Emory University Faculty Retirements

Academic Year 2022-2023

Candler School of Theology

The four individuals retiring from Candler School of Theology include a former Associate Dean for Methodist Studies, a scholar with expertise related to the history of Black Churches in the Caribbean, another with expertise related to theological ethics, and psychologist.

Anne Burkholder

Professor Emerita of Religion

Noel Erskine

Professor of Theology and Ethics

Timothy Jackson

Bishop Mack B. and Rose Stokes Professor of Theological Ethics

John Snarey


Franklin Parker Professor of Human Development and Ethics

College of Arts and Sciences

The fourteen faculty members retiring from the College of Arts and Sciences include individuals whose primary focus was teaching as well as an artist, an expert on segregation in the American educational system, a researcher who studied non-human primates at the Emory National Primate Research Center, and a mathematician.

Linda Armstrong

Associate Teaching Professor Emerita of Visual Arts

R. Bracht Branham

Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature

Ronald Calabrese

Samuel C. Dobbs Professor Emeritus of Biology

Catherine Dana

Associate Teaching Professor Emerita of French

Dwight Duffas

Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Mikhail Epstein

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor Emeritus of Cultural Theory and Russian Literature

Corey L.M. Keyes

Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Jack McDowell

Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology

James Melton

Professor Emeritus of History

Cynthia B. Patterson

Professor Emerita of History

Rachel Miller Spell

Teaching Professor Emerita of Biology

Emilie Vanessa Siddle Walker

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Educational Studies

Kim Wallen

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

Drew Westen

Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Goizuetta Business School

The six faculty members who retired from the Goizuetta Business School this year have expertise in the areas of accounting, finance, operations management and marketing.

Lawrence M. Benveniste

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Finance

Roy T. Black

Professor in the Practice of Finance

Charles D. Frame

Assistant Professor in Practice of Marketing

Mary Ann Sevier

Associate Professor of Practice Emerita in Accounting

Stephen P. Stuk

Associate Professor in the Practice of Information Systems & Operations Management

Peter A. Topping

Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Organization & Management

Rollins School of
Public Health

Retirees from the Rollins School of Health include experts in global and environmental health

Reynaldo Martorell

Robert W. Woodruff Professor Emeritus of Global Health

Roger Rochat

Professor Emeritus of Global Health and Epidemiology

P. Barry Ryan

Professor Emeritus of Environmental Health

School of Law

Retirees from the School of Law include a former dean, tenured professors and professors of practice. Areas of scholarship range from the intersection of law and religion, tort reform, scientific evidence to Islam and human rights.

Abdullah A An-Naim

Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Law

Morgan Cloud

Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Law

A. James
Elliot

Professor Emeritus of Practice

James B. Hughes, Jr.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Law

David Partlett

Asa Griggs Candler Professor Emeritus of Law

Michael Perry

Robert W. Woodruff Professor Emeritus of Law

Julie Ann Seaman

Associate Professor Emerita of Law

Timothy P. Terrell

Professor Emeritus of Law

Frank J. Vandall

Professor Emeritus of Law

Barbara B. Woodhouse

Emory School of Law Distinguished Professor Emerita

Paul Zwier

Professor of Law

School of Medicine

The 29 faculty retirees from the School of Medicine include bench researchers and expert clinicians from a variety of specialities including dermatology, internal medicine, and physical therapy.

Jack L. Arbiser

Thomas J. Lawley Professor Emeritus of Dermatology

Bruce J. Barron

Adjunct Professor of Radiology and Imagine Services

William Branch

Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Carter Smith Sr., Chair Emeritus of Medicine

Anthony Cooley

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Christina Drenkard

Assistant Professor Emerita of Rheumatology

John Douglas Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Alexander Duncan

Assistant Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Joel Michael Felner

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Mary Galinski

Professor Emerita of Medicine

Howard Gebel

Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Brenda L. Greene

Assistant Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine

Bruce Greenfield

Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine

Yitzchak Hermoni

Assistant Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Howard Levy

Assistant Professor of Orthopedics

Karen P. Mann

Professor Emerita of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Jan Mead

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics

Edward T. Morgan

Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology

Michael J. Morrier

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Thomas J TJ Murphy

Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology

Mark S. Nanes

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Karen A. Newell

Assistant Professor Emerita of Family and Preventative Medicine

Patricia J. Nichols

Assistant Professor Emerita of Rehabilitation Medicine

Randolph Patterson

Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Linton Bishop Chair Emeritus in Medicine

Debra F. Saxe

Associate Professor Emerita of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

James Paul Steinberg

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Xiaonan Wang

Associate Professor Emerita of Medicine

John S. White

Assistant Professor Emeritus of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Byron Robinson Williams Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Stephen Wolf

Professor Emeritus of Rehabilitation Medicine

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Retirees from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing include a Senior Associate Dean, a tenured professor and clinical professors. Areas of scholarship ranged from cardiovascular nursing and nursing administration, to psychiatric nursing and inter- professional collaboration.

Corrine Abraham

Associate Clinical Professor Emerita in Nursing

Sandra B. Dunbar

Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita of Nursing

Dian Dowling Evans

Clinical Professor

Linda Grabbe

Assistant Clinical Professor

Bonnie M. Jennings

Professor of Nursing

Cathy Vena

Associate Clinical Professor

Phyllis Wright

Associate Clinical Professor

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