FACULTY DIRECTORY
COLLEGE of ARTS & SCIENCES

Dr. Katherine Abernathy
Associate Professor of English
251.442.2467
kabernathy@umobile.edu


Mrs. Maria “Lourdes” Baumer
Assistant Professor of Spanish
251.442.2345
mbaumer@umobile.edu

Mrs. Barbara Brousseau
Associate Professor of French
251.442.2786
bbrousseau@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
Assistant 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. 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

Mrs. Morgan Snellgrove
Instructor in Mathematics
251.442.2389
msnellgrove@umobile.edu


Dr. Aimee Var
Assistant Professor of Psychology
251.442.2314
avar@umobile.edu
SCHOOL of BUSINESS

Katie Allred
Assistant Professor of Software Development and Digital Media
251.442.2410
kallred@umobile.edu

Shannon Brown
Assistant Professor of Business
sbrown@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
Dean and Associate Professor of Accounting
251.442.2281
kdunning@umobile.edu

Dr. Todd Greer
Vice President for Academic Affairs
251.442.2701
tgreer@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
CENTER for CHRISTIAN CALLING

Dr. Endel Lee
Visiting Professor
United States Navy Chaplaincy, Retired Rear Admiral

Dr. Blake Newsom
Director, Christian Ministry

Dr. Robert Olsen
Director, Intercultural Studies
Assistant Professor
251.442.2205
rolsen@umobile.edu

Dr. Jay Robertson
Director, Theology
Assistant 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
Instructor in Education
251.442.2353
kbishop@umobile.edu

Debra Chancey
Dean, School of Education
251.442.2332
dchancey@umobile.edu

Mrs. Brenda Chastain
Assistant Professor in Education
251.442.2354
bchastain@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
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

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. 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
Vice President of Advancement and Associate Professor of Music and Theatre
251.442.2325
bearnest@umobile.edu

Andrew Goodwin
Associate Director of Worship and Instructor 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
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
Assistant Professor 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
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




Dr. Curtis Mathis
Graduate Chair
School of Nursing
251.442.2342
cmathis@umobile.edu

kstrenth@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