Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President - Meet Our New Faculty

Jared Becker
Lecturer, Industrial and Systems Engineering
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Don A. Cagle
Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Seungdeog Choi
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. - Texas A&M University

Alireza Ermagun
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Minnesota

Ali Gurbuz
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. - Georgia Tech

Umar Iqbal
Assistant Clinical Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. - Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Julie L. Jessop
Professor and Associate Director, Swalm School of Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. - Michigan State University

Aubrey Knight
Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering
M.S. - Southern New Hampshire University M.S. - Mississippi State University

Chun-Hung Liu
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Texas at Austin

Chaomin Luo
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Waterloo

Yu Luo
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Connecticut

Vuk Marojevic
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. - Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Barcelona Tech)

Christopher (Chad) C. McDaniel
Instructor, Computer Science and Engineering
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Corey H. Mize
Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Kortni D. Neal
Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Alexis P. Nordin
Instructor, Dean's Office
M.A. - Louisiana State University

Kyle Pearson
Lecturer, Industrial and Systems Engineering
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Shahram Rahimi
Professor and Department Head, Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Southern Mississippi

Hongjoo Rhee
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. - Michigan State University

Carmen Sescu
Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Toledo, Ohio

Omid Shahvari
Visiting Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Ph.D. - Oregon State University

Emily L. Spayde
Assistant Clinical Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. - Mississippi State University

Andrea Strzelec
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin

Jun Wang
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. - McMaster University, Canada

Yeqing Wang
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Iowa

Robert R. Wolz
Instructor, Aerospace Engineering
M.B.A. - Georgia Southern University

David Buys
Assistant Professor, Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
Ph.D. - University of Alabama, Birmingham

Daniel Chesser
Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Ph.D. - Mississippi State University

Linlin Fan
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics
Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign

Matthew Janzen
Instructor, Agricultural Economics
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Carley Morrison
Assistant Professor - School of Human Sciences
Ph.D. - Mississippi State University

Henry A. Paz Manzano
Assistant Professor, Animal and Dairy Science
Ph.D. - University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Shecoya White
Assistant Professor, Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
Ph.D. - Mississippi State University

Silvina Lopez Barrera
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
M.Arch - Iowa State University

Joan Blanton
Lecturer (5th Year Jackson Center), School of Architecture
Ph.D. - Jackson State University

Anna E. Chaney
Lecturer, Interior Design Program
B.S. - Mississippi State University

Richard Chenoweth
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
M.Arch - University of Virginia

George Ford
Director and Professor, Building Construction Science Program
Ed.D. - Western Carolina University

Ming Ying Hong
Assistant Professor, Department of Art
MFA - Washington University, St. Louis MO

L. Ashley Hughes
Visiting Assistant Professor, Interior Design Program
M.S. - Ball State University

Christopher Hunter
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
Ph.D. - Texas A & M

Edward Kemp
Lecturer, Building Construction Science Program
ME - Mississippi State University

Zach Koch
Instructor, Department of Art
MFA - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Joe Morzuch
Assistant Professor, Department of Art
MFA - Southern Illinois - Carbondale

Alireza Shojaei
Assistant Professor, Building Construction Science Program
Ph.D. - University of Florida

Finas Townsend
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
MFA - Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Ashley Weekly
Lecturer, Interior Design Program
B.S. - Kansas State University

Arialle Crabtree
Lecturer, Department of Sociology
M.A. - University of Georgia

Amanda Diegel
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D. - University of Tennessee

Abigail Good
Lecturer, Mathematics
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Tonya Hays
Visiting Professor, Department of Communication
MFA - Texas Christian University

Terri Hernandez
Assistant Provessor, Department of Communication
Ph.D. - Texas Tech University

Jason Hibbs
Instructor, Department of Communication
MS - Montana State University, Billings

Hsain Ilahiane
Professor and Head, Anthropology and Middle Eastern Culture
Ph.D. - University of Arizona

Godfred Inkoom
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D. - Mississippi State University

Christie Jones Lawrence
Lecturer, Department of Communication
M.S. - University of Southern Mississippi

Mallory L. Malkin
Lecturer, Psychology
Ph.D. - University of Southern Mississippi

Pilar Martinez
Lecturer, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
M.A. - University of Southern Mississippi

Milena A. Melo
Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures
Ph.D. - University of Texas at San Antonio

Tyler G. Page
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Ph.D. - University of Maryland, College Park

Adrienne Pearson
Lecturer, Department of Sociology
M.A. - University of Alabama

Ryan Phillips
Lecturer, Department of Communication
M.S. - University of Alabama

Prabhakar Pradhan
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Morgan J. Robinson
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D. - Princeton University

Jehan Seneviratne
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D. - Mississippi State University

Han-Hsin Sung
Lecturer, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
M.Ed. - University of Hong Kong

Tara Sutton
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Ph.D. - University of Georgia

Nana Takeda
Lecturer, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
M.A. - Waseda University, Japan

Benjamin Tkach
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D. - Texas A&M University

Alaina M. Veluscek
Lecturer, Department of Communication
M.A. - San Diego State University

Jilu Wang
Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D. - City University of Hong Kong

Emily Hunt
Assistant Professor, School of Accoutancy
Ph.D. - University of Arkansas

Joshua Hunt
Assistant Professor, School of Accoutancy
Ph.D. - University of Arkansas

Kendall J. Kennedy
Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Economics
Ph.D. - Purdue University

Michele Medina
Assistant Professor, Management and Information Systems
Ph.D. - University of North Texas

Renata Roberts
Instructor, Management and Information Systems
MBA - Mississippi State University

David Sikolia
Assistant Clinical Professor, Management and Information Systems
Ph.D. - Oklahoma State University

Laura Walton
Instructor, Department of Marketing, Quantitative Analysis and Business Law
Ph.D. - University of Southern Mississippi

Matthew Whitledge
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Econimics
Ph.D. - Texas Tech University

Sandra Bibiana Correa
Assistant Professor, Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Ph.D. - Texas A&M University

Joshua J. Granger
Assistant Professor, Forestry
Ph.D. - University of Tennessee

Krishna Prasad Poudel
Assistant Professor, Forestry
Ph.D. - Oregon State University

Jia Yang
Assistant Professor, Forestry
Ph.D. - Auburn University

Aimee Kirk Daniel
Clinical Instructor, Department of Clinical Sciences, (ICU)
DVM, MS - Mississippi State University

Christine T. Lopp
Clinical Instructor, Department of Clinical Sciences (Equine)
DVM - Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine

Debra P. Moore
Assistant Clinical Professor (IMMS)
DVM - Tuskegee University

Chase A. Seyer
Clinical Instructor, Department of Clinical Sciences, (CVS)
DVM - St. George's University

Audrey Gunn
Assistant Professor, General Library
M.A. - University of Wisconsin, Madison

Corinne Kennedy
Assistant Professor, General Library
MLIS - University of Southern Mississippi

Preston Salisbury
Assistant Professor, General Library
MLIS - University of Southern Mississippi

Andrea Coleman
Lecturer, Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
M.Mus. - Delta State University

Pamela Cruse
Lecturer, Kinesiology
M.S. - Mississippi State University

Limeul Eubanks
Lecturer, Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
M.F.A. - Mississippi College

Tito Lanier
Lecturer, Educational Leadership
M.Ed. - William Carey University

Debra Munsell
Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Studies
Ph.D. - Nova Southeastern University

Rosalind Operton
Lecturer, Educational Leadership
Ph.D. - Mississippi State University

Ashley Reed
Lecturer, Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
M.Ed. - Grand Canyon University

Howard Savage
Lecturer, Educational Leadership
Ed.D. - William Carey University

Eric Suddeath
Assistant Professor, Counseling, Ed. Psych and Foundations
Ph.D. - Universityof Mississippi

Julie White
Lecturer, Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
M.F.A. - Ohio State University

Meet Our New Faculty

Bagley College of Engineering

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

College of Architecture, Art and Design

College of Arts and Sciences

College of Business

College of Forest Resources/Forest and Wildlife Research Center

College of Veterinary Medicine

General Library

Meridian

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