Assistant Professors

PRASANNA ACHARYA, Assistant Professor of Biology-Kinesiology (2020, 2020) B.E., Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, India; M.Tech., Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, India; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

EMILY ADAMS, Assistant Professor of World Languages and Cultures (French) (2012, 2016) B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

ELORA AGSTEN, Instructional Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Science (2020) B.A., College of Wooster; M.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

PAMELA BROWN, MSN Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Nursing (2018, 2018) B.S.N., Quincy College; M.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Ph.D., Wayne State University.

ALLISON BURRUS, Assistant Professor of Business (2019, 2020) B.S., Eastern Illinois University;

M.B.A, University of Illinois at Springfield; M.A., University of Missouri, St. Louis; Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis.

BARBARA CHUMLEY, Assistant Professor of Nursing (2020, 2020) B.S.N., MacMurray College; M.S.N., Western Governors University.

AASNE DANIELS, Assistant Professor of Theatre (2013, 2013) B.A., Minnesota State University Moorhead; M.F.A., Northern Illinois University.

NICHOL DELGIORNO, College Organist and Assistant Professor in Music (2019, 2019) B.A., Illinois College; M.M., University of Iowa; D.M.A., University of Illinois.

KARA DORRIS, Assistant Professor of English (2018, 2018) B.A., M.A., University of North Texas; M.F.A., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of North Texas.

GWENDOLYN GILLSON, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies (2019, 2019) B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; M.L.I.S, University of Oklahoma; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

KATELYN GREENBERG, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art (2018, 2018) B.S., Illinois College; M.F.A., Indiana University.

PENNY HAASE WITTLER, Assistant Professor of Education (2018, 2018) B.S., M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of Missouri.

MICHAEL HARDEN, Assistant Professor of Business (2018, 2018) B.B.A, Robert Morris University; M.S., Benedictine University.

JENNIFER HEMINGWAY, Associate Dean of Student Success/Director of Student Development and Assistant Professor of Education (2018, 2018) B.S., Old Dominion University; M.ED., University of Idaho; Ph.D., Illinois State University.

AMANDA HENTON ’16, Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (2022) B.S. Illinois College; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh.

JAIME KLEIN, Assistant Professor of Education (1992, 2017) B.S., M.Ed., University of Wisconsin; Ed.D., Saint Louis University.

GWENDOWLYN KNAPP, Assistant Professor of Biology (2020, 2020) B.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

KHARA KOFFEL, Part-time Assistant Professor in Art & Design (2022) B.A. Juniata College; M.A., M.F.A. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

JOSIAH KUNZ, Assistant Professor of Physics (2020, 2020) B.S., Illinois College; Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology

MARIE LINDSEY, Assistant Professor of Nursing (online), B.A., Ohio University; A.A.S. Morton College; M.S. Rush University; Ph.D. The University of Illinois at Chicago.

MARILYN MARKEL, Assistant Professor of Business (2022) B.S., Ferris State University; Ph.D. Western Michigan University.

JERICHO MCELROY, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice (2022) B.A., M.S.,

Arkansas Tech University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

LORETTA MCKENZIE, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology (2010, 2010) B.S., M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Adler School of Professional Psychology.

ALEX MOORE, Assistant Professor of Psychology (2019, 2019) B.A., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; M.A., Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas.

ANGELA PIERSON, Assistant Professor of Nursing (2020, 2020) A.D.N., Lincoln Land Community College; B.S.N., MacMurray College; M.S.N., Western Governors University.

SHEILA RHODES, Assistant Professor of Nursing (2020, 2020) B.S., Bradley University; M.S.N., University of Illinois at Chicago.

CLARISSA RICHARDSON, Assistant Professor of Psychology (2021) B.S., Illinois College; Ph.D., University of Florida.

AMY S. SCHWIDERSKI, Director of the Center for Academic Excellence and TRIO Support Services and Assistant Professor in Education (2019, 2019) B.A., Illinois College; M.S.Ed., Western Illinois University; Ed.D., Saint Louis University.

CHRISTINE STAAKE, Assistant Professor of Nursing (2021) Diploma in Nursing, Passavant Area Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.N., University of Illinois at Springfield; M.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

JACLYN TABOR, Assistant Professor of Sociology (2019, 2020) B.A., Purdue University; M.A., Indiana University. Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University.

JENNIFER TYGRET, Part-time Assistant Professor of Education (online) B.A., Truman State  University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Colorado Springs.

DAVID WALTER, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice (2017, 2017) B.A., Southern Illinois University; J.D., Southern Illinois University School of Law.

DANE WENDELL, Assistant Professor of Political Science (2017, 2017) B.A., Rhodes College; M.A. Loyola University; Ph.D., Loyola University.

SONIA WILLIAMSON, Assistant Professor of Nursing (2020, 2020) A.G.S., Portland Community College; A.D.N., Clark College; B.S.H.C.A., Concordia University-Portland; M.S.N., Sacred Heart University.

ANNA WRIGHT, Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (2019, 2020) B.S., M.S., Illinois State University; Ed.D., Illinois State University.

EMILY WRIGHT ‘01, Assistant Professor of Accounting (2022) B.A., Illinois College; M.B.A. Webster University.

MIZUKI WYANT, Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (2022) B.A., 

Sapporo University, Sapporo, Japan; M.A., Ball State University; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.

BRITTNEY YANCY, Assistant Professor of History and African American studies (2022) B.A.,  Hampton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut.