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Converse faculty are the mentors you’ll call your own as a Converse University student. You won’t find access to these great minds anywhere else.

Our faculty are committed to providing transformative learning experiences for our students. They are also practicing professionals, international performers, and award-winning authors, artists, scholars and researchers. We have faculty lecturing on biomedical ethics in Iceland, bringing cutting-edge technology to opera, and landing half-million-dollar grants to improve research facilities right here on campus.

Converse faculty provide deep scholarship, transformative mentorship, experiential learning, and support for students – and each other.

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Dr. Evan Thomas

“From day one to graduation, we get to see students’ authentic selves shine and their confidence come out.”

Dr. JJ Lies

“There’s something compelling about the culture of Converse.”

Professor Meg Hanna-Tominaga

“We craft the experiences each student has to help them pursue the exact career they’re interested in.”

Dr. Jessica Williams

“I wanted to be in a community where faculty and students talk to each other outside of the classroom.”

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Converse faculty in the news

Dr. Mangum Wins SCICU 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award

Converse Associate Professor of Mathematics and Data Science Dr. Amanda Mangum was one of only 21 exceptional faculty members recognized by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) at the …

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Converse Celebrates 2025 Emerging Young Artists Winners

Converse’s Department of Art, Design & Letters held its annual Emerging Young Artists Juried Exhibition this spring. The Converse Emerging Young Artists Exhibition provides a venue to recognize exemplary art by …

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Converse Attends Higher Education Day at the State House

In early April, Converse leaders and students traveled to Columbia, SC, to represent the University at the SCICU Higher Education Statehouse Day. Converse President Boone J. Hopkins and Converse students connected with …

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The Challenge Of A Lifetime: The Impact of Professor Emerita Janis Dengler

Written by Amanda Mathis Professor Emerita Janis Dengler, affectionately referred to as Profesor D, made a plan to support students she would never teach in the classroom, exhibiting the lesson of …

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Comedy With Heart: Converse Professors Hatch “Waiting for You,” a Musical Perspective of the Afterlife

Heaven. Men aren’t allowed. Two men show up. All hilarity breaks loose. That’s the premise of Waiting for You, the first-ever musical comedy hatched and premiering in Spartanburg. Two Converse University …

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Call Me MiSTER® Cohort Has Leadership Retreat in Charlotte

Converse’s Call Me MiSTER® participants spent the weekend in Charlotte, NC, for a leadership retreat. The Call Me MiSTER® program is an award-winning teacher recruitment and retention program that has …

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