2020-2021 Graduate Catalog

Faculty

Carrie J. Ackerman (2017)

Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., Greenville College; M.S.W., Saint Louis University

Paul L. Alvord (2018)

Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Education; B.S., University of Missouri-Saint Louis; M.A., University of Missouri-Saint Louis; Ed.D., Maryville University

Jacob P. Amundson (2007)

Associate Professor Art and Digital Media; B.A., Greenville College; M.A., Webster University; M.F.A., Azusa Pacific University

  

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

 

Marty G. Beans

Instructor of General Education; B.S., Greenville College

 

Richard O. Beans (1987)

Associate Professor of Psychology; B.A., Greenville College; M.A., Eastern Illinois University, Ph.D., Kansas State University

 

Jane F. Bell (2014)

Assistant Professor of Business Management; B.S., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M.S., Ohio University

 

Lynn A. Carlson (1997)

Instructor in Sport and Kinesiology and Head Baseball Coach; B.A., Greenville College; M.S., University of Kentucky

 

Hyung S. Choi (2013)

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

  

Ryan E. Coleman (2020)

Instructor of Music

 

Grace J. Denton (2020)

Instructor of Music

 

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)

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

 

Lori A. Gaffner (1993)

Dean of Chapel, Director of Spiritual Formation, 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

 

Isaac Gilmore (2020)

Assistant Professor of Digital Media; B.A., Taylor University

 

Gail A. Heideman (2011)

Dean of 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 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 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

 

Vlad E. Ivashyn (2017)

Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering; Ph.D., University of Limerick

 

D. Nathan Jenkins (2018)

Assistant Professor of Business Management; B.S., University of Illinois-Chicago; M.A., Southern Illinois University; M.B.A., Saint Xavier University; J.D., Southern Illinois University

 

Mark Jenner (2016)

Assistant Professor of Business Management; B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.S., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.S., University of Missouri-Columbia; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

 

Heather Johnson (2020)

Assistant Professor of Education

 

Karlene E. Johnson (2001)

Associate Professor of Math/Science Education; B.A., Greenville College; M.A.E., Greenville University; M.S., Curtin University of Technology; Ph.D., Curtin University of Technology.

 

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)

Associate Professor of Education; B.S., Northeast Missouri State University; M.S., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Ed.D., Maryville University

 

Michael J. Laughlin (2017)

Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice; B.A., Greenville College; M.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis; M.P.A., University of Missouri-Columbia

 

Gregory J. Marcello (2017)

Assistant Professor of Biology; B.A. and B.S., Edinboro University; M.S., Miami University; Ph.D., Miami University

 

Zachary P. Marshall (2017)

Assistant Professor of English; B.A., University of Northwestern; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Aubrey T. McClain (2017)

Shapiro Fellow of Jewish-Christian Studies and Assistant Professor of Theology; B.A., Oklahoma State University; M.A., Jerusalem University College

 

Danara Moore (2011)

Assistant Professor of 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 N. Nord (2014)

Associate Professor in Biology; B.A., Goshen College; M.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

 

Eric A. Nord (2014)

Department Chair and Associate Professor in Biology; B.A., Goshen College; M.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

 

Helo Oidjarv (2020)

Associate Professor of Social Work

 

Scott Pattenaude (2019)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., University of Illinois-Champaign; Ph.D., Purdue University

 

R. Brian Patton (1998)

Head Track and Cross Country Coach and Instructor in Sports and Kinesiology; B.A., Greenville College, M.A.E., Greenville University

 

George R. Peters (2003)

Department Chair and Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Greenville College, M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Iowa State University

 

David Probst (2019)

Department Chair and Professor of Engineering; B.A., Thomas Moore College; B.S., University of Dayton; M.S., Tulane University; Ph.D., Tulane University

 

Brian K. Reinhard (2000)

Department Chair and Professor of Modern Languages; B.S., Greenville College; M.A., Saint Louis University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University

 

Laura H. Schaub (2017)

Assistant Professor of Education; B.S., Millikin University; M.S., Concordia University

 

Keeli Snow (2018)

Instructor of Accounting; B.S., Greenville College; M.B.A., Anderson University

 

Paul B. Sunderland (2012)

Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Music: B.A., University of Akron; M.A., University of Akron; D.W.S., The Institute of Worship Studies

 

Kathryn R. Taylor (1998)

Professor of Education and Dean of Instruction; B.S., Greenville College; M.A.E., Greenville University, M.S., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

 

Andrew Thomack (2018)

Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Greenville College; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

 

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

  

Eric S. 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 D. Wayman (2013)

Associate Professor in Theology, Philosophy, and Ministry and Andrews Chair of Christian Unity; B.A., Greenville College; M.Div., Duke University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University 

Dongxue Zhao (2015)

Assistant Professor of Physics; B.S., University of Shanghai, M.S., University of Missouri-Saint Louis, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology