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