Delta State Unviersity

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Delta State University
Cleveland, MS 38733
662-846-4240

Faculty and Staff

Nina L. Baghai Riding, Ph.D.

	Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
		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: 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
		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 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 Visit Dr. Blackwell's web page
	Teaches: Principles of Biology, Ecology, Dendrology, Field Herpetology, Wetland Ecology

Barry Glenn Campbell, Ph.D.

	Division Chair and Associate Professor of Biology
		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, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Medical Terminology

Arthur Chu, Ph.D.

	Associate Professor of Chemistry
		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 Visit Dr. Chu's web page
	Teaches: Biochemsitry

Jeffrey P. Duguay, Ph.D.

	Associate Professor of Biology
		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: 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 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 134 Phone: 662-846-4484 E-mail:esgreen@deltastate.edu Visit Dr. Green's web page
	Teaches: Principles of Biology, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Evolution and Systematics

Jill Halley Harper, M.S.

	Instructor in Chemistry
		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
		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 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

Malcolm Keith McEwen, Ed.D.

	Director of The Center for Science and Environmental Education and Professor of Science Education
		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, Materials and Methods in the Biological Sciences, Problems in Teaching Biology in the Secondary Schools, Problems in Teaching Biology in Elementary Schools, Trends in Teaching the Sciences, 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., 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 Visit Dr. McKinney's web page
	Teaches: Principles of Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, Microbial Genetics, Medical Microbiology

Ernest Carlysle Meek Jr., Ph.D.

	Professor of Physics
		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
		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
		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

John Dickinson Tiftickjian, Jr., Ph.D.

	Professor of Biology
		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

Lacey Fitts

	Site Coodinator, Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (MAMP)
		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 Visit Ms. Fitts web page

Barbara Knight

	Senior Secretary, Division of Biological and Physical Sciences
		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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