NEW, CONTINUING, AND REAPPOINTED FACULTY
Toni Barnes ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of EducationB.S., M.S., Middle Tennessee State UniversityTerm Reappointment, Easter 2020 Robin Bates²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Professor of EnglishTerm Appointment, Advent 2019 Jamie CapuzzaDean's FellowB.A., Mount Union College; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Daniel Clay Carter²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of Education and Environmental StudiesB.S., Middle Tennessee State University; M.P.A., American University; Ph.D., The University of TennesseeTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Michael T. Coffey²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Associate Professor of PhysicsB.A., University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; D.Phil., University of OxfordTerm Reappointment, Easter 2020 Adriana Colom Cruz²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of PsychologyB.A., University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; M.S., University of Essex; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Karol Czuba²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor/Assistant Professor of PoliticsB.A., University of Durham; M.S., University of Oxford; Ph.D., University of TorontoTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Charles Vance Dalton²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of SpanishB.A., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; M.A., University of KentuckyTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Patrick DeGuira²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of Art HistoryB.F.A., Memphis College of Art; M.F.A., Vermont College of Fine ArtsTerm Appointment, Easter 2020 Anthony M. Donaldson, Jr. Assistant Professor of HistoryB.A., M.A., North Carolina Central University; Ph.D., University of FloridaTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Margaret L. Day Elsner²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of ClassicsB.A., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; Ph.D., The Ohio State UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Andreas FathDean's Environmental FellowDipl. Chem., Ph.D., University of HeidelbergTerm Appointment, Advent 2019 Terri D. FisherTeaching Professor of PsychologyB.A., Wake Forest University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia (Athens)Term Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Stephen Ford²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Associate Professor of EconomicsB.A., Colby College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Kerry GingerAssistant Professor of MusicB.A., Whitman College; M.M., D.M.A., Arizona State UniversityTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Brian Gingrich²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of EnglishB.A., ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµwestern University; M.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Aaron Gold²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of PoliticsB.A., The Citadel; M.A., East Carolina University; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Brooke Gorman²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of EducationB.S., Oglethorpe University; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of TechnologyTerm Reappointment, Easter 2020 Darin Graber²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of EnglishB.A., Wabash College; M.F.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado BoulderTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Cynthia Gaither Gray²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of Biology and Assistant Director of Health Programs AdvisingB.S., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; M.S., Middle Tennessee State UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Years 2019 - 2020 and 2020 - 2021 Diana Hatchett²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of Politics and International and Global StudiesB.A., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of KentuckyTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 William Hastings Hensel, Jr. Tennessee Williams Fellow and ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of EnglishB.A., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; M.F.A., The Johns Hopkins UniversityTerm Reappointment, Advent 2019 Jennifer Paige Hill²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of EducationB.A., The University of Tennessee; M.A., Ed.S., Tennessee Technological UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Ye 'Abby' Hong²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of EconomicsB.S., Nanjing University of Science and Technology; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., The University of TennesseeTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 José Iriarte-Diaz²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of BiologyM.S., Universidad de Chile; Ph.D., Brown UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Julie Jones²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of Art and Art HistoryTerm Appointment, Fall 2019 Corinna KahnkeCo-Curricular Activities Director, Department of GermanM.A., University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ph.D., Indiana University, BloomingtonTerm Appointment, Academic Years 2019 - 2020 to 2021 - 2022 May F. Kamalick²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of Arabic Language and CultureB.A., M.A., American University of BeirutTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Eric Keen²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of BiologyB.A., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, San DiegoTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Barbara King²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of EducationB.A., Lipscomb University; M.Ed., Middle Tennessee State University; Ed.S., Lincoln Memorial UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Rev. Leyla King²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of International and Global StudiesB.A., Dartmouth College; M Div., Harvard Divinity SchoolTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Julian Ledford²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of FrenchB.A., Washington and Lee University; M.M., Johns Hopkins University University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Matthew B. Lynch²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of Religious StudiesB.A., Marlboro College; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel HillTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Shelley Jean MacLaren²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of HumanitiesB.A., University of Alberta; Ph.D., Emory UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Alessia Martini²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of ItalianB.A., Università di Pisa; M.A., Universià per Stranieri de Siena; M.A., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel HillTerm Appointment, Easter 2019 - Easter 2020 Janna Brown McClain²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of EducationB.A., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; M.Ed., Middle Tennessee State UniversityTerm Appointment, Easter 2020 Roger McCoy²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of PhysicsTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Jessica MecellemTeaching Assistant Professor of PoliticsB.A., Whitworth University; M.A., Universityé de Provence; Ph.D., Loyola University (Chicago)Term Appointment; Academic Years 2016 - 2017 to 2020 - 2021 Tiffany Momon²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Public HistoryB.S., Tennessee State University; B.A., The University of Memphis; M.A., D.Phil., Middle Tennessee State UniversityAugust 1, 2019 - June 30, 2021 Alejandro Mylonas-Leegstra²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of SpanishB.A., University of La Laguna; M.A., Complutense University; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of ConnecticutTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Sarah Naramore²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of HistoryB.A., Lafayette College; Ph.D., University of Notre DameTerm Appointment, Academic Years 2018 - 2019 to 2020 - 2021 David Neely²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of Forestry and GeologyB.S., M.S., Frostburg State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at ChicagoTerm Appointment, Easter 2020 Jason Palagi²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of BiologyB.S., Lawrence University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at ChicagoTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Peter PoveyTeaching Assistant Professor of MusicB.M., Royal College of Music; M.M., Yale University; D.M., Northwestern UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Jason Carl RosenbergAssistant Professor of MusicB.A., New College of Florida; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San DiegoTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Kyle A. Sanders²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of ClassicsB.A., Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas at AustinTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Minh Tam Schlosky²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of EconomicsB.S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania; M.A., West Virginia UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Warren T. Swenson²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of RhetoricTerm Appointment, Advent 2019 Clint S. Swift²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor/Assistant Professor of PoliticsB.S., Whittier College; M.A., California State University, SacramentoTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Yanbing Tan²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and ChineseB.A., Austin College; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University in St. LouisTenure-Track Conversion, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Elizabeth "Lily" C. ThompsonAssistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences (Geology)B.S., University of New Orleans; M.S., Ph.D., University of ChicagoTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Zhexiu TuAssistant Professor of MathematicsB.A., Bard College; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell UniversityTenure-Track Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Matthew Lee Ward²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of MusicM.M., Bard College; D.M.A., Louisiana State UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 G. Norman West²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of PsychologyB.S., M.Ed., The University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Ball State UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Camille Westmont²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Historical ArchaeologyB.A., University of Kentucky; M.S., D.Phil., University of MarylandAugust 1, 2019 - June 30, 2021 Elena "Susanna" Weygandt²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of RussianB.A., Bryn Mawr; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Princeton UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Elyzabeth Gregory WilderTennessee Williams Playwright-in-Residence and ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of EnglishB.F.A., SUNY Purchase; M.F.A., New York UniversityTerm Reappointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Khristy Wilkinson²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Instructor of PhilosophyB.A., M.A., Wayne State UniversityTerm Appointment, Academic Year 2019 - 2020 Cameron World²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµing Assistant Professor of BiologyB.S., Ph.D., University of QueenslandTerm Reappointment, Advent 2019 Eric J. ZinnInstructor of AccountingB.A., The University of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ; J.D., L.L.M., University of Florida; M.S., M.B.A., University of Colorado, DenverTerm Appointment, 2019 - 2020 to 2021 - 2022Leaves
| Husnain Fateh Ahmad (Econ) | Easter 2020 |
| Emmanuel Asiedu-Acquah (IGS) | Advent 2019 |
| Sid Brown (Relg) | 2019 - 2020 |
| Lisa Burner (Span) | Easter 2020 |
| Stephen Carl (Math) | Easter 2020 |
| Kristen Cecala (Biol) | 2019 - 2020 |
| John Coffey (Psyc) | Easter 2020 |
| Russell Fielding (EES) | 2019 - 2020 |
| Lucia Garcia-Santana (Span) | Advent 2019 |
| Daniel Holmes (CLST) | 2019 - 2020 |
| JoyAnna Hopper (Pols) | Advent 2019 |
| Matthew Irvin (Engl) | Advent 2019 |
| Maha Jafri (Engl) | 2019 - 2020 |
| Elise Kikis (Biol) | 2019 - 2020 |
| James Ross Macdonald (Engl) | Advent 2019 |
| Rodelio (Rae) Manacsa (Pols) | Advent 2019 |
| Stephanie McCarter (CLST) | 2019 - 2020 |
| Kathryn Mills (Fren) | Easter 2020 |
| Katie Nelson-Coffey (Psyc) | Easter 2020 |
| Richard O'Connor (Anth) | Advent 2019 |
| Amy Patterson (Pols) | 2019 - 2020 |
| James Peters (Phil) | Easter 2020 |
| Greg Pond (ARTH) | Easter 2020 |
| Woody Register (Hist) | Easter 2020 |
| Nicholas Roberts (Hist) | Advent 2019 |
| Ruth Sánchez Imizcoz (Span) | Advent 2019 |
| Paige Schneider (Pols, WGS) | Easter 2020 |
| Lauryl Tucker (Engl) | 2019 - 2020 |
| Courtney World (Thtr) | Easter 2020 |