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Faculty (D through G)

MICHAEL WILLIAM DALE (1988)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., M.A.T., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate Faculty

JOSEPH PATRICK DALY (1989)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., Columbia University; M.P.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Graduate Faculty

NEEL DAS (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.Com., St. Xavier’s College, India; M.Com., University of Calcutta, India; PGDBM, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

PRADEEP MAXWELL DASS (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology
B.Sc., M.Sc., Gorakhpur University (India); M.S., Ph.D., The University of Iowa
Graduate Faculty

EMILY DAUGHTRIDGE (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
B.A., B.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.F.A., The Ohio State University

DINESH S. DAVE (1988)
Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems; and Director of the Business Research Center
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Gujarat University; M.S., West Virginia College of Graduate Studies
Graduate Faculty

HARRY McLEMORE DAVIS (1977)
Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance; and Holder of the North Carolina Bankers Association Chair
A.B., The University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

KEITH M. DAVIS (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; M.Ed., M.S., Ed.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

ELIZABETH LYNN DAVISON (1997)
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

ADRIAN NIGEL DAW (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Yale University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Graduate Faculty

JOHN WILLIAM DAWSON (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., East Carolina University; M.A., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

CHRYSTAL O. DEAN (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

DAVID L. DEHART (2004)
Assistant Professor and Librarian
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University; M.L.I.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

JEAN L. DEHART (1995)
Professor in the Department of Communication
B.A., James Madison University; M.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

JOSE BENITO del PLIEGO (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

CHRISTOFFEL J.P.A.M. den BIGGELAAR (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.Sc., Agrarische Hogeschool, 's Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Graduate Faculty

JAMES RUSSELL DENI (1972)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Youngstown State University; M.Ed., Ed.D., Baylor University
Graduate Faculty

JAMES CHRISTOPHER DENNISTON (1999)
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.A., Bucknell University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton
Graduate Faculty

GARNER GLENN DEWEY (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology
A.A., Hiwassee College; B.S., M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

BRUCE ALLEN DICK (1989)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee
Graduate Faculty

CHRISTOPHER ANDREW DICKINSON (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., M.A., Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

DAVID L. DICKINSON (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics
B.A., Western Washington University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona

JOYCE WISE DODD (2004)
Lecturer in the Department of Communication
B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A., University of Richmond

TIMOTHY DOLAN (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology
Bachelor of Interior Design, University of Tennessee; M.S., East Tennessee State University

DAVID HENRY DOMERMUTH (1993)
Associate Professor in the Department of Technology
B.S., M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., University of Dayton

GEORGIE LYNN DONOVAN (2004)
Assistant Professor and Librarian
B.A., University of Georgia; M.F.A., The University of Texas at El Paso; M.A.L.S., University of Arizona

MICHAEL J. DOTSON (1983)
Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.A., M.B.A., Nicholls State University; D.B.A., Mississippi State University

LYNN DOYLE (1992)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., University of Houston; M.F.A., University of Virginia

JEANNE ANN DUBINO (2006)
Professor and Chair of the Department of English
B.A., Boston College; M.A., University of Delaware; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Graduate Faculty

CHARLES R. DUKE (1995)
Dean of the Reich College of Education; and Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.Ed., Plymouth State College; M.A., Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College; Ph.D., Duke University
Graduate Faculty

RODNEY K. DUKE (1991)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Friends University; M.C.S., Regent College; Ph.D., Emory University

LEIGH E. DUNSTON (2002)
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., St. Joseph's University; J.D., Georgetown University

LYNN DURYEA (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Art
B.A., Bucknell University; M.A., New York University; M.F.A., University of Florida

CASSANDRA T. EAGLE (1992)
Professor in the Department of Chemistry
B.S., Pfeiffer College; Ph.D., The University of Toledo

RANDAL K. EDWARDS (1986)
Dean of the Walker College of Business; and Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S.B.A., M.S., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville. CPA
Graduate Faculty

SUSAN EDWARDS (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Deakin University (Geelong, Victoria, Australia); M.S., The University of Melbourne; Ph.D., Deakin University (Geelong, Victoria, Australia)
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

JILL ROSE EHNENN (2001)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., George Washington University
Graduate Faculty

GEORGE EHRHARDT (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., Indiana University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

C. KEVIN ELLER (2008)
Lecturer in the Department of Accounting
B.S.B.A., M.S., Appalachian State University. CPA

LARRY VAN ELLIS (1978)
Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Economics
B.S., Missouri Valley College; M.A., Central Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

THOMAS BAYNARD ELLIS (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

BRIAN A. ELLISON (2007)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., M.A., M.P.A., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., Colorado State University
Graduate Faculty

JARI ELORANTA (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
M.A., University of Jyväskylä; Ph.D., European University Institute
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

RYAN EUGENE EMANUEL (2007)
Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow in the Department of Geology
B.S., Duke University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Graduate Faculty

LISA JO EMERY (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

KAREN EPERMANIS (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.B.A., University of Georgia; M.B.A., University of Tulsa; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

O. HAKAN ERSEVER (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.S., B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Ankara University; M.A., University of Durham
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

MICHAEL R. EVANS (1991)
Professor in the Department of Management; and Director of the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program
A.O.S., The Culinary Institute of America; B.S., University of Massachusetts; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ed.D., University of Tennessee

RENEÉ R. EVANS (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

R. CHADWICK EVERHART (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology
Bachelor of Environmental Design, Master of Architecture, North Carolina State University

ROBERT JOSEPH FALVO (1993)
Associate Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M., State University of New York, Fredonia; M.M., D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music

CATHY R. FANCHER (2005)
Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.A., Maryville College; M.A., Furman University

GABRIEL FANKHAUSER (2000)
Associate Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.A., Earlham College; M.M., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., Florida State University

SELMA PATRICIA FARTHING (1972)
Professor and Librarian
B.A., M.L.S., Louisiana State University; Ed.S., Appalachian State University

JAMIE YARBROUGH FEARRINGTON (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., University of Georgia; M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee

BRIAN HARVEY FELKEL (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Florida State University
Graduate Faculty

JAMES B. FENWICK, JR. (1996)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.S., University of Maryland; M.S., Ph.D., The University of Delaware

CRAIG JOSEPH FISCHER (1998)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SHANAN H. FITTS (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., University of Utah; M.A., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder

APRIL V. FLANDERS (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Art
B.A., B.F.A., Florida State University; M.F.A., Arizona State University

JEFFREY O. FLETCHER (1974)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ed.D., Auburn University

WILLIAM EDWARD FOLTS (1991)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology
B.S., M.S., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa); Ph.D., University of Florida
Graduate Faculty

LISA H. FORSTER (2001)
Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities; and Clinical Educator
B.A., M.A., Appalachian State University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

TIMOTHY B. FORSYTH (1989)
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Accounting
B.S., University of South Alabama; M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Graduate Faculty

CATHERINE ANNE FOUNTAIN (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish)
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

JEREMY BURK FOX (1988)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., California State University, Northridge; M.B.A., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

PAUL A. FOX (1970)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Hofstra University; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Graduate Faculty

ERIC D. FRAUMAN (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.S., M.Ed., University of Florida; Ph.D., Clemson University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

K. MARTIAL FRINDÉTHIÉ (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (French)
B.A., Université d'Abidjan; M.A., St. Cloud University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

ELIZABETH M. FRYE (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.S., M.A., Ed.D., Appalachian State University
Graduate Faculty

ALLIE GARNIER FUNK (1976)
Professor in the Department of Sociology
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

DEREK PAUL GAGNIER (2001)
Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
B.A., Potsdam Collge; M.F.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

SANDRA GLOVER GAGNON (2002)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., University of Georgia; M.E., S.E., The Citadel; Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Graduate Faculty

AMY T. GALLOWAY (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Furman University; M.S., Bucknell University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

CHRISTINA R. GALVIN (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.A., St. Leo University; M.A., Ed.D., University of Cincinnati
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

MICHAEL M. GANGLOFF (2007)
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., State University of New York; M.S., Montana State University; Ph.D., Auburn University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

SAMMIE GATLIN GARNER (1983)
Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.S., M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Graduate Faculty

PAUL L. GASKILL (1986)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
A.A., Montgomery County Community College; B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

PAUL HENRY GATES, JR. (1995)
Professor in the Department of Communication
B.A., Hobart College; M.M.C., University of South Carolina; J.D., California Western School of Law; Ph.D., University of Florida

JOHN P. GEARY (1976)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
A.B., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa); J.D., Samford University; M.A., Ph.D., George Peabody College for Teachers

RICHARD WILLIAM GENBERG (1998)
Visiting Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy
A.B., Oberlin College; M.S., Ph.D., Case Institute of Technology (Case Western Reserve University)

LESLIE ELDRIDGE (BUD) GERBER (1975)
Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
B.A., University of the Pacific; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University; M.T.S., Duke University

LYNNE MARIE GETZ (1990)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Adams State College; M.A., Texas Christian University; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Graduate Faculty

PETER J. GIAMPIETRO (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

MARK CHARLES GINN (1998)
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., Emory University
Graduate Faculty

LEON GINSBERG (2006)
Research Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Social Work
B.A., Trinity University; M.S.W., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

HOWARD ALAN GISKIN (1989)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Southern Connecticut State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Graduate Faculty

ROBERT DeFOREST GODDARD, III (1978)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.S., Florida Atlantic University; M.B.A., University of North Florida; Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)

RAINER HANS GOETZ (1990)
Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences; and Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish)
B.A., University of Wurzburg, Germany; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Duke University

DELBERT C. GOFF (1991)
Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S.B.A., University of Florida; M.B.A., Ph.D., Florida State University
Graduate Faculty

JAMES RUDOLPH GOFF, JR. (1986)
Professor in the Department of History
A.A., Emmanuel College; B.A., Wake Forest University; M.Div., Duke University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Graduate Faculty

ROGER SHANE GONCE (2006)
Lecturer in the Department of Communication
B.F.A., Western Carolina University; M.G.D., North Carolina State University

EVA GONZALES (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

ASHLEY GOODMAN (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.S., Gardner-Webb University; M.A., The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)

TRACY JO GOODSON-ESPY (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.S., Middle Tennessee State University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

ROSS MATTHEW GOSKY (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Miami University; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

SANDRA LYNNE GRAVETT (1996)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.Div., Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Duke University
Graduate Faculty

JENNIFER BONCK GRAY (2008)
Instructor in the Department of Communication
B.A., M.A., University of New Orleans

RICHARD ORREN GRAY (1989)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.A., Washington State University; M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Toronto
Graduate Faculty

CONSTANCE R. GREEN (1987)
Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.A., M.Ed., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., University of Florida
Graduate Faculty

SHERRI LYNN GREEN (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work
B.S.W., Warren Wilson College; M.S.W., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

MELANIE W. GREENE (1996)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Appalachian State University; Ed.D., East Tennessee State University
Graduate Faculty

SARAH JILL GREENWALD (1998)
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Union College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Faculty

LISA ANN CURTIN GRIZZARD (1996)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Florida State University; M.S., University of Central Florida; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Graduate Faculty

ERIC CHANDLER GROCE (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S.Ed., The University of Texas at Tyler; M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University

ROBIN DENISE GROCE (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

PETER A. GROOTHUIS (2002)
Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., Central Michigan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

KRISTINA KAYE GROOVER (1996)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Dickinson College; M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

LISA A. GROSS (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University; M.S., University of Missouri-St. Louis; M.S., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

VICTORIA GRUBE (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Art
B.A., M.Ed., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa

REGINA GULICK-JAMES (2008)
Lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Dance
B.A., University of Akron

ELIZABETH ALISON GULLEY (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

KIMBERLY K. GUNTER (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
B.S., M.A., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois

BONNIE SUE GUY (1987)
Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.B.A., M.B.A., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Graduate Faculty

 

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