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Barbara Knight

  Senior Secretary, Division of Biological and Physical Sciences
Barbara Knight Joined Division staff in 2004

Office: Walters 150
Phone: 662-846-4240
E-mail: bknight@deltastate.edu

DSU Staff Person of the Month, April 2005

Nina L. Baghai Riding, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
Dr. Baghai-Riding B.S., University of Wyoming
M.S., University of Idaho
M.S., University of Rochester
Ph.D., University of Texas
Joined DSU faculty in 1999

Office: Caylor 239
Phone: 662-846-4797
E-mail: nbaghai@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Riding's web page
Teaches: Principles of Biology, Biology and Human Concerns, Materials and Methods in Environmental Science, Physical Geology for the Life Sciences, Environmental Geology, Conservation Biology, Elements of Plant Systematics

Research interests: Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary palynomorphs, paleoecology, paleobotany, and vertebrate paleontology

Joseph A. Bentley, Ph.D.

  Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Joe Bentley B.S., M.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Ph.D., University of Texas
Joined DSU faculty in 1993

Office: Walters 180G
Office Phone: 662-846-4482
E-mail: jbentley@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Bentley's web page
Teaches: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences, Chemical and Physical Thermodynamics

Research interests: Theoretical Spectroscopy, Electron Structure Theory, Quantum Mechanics

Eric A. Blackwell, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joined DSU faculty in 2005

Office: Caylor 236
Office Phone: 662-846-4247
E-mail: eblackwell@deltastate.edu
Teaches: Principles of Biology, Ecology, Dendrology

Barry Glenn Campbell, Ph.D.

  Division Chair and Associate Professor of Biology
Dr. Campbell B.A., University of Tennessee
M.S., Ph.D.., Tulane University
Joined DSU faculty in 1999

Office: Walters 150
Phone: 662-846-4252
E-mail: bcampbel@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Campbell's web page
Teaches: Parasitology, Medical Entomology, Histology, Developmental Biology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

Jeffrey P. Duguay, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of Biology
Dr. Duguay B.S., Unity College
M.S., Eastern Kentucky University
Ph.D., West Virginia University
Joined DSU faculty in 2004

Office: Caylor 138
Office Phone: 662-846-4242
E-mail: jduguay@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Duguay's web page
Teaches: Biology and Human Concerns, Introduction to Wildlife Management, Wildlife Techniques, Mammalogy, Ornithology

Alina Maria Gabryszewska-Kukawa, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor of Physics and Director of Wiley Planetarium
Medical School, Midwife, Gniezno, Poland
M.S., Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozan, Poland
PhD, Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland
Joined DSU faculty in 2006

Office: Walters 180C
Phone: 662-846-4478
E-mail: akukawa@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Kukawa's web page
Teaches: General Physics, Astronomy

Ellen Samantha Green, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joined DSU faculty in 2007

Office: Caylor 139
Phone: 662-846-4243
E-mail:esgreen@deltastate.edu
Teaches: Biology and Human Concerns, Entomology, Evolution and Systematics

Jill Halley Harper, M.S.

  Instructor in Chemistry
Ms. Harper B.S., Delta State University
M.S.N.S., Delta State University
Joined DSU faculty in 1990

Office: Walters 180 F
Phone: 662-846-4481
E-mail: jharper@deltastate.edu
Web: Visit Ms. Harper's web page
Teaches: General Chemistry, Survey of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry

William Jira Katembe, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of Biology
Dr. Katembe B.S., 1980, Kenyatta University College, Nairobi, Kenya
M.S., 1990, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Ph.D., 1994, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Joined DSU faculty in 2000

Office: Caylor 138
Phone: 662-846-4249
E-mail: jkatembe@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Katembe's web page
Teaches: Principles of Biology, Cell Biology, DNA Science/Biotechnology

Yasuhiro (Yass) Kobayashi, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University
M.S., Kansas State University
Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia
Joined DSU faculty in 2006

Office: Caylor 136
Office Phone: 662-846-4245
E-mail: kobayashi@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Kobayashi's web page
Teaches: Principles of Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Mammalian Physiology, Reproduction, Endocrinology

Research interests: Reproductive biology, cancer

Kathryn Pender Ledbetter, M.S.

  Part-time instructor of Biology
M.S.N.S., Delta State University
Joined DSU faculty in 2005

Phone: 662-846-4240
E-mail: wilkat7@bellsouth.net
Teaches: Principles of Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Astronomy

Malcolm Keith McEwen, Ed.D.

  Director of The Center for Science and Environmental Education and Professor of Science Education
Dr. McEwen B.A., University of Mississippi
M.S., University of Southern Mississippi
Ed.D., West Virginia University
Joined DSU faculty in 1987

Office: Caylor 235
Phone: 662-846-4248
E-mail: mmcewen@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. McEwen's web page
Teaches: Investigating the Natural World, Methods and Materials in the Biological Sciences, Teaching the Sciences, Trends in Teaching the Sciences

Research interests: Development of process-based laboratory activities in biology; investigations of alternative conceptual frameworks of students enrolled in biology classes; conceptual teaching using nontraditional instructional strategies

Tanya Kelly McKinney, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., 1989, Tougaloo College Ph.D., 1996, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joined DSU faculty in 2007

Office: Caylor 133
Phone: 662-846-4244
E-mail:tmckinney@deltastate.edu
Teaches: Principles of Biology, Microbiology, Immunology

Ernest Carlysle Meek Jr., Ph.D.

  Professor of Physics
Dr. Meek B.S.E., Delta State University
M.S.N.S., Delta State University
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Joined DSU faculty in 1990

Office: Walters 180 E
Phone: 662-846-4480
E-mail: cmeek@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Meek's web page
Teaches: Physics for the Life Sciences, The Physical World, Chemistry for Nurses

Charles Byron Smithhart, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Smithhart B.S., Delta State University
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Joined DSU faculty in 2003

Office: Walters 180 B
Phone: 662-846-4477
E-mail: csmithrt@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Smithhart's web page
Teaches: General Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Instrumental Analysis, Environmental Chemistry

Alline Marie Somlai, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Somlai B.S., Samford University
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Joined DSU faculty in 2004

Office: Walters 180 D
Phone: 662-846-4479
E-mail: asomlai@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Somlai's web page
Teaches: Organic Chemistry, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Principles of Pharmacology, Introduction to Polymer Science

Marcus Lynn Steele, Ph.D.

  Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Steele B.S., Mississippi College
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Joined DSU faculty in 1990

Office: Walters 180 A
Phone: 662-846-4483
E-mail: msteele@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Steele's web page
Teaches: General Chemistry, Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Jane Ewing Stephens, M.S.

  Part-time Instructor of Biology
B.S., Mississippi State University
M.S.N.S., Delta State University
Joined DSU faculty in 1995

Phone: 662-846-4240
E-mail: jes6@bellsouth.net
Teaches: Principles of Biology, Biology and Human Concerns

Janice Nosser Strickland, M.Ed.

  Coordinator of Science Education Program and Instructor of Science Education
Mrs. Strickland B.S., Mississippi University for Women
M.Ed., Mississippi College
Joined DSU faculty in 2002

Office: Caylor 238
Phone: 662-846-4253
E-mail: jstrick@deltastate.edu
Vist Ms. Strickland's web page
Teaches: Investigating the Natural World

John Dickinson Tiftickjian, Jr., Ph.D.

  Professor of Biology
Dr. Tiftickjian B.S., 1976, University of Florida
M.S., 1979, Washington State University
Ph.D., 1983, Washington State University
Joined DSU faculty in 1984

Office: Caylor 137
Phone: 662-846-4246
E-mail: jtift@deltastate.edu
Visit Dr. Tiftickjian's web page
Teaches: Principles of Biology, Genetics, Plant Physiology, Plant Anatomy, Biology of Nonvascular Plants

Research interests: Phycology, plant anatomy and physiology, development of computer and Internet resources for teaching biology


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