mathematics Education Program; B.S., Moravian College; M.S., American University; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2008)
Michelle R. Gricus, Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., College of St. Benedict; M.A., University of Houston (2017)
Rebecca Grove, Associate Professor of Education and Director of First-Year Seminar (spring); B.A., Elizabethtown College; M.A., Lehigh University; Ph.D., University of Maryland (2016)
David Gurzick, Associate Professor of Economics and Management and Chair of the Department of Economics and Business Administration; B.S., Frostburg State University; M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County (2006)
Jay Harrison, Associate Professor of History, B.A., University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., The Catholic University of America (2015)
Sherita Henry, Assistant Professor of Public Health; B.S., M.S., Dr.PH., Morgan State University (2021)
Suzanne Hiller, Assistant Professor of Education and Director of the Graduate Multidisciplinary Studies Programs; B.A., University of Mary Washington; M.Ed., Loyola University; Ph.D., George Mason University (2017)
David R. Hixson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology; B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University (2017)
Karen D. Hoffman, Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies; B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University (2001)
Carol Jim, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Management Information Systems Program; B.A., M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., The George Washington University (2017)
Anita Jose, Professor of Management; B.A., Gandhiji University; M.M., MBA, University of Dallas; Ph.D., University of North Texas (1994)
Janak Joshi, Assistant Professor of Economics; B.A., M.A., Tribhuvan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico (2019)
Janis Judson, Professor of Political Science, Chair of the Department of Law and Criminal Justice; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland (1984)
Robert Kambic, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., University of Maryland; M.S., Montana State University; Ph.D., Brown University (2021)
Amy Kilpatrick, Assistant Professor of Education; B.S., Texas State University; M.Ed., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Northern California (2021)
Daehwan Kim, Assistant Professor of Biology and the ENnovation-Hodson Endowed Chair in Advanced Bioproducts Research and Education; B.S., Korea University; M.S., Yonsei University; Ph.D., Purdue University (2018)
Sang Kim, Associate Professor of Economics and Management; B.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2001)
Eric C. Kindahl, Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Cornell University (1998)
Elizabeth Knapp, Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English and Communication Arts; B.A., Amherst College; M.F.A., The Bennington Writing Seminars; Ph.D., Western Michigan University (2008)
Ellen Garfinkel Koitz, Giles Associate Professor of Education and Director of the Graduate Reading Specialization Program; A.B., Catawba College; M.Ed., University of Georgia; Ed.D., University of Virginia (1985)
Pushpa-Rekha Konkalmatt, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology; B.Sc., M.Sc., University of Agricultural Sciences, India; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (2021)
Shannon Kundey, Professor of Psychology, Chair of the Department of Psychology and Counseling and Co-Director of the Honors Program; B.A., Wesleyan College; M.S., M.Phil., Yale University; Ph.D., Kent State University (2008)
Craig S. Laufer, Professor of Biology and Co-Chair of the Department of Biology; B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Kent State University (1988)
Dana Lawrence, Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Jacksonville University; Ph.D., Florida State University (2005)
Jiang Li, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.S., M.S., University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo (2018)
Tianning Li, Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Graduate MBA Program; B.S., Dalian University of Technology; M.S., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee (2009)
Xinlian Liu, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Computer Science Program; B.E., Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., Louisiana State University (2003)
Yulu Cherry Liu, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Ph.D., University of Toronto (2020)
Jeffrey Lombardo, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.A., SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; M.S., Ohio University; Ph.D., Dartmouth College (2021)
Elizabeth Mackessey-Lloyd, Assistant Professor of Nursing; B.S., St. Joseph's College; M.A. Trinity College; MSN, University of Maryland, Baltimore; DNP, University of Alabama (2019)
Sara Malec, Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University (2015)
Nisha Manikoth, Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership and Director of the Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Program; B.S., University of Calicut; MBA, Xavier Labor Relations Institute; Ed.D., The George Washington University (2021)
Lisa Algazi Marcus, Professor of French and Co-Director of the Honors Program; B.A., Hollins College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University (1994)
Chaz Martinsen, Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Graduate Ceramic Arts Programs, B.A., San Diego State University; MFA, California State University (2020)
Jessica McManus, Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University (2021)
Erik Messinger, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.S., Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., North Carolina State University (2021)
Heather Mitchell-Buck, Associate Professor of English and Director of First-Year Seminar (fall); B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Duke University (2011)
Laura M. Moore, Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Work; B.D. Louisiana State University School of Architecture; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park (2003)
Molly B. Moreland, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology; B.A., San Diego State University, M.A., Ph.D., University of California (2017)
April Morris, Associate Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of the Department of Art and Archaeology (fall); B.A., Hood College, M.A., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin (2015)
Anh Tuan Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Finance and Accounting; B.S., MBA, Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington (2022)
Janie J.C. O’Neal, Instructor in English; B.A., Binghamton University; M.L.S., University of Maryland (2011)
Katherine Orloff, Associate Professor of Journalism; B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles (2008)
Nicholas Owad, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2020)
James Parson, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Department of Mathematics; B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Princeton University (2008)
William Pierce, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.M.E., Shenandoah Conservatory of Music; M.S., Hood College (1993)
Scott Pincikowski, Professor of German and Director of Study Abroad; B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin Parkside; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2001)
Yankuo Qiao, Assistant Professor of Finance; B.S., Shandong University; M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers Business School (2022)
Katherine M. Robiadek, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Martha E. Church Center for Community Engagement; B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020)
Carin Robinson, Associate Professor of Political Science; B.A., Bethel University; M.A., The George Washington University; Ph.D., Georgetown University (2009)
Jennifer Ross, Professor of Art and Archaeology and Chair of the Department of Art and Archaeology (spring); A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1999)
Ryan Safner, Associate Professor of Economics; B.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., Ph.D., George Mason University (2016)
Ahmed Salem, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, and Director of the Graduate Information Technology Program; B.S., Higher Technological Institute-Egypt; M.S., Ph.D., University of Louisville (2006)
Jolene Sanders, Andrew G. Truxal Associate Professor of Sociology; B.A., University of Maryland; M.A., University of Baltimore; Ph.D., American University (2006)
Megan J. Doughty Shaine, Associate Professor of Psychology and Counseling and Director of the Graduate Counseling Program; B.A., Wesleyan University, M.S. Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., The George Washington University (2016)
Daniel Shea, Visiting Instructor of Education and Director of the Graduate Educational Leadership program; B.A., Georgetown University; M.A. University of Maryland (2017)
Shannon Shoemaker, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.S., M.Ed., Bridgewater State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (2019)
Daniel Sierra-Sosa, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Information Technology; Ph.D., University of LaPlata, Argentina (2021)
Atiya Smith, Assistant Professor of Counseling; B.A., Hood College; M.S., University of Baltimore (2018); Ph.D., University of Rochester (2018)
Oney P. Smith, Professor of Biology and Co-Chair of the Department of Biology; B.S., University of Vermont; M.S., University of Maine; Ph.D., Texas A&M University (1995)
Lynn L. Staininger, Instructor of Music; B.M., M.M., Arizona State University (2012)
James Stanker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics; B.S., San Jose State University; MBA, California State University (2019)
Ann Stewart, Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Ithaca College; M.M., San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University (2007)
Tricia K. Strickland, Professor of Education; B.A., University of Baltimore; M.Ed., George Mason University; Ph.D. University of Maryland (2011)
Christopher Stromberg, Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; Ph.D., Stanford University (2005)
Sandra Thomas-Lalmansingh, Assistant Professor of Nursing; B.S., Thomas Jefferson University; MSN, The Catholic University of America; Ph.D., University of Phoenix (2019)
Marisel Torres-Crespo, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Director of the Graduate Curriculum and Instruction Program and Coordinator of Online Instruction; B.A., M.Ed., University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2012)
Tamelyn N. Tucker-Worgs, Virginia E. Lewis Chair in Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science; B.A., Hampton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park (2002)
Jill Tysse, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, B.S, University College Cork, M.S., University of Oxford, M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia (2014)
Noel Verzosa, Jr., Associate Professor of Music, Chair of the Department of Music and Director of the Graduate Humanities Program; B.A., Bowdoin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2009)
Brooke Witherow, Assistant Professor of Communications; B.S., Stevenson University; M.A., Duquesne University (2019)
Donald Wright, Professor of French and Arabic and Director of the Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program; B.S., The Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2008)
Meredith Yeager, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Radford University; M.S., Hood College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (2022)
Thomas Yufik, Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., University of California; M.A., Ph.D., University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (2022)
Maria Griselda Zuffi, Professor of Spanish; B.A., University del Salvador; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1997)