Associate Professor Rank
G. Dean Abbott, Ph.D., 2010
Associate Professor of Communication
B.A., 1994, Anderson University; M.A., 2000, Ball State Uni versity; M.A.T., 2003, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., 2013, University of Kentucky
Margaret Allotey-Pappoe, M.F.A., 2011
Associate Professor of Graphic Design
B.A., 2001, Kwame Nkrumah University; M.A., 2007, Bradley University; M.F.A., 2010, Bradley University
Timothy G. Chesnut, M.B.A., 1996
Associate Professor of Finance
B.A., 1990, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.B.A., 1995, The Ohio State University
Dean A. Goon, Ed.D., 2011
Associate Professor of Education, Director of Innovative Education
B.S., 1993 and M.A., 2000, The Ohio State University; Ed.D., 2012, Liberty University
Dorothea R. Hawthorne, Ph.D., 2009
Associate Professor of English
B.A., 1992, Grove City College; M.A., 1996, and Ph.D., 2005, University of Chicago
Kevin G. Hawthorne, Ph.D., 2010
Associate Professor of Humanities
B.A., 1991, Howard Payne University; M.A., 1995, University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., 2004, University of Chicago
Chris A. Ingersol, M.S., 1986
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., 1979, Southern Nazarene University; M.S., 1982, Southwest Missouri State University
Teresa Phillips, M.S.N., 2016
Associate Professor of Nursing
A.N., 1993, Marion Technical College; B.S.N., 2002, and M.S.N., 2004, University of Phoenix
J. Matthew Price, Ph.D., 2009
Associate Professor of Christian Education
B.A., 1994, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.Div., 1997, Nazarene Theological Seminary; Ph.D., 2001, The University of Kansas
Kelly R. Rush, D.B.A., 2008
Associate Professor of Finance
B.A., 2002, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.B.A., 2004, Ashland University; D.B.A., 2012, Anderson University
R. Merrill Severns, M.S.M., 1985
Associate Professor of Education and University Registrar
B.A., 1985, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.A., 1991, The Ohio State University, M.S.M., 2009, Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Ardyth A. Stull, Ph.D., 2005
Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.A., 1991, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.A., 1999, Liberty University; M.A.Ed., 2004, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; Ph.D., 2013, Iowa State University
Paul P. Swanson, M.A., 1984
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Women’s Volleyball Coach
B.A., 1975, North Park College; M.A., 1979, Northwestern University
Eric M. Vail, Ph.D., 2012
Associate Professor of Theology
B.A., 2001, Northwest Nazarene University; M.Div., 2005, Nazarene Theological Seminary; 2009, Ph.D., 2009, Marquette University
W. Brett Wiley, Ph.D., 2008
Associate Professor of English, Director of Honors Program
B.A., 1998, Berry College; M.A., 2002, and Ph.D., 2008, University of Georgia