Associate Professor Rank

Jon P. Bossley, Ph.D., 2016

Associate Professor of Biology

B.A., 1992, 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, Dean of 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, Ph.D., 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; Ph.D., 2024, Ohio State 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 

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

Michael C. Robbeloth, Ph.D., 2017

Associate Professor of Computer Science

B.S., 2000, Wilmington College; M.S., 2002, Bowling Green State University; M.B.A., 2014, University of Dayton; Ph.D., 2019, Wright State 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