Eight New Professors Join Faculty

During Convocation, eight new faculty members were introduced to the audience.  "They are the future of our College and it is exciting to hear their enthusiasm and good ideas," said Provost Kina Mallard.  "They will not only be excellent teachers, but some are already accomplished scholars."

Dr. Paul Hosmer

Dr. Hosmer is a graduate from Hillsdale College and Michigan State University.  In his undergraduate education, he not only majored in Physics, but also minored in English, French, and Math.  Before coming to C-N, he spent five years in the Navy's Nuclear Power School instructing officers in the science and engineering of naval nuclear propulsion plants and was also a professor at Spring Arbor University.  Besides having experience in his field and teaching several of the Physics classes at C-N, Dr. Hosmer is a NASCAR fan and likes visiting historical sites he has read about in his free time. 

Professor Stephen Huff

A graduate of University of Tennessee – Knoxville with a B.S. in Interior Design, Professor Huff is able to teach a variety of the Interior Design courses in Blye-Poteat Hall, from Fundamentals of Interior Design to History of Interiors.  The oldest of seven children, Professor Huff lived in many places across the country since his father was in the Navy.  One of his favorite pastimes is "junking," or antique hunting, and he also enjoys refinishing furniture.

Professor James Hutchins

Professor Hutchins teaches a few of the upper-level Business classes at Carson-Newman, as well as some of the online courses available for the MBA degree.  He has accumulated 42 years of experience in management with 24 of those years in business education.  Even though he teaches primarily business courses, Professor Hutchins strongly encourages students not only to be proficient in their field, but also to have the ability to communicate with others around them.  He gained this tool through majoring in English for his undergraduate education.  As a Vietnam Era veteran and an attendee of an outdoor concert known as Woodstock, Professor Hutchins also enjoys writing poetry, short stories, novels, and being a featured writer on Examiner.com/Knoxville for Adult Education.

Dr. Naomi Larsen

Dr. Larsen, the new Assistant Provost, grew up in Minnesota.  The main reason she decided to take a position at this college is because of the heavy emphasis on service learning at C-N, such as through the Bonners Program and Appalachian Outreach.  The retention of students is one of her primary goals.  "We want to help all of our students to be successful.  We want them to be and grow in the direction that God would have them to grow.  Each student is unique and has their own gifts and talents, and we want to discover those gifts and talents and nurture them," said Dr. Larsen.  She enjoys the outdoors and physical fitness, and loves to go hiking in this Appalachian area. 

Dr. Paul Martino

Dr. Martino not only teaches several classes, such as Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, but he is also actively involved in structural biology research.  This past summer he and several students from his previous teaching position at Flathead Valley Community College in Montana presented six presentations at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference.  With a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Virginia and nineteen years of teaching, Dr. Martino is ready to work with C-N students during lecture, lab, and research.

Professor John McClellan

Professor McClellan is more than just a professor of C-N; he is actually a resident as well. He, his wife and their dog, Hank, live in the apartment in Heritage Residence Hall, giving students even more access to this professor outside of classroom hours.  Professor McClellan is putting his Philosophy major and English and Sociology minor from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro to work by teaching Philosophy 101 and LA 101 as well as assisting Dr. Austin with the Honors Program.  Before teaching at C-N, he had taught for six years at University of Tennessee – Knoxville and one year at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. 

Dr. Julia Price

Coming back to teach at Carson-Newman has been a great honor says Dr. Price, a Carson-Newman alumna from the class of '67.  After finishing at C-N, she went on to receive a doctorate in Education Leadership from East Tennessee State University.  She taught for 20 years at West Elementary in Morristown, TN, and was a principal for another 20 years at Alpha Elementary.  When she was a student at Carson-Newman, Dr. Price was on the first "official" C-N women's basketball team.  When not teaching classes in the Graduate Education Leadership program, Dr. Price enjoys golfing, kayaking, running, and reading.

Dr. Andrew Smith

The newest addition to the Religion faculty at Carson-Newman, Dr. Smith is an alumni as well as an ordained Baptist minister.  He graduated from Carson-Newman, class of 2002, with a Religion and Applied Psychology double major.  He then attended seminary at Mercer University, and received a Master of Arts and PhD from Vanderbilt.  In his first semester as a Carson-Newman faculty member, he is teaching classes like Introduction to New Testament and Baptist History.  He has a wife, Pam, and a one-year-old daughter Elizabeth.  Mr. Smith is an avid Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess fan.