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Biology  

 
William David Boehmer 
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., 1971, University of Tennessee  
M.S., 1973, University of Tennessee
 

Robert S. Carter 
Instructor of Biology 
B.S., 1985, Cornell University 
Ph.D., 1992, University of Pennsylvania
 

 

  
   
 

Rufus J. Darden   
Instructor of Biology 
  A.S. 2001, Motlow State Community College
  B.S. 2003, Tennessee Technological University
M.S., 2006,  Tennessee Technological University 

 
 

  
 

Lisa Wilson Davis 
Assistant Professor of Biology 
B.S., 1988, Middle Tennessee State University 
M.S., 1994, Middle Tennessee State University
 

 

  
Frederick R. Frank, Jr. 
Associate Professor of Biology  
A.A., 1975, Essex Community College 
B.S., 1977, National College of Chiropractic Medicine 
D.C., 1979, National College of Chiropractic Medicine
 
Ronald Wilson Hackney  
Associate Professor of Biology 
B.S., 1970, Austin Peay State University  
M.S., 1972, Austin Peay State University
 

Charles D. Hicks 
Instructor of Biology
B.S., 1987, Southwest Texas State University 
M.S., 1995, Southwest Texas State University 
M.B.A., 1997, Oklahoma City University

 
Jeffery D. Kent 
Professor of Biology and
 Greenhouse Manager
B.A., 1972, Slippery Rock University 
M.S., 1974, Slippery Rock University 
Ph.D., 1986, University of Illinois
 
Hillman Kemp Mann  
Professor of Biology 
B.A., 1981, Rhodes College 
M.D., 1988, University of Tennessee
Nancy Garnett Morris 
Chair, Science Department 
Associate Professor of Biology 
B.S., 1975, Austin Peay State University 
M.S., 1976, George Peabody College
Additional graduate work Austin Peay State  University,
Tennessee State University, and Vanderbilt University
   
Louis Joseph Schibig 
Professor of Biology 
B.S., 1970, Austin Peay State University 
M.S., 1972, Austin Peay State University 
Additional graduate work, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
 

Douglas W. Shaw 
Assistant Professor of Biology
D.V.M., 1989, Colorado State University
Ph.D., 1995, North Carolina State University 
 

  
 

Girija S. Shinde 
Assistant Professor of Biology (Livingston) 
B.S., 1985, Fergusson College 
M.S., 1987, University of Pune
M.Phil., 1990, University of Pune
M.S. 2002, Tennessee Technological University 
Additional graduate work, Tennessee Technological University

 

Emeriti Faculty

 
Nancy Rushing Candella  
Associate Professor of Biology  
B.S., 1963, Middle Tennessee State University  
M.S., 1991, Middle Tennessee State University

VSCC  1993 - 2007
Richard Douglas Coleman 
Associate Professor of Natural Science 
Science Field Station Coordinator  
B.S., 1965, East Tennessee State University  
M.S., 1967, East Tennessee State University
Course work completed for Ph.D.: Vanderbilt University 

VSCC 1972 - 2005
 

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