School of Arts
Faculty
ADMINISTRATION
DR. KRISTIN A. PRUITT, Dean
DR. FRANK M. BUSCHER, Chair of History and Political Science
DR. ROGER EASSON, Chair of Literature and Languages
DR. RENA DURR, Chair of Behavioral Sciences
DR. ELLEN S. FAITH, Chair of Education
DR. PETER GATHJE, Chair of Religion and Philosophy
DR. ELLEN S. FAITH, Director of Graduate Education Program
DR. CATHY MEREDITH, Director of Undergraduate Education Program
DR. RICHARD E. POTTS, Director, Educational Leadership Program
MR. ANTHONY D. WILLIAMS, Chair of Fine Arts and Speech
Scholar in Residence
MR. ARUN GANDHI
FULL-TIME FACULTY
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
CONRAD J. BROMBACH, Professor
B.A., St. Mary’s College (Winona); M.Ed., Loyola University (Chicago)
M.A., St. Louis University; Ed.D., University of New Orleans
TRACIE L. BURKE, Associate Professor
B.S., University of Montana; M.S., M.A., Ed.D., University of Memphis
RENA DURR, Professor
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University
TERI J. MASON, Assistant Professor
B.A., Augustana College; M.A., University of Pittsburgh
MARGARET A. MILLER, Professor
B.A., Carlow College; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
ELIZABETH M. NELSON, Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University
SANDRA D. NICKS, Associate Professor
B.A., Missouri Baptist College; M.A., Southern Illinois University;
Ph.D., St. Louis University
RODNEY J. VOGL, Associate Professor
B.S., University of Iowa; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University
EDUCATION
SAMANTHA M. ALPERIN, Assistant Professor
B.S.B.A., University of Tennessee; M.A.T., University of Memphis; A.B.D.
BROTHER IGNATIUS BROWN, Adjunct Assistant Professor
B.S.S., M.Ed., St. Mary’s College; Ph.D., The Ohio State University
ELLEN S. FAITH, Associate Professor
B.A., Regents College; M.A., Vermont College; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard
University
MERWIN A. McCOY, Assistant Professor
B.S., University of Mississippi; M.A., Memphis State University;
Ed.D., The University of Memphis
ZELLA McDONALD, Associate Professor
B.S., LeMoyne College; M.Ed., Ed.S., Memphis State University;
Ed.D., University of Mississippi
CATHY M. MEREDITH, Associate Professor
B.S., University of Tennessee at Martin; M.S., Ed.D., The University
of Memphis
RICHARD E. POTTS, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Southern Ilinois University; M.Ed., M.A., Ed.D., Memphis State
University
DR. LAVERN TERRELL, Assistant Professor
B.M., Stamford University; M.A., Clark Atlanta University;
Ed.D., East Tennessee State University
FINE ARTS AND SPEECH
MS. KATHRYN MANZO, Lecturer
B.F.A., State University of New York
MR. FRED MUTEBI, Artist in Residence,
Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Lecturer
B.F.A., Makerere University
BROTHER MATTHEW SZATKOWSKI, F.S.C., Assistant Professor
B.A., M.Ed., St. Mary’s College; M.A., University of Notre Dame;
M.F.A., University of Memphis
ANTHONY D. WILLIAMS, Associate Professor
B.A., Millsaps College; M.M., Memphis State University
HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
FRANK M. BUSCHER, Professor
B.A., Northern Michigan University; M.A., Ph.D., Marquette University
MARIUS M. CARRIERE, JR., Professor
B.A. University of Louisiana-Lafayette;
M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University
JAMES R. McKEE, Associate Professor
A.B. Wheeling College; M.A., University of Akron; Ph.D., St. Louis University
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES
ELIZABETH P. BROADWELL, Professor
B.A., Guilford College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
MARY T. CARGILL, Professor1
B.A., M.A., Memphis State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi
ROGER R. EASSON, Professor
B.A., M.A., Pittsburg State University; Ph.D., University of Tulsa
STEPHEN E. GRICE, Professor
A.B., University of Illinois; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern Illinois
BROTHER ALLEN JOHNSON, F.S.C., Assistant Professor
B.A., LaSalle University; M.L.A., Johns Hopkins University;
M.A., University of Pennsylvania
VINCENT O’NEILL, Visiting Professor
B.A., M.A., University of Windsor, Ontario;
Ph.D., University College of the University of London, England
CLAYANN G. PANETTA, Assistant Professor
B.A., Blue Mountain College; M.A., Ph.D., Old Dominion University
KRISTIN A. PRUITT, Professor
B.A., Southwestern at Memphis; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
MICHAEL E. SCHIEFELBEIN, Professor
B.A., M.A., Catholic University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland
JULIANA STARR, Associate Professor
B.A., Wartburg College; M.A., Marquette University; Ph.D., Indiana University
ANN MARIE WRANOVIX, Professor
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
BROTHER ARMAND ALCAZAR, F.S.C., Professor
B.A., Christian Brothers University; M.A., Holy Names College;
M. Min., Seattle University; Ph.D., The Union Institute
PETER GATHJE, Associate Professor
B.A., St. John’s University; M.T.S., Candler School of Theology;
Ph.D., Emory University
PETER F. LIMPER, Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
PHILIP J. MALONEY, Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Memphis
JANET S. McCORD, Associate Professor
B.A., North Central College; M.A., Andover Newton Theological School;
Ph.D., Boston University
SISTER ANN McKEAN, C.S.A., Associate Professor
B.A., Marian College; M.A., Manhattan College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
BROTHER DANIEL SUSEK, F.S.C., Instructor
B.A., St. Mary’s College; M.A., St. Louis University; M.A.R.,
Memphis Theological Seminary
Professors Emeriti
ROSE G. DEAL
Doctor of Letters, University of Bari and Naples, Italy
BROTHER JUSTIN LUCIAN, F.S.C.
B.A., St. Mary’s College; M.A., DePaul University; D.Hum., St.
Paul College
GERARD A. VANDERHAAR
A.B., Providence College; S.T.B., S.T.L., Dominican Theological College,
Washington;
S.T.D., University of St. Thomas, Rome
Part-time Faculty
PAULA C. BARNES, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Ph.D., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
MARGARET EMALIE A. BROOKS, Lecturer in English
B.A., Rhodes College; M.A., Memphis State University
DOUGLAS CUPPLES, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The University of Memphis
SISTER CATHY GALASKIEWICZ, Lecturer in Religious Studies
B.A., Spalding University; M.A., University of Notre Dame
BROTHER FRANCISCO MARTIN, F.S.C., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spanish
D.P.L., University of Villaneuva; M.A.T., St Mary’s College
ARTHUR H. PRINCE, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., University of Memphis; M.S., University of Tennessee;
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
BROTHER JAMES J. ROSZAK, F.S.C., Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
B.A., M.Ed., St Mary’s College
