The School of Arts and Humanities extends a warm welcome to ALL new faculty. Below is a listing of our newest full-time faculty:

Art & Design

Sarah Ellis, Assistant Professor—Printmaking

            She joins us from Murray State University.

            MFA, University of North Texas

            BFA, University of Akron

Drama

Carolyn Conover, Assistant Professor—Performance

            She joins us from Blackburn College.

            MFA, Michigan State University

            MA, Indiana State University

            BA, St. Mary of the Woods College

James Watkins, Visiting Assistant Professor—Film

            MFA, Stony Brook University, Southampton

            BA, University of Massachusetts

English

Rashad Ahmed, Assistant Professor—Linguistics

            He joins us from Miami University.

            PhD, University of Memphis

            MA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

            BA, Taiz University

Kimberly Southwick-Thompson, Assistant Professor—Creative Writing

            PhD, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

            MA, New York University

            BA, Emerson College

Jennie Vaughn, Assistant Professor—Composition

            She joins us from Gannon University.

            PhD & MA, University of Alabama

            BA, Jacksonville State University

History & Foreign Languages

April Knupp, Visiting Instructor—Spanish

            She joins us from Goucher College.

            PhD, Arizona State University

            MA, St. Louis University, Madrid Campus

            BA, Shippensburg University

Ian Russell, Visiting Assistant Professor—Spanish

            PhD, Brown University

            MA, New York University, Madrid Campus

            BA, New York University

Yuliya Minets, Assistant Professor—History

            She joins us from Notre Dame University.

            PhD, Catholic University

            MA, Central European University

            MA & BA, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Music

Blair Callaway, Visiting Instructor—Music Education

            He joins us from his position as band director at Heritage High School

(Ringgold, GA)

MA, University of North Alabama

            BS, Jacksonville State University

Matthew Jordan, Assistant Professor—Percussion

            DM, Florida State University

            MM, University of North Texas

            BM, Middle Tennessee State University

Casey Thomas, Assistant Professor—Trombone

            DM & MA, University of Iowa

            BA, Jacksonville State University

Eric Wilcox, Visiting Instructor—Voice

            MM, University of New Mexico

            BA, Jacksonville State University