FACULTY DIRECTORY
COLLEGE of ARTS & SCIENCES
Dr. Katherine Abernathy
Professor of English
251.442.2467
kabernathy@umobile.edu
Dr. Lesley Baggett
Associate Professor of Biology
lbaggett@umobile.edu
Mrs. Barbara Brousseau
Associate Professor of French
251.442.2786
bbrousseau@umobile.edu
Amy Burdette
Instructor of English
251.442.2307
aburdette@umobile.edu
Dr. Lonnie Burnett
President, University of Mobile, Professor of History
251.442.2319
lburnett@umobile.edu
Dr. Julie Biskner
Associate Professor of Political Science
251.442.2556
jbiskner@umobile.edu
Mr. Danny Chancey
English Faculty,
Director of Writing Center
251.442.2491
dbchancey@umobile.edu
Dr. Cassidy J. Cooper
Associate Professor of Sociology
251.442.2586
ccooper@umobile.edu
Dr. Randy Craig
Professor of Biology,
Chair, Department of Natural Sciences
251.442.2265
rcraig@umobile.edu
Dr. Matthew L. Downs
Dean, Associate Professor of History
251.442.2588
mdowns@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. Glenn Hollingsworth
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Counseling
251.442.2351
ghollingsworth@umobile.edu
Dr. Salomon Itza
Professor of Physics
251.442.2248
sitza@umobile.edu
Dr. Buddy Landry
Chair, A&S Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Counseling
251.442.2293
rlandry@umobile.edu
Dr. Ashley Lindsey
Assistant Professor of Biology
alindsey@umobile.edu
Susan Ling
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
sling@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
Associate Professor of History
251.442.2335
mrobinson@umobile.edu
Dr. Stephen J. Schuler
Professor of English
251.442.2426
sschuler@umobile.edu
GRACE PILOT SCHOOL of BUSINESS
Shannon Brown
Assistant Professor of Business
sbrown@umobile.edu
Mr. Nick Cillo
Assistant Professor of Finance & Management
251.442.2371
ncillo@umobile.edu
Dr. Kathy Dunning
Dean and Associate Professor of Accounting
251.442.2281
kdunning@umobile.edu
Mrs. J.B. Locke
Director of Administrative Services
251.442.2219
jlocke@umobile.edu
Lesa Moore
Vice President for Marketing and Public Relations, Instructor of Marketing
251.442.2207
lmoore@umobile.edu
Dr. Sevints Nuriyeva
Associate Professor of Global Business and Management
251.442.2466
snuriyeva@umobile.edu
Dr. Amy Taylor
Associate Professor of Business
251.442.2409
ataylor@umobile.edu
Mr. Rusty Roberts
Associate Professor of Accounting
251.442.2464
rroberts@umobile.edu
Dr. Jennifer Zoghby
Assistant Professor of Marketing
jzoghby@umobile.edu
CENTER for CHRISTIAN CALLING
Dr. Endel Lee
Visiting Professor
United States Navy Chaplaincy, Retired Rear Admiral
Dr. Robert Olsen
Director, Intercultural Studies
Associate Professor
251.442.2205
rolsen@umobile.edu
Dr. Jay Robertson
Director, Theology
Associate Professor
251.442.2335
jrobertson@umobile.edu
Dr. Benjamin Stubblefield
Visiting Assistant Professor
Dr. Doug Wilson
Dean, Center for Christian Calling; Program Director,
Graduate Studies; and Professor of Biblical Studies
251.442.2267
dwilson@umobile.edu
SCHOOL of EDUCATION
Mrs. Karon Bishop
Assistant Professor of Education
251.442.2353
kbishop@umobile.edu
Debra Chancey
Dean, School of Education
251.442.2332
dchancey@umobile.edu
Dr. Karen Dennis
Associate Professor of Education
251.442.2529
kdennis@umobile.edu
Dr. Cynthia Erickson
Assistant Professor of Education
251.442.2392
cerickson@umobile.edu
Dr. Ashley Milner
Associate Professor of Education
251.442.2341
amilner@umobile.edu
Dr. Katherine Reeves
Associate Dean, Assistant Professor of Education
251.442.2313
kreeves@umobile.edu
Dr. Joyce Woodburn
Associate Professor of Education
251.442.2945
jwoodburn@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. Phillip 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
Vice President of Advancement and Associate Professor of Music and Theatre
251.442.2325
bearnest@umobile.edu
Andrew Goodwin
Assistant Professor of Music
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
Chair, Department of Music and Associate Professor of Music/Instrumental Studies
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
Dr. Christopher Lovely
Associate 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
Greg Wiggins
Instructor of Music
gwiggins@umobile.edu
Dr. Andy Wood
Assistant Professor of Worship Leadership
251.442.2251
awood@umobile.edu
COLLEGE of HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Ms. Tammy Brown
Assistant Professor Nursing
251.442.2446
tbrown@umobile.edu
Beverly Collier
Instructor of Nursing
bcollier@umobile.edu
Dr. Lori DeLong
Dean School of Health and Sport Science
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
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
251.442.2350
bfox@umobile.edu
Interim Graduate Chair, School of Nursing
251.442.2339
Coordinator of Clinical Education, Master of Athletic Training
Dr. Todd Hicks
Professor of Nurse Anesthesiology
thicks@umobile.edu
Dr. Curtis Mathis
School of Nursing
251.442.2342
cmathis@umobile.edu
kstrenth@umobile.edu
Ashley Smith
Instructor of Nursing
asmith@umobile.edu
Heather Smith
Visiting Instructor of Kinesiology
hsmith@umobile.edu
Dr. Melissa Thomas
Associate Professor of Kinesiology,
Program Director, Master of Athletic Training
251.442.2324
mthomas@umobile.edu
Dr. Sarah Witherspoon
Dean of the School of Nursing
Director, the Master of Science in Education and Administration Graduate Program
Professor of Nursing
251.442.2445
switherspoon@umobile.edu