ESS Faculty and Staff

Dr. William Frazier, Department Chair
Dr. Kimberly Shaw, Assistant Chair
Ms. Crystal Jones, Department Secretary

Faculty listed in alphabetical order. Click name for webpage.

Dr. Clinton Barineau Office: LeNoir 108 Phone: 706-569-3026 Email: barineau_clinton@columbusstate.edu Assistant Professor Field: Geology	Typical teaching duties: Natural Disasters, Physical Geology, Structural Geology, Petrology, Mineralogy, Tectonics and Geophysics. Research Interests: Geologic evolution of the Appalachian Mountains; Development and evolution of back-arcs; Subduction initiation.
Dr. Roger Brown Office: LeNoir Annex 118 Phone: 706-507-8094 Email: brown_roger2@columbusstate.edu Associate Professor Field: Environmental Science	Typical teaching duties: Environmental Science, Introductory Geology, Meteorology, Geomorphology. Research Interests: Physical Geography; Quaternary environments; interrelationships between physical and human worlds.
Dr. Warren Church Office: LeNoir Annex 120 Phone: 706-507-8093 Email: church_warren@columbusstate.edu Professor Field: Anthropology and Archaeology	Typical teaching duties: Anthropology, Archaeology. Research Interests: South American Archaeology; Pre-Hispanic cultural geography; archaeology of ethnicity and material culture.
Dr. Shawn Cruzen Office: LeNoir Annex 110 or CCSSC 123 Phone: 706-507-8344 or 706-649-1785 Email: cruzen_shawn@columbusstate.edu or shawn@ccssc.org Professor Director, Coca-Cola Space Science Center Field: Astronomy	Typical teaching duties: Astronomy. Research Interests: Galaxies, Solar astronomy, Astronomy education and outreach.
Dr. William Frazier Office: LeNoir Annex 104 Phone: 706-507-8092 Email: frazier_bill@columbusstate.edu Professor and Department Chair Head, Environmental Science Program Field: Geology, Environmental Science	Typical teaching duties: Introductory Geology, Structural Geology, Sedimentary Geology, Oceanography, Hydrology, Environmental Science. Research Interests: Sedimentology; Coastal Plain Stratigraphy.
Dr. Tom Hanley Office: Phone: Email: hanley_tom@yahoo.com Professor Emeritus Field: Geology	Typical teaching duties: No regular duties; occasional offerings of Introductory Geology. Research Interests: Development of mylonitic rocks; Origin and history of rocks in the Uchee and Pine Mountain belts; Granite emplacement in areas of high strain.
Dr. Zdeslav Hrepic Office: LeNoir Phone: 706-507-8264 Email: hrepic_zdeslav@columbusstate.edu Associate Professor Field: Physics Education	Typical teaching duties: Physics, Physical Science. Research interests: Physics education research.
Ms. Crystal Jones Office: LeNoir Annex 101 Phone: 706-507-8091 Email: jones_crystalann@columbusstate.edu Administrative Secretary	Typical duties: Departmental Administration.
Dr. Bill Wells Office: Lenoir Hall 112 Phone: 706-568-2332 Email: wells_william5@columbusstate.edu Lecturer of Physics	Typical teaching duties: Physics
Dr. Troy Keller Office: LeNoir Annex 112 Phone: 706-507-8099 Email: keller_troy@columbusstate.edu Associate Professor Field: Environmental Science	Typical teaching duties: Stream Ecology, Water Resource Management, Alternative Energy, Environmental Studies, Conservation Biology, and Geographic Information Systems Research Interests: Stream ecology; stream restoration; sustainable energy resources.
Dr. David Schwimmer Office: LeNoir 111 Phone: 706-569-3028 Email: schwimmer_david@columbusstate.edu Professor Field: Geology	Typical teaching duties: Paleontology, Environmental Geology, Physical Anthropology/Archeology, Introductory Geology. Research Interests: Vertebrate paleontology; Cambrian trilobites; Cambrian lagerstatten.
Dr. Abiye Seifu Office: LeNoir 107 Phone: 706-568-2187 Email: seifu_abiye@columbusstate.edu Associate Professor Field: Engineering	Typical teaching duties: Engineering Research Interests: Electrical Engineering.
Dr. Kimberly Shaw Office: 252 University Hall Phone: 706-507-8460 Email: shaw_kimberly@columbusstate.edu Associate Professor and Assistant Department Chair Director, Math & Science Learning Center Field: Physics, Physics Education	Typical teaching duties: Physics, Physical Science. Research interests: Physics education, specifically in the areas of under-represented groups, assessment of student learning, Self-Efficacy, and student scientific reasoning skills.
Dr. John Studstill Office: 322 Faculty Office Building Phone: 706-565-3577 Email: Studstill_John@columbusstate.edu Professor Field: Sociology and Criminal Justice	Typical teaching duties: Anthropology. Research Interests: Cultural Anthropology.
Dr. Rosa Williams Office: CCSSC 109 Phone: 706-649-1474 Email: williams_rosa@columbusstate.edu or rosanina@ccssc.org Associate Professor Head, Mead Observatory (CCSSC) Field: Astronomy	Typical teaching duties: Astronomy. Research Interests: Interstellar medium, supernova remnants, Astronomy education and outreach.