Faculty and Staff
Please use the accordions below to view all faculty and staff information for the College of Arts & Sciences.
Dr. Paul Hankins
Dean/Professor
Dr. Paulette Meikle
Associate Dean/Professor of Sociology
Dr. Linus Yu
Associate Dean/Professor of Mathematics
Brett Nelson
Assistant to the Dean
Kara Smith
Administrative Assistant
Julie Martin
Administrative Assistant
Kirstin Merritt Beck
Director
Justin Martin
Advising Coordinator
Drake Dye
Professional Advisor
Journi Goforth
Professional Advisor
The art and design faculty at UAFS are all working designers and artists with years of experience doing exactly what they teach. Our studio art faculty show their work nationally and internationally while our award-winning design faculty stay on the forward edge with work in the design field. Each faculty member is committed to their students and works hard to give them the tools necessary to succeed in their chosen field of study. All faculty have terminal degrees and maintain strong ties to artistic development through art exhibition as well as design.
Katie Waugh, M.A., M.F.A.
Department Head/Associate Professor
Kara Smith
Administrative Specialist III
Colin McLain, M.F.A.
Associate Professor
Bryan Alexis, M.A., M.F.A.
Professor
Matthew Bailey, Ph.D.
Gallery Director
Ernest Cialone, M.F.A.
Professor
Sophia Farmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Peter Cullum, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor
Jay Fox
Assistant Professor/Director of Book Arts
Dr. David A McClellan
Professor/Department Head
Dr. Sandhya Baviskar
Associate Professor
James Brandli
Instructor
Dr. Thomas M Buchanan
Professor
Dr. Joey Cornell
Visiting Instructor
Cassie Duffin
Instructional Lab Manager
Dr. Kristie Garner
Assistant Professor
Dr. M. Rumman Hossain
Assistant Professor
Dr. Ragupathy Kannan
Professor
Roger Lightner
Assistant Professor
Dr. Becky Mroczek
Associate Professor
Dr. Jason Ortega
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jeff Shaver
Professor
Dr. Amy Skypala
Associate Professor
Kaitlyn Butler
Administrative Specialist
John Hightower
Assistant Professor/Department Head
Cindy Boyd
Administrative Specialist
Dr. Brittany Bright
Assistant Professor
Israel Cuevas
Instructor
Gail Fulenwider
Assistant Professor
Kevin Lewelling
Professor
Andrew Mackey
Instructor
Dr. Brian McLaughlan
Associate Professor
Dr. Steve Wilson
Associate Professor/Department Head
Dr. Dennis Williams
Assistant Professor
Dr. Mary Isis Wuestewald
Assistant Professor
Don Balch
Instructor
Dr. Brian Rice
Assistant Professor
Ms. Darcy Parker
Administrative Specialist III
Lindsy Lawrence, Ph.D.
Professor/Department Chair
Ann-Gee Lee, Ph.D.
Professor/Assistant Chair
John Dailey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Erik Carlson, Ph.D.
Professor
Janine Chitty, Ph.D.
Professor
Stacey DuVaul, M.A.
Instructor
Joe Hardin, Ph.D.
Professor
Damien Irwin
Visiting Instructor
Kelly Jennings, Ph.D.
Professor
Kevin Jones, Ph.D.
Professor
Monica Luebke, Ph.D.
Professor/Director of Writing
Mary Lutze, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Writing Center Director
David Nickell
Summer Bridge Program Director
Kimberly Robinson, D.A.
Professor
Jacklyn Self
Administrative Specialist
Nicki Stancil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dennis Siler, Ph.D.
Professor/Director Myles Friedman Honors Program Director
Cammie Sublette, Ph.D.
Professor
Carolyn Thompson, M.A.
Senior Instructor
Carol Westcamp-Sessums, Ph.D.
Professor
Sarah Winterberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Laura Witherington, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Steven Kite, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. Ben Anderson
Instructor
Dr. Eric Baker
Assistant Professor
Shelley Blanton
Archivist
Dr. Svetla Dimitrova
Assistant Professor
Dr. Benjamin Lawson
Assistant Professor
Dr. Daniel Maher
Chair and Professor
Dr. Matt McCoy
Associate Professor
Dr. Joshua Packwood
Associate Professor
Dr. Evan C. Rothera
Assistant Professor
Tom Wing
Director of the Drennen-Scott Historic Site/Assistant Professor
Dr. Williams Yamkam
Associate Professor
Ms. Darcy Parker
Administrative Specialist
Dr. Linus Yu
Professor/Associate Dean/Department Head
Sarah Durham
Senior Instructor
Dr. Emily Foss
Assistant Professor
Dr. Brandon Hutchison
Assistant Professor
Dr. Chizuko Iwaki
Assistant Professor
Professor
Administrative Specialist
Instructor
Senior Instructor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Instructor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor/Department Head/James and Ann Bumpass Distinguished Chair
Director of Jazz Studies / Associate Professor
Staff Accompanist
Senior Instructor
Professor - Humanities / Music History
Adjunct Instructor - Piano
Professor
Assistant Professor of Music - Percussion
Administrative Specialist III
Assistant Professor of Music Education
Associate Professor/Director of Choral Activities
Professor
Assistant Professor
Nick Suosso
Adjunct Instructor of Saxophone
Technical Director
Associate Professor/Department Head
Assistant Professor - Chemistry
Assistant Professor - Chemistry
Dr. Martin Campbell
Assistant Professor - Physical Sciences
Assistant Professor - Physics
Instructor - Physics
Assistant Professor - Chemistry
Assistant Professor - Geoscience
Assistant Professor - Chemistry
Associate Professor - Geoscience
Assistant Professor - Chemistry
Ponni B Murali
Instructor of Chemistry
Assistant Professor - Geoscience
Assistant Professor
Administrative Specialist
Lab Coordinator
Department Head/Associate Professor
Gray Langston
Visiting Instructor
Madeline Martinez-Santiago, M.A.
Instructor
Assistant Professor
Administrative Specialist III
Adjunct Faculty
Visiting Instructor