Department of Biological Sciences

Dr. Tim Knight, department chair

Jones Science Center Room 113

410 Ouachita Street

Arkadelphia, AR  71998

(P) 870-245-5528

(F) 870-245-5241

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Bryan DeBusk, Assistant Professor

 

    - B.S., Ouachita Baptist University, 1997, Biology
    - Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2001, Pharmaceutical Sciences

 

Email: debuskb@obu.edu                     Phone: 870-245-5081

 

Lori Hensley, Assistant Professor

 

    - B.S., Bowling Green, Biology
    - Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Memphis, Pathology

 

Email: hensleyl@obu.edu                     Phone: 870-245-5529

 

Joe Jeffers, Professor, Chemistry Department Chair and Division of Natural Science Chair

 

    - B.S., Ouachita Baptist University, 1966, Chemistry
    - Ph.D., Purdue University, 1972, Biohemistry / Molecular Biology

 

Email: jeffers@obu.edu                     Phone: 870-245-5216

 

Tim Knight, Professor, JD Patterson Endowed Chair of Biology and Department Chair of the Biological Sciences

 

    - B.S., Ouachita Baptist University, 1984, Biology
    - M.S., University of Texas at Dallas, 1986, Environmental Sciences /Aquatic Toxicology
    - Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas, 1989, Environmental Sciences /Aquatic Toxicology

 

Research Interests:  Ecology and Aquatic Toxicology

Current Research:    Natural History of the Ouachita River 

                            Water Quality on Lakes DeGray, Ouachita 

                            and Greeson

 

Email:  knightt@obu.edu                 Phone:   870-245-5528

 

Krista Peppers, Assistant Professor

 

    - B.S., Baylor University, 1993, Biology & Environmental Studies
    - M.S., University of Georgia, 1996, Conservation Ecology
    - Ph.D., University of Arkansas, Biological Sciences

 

Research Interests: Conservation biology, forest ecology, and avian ecology

 

Email:  peppersk@obu.edu                 Phone: 870-245-5240

 

Jim Taylor, Associate Professor

 

    - B.S., Louisiana Tech University, 1978, Forestry
    - M.S., University of Central Arkansas, 1989, Biology
    - Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Biology

 

Research Interests: Cell wall development in plants

 

Email:  taylorj@obu.edu                 Phone: 870-245-5531

 

Randall Wight, Associate Professor of Psychology

 

    - B.A., Arkansas Tech University, 1981, Psychology
    - Ph.D., Memphis State University, 1985, Experimental

       Psychology

 

Research Interests:  History of Neuroscience

 

Email:  wight@obu.edu                 Phone:   870-245-5107

 

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