Associate Professors

ALLISON BURRUS, Associate Professor of Business (2019, 2025) 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.

BRENT CHANDLER, Associate Professor of Chemistry (2012, 2019) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., Princeton University.

NICHOL DELGIORNO '97, College Organist and Associate Professor of Music (2019, 2025) B.A., Illinois College; M.M., University of Iowa; D.M.A., University of Illinois.

KARA DORRIS, Associate Professor of English (2018, 2025) B.A., M.A., University of North Texas; M.F.A., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of North Texas.

GWENDOLYN GILLSON, Associate Professor of Asian Studies (2019, 2024) B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; M.L.I.S., University of Oklahoma; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa. 

PAUL HAMILTON '09, Associate Professor of Biology (2016, 2022). B.S., Illinois College; Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

ADAM JONES, Associate Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (2008, 2011) B.A., M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska- Lincoln.

MIRANDA KARBAN, Associate Professor of Biology (2016, 2022) B.A. Illinois Wesleyan University; M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa. 

JOCELYN LANORIO, Associate Professor of Chemistry (2017, 2022) B.S. University of the Philippines; M.S., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno. 

JOHN A. LAUMAKIS, Associate Professor of Philosophy (2004, 2010) B.A., Lehigh University; Ph.D., Marquette University.

ALEX MOORE, Associate Professor of Psychology (2019, 2023) B.A., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; M.A., Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas.

CHARLES A. RIGGS, Visiting Associate Professor of Engineering (2023) B.S., Central Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia. 

CHRISTIAN SECRIST, Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music (2014, 2019) B.M.Ed., University of Mount Union; M.M., Cleveland State University; D.M.A., Ohio State University.

TAKAKO SOMA, Associate Professor of Computer Science (2005, 2011) B.S., M.S., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Iowa. 

CLAYTON F. SPENCER, Associate Professor of Chemistry (1996, 2002) B.S., Rhodes College; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University.

DANE WENDELL, Dean of Faculty and Instructional Excellence and Associate Professor of Political Science (2017, 2023) B.A., Rhodes College; M.A. Loyola University; Ph.D., Loyola University.