Faculty Directory
Dr. Catherine Rand
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Band, Wind conducting
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Music
Discipline: Music Performance
Mannoni Performing Arts Center (PAC) Second Floor - Band Office
Dr. Vijay Rangachari
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Amyloids and Protein aggregation, Biomaterials, Biomolecular condensates, Cell and Molecular Biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Johnson Science Tower (JST) 912
Dr. Md Mamunur Rashid
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Coastal Hazards and Hydrometeorological Extremes
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Coastal Sciences
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Dr. Mohammed Rashid
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Critical Cultural Communication, Global Media and TechnoCultures, Platform Studies, Queer Theory, Digital Publics and Counter-publics
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 207A
Jeff Rassier
Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
College Hall (CH) 302a
Dr. James Rawlins
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Surface Coatings, Corrosion Control, Biomass and Biobased Materials
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Discipline: Polymer Science and Engineering
Thames Polymer Science Research Center (PSRC) 181
Grayson Rayborn
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Mahdi Razaz
Assistant Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Ocean Engineering
Stennis Space Center 142
Dr. Andy Reese
Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology
Walker Science Building (WSB) 232
Julie Reid
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
education, gender, race, social class, intersectionality, globalization, international development
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Sociology
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 442
Mr. Kenneth Rhinehart
Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: Center for STEM Education
Discipline: STEM Education
Walker Science Building (WSB) 233
Mark Rigsby
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Ceramics, Sculpture, Art Exhibition Curation and Gallery Management
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Performing and Visual Arts
Discipline: Art and Design
George Hurst Building (GHB) 114
Dr. Ramesh Rijal
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Host-Pathogen Interaction; Bacterial Pathogenesis; Dictyostelium discoideum and Macrophage Biology, Drug Discovery
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
Johnson Science Tower (JST) 618
Dr. Peter Rogers
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Heavy civil construction, Water and wastewater systems, smart infrastructure, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), public works management, WASH in developing countries.
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Construction and Design
Discipline: Construction Management
Chain Technology Center (TEC) 238
Gavin Rose
Visiting Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Brenda Rowe
Professor
Areas of Expertise
cybersecurity law, legal issues in criminal justice, death penalty jurisprudence, and criminal procedure
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Security
Discipline: Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Security
Keltoum Rowland
Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
French, Study Abroad
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) LAB 449
Dr. Alexander Russakovsky
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Cello, Chamber Music
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Music
Discipline: Music Performance
Marsh Hall - Fine Arts Building (FAB) 209
Dr. Douglas Rust
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Music Theory
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Music
Discipline: Music Academic
Marsh Hall - Fine Arts Building (FAB) 212a
Dr. Maureen Ryan
Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
modern and contemporary American Fiction
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Humanities
Discipline: English
Liberal Arts Building (LAB)
Dr. Eric Saillant
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Conservation genetics and genomics of marine organisms, Aquaculture Genetics/genomics, Breeding programs
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Coastal Sciences
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 210B Aquaculture Research and Laboratory Bdg. Cedar Pt
Dr. Candice Salyers
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
solo performance, dance performance as a humanitarian effort, modern technique, site-specific performance, composition
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Performing and Visual Arts
Discipline: Dance
Theatre and Dance Building (TAD) 206
Rafael Sanchez-Alonso
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Edward Sayre
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Labor Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Economics