Faculty and Administrators
Academic and Student Affairs
Dr. Michael D. Dailey – Vice President and Provost for Academic Affairs
Dr. Stephanie Mayberry – Vice Provost for Student Affairs
Dr. Tierra Freeman Taylor – Interim Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Ms. Sheila Stuckey – Director of Blazer Library
Ms. Yolanda Benson – Registrar
Institutional Advancement and Public Relations
Jessica Holman – Director of Marketing
Finance and Administration
Ms. Vicki Dunaway – Vice President for Finance and Administration/CFO
Rashaan Berry - Chief of Police
Dr. Wendy Dixie – Chief Information Officer and Special Assistant to the President
Mrs. Candace Raglin – Director of Human Resources
Mrs. Danyel Tolbert – Bursar
Mrs. Varah Barnett – Director of Financial Aid
Student Engagement and Campus Life
Dr. Stephanie Mayberry – Vice Provost for Student Affairs
Ms. Kelly Ruff – Director of Student Wellness and Experience
Mrs. FeLisa Wilson – Director of Admissions
Faculty
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Alhurani, Abdullah
Associate Professor; (2022); Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Amadife, Nkechi G.
Professor; (1996); Ph.D., University of Kentucky; M.L.I.S., University of Rhode Island; B.Educ., University of Benin, Nigeria; N.C.E., Federal College of Education (Technical)
Amadife, Emmanuel N.
Professor; (1996); Ph.D., University of Connecticut; M.A., University of Rhode Island; B.A., School of International Training
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Banerjee, Swagata
Associate Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc. (2017); Ph.D., University of Georgia; M.S., University of Calcutta; M.S., University of Nevada; B.S. University of Calcutta
Batra, Jyotica
Assistant Professor; (2016); Ph.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee; M.S., Florida State University, Tallahassee
Bebe, Frederick
Assistant Research Professor; (2013); M.S., Alabama A & M University; B.S., Prairie View A & M University, Texas
Bernard, Marcus
Associate Professor; College of Agri., Com., & Sci. (2019); Ph.D., University of Kentucky; M.S., North Carolina A&T University; B.S. North Carolina A&T University
Broaddus, Mary Ellen
Assistant Professor; College of Agri., Com., & Sci. (2009); D.N.P., Bellarmine University; M.S.N., Bellarmine University; B.S.N., Eastern Kentucky University
Brogan, Shannon
Professor; (2009); Ph.D., Ohio University; M.A., West Virginia University; B.S., Ohio University
Brooks-Eaves, Mindy
Assistant Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc. (2019); Ph.D., University of St. Thomas, MN; M.S., Spalding University; B.A., University of Louisville
Browning, Lana
Instructor; ; M.A., Kentucky State University
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Capriles, Nancy Del Rosario
Associate Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc. (2014); Ph.D., National University of Cordoba, Argentina; M.A., National University of Cordoba, Argentina; B.A., National University of Cordoba, Argentina
Chiluwal, Anuj
Assistant Professor; (2022); Ph.D., Kansas State University
Clay, Phillip H
Associate Professor; College of Agri., Com., & Sci. (2017); Ed.D, University of the Cumberlands; M.A., Kentucky State University; B.A., Kentucky State University
Collum, Danny
Professor; (2005); M.F.A., George Mason University; B.S., Loyola University
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Dasgupta, Siddhartha
Professor; (2023); Ph.D., Texas A&M; M.S., Texas A&M; B.S., Angelo State University
Davis, Willie
Instructor; (2012); M.F.A., University of Maryland
Durborow, Robert Maurice
Professor; College of Agri., Com., & Sci. (1990); Ph.D., Auburn University; M.S., Louisiana State University; B.S., Lafayette College
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Emanuel, Stashia
Associate Professor; (2018); Ed.D., University of Argosy
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Freeman-Taylor, Tierra M
Professor; (2008); Ph.D., University of Kentucky; M.A., Towson University; B.A., University of Kentucky
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Gebremedhin, Maheteme
Associate Professor; (2014); Ph.D., Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University; M.S., University of Florida; B.S., Alemaya Agricultural University, Ethiopia
Griffin, Robert
Associate Professor; (1981-1984; 1988); M.Mus., University of Kentucky; B. Mus., Kentucky State University
Griffis, Bruce
Assistant Professor; (2000); A.B.D., University of Kentucky; B.A., University of Indiana
Gyawali, Buddhi
Professor; (2012); Ph.D., Alabama A & M University; M.S., Alabama A & M University; M.A., Clark University; B.S., Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, Nepal
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Hayden, Arthur
Associate Professor; (2008); Ph.D., University of Louisville; M.S., Kentucky State University; M.S.W., University of Kentucky; B.A., Kentucky State University
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Ighile, Faith
; ; D.N.P., Walden University
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Kashan, Fariba
Assistant Professor; (2008); Ph.D., University of Louisville; M.A., University of Louisville; M.A., Shahid Beheshti University; B.A., Shahid Beheshti University
Khatiwada, Dharma
Assistant Professor; (2000); Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
Kobayashi, Hideka
Assistant Professor; (2012); Ph.D., University of Illinois; M.S., Ohio State University; B,S., Ohio State University
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Lai, Alexander
Associate Professor; (2014); Ph.D., City University of New York, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; M.Ph., City University of New York; B.S., University of Queensland, Australia
Lawrence, Whitney
Assistant Professor; (2019); Ed.D., University of the Cumberlands
Lu, Li
Associate Professor; College of Agri., Com., & Sci. (2007); Ph.D., Miami University; B.S., Wuhan University, China
Lyttle-Burns, Ann
Assistant Professor; (2020); Ed.D., Eastern Kentucky University
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Maiti, Richard
Assistant Professor; (2019); Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University; M.B.A., Morehead University; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University; B.S., University of Kentucky
McCoy, Rebecca
Assistant Professor; (2010); M.S.N., Bellarmine University; B.S.N., University of Kentucky
McCutchen, Keith Dwayne
Associate Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc. (2016); D.M.A., Indiana University
McGaughey-Summers, Deanna
Assistant Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc. (2020); Ph.D., University of Louisville; M.A., Univerisity of Louisville; B.A., University of Louisville
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Nichols, Charles
Assistant Professor; (2020); Ph.D., The Union Institute
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Obi, Sunday
Professor; (1999); Ed.D., Universidad Inca Gacilaso De La Vega (Lima, Peru); M.A., Norfolk State University; B.A., Norfolk State University
Obielodan, James
Professor; (2001); Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Michigan State University; B.A., Wheaton College
Omar, Eslam
Assistant Professor; (2019); B.A., Zagazig University, Egypt; M.A., Kentucky State University; Ph.D., Clark Atlantic University
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Reffett, Delmar
Instructor; (2021); M.A., DePaul University
Reilly, Wilfred
Associate Professor; (2017); Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Rogers, Johnathan
Assistant Professor; College of Agri., Com., & Sci. (2020); M.A., Eastern Kentucky University
Royalty, John
Instructor; (2017); B.S., University of Kentucky; A.D.N., Kentucky State University; B.S.N., Kentucky State University
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Shabazz, David
Associate Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc. (2003); Ph.D., Regent University; M.Ed., Wake Forest University; B.S., Benedict College
Shen, Chi
Professor; (2005); Ph.D., University of Kentucky; M.S., Chinese Academy of Science; B.S, Chongqing University
Sinkhorn, Renee
Assistant Professor; (2022); M.S.N., University of Phoenix; M.H.A., University of Phoenix; B.S.N., Eastern Kentucky University
Smith, Peter
Professor; (1996); Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Long Island University; B.A., Long Island University
Stratton, Gary
Associate Professor; (2017); Ph.D., Clemson University; M.S., Murray State University; B.S., University of Kentucky
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Tackett, David
Assistant Professor; (2022); M.S.N., Northern Kentucky University; B.S.N., Eastern Kentucky University
Thomas, Reginald L.
Assistant Professor; (1984); J.D., Harvard University; B.A., Dartmouth College
Tope, Avinash
Associate Professor; (2012); Ph.D., Osmania University, India; M.S.B.A., Marathwada University, India; B.Edn., Osmania University, India; B.S., Osmania University, India
Turay, Abdul M
Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc. (2012); Ph.D., University of Oklahoma; M.A. Atlanta University; B.A. Morehouse College
Turner, Lisa
Assistant Professor; (2017); M.S.N., Indiana Wesleyan University
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Walston, Herman
Professor; (1976-87; 1998); Ed.D., Vanderbilt University; Ed.S., University of Toledo; M.Ed., Alabama A & M University; B.S., Alabama A & M University
Whitworth, Daniel
Assistant Professor; (2020); M.M., Eastern Kentucky University; B.A., Kentucky State University; A.A., Cuyahoga Community College
Williams, Frederick Alvin
Assistant Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc. (2019); Ph.D., University of Louisville; M.S., University of Louisville; B.S., Tennessee State University
Wise, Clifton Ray
Assistant Professor; College of Agri., Com., & Sci. (2015); Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University; M.S., Kentucky State University; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University; B.S., Eastern Kentucky University
Faculty Emeriti
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Allen, Homer E.
Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Performing Arts; ; B.S., Brescia College; M.A.. Murray State University; 1972-2003
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Barnes, William T.
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Education; ; B.S., Kentucky State University; M.A., Kentucky State University; 1968-1985
Bearden, William
Professor/Chairman, Department of Industrial Education; ; B.S., Tuskegee Institute; M.S., Bradley University; Ed.D., Bradley University; 1970-1987
Bennett, Charles H.
Professor/Dean, College of Mathematics, Science, Technology and Health; ; B.S., Stetson University; M.A.. Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1977-2012
Bourgois, III, Louis G.
Professor, School of Humanities and Performing Arts; ; B.Mus.Ed., Murray State University; M.Mus., University of Louisville; D.M.A., Ohio State University; 1986-2013
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Chacko, Abraham C.
Professor, Department of Education; ; B.R.E., Spicer Memorial College, India; M.S., Indiana University; M.A., Philippine Union College; Ed.D., Indiana University; 1969-1986
Chawla, Louise
Associate Professor, Whitney Young School; ; B.A., Hunter College; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., City University of New York; 1984-2006
Cheaney, Henry E.
Professor, Area of History and Political Sciences; ; B.A., Kentucky State University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Chicago; 1936-1982
Cheaney, Ora-Mae
Assistant Professor, Department of Home Economics; ; B.S., Kentucky State University; M.S., Indiana University; R.D., Indiana University; 1957-1976
Coltharp, Marcellus T.
Professor, School of Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Sciences; ; B.S., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; 1969-1996
Conner, Edwin L.
Associate Professor, Whitney Young School; ; B.A., University of the South; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; 1988-2014
Cooke, Catherine
Associate Professor, School of Nursing; ; B.A., Western Kentucky University; B.S.N., Spalding College; M.S.N., University of Kentucky; 1976-2010
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Fleming, William J.
Professor, School of Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Sciences; ; B.S., Central State University; M.A., Kent State University; Ph.D., Howard University; 1967-1992
Fletcher, Winona
Professor, Department of English and Director of Dramatic Arts; ; B.A., Johnson C. Smith University; M.A., State University of Iowa; Ph.D., Indiana B.A., Johnson C. Smith University; Post-Doctoral Study, African Study Seminar in West Africa; 1951-1952; 1953-1978
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Gershman, Donna G.
Assistant Professor, Division of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; ; B.S., Kentucky State University; M.S., University of Kentucky; 1970-1991
Giles, Brooks
Director, Department of Maintenance and Operations; Assistant Professor; ; B.S., Maryland State College; M.A., Ohio State University; Advance Study, Ohio State University; 1958-1987
Graham, William
Director, Exum Center, College of PUblic Service and Leadership Studies; Instructor, School of Education and Human Development; ; B.S., Kentucky State University; M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh; 1989
Greenland, Thomas G.
Professor of Psychology; ; B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.A., University of Hawaii; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1973-2004
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Harris, Lee Charles
Associate Professor, School of Nursing; ; B.S., Kentucky State University; Diploma, Freedman's Hospital School of Nursing; M.S.P.H., University of Kentucky; M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University; Ed.D., University of Kentucky; 1968-1973, 1975-1999
Helm, Finley
Associate Professor of Mathematics; ; B.A., Western Kentucky University; M.S., Kentucky State University; M.A., Kentucky State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1984-2004
Hughes, Thomas
Professor, Division of Computer and Technical Sciences; ; B.A., University of Northern Iowa; A.M., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1982-2006
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Johnson, Marvin
Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Computer Science and Sciences; ; B.S., Kentucky State University; A.M., Indiana University; M.A., University of Kentucky; 1966-1969, 1972-1977, 1978-2006
Jones, William Warren
`Associate Professor/Acting Chairperson, Department of Mathematics and Physics; ; B.S., Johnson C. Smith University; M.S., Cornell University; 1929-1972
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Kaul, Karan
Professor, Mathematics; ; Professor, School of Mathematics and Computer Science and Sciences; B.A., University of Delhi, India; M.A., University of Delhi, India; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1980-2013
King, Ruth
Associate Professor/Chairperson, Department of Home Economics; ; B.S., Kentucky State University; M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee; 1962-1987
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Lake, Gashaw W.
Professor, School of Public Administration and Social Work; ; B.A., Saginaw Valley State College; M.P.A., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma; 1986
Leadingham, Jo G.
Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Performing Arts; ; B.A., Austin Peay State University; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1977-2001
Lee, Chung Ja
Professor, School of Education and Human Development; ; B.S., Seoul National University; M.S., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., Purdue University; 1970-1999
Lockyer, Charles R.
Professor/Chairperson, Department of Computer Science; ; Professor/Chairperson, Department of Computer Science; B.S., Miami University; M.A., Miami University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1969-1978, 1981-1986
Lundberg, Nedra D.
Assistant Professor of English; ; B.A., University of South Dakota; M.A., University of Kentucky; 1976-2005
Lyons, Donald
Associate Professor, Blazer Library; ; A.B., Kentucky State University; M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky; 1971-1995
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Martin, Veneda S.
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing; ; St. Joseph Infirmary School of Nursing; B.S.N., University of the State of New York; M.S.N., University of Louisville; 1975-2003
McDaniel, Karen
Professor; College Hum.,Bus., & Soc.; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky; B.S., Berea College; 1975-1983, 1989-2020
McLendon, Ethel L.
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work and Criminal Justice; ; B.A., North Carolina College; M.S., Tennessee State University; 1963-1986
Miller, Dorothy C.
Associate Professor of English; ; B.A., Cumberland College; M.A., Kentucky State University; Ed.S., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; 1986-2005
Miranda, Barbara C.
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing; ; B.A., Ursuline College; B.S.N.,Spalding College; M.S., Spalding College; 1973-1993
Moore, Alan C.
Professor, School of Humanities and Performing Arts; ; B.Mus., Peabody Conservatory; M.Mus., Yale University ; Ph.D., University of Iowa; 1971-2009
Morgan, Constance
Lecturer, School of Nursing; ; Diploma, St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.N., Kentucky State University; 1983-2006
Morgan, Neville
Professor/Dean; ; B.A., St. Francis College; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati; 1975-2000
Morris, Eddie W.
Professor, Division of Education and Human Services; ; B.A., Paine College; M.A., Washington University; Ed.D., University of Kentucky; 1965-1995
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Nave, Betty
Assistant Professor, Division of Literature, Languages, and Philosophy; ; A.B., University of Kentucky; M.A., Columbia University; 1970-1988
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Pearson, Patricia A.
Professor, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences; ; B.A., Tennessee Stte University; M.S., Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1984-2013
Petit, Nicholas
Associate Professor of English; ; B.S., Massachusetts Maritime Academy; B.A., Northeastern University; M.A., Northeastern University; 1969-2003
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Quarles, Bonita
Associate Professor, School of Nursing; ; B.S.N., University of Kentucky; M.S.N., University of Kentucky; 1980-2002
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Ridgel, Gertrude G.
Professor, School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences and Sciences; ; B.S., West Virginia State College; M.S. University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; 1960-1986
Roquemore, Robert
Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, Social Work, and Criminal Justice; ; B.A., Chapman College; M.A., Pepperdine University ; Ed.D., Memphis State University; 1999-2011
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Shelton, Roosevelt
Professor, Division of Fine Arts; ; Ph.D., Jackson State University
Smith, Mary L.
Professor, Division of Education; ; B.S., Jackson State University; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ed.D., University of Kentucky; 1972-1998
Smith, Carl H.
Professor, School of Humanities and Performing Arts; ; B.Mus. Ed., Lincoln University; M. Mus., Tulsa University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; 1958-1996
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Taylor, Richard L.
Professor, Division of Literature, Languages, and Philosophy; ; B.A., University of Kentucky; M.A., University of Louisville; J.D., University of Louisville; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; 1975-2009
Turner, Patsy O.
Assistant Professor/Chairperson, Department of Nursing; ; Diploma, Louisville General Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.N., Tuskegee Institute; M.S.N., Indiana University ; 1970-2000
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Weathers, Mary Cosby
Associate Professor of Social Work/Chair, Division of Social Work and Criminal Justice; ; B.A., Howard University; M.S.S.W., University of Louisville; Ph.D., University of Tennessee; 1989-2005
Woelfel, Martha J.
Associate Professor of Biology; ; B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A.T., University of Louisville; 1976-2004
Woods, Don Anthony
Professor, School of Public Administration; ; B.S., Tennessee State University; M.P.A., Tennessee State University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; 1984-2003
Wright, Juanita H.
Associate Professor, Department of Education; ; A.B., Kentucky State University; M.A., University of Kentucky; 1973-1989
Wright, Lillian T.
Assistant Librarian and Assistant Professor; ; B.S., Alabama State College; M.S.L.S., Atlanta University; 1949-1983
Presidents of the University
Mr. John H. Jackson...........................................................................1887–1898, 1907–1910
Mr. James E. Givens............................................................................1898–1900
Mr. James S. Hathaway...................................................................... 1900–1907, 1910–1912
Mr. Green P. Russell............................................................................ 1912–1923, 1924–1929
Mr. Francis M. Wood........................................................................... 1923–1924
Dr. Rufus B. Atwood............................................................................ 1929–1962
Dr. Carl M. Hill...................................................................................... 1962–1975
Dr. William A. Butts.............................................................................. 1975–1982
Mr. Raymond M. Burse........................................................................ 1982–1989, 2014–2016
Dr. John T. Wolfe, Jr............................................................................. 1990–1991
Dr. Mary Levi Smith.............................................................................. 1991–1998
Dr. George Willis Reid........................................................................... 1998–2002
Dr. Paul E. Bibbins, Jr. (Interim)........................................................... 2002
Dr. William H. Turner (Interim)............................................................. 2003–2004
Dr. Mary Evans Sias.............................................................................. 2004–2014
Dr. Aaron Thompson (Interim)............................................................. 2016–2017
Dr. M. Christopher Brown II.................................................................. 2017–2021
Mrs. Clara Ross Stamps (Acting)......................................................… 2021–2022
Dr. Ronald Johnson (Interim).,............................................................. 2022-2023
Dr. Koffi C. Akakpo............................................................................... 2023-Present