Associate Professor Rank

Karla R. Adu, M.S., 2008

Associate Professor of Nursing

B.S.N., 1999, Capital University; M.S., 2002, The Ohio State University 

Jon P. Bossley, Ph.D., 2016

Associate Professor of Biology

B.A., 1992, The Ohio State University; M.Ed., 2004, Ashland University; Ph.D., 2016, The Ohio State 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

Zachary T. Graber, Ph.D., 2018

Associate Professor of Chemistry

B.A., 2008, Grantham University; Ph.D., 2014, Kent State University

Judy L. Gregg, D.N.P., 2011

Associate Professor of Nursing

B.S.N., 1989, Excelsior College; M.S., 1990, Indiana Wesleyan University; D.N.P., 2017, Carlow University

Jessica R. Grubaugh, Ed.D., 2012

Associate Professor of Education, Education Programs Coordinator, and Director of University Assessment

B.A., 2002, and M.A.Ed., 2011 Mount Vernon Nazarene University; Ed.D., 2018, Grand Canyon 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

Binyang Hou, Ph.D., 2017

Associate Professor of Physics

B.S., 2003, University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., 2008, and Ph.D., 2011, University of Illinois at Chicago

Chris A. Ingersol, M.S., 1986

Associate Professor of Biology

B.S., 1979, Southern Nazarene University; M.S., 1982, Southwest Missouri State University

Elizabeth J. Napier, Ed.D., 2007

Associate Professor of Education

B.S., 2002, Ohio University; M.A., 2006, Muskingum College; Ed.D., 2019, Walden University  

Luiz Oliveira, Ph.D., 2020

Associate Professor of Chemistry

B.S., Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 2007; M.S., Ecole Normale Supèrieure de Lyon and Sapienza University of Rome, 2008; Ph.D., University of Lyon and Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission at Grenoble, 2012

Jose Oommen, Ph.D., 2017

Associate Professor of Engineering

B.E.E., 2000, Cochin University; M.E.E., 2009, and Ph.D., 2012, University of Alabama

Justin K. Sorensen, M.F.A., 2016

Associate Professor of Art

A.A.S., 2007, SUNY Jamestown Community College; B.F.A., 2009, Kutztown University; M.F.A., 2013, Rhode Island School of Design

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