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Victoria Ott
, James A. Wood Professor of History (2004)
B.A. (1994), M.A. (1998), University of Central Florida; Ph.D. (2003), University of
Tennessee.
Rebekah Pine Parker
, Instructor of Urban Environmental Studies (2016)
B.A. (2009), Birmingham-Southern College; M.S. (2011), University of Alabama.
G. Shane Pitts
, Jack G. Paden Professor of Psychology (1998)
B.S. (1992), Athens State College; M.A. (1995), Ph.D. (1997), University of Alabama.
Duane H. Pontius Jr.
, T. Morris Hackney Professor of Physics (1999)
B.S. (1981), Birmingham-Southern College; Ph.D. (1988), Rice University.
Janice Joy Poplau
, Associate Professor of Library Science (1971)
B.A. (1970), Gustavus Adolphus College; M.A. (1971), University of Minnesota.
Javier E. Portillo
, Assistant Professor of Economics (2017)
B.Acc. (2012), Loyola University New Orleans; M.S. (2014), Florida State University.
Guangjun Qu
, Associate Professor of Economics (2012)
B.A. (2001), Chongqing Technology and Business University; M.A. (2005), Chongqing
University; Ph.D. (2010), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
Richard Rector
, Assistant Professor of Psychology (2009)
B.A. (1995), University of Virginia; M.A. (2003), Ph.D. (2007), University of Alabama
at Birmingham.
Douglas A. Riley
, Professor of Mathematics (1999)
B.A. (1991), DePauw University; M.A. (1995), Ph.D. (1999), University of Kentucky.
Sara H. Robicheaux
, B. A. Monaghan Professor of Business (2002)
B.S. (1997), Birmingham-Southern College; M.A. (1997), Ph.D. (2000), University of
Alabama.
Kathleen Greer Rossmann
, Associate Professor of Economics (1999)
B.A. (1987), Furman University; M.A. (1995), Ph.D. (1999), University of Colorado at
Boulder.
Mark E. Rupright
, Associate Professor of Physics (2007)
B.S. (1992), University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Ph.D. (1998), University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kelly A. Russell
, Associate Professor of Education (2007)
B.S. (1990),
M.A.Ed. (2004), Ph.D. (2008), University of Alabama at Birmingham.