The Faculty
Carrie Ackerman (2017)
Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., Greenville College
Jacob Amundson (2007)
Associate Professor Art and Digital Media; B.A., Greenville College; M.A., Webster University; M.F.A., Azusa Pacific University
Lisa Amundson (2010)
Assistant Professor in Education; B.S., Greenville College; M.A.E., University of Missouri, Saint Louis; Ph.D., University of Missouri, Saint Louis
David Anderson (2017)
Associate Dean of the Briner School of Business and Associate Professor of Business Management
Robin Anderson (2017)
Instructor of Mathematics
Courtney Bailey Parker (2016)
Assistant Professor of English
George D. Barber (1999)
Professor of Sport and Kinesiology and Head Men’s Basketball Coach; B.A., Asbury College; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Richard O. Beans (1987)
Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., Greenville College; M.A., Eastern Illinois University, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Jane Bell (2014)
Instructor of Business Management; B.S., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M.S., Ohio University
Matthew Bernico (2016)
Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Director of Campus Film Series, and Director of UNIV 401; B.A., Greenville College
John Brittingham (2014)
Instructor of Philosophy and Director of the McAllaster Scholars Honors Program; B.A., Greenville College
Lynn A. Carlson (1997)
Instructor in Sport and Kinesiology and Head Baseball Coach; B.A., Greenville College; M.S., University of Kentucky
Grace Choi (2017)
Instructor of Music
Hyung Choi (2013)
Department Chair and Professor in Physics; B.S., Kyung Hee University; M.A., Seoul National University; M.A., Graduate Center of CUNY; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Graduate Center of CUNY
K. Deloy Cole (1999)
Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Digital Media ; B.S., Greenville College; M.S.CMIS, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Steve Cook (2017)
Instructor of Music and Studio Manager
Daryl Cox (1981-1998, 2013)
Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Greenville College; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Eugene A. Dunkley Jr. (2001)
Associate Professor of Biology and Dean of Diversity; B.S., Fordham University; M.Phil, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; M.A., Greenville College; D.Phil, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Gary Erickson (2007)
Associate Professor of Music; B.S., Mankato State University, M.M., Mankato State University; M.F.A., Minnesota State University Mankato.
Douglas C. Faulkner (1990)
Dean of the School of Professional Studies, Professor of Sport and Kinesiology; B.A., Greenville College; M.Div., Bethel College; M.S.Ed., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
William Z. Fairbanks III (2010)*
Instructor of Music and Director of the Bands; B.M.Ed., West Texas State University; M.Div., Boston University; M.M., Stephen F. Austin State University; D.M.A., Boston University.
Lori A. Gaffner (1993)
Dean of Chapel, Director of Spiritual Formatio,n and Assistant Professor of Theology; B.A., Greenville College; B.S., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; M.S., Eastern Illinois University; M.A., Northwest Nazarene University
Gail Heideman (2011)
Associate Librarian of Public Services for the Ruby E. Dare Library; B.A., Trinity International University; M.A., Trinity International University; M.L.I.S., University of Illinois
Dave Holden (1995)*
Dean of the School of Adult and Graduate Studies and Assistant Professor in Education; B.S., University of Southern California; M.A., University of Southern California; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University
Teresa B. Holden (2004)
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Director of General Education, and Associate Professor of History and Political Science; B.A., Asbury College; M.A., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Richard P. Huston (1994)
Department Chair and Professor of History and Political Science; B.A., Greenville College; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
H. Darrell Iler (2003)
Department Chair and Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Greenville College; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Vlad Ivashyn (2017)
Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering
Mark Jenner (2016)
Assistant Professor of Business Management
Karlene E. Johnson (2001)
Associate Professor of Math/Science Education; B.A., Greenville College; M.S., Curtin University of Technology; Ph.D., Curtin University of Technology.
Bwarenaba Kautu (2013)
Assistant Professor in Biology; B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D., University of Alabama
Georgann Kurtz-Shaw (1991)
Interim Director and Librarian for the Ruby E. Dare Library; B.A., Greenville College; M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.A., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Alexandria LaFaye (2011)
Associate Professor of English; B.A., University of Minnesota; MA., Minnesota State University at Mankato; M.A., Hollins University; M.F.A., University of Memphis
Mark Lamb (2011)
Dean of the School of Education and Associate Professor of Education; B.S., Northeast Missouri State University; M.S., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Ed.D., Maryville University
Sandra Lang (2017)
Interim Dean of the Briner School of Business
Michael Laughlin (2017)
Department Chair of Social Work and Criminal Justice and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice; B.A., Greenville College
Ryan Loucks (2017)
Assistant Professor of Business Management
Larissa Malone (2016)
Assistant Professor of Education and Director of Clinical Practice; B.A., Case Western Reserve University; M.A., Walsh University; Ph.D., Kent State University
Gregg Marcello (2017)
Assistant Professor of Biology
Zachary Marshall (2017)
Instructor of English
Danara Moore (2011)
Assistant Professor of Music, Media, and Entertainment Business; B.A., Taylor University; M.A., New York University
Roy S. Mulholland (1999)
Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Sport and Kinesiology and Head Women’s Basketball Coach; B.S., Greenville College; M.A., United States Sports Academy, Alabama
Mauricio Nava (2014)
Associate Professor of Spanish; B.A., Concordia College, M.A., Minnesota State University, Ed.D., Bethel University
Andrea Nord (2014)
Assistant Professor in Biology; B.A., Goshen College; M.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State Univeristy
Eric Nord (2014)
Department Chair and Assistant Professor in Biology; B.A., Goshen College; M.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State Univeristy
R. Brian Patton (1998)
Instructor and Head Track and Cross Country Coach and Instructor; B.A., Greenville College
George R. Peters (2003)
Department Chair and Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Greenville College, M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Iowa State University
Miriam Porter (2016)
Instructor of Music
Brian K. Reinhard (2000)
Associate Dean of the School of Education and Department Chair and Professor of Modern Languages; B.S., Greenville College; M.A., Saint Louis University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Laura Schaub (2017)
Assistant Professor of Education
Hannah Shanks (2017)
Assistant Professor of Social Work and Director of the Social Work Program; B.A., Greenville College
Lisa Sharpe (2016)
Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Interim Director of the Center for Visual Culture and Media Studies
Han Shi (2017)
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance
Christina M. Smerick (2005)
Department Chair and Associate Professor of the Philosophy and Theology Department, Dean of Instruction, and HLC Liason; B.A., Trevecca Nazarene University; M.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., DePaul University
Paul Sunderland (2012)
Assistant Professor of Music: B.A., University of Akron; M.A., University of Akron
Aubrey McClain Taylor (2017)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theology and Shapiro Fellow
Kathryn R. Taylor (1998)
Associate Professor of Education and Licensure Officer; B.S., Greenville College; M.S., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Mark Thomas (2011)
Assistant Professor in Organizational Leadership; B.A., Davidson College; ; M.S. Capella University; M.Div., Union Theological Seminary; D.Min., McCormick Theological Seminary
Vanda Underwood (2006)
Assistant Professor of Education; B.A., Greenville College; B.S., Greenville College; M.S., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, M.A., Greenville College; Ed.D., Lindenwood University
Eric Watterson (2010)
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology and Dean of Assessment and Institutional Research; B.A., Greenville College; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary; M.S., University of Kentucky, Lexington; M.S., Saint Louis University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Benjamin Wayman (2013)
Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Theology and Andrews Chair of Christian Unity; B.A., Greenville College; M.Div., Duke University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Louise A. Weiss (1995)
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Music; B.M.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; M.M.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Jeffrey S. Wilson (1996)
Professor of Music; B.Mu.., Augustana College at Rock Island, IL; M.M., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; D.M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dongxue Zhao (2015)
Assistant Professor of Physics
Joshua Zink (2017)
Assistant Librarian for the Ruby E. Dare Library; B.S., Greenville College