Math and Science

Phillip Latimer is the Division Coordinator of the Math/Science Department, Assistant Professor of Biology and the Director of Athletic Safety and Therapy. He is a 2005 graduate of the University of Georgia with a B.S in Biology and a 2010 graduate of Life University, obtaining a Doctorate in Chiropractic. After successfully passing all 4 NBCE exams, he earned his Chiropractic license through the State of Georgia. He teaches Anatomy & Physiology 1 and 2 along with Sports Nutrition and Injury Prevention & Treatment. One of his passions in life involves how diet, anatomical structure and rest affect function of the human body. He loves sharing this knowledge with students, helping them learn and works towards making the classroom environment fun, engaging and challenging.

Prior to coming to Andrew in 2012, Dr. Latimer worked at Wellsource Chiropractic and Rehab in Tucker, Ga. Originally from Columbus, Ga., Dr. Latimer began his collegiate career at Andrew College playing first base for the Fighting Tigers baseball team. He credits those two years at Andrew for getting him off to a strong start academically, enabling him to pursue his further education.

Dr. Charles Dolberry was born and raised in northeast Alabama. Before coming to Andrew, he taught mathematics 16 years at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Dr. Dolberry earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at Auburn University where he was a recipient of the President’s Graduate Fellowship. He taught mathematics as a graduate teaching assistant for four years at Auburn. Dr. Dolberry also holds an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a B.S.  from the University of Alabama. After earning his masters degree in 1990, Dr. Dolberry worked for two years at the Nevada Test Site, then taught mathematics at Selma University for two years and then two years at Marion Military Institute.

Dr. Dolberry is a member of the Mathematical Association of America. In his free time, Dr. Dolberry enjoys playing guitar and singing.

Dr. Gavyn Long has been a lifelong resident of Tennessee until July 2018 when he moved to Cuthbert, GA. He grew up in Nashville but has lived in various towns in Middle Tennessee. For the last 10 years he has lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the town of Roan Mountain.

Dr. Long attended Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee State, Fisk, and Texas A&M. He has a bachelor of science in mathematics, and graduate degrees in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. He was the research associate on NASA Technical Paper 1359, “Engineering Handbook on the Atmospheric Environmental Guidelines for Use in Wind Turbine Generator Development” while at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma, TN.

He worked 13 summers at the Center for Photonic Materials and Devices at Fisk University, which was also a NASA center. His research was in Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy. He also did research using computational quantum chemical methods to study molecular structure and adsorption. He has been teaching math and physics courses for over thirty years.

His hobbies include hiking, bicycling, and photography.

Dr. Robert Keesey has a Masters degree in Biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in BioAnalytical Chemistry from Marquette University. His postdoctoral specialization was in Neuroscience at Seton Hall University.  The subject areas he teaches are Introductory, General, Organic, Analytical, Biochemistry, and Chemical Instrumentation. His research interests include bioelectrochemistry and animal models of epilepsy.

Publications:

Robert Keesey and Michael Ryan.  Spectroelectrochemical Elucidation of the Kinetics of Two Closely Spaced Electron Transfers.  Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 677, pp.56-62,  2012.

Saghyan, A., LaTorre, G., Keesey, R., Sharma, A., Mehta, V., Rudenko, V., Hallas, V., Raffiuddin, A., Goldstein, B., and Friedman, L.  Glutamatergic and Morphological Alterations Associated with Early Life Seizure-Induced Preconditioning in Young Rats.  European Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 32, pp. 1897-1911, 2010.

Friedman, L.K., Saghyan, A., Peinado, A., Keesey, R.  Age- and Region-dependent Patterns of Calcium Accumulations Following Status Epilepticus.  International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol. 26, pp. 779-790, 2008.

Kaur, J., Keesey, R., Magrys, B., and Friedman, L.K.  NR1 Knockdown Reveal CA1 Injury During a Developmental Period of High Seizure Susceptibility Despite Reduced Seizure Activity.  Neuromolecular Medicine, Vol. 9, No. 4. pp. 298-314, 2007.

Vasanthi Jayaraman, Robert Keesey, and Dean Madden. Ligand-Protein Interactions in the Glutamate Receptor. Biochemistry, Vol. 39, No. 30. pp. 8693-8697, 2000.

Robert L. Keesey and Michael D. Ryan. Use of Evolutionary Factor Analysis in the Spectroelectrochemistry of Escherichia coli Sulfite Reductase Hemoprotein and a Mo/Fe/S Cluster. Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 71, No. 9. pp. 1744-1752, 1999.

Dr. Rachael Kenworthy is originally from South Carolina.  There she earned a Bachelor of Science in Professional Biology at Charleston Southern University.  She then moved to Tallahassee, Florida to earn her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Florida State University where she studied Hepatitis C Virus.  After completing her Ph.D. she joined the FSU Chemistry Department as a Postdoctoral Researcher studying drug resistance mechanisms in cancer.  In Fall of 2015 Dr. Kenworthy joined the Andrew College faculty.
In addition to her scholarly pursuits, Dr. Kenworthy also makes several fermented foods and beverages, and makes pottery.

Dr. Apanovich received a Ph.D. in Sustainable Agriculture and Biorenewable Resources and Technology from Iowa State University (2018), a M.A. in Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School (2012), and a B.A. in Political Science (2010) from the University of South Carolina.

Dr. Apanovich’s path to sustainable agriculture started in Belarus where she was born and raised. She grew up on a diversified subsistence farm that had chickens, pigs, vegetables, berries, and fruit trees. During her last semester in college, she took a course on African governance after which she knew she wanted to go to Africa. As she completed her last term in her Master’s degree program she took a class on U.S. agriculture when it became clear to her that she wanted to study agriculture in Africa.

While at Iowa State University, Dr. Apanovich received a Borlaug Fellowship in Global Food Security to study food security in Uganda in relation to socioeconomic, agronomic, and soil quality determinants. She loved living in Uganda so much that she purchased a coffee shop to help the growth of the local economy, create healthy eating options, and to keep a connection to Uganda.

Dr. Apanovich is passionate about grassroots efforts to improve food security and making people more autonomous in their food choices. She loves traveling, biking, yoga, and reading.

Associate Professor of Business and Information Systems

Donnie W. Collins joined the faculty of Andrew College in 2004 after a successful career as a business computing expert spanning over thirty years- the last ten as an independent business consultant. He holds a Certified Computing Professional certification (CCP) from The Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals specializing in management and systems development.