Faculty Directory
Professor Mary Sheffer
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Multimedia Journalism, Sports Media, Social Media, Media Management
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
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Dr. Ahmed Sherif
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Cryptography and network security; Cybersecurity; Security and privacy-preserving schemes in Autonomous Vehicles(AVs), Vehicular Adhoc Networks(VANETs), Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) network.
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering
Discipline: Computer Engineering
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Dr. Alan Shiller
Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
Marine geochemistry, trace elements, methane, radium/radon, oceanography, rivers, estuaries
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Marine Science
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Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Public Relations (Strategic Communication), Health, Risk and Science Communication
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
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Edgar Simpson
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising, Multi-media
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Professor Chris Sirola
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Astronomy & physics education; quasars; variable stars.
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
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Dr. Amy Slagle
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy), sacred arts and material culture, religious conversion, afterlife beliefs, modern occultism
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Humanities
Discipline: Philosophy and Religion
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Michael Smith
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Security
Discipline: Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Security
Dr. Paula Smithka
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Philosophy of Science--biology; Social/Political Philosophy
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Humanities
Discipline: Philosophy and Religion
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Lauren Soutullo
Associate Teaching Professor
Areas of Expertise
Modern and Contemporary dance technique, ballet technique, performance skills, Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique®
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Performing and Visual Arts
Discipline: Dance
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Christopher Spaide
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Poetry in English, especially modern and contemporary; transnational and global poetics; Anglophone modernism; poetry and race; theories of the lyric; ecopoetics; Asian American and Asian diasporic literature
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Humanities
Discipline: English
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Mr. Kemit Spears
Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Construction and Design
Discipline: Construction Management
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Dr. Joseph St. Marie
Associate Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: International Development
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Dr. Kayla Stan
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Geospatial Analysis, Climate Resilience, Tropical Dry Forests, Sustainable Development, Remote Sensing, Illicit Massage Businesses, Human Trafficking, Conservation Strategies
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology
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Dr. Emily Stanback
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
British Romanticism, 18th- and 19th-century literature, disability studies, health humanities / medical humanities, histories of medicine and science
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Humanities
Discipline: English
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Dr. Marek Steedman
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Political Theory
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Political Science
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Dr. Deanne Stephens
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Mississippi History; Medical history; Southern history; Women in America history
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Humanities
Discipline: History
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Dr. Robson Storey
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Discipline: Polymer Science and Engineering
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Dr. L. Paul Strait
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Rhetoric, Discourse, Culture, Medical Humanities, Ideology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
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Professor Gary Stringer
Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
English Renaissance Literature; textual and bibliographical studies
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Humanities
Discipline: English