AUM Faculty & Staff
Directory
Hillary Porter
Advising and Recruiting Coordinator | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Advising for the following:
- All students with more than 57 earned credit hours in the following majors:
- Art
- Fine Art
- Communication (non-Theatre concentrations)
- Criminal Justice (legal studies)
- Economics
- English
- History
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Social Work
Shaunice Posey
Executive Support Specialist
Katie Poundstone
Director of Conference Services
Angela Pringle
Warhawk Resource Center Coordinator
Kimberly Pyszka
Department Chair; Associate Professor of Anthropology | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Kimberly Pyszka is a historical archaeologist that specializes in studies of landscapes and architecture of the US Southeast. She has conducted archaeological research throughout the Southeast, including South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Alabama, including on the AUM campus. Dr. Pyszka has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and in 2023 published, The Archaeology of Protestant Landscapes: Revealing the Formation of Community Identity in the US South. Some of her favorite classes to teach include Death and Dying, Themes in Food, Culture, and History, and Historical Archaeology. Dr. Pyszka also serves on the Alabama National Register of Historic Places Review Board.
Kent Quaney
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Creative Writing | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Kent Quaney is the coordinator of AUM’s Creative Writing Program, the managing editor of Thirteen Bridges Review, AUM’s professional literary journal, and the faculty advisor for AUM’s Creative Writing Club. Dr. Quaney holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi, a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Sydney, and a BA in English from Weber State University. He teaches beginning and advanced fiction workshops as well as Introduction to Creative Writing and Creative Writing Appreciation. His novel, One Breath from Drowning (University of Wisconsin Press), won the Brodie Award for fiction in 2022. His short stories and essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Review, BULL, The McNeese Review, Literally Stories, RiversEdge, and other journals.
