Music Faculty
Dr. Kathy Brown Professor of Music, 1981. B.M., B.M.E., Baylor University; M.M., Indiana University; D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Dr. Andrew Campbell Assistant Professor of Music, 2007. B.S., Southwest Baptist University; M.M., D.M.A., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Robert Carney, Assistant Professor of Music, 2010, B.M., Missouri State University, M.M., Louisiana State University, D.M.A., University of North Texas.
Dr. Martha Hicks Professor of Music, 1997. B.S.E., Auburn University; M.C.M., D.M.A., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Brian Hopwood Director of Instrumental Studies, Assistant Professor of Music, 2006. B.M.E., Oral Roberts University; DIPFA, University of Calgary; M.M.E., University of Colorado; D.M.A., Arizona State University.
Dr. Melinda Smashey-Jones Professor of Music, 1998. B.M., Southwest Baptist University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Dr. Terri Knupps Assistant Professor of Music, 2004. B.M.E., Ouachita Baptist University; M.M., Northwestern State University of Louisiana; M.M., University of Missouri-Kansas City; D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Dr. Elizabeth Maben Assistant Professor of Music, 2008. B.M., Liberty University; M.M., D.M.A., Arizona State University.
Dr. James Tarrant III Associate Professor of Music, 2004. B.A., Cumberland College; M.M., Eastern Kentucky University; D.M.A., University of Memphis.
Dr. Jeffery Waters Professor of Music, 1989. B.S., Jacksonville State University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Georgia.
Dr. Renee Waters Coordinator of Music Theory, Professor of Music, 1993. B.S., Jacksonville State University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Georgia.