Emeriti

Mary Ross Burkhart. Professor Emerita of English since 1982. B.A., Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia; M.A., University of Tennessee.
Angelo Margaris. Professor Emeritus of Mathematics since 1983. B.E.E., Cornell University; M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Cornell University.
Jack R. Conrad. Professor Emeritus of Anthropology since 1984. A.B. and M.A., Emory University; Ph.D., Duke University.
Richard C. Wood. Professor Emeritus of English since 1988. B.A., Rhodes; M.A., Columbia University.
William L. Daniels. Professor Emeritus of English since 1990. B.A. and M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Harvard University.
Frederic R. Stauffer. Professor Emeritus of Physics since 1990. B.S. and M.S., Bucknell University.
Johann Bruhwiler. Professor Emeritus of German since 1991. B.A., Carleton University (Canada); M.A. and Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.
Jack H. Taylor. Professor Emeritus of Physics since 1992. B.S., Rhodes College; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University.
Robert G. Patterson. Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies since 1993. B.A., Washington and Lee University; B.D., Union Theological Seminary (Virginia); Ph.D., Yale University.
Lawrence K. Anthony. Professor Emeritus of Art since 1995. B.A., Washington and Lee University; M.F.A., University of Georgia.
Milton P. Brown, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies since 1995. A.B., Birmingham-Southern College; B.D., Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Duke University.
Rebecca Sue Legge. Professor Emerita of Business Administration since 1995. B.B.A., M.B.A. and Ph.D., University of Mississippi.
Herbert W. Smith. Professor Emeritus of Psychology since 1995. B.A. and M.A., East Texas State University; Ph.D., Florida State University.
G. Kenneth Williams. Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science since 1995. B.A.E. and M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., University of Virginia.
F. Thomas Cloar. Professor Emeritus of Psychology since 1996. B.A., Rhodes College; M.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Alabama.
James W. Jobes, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Philosophy since 1996. B.A., St. John’s College; Ph.D., University of Virginia.
Donald W. Tucker. Professor Emeritus of Spanish since 1998. B.S., Davidson College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of North Carolina.
Edward A. Barnhardt. Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics since 1999. B.S., Rhodes College; M.S., Vanderbilt University.
James H. Daughdrill, Jr. President Emeritus since 1999. B.A., Emory University; M. Div., Columbia Theological Seminary; D.D., Davidson College.
Charles C. Orvis. Professor Emeritus of Economics since 2000. B.A., State University at Northridge, California; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Bobby R. Jones. Professor Emeritus of Biology since 2001. B.S., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., University of Missouri.
William L. Lacy. Professor Emeritus of Philosophy since 2001. B.A., Rhodes College; Ph.D., University of Virginia.
Robert M. MacQueen. Professor Emeritus of Physics since 2001. B.S., Rhodes College; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University.
F. Michael McLain. Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies since 2003. B.A., DePauw University; B.D., Yale Divinity School; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
Carolyn P. Schriber. Professor Emerita of History since 2004. B.S., Kent State University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Colorado.
John L. Streete. Professor Emeritus of Physics since 2004. B.S., Rhodes College; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Florida.
Douglas W. Hatfield. Professor Emeritus of History since 2005. B.A. Baylor University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Kentucky.
Robert G. Mortimer. Professor Emeritus of Chemistry since 2005. B.S. and M.S. Utah State University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology.
Richard A. Batey. Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies since 2006. B.A., David Lipscomb College; B.D. and Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
Horst R. Dinkelacker. Professor Emeritus of German since 2006. Staatsexamen, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen; Ph. D., Vanderbilt University
Diane M. Clark. Associate Professor Emerita of Music since 2006. B.M., Rhodes College; M.M., Indiana University; D.A., University of Mississippi.
James C. Lanier. Professor Emeritus of History since 2006. B.A., Stetson University; M.A. and Ph.D., Emory University.
Robert R. Llewellyn. Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy since 2006. B.A., Davidson College; M.A. and Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
Marshall E. McMahon. Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business Administration since 2007. B.A., University of the South; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
J. Peter Ekstrom. Associate Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Sociology since 2007. B.A., Beloit College; M.A. The American University; Ph.D., University of Illinois.
James. M. Vest. Professor Emeritus of French since 2009. A.B., Davidson College; M.A. and Ph.D., Duke University. 
Deborah N. Pittman. Associate Professor Emerita of Economics and Business since 2011. B.A. Rhodes College; M.S. University of Memphis; Ph.D. University of Memphis.
John F. Copper. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International Studies since 2012. B.A. University of Nebraska; M.A. University of Hawaii; Ph.D. University of South Carolina.
Gail P. C. Streete. Professor Emerita of Religious Studies since 2012. B.A., M.A., and M.L.S. SUNY at Buffalo; M. Phil. and Ph.D. Drew University.
Robert J. Strandburg. Professor Emeritus of Psychology since 2013. B.A., Amherst College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles.
John S. Olsen. Professor Emeritus of Biology since 2014. B.S. and M.S. University of Illinois; Ph.D. University of Texas.
Gail S. Murray. Professor Emerita of History since 2016. A.B., University of Michigan; M.S.E., University of Central Arkansas; and Ph.D., University of Memphis.
Bette J. Ackerman. Professor Emerita of Psychology since 2016. B.A., Florida Presbyterian College; M.A. & Ph.D., University of Florida.
David Y. Jeter. Professor Emeritus of Chemistry since 2016. B.S., Texas A&M University; and Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Jennifer Brady. Professor Emerita of English since 2017. M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University.
Julia Ewing. Professor Emerita of Theatre since 2017. B.A., Sienna College; M.A University of Memphis.
Valeria Z. Nollan. Professor Emerita of Russian Studies since 2017. B.A., University of Delaware; M.A.. & Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. 
John M. Planchon. Professor Emeritus of Commerce and Business since 2019. A.B., A.M. University of Missouri; Ph.D. University of Alabama.
Marcus D. Pohlmann. Professor Emeritus of Political Science since 2019. B.A. Cornell College; M.A. M. Phil. Ph.D. Columbia University. 
Pamela Church. Professor Emerita of Business since 2021. B.S., M.S. University of Memphis; Ph.D. University of Houston. 
Carolyn R. Jaslow. Professor Emerita of Biology since 2021. B.S. Mount Holyoke College; M.S. Ohio University; Ph.D. The University of Chicago. 
Brian W. Shaffer. Professor Emeritus of English since 2021. A.B. Washington University; Ph.D. The University of Iowa. 
Marsha D. Walton. Professor Emeritus of Psychology since 2021. B.A. and Ph.D. University of North Carolina. 
Terri Lindquester. Professor Emerita of Mathematics since 2022. B.S. & Ph.D. Emory University.
Gary Lindquester. Professor Emeritus of Biology since 2022. B.S. Furman University; M.S. and Ph.D. Emory University.
Michael Drompp. Professor Emeritus of History since 2022. B.A., M.A., & Ph.D. Indiana University.
Shira Malkin. Associate Professor Emerita of Modern Languages and Literatures since 2023. B.A., M.A., & Ph.D. Universite de Paris. 
Christopher Wetzel. Professor Emeritus of Psychology since 2024. B.A., M.A., & Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Susan Kus. Professor Emerita of Anthropology since 2024. B.A., M.A., & Ph.D. University of Michigan.