Academic Catalog 2017-2018

Thomas A. Kinney, 2004. Professor of History. B.A., University of Maine; M.A., Ph.D., Case West- ern Reserve University. Emily A. Lambert, 2010. Associate Professor of Biology; Dean of the College of Sciences; Depart- ment Chair of Biology. B.S., Concord College; Ph.D., Virginia Tech University. Andrew Lawrence, 2012. Instructor of Management and Leadership; B.A., Bluefield State College; M.A. Ashford University. WernerA. Lind, 1992. Librarian; B.A., Bethel College; M.A., Eastern Mennonite Seminary; M.L.S., Indiana State University. Pamela H. Linkous, 2013. Assistant Professor of Nursing; Assistant Dean, School of Nursing. A.D.N., Bluefield State College; B.S.N., West Virginia University; M.S., M.S.N, Marshall University. Rebecca McCoy-Reese, 2001. Assistant Professor of Theatre & Technical Director &Artist in Resi- dence; Department Co-Chair of Theatre. Artist in Residence. B.A., Georgetown College; M.R.E., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Michael McGill, 2016. Associate Professor of Communication. B.A., Susquehanna University; M.A., Bowling Green State University. Pamela R. (Mimi) Merritt, 2000. Assistant Professor of Communication; Dean of Institutional Ef- fectiveness. B.A., Duke University; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Robert C. Merritt, Jr., 1990. Professor of English; Department Chair of English; Dean of College of Arts and Letters; Director of Honors Program. B.A., M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of Kentucky. Douglas W. Minnix, 2001. Associate Professor of Exercise and Sport Science; Department Chair of Exercise & Sport Science; Director of Exercise and Sport Medicine. B.S., Bluefield College; M.S., University of Tennessee; PhD., Virginia Tech. John Scott Moir, 2016. Assistant Professor of Music. B.F.A., United States International Alliant University; M.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M. - Music Education, Silver Lake College; D.M.A., Shenandoah University. Patricia W. Neely, 2017. Dean of Online and Distance Education. B.B.A., Radford University; M.B.A., Averett University, Ed.D., University of Virginia. Martin F. Offield, 2011. Professor of Biology. B.S., Liberty University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Sharon Perot, 2014. Associate Professor of Business; Dean of the College of Professional Programs. B.A., Lake Forest College; M.B.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., Northern Illinois University. Charles Priest, 2010. Associate Professor of Music; Department Chair of Music; B.A., Bryan Col- lege; M.M., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Charles M. Reese, 2001. Professor of Theatre; Department Co-Chair of Theatre; Artistic Director. B.A. Samford University; M.F.A. University Tennessee; further study, Florida State University. Irene M. Rieger, 2011. Associate Professor of English. B.A., Samford University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Gregory Allen Roberts, 2014. Instructor of Graphic Communications. B.A., Concord University; M.A., West Virginia University. Joe C. Saunders, 2007. Professor of Chemistry. Department Chair of Chemistry. B.S., Messiah Col- lege; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Jessica H. Sharp, FNP-BC, CRNA, FAANP, 2014. Dean, School of Nursing; Professor of Nurs- ing; B.S.N., Marshall University; M.S.N., Ohio State University; Ph.D., George Mason University.

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