2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Faculty

John K. Aderibigbe (2004)

Assistant Professor; B.S. University of Ibadan: M.S., University of Ibadan; Ph.D. University of Fort Hare

Paul L. Alvord (2018)

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

 

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

 

Joanna R. Boyd-Wilhite (2023)

Assistant Professor of English; B.A., St. Louis University; M.A., Marquette University; M.A., St. Louis University 

  

Grace J. Denton (2020)

Assistant Professor of Music; B.A., University of Tennessee Knoxville; M.M., University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Ph.D., University of Mobile

 

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

 

Kollin Fields (2022)

Assistant Professor of History and Political Science and Co-Director of the McAllaster Scholars Program; B.A., Howard Payne University; M.A., Sam Houston University

 

Shawn Foles (2023)

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice; B.S., University of Southern Mississippi; M.S., William Carey University

 

Micah Forshee (2024)

Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S. Olivet Nazarene University; Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine

 

Heather Gilmore (2020)

Assistant Professor of Education; B.S.W., Bethany College; M.A., Concordia University Chicago 

 

Adam Hill (2022)

Department Chair and Assistant Professor of History; B.A., University of Missouri-Saint Louis; M.A., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Ph.D., University of Connecticut 

 

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

 

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.

 

Sonya Jones (2021)

Assistant Professor of Sport and Kinesiology; B.S., Greenville University; M.A., University of Illinois Springfield 

 

John LeTellier (2022)

Associate Professor of Music; B.M., University of Tennessee at Martin; M.M., University of Miami

 

Ephias Makaudze (2024)

Associate Professor; B.S., University of Zimbabwe; M.S., Texas A & M University; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D. Ohio State University

 

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; Ph.D., Bar-Ilan University - Israel

 

Matthew McPeak (2024)

Assistant Professor of Biology; B.A., Greenville University, M.A.T, Greenville University; D.C., Logan University

 

Lindani Memani (2021)

Assistant Professor of English; M.A., Nelson Mandela University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale

 

Tony L. Moon (2023)

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice; B.S., Eastern Illinois University; M.H.R., University of Oklahoma; M.S., University of Cincinnati

 

Danara Moore (2011)

Director of Experience First; 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

 

Robert V. Munshaw (2012)

Instructor of Theology; B.S., Greenville College; M.Div. Asbury Theological Seminary; M.A., Saint Louis University; S.T.M., St. Andrews College; Ph.D., Middlesex University London

 

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; B.A., University of Tartu; M.S.W., Andrews University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

 

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

 

Nicholas J. Pyles (2023)

Assistant Professor of Music; B.M., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; M.M., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

 

Ronald E. Quick (2024)

Assistant Professor of Social Work; B.A., Johnson University; M.S.W., Saint Louis University; M.A., Knox Theological Seminary

 

Daniel S. Raja (2023)

Assistant Professor of Engineering; B.T., Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetam; M.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale

 

Laura H. Schaub (2017)

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

 

Lisa Sharpe (2024)

Assistant Professor of Digital Media

 

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

 

Andrew Thomack (2018)

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

 

Grant Trudel (2024)

Associate Professor of Computer Information Science; B.S., Monash University; M.S., Bellarmine University; Ph.D., CTU

 

Kirstie Vitatoe (2024)

Assistant Professor of Exercise Science; B.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; M.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Ed.D., University of North Carolina Greensboro

 

Gang Wang (2022)

Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering; B.S., China West Normal University; M.S., Optics Fudan University; M.S., University of Missouri Saint Louis; Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology

  

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 

 

Ronald J. Wellman (2024)

Assistant Professor; B.A., Michigan State University; M.S., Colorado Technical University; Ph.D., Colorado Technical University

 

 

 

Fengdan Zhao (2023)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry; M.S.E., University of Illinois Chicago; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University