2024-2025 Catalog

Labry School of Science, Technology, and Business

Jim D. Shulman, Interim Dean of the Labry School of Science, Technology, and Business, and Assistant Professor
B.A., J.D., Vanderbilt University

Loyce Chinyanga, Administrative Assistant to the Labry School of Science, Technology, and Business
B.S., Cumberland University

Eric G. Alspaugh, Instructor of Mathematics
B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.Ed., Tennessee State University

Laura H. Bechard, Assistant Professor of Biology
B.Sc., Erskine College
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Zachary L. Brown, Instructor of Mathematics
B.S., B.S., M.S., Tennessee Technological University

Eckton C. Chinyanga, Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.A., African Bible College
B.B.A., Cumberland University
M.B.A., Ed.D., Tennessee State University

J. Jay Conner, Assistant Professor of Information Technology Management
B.A., Georgetown College
M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Laurie P. Dishman, Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Carson Newman University
M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Michael C. Fulbright, Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Austin Peay State University

S. Christopher Fuller, Professor of Mathematics and Information Technology
B.S., B.S., M.A.M., Ph.D., Auburn University

Holly B. Gothard, Instructor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Tennessee Technological University

Richard J. Grant, Professor of Finance and Economics
B.A., McMaster University, Canada
Ph.D., George Mason University

Christi D. Griffin, Associate Professor of Health Care Administration
B.S.B.A., University of Alabama, Huntsville
M.H.S.A., George Washington University
J.D., Creighton University

Mary Lewis Haley, Professor of Accounting
B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.B.A., D.A., Middle Tennessee State University
W.P. Bone III Professor of Business

Roger S. Jackson, Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Calvin College
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Valerie B. King, Associate Professor of Marketing
B.B.A., M.B.A., Belmont University
D.B.A., Argosy University

Joshua J. Klaassen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Nebraska Wesleyan
Ph.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City

Eric A. Landis, Associate Professor of Management and Faculty Athletic Representative
B.A., M.A., University of Alabama
D.M., University of Phoenix

Natasha L. McMann, Visiting Instructor of Physics and Astronomy
A.A.S., New River Community and Technical College
B.A., Bluefield State College
B.S., West Virginia University
M.A., Fisk University

Max Melnikov, Professor of Economics and Finance
B.S., M.S., Dnipropetrovsk National University (Ukraine)
M.A., D.A., Middle Tennessee State University

Paul M. Percy, Professor of Business
B.S., Houghton College
M.B.A., State University of New York, Buffalo
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Julie B. Phillips, Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Middle Tennessee State University
Ph.D., University of California, Merced
Robert H. Nichols, Jr. Professor of Science

Milton W. Sager, III, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., State University of New York, Fredonia
M.S., Middle Tennessee State University

Stephen P. Shao, Jr., Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
B.A., University of Virginia
M.B.A., Old Dominion University
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Karah S. Sprouse, Assistant Professor of Business
B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.B.A., University of Mississippi
D.B.A., Liberty University

Noa D. Stroop, Assistant Professor of Business
B.S., M.B.A., Tennessee Technological University
D.B.A., Trevecca Nazarene University

Paul C. Stumb, University President and Professor
B.I.E., Auburn University
M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.A.E., Cumberland University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

William L. Tune, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D., Indiana University

Viola M. Vincent, Visiting Instructor of Chemistry
B.S., M.S., Tennessee Technological University

Rena L. Waller, Instructor of Mathematics
B.S., Arkansas State University
M.S.E., University of Texas, Austin