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Faculty Bios

Department of Art

Sharon Linnehan
Assistant Professor of Art
linnehan@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6513
Arrival at Erskine: 2002
Education Background: B.F.A., St. Mary's College; M.A., Michigan State University; M.F.A., University of North Dakota

Jan B. Walker
Instructor of Art
jwalker@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8867
Arrival at Erskine: 2003
Education Background: B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.A., East Tennessee State University
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Department of Bible and Philosophy

William Borden Evans
Younts Professor of Bible and Religion
wbevans@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8896
Arrival at Erskine: 1993
Education Background: B.A., Taylor University; M.A.R., Th.M., Westminster Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
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John Makujina
Associate Professor of Biblical Studies

makujina@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8733
B.C.A.  Southwestern Assemblies of God University
M.A.  Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Ph.D.  Westminster Theological Seminary
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David D. Reiter
Associate Professor of Philosophy

reiter@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8891
B.A. Covenant College
M.A.R.  Westminster Seminary
Ph.D.  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Department of Biology

Mary Lang Olson Edwards
Professor of Biology
edwards@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8875
Arrival at Erskine: 1989
Education Background: B.A., Agnes Scott College; M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University

David Bruce Ritland
Professor of Biology
dritland@erskine.edu
Office Phone:864-379-8817
Arrival at Erskine: 1991
Education Background: B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Florida
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Anna Blenda
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

B.S/M.S. Melitopol State Pedagogical University, Ukraine
Ph.D. Institute of Agroecology and Biotechology, Ukraine
Ph.D. Clemson University

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Naoma Nelsen
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

B.S. Southwest Missouri State University
M.S. Texas A & M University
Ph.D. Clemson University

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Al Mina
Visiting Associate Professor of Biology

B.S. Clemson University
M.D. Medical University of South Carolina

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Janice Haldeman
Professor Emerita of Biology

haldeman@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8724
Arrival at Erskine: 1967
Educational Background: B.S., Rollins College; M.A., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Clemson University
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Department of Business Administration and Economics

Ben C. Jeffords
Associate Professor of Business Administration

jeffords@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8854
Arrival at Erskine: 1999
Education Background: B.S., Clemson University; Master of Accountancy, University of South Carolina
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Charles R. Emery
Professor of Business Administration

cemery@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6586
Arrival at Erskine: 2006
B.S., Michigan State University;
M.S., University of Utah; Ph.D., Clemson University

Anthony P. Santella
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

santella@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8848
Arrival at Erskine: 2006
Education Background: B.A., Thiel College; M.A., Auburn University

Department of Chemistry and Physics

Ekaterina I. Michonova-Alexova
Assistant Professor of Physics

emichon@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6579
Arrival at Erskine: 2007
M.S. Sofia University, Bulgaria
M.Ph., Ph.D. Mount Sinai School of Medicine of NYU
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Howard Edward Thomas
Professor of Chemistry
hthomas@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8824
Arrival at Erskine: 1976
Education Background: B.Sc., Ph.D., University of Bristol, England
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Richard Charles Schelp
Assistant Professor of Physics
schelp@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6697
Arrival at Erskine: 2000
Education Background: B.S., Houghton College; M.S., Rensselear Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
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Chrystal Dawn Bruce
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
cbruce@erskine.edu
Office Phone:864-379-6573
Arrival at Erskine: 2003
Education Background: B.S., University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
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Tiffany R. Hayden
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics

B.S. University of Texas at Austin
M.S. University of Pittsburg, PA
Ph.D. candidate Baylor University

Department of Education and Special Education

Margaret Emery
Professor of Secondary Education
emery@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8771
Arrival at Erskine: 2002
B.A., Michigan State University; M.S., University of Utah; Ph.D.,University of New Mexico
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Todd Bruce
Instructor of Secondary Education

tbruce@erskine.edu
Office Phone:864-379-8756
Arrival at Erskine: 2003
Educational Background: B.A., M.S., University of Tennessee
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Joanne G. Jumper
Associate Professor of Education

jumper@erskine.edu
Office Phone:864-379-8753
Arrival at Erskine: 2003
Educational Background: B.A., Newberry College; M.Ed. and Ed. Specialty, Clemson University; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University
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Glenda Dale Smith
Visiting Instructor of Special Education

dsmith@erskine.edu
Office Phone:864-379-6300
Arrival at Erskine: 2005
Educational Background: A.B., Erskine College; M.A., University of South Carolina

Kelly N. Tracy
Assistant Professor of Education
tracy@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6591
Arrival at Erskine: 2007
B.S. Appalachian State University
M.A. Furman University
Ph.D. Candidate Clemson University
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Department of English

Norton Bradley Christie
Professor of English
nbc@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8863
Arrival at Erskine: 1991
Education Background: A.B., Davidson College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Duke University
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William Bryan Crenshaw
Dorn-Reeder Professor of English
crenshaw@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8851
Arrival at Erskine: 1976
Education Background: A.B., Wofford College; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Joan Elizabeth Little
Professor of English
little@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8849
Arrival at Erskine: 1976
Education Background: A.B., Agnes Scott College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois

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Wilbur Hazel Reames, Jr.
Professor of English
reames@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8855
Arrival at Erskine: 1973
Education Background: A.B., Wofford College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia
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Department of Health, Physical Education,
Sports Management and Sports Medicine

William Gideon Alston
Professor and Chairman of Health, Physical Education, Sports Management and Sports Medicine
alston@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8840
Arrival at Erskine: 1987
Education Background: B.S., Atlantic Christian College; B.S. University of North Carolina at Wilmington; M.A.T., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dan Chandler
Assistant Professor of Physical Education
chandler@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6689

B.S. West Chester University of PA
M.A. Trenton State College
M.Ed. Cheyney University
M.Ed. Trenton State College
Ed.D. Temple University

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Nicole Matuseski
Assistant Athletic Trainer/Instructor
Office Phone: 864-379-8844
B.S. King’s College
M.S. West Chester University of PA




Scott DeCiantis
Athletic Training Education Program Director
deciantis@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8899
Education Background: B.S., Erskine; M.S., University of Kentucky
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Jason Nussbaum
Assistant Athletic Trainer / Clinical Education Coordinator
nussbaum@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6614
Education Background: B.S., Erskine College; M.S. from California
University of Pennsylvania
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Mark L. Peeler
Instructor in Physical Education

mlp@erskine.edu
Arrival at Erskine: 2002
Office Phone: 864-379-8850
Education Background: B.A., University of the South; M.A., Winthrop University
 

Adam Hayes Weyer
Head Athletic Trainer / Assistant Athletic Director
weyer@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8890
Arrival at Erskine: 2005
Education Background: B.S., Erskine College; M.Ed., Auburn University
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Department of History and Government

Sandra Lynn Chaney
Professor of History
chaney@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8856
Arrival at Erskine: 1994
Education Background: B.A., University of Montana; M.A., University of North Carolina; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
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Howard Davis Grier
Professor of History
dgrier@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8809
Arrival at Erskine: 1991
Education Background: A.B., Erskine College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Donald V. Weatherman, Vice President and Dean
Professor of Politics
weatherm@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8873
Arrival at Erskine: 1999
Education Background: B.A., California State University at Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

Ashley Woodiwiss
Grady Patterson Professor of Politics

woodiwiss@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8837
Arrival at Erskine: 2007
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. UNC – Chapel Hill
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John Macauley
Assistant Professor of History
Office Phone: 864-379-6507

A.B. Erskine College
M.T.S. Duke University
Ph.D. University of South Carolina
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Department of Mathematics

Kokou Yano Abalo
Professor of Mathematics
abalo@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8870
Arrival at Erskine: 2001
Education Background: B.S., College Protestant; M.S., Kharkov State University; M.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., Clemson University
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Arthur Gorka
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
gorka@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6597
Arrival at Erskine: 2004
Education Background: M.Sc., Nicolaus Copernicus University; Ph.D., Clemson University
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Arthur G. Sparks
Visiting Professor of Mathematics
sparks@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8836
Arrival at Erskine: 2005
Education Background: B.S.ED., Georgia Southern College; M.Ed., University of Georgia; M.A. Universiity of Florida; Ph.D., Clemson University
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Department of Modern Languages

Hans Gerhard Engler
Professor of Modern Languages (part-time)
hengler@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8808
Arrival at Erskine: 1967
Education Background: Th.M., Th.D., Union Theological Seminary (VA); M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Monique Michel
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages (French)michel@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8737
B.A. University of Grenoble, France
Maîtrise University of Franche – Comté, France
Ph.D. University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Esperanza Granados
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
egranados@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8857
Arrival at Erskine: 2001
Education Background: B.A., Universidad Industrial de Santander; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
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Eva Marie Gamble
Visiting Instructor of Modern Languages (Spanish)
gamble@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8801
B.A. Bluffton College
M.A. Bowling Green State University

Department of Music

Robert P. Glick
Associate Professor of Music
glick@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8719
Arrival at Erskine: 1989
Education Background: B.A., Lebanon Valley College; M.S.M., Southern Methodist University; M.Div., Erskine Seminary

Shannon Jeffreys
Assistant Professor of Music/Choral Music Director
jeffreys@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8827
Arrival at Erskine: 2005
Education Background: B.M., Birmingham-Southern College; M.M., University of Mississippi; D.M.A., University of South Carolina
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James Brooks Kuykendall
Assistant Professor of Music
bkuykend@erskine.edu
Office Phone:864-379-6695
Arrival at Erskine: 2006
Education Background: A.B., Erskine College;
M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
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Brad Parker
Assistant Professor of Music

parker@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8842
B.Mus Wilfrid Laurier University
M.Mus Eastman School of Music
D.M.A. Eastman School of Music



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Department of Psychology and Sociology

John Roger Showalter
Professor of Psychology
showaltr@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8868
Arrival at Erskine: 1974
Education Background: B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University
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Stephen B. Sniteman
Professor of Sociology
sniteman@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8778
Arrival at Erskine: 1993
Education Background: B.A., East Carolina University; M.S., Troy State University; Ph.D., Utah State University
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Robert J.F. Elsner
Associate Professor of Psychology
elsner@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-6570
Arrival at Erskine: 2005
Education Background: B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Georgia

McCain Library

Frederick W. Guyette
Librarian and Assistant Professor
fguyette@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8784
Arrival at Erskine: 1995
Education Background: B.A., Florida State University; M.A., Pacific School of Religion; M.L.S., Florida State University

John F. Kennerly
Head Librarian and Assistant Professor
kennerly@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8788
Arrival at Erskine: 1995
Education Background: B.A., Charleston Southern University; M.L.I.S., University of South Carolina

Sara M. Morrison
Librarian and Instructor
morrison@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8747
Arrival at Erskine: 1999
Education Background: B.A., King College; M.A., Westminster Theological Seminary; M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Brian K. Smith
Systems Manager and Webmaster
keith@erskine.edu
Office Phone: 864-379-8789
Arrival at Erskine: 2002
Education Background: B.S. Lander Univeristy