Management Sciences
Dr. Jeffery D. Houghton, associate professor in the Department of Management Sciences, has taught at Lipscomb University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; The International University in Vienna, Austria; Farimont State College; West Virginia University; and the U.S. Department of Justice – Federal Bureau of Prisons. B.S., Fairmont State College; M.B.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
· organizational behavior
· human resource management
· labor relations
· industrial and organizational psychology
· economics
Dr. Darryl L. Jinkerson, assistant professor in the Department of Management Sciences, has taught at Judson College and North Central College. He has also worked for Arthur Anderson. B.A., Harding University; M.S., Northeast Louisiana University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
· psychology
· evaluation and measurement
· management
Dr. Monty Lynn, professor in the Department of Management Sciences, has taught at universities in Germany, Sweden and Slovenia and at Brigham Young University and Cornell University. B.A., B.S.W., Harding University; M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Brigham Young University.
· psychology
· organizational behavior
· facility planning and management
· social work
Dr. Gary McCaleb, vice president of the university and director of the Center for Building Community, has served three terms as mayor of Abilene, served as the U.S. representative on the World Executive Committee for the International Union of Local Authorities, and served in the National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors and as president of the Texas Municipal League. B.A., ACU; M.B.A., Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
· community studies
· city government
· communications
· marketing
· management
Dr. Don Pope, assistant professor of management, has worked for Northrup Grumman and General Dynamics. B.S., Oklahoma Christian University; M.Engr., Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
· operations management
· lean manufacturing
· aircraft industry
· enterprise resource planning systems
Dr. Brent Reeves, assistant professor in the Department of Management Sciences, has worked for TwinBear Research, Progressive Insurance, Sterling Softwar, ARCO Oil and Gas and Dunigan Tool and Supply. B.B.A., M.A., ACU; M.S., Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder.
· computer science
· cognitive science
· management
Dr. Phil Vardiman, assistant professor in the Department of Management Sciences, has taught at Southwest Texas State University. B.S., ACU; M.B.A., University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
· human resource development
· management
· education
Michael Winegeart, assistant professor of management sciences, has worked in international business, sales, merchandising, management and marketing for businesses such as Kodak, Foster Grant, Schering-Plough and Abbott International. B.B.A., ACU; M.I.B., University of South Carolina.
· international business
· sales
· faith in the marketplace
· leadership
· vocational missions
· new business development
Marketing
Dr. Rick Lytle, dean of the College of Business Administration, has served as president of The Lytle Group and has worked for Amoco, Electronic Data Systems, Tenneco Oil E&P and Volkswagen of America. B.B.A., Harding University; M.B.A., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., Arizona State University.
· marketing
· customer service
· health care finance
· integrating faith in the workplace
Dr. Ed Timmerman, professor in the Department of Management Sciences, has taught at the University of Tennessee at Martin, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Management Institute, Murray State University, Delta State Univeristy and Memphis State University. B.B.A., M.B.A., Delta State University; D.B.A., Memphis State University.
· marketing
· transportation
· sociology
Dr. David Wright, assistant professor in the Department of Management Sciences, has taught at Arkansas State University, Eastern New Mexico University, Louisiana Tech University, Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Odessa College. B.B.A., M.B.A., University of Texas at the Permian Basin; D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University.
· marketing
· consumer behavior
· international business
· sales
Marriage and Family
Dr. Ed Coates, professor of education, is certified as a family life educator, a high school teacher and administrator, a marriage and family therapist, and a sex educator and sex therapist. He has taught at Morehead State University and at the University of Tennessee, and he has worked as a high school teacher, coach, principal and administrator. B.A., Lipscomb University; M.A., Middle Tennessee State University; Ed.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
· family life education
· marriage and family
· sex education and therapy
· parenting and student teaching
· educational psychology
· human relations
Dr. Carley Dodd, professor of communication, has taught at Western Kentucky University and has served as a preaching minister and a youth minister in churches in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas. B.A., M.A., ACU; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.
· intercultural communication
· persuasion
· interpersonal communication
· research methods
· family communication
· Generation Y
· intercultural communication competencies
· generation communication
· business and professional communication
Dr. Jackie L. Halstead, assistant professor of marriage and family therapy, has taught at Iowa State University and served as a counselor. B.S., Oklahoma Christian University; M.M.F.T., ACU; Ph.D., Iowa State University.
· economics of aging
· individual and family life development
· postmodern modalities
· church/ministerial dynamics
· ethics of marriage and family therapy
· missionary preparation and enrichment
Janet Jergins, adjunct faculty in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy, has worked as a counselor for Hendrick Medical Center, as director of the Noah Project, as a research technician at Baylor College of Medicine and as a certified medical technologist at M.D. Anderson Hospital. B.S., Lubbock Christian University; M.M.F.T., ACU.
· individual therapy
· marital therapy
· family therapy
B.J. McMichael, instructor of Bible, missions and ministry and instructor of family and consumer sciences, has taught Bible, speech, drama and choir in high school. B.A., Freed-Hardeman University; M.S., M.M.F.T., ACU; Ph.D. (in progress), Oklahoma State University.
· adolescent spirituality
· ministerial well-being and effectiveness
· marriage and parenting
· general family issues
Heidi Morris, individual and marriage and family therapist and director of the Peer Health Education Program, also teaches part-time. M.M.F.T., ACU, Ph.D., Texas Woman's University (in progress).
· family studies
· parenting and child temperament
· identity issues
· relationships issues
Robert Oglesby, instructor of Bible and director of the Center for Youth and Family Ministry; B.S., M.S., ACU.
· youth ministry
· adolescent sexual and moral development
· youth ministry effectiveness
· faith development
Dr. Steve Wages, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences, has taught at Florida State University and has worked as a CPA. B.S., University of Southern Mississippi, M.M.F.T., ACU; Ph.D., Florida State University.
· human development
· family studies
· fathering
· single parenting
Mathematics
Dr. David Hendricks, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, has also taught at Texas A&M Univeristy. B.S., ACU; M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
· geometry
· topology
· geometric analysis
· computing machinery
Melissa Johnson, assistant professor of library science and reference librarian, has taught middle school math and computer lab. B.S., ACU; M.L.S., University of North Texas.
· secondary mathematics
· bibliographic instruction
· library issues
· library Web development
Dr. Alexander Karabegov, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, has taught and researched at Pennsylvania State University; Yerevan Physics Institute; University of Mannheim, Germany; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia; and Yerevan State University, Armenia. M.S., Ph.D., Moscow State University.
· quantization
· symbols
· pure mathematics
· symplectic geometry
· maps
· partial differential equations
· mathematical physics
Dr. Carol G. Williams, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, dean of the Graduate Schoool, and assistant provost for research, has taught at Pepperdine University and in public schools in Texas, Kentucky, West Virginia and Wisconsin. B.A., Lipscomb University; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara.
· math education
Dr. Connie H. Yarema, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, has taught at Northeast Louisiana University, Texas A&M University - Commerce and Paris Junior College. B.S., M.S., East Texas State University; Ed.D., Texas A&M University.
· algebra
· calculus
· distance learning
Media Law
Dr. Charles H. Marler, professor emeritus of journalism and mass communication, has worked in publicity, sports information, development, journalism and research. B.A., ACU; M.A., ACU; Ph.D., University of Missouri.
· communication law
· opinion writing
· publication design
· media and religion
Kenneth Pybus, assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been editor of the Houston Business Journal and the Nashville Business Journal and a producer for "Nashville Business This Week." B.A., ACU; J.D., Baylor University.
· First Amendment
· media law
· journalism and reporting ethics
· Supreme Court
Missions
Dr. Gary Green, missions coordinator for Latin America in the Institute for Missions and Evangelism, has worked as a missionary in Venezuela, a campus minister in Louisiana and as a veterinarian. B.S., Northeast Louisiana University; M.A.R., Harding University; D.V.M., Louisiana State University.
· evangelism
· missions
· veterinary medicine
Dr. Sonny Guild, director of the Institute for Missions and Evangelism, has taught at Colombia Christian College and has done consulting work for various churches and ministry teams. B.A., Harding University; M.Div., D. Min., ACU.
· biblical topics and texts
· missions and team building
· the impact of cross cultural ministry on teams
Larry Henderson, missionary in residence, served as a missionary to Thailand. B.A.; M.A., Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
· biblical application
· missions
Music
Dr. Marion Cawood, professor in the Department of Music, has served as a soprano soloist at the Cologne Opera House in Cologne, Germany, and as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Munich in Munich, Germany, and she has taught at Lipscomb University, the University of Kentucky and Florida State University. B.M., Indiana University; M.M, University of Kentucky; Ph.D., Florida State University.
· vocal music
· foreign language diction
· vocal pedagogy
· jazz
· music and poetry of the Renaissance
Samuel L. Cook, associate professor of music, has taught privately in Austria and Germany and at Houston Community College, Texas Southern University and Indiana University. B.M., Johns Hopkins University; M.M., Indiana University School of Music.
· German
· Italian
· oratorio
· opera
· art song
· contemporary pop music
Dr. Paul Piersall, professor and chair of the Department of Music, has taught at Columbia Christian College and Pepperdine University. B.A., M.A., Central Washington University; D.M.A., University of Washington.
· vocal performance
· choral activities
· music history
· opera
· conducting
Dr. Julie Pruett, assistant professor of voice in the Department of Music, has also taught at Southwest Texas State University. B.M.E., M.M., Southwest Texas State University; D.M.A., University of Texas.
· diction
· opera
· neuro-linguistic programming
Dr. Michael Scarbrough, associate professor in the Department of Music; B.M.Ed., McMurry University; M.M., Scarritt College; D.M.A., Arizona State University.
· choral music
· church music
Greg Straughn, visiting instructor in the Department of Music, has taught at the University of North Texas. B.A., ACU; M.M., Ph.D. (in progress), University of North Texas.
· white gospel music
· colonial music in America
· the history of music
· opera history
· late 20th century music
· musical philosophy
Allen Teel, associate professor and director of percussion in the Department of Music, has taught at the University of Georgia and at Texas Tech University. B.M.E., West Texas A&M University; M.M., Texas Tech University; D.M.A., University of Georgia.
· jazz music
· percussion
· steel drums
· orchestral music
· Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra (principal timpanist)
· West African music
· music of world cultures
Dr. Kay Williams, instructor in the Department of Music, has taught at Blinn College, Alvin Junior College and Texas Tech University. B.M.Ed., ACU; M.M., Ph.D., Texas Tech University.
· piano
· music theory
· music appreciation
