Mississippi College

Theodore Snazelle, Ph.D.

This is my 32nd year of teaching at Mississippi College and my 42nd year in higher education.  My major teaching areas over the years have been in microbiology (BIO 414/5414) and immunology (BIO 415/5415).   Additionally, I teach a freshman biology majors course (BIO 111 - Biology I) and a nonmajors course called Plants and People (BIO 105). 

 

I am involved with directing research projects at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  One of my research interests has involved directing my students in studying the diversity of gram-negative rods in fresh water lakes and the diversity of gram-postive cocci on environmental surfaces using the BIOLOG GEN III MicroStation System.  Additionally, I have engaged students in studying the diversity of gram-positive cocci on the pads inside of football helmets. Specifically, we have been trying to determine the prevalence of CA-MRSA (community acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) on the pads inside the helmets.

About Me

After first attending Western Kentucky University in my hometown of Bowling Green, KY, I earned my B.S. (biology major, chemistry minor) at Belmont University, Nashville, TN.  After graduating from Belmont, I went to Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, where I earned both my M.S. and Ph.D.

 

My wife is the former Beatrice Ashlock of Elizabethtown, KY.  A graduate of Western Kentucky University, Bea is a retired medical technologist from The University of Mississippi Medical Center. We are the parents of two grown children (Blaine and Gretchen) and five grandchildren (Taylor, John, Bailey Grace, Jake, and Mary Caroline).  My son Blaine Snazelle is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, a master mechanic, and is employed as a school bus mechanic by the Rankin County (MS) Schools. My daughter Gretchen Purkey earned her BSN at Mississippi College.    My daughter-in-law Teri Tyson Snazelle has her BS in Chemistry and MS in Biology from Mississippi College. Last, my son-in-law Randy Purkey has both his BSBA and MBA degrees from Mississippi College.  Also, Randy was a baseball player at Mississippi College. 

My main avocational interest is growing, hybridizing, and showing daffodils.  Also, I am a novice digital photographer.  I will serve as Show Chairman for the Mississippi State Daffodil Show, March 17, 2012, Alumni Hall Gymnasium, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS.

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