Teaching Faculty

Alok Amatya Assistant Professor of English. B.A., Reed College, M.A. & Ph.D., University of Miami

Alexis Baldacci Assistant Professor of History. B.A., Illinois State University; Ph.D. University of Florida

Wesley Beal Associate Professor of English. B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

Martha Catherine Beck Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Hamline University; M.A., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College

John Becker Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A., California State Polytechnic University; Ph.D., Claremont School of Theology

Alexander Beeser Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., Concordia University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

James E. Berry II Visiting Artist in Residence. B.F.A., University of Montevallo; M.F.A., University of South Carolina

Marcus Birkenkrahe Visiting Associate Professor of Data Science. M.S. & Ph.D., University of Hamburg

Dustyn Bork Professor of Art. B.F.A., University of Michigan; M.F.A., Indiana University

Karin Brown Assistant Professor of Education. B.S., Arkansas State University; M.S.T.S. University of Central Arkansas, Ed.D., Arkansas State University

Angela Buchanan Associate Professor of Business. B.A., St. Gregory's University; M.B.A, University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., Capella University

Paul Custodio Bube W. Lewis McColgan Professor of Religion. A.B., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Southern California

David Carpenter Instructor of English. B.A., Arkansas State University; M.A., Arkansas State University

Jeremy Chapman Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.S., College of the Ozarks; M.S., Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri

Kimberly Crosby, ’92 Associate Professor of Education. B.A., Lyon College, M.Ed., Harding University; Ed.D., Arkansas State University

Brian D’Haeseleer Assistant Professor of History, B.A., Florida State University; M.A., University College London; Ph.D., American University

Jennifer Daniels Associate Professor of Psychology. B.S., College of Charleston; M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Maggie Gayle Assistant Professor. B.F.A., Art Emporia State University (Emporia, KS); M.F.A. Brandeis University Waltham, MA

Fonzie Geary II Associate Professor of Theatre. B.S., M.S., Eastern Kentucky University; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

1 Lyon 2021-22 Catalog Barry Gehm Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Bradley Gitz William Jefferson Clinton Professor of International Politics. B.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois

Anthony Grafton Professor of Chemistry. B.S., University of Arkansas at Monticello; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

John Herda Associate Professor of Spanish. B.A., University of Texas at Arlington; M.A., University of North Texas; Ph.D., Purdue University

Carl B. (Burt) Hollandsworth Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B.S. Roanoke College; Ph.D. The Ohio State University

Stuart Hutton Associate Professor of Physics. B.S., University of Richmond; M.S., Ph.D., Montana State University

Maryline Bossus Jones Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., University of Provence; M.S. University of the Mediterranean Sea; Ph.D., University of Montpelier

Mahbubul Kabir Associate Professor of Economics. B.Sc., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka; M.B.A., Dhaka University, Bangladesh; M.A., Williams College; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Matthew Lebrato Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A., TheEvergreen State College; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., and Ph.D., Indiana University

James Martell Associate Professor of Romance Languages. B.A., Universidad Iberoamericana; M.A, University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Robert Miller Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.S., Northern Illinois University; M.S., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Irosha Nawarathne Associate Professor of Chemistry. B.S., University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Cassia Oliveira Associate Professor of Biology. B.S., M.S., Sao Paulo State University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Michael Oriatti Associate Professor of Music. B.A., University of Illinois-Chicago; M.Mus., Washington University and University of Missouri; D.Mus., Indiana University

Matthew Peterson Assistant Professor of Exercise Science. B.A. Exercise-Chemistry, McDaniel College; Ph.D. Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition, Public Health, Baylor University

Helen Robbins Associate Professor of English. B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Monica Rodriguez Associate Professor of Spanish. B.A., Berea College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Scott Roulier John D. Trimble, Jr., Professor of Political Philosophy. B.A., University of Denver; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Abigail Smithson Visiting Professor of Art. B.A., University of Colorado, M.F.A., Louisiana State University

2 Lyon 2021-22 Catalog David Sonnier Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.S., US Military Academy, West Point; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology

Eric South Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., Kennesaw State University, M.S. & Ph.D., University of Illinois

Peter Staples Assistant Professor of Business & Economics. B.S., Bringham Young University; Ph.D., Clemson University

Jaeyun Sung Associate Professor of American Politics. B.A., Myong Ji University; M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Radek Szulga Associate Professor of Economics. B.A., Auburn University; M.A., Miami University of Ohio; Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Satoshi Takahashi Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.S. & M.A., University of California, Ph.D., Columbia University

Terrell Tebbetts Martha Heasley Cox Chair in American Literature. B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Edward Tenace Associate Professor of History. B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois

David Thomas Willie Dillard Bryan Professor of Biology. B.S., M.S., Central Washington University; Ph.D., University of Idaho

Tharanga Mahesh Kumara Wijetunge Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.S., University of Colombo (Sri Lanka); Ph.D., Central Michigan University

Meredith Wright Instructor of Mathematics. B.A., Lyon College; Masters of Arts, University of Central Arkansas

Nikki Yonts Assistant Professor of Psychology/Education. B.A., Washington State University; M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

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