AB's 84 full-time faculty teach undergraduates in their first semester and last semester. There are no large lecture halls hidden behind teaching assistants — every section is taught by the named instructor of record, and the average class size is 17. About 78% of our faculty hold the highest degree in their field; the rest bring deep clinical or industry expertise that complements doctoral colleagues. Most of all, the AB faculty are here, on this hilltop, day after day — at chapel on Tuesday, at the basketball game on Thursday, at the senior thesis defense in April.
What follows is a partial directory of the women and men who teach, advise, and serve students at Alderson Broaddus. For complete contact information by department, see the staff directory.
Inaugurated 2024. Ph.D. Higher Education, University of Virginia; M.A. Theology, Princeton; B.A. English, Hollins. Twenty-five years of senior leadership at small American Baptist universities. Author of The Quiet Renewal (Eerdmans, 2022).
Ph.D. History of Religion, Yale Divinity. Joined AB in 2019 from Eastern University. Author of three books on transatlantic Baptist history.
M.B.A. Carnegie Mellon, B.S. Accounting Penn State. Former Director of Financial Reporting at the University of Pittsburgh.
Ed.D. Counselor Education, Virginia Tech. Specializes in first-generation student success and rural mental-health outreach.
B.A. AB Communication. Returned to AB in 2021 after a career in nonprofit fundraising at the Carter Center and ChildFund International.
M.Ed. Marietta College, B.A. Otterbein. Twelve years in private-college admissions leadership before joining AB in 2023.
DMSc Lynchburg, MPAS AB '06. Practiced 15 years in family medicine in Bluefield, WV. Research: rural primary-care workforce.
PhD Nursing, Vanderbilt. Twenty years of public-health nursing practice. Research: maternal health in Appalachia.
MPAS Wake Forest. Emergency medicine and rural critical-access hospital experience. Course director: Clinical Medicine I & II.
MSN Yale, BSN Cornell. Family Nurse Practitioner with prior practice in indigent-care clinics. Course director: Health Assessment.
DrPH Johns Hopkins. Twelve years of WHO consultancy in West Africa. Research: rural health-systems strengthening.
EdD West Virginia University. Twenty-three years of collegiate AT practice. Frequent CAATE site visitor.
PhD Duke Divinity, MDiv Princeton, BA Morehouse. Ordained American Baptist minister. Author of Mountain Sermons (2021).
PhD English, University of Virginia. Specializes in Appalachian and American literature. Editor of the AB Literary Journal since 2003.
PhD West Virginia University. Specialist in Civil War WV and the Battle of Philippi. Author of The First Skirmish (2018).
MFA Painting, Cranbrook. Twenty solo exhibitions across the Southeast. Director of the Pickett Gallery.
DMA Choral Conducting, Indiana. Director of the AB Concert Choir. Norwegian-American with extensive Scandinavian touring experience.
PhD Mass Communication, University of Texas. Former CNN producer. Faculty advisor for Battler Bridge.
AB's most-cited active researcher: h-index 49 · 11,800+ citations · i10-index 146. Cancer chemoprevention, dietary flavonoids, ovarian cancer biology. Two-decade research program with 30+ AB undergraduate co-authors. Google Scholar ↗
PhD Ecology, Penn State. NSF-funded researcher of Appalachian karst ecosystems. Principal investigator on the Tygart Stream Project.
PhD Chemistry, Vanderbilt. Twenty-eight years at AB. Recipient of the WV Professor of the Year award (2019).
PhD Applied Mathematics, RPI. Research: epidemiological modeling. Faculty advisor of the Math Society.
PhD Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon. Industry experience at Microsoft Research. Specialty: machine learning for the natural sciences.
PhD Clinical Psychology, Emory. Specializes in adolescent mental health. Director of the Battler Wellness Initiative.
29 years with the WV State Police, including 11 as a homicide detective. M.S. Criminal Justice, Marshall.
DBA Argosy. Twenty years in regional bank leadership before academia. Faculty director of the AB MBA program.
PhD Marketing, Cleveland State. Specializes in nonprofit and rural-economy marketing. Co-author of Brand Appalachia.
EdD West Virginia University. Former K–8 principal. Specialist in literacy instruction and inclusive classrooms.
DVM Auburn, MS Equine Science Texas A&M. Former United States Equestrian Federation steward.
M.S. Sport Administration, Ohio. Eleven years as G-MAC and MEC head coach. Professor of practice in athletic administration.
PhD Accounting, Indiana. Former senior auditor at Deloitte. Recipient of the Beta Alpha Psi national teaching award.
Beyond the faculty, the AB experience is shaped by an extraordinary staff of advisors, coaches, librarians, chaplains, IT specialists, food-service workers, and groundskeepers — many of whom have served the University for decades.
MLIS UNC, PhD History Pittsburgh. Curator of the Appalachian Heritage Archive.
M.S. Cybersecurity, WVU. Manages campus network, MyAB portal, and cybersecurity operations.
EdM Higher Ed Harvard. Former Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Vietnam.
M.S. Sport Administration, Ohio. Head coach of softball 2008–2018; AD since 2020.
MSW WVU. Licensed clinical social worker. Coordinates Title IX, ADA, and SaVE Act compliance.
Former Lieutenant, City of Buckhannon Police. Manages 24/7 patrol, escort service, and emergency management.
M.A. Counseling, Lehigh. Manages internships, the Handshake job platform, and the AB Career Closet.
MEd HESA, Penn State. Leads first-generation programming, affinity groups, and inclusive-pedagogy faculty workshops.
Faculty who have shaped generations of Battlers and continue to inform the life of the University.
| Name | Title | Years of Service | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Charles E. Funkhouser | Professor Emeritus | 1962–1998 | Music; Founding director, Concert Choir; namesake of Funkhouser Auditorium. |
| Dr. Eleanor M. Burbick | Professor Emerita | 1968–2002 | English; namesake of Burbick Hall. |
| Dr. Robert J. Pickett | President Emeritus | 1986–2002 | Office of the President; namesake of Pickett Library. |
| Dr. Ada B. Pyles | Professor Emerita | 1971–2007 | Health Sciences; longtime PA program faculty. |
| Dr. Reginald Whittaker | Professor Emeritus | 1974–2014 | Theology; longtime AB chaplain. |
| Coach Earl "Buzz" Carlton | Coach Emeritus | 1968–1989 | Football; 287-win record over 21 seasons. |
| Dr. Rosa F. Klemmer | Professor Emerita | 1980–2018 | Biology; founder of the AB Honors Program. |
| Dr. Hassan Aziz, M.D. | Professor Emeritus | 1983–2019 | Physician Assistant Studies; medical director, MPAS, 1991–2017. |
Alderson Broaddus is a small, mission-driven employer of about 220 full-time faculty and staff. We seek colleagues who care about students, the liberal-arts tradition, and the renewal of Appalachian communities.
Tenure-track and clinical faculty positions are posted on the InterFolio portal each fall. Current searches: Asst. Prof. of Computer Science, Visiting Asst. Prof. of English, Adjunct Instructors in Spanish.
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