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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
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Teaches: Biology and Human Concerns, Fundamentals of Environmental Science, Materials and Methods in Environmental Science, Physical Geology for the Life Sciences, Environmental Geology, Economic Botany, Elements of Plant Systematics, and Conservation Biology

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
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Teaches: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences, Chemical and Physical Thermodynamics

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

Eric Ardell 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
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Teaches: Principles of Biology, Ecology, Dendrology, Field Herpetology, Wetland Ecology

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
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Teaches: Parasitology, Medical Entomology, Histology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Medical Terminology

Arthur Chu, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Chu B.S., Chung-Yuan University, Taiwan
Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Joined DSU faculty in 2009

Office: Walters 180A
Office Phone: 662-846-4483
E-mail: achu@deltastate.edu
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Teaches: Biochemsitry

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
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Teaches: Principles of Biology, Ecology, 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
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Teaches: General Physics, Astronomy

Ellen Samantha Green, Ph.D.

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

Office: Caylor 134
Phone: 662-846-4484
E-mail:esgreen@deltastate.edu
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Teaches: Principles of Biology, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, 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, Survery of 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 135
Phone: 662-846-4249
E-mail: jkatembe@deltastate.edu
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Teaches: Principles of Biology, Cell Biology, DNA Science/Biotechnology

Tanya Kelly McKinney, Ph.D.

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

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

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
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Teaches: Physics for the Life Sciences, The Physical World, Chemistry for Nurses

Charles Byron Smithhart, Ph.D.

  Associate 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
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Teaches: General Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Instrumental Analysis, Environmental Chemistry

Alline Marie Somlai, Ph.D.

  Associate 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
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Teaches: Organic Chemistry, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Principles of Pharmacology, Introduction to Polymer Science

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
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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

Lacey Fitts

  Site Coodinator, Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (MAMP)
Lacey Fitts B.A., 1998, Mississippi State University
M.S., 2007, Vanderbilt University
Joined Division staff in 2008

Office: Walters 179
Phone: 662-846-4496
E-mail: lfitts@deltastate.edu
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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

Susan Chow

  Adiministrative Assistant, Department of Education Title III Grant
Joined Division staff in 2009

Office: Caylor 139
Phone: 662-846-4243
E-mail: schow@deltastate.edu

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