Arkansas Tech University

Biological Sciences Faculty and Their Interests

Jacqueline K. Bowman, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Indiana University.  Secondary science teaching and life sciences certification.

Elisabeth K. Brennan, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.  Wetland and waterfowl ecology and management.

Cheryl B. Chaney, Assistant Professor and Biology Lab Coordinator; M.S., Tennessee Tech University. Environmental science and ecology of algae.

Phyllis J. Cox, Assistant Professor and Director of Medical Technology and Medical Assistant programs; MT(ASCP) St. Frances Medical Center; M.A., Central Michigan University.

Charles J. Gagen, Professor and Department Chair; Ph.D., Penn State.  Aquatic ecology and ichthyology.

John R., Jackson, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Mississippi State University.  Fisheries science and community ecology.

George P. Johnson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., North Carolina State.  Plant systematics.

Christopher J. Kellner, Professor; Ph.D., University of Arkansas.  Forest ecology, ornithology, and animal behavior.

Scott W. Kirkconnell, Professor; Ph.D., Indiana University.  Medical and environmental microbiology.

Eric C. Lovely, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire.  Invertebrate zoology, coastal ecology, and environmental science. 

Chris Merle, Assistant Professor; RRA, B.S., Arkansas Tech.  Health information management and medical transcription.

Thomas E. Nupp, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Purdue.  Wildlife science, GIS, and small mammal ecology.

Paula B. Pendergrass, Professor; Ph.D., Washington State.  Human anatomy and physiology.

Darla D. Sparacino, Associate Professor; RRA, M.Ed., Arkansas Tech.  Health information management.

Ivan H. Still, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  Human genetics, cancer and cellular biology.

Joseph N. Stoeckel, Professor and Director of the Fisheries and Wildlife Science Program; Ph.D., Virginia Tech.  Fisheries management and aquaculture.

Bruce L. Tedford, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Louisiana State University.  Avian physiology.

Melinda, A. Wilkins, Associate Professor and Director of the Health Information Management Program; RRA, M.Ed., Southwestern Oklahoma State.  Health information management.

Tsunemi Yamashita, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Vanderbilt.  Population genetics and evolutionary biology.