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Rhea Ingram
Professor | College of Business
Rhea Ingram, Ph. D., is an award-winning marketing professor at AUM. She is passionate about innovative thought and leading change. Her students engage in service-learning projects involving hands-on experiential learning, specifically with non-profit organizations.
She is a native of Troy, AL. She attended Troy University, earning her BS in Marketing and MBA. Later, she attended the University of Kentucky, where she earned her Ph. D. in Marketing. She resides in Pike Road with her spouse and has a large immediate and extended family.
Rhea is very active in serving her university, profession, and community. She was the former dean of the College of Business at AUM for eight years and currently serves on the boards of Leadership Montgomery, Family Sunshine Center, and Alabama Technology Foundation. She recently was honored as the Best of Board Volunteer of the Year by Hands On River Region (April, 2024). Rhea’s corporate experience was in sales and marketing for a manufacturing firm and an economic development organization.
Her research has appeared in the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Electronic Markets, and other journals and conference proceedings.
Katherine Irwin
Senior Lecturer | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Katherine Irwin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Theatre and teaches media writing, audio production and sound reporting, media law and public communication. She serves as faculty advisor for The AUMnibus, has mentored students recognized at BEA and SEJC competitions, and received Alabama Press Association grants for an AUM summer outreach media camp introducing high schoolers to audio-visual storytelling.
Before teaching, she worked as a newspaper journalist, graphic designer and radio host. She’s interviewed Glen Alyn and Chris Strachwitz about Texas songster Mance Lipscomb, whose legacy she researched this past summer at the University of Texas Briscoe Center archives. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Communication from Auburn University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Texas A&M University.
Tiffany Jackman
Assistant Professor | College of Business
Marilyn Jefferson
Administrative Associate | College of Sciences
Xiaoke Jia
Student Services Coordinator
Michelle Johnson
Senior Administrative Associate | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Nikita Johnson
Administrative Coordinator | College of Sciences
Phill Johnson
Dean
Tiffany Johnson
Administrative Associate | University College
Tiffany Johnson, AUM class of 2004 (MPA), joined the Office of Central Advising in January 2025 as the Administrative Associate. She has over 20 years of Administrative experience working within the non-profit sector. She enjoys working with students, faculty, and staff to assist with the educational goals of the students.
Traci Johnson
Assistant Professor | College of Education
Dr. Traci Johnson is an assistant professor at AUM, College of Education, teaching undergraduate and graduate literacy courses and supervising interns. She has over twenty years of experience in the education field. Her professional history includes teaching literacy, math, and technology methods for the last ten years at the undergraduate level and have taught elementary grade levels K, 1, 3, and Title I Reading and Math.
Faculty’s Expertise: Literacy, Lesson Planning, Field Experiences, Internship, Cooperating Teachers
Douglas A. Jones
Assistant Professor | College of Business
