Dorothy A. Kerzel (1997)

Department Chair

Professor of Mathematics

B.S., Lewis & Clark College (Oregon)

M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)

Ph.D., Washington State University

Research Area: Combinatorics.

Advising Areas: Mathematics, Biology Education, Physical Sciences Education

Teaching Assignments: Number Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Probability and Statistics, Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Survey of Calculus, Precalculus, Statistics

dkerzel@as.muw.edu

Ana Arnizaut-Vilella (2007)

Instructor of Biology

D.V.M., Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

M.Sc., Louisiana State University

Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Research Areas: Molecular Virology and Infectious Diseases

Teaching Assignments: Human Anatomy, General Biology, Animal Physiology

aana@as.muw.edu

Meshack Afitlhile (2006)

Assistant Professor of Biology

B.Sc, University of Zululand (South Africa)

UED, University of Zululand (South Africa)

B.Sc., Rhodes University (South Africa)

M.Sc., Rhodes University (South Africa)

Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Research Areas: Plant lipids and oxylipins, chloroplast protein import

Advising Area: Biology

Teaching Assignments: General Biology, Botany, Plant Physiology, Biochemistry

mafitlhile@as.muw.edu

Dhruba R. Adhikari (2007)

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

B.Sc ., Tribhuvan University (Nepal)

M.Sc.,  Tribhuvan University (Nepal)

Diploma in Mathematics, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy)

Ph.D., University of South Florida

Research Areas: Operator Theory, Topological Degree Theories and Applications, Monotone and Accretive Operators

Advising Area: Mathematics

Teaching Assignments: College Algebra, Calculus, Differential Equations

dadhikari@as.muw.edu

Jill C. Arnold (2005)

Instructor of Biology

B.Sc., University of Southern Mississippi

M.A. Science Teaching, University of New Orleans

Research Areas: Animal Behavior, Freshwater Fish Ecology

Teaching Assignments: General Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Comparative Anatomy, Parasitology, Materials and Methods of Secondary Science Teaching, Supervisor to Sciences Student Teachers

jarnold@as.muw.edu

Lauren Brandon (2003)

Assistant Professor of Microbiology

B.Sc., The Ohio State University

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Research Area: Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis using Shigella as a model organism

Advising Areas:  Microbiology, Biology, Pre-health professions

Teaching Assignments: General Microbiology, Microbiology for Majors, Food Microbiology, Microbial Genetics, General Biology

lbrandon@as.muw.edu

Tess Creel (2004)

Instructor of Mathematics

B.Sc., Mississippi State University

M.Sc., Mississippi State University

Teaching Assignments: Statistics, Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, Precalculus, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Advanced Calculus

tcreel@as.muw.edu

Edward A. Estalote (2003)

Instructor of Physics

B.Sc., University of Louisiana, Lafayette

M.Sc., Louisiana State University

Ph.D., University of New Orleans

Research Area: Underwater Acoustic Propagation. 

Teaching Assignments: General Physics, College Algebra, Introduction to Physics

eestalote@as.muw.edu

Dionne  Fortenberry (2000)

Associate Professor of Chemistry

B.Sc., Dillard University (New Orleans, LA)

Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Research Areas: Nonlinear Dynamics and Polymer Chemistry

Advising Areas: Chemistry and Pre-health professions

Teaching assignments: Introduction to Chemistry, General Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Instrumental Analysis

dfortenberry@as.muw.edu

Jon Fortman  (1968)

Emeritus Professor of Biology

B.Sc., University of Florida

M.Ed., Louisiana State University

M.A., Southern Methodist University (TX)

Ph.D., Mississippi State University

jfortman@muw.edu

Yvonne Jones (2003)

Instructor of Mathematics

B.Sc., Mississippi University for Women

M.Ed., Mississippi University for Women

Post-Masters, University of Mississippi

Teaching Assignments: Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, Statistics

yjones@as.muw.edu

Xiaoxia Li (2007)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry  

B.E., Chongqing University (China)

M.Sc., Zhejiang University (China)

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Research Areas: NMR and protein structure

Advising Area: Chemistry

Teaching Assignments: Introduction to Chemistry, General Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry

xli@as.muw.edu

Paul Mack (2006)

Assistant Professor of Biology

B.Sc., University of California at Riverside

M.Sc., University of California at Davis

Ph.D., University of Georgia

Research Areas: Intersexual conflict and reproductive genetics

Advising Area: Biology

Teaching Assignments: General Biology, General Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Vertebrates

pmack@as.muw.edu

Bonnie L. Oppenheimer (1998)

Professor of Mathematics

B.Sc., Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio)

B.M., Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio)

M.A.T., University of Chicago

M.A., Mississippi State University

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Research Area: Teacher Preparation

Advising Areas: Mathematics, Mathematics Education

Teaching Assignments: Intermediate Algebra, Modern Elementary Mathematics, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Calculus, Modern Geometry, Discrete Mathematics, Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers, Materials and Methods in the Teaching of Secondary Mathematics, Supervisor to Mathematics Student Teachers.

boppenheimer@as.muw.edu

George Pinchuk (2004)

Assistant Professor of Microbiology

M.D., Kiev Medical University (Ukraine)

Ph.D., Institute of Medical Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.

Research Area: Molecular and Cellular Immunology

Advising Areas: Biology, Microbiology

Teaching Assignments: General Biology, Human Physiology, General Microbiology, Immunology, Pathophysiology

gpinchuk@as.muw.edu

Jiben Roy (2004)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

B.Sc., University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

M.Sc., University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Research Areas: Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Advising Area: Chemistry

Teaching Assignments: Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Introductory Chemistry

jroy@as.muw.edu

Nicole Turrill Welch (2008)

Associate Professor of Biology

B.S., Marshall University (West Virginia)

M.S., Marshall University (West Virginia)

Ph.D., University of Tennessee

 

Research Areas: Anthropogenic effects on forest ecosystems; plant-soil interactions

Advising Area: Biology

Teaching Assignments: Ecology, General Biology,

Ross Whitwam (1999)

Professor of Biology

B.Sc., Carleton University (Canada)

M.Sc., Carleton University (Canada)

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

Research Area: The molecular and cell biology of yeast prion proteins

Advising Areas: Biology, Pre-health professions

Teaching Assignments: General Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, General Biology, Biochemistry

rwhitwam@as.muw.edu

Corey D. Wigginton (2007)

Instructor of Biology

B.Sc., Mississippi State University

M.Sc., Mississippi State University

Teaching Assignments: General Biology, Ecology

cwigginton@as.muw.edu

Shaochen Yang (1988)

Professor of Mathematics

B.Sc., National Chengchi University (Taiwan)

M.Sc., Marquette University (Wisconsin)

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Research Areas: Algebra, Grid Generation

Advising Area: Mathematics

Teaching Assignments: Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Statistics, Precalculus, Calculus, Modern Algebra, Linear Algebra, General Topology, Concepts of Abstract Mathematics, Programming in C++

syang@as.muw.edu

JUDY TURNAGE (2005)

Administrative Assistant

jturnage@as.muw.edu

GAIL GRIFFITH

Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics

B.Sc., Mississippi University for Women

M.Sc., William Carey College (MS)

Teaching Assignments: Intermediate Algebra

ggriffith@as.muw.edu 

JULIA JOHNSTON

Adjunct Instructor of Geology

B.Sc., Sam Houston State University (TX)

M.Sc., Mississippi State University

Teaching Assignments:  Introduction to Geology, World Geography

jjohnston@as.muw.edu

Rachel Milstead

Adjunct Instructor of Physics

B.Sc., Mississippi University for Women

M.Sc., Mississippi University for Women

Teaching Assignments: Introduction to Physics

rmilstead@as.muw.edu