Hendrix College

Faculty
Other Faculty Lists

Adjunct Teaching Staff

Faculty Emeriti

Music Activities Staff

Physical Activities Staff
Bill Tsutsui, 2014- PresidentProfessor of History A.B., Harvard University, 1985
M.Litt., University of Oxford, 1988
M.A., Princeton University, 1990
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1995

Terri Bonebright, 2014- Executive Vice President and ProvostProfessor of Psychology B.A.,, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1986
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1992
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1996

David C. Sutherland, 1992- Associate ProvostProfessor of Mathematics Chair, Languages Department B.A., Hendrix College, 1981
M.A., North Texas State University, 1983
Ph.D., North Texas State University, 1986

Leslie Templeton, 1998- Associate Provost for Faculty DevelopmentProfessor of Psychology B.A., Hendrix College, 1991
M.A., University of Arkansas, 1995
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1998

Peter Gess, 2007- Associate Provost for Engaged LearningDirector, International ProgramsDr. Brad P. Baltz & Rev. William B. Smith Odyssey Associate Professor of Politics B.C.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2006

Fred R. Ablondi, 1998- Professor of Philosophy B.A., College of William and Mary, 1987
M.A., Catholic University of America, 1989
Ph.D., Marquette University, 1995

Kane Anderson, 2016- Murphy Visiting Fellow in Language and Literature, Theatre Arts B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2001
M.F.A., Arizona State University, 2007
Ph. D., University of California-Santa Barbara, 2013

Ze'ev Barel, 1981- Professor of Mathematics Diploma, Moscow University, 1969
M.S., Israel Institute of Technology, 1975
Ph.D., Wesleyan University, 1981

Jay Barth, 1994- M.E. and Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor of PoliticsDirector, Odyssey Program and Civic Engagement B.A., Hendrix College, 1987
M.A., University of North Carolina, 1989
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1994

Gina E. Bergfeld, 2015- Assistant Professor of Economics and Business B.A., Hendrix College, 2003
M.A., Hendrix College, 2004
C.P.A., Arkansas, 2006

Todd Berryman, 2006- Associate Professor of HistorySocial Science Area ChairChair, Education Department B.A., Millsaps College, 1997
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004

Norman C. Boehm, 1985- Professor of Music B.M., University of Michigan, 1979
M.M., University of Michigan, 1981
D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 1987

Christopher Camfield, 2010- Associate Professor of MathematicsFaculty Athletics Representative B.S., University of Cincinnati, 2002
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2008

Duff Campbell, 2000- Professor of Mathematics B.A., Harvard College, 1989
Ph.D., Boston University, 1997

Christian K. Campolo, 2002- Professor of Philosophy B.A., Bucknell University, 1990
M.A., University of Kansas, 1994
Ph.D., University of California-Riverside, 2003

Stella M. Capek, 1986- Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Sociology B.A., Boston University, 1975
M.A., University of Texas, 1981
Ph.D., University of Texas, 1986

Andres Caro, 2007- Associate Professor of ChemistryChair, Chemistry Department B.S., University of Buenos Aires, 1993
M.S., University of Buenos Aires, 1993
Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, 1999

Rynnett R. Clark Instructor of Education B.A., Hendrix College, 1983
M.Ed., Southern Arkansas University, 1991

Lilian Contreras-Silva, 2000- Professor of Spanish B.S., Louisiana State University, 1994
M.A., Louisiana State University, 1997
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2000

Severine Cottrant-Estell, 2012- Visiting Instructor of French B.A., Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, 1998
B.A., Universite Stendhal de Grenoble, 1999
M.A., University of Arkansas, 2002

Hope N. Coulter Director of Hendrix Murphy ProgramsAssistant Professor of English-Creative Writing A.B., Harvard University, 1982
M.F.A., Queens University of Charlotte, 2011

Adrienne Crowell, 2016- Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology B.A., Hendrix College, 2007
Ph. D., Texas A&M University, ant. 2016

Heidi Dahlmann, 2017- Assistant Professor of Chemistry B.S., Wisconsin Lutheran College, 2007
M.S., University of Minnesota, 2009
Ph.D., ETH Zurich, 2013

Jennifer Dearolf, 2002- Morris and Ann Henry Odyssey Professor of Biology B.A., St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1996
M.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1998
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002

James Dow, 2011- Associate Professor of Philosophy B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston, 2002
Ph.D., City University of New York, 2010

Carol Ann Downes, 2017- Assistant Professor of Mathematics B.S., Westmont College, 2012
M.A., Rice University, 2014
Ph.D., Rice University, 2017

Andrea A. Duina, 2004- Professor of Biology B.S., University of Illinois-Champaign, 1992
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1998
Postdoc, Harvard Medical School, 1998-2004

Irmina Fabricio, 2005- Instructor of Spanish B.A., University of Havana, 1983
M.A., University of Central Arkansas, 2005

Peg Falls-Corbitt, 1987- Virginia A. McCormick Pittman Distinguished Professor of Philosophy B.A., Rhodes College, 1975
M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1978
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1982

Eric Fattor, 2016- Visiting Assistant Professor of International Relations B.A., University of Portland, 1996
M.A., University of Denver, 2000
Ph.D., University of Denver, 2011

Gabriel Ferrer, 2002- Cynthia Cook Sandefur Odyssey Professor of Computer ScienceChair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science B.A., Rice University, 1994
M.S., University of Virginia, 1996
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2002

Cori French, 2011- Instructor of Spanish B.A., University of Central Arkansas, 2008
M.A., University of Central Arkansas, 2010

Melissa Gill, 2008- Associate Professor of ArtChair, Art Department B.F.A., University of Arizona, 1994
M.A., Purdue University, 1997
M.F.A., Indiana University, 2000

Joshua L. Glick, 2015- Assistant Professor of English-Film Studies B.A., Cornell University, 2006
M.Phil., Yale University, 2010
Ph.D., Yale University, 2013

Mark Goadrich, 2014- Associate Professor of Computer Science B.A., Kenyon College, 1998
M.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2000
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2007

Anne J. Goldberg, 2005- Professor of AnthropologyAssociate Director, Odyssey ProgramUndergraduate Research Coordinator B.A., College of William and Mary, 1991
M.A., Arizona State University, 1999
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2005

William M. Gorvine, 2006- Associate Professor of Religious StudiesChair, Department of Religious Studies B.A., Connecticut College, 1991
M.A., University of Virginia, 1997
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2006

Danny Grace, 1985- Professor of Theatre Arts B.A., Hendrix College, 1977
M.F.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1980

Karen Griebling, 1987- Professor of Music B.M., Eastman School of Music, 1980
M.M., University of Houston, 1982
D.M.A., University of Texas, 1986

Liz U. Gron, 1994- Professor of ChemistryExecutive Director of Advising and Academic Success B.A., Colgate University, 1982
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1987

Bill Gunderson, 2016- Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry B.S., Allegheny College, 2002
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2009

Julie Gunderson, 2016- Assistant Professor of Physics B.A., Hendrix College, 2006
Ph.D., Emory University, 2012

William Haden Chomphosy, 2017- Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics B.A., Hendrix College, 2013
M.A., Colorado State University, 2015

David Hales, 1992- Professor of Chemistry B.A., Pomona College, 1984
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1990

Sarah Hall, 2017- Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1998
M.A., University of Arkansas, 2000
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2007

Jonathan Hancock, 2013- Assistant Professor of History B.S., Dartmouth College, 1999
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006

Laura J. Hanlon Assistant Professor of Economics and Business B.A., Hendrix College, 2000
M.A., Hendrix College, 2001

Joyce M. Hardin, 1989- Professor of Biology B.S., College of Charleston, 1975
M.S., University of Arkansas, 1979
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1981

George Harper, 2007- Associate Professor of Biology B.S., State University of New York at Fredonia, 1999
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006

Jane Harris, 1990- Professor of Religious Studies B.A., Meredith College, 1974
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1981
M.A., University of North Carolina, 1988
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1994

Courtney Hatch, 2008- Associate Professor of ChemistryChair, Environmental Studies Program B.A., Hendrix College, 2000
Ph.D, University of Colorado, 2006

David Higgins, 2017- Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology B.S., North Carolina State University, 2012
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2017

James B. Hill, 2005- Charles Prentiss Hough Odyssey Associate Professor of AnthropologyChair, Sociology/Anthropology Department B.A., University of Colorado, 1984
M.A., Arizona State University, 1995
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2002

Alice Hines, 1981- C. Louis and Charlotte Cabe Distinguished Professor of English B.A., Spelman College, 1967
M.A., University of Arkansas, 1977
Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University, 1990

Brenda Houck, 2016- Assistant Professor of Biology B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin, 2011

Dionne Jackson, 2010- Vice President for Diversity and InclusionChief Diversity OfficerAssociate Professor of Education B.A., Hendrix College, 1996
M.S.E., University of Central Arkansas, 1999
Ed.D., Baylor University, 2010

Tyrone Jaeger, 2008- Associate Professor of English-Creative Writing B.A., Rollins College, 1990
M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2004
Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2008

Toni W. Jaudon, 2011- Isabelle Peregrin Odyssey Associate Professor of English B.A., Amherst College, 2001
M.A., Cornell University, 2005
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2009

Cathy Jellenik, 2012- Associate Professor of French B.A., University of Delaware, 1991
M.A., University of Delaware, 1997
Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, 2005

Lindsay Kennedy, 2011- Nancy and Craig Wood Odyssey Associate Professor of Psychology B.A., University of North Carolina, 2006
M.A., University of North Carolina, 2008
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2011

Peter Kett, 2014- Assistant Professor of Chemistry B.A., University of Cambridge, 2006
M.S., University of Cambridge, 2007
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 2011

Kiril Kolev, 2011- James and Emily Bost Odyssey Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations B.A., Whittier College, 2004
M.S., Duke University, 2008
Ph.D., Duke University, 2011

Randall A. Kopper, 1983- Professor of Chemistry B.A., Monmouth College, 1974
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1980

John Krebs, 1992- Professor of MusicChair, Music Department B.M., Northwestern University, 1978
M.M., University of Illinois, 1980
D.M.A., University of Maryland, 1991

Megan Leonard, 2008- Associate Professor of Economics and Business B.A., Hendrix College, 2002
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2007

Wenjia Liu, 2012- Assistant Professor of Chinese B.A., Fudan University, 2003
M.A., University of Oregon, 2006
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2010

Hillary Looney, 2015- Assistant Professor of Economics and Business B.A., Hendrix College, 1996
M.A., Hendrix College, 2003
C.P.A., Arkansas, 2005

Matthew Lopas, 2000- Professor of Art B.A., University of Michigan, 1983
B.F.A., Shoot of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991
M.F.A., Yale School of Art, 1995

Erik Maakestad, 1998- Professor of Art B.A., Central Washington University, 1978
M.A., Central Washington University, 1981
M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983

Laura MacDonald, 2015- Morris and Ann Henry Odyssey Assistant Professor of Biology B.A., Hendrix College, 2009
Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2014

Kim Maslin, 1997- Professor of Politics B.A., Wells College, 1989
Ph.D., Binghamton University, 1997

Giffen Maupin, 2013- Assistant Professor of English B.A., Wellesley College, 2004
M.A., Cornell University, 2009
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2013

Timothy D. Maxwell, 1989- Professor of Psychology B.A., Hendrix College, 1978
M.T.S., Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, 1983
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1990

Maureen McClung, 2011- Judy and Randy Wilbourn Odyssey Assistant Professor of Biology B.A., Hendrix College, 2001
M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2013

John B. McDaniel, 1979- Willis T. Holmes Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1972
Ph.D., Claremont University Center, 1978

Kristi McKim, 2008- Associate Professor of English-Film StudiesChair (fall), Department of English B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1999
Ph.D., Emory University, 2005

Rod Miller, 1998- Professor of ArtChair, Humanities Area B.F.A., Stephen F. Austin State University, 1985
M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University, 1987
M.A., University of Iowa, 1994
Ph.D., University of Louisville, 1998

Michael H. Miyawaki, 2015- Assistant Professor of Sociology B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2003
M.A., Fordham University, 2008
Ph.D., Fordham University, 2013

Matthew D. Moran, 1996- Bill and Connie Bowen Odyssey Professor of BiologyChair, Natural Sciences Area B.A., University of Delaware, 1991
Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1996

Andrew Morgan, 2014- Assistant Professor of Music B.M., University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2003
M.M., Temple University, 2009
D.M.A., University of Minnesota, 2014

Britt A. Murphy, 1998- Director of Bailey LibraryLibrarian B.A., Kenyon College, 1994
M.L.I.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1998

Richard C. Murray, 2003- Associate Professor of BiologyChair, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Program B.Sc., University of Western Ontario, 1990
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 1997

Ann Muse, 2002- Professor of Theatre Arts B.A., Hendrix College, 1983
M.F.A., University of Memphis, 1997

Wayne D. Oudekerk, 1989- Professor of German B.A., Princeton University, 1973
M.A., University of Washington, 1978
M.A., Middlebury College, 1979
D.A., Syracuse University, 1984

Maxine Payne, 2002- Professor of Art B.S.E., University of Central Arkansas, 1993
M.A., University of Iowa, 1996
M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1997

Jennifer Penner, 2005- Dr. Brad P. Baltz and Reverend William B. Smith Odyssey Professor of PsychologyChair, Department of Psychology A.A., Hesston College, 1994
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1999
M.S., University of Oklahoma, 2001
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2005

Jennifer J. Peszka, 1999- Professor of Psychology B.S., Washington and Lee University, 1994
M.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 1998
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, 1999

Aleksandra N. Pfau, 2008- Associate Professor of History B.A., Wellesley College, 1999
M.A., University of York, 2000
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008

Stanly H. Rauh, 2012- Assistant Professor of Classics B.A., University of Washington, 2001
B.A., University of Washington (Post-Baccalaureate), 2005
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012

Gretchen Renshaw James, 2015- Assistant Professor of Music B.M., Pennsylvania State University, 2010
M.M., University of Arkansas, 2012
M.M., Michigan State University, 2015
D.M.A., Michigan State University, 2015

Rebecca Resinski, 2000- Professor of ClassicsChair, Classics Program B.A., Bucknell University, 1990
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1993
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1998

Brigitte Rogers, 2006- Associate Professor of DanceChair, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance B.A., Henderson State University, 1995
M.F.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 1998

Elizabeth Rogers, 2016- Murphy Visiting Fellow in Language and Literature, English-Creative Writing B.A., Oberlin College, 2007
M.F.A., Cornell University, 2011

Lyle M. Rupert, 1987- Professor of Economics and BusinessChair, Department of Economics and BusinessDirector, Arkansas Governor's School B.A., Hendrix College, 1982
M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1985
Ph.D., University of Central Arkansas, 2015
C.P.A., Illinois, 1985

John Sanders, 2006- Professor of Religious Studies B.A., Trinity College, 1979
M.A., Wartburg Theological Seminary, 1987
Th.D., University of South Africa, 1996

Lawrence K. Schmidt, 1984- Harold and Lucy Cabe Distinguished Professor of PhilosophyChair, Philosophy Department and Neuroscience Program B.A., Reed College, 1972
M.A., University of New Mexico, 1978
Ph.D., University of Duisburg, 1983

Andrew M. Schurko, 2011- Associate Professor of Biology B.Sc., University of Manitoba, 1997
Ph.D., University of Manitoba, 2003

Stacey A. Schwartzkopf, 2011- Charles S. and Lucile Esmon Shivley Odyssey Associate Professor of Anthropology B.A., Arizona State University, 1994
M.A., Tulane University, 2001
Ph.D., Tulane University, 2008

Ralph D. Scott, 1979- Professor of Economics and Business B.A., Hendrix College, 1973
Ph.D., Tulane University, 1983

Lars Seme, 2008- Instructor of Mathematics B.A., Hendrix College, 1995
M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Missouri–Rolla, 1997

Allison K. Shutt, 1997- Professor of History B.A., William Smith College, 1983
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1986
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1995

Deborah Skok, 2001- Associate Professor of History B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1989
M.A., University of Chicago, 1992
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2001

Damon T. Spayde, 2007- Associate Professor of Physics B.A., Grinnell College, 1995
M.A., University of Maryland, 2000
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2001

Michael L. Sprunger, 2011- Associate Professor of HistoryChair, Department of History and Interdisciplinary Minors Program B.A., Brigham Young University, 2000
M.A., University of Hawaii, 2002
Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 2011

Dorian Stuber, 2007- Associate Professor of English B.A., University of King’s College, 1997
M.A., University of Western Ontario, 1999
M.A., Cornell University, 2002
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2006

Mark Sutherland, 1990- Professor of BiologyChair, Department of Biology B.S., Kansas State University, 1975
M.S., Old Dominion University, 1984
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1990

Marjorie Swann, 2014- Professor of English B.A., Queen's University, 1985
M.Phil., Oxford University, Corpus Christi College, 1987
D.Phil., Oxford University, 1990

Sara B. Taylor, 2014- Assistant Professor of Psychology B.S. in Psychology, The Ohio State University, 2005
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 2011

Ruthann Thomas, 2012- Assistant Professor of Psychology B.A., Furman University, 2003
M.A., University of Toronto, 2004
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2009

Todd M. Tinsley, 2007- Associate Professor of PhysicsChair, Department of Physics B.S., Hendrix College, '98
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, '05

Alex Vernon, 2001- Julia Mobley Odyssey Professor of English B.S., United States Military Academy, '89
M.A., University of North Carolina, '94
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, '01

Garbine Vidal-Torreira Julia Mobley Odyssey Assistant Professor of Spanish B.A., University of Deusto-Bilbao, '07
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, '09
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, '13

José R. Vilahomat, 2002- Professor of Spanish B.A., Universidad de la Habana, '92
M.A., Florida International University, '97
Ph.D., Florida International University, '03

Janice Weddle, 2017- Assistant Librarian B.A., Truman State University, 2005
M.A., Truman State University, 2006
M.A., University of Missouri, 2013

Carol L. West, 1977- Professor of EnglishChair (spring), Department of English B.A., Franconia College, '72
M.A., Yale University, '74
M.Phil., Yale University, '76
Ph.D., Yale University, '80

Daniel J. Whelan, 2006- Associate Professor of Politics and International RelationsChair, Department of Politics and International Relations B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, '88
M.A., American University, '93
Ph.D., University of Denver, '06

Robert Williamson, 2008- Margaret Berry Hutton Odyssey Associate Professor of Religious Studies B.S., Clemson University, '95
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary, '01
M.St., Oxford University, '02
Ph.D., Emory University, '11

Ann Wright, 1998- Cynthia Cook Sandefur Odyssey Professor of Physics B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, '91
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, '96

Robyn Wright, 2016- Murphy Visiting Fellow in Language and Literature, Spanish B.A., University of Arizona, 2004
M.A., University of Arizona, 2008
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2016

Michael Yanney, 2016- Assistant Professor of Chemistry B.S., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2005
M.S., Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2008
Ph.D. , Mississippi State University, 2013

Brent A. Yorgey, 2015- Assistant Professor of Computer Science B.A., Williams College, 2004
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2014

Leslie Zorwick, 2007- Margaret Berry Hutton Odyssey Associate Professor of Psychology B.A. , Emory University, 2000
M.A., Ohio State University, 2003
Ph.D. , Ohio State University, 2007

Other Faculty Lists