Faculty Professors

Boone J. Hopkins, President, associate professor of theatre
AA, Gainesville State University: BA, Brenau University; MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University; PhD, University of Kansas. (2012, 2016)

Lienne Medford, professor of education, Dean of the Graduate School
BA, Hamilton University; MA, University of North Carolina; EdD, East Carolina University. (2017)

Andrew Blanchard, professor of art
BA, University of Southern Mississippi; MFA, The University of Mississippi. (2005, 2010, 2024)

S. David Berry, professor of music history and theory
BM, University of Maryland; MM, Converse University; DMA, University of South Carolina. (1986, 2008)

Joe P. Dunn, Charles A. Dana professor of history and politics, Chair of History and Philosophy 
BS, Southeast Missouri State University; MA, PhD, University of Missouri—Columbia. (1976, 1988)

Kevin DeLapp, Harold E. Fleming professor of philosophy
BA, University of California; PhD, Duke University. (2006, 2017)

Mirko M. Hall, professor of German studies, chair of Languages, Cultures, and Humanities
BA, MA, PhD, University of Minnesota. (2007, 2017)

Rafael E. Hernández, Reeves Brothers professor of Hispanic Studies
B. Architecture, Bolivariana University; MS Planning, PhD in Spanish and Latin American Literatures, University of Tennessee. (1984, 1993)

Keith W. Jones, professor of voice and choral activities
BM, Furman University; MM, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; DM, Indiana University. (1999, 2011)

Richard G. Keen, professor of psychology, chair of psychology
BA,
Kent State University; PhD, Indiana University. (2004, 2017)

Monica L. McCoy, professor of psychology
BA, Grove City University; MS, Villanova University; PhD, University of Wyoming. (1997, 2014)

Malcolm Scott Robbins, professor of musicology and composition,
BA, Wake Forest University; AM, Duke University; DMus, Florida State University. (1998, 2008)

Sharon M. Smith Strickland, professor of chemistry, associate chair of biology, chemistry and physics
BA, Francis Marion University; MS, PhD, University of South Carolina. (2006, 2016, 2022)

Erin E. Templeton, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, professor of English
BA, MA, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, University of California. (2007, 2011, 2019)

John M. Theilmann, Andrew Helmus Distinguished professor of history and politics, chair Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
BA, University of Missouri, Rolla; MA, MPA, PhD, University of Georgia. (1985, 2010)

Kelly A. Vaneman, Mary Reynolds Babcock professor of oboe and musicology
BM, Baylor University; MM, MMA, DMA, Yale University School of Music; Certificate of Performance, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. (1997, 2017)

Edward C. Woodfin, George Dean Johnson, Jr. professor of history
BS, Baylor University; MA, PhD, Texas A & M University. (2005, 2016)

Madelyn V. Young, Anne Morrison Chapman Distinguished Professor of International Study,
associate professor of economics

AB, Indiana University; MA, University of Notre Dame; PhD, Georgia State University. (1991,1996)