Twenty New Faculty Join MGA
Author: News Bureau
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 12:00 AM
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Macon, GA
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ (MGA) welcomes 17 new full-time faculty members who started this fall, joining three others who began last spring.
Joining MGA this fall are:
- Brittani McNeal – Associate Professor of Public Safety and Doctor of Science in Public Safety Program Coordinator
- Melody Morrison – Lecturer of Music
- Doyeon Lee – Assistant Professor of IT
- Randall Garmon – Assistant Professor of Air Traffic Control
- Melissa Purvis – Lecturer of Education
- Merve Acar – Assistant Professor of Accounting
- Erin Single – Assistant Professor of Art
- Jennifer Walker – Lecturer of Social Work
- Cindy Montgomery – Assistant Professor of Communications
- Catherine Whelan – Professor of Accounting
- Angeles Salinas – Assistant Professor of Art
- Sydney Edgar – Lecturer of Biology
- Kristen Vaughn – Assistant Professor of Nursing
- Samantha Pierce – Assistant Professor of Nursing
- Joe Lease – Professor and Chair, Department of English
- Joyce Hollins – Associate Professor of Nursing
- Ashley Brooks – Assistant Professor of Nursing
These faculty joined the University last spring:
- Christopher Scoggins – Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
- Larrica Clark – Clinical Instructor, Respiratory Therapy and Health Sciences
- Kenneth Smith – Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Science