The year in parentheses after a faculty member's name indicates his/her year of appointment at Mars Hill College.

Ms. Bower, Virginia L, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
Office: 301 Spilman	Phone: (828) 689-1379
Email: vbower@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6724
Education: B.A.,St. Andrews College (1978); M.A.T.,Appalachian State Univ. (1980); Univ. of New Mexico (1983, 1990)
Dr. Carter, Lucia A, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
Office: 320 Cornwell Hall	Phone: (828) 689-1199
Email: lcarter@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6662
Education: Laurea di Dottore in Storia, Summa Cum Laude, University of Bologna, Italy (1998), University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1992), University of Montpellier, France (1989)
Dr. Croom, Jo Ann T, Professor of Biology & Division Chair: Natural Sciences, Mathematics & Computer Science
Office: 119-A Wall Science Bldg.	Phone: (828) 689-1404
Email: jcroom@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6671
Education: AA, Mars Hill (1957); BS, NC State (1959); MS, NC State (1961); PhD, Tennessee (1992)Western Carolina, 1972-73; Tennessee-Oak Ridge, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1985-
Dr. Meacham, Katharine R, PROFESSOR OF RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY & INTERIM CHAIR, GENERAL STUDIES
Office: 314 Cornwell Hall	Phone: (828) 689-1119
Email: kmeacham@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6752
Education: B.A.,Eckerd College (1972); M.Ed.,Harvard Univ. (1973); M.A.,Temple Univ. (1981); Ph.D.,Temple Univ. (1994)
Dr. Mullinax, Marc S, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RELIGION
Office: 221 Cornwell Hall	Phone: (828) 689-1216
Email: mmullinax@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6763
Education: B.A.,Mars Hill College (1977); M.A.,Univ. of Tennessee (1979); M.Div.,Southern Baptist Seminary (1984); Ph.D.,Union Theological Seminary (1993)
Dr. Newfont, Kathryn D, Associate Professor of History
Office: 317 Cornwell Hall	Phone: (828) 689-1117
Email: knewfont@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6764
Education: B.A.,Haverford College (1987); M.A.,Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1998); Ph.D.,Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001)
Ms. Pedersen, Laurie M, INSTRUCTOR OF SOCIOLOGY, LAA111 COORDINATOR & DIRECTOR OF WOMEN'S STUDIES
Office: 111 Founders Hall	Phone: (828) 689-1456
Email: lpedersen@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6711
Education: B.A.,The New College of Universitiy of South Florida (1991); M.A.,Univ. of South Florida (1995)
Dr. Pierce, Joanna T, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH & REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Office: 207 Cornwell Hall	Phone: (828) 689-1145
Email: jtpierce@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6662
Education: B.A.,Univ. of South Florida (1993); M.A.,Univ. of Central Florida (1997); Ph.D.,Univ. of South Carolina (2000)
Dr. Smith, Phyllis L, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY & DEPT CHAIR
Office: 321 Cornwell Hall	Phone: (828) 689-1133
Email: psmith@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6764
Education: B.A.,Univ. of Houston (1980); M.A.,Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte (1991); Ph.D.,Univ. of Arizona (1996)