Four Women Scholars Granted Tenure at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee

The board of trustees of Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, has announced the awarding of tenure to 10 faculty members. Four of the faculty members awarded tenure are women. The tenure appointments are effective on August 1.

Daniela Augustine is currently an assistant professor of theological studies in the School of Religion at Lee University. She is the author of At the Crossroads of Social Transformation: An Eastern-European Theological Perspective (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010). Dr. Augustine holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of National and World Economy in Bulgaria. She earned a master of divinity degree from what is now the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Jackson, Tennessee, and a doctorate in theology from the University of South Africa.

Ingrid Hart is an assistant professor of accounting. Before joining the faculty at Lee University, Dr. Hart served as a certified public accountant in Atlanta. Dr. Hart is a graduate of Lee University, where she majored in accounting. She went on to earn an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga and Ph.D. in accounting from Anderson University in Indiana.

Mary McCampbell is an assistant professor of humanities. She joined the faculty at Lee University in 2010 and teaches courses on postmodern theory and fiction, film and philosophy, popular culture, and modernism. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. McCampbell holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in England.

Debra Mimbs is an assistant professor of mathematics. Dr. Mimbs has been a member of the Lee University faculty since 2010. She is the co-director of Mentoring Mathematicians in the Making Program which seeks to steer high schools students into the field. Dr. Mimbs is a graduate of Lee University. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in applied and computational mathematics from the University of Alabama Birmingham.