Full-Time Faculty At Columbia Campus

Anthony M. Alioto, Professor of History
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh; M.A., PhD., Ohio University

Donna Begley, Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., University of Alaska; M.Ed., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Ann M. Bledsoe, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Judith A. Brown, Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., Southwest Baptist University; M.S., Ed.Sp., Central Missouri State University; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University

Kristi Brown, Instructor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Missouri-Columbia

William J. Burmeister, Associate Professor of Business
B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology; M.A., St. Francis University; Ph.D., University of San Jose (Costa Rica)

Ben D. Cameron, Professor of Art
B.S., St. Louis University; M.A., University of Iowa; M.F.A. University of Cincinnati

Danny C. Campbell, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., William Jewell College; M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Joseph J. Carrier, Associate Professor of CriminalJustice
B.A., Southeastern Louisiana University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia; Certification in LawEnforcement

Edward Christie, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Massey University in New Zealand; Ph.D.,West Virginia University

Edward C. Collings, Professor of Art
A.B., M.A., M.F.A., University of Missouri-Columbia

Elizabeth Critser, Associate Professor of Biology
A.B., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., University of Wisconsin; M.B.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Amy Darnell, Instructor of Speech Communication
B.A., Morehead State University; M.A., University of Texas at Austin

Yngve Digernes, Assistant Professor of Sociology
A.A., Bergen University, Norway; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Linda “Kay” Dingler, Instructor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Central Arkansas

Arlin Epperson, Associate Professor of Business Administration
B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.A., Re.D., Indiana University-Bloomington

Julie Estabrooks, Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., New Mexico State University

Faye Fairchild, Instructor of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Missouri-Columbia

Kathleen Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., St. Louis University; M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Lisa Ford-Brown, Associate Professor of Speech Communication
B.S., M.A., Indiana State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Joyce Gentry-Furrer, Instructor of Nursing
B.S.N., Truman State University; M.S.N., University of Missouri-Columbia

Cheryl Hardy, Professor of Psychology
B.S., Bowling Green State University; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

Ann Harvey, Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., Central Missouri State University; M.Ed., Lincoln University; Ed.Sp., Ed.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Hoyt Hayes, Associate Professor of Business
B.S., M.B.A., Western Illinois University; M.A., Eastern Illinois University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Graham E. Higgs, Associate Professor of Education and Psychology
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.S., Ph.D., University ofTennessee

Timothy Ireland, Assistant Professor of Business
B.A., Kansas State University; B.B.A., Washburn University; M.A., University of Iowa; M.B.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., Emory University

Alan J. James, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Truman State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Brian L. Kessel, Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Universityof Iowa

Mary Kennish, Instructor of Nursing, Director of the Nursing Program
B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Missouri-Columbia

Jill Kliethermes, Instructor of Nursing
B.S.N., Central Missouri State University; M.S.N., F.N.P., University of Missouri-Columbia

Barry R. Langford, Instructor of Criminal Justice
B.A., M.S., J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Nataliya Latushkina, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
M.S., Ph.D., Odessa University

Yihsiang Liow, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., National University of Singapore; M.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brad D. Lookingbill, Associate Professor of History
B.A., Southwestern Oklahoma State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Toledo

Michael Lyman, Professor of Criminal Justice
B.S., M.S., Wichita State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Christopher J. Mazurek, Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Illinois; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina

James A. McAllister, Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Massachusetts; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., University of Kansas

Pamela A. McClure, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Michael McInneshin, Visiting Instructor of History
B.A., Duke University; M.A., North Carolina State University

Nathan Means, Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Lizbeth Brydges Metscher, Instructor of English
B.S., Oklahoma State University; M.A., University of Oklahoma

Carla Mettling, Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Stanford University

Kenneth A. Middleton, Associate Professor of Business Administration
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University

Nollie Moore, Jr., Instructor of Music, Director of JaneFroman Singers
B.S., M.Ed., University of Missouri-Columbia

Michael R. Perkins, Instructor of Human Services
B.A., Columbia College; M.S.W., University of Missouri-Columbia; L.C.S.W.

Michael J. Polley, Associate Professor of History
B.A., St. Joseph’s College; M.A., Washington State University; M.A., Temple University; Ph.D., WashingtonState University

Mark L. Price, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
A.A., Dalton College; B.A., University of Georgia; M.S., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

David Roebuck, Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.S.S., Mississippi State University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Michael Sleadd, Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Georgetown College; M.F.A., University of Missouri-Columbia

Frank L. Somer, Jr., Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
B.S., Oglethorpe University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Thomas J. Stauder, Instructor of Business Administration
B.S., M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia

Naomi Sugino, Assistant Professor of Art
B.M US, B.A., Eastern Illinois University; M.F.A., Wichita State University

Diane R. Suhler, Associate Professor of Business Administration
A.A., Otero Junior College; B.S., University of Colorado; M.I.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Maryland

Suzanne E. Tourville, Associate Professor ofMathematics
B.A., Agnes Scott College; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University

Carol Walter, Instructor of Nursing, Nursing ProgramCoordinator, Lake Ozark Campus
B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Missouri-Columbia

J. Thomas Watson, Professor of Art
B.A., Harding College, M.A., M.F.A., University ofMissouri-Columbia

B. Joann Wayman, Professor of Business Administration
B.S., Northeast Missouri State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Sarah S. Wells, Assistant Professor of Business
B.A., M.B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia

Lawrence W. West, Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; Ph.D., The University of Kansas

Becky J. Widener, Associate Professor of Education
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University; M.A., Webster University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Jean Marie “Lia” Willis, Instructor of Human Services
B.A., M.S.W., University of Missouri-Columbia

Youlong Zhuang, Assistant Professor of BusinessAdministration/Management Information Systems
B.S., Shanghai University of Science and Technology;M.B.A., Indiana State University; Ph.D., University ofKentucky