Instructors

ANGELA GONZALES BALFE, Instructor in Criminal Justice (2020), A.G.S., Central Texas College; B.S., Athens State University; M.S., University of South Dakota.

DANA BANGERT, Part-time Instructor in Accounting (2024), B.S., Illinois College; M.A., University of Illinois Springfield.

ELIZABETH BIRCH '10, Part-time Instructor in Education (online) (2025), B.A., Illinois College, M.Ed., American College of Education. 

JEREMY BRIGGS '04, Part-time Instructor in Business (online) (2021), B.S., Illinois College; M.B.A., University of Illinois at Springfield.

TYLER S. CARPENTER, Instructor in Music (2020), B.M.E., South Dakota State University; M.M., University of Akron.

PETER CAVANAGH, Part-time Instructor in Criminal Justice (2025), B.S., Illinois State University, J.D., The John Marshall Law School. 

JODI COLBERT, Part-time Instructor in Psychology (online) (2024), B.S.W., MacMurray College; M.S.W. Saint Louis University.

SARAH CORS, Instructor in Business (2026), B.S., Eastern Illinois University, M.S., M.P.A., University of Illinois at Springfield.

GLORIA COX, Instructor in Nursing, Skills Lab Coordinator (2024), A.S.N., Lincoln Land Community College; B.S.N., Western Governors University.

NICHOLAS CRAVATTA, Part-time Instructor in Nursing (2024), B.S.N., Millikin University.

MALLORY FAIRLESS '06, Part-time Instructor in Business (online), B.S., Illinois College; M.S.A., Loyola University.

JILL HALEY '16, Part-time Instructor in Nursing (2026), B.S., Illinois College, M.S.N., Millikin University.

RANDY KREPEL, Instructor in Education (2023), B.A., Illinois Wesleyan; M.S. Eastern Illinois University; M.A. Concordia University.

ELIZABETH LAHEY, Instructor of Business (2021), B.A., Northwestern; M.B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago.

SHAWNA MERRILL, Debate Coach and Instructor in Communication and Rhetorical Studies (2018), B.S., M.A., Missouri State University.

BRANDON MYLES, Part-time Instructor in Business (online) (2022), B.S., Robert Morris University; M.Ed., Xavier University.

JAFAR QUTOB '13, Part-time Instructor in Accounting (online) (2023), B.S., Illinois College; M.B.A., Eastern Illinois University.

JASON SEXTON, Part-time Instructor in Business (online) (2023), A.S., Lincoln Land Community College; B.S., University of Illinois—Springfield; M.B.A., Benedictine University.

KELLY SILTMAN '84, Part-time Instruction in Education (2024), B.A., Illinois College.

M. TIMOTHY SMITH, Instructor in Music & Applied Lessons (2023), B.M., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; M.M. University of Kansas Lawrence. 

TODD STEINACHER, Instructor in Agribusiness (2026), B.S., Western Illinois University, M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

SANDRA SWEATMAN '89, Instructor in Education (2023), B.A., Illinois College; M.A. Olivet Nazarene University.

ALLISON TINCH, Instructor in Education (2024), B.S., Indiana Wesleyan; M.A., LCC International University.

ANGELA VALUCK '08, Title IX Coordinator and Part-time Instructor in Business (online) (2021), B.A., Illinois College; M.Ed. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

MEGAN VANT, Part-time Instructor in Psychology (2024), B.S., M.A.  University of Illinois Springfield.