Jul 26, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog 
  
2025-2026 Catalog

Faculty Listing



Division Of Business & Economics

Business Administration

Siavash Abghari, Professor
B.A., University of Tehran; M.A., Memphis State University; Ph.D., Emory University

Carolyn D. Davis, Associate Professor
B.S., Northwestern University; M.B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Vaneesha Dutra, Endowed Professor
B.S., University of Maryland; M.B.A., Loyola University Maryland; Ph.D., Florida State University

John V. Eagan, Associate Professor
B.A., Ph.D., Georgia State University; J.D., Harvard Law School

SherRhonda Gibbs, Professor
B.S., Grambling State University; M.B.A., Winona State University; Ph.D., Jackson State University

Monica Guillory, Associate Professor
Ph. D, Georgia State University

Keith B. Hollingsworth, Professor
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Howard Jean-Denis, Assistant Professor
B.S., Bentley University; M.B.A., Bentley University, McCallum Graduate School; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Glynnis Johnson, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Dillard University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

Felix Kamuche, Professor
B.S., University of Texas; M.A., Jackson State University; Ph.D., University of North Texas

Edwin Knox, Associate Professor NTT
B.S., Florida A&M University; M.B.A. and M.T.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., Morgan State University

Matthew Lutey, Assistant Professor Endowed Chair
B. S., Northern Michigan University; M. S., The University of New Orleans

Rubina F. Malik, Senior Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., Georgia State University; M.B.A., Mercer University; PhD., University of Georgia

Aisha Meeks, Associate Professor
BA, MA., Ph.D., Jackson State University

Gabriela Maria Piscopo, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Universidad Carabobo; M.B.A., Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Emmanuel O. Onifade, Professor
B.S., Central State University; M.B.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

David Tavaris, Endowed Assistant Professor 

Patrick Washington, Associate Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D., University of Alabama

Economics

Brendan Brundage, Assistant Professor
B.A., Rollins College; M.S., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., Colorado State University

Juliet Elu, Charles E. Merrill, Endowed Professor
B.S., M.B.A., Utah State University; Ph.D., University of Utah

Emmanuel Obi, Assistant Professor NTT
M. A., Ph. D., Clark Atlanta University

Jerry Pender, Assistant Professor NTT
M. A., Georgia State University; M. L., Georgia College

David A. Poyer, Associate Professor
B.S., Howard University; M.A., Ph.D., The State University of New York College at Buffalo
(Morehouse College, 2002)

Mona Ray, Professor
B.A., University of Kalyani; M.A., Ph.D., Clemson University
(Morehouse College, 2002)

Division Of Humanities, Social Sciences, Media, And Arts

Africana Studies

Derrick Brooms, Professor
B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago

Vicki Crawford, Professor and Endowed Chair in Civil and Human Rights
B.A., Spelman College; M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Emory University

Monique Earl-Lewis, Associate Professor NTT
B.A., Auburn University; M.S., University of South Alabama; M.A., Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles (CSPP-LA)

Ovell Hamilton, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., Ph.D., Georgia State University

Clarissa Myrick-Harris, Professor
B.A., Morris Brown College, M.A., The Ohio State University, Ph.D., Emory University

Worth Hayes, Avalon Endowed Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences Chair
B.A., Xavier University; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

Samuel T. Livingston, Associate Professor
B.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University
(Morehouse College, 2003)

Michael Simanga, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Oglethorpe University ; Ph.D.,

Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Clark Atlanta University; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Cinema, Television, And Emerging Media Studies

Stephane Dunn, Professor
B.A., University of Evansville; M.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Avery O. Williams, Assistant Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; M.F.A., New York University

Communication Studies

Jorlanditha Austin, Assistant Professor
B.A., Texas A&M University; M.A., Texas State University; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Felicia R. Stewart, Professor
B.A., Howard University; J.D., Emory University; Ph.D., Howard University

Natasha Howard, Assistant Professor
B.A., Xavier University; M.A., New York University; M.S., Long Island University; Ph.D., Howard University

Kenneth Newby, Senior Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Morehouse College; J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law

Keisha E. Tassie, Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia

English

Francine Allen Adams, Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Consuella Bennett, Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., University of the West Indies; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Corrie B. Claiborne, Associate Professor
B.A., Syracuse University, M.A., University of Southern Carolina; PhD., The Ohio State University

Tanya Clark, Assistant Professor
B.A., Clark Atlanta University; M.S., University of Rhode Island; PhD., Temple University

Leah Creque, Professor
B.A., Wellesley College; M.B.A., Atlanta University; Ph.D., Emory University

Ondra Dismukes, Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Track)
A.B.J., University of Georgia; M.L.A., Auburn University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Michael Janis, Professor
B.A., Emory University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

Alison Ligon, Associate Professor
B.A., Hampton University; M.A., Duke University; D.A., Clark Atlanta University

Sonya F. Loftis, Professor
B.A., University of North Georgia; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Nathaniel Norment, Professor NTT
B. S., Ball State University; M.S., Saint Francis University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Corey Stayton, Assistant Professor
B.A., Xavier University of Louisiana; M.A., Clark Atlanta University; Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

History

Haile M. Larebo, Professor
B.A., S.T.L., Angelicum University; Ph.D., University of London

Janira Teague, Assistant Professor
B.A., Kent State University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Journalism In Sports, Culture, And Social Justice

Mikki Harris, Associate Professor NTT
B.A., Spelman College; M.S., Boston University

Ronald Thomas, Associate Professor NTT
B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Northwestern University

Music

Benjamin Dawson, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Thomas Edison State University; M.A., Appalachian State University; D.M.A., University of Georgia

Melvin F. Foster, Associate Professor
B.M., University of Rochester; M.M., D.M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

Chad Hughes, Associate Professor
B.M., University of Michigan; M.M., Kansas State University

Robert McNichols, Assistant Professor
D. M. A., University of Kansas

Timothy Miller, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Morehouse College; M.M., Mannes College of Music

David E. Morrow, Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; M.M., University of Michigan; D.M.A., University of Cincinnati

Robert T. Tanner, Professor
B.A., Capital University; M.A., D.M.A., The Ohio State University

Philosophy & Religion

Harold V. Bennett, Professor and Martin Luther King, Jr. Endowed Chair
B.S., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center; M.A., Georgia State University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Lawrence E. Carter, Professor
B.A., Virginia University; M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D., Boston University; D.D., Virginia University

Kipton E. Jensen, Professor and Coca-Cola Endowed Chair of Leadership Studies
B.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Marquette University

Nathan Nobis, Professor
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Rochester

Aaron L. Parker, Associate Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; Ph.D., Emory University

Charles Thomas, Associate Professor NTT
B.S., Geneva College; M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Duquesne University

Political Science

Ebenezer O. Aka, Professor
BACRP, M.A., University of Louisiana; M.C.R.P., Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey; Ph.D., Texas A & M University

Andrew J. Douglas, Professor
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., PhD. University of Virginia

Hye Jang, Assistant Professor
B.A., Yonsei University; M.A., Yonsei University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida

Adrienne Jones, Assistant Professor
B.A., Brown University; J.D., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., City University of New York

Maxwell Nimako, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Ghana; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., West Virginia University

Matthew Platt, Associate Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; Ph.D., University of Rochester

Sociology

Derrick M. Bryan, Associate Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Cynthia L. Hewitt, Associate Professor
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Howard University; Ph.D., Emory University

Michael Hodge, Professor
B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

Regine Jackson, Professor
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Mansa B. King, Associate Professor
B.A., Howard University; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Marisela Martinez-Cola, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Michigan; J.D., Loyola University, Chicago; Ph.D., Emory University

Taura Taylor, Assistant Professor
B.A., Howard University; M.A., Ph.D., Georgia State University

Adria Welcher, Associate Professor
B.A., Spelman College; M.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Emory University

Visual Art Program

Maria Korol, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.F.A., Indiana University

World Languages And Cultures

Vivian A. Brown, Associate Professor
B.A., Hampton Institute; M.A., Atlanta University; Ph.D., Emory University

Denise Callejas, Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Jamie Chavez, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of the South-Sewanee; M.A., University of Georgia

Michael F. Dillon, Professor
B.A., Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

Gisabel Leonardo, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., University of North Georgia; M.A., Georgia State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jose A. Larrauri-Santiago, Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D., Emory University

Patricia B. Pogal, Associate Professor
B.A., George Washington University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; J.D., Georgia State University

Ruihua Shen, Professor
B.A., Wuhan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon

Haakayoo N. Zoggyie, Associate Professor
B.A., University of Ghana; M.A., University of Alberta; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Division Of Professional And Continuing Studies

Education

Horace (Justin) Ballenger, Assistant Professor
A.A., North Carolina College of Theology; B.S., Clemson University; M.A.T., Clemson University; Ph.D., Clemson University

Nina Gilbert, Assistant Professor
B.S., University of West Georgia; M.Ed., Clark Atlanta University; Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania

Muhsinah Morris, Senior Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., Clark Atlanta University; M.B.A., Devry University; Ph.D., Emory University

Kinesiology, Sports Studies & Physical Education

Michael Douglas, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A, Morehouse College; M.S., Life University

Claude P. Hutto, Associate Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; M.Ed., University of Georgia; Ed.D., Clark Atlanta University

Stacy Imagbe, Assistant Professor
B.S., M.S., University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Billette Owens-Ashford, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Clark Atlanta University; M.A., The Ohio State University

Joyce Terrell, Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., University of Maryland Eastern Shore; M.S., Ph.D., Walden University

Division Of Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics

Biology

Lawrence S. Blumer, Professor
B.G.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Dwann Davenport, Assistant Professor
M.S.P.H., George Washington University, Ph.D., Howard University

Valerie Haftel, Professor
B.S., Bucknell University; M.S., Hahnemann University; Ph.D., Emory University

Jeffrey Handy, Assistant Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; Ph.D., Meharry Medical College

Jacob Harrison, Assistant Professor
B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Duke University

John K. Haynes, Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; Ph.D., Brown University

Triscia W. Hendrickson, Professor
B.S., University of the Virgin Islands; Ph.D., Emory University

Joseph W. McCray, Associate Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; Ph.D., Purdue University

Alexandra Peister, Associate Professor
B.A., Franklin & Marshall College; Ph.D., Tulane University

Wallace D. Sharif, Senior Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., Morehouse College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Ethell Vereen, Assistant Professor
B.S., South Carolina State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia

Chemistry

Brian Lawrence, Associate Professor
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Harvard University

Juana Mendenhall, Walter E. Massey Endowed Professor in the Physical Sciences
B.S., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Arkajyoti Sengupta, Assistant Professor
Ph. D., Indian University

Lance W. Shipman Young, Associate Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; Ph.D., Texas A & M University

Computer Science

David Brickler, Assistant Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; Ph.D., Clemson University

David Cherry, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; M.S., Clemson University

Sonya M. Dennis, Senior Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., Savannah State University; M.S., Clark Atlanta University; Ph.D. Walden University

Kinnis Gosha, Hotenius I. Chenault Endowed Associate Professor
B.S., Albany State University; M.S., Ph.D., Auburn University

Amos Johnson, Associate Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Chung W. Ng, Associate Professor
B.S., Imperial College, University of London; M.S., Ph.D., Tulane University

Alfred Watkins, Senior Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., Morehouse College; B.E.E, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Mathematics

Abdelkrim Brania, Professor
B.S., National Polytechnic School of Algeria; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Emory University

Curtis Clark, Associate Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; M.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Duane A. Cooper, Associate Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Tuwaner H. Lamar, Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., Auburn University

Benedict K. Nmah, Associate Professor
B.S., University of Liberia; M.S., Utah State University; M.S.I.E., Ph.D., New Mexico State University

Steven M. Pederson, Associate Professor
B.S., North Carolina State University; M.A., Georgia State University; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Chuang Peng, Professor
B.S., M.S., Beijing Normal University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Masilamani Sambandham, Professor
B.S., University of Madras; M.S., Atlanta University; M.S., Ph.D., Annamalai University

Ulrica Y. Wilson, Associate Professor
B.S., Spelman College; M.S., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., Emory University

George Yuhasz, Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., M.S., Virginia State University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Chaohui Zhang, Associate Professor
B.S., M.S., Fudan University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

Physics

John Howard, Assistant Professor NTT
B.S., Morehouse College; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Dwayne Joseph, Assistant Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; M.S., Ph.D., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Emmanuel Karikari, Assistant Professor
B.S., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Eddie C. Red, Associate Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; M.S., Ph.D., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Wesley Sims, Assistant Professor
B.S., Morehouse College; M. Eng., University of Alabama at Birmingham; Ph.D., Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

Psychology

Jann H. Adams, Professor
B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Indiana University

Jennifer G. Andrews, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

Kendrick T. Brown, Professor
B.A., Mount Union College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Tina Chang, Associate Professor
B.A., University of California, Davis; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Kharine Jean, Danforth Endowed and Assistant Professor

Chris Markham, Associate Professor
B.A., University of Hawai’i, Mānoa; M.A., University of Hawai’i, Mānoa; Ph.D., University of Hawai’i, Mānoa

Bryant T. Marks, Associate Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Yohance Murray, Assistant Professor NTT
B.A., Morehouse College, M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

David W. Rice, Professor
B.A., Morehouse College; M.S., Howard University; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., Howard University

Martin F. Rosenman, Professor
B.S., University of Florida; M.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Sinead N. Younge, Professor
B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (AROTC)

(Offered in collaboration with Georgia State AROTC)

LTC Meeshack R. Lee, Chair & Professor, Military Science Department

MSG Ryan Hastings, Senior Military Instructor

MAJ Darrell Lyles, Executive Officer, Assistant Professor

MAJ Peter Ahching, Assistant Professor

MAJ Lucretia Portwine, Operations Officer, Assisant Professor

SFC Jason Cheeck, Military Science Instructor

Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC)

CAPT Jesus Rodrigues, USN, Commanding Officer

MAJ Myron J. Thomas, USMC, Executive Officer

LT Vigneshwar Manickam, Submarine Officer, Freshman Advisor

LT John Noojin, Aviation Officer, Sophomore Advisor

LT Chelsey Curney, Surface Warfare Officer, Upperclassman Advisor

CAPT Keith Wallace, Marine Officer Instructor

GYSGT Dominique Young, Assistant Marine Officer Instructor

Research Associates

Nathan Alexander, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Columbia University

Aaron Carter-Ényì, Assistant Professor of Research
B.M., Southwestern University; M.M., Texas State University; M.M., University of Texas at San Antonio; Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Emeriti

Daniel Klenbort, Emeritus Professor
History
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Ida Rousseau Mukenge, Emerita Professor
Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Melvin B. Rahming, Emeritus Professor
English
B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University; M.A., Ph.D., Oklahoma University

E. Delores Stephens, Emerita Professor
English
B.A., Spelman College; M.A., Atlanta University; Ph.D., Emory University

Margaret L. Weber-Levine, Emerita Professor
B.A., Antioch College; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stoney Brook

Linda G. Zatlin, Emerita Professor
English
B.A., University of Maryland; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University