Division of Education, Supervision & Instruction
Thea H. Willliams-Black, Ph.D.
Dean of the Division
Professor of Education
(601) 977.7757
Child Development and Elementary Education & HPER
Edelia J. Carthan, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
601.977.7841
Vicki Davidson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
601.977.7744
Roshunda Harris-Allen, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education (Child Development)
601.977-7890
Lucky K. Johnson-Josey, Ph.D.
Chair of Department of Elementary Education
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
601.977.7938
Phelton Moss, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
601.977.7744
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
James C. Coleman. Ed.D.
Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
601.977.7809
Division of Humanities
Miranda Freeman, Ph.D.
Dean of the Division
Associate Professor of English
601.977.4483
English Department
Mary P. Davis, M.A.
Associate Professor of French
601.977.7886
John Hosemann, M.A.
Assistant Professor of English
601.977.5278
Kedra James, Ph.D.
Interim Chair of English Department
Assistant Professor of English
601.977.7918
Thomas Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
601.977.7761
Ricardo Rios, M.Ed.
Instructor of Spanish
601.977.4433
Arna Shines, MA
Instructor of English
601.977.7752
Mass Communications Department
Karlos K. Sanders, MFA
Department Chair of Mass Communication
Associate Professor of Mass Communication
601.977.7728
Kimberly Morgan-Myles, MFA
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication/Theater Arts
601.977.4433
Ayesha Mustafaa, M.A.
Instructor of Mass Communications
601.977.6195
Erin Pickens, M.S.
Instructor of Mass Communications
601.977.7826
Aleesha Smith, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Mass Communications
601.977.7711
Visual and Performing Arts Department
Jessie Primer, III, Ph.D.
Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department
Associate Professor of Music
601.9777896
Johnnie M. Maberry, MFA
Associate Professor of Art
601.977.7743
Bruce O’Hara, MFA
Associate Professor of Art
601.977.7946
Phoenix Savage, MFA
Assistant Professor of Art
601.977.7901
Laurence Albert, Grad Diploma
Assistant Professor of Music
601.977-7773
Terrance Evans, MM
Instructor of Music
601.977.4466
Andrea Montgomery, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Music
601.977.4431
Karl Twyner, MA
Interim Assistant Professor of Music
Director of Concert Choir
601.977.7885
Division of Natural Sciences
Jinghe Mao, Ph.D.
Dean of the Division
Professor of Biology
601.977.4450
Biology Department
Scharri Ezell Walker, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department
Associate Professor of Biology
601.977.7780
John Barringer, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
601.977.4465
Bianca Garner, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
601.977.7933
Scoty Hearst, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
601.977.6731
Lianna Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
601.977.7795
Chemistry and Physics Department
George Armstrong, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department
Professor of Chemistry
601.977.7785
Santanu Banerjee, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
601.977.7789
Pradip Biswas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
601.977.7788
Manliang Feng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
601.977.7790
Rajashekhar Kanachanapally, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
601.977.6779
Mathematics and Computer Science Department
Sharron Streeter, MS
Chair of the Department
Associate Professor of Computer Science
601.977.7760
Fatissa Allen, MS
Instructor of Mathematics
601.977.7777
Caixia Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
601.977.7856
Paris Smith, MS
Instructor of Mathematics
601.977.7775
Xiuquan Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
601.977.6141
Division of Social Sciences
Meherun Laiju, Ph.D.
Dean of the Division
Associate Professor of Sociology
601.9777807
Economics Department
Atef Al-Dabbour, MS
Chair of the Department
Associate Professor of Economics
601.977.7852
Elsaudi Mohamed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
601.977.7917
History and Political Science Department
Stephen Rozman, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department
Professor of Political Science
601.977.4460
William L. Woods, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
601.977.7802
Psychology Department
Carmen Lewis, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department
Assistant Professor of Psychology
601.977.4471
Shaila Khan, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
601.977.7805
Jennifer Miller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
601.977.4471
Sociology Department
Kamal Abdelrahman, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department
Associate Professor of Sociology
601.977.4434
Walter Davis, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
601.977.6173
Frederick L. Hunter, Jr., MSW
Assistant Professor of Sociology (Social Work)
Director, QEP
601.977.7891