Placement
Our program is almost 50 years old and we have graduated almost 150 students. Our most important goal has never wavered — we aim to achieve the highest placement possible for our graduates. Here is the recent Ph.D. placements and a partial list of schools where we have placed graduates:
2011-2012
- Dean J. Barry Mason retired.
- Lauren Skinner Beitelspacher moved to Portland State
- Frank Adams accepted a position at Mississippi State
- Woojung Chang accepted a position at Illinois State
- Stephanie Gillison accepted a position at U. of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Mary Harrison accepted a position at Birmingham-Southern.
- Lynne Richardson is now dean at University of Mary Washington
2010-2011
- Carolyn "Casey" Findley Musgrove accepted a position at Indiana University-Southeast
- John Hansen moved to the University of Alabama-Birmingham
- Sijun Wang moved to Loyola-Marymount University
- William Foxx moved to Troy at Auburn.
- Russell Lacey moved to Xavier University.
- JJ Jeon became dean at Pukyoung University.
2008-2009
- Shiri Vivek accepted a position at Eastern Michigan University
- Vivek Dalela accepted a position at Grand Valley State University
- John Hansen moved to the University of Southern Mississippi
2007-2008
- Melissa Markley accepted an entry level position at DePaul University.
- Mandy Ortiz accepted an entry level position at University of San Francisco.
- Mert Tokman took an entry level position at James Madison University.
- Jun Sang Lim took an entry level position at Virginia State University.
- John Park moved to Ewha Womans University.
2006-2007
- John Hansen joined Northern Illinois University.
- Vanessa Martin-Funches joined Auburn at Montgomery.
- Banu Elmadag joined Istanbul Technological University.
- Richard Flight took an entry level position at Eastern Illinois University.
- Lauren Skinner took an entry level position at University of Alabama at Birmingham.
2005-2006
- Kay Zhang took an entry level position at Bowling Green State.
- George Dietz took an entry level position at the University of Memphis.
- Kristy Reynolds joined University of Alabama as Associate Professor.
- Will Hill took an entry level position at Mississippi State at Meridian.
2004-2005
- John Park took an entry level position at the University of New Hampshire.
- Sijun Wang took an entry level position at California Polytechnic University, Pomona.
2003-2004
- Betsy Holloway took an entry level position at Samford University.
- Russell Lacey took an entry level position at the University of New Orleans.
- William Foxx took an entry level position at the University of Auburn at Montgomery.
2002-2003
- Janet Parish took an entry level position at Texas A&M.
2001-2002
- Nicole Hoffman took an entry level position at Mississippi State.
- Jason Lueg took an entry level position at Mississippi State.
- Kristy Reynolds joined the faculty at Louisiana State University.
Partial list of school placements
- Arizona State University
- Baylor University
- Drexel University
- Florida State University
- Georgia State University
- Kansas State University
- Louisiana State University
- Michigan State University
- Mississippi State University
- Pepperdine University
- Seoul National University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Tech University
- Tulane University
- University of Central Florida
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Georgia
- University of Houston
- University of Kentucky
- University of Memphis
- University of Michigan