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Faculty Emeriti


For a list of active UNCW faculty members, please visit individual department pages at https://uncw.edu/.

Faculty Emeriti

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Sheila A. Adams, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of management

Louis Henry Adcock, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry

Gur Suran Adhar, Ph.D., professor emeritus of computer science

W. Frank Ainsley, Ph.D., professor emeritus of geography

Franklin H. Allen, M.S., associate professor emeritus of biology

Walser H. Allen, M.A., associate professor emeritus of history

Ferenc Altrichter, Ph.D, professor emeritus of philosophy and religion

Arvid Asa Anderson, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of marketing

John M. Anderson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of management information systems

James Applefield, Ph.D., professor emeritus of education

Robert W. Appleton, M.B.A., associate professor emeritus of accountancy

William Atwill, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of Spanish 

Joseph C. Awkard, Jr., Ed.D., professor emeritus of psychology

Saul Bachner, Ph.D., professor emeritus of education

Ravija Badarinathi, Ph.D., professor emeritus of quantitative methods

Daniel G. Baden, Ph.D., executive principal emeritus of marine biotechnology in North Carolina (MARBIONC)

Jack D. Baker, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of accountancy

Anne Barksdale, M.S., assistant professor emerita of business

Cathy L. Barlow, Ed.D., professor emerita of educational leadership

Paz I. Bartolome, Ph.D., professor emerita of education

James Rush Beeler, Ph.D., professor emeritus of French

Mary Dixon Bellamy, M.A., assistant professor emerita of German

John P. Bennett, Ed.D, professor emeritus of physical education

Herb Berg, Ph.D., professsor emeritus of international studies

Anne Berkeley, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of theatre

Kathleen Berkeley, Ph.D., professor emerita of history

David R. Berman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of computer science

Walter C. Biggs, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology

Delilah B. Blanks, Ph.D., assistant professor emerita of social work

Robert Blundo, Ph.D., professor emeritus of social work

Williams Bolduc, Ph.D., professor emerit of communication studies

Eric G. Bolen, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology

Perri J. Bomar, Ph.D., professor emerita of nursing

Frank Bongiorno, D.M., professor emeritus of music

Mark Boren, Ph.D. professor emerit of English

Robert Boyce, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of exercise science

Michael Bradley, Ed.D., professor emeritus of psychology

Ralph Bradley, M.I.M., senior lecturer emeritus of computer science

Ralph W. Brauer, Ph.D., professor emeritus of marine physiology

Candice Bredbenner, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of history

William Jasper Brooks, M.A., director emeritus of athletics

Robert T. Brown, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology

Thomas P. Brown, M.A., assistant professor emeritus of mathematics

Deborah Brunson, Ph.D., professor emerita of communication studies

William A. Bryan, Ed.D., professor emeritus of education

Dr. Robert Buerger, Ph.D., professor emeritus of environmental sciences

Susan Bullers, Ph.D., professor emerita of sociology

Grace M. Burton, Ph.D., professor emerita of education

Robert H. Byington, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English

Charles L. Cahill, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry

Maria Cami-Vela, Ph.D. professor emerit of Spanish

Edward “Eddie” Caropreso, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of education

Denis G. Carter, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of economics 

William J. Cleary, Ph.D., professor emeritus of geology

John Clifford, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English

Sue Ann Cody, M.L.S., associate librarian emerita

Sue Combs, Ph.D., professor emerita of physical education and health

Patricia A. Comeaux, Ph.D., professor emerita of communication studies

Harry Allen Comeskey, D.B.A., assistant professor emeritus of finance

Ann Conner, Ph.D., professor emerita of art and art history

Walter Conser, Ph.D., professor emeritus of philosophy and religion and professor emeritus of history

Joanne K. Corbett, Ph.D., professor emerita of English

Eleanor K. Covan, Ph.D., professor emerita of gerontology and sociology 

James Marshall Crews, Ed.D., professor emeritus of mathematical sciences

Thaddeus G. Dankel, Jr., Ph.D., professor emeritus of mathematics

Derick G.S. Davis, M.S., assistant professor emeritus of parks and recreation management

Richard Ryder Deas, Ed.D., professor emeritus of music

Will Scott DeLoach, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry

Darwin Dennison, Ph.D., professor emeritus of public health studies

Rosemary DePaolo, Ph.D., chancellor emerita

Jack Dermid, M.S., associate professor emeritus of biology

Richard Dillaman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology

James C. Dixon, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science

Richard D. Dixon, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology

James A. Dockal, Ph.D., professor emeritus of geology

Charles B. Dodson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English

Calvin L. Doss, Ph.D., professor emeritus of education

Deb Dowd, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of exercise science

Michael Durako, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology and marine biology

Clyde Edgerton, Ph.D. professor emerit of creative writing

Fara Elikai, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of accountancy

Patricia Carol Ellis, Ph.D., assistant professor emerita of English

Richard A. Engdahl, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of management

Steven Errante, Ph.D., professor emeritus of music

Elizabeth E. Ervin, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of English

William L. Etheridge, Ph.D., assistant professor emeritus of mathematics

Claude H. Farrell III, Ph.D., professor emeritus of economics

Gary L. Faulkner, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology

Jorge Figueroa, Ph.D., lecturer emeritus of public health

Carole Fink, Ph.D., professor emerita of history

Christopher Fonvielle, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of history

Isabell L. Foushee, M.A., assistant professor emerita of English

Dargan Frierson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics

Charles McGhee Fugler, Ph.D., professor emerit of biology

Philip Furia, Ph.D., professor emerit of creative writing

Donald Furst, M.F.A. professor emerit of art

J. Mark Galizio, Ph.D., professor emerit of psychology

Philip Gerard, M.F.A., professor emerit of creative writing

Bettie J. Glenn, Ed.D., associate professor emerit of nursing

Antolin Gonzalez-del-Valle, Ph.D., professor emerit of Spanish

Edward Graham, Ph.D. professor emerit of economics

Barbara A. Greim, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of computer science

Kenneth Gurganus, Ph.D., assistant professor emeritus of mathematics

Helen Hagan, M.L.S., librarian emerita

John H. Haley, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of history

B. Frank Hall, Ph.D., professor emeritus of philosophy and religion

Jack Hall, Ph.D., professor emeritus of environmental sciences

William (Woody) Hall, Ph.D., professor emeritus of economics

Arlene A. Hanerfeld, M.S.L.S., associate librarian emerita

Randall Hanson, J.D. professor emerit of business law

Roy E. Harkin, Ph.D, professor emeritus of education

William B. Harris, Ph.D., professor emeritus of geology

Andrew E. Hayes, Ed.D., associate professor emeritus of education

Hathia A. Hayes, Ed.D., associate professor emerita of education

Sherman L. Hayes, M.L.S., librarian emeritus

Carol Heinrich, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of nursing

Robert T. Herbst, Ph.D., professor emeritus of computer science

Hildelisa C. Hernandez, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of physics

James H. Herstine, Ph.D., professor emeritus of recreation, sport leadership and tourism management

Joe Hickman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of music

Jeffery M. Hill, Re.D., professor emerit of environmental sciences

Roger P. Hill, Ph.D., professor emeritus of finance

Barbara Honchell, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of education

Frederick M. Hornack, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry

Paul E. Hosier, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology 

L. Vincent Howe, Jr., professor emeritus of marketing

Claude F. Howell, H.H.D., associate professor emeritus of art

Richard Huber, Ph.D.,  professor emeritus of education

Eugene W. Huguelet, M.LIBR, librarian emeritus

James Hunt, Ph.D. professor emerit of marketing

Tammy Hunt, Ph.D. professor emerit of management

John R. Huntsman, Ph.D., associate professor of emeritus of geology

Adrian D. Hurst, M.A., associate professor emeritus of mathematical sciences

Edward “Ned” Irvine, B.F.A. associate professor emerit of art

Mary Louise Jackson, M.L.S., librarian emerita

Lee A. Jackson Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology

Thomas Janicki, Ph.D. professor emerit of management information systems

Anthony F. Janson, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of art

David Ronald Johnson, M.L.S., librarian emeritus

Mildred Johnson, M.A., professor emerita of social sciences

W. Lee Johnston, Ph.D., professor emeritus of public and international affairs 

Noel K. Jones, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of education

Paula Kamenish, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of English

John Karlof, Ph.D., professor emerit of mathematics and statistics

Donald F. Kapraun, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology

Subramanyam Kasala, Ph.D., professor emeritus of statistics

Norman R. Kaylor, Ph.D., professor emeritus of accountancy

Robert Keating, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of management

Patricia Kelley, Ph.D., professor emerita of geology

Jeanne Kemppainen, Ph.D., professor emerita of nursing

Robert Kieber, Ph.D., professor emerit of chemistry and biochemistry

Donna King, Ph.D., professor emerit of sociology

Walter B. (Terry) Kinney, Ph.D., professor emeritus of health and applied human sciences

Joseph Kishton, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology

Kathleen H. Kowal, Ph.D., professor emerita of psychology

RuthAnne Kuiper, Ph.D., professor emerita of nursing

Randy La Grange, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology and criminology

Todd A. LaMaskin, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of geography and geology

C. Sue Lamb, Ph.D., professor emerita of psychology

P.J. LaPaire, Ph.D., professor emerita of French

Luther D. Lawson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of economics

Patricia Lerch, Ph.D., professor emerita of anthropology

James Richard Leutze, Ph.D., chancellor emeritus

Diane Levy, Ph.D., professor emerita of sociology

Jack B. Levy, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry

Charles A. Lewis, Ph.D., professor emeritus of health and applied human sciences

Judith B. Lewis, M.Ed., assistant professor emerita of physical education

David G. Lindquist, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology

Glenn Richard Long, M.A., assistant professor emeritus of mathematical sciences

William F. Lowe, M.A., assistant professor emeritus of German

Roger Lowery, Ph.D., professor emeritus of public and international affairs

Thomas R. Lupton, M.A., assistant professor emeritus of mathematical sciences

Thomas G. MacLennan, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of English

Dorothy P. Marshall, B.S., registrar emerita

Sherrill V. Martin, Ph.D., professor emerita of music

Maurice Martinez, Ph.D., professor emeritus of education

Susan McCaffray, Ph.D., professor emerita of history

R. Dale McCall, Ph.D., professor emeritus of anthropology

Anne B. McCrary, Ph.D., professor emerita of biology

James K. McGowan, Ph.D., professor emeritus of philosophy and religion

Melton A. McLaurin, Ph.D., professor emeritus of history

Sandra C. McLaurin, Ph.D., professor emerita of mathematics

James P. McNab, Ph.D., professor emeritus of French

Stephen McNamee, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology

Linda Mechling, Ph.D., professor emerita of early childhood, elementary, middle, literacy and special education

James J. Megivern, Th.D., professor emeritus of philosophy and religion

James F. Merritt, Ph.D., director emeritus of the center for marine science

Celeste S. Millen, M.L.S., librarian emerita

David K. Miller, Ph.D., professor emeritus of health and applied human sciences

Robert K. Miller, Jr., Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology

Kemille Moore, Ph.D. associate professor emerit of art

Margaret Shannon Morton, M.A., professor emerita of English

John Morrison, Ph.D., professor emeritus of physics

Marvin K. Moss, Ph.D., professor emeritus of physics and physical oceanography

Joann McFerran Mount, Ph.D, professor emeritus of Spanish

R. Terry Mount, Ph.D., professor emeritus of Spanish

Curt Moyer, Ph.D., professor emeritus of physics

Nathaniel Samuel Morrell, Ph.D., professor emeritus of philosophy and religion

John W. Myers, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of art history

Rolla Clayborne Nelson, M.A., assistant professor emeritus of physics

Catherine R. Nesbit, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of education

Keith Newlin, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English

Darwin R. Newton, Ed.D., professor emeritus of psychology

Daniel Noland, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of English

Fletcher R. Norris, Ph.D., professor emeritus of computer science

Vibeke Olson, Ph.D., professor emerita of art and art history

John Osinski, M.L.S. librarian emerit

William Overman, Ph.D, professor emerit of psychology

 D. Ann Pabst, Ph.D., professor emerit of biology

James F. Parnell, Ph.D., professor emerit of biology

Teresita Parra, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of Spanish

Elizabeth A. Pearsall, M.A., assistant professor emerit of English

Carol Pilgrim, Ph.D., professor emerit of psychology

Daniel Belk Plyler, Ph.D., professor emerit of biology

Sylvia K. Polgar, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of social work

Lisa Pollard, Ph.D., professor emerit of history

Thomas Porter, Ph.D. associate professor emerit of marketing

Rebecca Porterfield, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of management

Ann Potts, Ph.D., professor emerit of early childhood, elementary, middle, literacy, and special education

Debbie Powell, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of education

Stephen Pullum, Ph.D., professor emerit of communication studies

John Rack, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of music

Duncan P. Randall, Ph.D., professor emerit of geography

William Madison Randall, Ph.D., president emerit

Howard O. Rockness, Ph.D., professor emerit of accountancy

Joanne W. Rockness, Ph.D., professor emerit of accountancy

James H. Reeves, Ph.D., professor emerit of chemistry

P. Nelson Reid, Ph.D., professor emerit of social work

John Rice, Ph.D, associate professor emerit of sociology and criminology

Janet Robertson, Ph.D., professor emerit of education

W. Terry Rogers, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of theatre

Lloyd E. Rohler, Ph.D., professor emerit of communication studies

Gerald S. Rosselot, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of English

Jamie Rotenberg, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of environmental sciences

James C. Sabella, Ph.D., professor emerit of anthropology

William Sackley, Ph.D. professor emerit of finance

Shiva Saksena, Ph.D., assistant professor emerit of mathematics and statistics

Thomas Salzman, M.F.A., professor emerit of theatre

Richard Satterlie, Ph.D., professor emerit of biology and marine biology

Damon Kim Sawrey, Ph.D.,  professor emerit of psychology

Rebecca Sawyer, Ph.D., assistant professor emerit of accountancy and business law

John H. Scalf, Jr., Ph.D., professor emerit of sociology

George Schell, Ph.D., professor emerit of information systems

Katie Schlichting, Ph.D. professor emerit of education

Eloise Scott, M.A., assistant professor emerit of mathematical sciences

Pamela Seaton, Ph.D., professor emerit of chemistry

Jo Ann Seiple, Ph.D., professor emerit of English

Earl Sheridan, Ph.D., professor emerit of public and international affairs

Lee M. Sherman, D.B.A., associate professor emerit of management

Gerald H. Shinn, Ph.D., professor emerit of philosophy and religion

Carolyn H. Simmons, Ph.D., professor emerit of psychology

Ronald Sizemore, Ph.D, professor emerit of biology and marine biology

Douglas D. Smith, Ph.D., professor emerit of mathematics

Harry F. Smith, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of computer science

Anthony Snider, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of environmental sciences

Lynne Snowden, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of criminology

Kenneth Spackman, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of mathematics and statistics

Marcee Steele, Ph.D., professor emerit of education

Betty Holden Stike, M.A., assistant professor emerit of education

Curt Stiles, Ph.D., associate professor of management

John L. Stokes III, Ph.D., professor emerit of English

Sally A. Sullivan, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of English

Doris “Jeanne” Swafford, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of education

Doug W. Swink, M.A., associate professor emerit of drama

John Taggart, Ph.D., professor of emerit of biology and marine biology

Gene Tagliarini, Ph.D., professor emerit of computer science

Carole E. Tallant, Ph.D., professor emerit of communication studies

Paul A. Thayer, Ph.D., professor emerit of geology

Carol Chase Thomas, Ph.D., professor emerit of education

Peter N. Thomas, Ph.D., professor emerit of Spanish

Carmelo Tomas, Ph.D., professor emerit of biology and marine biology

Jack Tompkins, M.A.,, lecturer emerit of computer science

Fred Toney, Jr., Ph.D., professor emerit of mathematical sciences

Robert B. Toplin, Ph.D., professor emerit of history

Patricia Turrisi, Ph.D., associate professor emerit of philosophy and religion

Robert E. Tyndall, Ph.D., professor emerit of education

Larry Usilton, Ph.D., professor emerit of history

Richard C. Veit, Ph.D.,  professor emerit of English

Renee Vincent, Ph.D., professor emerit of theatre

Angela Wadsworth, Ph.D., senior lecturer emerit of sociology

William H. Wagoner, Ph.D., chancellor emerit

Bradley Walker, Ph.D., professor emerit of early childhood, elementary, middle, literacy, and special education

John Lewis Walker, Ph.D., professor emerit of English

David E. Warner, M.Ed., associate professor emeritus of health, physical education and recreation

Wade Watanabe, Ph.D., research professor emeritus of marine science

Barbara Waxman, Ph.D., professor emerita of English

Michael Wentworth, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English

Charles W. West, Jr., Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of management

Elonza M. West, Ed.D., professor emeritus of business administration

Karen S. Wetherill, Ed.D., professor emerita of education

Joan Willey, Ph.D., professor emerita of chemistry

John T. Williams, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology

Kenneth L. Whipkey, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of mathematical sciences

Cecil Willis, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology

Jeffrey Wright, Ph.D, professor emeritus of chemistry and biology

Joe B. Wilson, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of philosophy and religion

Eleanor B. Wright, Ph.D., associate professor emerita of education

George Zervos, Ph.D., professor emeritus of philosophy and religion