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2008 Governor's School Faculty


Horace Butler
Mathematics and Computer Science Beck Academy
M.A., DePauw University
M.S., Purdue University

Claire Curtis
Department of Political Science
College of Charleston
B.A., Bowdoin College
M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Hollis France
Department of Political Science
College of Charleston
B.A., Jersey City State College
M. Phil., Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate School

Conseula Francis
Department of English
College of Charleston
B.A., University of Southwestern Louisiana
M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

Debra J. Gammons
Assistant City Attorney
City of Greenville
B.A., College of Charleston
J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law

Bryan Ganaway
Department of History
College of Charleston
B.A., University of Miami
M.A., University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Ph.D., University of Illinois – Urbana – Champaign

Mel Goldstein
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
Winthrop University
B.A., M.A., Bucknell University
Ph.D., Rutgers University

April Gordon
Department of Sociology
Winthrop University
B.A., University of Evansville
M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri

Don Gordon
Director of the Riley Institute
Department of Political Science
Furman University
B.A., University of South Florida
M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

William Lavery
Professor Emeritus
Department of History
Furman University
B.A., DePauw University
M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina

Scott Peeples
Department of English
College of Charleston
B.A., Georgetown University
M.A., College of William and Mary
Ph.D., Louisianan State University

Joni Petschauer
College Admissions Consultant
B.A., M.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Peter Petschauer
Professor Emeritus
Department of History
Appalachian State University
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Jack W. Rhodes
Director of The Citadel
Honors Program
Department of English
The Citadel
B.A., Randolph-Macon College
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Charles L. Richman
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
Wake Forest University
B.A., University of Virginia
M.A., Yeshiva University
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Amy Rogers
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
College of Charleston
B.S., Furman University
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Rodney Lee Rogers
Playwright in Residence
PURE Theatre
B.A., University of North Carolina – Charlotte

Ted Rosengarten
Historian and Author
B.A., Amherst College
Ph.D., Harvard University

John Simpkins 
Director of Diversity Initiatives
Charleston School of Law
B.A., Harvard University
J.D., LL.M., Duke University

George Tempel
Professor Emeritus
Division of Neuroscience
Medical University of South Carolina
B.S., University of California
at Berkeley
Ph.D., Indian University