“The twenty-three new faculty members come to us with impressive credentials and backgrounds,” said Dr. Sheila Adams, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. “We welcome them as they join ranks with our current group of outstanding faculty.”

New in the Division of Business and Communication are Linnea K. Hall, instructor in MIS, and Randy T. Stewart, visiting instructor in business.

Chef Walter Scott McKenzie has joined the faculty at the Culinary Arts Institute as a chef instructor. Joining the Division of Education and Human Sciences are Dr. Jennifer Kay Halfacre, assistant professor of education; Dr. Joan Primeaux, assistant professor of education; and Dr. Angela S. Raines, assistant professor of reading, Barksdale Reading Institute.

Dr. Beverly A. Joyce, assistant professor of art, and Alexander Stelioes-Wills, assistant professor of art, are new to the Division of Fine and Performing Arts.

New to the Division of Humanities are Dr. Patricia B. Dennis, assistant professor of social sciences education; Dr. Jack J. Miller, assistant professor of political science and philosophy; and Dr. Kenneth W. Vickers, assistant professor of history.

There are seven new faculty members in the Division of Nursing. They are Marci S. Boswell, instructor in nursing (ASN); Heather D. Carter-Templeton, instructor in nursing (BSN); Dr. Janice U. Davidson, professor of nursing and director of the MSN Program; Melissa C. Dodson, instructor in nursing (MSN); Julie S. Jones, instructor in nursing (ASN); Jennifer McIntyre, instructor in nursing (ASN); and Pamela D. Thomas, instructor in nursing (ASN).

Dr. Lauren D. Brandon, assistant professor of microbiology and Emma Sadler Moss chairholder; Willard E. Collier, instructor in chemistry; Dr. Amina Elbehti, assistant professor of microbiology; and Dr. Eddie A. Estalote, instructor in physics, have joined the Division of Science and Mathematics.