James R. Nichols, Ph.D.

Department Chair and Professor

Office phone: 325.674.2188

Email: nicholsj@acu.edu

Areas of scholarship or expertise:

• Physiology
• Cell Biology
• Bioethics

Published works: (most recent)

• Murphy, T.J., G.K. Pavlath, X. Wang, J. Nichols, V. Boss, K.L. Abbott, A.M. Robida, K. Xu, M.L. Ellington, and J.R. Loss, 2nd. "Retroviral vectors applied to gene regulation studies." Methods in Enzymology. 345 (2002): 539-51.

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Daniel Brannan, Ph.D.

Professor 

Office phone: 325.674.2186

Email: brannand@acu.edu

Areas of scholarship or expertise:

• Philosophy of science, in particular science & religion interface
• Microbial ecology
• general biology
• behavioral biology

Articles by and about Dan:

• Why I Teach", ACU Today, from the Winter 2000 issue of ACU Today
• Researching in Oxford, January, 2003, press release

On cultural diversity:

• "We are All the Same" 
• "Growing Up in New Mexico"

Published works: (most recent)

• Brannan, D. K. 2005. Segerstrale, "Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate and Alcock, The Triumph of Sociobiology." Zygon, 40:233-236.
• Brannan, D. K. and C. Gillet. 2005. "Evolutionary Explanation and the Ideal of Altruism: the Incommensurability of the Christian Love Command." European Journal of Science and Theology, 1:11-25.
   

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Josh Brokaw

Assistant Professor  

Office phone: 325.674.2168

Email: jmb97t@acu.edu   

Patricia Hernandez, Ph.D.

Professor 

Office phone: 325.674.2747

Email: hernandezp@acu.edu 

Areas of scholarship or expertise:

• Molecular biology with neurobiology emphasis

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Rebecca Hunter, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 

Office phone: 325.674.2182

Email: rlb97a@acu.edu

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Tom Lee, Ph.D.

Professor 

Office phone: 325.674.2574

Email: leet@acu.edu

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Charles Mattis

Associate Professor 

Office phone: 325.674.2212

Email: mattis@acu.edu 

Areas of scholarship or expertise:

• Human Anatomy and Physiology
• College Transition and Retention Issues

Published works:

• Edited 3rd and 4th editions of "University Seminar: The Roadmap to Success." 

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Qiang Xu

Assistant Professor   

Office phone: 325.674.4883

Email: qxx07a@acu.edu  

Areas of scholarship or expertise:

• Entomology
• Cell and molecular biology
• biotechnology

Published works: (most recent)

• Xu, Q., H. Wang, L. Zhang and N. Liu. 2006. "Sodium channel gene expression associated with pyrethroid resistant house flies and German cockroaches." Gene 379, 62-67.
• Xu, Q., H. Wang, L. Zhang and N. Liu. 2006. "Kdr allelic variation in pyrethroid resistant mosquitoes, Culex quinquefasciatus (S.)." Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 345, 774-780.
• Liu, N., Q. Xu and L. Zhang. 2006. "Sodium Channel Gene Expression in Mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus (S.)" Insect Science 13, 431-436.
• Liu, N., F. Zhu, Q. Xu, J. W. Pridgeon and X. Gao. 2006. "Behavioral change, physiological modification and metabolic detoxification mechanisms of insecticide resistance." Acta Entomologica Sinica 48, 672-680 (invited review paper).
• Liu, N., Q. Xu, F. Zhu and L. Zhang. 2006. "Pyrethroid resistance in mosquitoes." Insect Science 13, 159-166 (invited review paper).
• Xu Q., H. Wang, L. Zhang and N. Liu. 2006. "Posttranscriptional regulation of sodium channel gene expression is associated with insecticide resistance in insects." Resistant Pest Management Newsletter 15, 61-62.

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Staff

Bonnie Bailey

Administrative Coordinator 

Office phone: 325.674.2188
Email: baileyb@acu.edu

Bonnie has been a part of the ACU community and its mission for more than 20 years. Her husband is the chair of the History Department and their three children earned degrees from ACU.

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Pebbles Lee

Lab Coordinator

Office phone: 325.674.2005

Email: pebbles.lee@acu.edu

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Diana Flanagan

Adjunct  

Office phone: 325.674.2749

Email: dlf09b@acu.edu