Andrew A. Sorensen, Ph.D., President

Jerome D. Odom, Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Chris P. Plyler, Ph.D., Vice Provost and Executive Dean for Regional Campuses and Continuing Education

Carolyn A. West, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Regional Campuses and Continuing Education

Mid-Carolina Commission for Higher Education

Joseph S. Sublette, Sumter County, Chair

Philip L. Edwards, Sumter County, Vice Chair

Robert B. Smith, Sumter County, Treasurer

Austin E. Floyd, Sumter County

Billy K. Phillips, Lee County

Francis J. Santangelo, Clarendon County

Patricia W. Smith, Sumter County

Ora Spann, Ph.D., Sumter County

R. Murdoch Walker Jr., Sumter County

Sumter Partnership of the USC Educational Foundation

Thomas M. Bultman, President

Wade S. Kolb Jr., Vice President

Lee O. Holloway, Treasurer

Nancy A. Collura, Ex Officio—Secretary/Assistant Treasurer

Mark H. Ard

Suzanne S. Begley

Robert N. Boykin Jr.

Randy S. Brown

Stephen G. Curtis

Frank O. Edwards

Jayne D. Fort

Beverly W. Gagne

Edward F. Hubbard Jr.

Jerry E. Jackson

Rose E. Jackson

Ellen L. Leventis

John F. Logue

Angus F. McDuffie

Nicole F. Norris

Jacquelyn K. Olsen

William J. Reynolds

Ramon Schwartz Jr.

Greg A. Thompson

S. Anne Walker

C. Leslie Carpenter, Ph.D., Ex Officio

Andrew A. Sorensen, Ph.D., Ex Officio

Jpseph S. Sublette, Ex Officio

Office of the Dean

C. Leslie Carpenter, Dean, Ph.D., University of Oregon

Ann M. Brewer, Office Assistant

Julie G. Brown, Human Resources Officer/Executive Assistant to the Dean, M.S., Troy State University

Mary Fran Smith, Human Resources Specialist/Benefits Administrator/Assistant to the Dean

Academic Advisement and Counseling Center

Francis P. Segedin, Director, Ph.D., University of Wyoming

Terry W. Clark, Academic Advisor, M.S., Alabama State University

Linda R. Myers, Academic Advisor, M.A.T., University of South Carolina

Faye B. Nettles, Administrative Specialist

Academic Affairs

Anthony M. Coyne, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Suzette P. Britton, Administrative Assistant, A.A., University of South Carolina

Administrative and Financial Services

Bruce K. Blumberg, Assistant Dean for Administrative and Financial Services, M.B.A., University of South Carolina

Amanda M. Jones, Receptionist/Switchboard Operator

Kathryn Barrett Duke, Director of Budget, Planning, and Grants, M.B.A., University of South Carolina

Wanda P. Skinner, Administrative Assistant

Admissions Services

W. Robert Ferrell III, Director, Admissions Services and Recruitment, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Dewitt Walker Jr., Admissions Counselor, B.S., University of South Carolina

Lydia L. Johnson, Data Control Clerk, B.S., Winthrop College

Brenda C. Libner, Administrative Specialist, A.A., Spartanburg Junior College

Benjamin F. Ross III, Admissions Counselor, M.S., University of Southern California

Bookstore

Jeanette H. Hudson, Bookstore Manager

Julie N. McCoy, Accounting Technician

Business Office

Betty W. Watson, Office Manager

Jane Charlton, Accounting Technician

Wendell D. Prescott, Accounting Technician, B.S., University of South Carolina

Phyllis J. Turner, Purchasing/Receiving/Mail Clerk, A.A., Univeristy of South Carolina

Computer Services

George R. Thompson III, Director, B.S., University of South Carolina

Alicia B. Geddings, Systems Support Technician, A.S., Central Carolina Technical College

Shelby L. Newman, Systems Support Technician, Associate in Business, Central Carolina Technical College

Distance and Continuing Education

Betty Harvey, Director, M.Ed., University of South Carolina

Jean D. Carrano, Media Resources Consultant, B.S., University of South Carolina

Division of Arts and Letters

Cara-lin Getty, Chair, Professor, Art, M.F.A., East Tennessee State University

Carol J. Reynolds, Administrative Specialist, B.A., University of South Carolina

Ellen Arl, Professor, English, M.A., Tulane University; M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Park S. Bucker, Assistant Professor, English, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Bernard F. Fitzgerald, Associate Professor, Foreign Languages, M.A., Michigan State University

Hayes D. Hampton, Assistant Professor, English, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Eric A. Hauser, Assistant Professor, Theater and Speech, Ph.D., Wayne State University

Andrew J. Kunka, Assistant Professor, English, Ph.D., Purdue University

Laura G. Pattillo, Assistant Professor, English, Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Michele N. Reese, Assistant Professor, English, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Division of Business Administration and Economics

Kay A. Oldhouser, Chair, Assistant Director of Professional Master’s in Business Administration (PMBA) Program, Associate Professor, Business Administration, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Lucile Ward, Administrative Specialist, A.S., Central Carolina Technical College

Christine Borycki, Associate Professor, Management, Ph.D., University of North Texas

Armand J. Gagne, Associate Professor, Business Administration/Economics/Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Christian Bible College

Jean-Luc Grosso, Assistant Professor, Economics, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Kelly L. Haws, Instructor, Accounting, M.B.A., Mississippi State University

Teresa L. Smith, Assistant Professor, Management, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Division of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education

John T. Myers, Chair, Professor, Anthropology/Sociology, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Kathleen N. King, Administrative Specialist, B.A., University of South Carolina

Richard S. Bell, Professor, Sociology, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Robert B. Castleberry, Professor, Psychology, Ph.D., Texas Christian University

David F. Decker, Associate Professor, History, Ph.D., Michigan State University

Susan G. Hendley, Associate Professor, Education, Ph.D., Florida State University

Nancy E. Macdonald, Associate Professor, Psychology, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Salvador Macias III, Professor, Psychology, Ph.D., Georgia State University

Thomas L. Powers, Professor, History, Ph.D., University of Georgia

Eric M. Reisenauer, Assistant Professor, History, Ph.D., Loyola University, Chicago

John L. Safford, Professor, Government/Philosophy, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Division of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering

Charles F. Denny, Chair, Professor, Biology, M.S., University of Kentucky

Ruth P. Salter, Administrative Specialist, B.A., Wittenberg University

Stephen T. Anderson Sr., Associate Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science and Engineering, M.A., Western Michigan University

Michael R. Bacon, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Ph.D., State University of New York

Michael S. Becker, Associate Professor, Physics/Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Florida

Dorothy B. Bishoff, Instructor, Biology, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Stephen T. Bishoff, Associate Professor, Biology, Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Charles K. Cook, Professor, Mathematics, Ph.D., Purdue University

Robert C. Costello, Professor, Chemistry, Ph.D., Stanford University

Pearl R. Fernandes, Assistant Professor, Biology, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Paul R. Herrmann, Instructor, Computer Science and Engineering, M.P.A., Golden Gate University

Beth W. McLeod, Lab Specialist, A.S., Central Carolina Technical College

Robert C. Nerbun Jr., Professor, Physics, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

James E. Privett, Professor, Chemistry and Physics, Ph.D., Purdue University

Maitland A. Rose, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Ph.D., City University–London

John T. Varner III, Professor, Mathematics, M.A., University of Tennessee

Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Veteran Affairs

Sue A. Sims, Coordinator of Financial Aid, M.Ed., University of North Carolina

Lillian L. Barr, Financial Aid Counselor, M.Ed., South Carolina State University

Jean L. Failmezger, Financial Aid Counselor

Elizabeth A. White, Financial Aid Data Manager, M.Ed., University of South Carolina

Institutional Research

Star H. Kepner, Statistical Research Analyst, M.Ed., University of South Carolina

Library

Jane J. Ferguson, Head Librarian, M.L.S., McGill University

Karen L. McEwen, Library Technical Assistant, A.A., A.A.S., Spokane Falls Community College

Patricia L. Schultz, Library Manager, B.A., University of South Carolina

Maintenance Services

Goliath Brunson Jr., Superintendent of Building and Grounds, B.A.I.S., University of South Carolina

Jimmie Lee Abraham, Building/Grounds Specialist

Thomas E. Bochette Sr., Trades Specialist, A.A., University of South Carolina

James Choice, Building/Grounds Evening Supervisor

Jean W. Davis, Building/Grounds Specialist

Jeffrey D. Lingefelt, Trades Specialist, A.A., University of South Carolina

Ida M. Taylor, Building/Grounds Specialist

Randy A. Turner, Trades Specialist

Randall A. Vaughn, Building/Grounds Specialist

Opportunity Scholars Program

E.B. "Mac" McLeod Jr., Coordinator of TRIO Program, M.B.A., University of South Carolina

Lisa S. Rosdail, Program Assistant, B.A., University of South Carolina

Elizabeth Costello, Educational Skills Specialist, M.S., University of Lowell, Massachusetts

Mary Wayne James, Educational Skills Specialist, M.Ed., University of South Carolina

Robert L. Johnson, Cultural Events Specialist, M.Ed., University of South Carolina

Jo R. White, Educational Skills Specialist, M.Ed., University of South Carolina

Records and Registration

Flora Y. Gadson, Coordinator, B.S., Benedict College

Toni J. Williams, Student Services Program Coordinator, B.A., University of South Carolina

Shaw Air Force Base Office

Loren L. Faulknham, Director of Shaw AFB Program, M.A., Webster University

Shirley P. Gibbs, Assistant Director of Shaw AFB Program, B.A., University of Nottingham

Student Affairs

Lynwood Watts, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, M.S., University of Tennessee

Mary L. Sutton, Administrative Assistant, A.B.M., Central Carolina Technical College

Student Life

Frank Marsh, Interim Director of Student Life/Campus Recreation Coordinator, B.A.I.S., University of South Carolina

University Advancement

Nancy A. Collura, Assistant Dean for University Advancement, M.A., Webster University

Ruth B. Heater, Administrative Assistant

Thomas B. Prewett, Director of Public Relations and Marketing, B.A., University of South Carolina

Elizabeth R. Minto, Director of Alumni Relations, M.S., Mississippi University for Women

USC Columbia Extended Graduate Campus

Marna R. Davenport, Director, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Emma Lee Rickard, Student Services Program Coordinator, A.A., University of South Carolina

USC Spartanburg Education Programs

Marilyn J. Izzard, Director, Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Genell Harris, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois

Linda P. Lemon, Administrative Specialist, B.S., Voorhees College