FACULTY DIRECTORY
COLLEGE of ARTS & SCIENCES
Dr. Katherine Abernathy
Associate Professor of English
251.442.2467
kabernathy@umobile.edu
Dr. Lesley Baggett
Assistant Professor of Biology
251.442.2408
lbaggett@umobile.edu
Mrs. Maria “Lourdes” Baumer
Instructor in Spanish
251.442.2345
mbaumer@umobile.edu
Mrs. Barbara Brousseau
Assistant Professor of French
251.442.2786
bbrousseau@umobile.edu
Dr. Lonnie Burnett
Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of History
251.442.2319
lburnett@umobile.edu
Dr. Julie Biskner
Associate Professor of Political Science
251.442.2556
jbiskner@umobile.edu
Dr. Cassidy J. Cooper
Assistant Professor of Sociology
251.442.2586
ccooper@umobile.edu
Mrs. Rachael Counselman
Instructor in English
251.442.2317
rcounselman@umobile.edu
Dr. Randy Craig
Associate Professor of Biology
251.442.2265
rcraig@umobile.edu
Dr. Matthew L. Downs
Associate Professor of History
251.442.2588
mdowns@umobile.edu
Mrs. Kim Fobes
Instructor in English
251.442.2307
kfobes@umobile.edu
Dr. Nancy Gautier
Professor of Computer Information Systems and Mathematics
251.442.2572
ngautier@umobile.edu
Dr. Troy Henderson
Professor of Mathematics
251.442.2298
thenderson@umobile.edu
Dr. Salomon Itza
Professor of Physics
251.442.2248
sitza@umobile.edu
Dr. Ted Mashburn
Professor of Humanities
251.442.2391
tmashburn@umobile.edu
Dr. Gyromas W. Newman
Associate Professor of Communication
251.442.2594
gnewman@umobile.edu
Dr. Jeremy Padgett
Assistant Professor of Communication
251.442.2381
jpadgett@umobile.edu
Dr. Michael Rands
Assistant Professor of English
251.442.2537
mrands@umobile.edu
Dr. Michael Robinson
Assistant Professor of History
251.442.2335
mrobinson@umobile.edu
Dr. Stephen J. Schuler
Associate Professor of English
251.442.2426
sschuler@umobile.edu
Mrs. Morgan Snellgrove
Instructor in Mathematics
251.442.2389
msnellgrove@umobile.edu
Mr. Gholamreza Tashbin
Instructor of Mathematics
251.442.2411
gtashbin@umobile.edu
SCHOOL of BUSINESS
Dr. Mark Ahlseen
Visiting Professor of Economics
251.442.2254
mahlseen@umobile.edu
Katie Allred
Assistant Professor of Software Development and Digital Media
kallred@umobile.edu
Dr. Jane Byrd
Professor of Management
251.442.2233
jbyrd@umobile.edu
Mr. Nick Cillo
Assistant Professor of Finance & Management
251.442.2371
ncillo@umobile.edu
Dr. Kathy Dunning
Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Accounting
251.442.2281
kdunning@umobile.edu
Dr. Todd Greer
Vice Provost
Dean, School of Business
251.442.2701
tgreer@umobile.edu
Mrs. J.B. Locke
Director of Administrative Services
251.442.2219
jlocke@umobile.edu
Dr. Sevints Nuriyeva
Associate Professor of Global Business and Management
251.442.2466
snuriyeva@umobile.edu
Mr. Rusty Roberts
Assistant Professor of Accounting
251.442.2464
rroberts@umobile.edu
Dr. Amy Taylor
Associate Professor of Business
251.442.2409
ataylor@umobile.edu
SCHOOL of CHRISTIAN STUDIES
Mr. Kyle Beshears
Dean, Assistant Professor of Christian Studies
251.442.2407
kbeshears@umobile.edu
Dr. Dustin Bruce
Assistant Professor of Christian Studies
251.442.2328
dbruce@umobile.edu
Dr. Rob Jackson
Associate Professor of Christian Studies
251.442.2913
rjackson@umobile.edu
Dr. Tony Merida
Visiting Professor of Homiletics and Culture
251.442.2407
tmerida@umobile.edu
Dr. Jay Robertson
Assistant Professor of Christian Studies
251.442.2335
jrobertson@umobile.edu
Dr. Robert Olsen
Assistant Professor of Christian Studies
251.442.2205
rolsen@umobile.edu
Mr. Joshua Taylor
Instructor of Christian Studies
251.442.2254
jtaylor@umobile.edu
Dr. Doug Wilson
Dean, Office for Global Engagement
Professor of Christian Studies
251.442.2267
dwilson@umobile.edu
SCHOOL of EDUCATION
Mrs. Karon Bishop
Instructor in Education
251.442.2353
kbishop@umobile.edu
Mrs. Brenda Chastain
Assistant Professor in Education
251.442.2354
bchastain@umobile.edu
Dr. Carolyn D. Corliss
Dean, Professor of Education and Certification Officer
251.442.2276
ccorliss@umobile.edu
Dr. Karen Dennis
Assistant Professor of Education
251.442.2529
kdennis@umobile.edu
Dr. Audrey Eubanks
Professor of Education
241.442.2217
aeubanks@umobile.edu
Dr. Cynthia Erickson
Assistant Professor of Education
251.442.2392
cerickson@umobile.edu
Dr. Ashley Milner
Assistant Professor of Education
251.442.2341
amilner@umobile.edu
Dr. Katherine Reeves
Associate Dean, Assistant Professor of Education
251.442.2313
kreeves@umobile.edu
ALABAMA SCHOOL of the ARTS
Dr. Steve Bowersox
Chair, Department of Worship Leadership and Technology and Assistant Professor of Worship
251.442.2551
sbowersox@umobile.edu
Dr. Roger Breland
Dean Emeritus, Alabama School of the Arts
251.442.2216
rbreland@umobile.edu
Ms. Megan Cary
Associate Professor of Graphic Design
251.442.2676
mcary@umobile.edu
Mr. Phil Counselman
Chair, Department of Art and Associate Professor of Art
251.442.2283
pcounselman@umobile.edu
Mr. Steve Dunn
Associate Professor/Instrumental Music
251.442.2447
sdunn@umobile.edu
Dr. Bruce Earnest
251.442.2325
bearnest@umobile.edu
Andrew Goodwin
Associate Director of Worship Leadership and Artist-In-Residence
251.442.2552
agoodwin@umobile.edu
Dr. Charlotte Hester
Associate Professor of Music Education
251.442.2315
chester@umobile.edu
Dr. Kathryn Hedlund
Associate Professor of Music/Voice
251.442.2897
khedlund@umobile.edu
Mr. Kenneth Hughes
251.442.2321
khughes@umobile.edu
Dr. Patrick Jacobs
Director of Opera and Professor of Music/Voice
251.442.2554
pjacobs@umobile.edu
Dr. Maryann Kyle
Chair of Graduate Programs and Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy
251.442.2323
mkyle@umobile.edu
Mrs. Rebeca Lake
Chair, Department of Theatre and Assistant Professor of Theatre
251.442.2394
rlake@umobile.edu
Dr. Christopher Lovely
Assistant Professor/Piano and Theory
251.442.2305
clovely@umobile.edu
Dr. Al Miller
Dean, Alabama School of the Arts
Professor of Music
251.442.2357
amiller@umobile.edu
Dr. Kadisha Onalbayeva
Director of Piano Studies/Professor of Music
Steinway Artist
251.442.2285
konalbayeva@umobile.edu
Chris Springer
Director of 8Eighty Records
251.442.2553
cspringer@umobile.edu
Dr. Andy Wood
Assistant Professor of Worship Leadership
251.442.2251
awood@umobile.edu
COLLEGE of HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Ms. Tammy Brown
Instructor of Nursing
251.442.2446
tbrown@umobile.edu
Mrs. Diann Carithers
Undergraduate Department Chair, Associate Professor of Nursing
251.442.2455
dcarithers@umobile.edu
Dr. Lori DeLong
Chair for Kinesiology, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
251.442.2302
ldelong@umobile.edu
Mrs. Mattie Easter
Assistant Professor of Nursing; Success Coach
251.442.2337
measter@umobile.edu
Dr. Beverly Fox, EDD
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
251.442.2350
bfox@umobile.edu
Dr. Glenn Hollingsworth
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Counseling
251.442.2351
ghollingsworth@umobile.edu
Dr. Buddy Landry
Chair, Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Counseling
251.442.2293
rlandry@umobile.edu
251.442.2342
Dr. Tim Smith
Interim Dean, School of Nursing
President
umpresident@umobile.edu
Dr. Melissa Thomas
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
251.442.2324
mthomas@umobile.edu
Dr. Sarah Witherspoon
switherspoon@umobile.edu
