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http://www.msstate.edu/dept/research/
P.O. Box 6343
Mississippi State MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-3570 (P)
Fax: 662-325-8740 (F)
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Jan Peacock, Business Manager of the College, holds a B.S. in Computer Science ('82) from the College of Arts & Sciences. She has served in this capacity since 1987,
when she transferred from Telecommunications after five years as Accounts Supervisor. Her first semester at MSU was in 1965, and the second semester was in 1979,
following a year on staff as the Secretary in Physics & Astronomy. In addition to her B.S. degree, she completed the equivalent of a double major in Spanish. While a
student, she was a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and a student worker in the Athletic Department, as well as a single parent of two teenagers.
Jan has 3 children: Tony Cooper (wife, Lisa; daughter, Layne), investigator with the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office;
Cyndi Marler (daughter, Shelby; son, Noah), paralegal for a law firm in Jackson; and Taylor, a seventh-grader at East Webster High School in Mathiston. She is a member
of the Kiwanis Club of Starkville, where she is immediate past Lieutenant Governor and chair of the Builders Club Committee, and has served as the chair of the MSU
division of the United Way campaign.
As Business Manager for the college, Jan is the "firefighter", as she is known for handling situations that require immediate attention, from employment paperwork to the
college's tailgate parties. A true Bulldog, she can be found at all home football, basketball, and baseball games.
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Elaine Reed holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Mississippi State University, 1995, and serves as Academic Coordinator for the College of Arts & Sciences. Prior to serving in the college’s office, Elaine was Academic Coordinator for five years in the School of Accountancy, College of Business. A twenty-one year veteran of MSU, Elaine also serves as the State Representative of the National Academic Advisors Association and serves as Program Chair for the state of Mississippi’s annual advisors meeting.
Elaine says that next to family and church, her job brings her much satisfaction. Elaine enjoys working with college students as they seek direction for their careers. She notes that situations in the Dean’s Office vary from day to day, some simple and some complex, but each one is unique because each student is unique. Elaine says “I don’t always make students happy, but I always strive to have the student understand the rules and motivations behind each decision.
Elaine and her husband, Joel, who works for the City of Starkville, have two sons. David teaches in Cobb county Georgia, and Matthew is a graduate student at MSU. Elaine is a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
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Danette Barrier, graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from MSU. While attending college, she was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key and the National Dean’s List. Including her educational and employment years, Danette has been affiliated with MSU for most of her life and will attest to the fact that MSU is a great place to be academically and professionally.
In addition to her College duties, Danette’s ties with the university include chairing United Way fund drives for the College, mentoring freshmen students, and serving as the A & S alumni council representative for the MSU Alumni Association. Danette also serves as a board member for the Oktibbeha County Chapter of the MSU Alumni Association.
A native of Louisville, Mississippi, Danette has lived in Starkville over 22 years. She and her husband, Van, a technical operator for Southern Natural Gas/El Paso Energy in Prairie, Mississippi, have three children, Lauren, Danielle and Tate. Lauren is a junior at MSU majoring in psychology with minors in sociology and criminology. Danielle is a freshman at MSU, majoring in pre-nursing. Tate is in the sixth grade at Starkville Academy.
Danette enjoys time with her family, teaching children’s choir at First Baptist Church, gardening, interior decorating, and walking.
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Brenda Hampton is a 1969 graduate of Henderson High School. She received certification from the USA Training Academy in Birmingham, Alabama 1987-89 as a business secretary and completed the MSU Clerical Enhancement & Enrichment Program in 1999. She also served on the Arts & Sciences Staff Council from 1999-2000.
Brenda joined the staff in the A&S Dean’s Office in 1988 as administrative secretary. In her position she assists the Associate Dean in the daily operation of the office which includes: scheduling appointments, filing, and processing and managing the flow of correspondence and documents related to student academics. Brenda is presently seeking to enhance her career goals by taking the CPS exam in the near future and, perhaps, serving as a mentor to elementary and junior high school students.
Brenda is married to Willie B. Hampton and has one child and two grandchildren. She is affiliated with the Council on Minority Affairs, Ebenezer M.B. Church, O.C.T.S/Henderson High School Scholarship Fund, Inc., and Habitat for Humanity. Her hobbies include bowling and travel.
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Trish Hughes, joined the College of Arts and Sciences in September of 2004. Trish began her career with the MSU Foundation in 1989, as the University’s first coordinator of prospect research. Throughout the years, Trish has held several different positions in the Foundation, most recently as Director of Special Giving Programs where she was responsible for General University fund-raising.
A native of Valley Park, Mississippi, Trish is a 1986 graduate of Mississippi State University—receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Trish’s husband, Tommy (BS ’78), is a teacher and coach at Columbus High School. They are the parents of four children: Amber Bazzell (husband, Shane), Kala (senior Educational Psychology student at MSU), Price (6th grader at New Hope Middle School) and Dylan (kindergartner at New Hope Elementary).
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Barbara Stewart joined the College of Arts & Sciences as Administrative Secretary in August, 2004. She is a 1976 graduate of Mississippi State with a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design. Prior to coming to MSU she was assistant manager of Stewart’s Florist for 27 years.
Barbara is a lifelong resident of Starkville. She and her husband, Joe, who works for USDA, are the parents of two daughters, Ginger Fisher (husband, Cody) a 2003 graduate of Mississippi State, and Kylie, an MSU sophomore majoring in Secondary Education.
Barbara is an active member of First United Methodist Church and an associate member of the Junior Auxiliary of Starkville. Her favorite pastime is watching MSU sports. She truly believes Maroon is the only color!<
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Walter Diehl is professor of Biological Sciences. His research interests include the physiological ecology and physiological genetics of invertebrates. He has also collaborated on studies with lower vertebrates and viruses. His interests lie in examining the genetic and non-genetic components of physiological response to the environment and the role of natural selection in maintaining polymorphisms. Dr. Diehl and his undergraduate and graduate students have studied the effects of environmental variation on the physiology, population genetics and/or heterosis for growth in earthworms, deep-sea crabs and toads/frogs. Recently they have studied the interactive effects of temperature, moisture, and genotype on growth, fecundity, and survivorship in the earthworm Eisenia andrei. Currently, they are examining the effects of fluctuating environments and ontogeny on allozyme heterosis in these earthworms. They are also examining the effects of inbreeding vs. outcrossing on allozyme heterosis between the sibling species Eisenia andrei and Eisenia fetida. New directions for research include comparing replacement vs. synonymous nucleotide substitutions within vs. between clades (1) for all genes in primate immunodeficiency viruses and (2) for allozyme loci in earthworms. Much of this work has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Gary Myers, Professor of English, joined the English Department at MSU in 1989 and helped to build the Creative Writing Program which now has five writers. Since arriving at MSU Myers has also served two terms on the Holland Faculty Senate and numerous other committees. A recipient of the John Grisham Faculty Excellence Award, Gary directed the Freshman English Program for six years prior to coming to the Dean's Office. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska, an M.F.A. from the Iowa's Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa, and a Ph.D. from the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.
As one of three poets at MSU, Gary has published over a hundred poems in the United States and Canada in such publications as The New Yorker, Poetry, Kansas Quarterly, Louisville Review, Indiana Review, The Albany Review, Poetry Toronto, and others. World Effects, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Stanley Hanks Poetry Award, sponsored by the St. Louis Poetry Center, was published by Nevertheless Press. Lifetime Possessions won the 6th annual Riverstone Press Poetry Prize and was published by Riverstone Press of West Chester, PA. A member of the Poetry Society of America, Gary has also given numerous readings of his work around the country.
Prior to coming to MSU, Dr. Myers taught at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, CANADA, the University of Houston, Houston Baptist University, and Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, where he chaired the Department of English and founded the Poetry in the Schools program at St. Luke's Elementary. Gary and his wife, Connie, who is a registered Dental Hygienist for Dr. Barry Herring, have raised two children, Jackie, a graduate of Mississippi State University, and Tim, a Junior at MSU in Graphic Design.
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Dr. Dunaway is professor of sociology. His research interests include criminological theory, rural crime and justice, inequality and crime and justice, corrections and criminal justice policy. Currently, he is involved in a number of research projects including an evaluation of Mississippi's Drug Court Program; a survey of Mississippi’s Juvenile Detention Facilities and a study on Rural Crime and Justice. Dr. Dunaway's work has been published in outlets such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, The American Journal of Criminal Justice, Research in Crime and Delinquency and Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
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