Associate Professor Rank
Karla R. Adu, Ph.D., 2008
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., 1999, Capital University; M.S., 2002, The Ohio State University; Ph.D., 2022, Duquesne 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
Debra J. Garee, D.N.P., 2011
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N, 1995, University of Cincinnati; M.S.N., 2010, Indiana Wesleyan University; D.N.P., 2023, Grand Canyon 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 and Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences
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, Associate Dean for the Jetter School of Professional Studies, and Education Department Chair
B.A., 2002, and M.A.Ed., 2011, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; Ed.D., 2018, Grand Canyon University
Anna R. Harper, Ph.D., 2022
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., 2009, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.A., 2012, and Ph.D., 2015, Bowling Green State University
Marc V. Hedrick, J.D., 2023
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.S., 1992, and M.S., 1997, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; J.D., 2003, Regent University School of Law
Deborah S. Hewlett, M.S., 2016
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Center for Innovative Education
B.S., 2005, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.S. 2013, Texas A&M University
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
Jennifer K. Jacobsen, Ph.D., 2019
Associate Professor of Social Work and Program Director of the Master's of Social Work Program
B.A., 2011, and M.S.W., 2015, Ohio State University; Ph.D., 2022, Northcentral 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
Lynn E. Shoemaker, Ed.D., 2011
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., 1993, Malone College; M.Ed., 1995, Ashland University; Ed.D., 2020, Walden University
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
Krishana White, Ed.D., 2013
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., 2007, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.Ed., 2010, Ashland University; Ed.D., 2017, Capella University