Graduate Faculty

A-G

L. McTier Anderson, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration: B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Drexel University; Ph.D., University of Georgia. (1997)

Nancy R. Barendse, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English: B.S., Auburn University; M.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina. (1996)

Theodore S. Blanchard, Jr., B.A., M.A., C.P.A.
Assistant Professor of Business Administration/Accounting: B.A., College of Charleston; M.A., University of South Carolina. (1980)

David C. Britt, B.S., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor of Business Management Arts:  B.S., Southeast Missouri State University; MBA, Charleston Southern University.  (2010)

Donald R. Clerico, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Education: B.A., Nyack College; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University. (1990)

Mark A. Crawford, B.A., J.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor Business Administration: B.A., Armstrong Atlantic University; J.D., Georgia State University; M.B.A., The Citadel. (2007)

B. Dianne Dinkel, B.S., M.B.A., Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Business Management Arts:  B.S., Grand Canyon University; M.B.A., Arizona State University; Ed.D., Northern Arizona University.  (2011)

Marc P. Embler, B.S., M.S.W., Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice,  Chair of the Department and  Director of the Criminal Justice Graduate Program:  B.S., Charleston Southern University; M.S.W., University of South Carolina; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University.  (2011)

Jacqueline T. Fish, A.S., B.S., M.S., Ed.D.
Professor of Criminal Justice and  Vice President for Academic Affairs: A.S., B.S., East Tennessee State University; M.S. University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Ed.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville. (2006)

Darin L. Gerdes, B.S./B.S., M.B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Director of Graduate Programs, School of Business B.S./B.S., Liberty University; M.B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Regent University (2011)

Marie K. Griffin, B.A., M.A., Ed.D.
Professor of Education: B.A., University of Maryland; M.A., Ball State University; Ed.D., University of South Carolina. (2005)

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Patricia J. Hambrick, B.A., M.A., M.A., Ed.D.
Professor of Education, Director of Academic Technology and Director of Academic Grants: B.A., M.A., M.A., Marshall University; Ed.D., United States International University. (2002)

Arnold J. Hite, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Economics: B.A., M.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., Texas A & M University. (1990)

Jairy C. Hunter, Jr., A.A., B.S., M.A., M.A., Ph.D.
President and Professor of Business Administration: A.A., Wingate College; B.S., M.A., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Duke University. (1984)

Peter B. Jenkins, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology and Geology: B.S., M.S., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina. (2004)

Jeryl W. Johnson, B.S., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics: B.S., B.S., M.S., North Carolina State University, Ph.D., Colorado State University. (1994)

Sharon G. Johnson, B.S., M.B.A., D.B.A.
Professor of Business Administration: B.S., M.B.A., D.B.A., Florida State University. (2008)

Linda Karges-Bone, B.S., M.Ed, Ed.D.
Professor of Education: B.S., M.Ed., College of Charleston; Ed.D., University of South Carolina. (1990)

Vera G. Kling, B.S.N., M.S.N., M.A., DHSc
Associate Professor of Nursing: B.S.N., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; M.S.N., Medical University of South Carolina; M.A., Webster University; DHSc, Nova Southeastern University. (2000)

Daniel Lovasz, B.S.N, M.S.N., D.H.A.
Instructor of Nursing: B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Maryland, University of Phoenix. (2014)

M-Y

Nathan J. Martin, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History: B.A., Iowa State University; M.A., Minnesota State University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska. (2008) 

George W. Metz, B.A., M.Ed., PhD
Professor of Education and Dean of the School of Education:  B.A., Western Maryland College; M.Ed., Frostburg State University; Ph.D., The University of Toledo (2001)

Brian S. Miller, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History and Assistant to the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences: B.A., Ouachita Baptist University; M.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., University of Mississippi. (2006)

R. Scott Pearson, B.A., M.B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Chair of the Department: B.A., Samford University; M.B.A., University of South Florida, M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University. (2009)

Cynthia M. Putman, B.S., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education: B.S., Charleston Southern University; M.Ed., Ed.S., The Citadel; Ed.D., University of South Carolina. (2005)

Mark W. Rieman, B.S., M.P.Acc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Business Administration/Accounting:  B.S., M.P.Acc., University of South Dakota; Ph.D., Washington State University.  (2013)

Melanie G. Reynolds-Murphy, B.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education and Director of Graduate Studies in Education: B.A., Charleston Southern University; M.Ed., The Citadel; Ed.S., The Citadel; Ed.D. South Carolina State University (1995) 

Kari L. Siko, B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English Education:  B.S., Clarion State University;  M.Ed., University of North Carolina; Ph.D., University of North Carolina (2008)

Melvin Sinclair, B.S., M.S., D.B.A.
Assistant Professor of Business Management Arts:  B.S., University of South Carolina; M.H.R.D., Clemson University; D.B.A., Walden University.  (2014)

Larry D. Smith, B.A., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor of Business Administration: B.A., Harding College; M.B.A., Southern Methodist University. (2001)

Andreea Toader, B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P.
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Interim Dean of the College of Nursing:  B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., University of Michigan.  (2013)

Rachel T. Walker, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department: B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi. (2005)

James M. Wilkerson, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Business Administration:  B.S., University of Alabama; M.B.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology.  (2012)

Mark Williams, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History: B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee. (2006)

Mela Wyeth, B.A., M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration/Finance: B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., M.B.A., Webster University; Ph.D., STI Social-Technical Institute. (2000)

Scott D. Yarbrough, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English and Chair of the Department: B.A., M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama. (1997)