Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Faculty Emeriti

Donna G. Andrews ('96)
Professor Emerita of Education
A.S., Young Harris College, B.S.; North Georgia College; M.Ed., Ph.D., Georgia State University

Barbara E. Benson ('05)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.A., University of Maryland; M.A., West Virginia University; Ed.D., University of Georgia

Marilyn Berrong (’01)
Professor Emerita of Education
A.A., Gainesville Junior College; B.A., Piedmont University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Georgia

Ellen C. Briggs ('91)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.S., Coker College; M.A., Appalachian State University; D.A., Middle Tennessee State University

William M. Brown ('94)
Professor Emeritus of Education
B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

Viviane L. Daigle ('95)
Professor Emerita of Psychology
B.S., State University of New York at Oneonta; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University

Anna Maria Dye ('02)
Professor Emerita of Nursing
B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P., Medical College of Georgia

C. Wallace Hinson (’93) 
Professor Emeritus of Music 
B.M.E., M.M.E., University of Central Arkansas 
D.M.A., University of Illinois

Lisa Hodgens ('88)
Professor Emerita of English
A.B., M.A., Samford University; Ph.D., University of Alabama

Randall J. Hollandsworth (' 07)
Professor Emeritus of Education
A.S., Virginia Western Community College; B.S., University of North Carolina-Charlotte; M.S., Georgia State University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

J. Henry Johnson (’06)
Professor Emeritus of Theatre
A.A., Gainesville College; B.A., Brenau University; M.F.A., University of Georgia

Madge H. Kibler ('94)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.A., M.A.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D., University of Georgia

Charles H. Lucado, Jr. (’95)
Professor Emeritus of Education
B.A., M.A., Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Patricia H. Mapp ('03)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.S., M.Ed., University of Georgia

Patricia M. McCollum ('02)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.A., University of Georgia; M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ed.S., Ed.D., University of Georgia

A. Jane McFerrin ('81)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.Ed., Kent State University; M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ed.D., University of Georgia

Michael Moody (‘08) 
Professor Emeritus of Education 
B.A., Ed.S, M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ed.D., University of Georgia 

Keith R. Nelms (’98)
Professor Emeritus of Business
B.S., M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Julie R. Palmour ('99)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.S., Georgia State University; M.S.Ed., Butler University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Elizabeth C. Rogers (’89)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.S., M.S., University of Mississippi; Ed.D., University of Georgia

Teresa Secules ('00)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.A., Antioch College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

Patricia S. Sherrer ('02)
Professor Emerita of Business
B.S., M.S.Ed., Ph.D. Georgia State University

J. Michael Shirley ('10)
Professor Emeritus of Education
A.A., Truett-McConnell College; B.A., Piedmont College; M.Ed., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Ralph B. Singer, Jr. ('72)
Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., Millersville University of Pennsylvania; M.A. University of Delaware; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Susan C. Smith-Patrick ('02)
Professor Emerita of Education
B.S., West Georgia College; M.Ed., North Georgia College; Ed.S., University of Georgia

Barbara Brown Taylor ('98)
Professor Emerita of Religion
B.A., Emory University; M.Div., Yale Divinity School; D.Div., Piedmont University, Honoris Causa

Edward C. Taylor ('99)
Professor Emeritus of Business
B.S., M.B.A., Morehead State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Dale Van Cantfort (’02) 
Professor Emeritus of Mass Communications 
B.B.A., Stetson University 
M.B.A., Georgia College and State University 
Ph.D., University of Georgia 

Cynthia L. Vance (’93) 
Professor Emerita of Psychology 
B.S., University of Oregon 
M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Antoinette Willsea ('02)
Professor Emerita of Nursing
B.S.N., Harding University; M.S.N., University of Central Arkansas