2018-2019 Catalog 
    
    Dec 04, 2024  
2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

University Personnel




Office of University Communications

MARK BECKENBACH, B.A., Director of Sports Information/Associate Director of Media Relations, 1984. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University.

COLE E. HATCHER, B.A., Director of Media & Community Relations, 2006. B.A., The Ohio State University.

WILL KOPP, M.A., Chief Communications Officer, 2014. B.A., Ohio University; M.A., The Ohio State University.

LINDSAY MAUTER, B.S., Associate Director, Project Manager, 2012. B.S., Ohio University.

SARA H. STUNTZ, B.A., Graphic Designer, 2006. B.A., Miami University.

DOUGLAS E. THOMPSON, B.S., Manager of Web and Electronic Communications, 2006. B.S., Carnegie Mellon University.

Office of the Provost

CHARLES L. STINEMETZ, Ph.D., Provost, 2013. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.Sc., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

BARBARA S. ANDERECK, Ph.D., Assistant Provost, 2013. Jacob S. Zook Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1985. B.S., Missouri State University; Ph.D., Rutgers University.

ASHLEY N. BISER, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty Development, 2016. B.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

DALE J. BRUGH, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Innovation, 2016. B.A., A.B., Wabash College; Ph.D., University of Utah.

LYNDA K. HALL, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Student Academic Success, 2016. B.A., Wittenburg University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.

BRIAN A. RELLINGER, Ed.D., Associate Provost for Academic Support and Chief Information Officer, 2010. B.S., B.A., M.B.A., Ed.D., Bowling Green State University.

JUAN ARMANDO ROJAS, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, 2016. B.A., M.A., University of Texas at El Paso; Ph.D., University of Arizona.

DALE E. SWARTZENTRUBER, Ph.D., Associate Provost, 2013; Professor of Psychology, 1992. B.S., The Ohio State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Vermont.

 

International and Off-Campus Programs

DARRELL ALBON, M.A., Director of International and Off-Campus Programs, 2004. B.A., Carleton University, Canada; M.A., University of Dayton.

Sagan Academic Resource Center

EMILY K. LUGG, M.A., Assistant Coordinator of Academic Advising, Coordinator of Academic Skills Center, 2008. B.A., Wittenberg University; M.A., Ohio Dominican University.

MARTINE L. STEPHENS, M.A., Director of the Writing Center, 2008. Part-time Associate Professor in the Writing Center and Department of English, 1988. B.A., Washington and Jefferson College; M.A., The Ohio State University.

JAMES N. STULL, Ph.D., Director of the Sagan Academic Resource Center, 2008; Associate Dean of Advising, 2012. B.A., Western Illinois University; M.A., University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

Registrar

SHELLY McMAHON, M.S., Registrar, 2010. B.S., M.S., Franklin University.

JENNIFER E. GLIEBE, Associate Registrar, 2015. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.L.I.S., Kent State University.

MICHELE SERENA, Registrar Assistant, 2018. Computer Science Certification, E.C.C.

JAIME E. MILBURN, Associate Registrar, 2016. B.S., Eastern Nazarene College.

Libraries

DEANNE PETERSON, M.L.S., Director of Libraries, 2008. B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.L.S., Clarion University.

HOLLY BIRK, M.L.I.S., Public Services Librarian, 2018.  B.S., Ohio State University; M.L.I.S. Pratt Institute.

CALVIN CLEARY, M.L.I.S., Public Services Librarian, 2017. B.A. Ohio University; M.L.I.S. University of Pittsburgh.

JOY GAO, M.L.S., Public Services Librarian and Coordinator of Government Documents, 1996. B.A. Nanjing University, China; M.L.S., Kent State University.

AUDREY HEISEL, M.L.I.S., Public Services Librarian, 2017. B.A. Ohio State University; M.L.I.S. Wayne State University.

CAROL HOLLIGER, M.L.S., Archivist, Archives of Ohio United Methodism, 2002. B.A., Whitman College; M.A.R., Yale University; M.L.S., Kent State University.

AMANDA RAAB, M.S.L.I.S., Discovery Services and Cataloging Manager, 2017. B.A. Miami University; M.S.L.I.S., Pratt Institute.

EUGENE RUTIGLIANO, M.S.L.I.S., Digital Initiatives Librarian and Curator, OWU Historical Collection, 2016. B.A. Kenyon College; M.S.L.I.S., Pratt Institute.

 

Information Services

BRIAN A. RELLINGER, Ed.D., Associate Provost for Academic Support and Chief Information Officer, 2010. B.S., B.A., M.B.A., Ed.D., Bowling Green State University.

JASON A. COX, B.S., Senior Systems and Security Analyst, 2013. B.S. DeVry University.

DAVID C. SOLIDAY, M.Div., Instructional Technologist, 2008. B.S. DeVry University. M.Div., M.T.S., Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

HAROLD D. WIEBE, Ph.D., Director of the Computer Center; Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1970. B.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.

Athletics

DOUGLAS W. ZIPP, M.S., Director of Athletics, 2017. B.S., Elmira College; M.S.,University of Rochester

MIKE DEWITT, MS, Associate Athletics Director/Head Men’s Basketball Coach, 1999, BA Ohio Wesleyan University, MA The Ohio State University

KRIS BOEY, MSEd, Associate Athletics Director/Compliance Officer/Director of Track & Field and Cross Country, 2002, BA Baldwin-Wallace College, MSEd University of Memphis

KIRSTA COBB, MBA, Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator, 2014, BFA Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne, MBA Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

MICHAEL TAYLOR, BS, Assistant Athletics Director, 2017, BS Wright State University

TODD MILLER, MEd, 2007, Athletic Trainer, BS The Ohio State University, MEd Auburn University

Student Engagement and Success

DWAYNE  K. TODD, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Engagement and Success and Dean of Students, 2016. B.M., Samford University; M.Div., Southwestern Theological Seminary; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

MARY KATE McNALLY, MM, Director of Marching Band, 2017.  BME, Henderson State University; MM, Kent State University.

Counseling Services

DOUGLAS L. BENNETT, Ph.D., Director of Counseling Services, 2014.  B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University; M.B.A., Purdue University.

JULIE M. DUHIGG, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Counseling Services, 2013. B.A., M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of Kentucky.

MARY DeCENZO, LISW-S, CTP-C, Counselor/Advocate, Survivors Crime Assistance Program, 2017.  B.A., Ohio Dominican University; M.S.W., The Ohio State University.

LAUREN WRIGHT, Ph.D., Staff Counselor 2017.  B.S., Davidson College; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Multicultural Student Affairs

CHARLES C.M. KELLOM, M.A., Assistant Dean for Multicultural Student Affairs, 2017. B.A., University of Dayton.

Public Safety

ROBERT A. WOOD, M.A., Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police, 2006. B.S., M.A., The Ohio State University.

CATHY L. HURSEY, Administrative Lieutenant, 1992. OPOTA Certified.

CHRISTOPHER MICKENS, Sergeant, 1999.

Residential Life

BRIAN J. EMERICK, M.A., Director of Residential Life, 2018. B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College, M.A. University of Iowa.

DOMINIQUE AARON, M.Ed., Residential Life Coordinator, 2016.  B.A., M.Ed., Ohio University.

JENNIFER BLACKBURN, Residential Life Coordinator, 2017.  B.A., Otterbein University, MSE, University of Kansas.

THEA SMEKENS, MAED, Residential Life Coordinator, 2015. B.A., University of Saint Francis; MAED, McKendree University

Service Learning

SALLY S. LEBER, B.A., Director of Community Service Learning, 2012. B.A., Capital University.

Student Conduct

JESS ETTELL IRVINE, M.A., Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards, 2018. B.S., The College at Brockport, State University of New York, M.A., University at Buffalo.

Student Health (operated by OhioHealth)

MARSHA TILDEN, C.N.P., Director of Student Health Services, 1999. B.S., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.S., The Ohio State University.

JASON J. DIEHL, M.D., Physician, 2009. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.D., The Ohio State University.

DONALD C. LeMAY, D.O., Physician, 2013. B.S., Northeast Missouri State/Truman State University; D.O., Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Student Involvement

BRAD PULCINI, M.S.Ed., Assistant Dean for Student Engagement and Director of First Year Experience, 2016.  B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed., Duquesne University.

NANCY BIHL RUTKOWSKI, M.Ed., Director of Leadership Programs and First Year Foundations, 1987. B.A., M.Ed., University of Toledo.

DANA BEHUM, M.Ed. Director of Clubs and Fraternity & Sorority Life, 2007. B.A., Bowling Green State University; M.Ed., Ohio University.

Office of University Advancement

TBA., Vice President for University Advancement,

KATHY EARLS, B.A., Assistant to the Vice President for University Advancement, 2012. B.A., The Ohio State University.

MOLLY VOGEL, B.A., Associate Director of Advancement Communications and Editor of OWU Magazine, 2016. B.A., Kenyon College.

Alumni Relations

CHRIS LEMANSKI, B.A., Alumni Relations Assistant, 2008. B.A., Otterbein College.

EDWARD LENANE, M.Ed., Associate Director of Alumni Relations, 2006. B.S., State University of New York at Plattsburgh; M.Ed., University of South Carolina.

PATTY NEWBY, Assistant Director of Signature Events and Volunteer Engagement, 2015.

KATIE WEBSTER, B.A., Director of Alumni Relations, 2012. B.A., John Carroll University.

KERRIE ZAZON, B.A., Associate Director of Alumni Engagement and Reunions, 2016. B.A., The Ohio State University.

Annual Giving

CAROL BURNS, M.S., Secretary, Ohio Wesleyan Fund, 2004. B.S., Ohio University; M.S., Kent State University.

RAECEEN DUKEHART, B.S., Assistant Director of Annual Giving, 2016. B.S., University of Findlay.

JULIA HATFIELD, M.A., Associate Director of Annual Giving, 2011. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.A., The Ohio State University.

LAUREN VERMILLION, M.Ed., Associate Director of Annual Giving, 2015. B.A., Otterbein College; M.Ed., Kent State University.

MIRANDA ZINK, B.A., Director of Annual Giving, 2012. B.A., The Ohio State University.

Career Services

LESLIE J. MELTON, M.S., Director of Career Services, 2008. B.A., M.S., Northern Illinois University.

MINDY AGIN, MS, CPRW, Assistant Director for Internships, Externships and Student Employment, 2016.  B.A., Emory University; MS, Milano Graduation School – New School for Social Research.

JOSHUA LISKO, M.Ed., Career Coach, 2016.  B.S., M.Ed., Youngstown State University.

Development, Stewardship & Foundation / Corporate & Governmental Relations

PABLO BANHOS, M.A., Development Officer for Major Gifts, 2013. B.A., M.A., Wright State University.

TBA, Assistant Vice President for University Advancement

MINDIE BURKE, Assistant to Development, 2010.

KELLY BURNS, B.A., Development Officer for Major Gifts, 2015. B.A., Kent State University.

COLLEEN BYERS, B.A., Development Officer for Major Gifts, 2015. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University.

NATALIE DOAN, J.D., Director of Stewardship and Donor Relations, 2012. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; J.D., Capital University.

SUE HAIDLE, B.A., Foundation Relations Manager, 2017. B.A., The Ohio State University.

JENNY JOERGER, J.D., Development Officer for Gift Planning, 2011. B.A., University of Indianapolis; J.D., The Ohio State University.

RYAN JORDAN, B.A., Development Officer, 2016. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University.

DEBBIE LEWIS, Administrative Assistant, 2012.

MAUREEN REESE, M.S., Assistant Director of Stewardship and Donor Relations, 2012. B.A., University of Dayton; M.S., Miami University.

ANNIE G. SEILER, B.A., Senior Executive Development Officer, 1983. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University.

LAUREN VERMILION, M.Ed., Associate Director of Advancement, 2015. B.A., Otterbein College; M.Ed., Kent State University.

DACY WILCOX, M.A., Director of Development, 2017. M.A. and B.A., The Ohio State University.

Advancement Operations

JAIME DOUCE, B.A., Gift Administrator, 2013. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University.

PAULA EYERMAN, B.A., Associate Director of Advancement Operations, 2014. B.A., Bowling Green State University.

JONI GARLOCH, B.S., Constituent Records Coordinator, 2007. B.S., Youngstown State University.

TESS HALLINAN, B.A., Research Analyst, 2015. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University.

NICOLE LAMAR, M.A., Associate Director of Advancement Operations, 2016. M.A. and B.A., University of Toledo, and a certificate in Institutional Research from Florida State University.

REBECCA SHERMAN, B.A., Director of Advancement Operations, 2008. B.A., Bowling Green State University.

Office of Finance and Administration

LAURI STRIMKOVSKY, M.B.A., Vice President for Finance and Administration & Treasurer, 2016. B.S.B.A., Samford University; M.B.A., University of Missouri – St. Louis.

Accounting

BEN EMCH, B.S., Senior Accountant, 2012. B.S., University of Toledo.

AMY J. METROFF, A.A.S., B.A., C.P.A., Assistant Controller, 2010. A.A.S., Columbus State Community College; B.S., Franklin University; C.P.A., State of Ohio.

Bursar

STEVE SCHISSLER, MEd, Bursar, 2017. B.S., Accounting, Wright State University; MEd, Interdisciplinary Education, University of Dayton.

HALEY WALLS, B.A., Student Accounts Coordinator, 2017. B.A., Management Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University.

Human Resources

SCOTT SIMON, M.Sc.A., Director of Human Resources, 2016. B.B.A., University of Toledo; M.Sc.A, Central Michigan University.

Buildings and Grounds

PETER SCHANTZ, A.S.,  B.S.  Director of Physical Plant Planning and Operations, 1985. B.S. Miami University, 1992, A.S. The Ohio State University.

Perkins Observatory

TBA

Adjunct Faculty

NANCY A. MURRAY, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Botany & Microbiology, 1993. B.A., Boston University; Ph.D., University of Michigan.

GREGORY WATKINS-COLWELL, M.S., Adjunct Professor of Zoology, 2012. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.S., Ohio University.

New York Arts Program

TBA, Executive Director

SUSAN CHILDREY, M.F.A., Program Coordinator, 2009. B.A., University of Texas; M.F.A., Columbia University.

EMILIE CLARK, M.F.A., Program Associate, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, 2004. B.F.A., Cornell University; M.F.A., Bard College.

JAKE LECKIE, M.A., Program Associate, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music & Media, 2015. B.A., John Hopkins University; M.A. Peabody Conservatory, John Hopkins University.

JOHN REED, M.F.A., Program Associate, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Writing & Publishing, 2012. B.A., Hampshire College; M.F.A. Columbia College.

DANA TARANTINO, Ph.D., Program Associate, Associate Professor of Theatre, 1988. B.A., Queens College; M.A., Adelphi University; Ph.D., New York University.

Faculty and Staff Emeriti

The year listed represents the year of retirement.

HARRY P. BAHRICK, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 1999.

JOSE C. BALLON, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages, 2003.

JAMES W. BIEHL, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 2006.

JOHN BOOS, M.B.A., Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2012.

LAURIE J. CHURCHILL, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of Humanities/Classics, Coordinator Emeritus of Women’s Studies Program, 2003.

DANIELLE CLARK, M.L.S., Public Services Librarian Emeritus, 2006.

A. KAAREN COURTNEY, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages, 2008.

CLIFFORD G. COOK, M.B.A., C.P.A., Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2006.

GARY E. DECOKER, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Education, 2003.

L. THOMAS DILLMAN, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, 1998.

MARY ALICE DILLMAN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Emeritus of English & Writing Resource Center, 2000.

KIM G. DOLGIN, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2010.

LEWIS E. FIKES, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, 2004.

ROBERT J. FLANAGAN, M.A., Professor Emeritus of English, 2001.

JAMES M. FREED, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Zoology, 2001.

HARVEY R. FREEMAN, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2011.

ANNE E. FRY, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Zoology, 2004.

MARVIN J. FRYE, M.Ed., Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, 1997.

RICHARD D. FUSCH, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Geology-Geography, 2007.

BONNIE MILNE GARDNER, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance, 2016.

NORMAN J. GHARRITY, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2005.

ROBERT A. GRIFFITH, M.M., Professor Emeritus of Music, 2009.

THOMAS A. GREEN, M.A., Associate Director of Libraries and Head of Public Services Emeritus, 2009.

ALEXANDER HEINGARTNER, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2000.

DAVID H. HICKCOX, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Geology-Geography, 2014.

ROBERT HOLM, B.A., Vice President Emeritus of University Relations, 2003.

DAVID HULL, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 2000.

ROLLIN T. KEARNS, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Religion, 2010.

MARTY J. KALB, M.A., Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts, 2007.

CONRAD A. KENT, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages, 2009.

NANCY L. KNOP, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Health and Human Kinetics, 2015.

HELMUT J. KREMLING, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages, 2009.

JUSTIN R. KRONEWETTER, M.F.A., Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts, 2008.

DONALD LATEINER, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Humanities/Classics, 2012.

LYMAN L. LEATHERS, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English and Humanities/Classics, 1994.

RICHARD L. LEAVY, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2016

ÜLLE E. LEWES, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 2008.

CORINNE LYMAN, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Politics and Government, 1999.

ANNA MAClAS, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of History, 1993.

AKBAR MAHDI, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Anthropology, 2009.

CHERYL L. McGINNIS, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages, 2002.

JOAN E. McLEAN, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Politics and Government, 2015.

ROBERT D. McQUIGG, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, 1999.

GENE MEHAFFEY, P.E.D., Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, 1999.

BERNARD MURCHLAND, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, 2004.

LOUISE S. MUSSER, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Education, 2007.

JOSEPH F. MUSSER, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 2014.

DAVID W. NARDIN, M.D., Physician Emeritus, 1999.

MILDRED NEWCOMB, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 1979.

ROBERT M. NIMS, M.M., Professor Emeritus of Music, 2002.

WILLIS R. OLSON, M.M.E., Professor Emeritus of Music, 1984.

MARY C. PARKER, M.Ed., Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, 1994.

WENDELL K. PATTON, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Zoology, 2000.

JAMES G. PEOPLES, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Anthropology, 2018.

MORGAN L. PHILLIPS, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Religion, 2006.

HAROLD E. PINKSTON, SR., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 1997.

DENNIS J. PRINDLE, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 2008.

LLEWELLYN B. RABBY, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance, 2004.

DENNIS C. RADABAUGH, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Zoology, 2008.

D. CRAIG RAMSAY, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Politics and Government, 2012.

TRACE REGAN, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Journalism, 2013.

MARY JEAN ROACH, M.Ed., Registrar Emeritus, 2000.

DAVID O. ROBBINS, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2015.

JON SANGER, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Botany & Microbiology, 2000.

KATHRYN C. SCHWARTZ, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 1993.

MARGARET E. SHADE, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, 2011.

ELWOOD B. SHIRLING, Ph.D., Emeritus of Botany & Bacteriology, 1979.

JAN S. SMITH, Ph.D., Emeritus of Sociology & Anthropology, 2009.

RICHARD W. SMITH, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of History, 1986.

DAVID H. STALEY, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Science, 1994.

JOHN W. TOMBARGE, M.S., Director Emeritus of the Physical Plant, 1994.

JOHN H. TOPPING, M.A.B., Director Emeritus of Administrative Computing, 2009.

CHARLES M. WEIS, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 1985.

HILDA M. WICK, M.L.S., Reference Librarian Emeritus (Associate Professor), 1982.

LAUREN H. WIEBE, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Modern Foreign Languages, 2009.

ROY P. WITTLINGER, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Director Emeritus of Information Systems, 2000.

DARRELL E. WOOD, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Music, 1993.

CONNIE S. ZITLOW, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Education, 2006.

Department Chairpersons 2018-2019

Botany & Microbiology Christopher Wolverton
Chemistry Heather Grunkemeyer
Classics Lee Fratantuono
Comparative Literature Anne Sokolsky
Economics Goran Skosples (L-1)
Education Amy McClure
English

Zachariah Long (L-1)

Mark Allison (Acting Spring Semester)

Fine Arts James Krehbiel
Geology-Geography Barton Martin
Health and Human Kinetics Christopher Fink
History Barbara Terzian
Journalism Charles Stinemetz (Acting, All Year)
  Paul Kostyu (Acting, All Year)
Mathematics and Computer Science Craig Jackson
Modern Foreign Languages Andrea Colvin
Music Larry Griffin
Philosophy Shari Stone-Mediatore
Physics and Astronomy

Robert Harmon (L-1)

Robert Haring - Kaye (Acting Spring Semester)

Politics and Government James Franklin
Psychology Vicki DiLillo
Religion R. Blake Michael
Sociology & Anthropology Theodore Cohen
Theatre & Dance D. Glen Vanderbilt
Zoology Tami Panhuis

Program Directors

Ancient, Medieval & Renaissance Patricia DeMarco
Black World Studies Randolph Quaye
Data Analytics Sean McCulloch
East Asian Studies TBA
Environment and Sustainability John Krygier
Film Studies Lynette Carpenter
International Studies Sean Kay
Latin American Studies Jeremy Baskes
Neuroscience TBA
Pre-Engineering Robert Haring-Kaye
Pre-Law Michael Esler
Pre-Health Professionals John Gatz
Pre-Optometry John Gatz
Pre-Physical Therapy Danielle Hamill
Pre-Public Administration James Franklin
Pre-Theology R. Blake Michael
Pre-Veterinary Medicine Ramon Carreno
Urban Studies TBA
Women’s and Gender Studies Richelle Schrock

University Libraries

Director of Libraries Deanne Peterson

Faculty of Instruction

The following is the instructional faculty for 2018-2019. The year listed represents the year of appointment to the faculty. Leaves of absence are indicated by L-1 (on leave Fall Semester), L-2 (on leave Spring Semester) or L-AY (on leave all year).

MARK A. ALLISON, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 2007. B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.

SURENDRA S. AMBEGAOKAR, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Botany & Microbiology, 2014. B.A., Ph.D., University of California.

BARBARA S. ANDERECK, Ph.D., Jacob S. Zook Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1985. B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; Ph.D., Rutgers State University.

LAUREL J. ANDERSON, Ph.D., Professor of Botany & Microbiology, 2001. B.A., Colby College; Ph.D., University of Colorado.

ELLEN F. ARNOLD, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, 2010. B.A., University of Louisville; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota. (L-1)

KIRA M. BAILEY, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2015. B.A., Concord University; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University. (L-2)

JEREMY ALAN BASKES, Ph.D., Professor of History, 1993. A.B., Grinnell College; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Chicago.

ASHLEY N. BISER, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Politics and Government, 2008. B.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

KRISTINA BOGDANOV, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, 2007. B.F.A., Belgrade University; M.F.A., University of Kentucky.

ANDREW E. BRANDT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2010. B.S., University of North Dakota; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University.

JUSTIN P. BREIDENBACH, M.Acc., CPA, CFE, Assistant Professor of Accounting, 2012. B.S., Bowling Green State University, M.Acc., Bowling Green State University. (L-1)

DALE J. BRUGH, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, 1999. A.B., Wabash College; Ph.D., University of Utah. (L-AY)

GLENN A. BRYAN, D.B.A., Assistant Professor of Economics, 2010. B.S., Eastern Nazarene College; M.B.A., Boise State University; D.B.A., Cleveland State University.

ANDREW M. BUSCH, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Health and Human Kinetics, 2016. B.A., Ohio Weselyan University; M.S. California University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., United State Sports Academy.

AMY E. BUTCHER, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of English, 2014. B.A., Gettsyburg College; M.F.A., University of Iowa.

SCOTT W. CALEF, Ph.D., Guy Max Clarke and William L. Ripley Professor of Philosophy, 1995. B.S., Ph.D., University of Oregon.

CANTAY CALISKAN, M.S., Instructor in Mathematics and Computer Science/Data Analytics, 2018. B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Koc University; M.S., Boston University.

DAVID CAPLAN, Ph.D., Professor of English, 2000. B.A., Hobart College; M.F.A., University of Florida; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

LYNETTE CARPENTER, Ph.D., Benjamin T. Spencer Professor of English, 1989. B.A., University of Texas; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University.

RAMON A. CARRENO, Ph.D., Professor of Zoology, 2002. B.S., University of Toronto; M.S., Lakehead University; Ph.D., University of Guelph. 

CYNTHIA CETLIN, M.F.A., Professor of Fine Arts, 1987. B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Simmons College; M.F.A., State University of New York.

DANIEL A. CHARNA, M.B.A., Assistant Professor of Economics, 2013. B.A., Rochester Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Ashland University.

XIAOMING CHEN, Ph.D., Professor of History, 1991. B.A., Beijing Second Institute of Foreign Languages, M.A., Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

FRANK CHIOU, D.M.A., Assistant Professor of Music, 2012. B.M., Oberlin College Conservatory; M.A., M.M., D.M.A., University of Michigan (L-1)

JI YOUNG CHOI, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Politics and Government, 2009. B.A., Yonsei University (Korea); M.I.S., Sogang University (Korea); M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., Purdue University.

EMILE CLARK, M.F.A., Program Associate, New York Arts Program; Assistant Professor of Fine Arts–Courtesy Appointment, 2004. B.F.A., Cornell University; M.F.A., Bard College.

THEODORE F. COHEN, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, 1984. B.A., City University of New York at Brooklyn; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University.

ANDREA R. COLVIN, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, 2009. B.A., University of Delaware; M.A., Ph.D., University of California.

GREGORY WATKINS-COLWELL, M.S., Adjunct Professor of Zoology, 2012. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.S., Ohio University.

NANCY A. COMORAU, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 2009. B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., University of Maryland.

DAVID W. COUNSELMAN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, 2010. B.A., University of South Alabama; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

MARY ANNE LEWIS CUSATO, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, 2013. B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Yale University.

PHOKENG M. DAILEY, M.A., Instructor in Journalism and Communication,2017.B.S., Ohio Dominican Universityy; M.A., The Ohio State University.

PAUL S. DEAN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, 2012. B.A., Binghamton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland. (L-2)

PATRICIA DeMARCO, Ph.D., Professor of English, 2000. B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., State University of New York, Binghamton; Ph.D., Duke University.

ELANE DENNY, M.F.A., Professor of Theatre, 1992. B.A., Western Maryland College; M.F.A., Indiana University.

VICKI DiLILLO, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, 2004. B.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of Miami.

AMY L. DOWNING, Ph.D., Alumni Professor of Zoology, 2001. B.A., Lawrence University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago.

JOHN C. DURST, Ph.D., Part-time Associate Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, 1994. B.A., Kent State University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

RICHARD D. EDWARDS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Music, 2009. B.M., Ohio University; M.M., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina.

MICHAEL V. ESLER, Ph.D., Professor of Politics and Government, 1995. B.S., M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

CHRISTOPHER L. FINK, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health and Human Kinetics, 2007. B.S., Lake Superior State University; M.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

MICHAEL W. FLAMM, Ph.D., Professor of History, 1998. B.A. Harvard University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University.

ERIN E. FLYNN, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, 2004. B.A, University of Colorado at Boulder; Ph.D., Stony Brook University.

JAMES C. FRANKLIN, Ph.D., Professor of Politics and Government, 2000. B.A., Auburn University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

LEE M. FRATANTUONO, Ph.D., Professor of Classics and William Francis Whitlock Professor of Latin, 2005. A.B., The College of the Holy Cross; A.M., Boston College; Ph.D., Fordham University.

NANCY M. GAMSO, D.M.A., Professor of Music, 1991. B.S., University of Alabama; M.M., Florida State University; D.M.A., University of North Texas.

A. JOHN GATZ, Ph.D., William and Elizabeth Austin Professor of Zoology, 1975. A.B., Dickinson College; Ph.D., Duke University. (L-1)

MARK P. GINGERICH, Ph.D., James S. Britton Professor of History, 1991. B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

ROBERT J. GITTER, Ph.D., Joseph A. Meek Professor of Economics, 1976. B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

KATHERINE GLENN-APPLEGATE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, 2011. B.A., Point Park College; M.Ed., Plymouth State University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

GERALD GOLDSTEIN, Ph.D., Professor of Botany & Microbiology, 1983. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. (L-1)

LARRY GRIFFIN, D.M.A., Professor of Music, 1986. B.M.E., Virginia State University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Minnesota.

HEATHER G. GRUNKEMEYER, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2001. B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

SUSAN GUNASTI, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religion, 2010. B.A., Brown University; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Princeton University. (L-2)

LYNDA K. HALL, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, 1989. B.A., Wittenberg University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.

DANIELLE HAMILL, Ph.D., Professor of Zoology, 2001. B.A., Lawrence University; Ph.D., University of Kansas.

SHALA J. HANKISON, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Zoology, Spring 2009. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.S., Ohio University; Ph.D., Clemson University.

ROBERT HARING-KAYE, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 2004. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University.

ROBERT O. HARMON, Ph.D., Perkins-Howard Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1999. B.S., Case Western Reserve University; M.S., Ph.D., The University of Chicago. (L-1)

RICHARD L. HAWES, JR., M.S., Professor of Physical Education, 1992. B.S., M.S., Illinois State University.

MELANIE M. HENDERSON, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2013. B.A., Oberlin College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan.

KATHERINE L. HERVERT-THOMAS, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2004. B.S., Creighton University; Ph.D., Colorado State University.

JASON A. HIESTER, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, 2002. B.M., University of Miami; M.M. Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.

MARTIN HIPSKY, Ph.D., Professor of English, 1995. B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University.

FRANK I. HOBBS, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Fine Arts, 2007. B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.F.A., American University.

MARY T. HOWARD, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, 1986. B.A., Ohio Dominican College; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University.

CRAIG H. JACKSON, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2009. B.S., University of Alaska; M.S., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Chicago.

DAVID M. JOHNSON, Ph.D., Allen Trimble Professor of Botany & Microbiology, 1989. B.A., Hendrix College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan.

SARAH J. KAKA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, 2017. B.S., Illinois State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

EDWARD KAHN, Ph.D., Professor of Theatre and Dance, 2004. B.A., Lehigh University; M.F.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Tufts University. (L-2)

SEAN I. KAY, Ph.D., Professor of Politics and Government, 1999. B.A., M.A., Kent State University; M.A., Free University of Brussels; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts.

SCOTT KELLY, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Zoology, 2011. B.A., Drury University; M.S., Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of California. (L-2)

PAUL E. KOSTYU, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Journalism, 2013. B.S., Heidelberg College; M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University.

JAMES W. KREHBIEL, M.F.A., Nancy La Porte Meek Professor of Fine Arts, 1986. B.A.A., Montana State University; M.F.A., Indiana University.

JOHN B. KRYGIER, Ph.D., Professor of Geology-Geography, 1999. B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. (L-2)

DAVID C. LEVER, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1994. B.A., Colgate University; Ph.D., University of Utah. (L-2)

RICHARD S. LINDER, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, 2000. B.S., University of California; M.A., San Diego State University; M.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University. (L-2)

SALLY A. LIVINGSTON, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, 2011. B.A., M.A., University of Manitoba; Ph.D., Harvard University.

ZACKARIAH C. LONG, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 2007. B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia. (L-2)

WILLIAM CARL LOUTHAN, Ph.D., McKendree Professor of Politics and Government, 1972. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

BRIANNA N. MACK, M.A., Instructor in Politics and Government, 2018. B.A. Emory University.

BARBARA MacLEOD, C.F.A., John J. Joseph Professor of Management, 1999. B.A., Iowa State University; M.M., Northwestern University. (L-1)

KEITH O. MANN, Ph.D., Professor of Geology, 1997. B.S., University of Michigan; M.Sc., University of Texas at Arlington; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

LEAH B. MANNING, P.h.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2018. B.A., B.S., University of Florida; M.A., Ph,D., City University of New York (CUNY).

DAVID D. MARKWARDT, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Zoology, 2003. B.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

BARTON S. MARTIN, Ph.D., Professor of Geology-Geography, 1992. B.S., Furman University; M.S., Washington State University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts.

JOHN A. MARTIN III, Ph.D., Professor of Health and Human Kinetics, 1977. B.S., Springfield College; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

AMY McCLURE, Ph.D., Rodefer Professor of Education, 1979. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.A.T., Emory University; M.Ed., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

SEAN T. McCULLOCH, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2001. B.A., State University of New York; M.C.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

KYLE R. MCDANIEL, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communication, 2017. B.S., Arkansas State University; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Orgeon.

STEPHANIE L. MERKEL, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, 1998. B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D. Cornell University.

R. BLAKE MICHAEL, Ph.D., Swan-Collins-Allan Professor of Religion, 1978. A.B., University of North Carolina; M.Div., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University.

CHRISTOPHER A. MODICA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2017. B.A., Judson University; M.S. Illinois State University; Ph.D., Ball State University.

CAROL L. NEUMAN de VEGVAR, Ph.D., Frank L. & Eva L. Packard Professor of Fine Arts, 1988. A.B., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. (L-1)

FRANCHESCA V. NESTOR, M.P.P., Instructor in Politics and Government, 2017. B.A., West Virginia University; M.P.P., The University of Chicago.

GLENDA Y. NIETO CUEBAS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, 2011. B.A., Interamerican University of Puerto Rico; M.A., University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D., The University of Massachusetts.

JEFFREY A. NILAN, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Fine Arts, 2008. B.S., University of Nebraska; M.F.A., Indiana University.

MICHELE M. NOBEL, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, 2018. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

JEFFREY L. NUNEMACHER, Ph.D., Parrott Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1985. B.A., Oberlin College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University.

ROBERT M. OLMSTEAD, M.A., Professor of English, 2002. B.A., M.A., Syracuse University.

TAMARA M. PANHUIS, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Zoology, 2009. B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of California.

EVA PARIS-HUESCA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, 2014. B.A., Universidad de Valencia (Spain); M.A. University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

ALLEN J. PISTNER, Ph.D., Assistant of Chemistry, 2016. B.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

KAREN M. POREMSKI, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 2002. B.A., University of Maryland-College Park; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Emory University.

PAMELA B. PYZZA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2015. B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. (L-1)

RANDOLPH K. QUAYE, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Black World Studies, 2004. B.A., University of Ghana; M.A., Acadia University; Ph.D., Northeastern University.

JONATHAN C. QUICK, M.F.A., Part-time Professor of Fine Arts, 1990. B.A., M.F.A., State University of New York.

M. SAIF RAHMAN, Ph.D., Robert Bauman Associate Professor of Economics, 2000. B.S., Montclair State College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina.

MICHAL RAIZEN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, 2014. B.M., B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The University of Texas.

DUSTIN G. REICHARD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Zoology, 2015. B.A., St. Mary’s College of Maryland; Ph.D., Indiana University – Bloomington. (L-2)

TIMOTHY J. RODEN, Ph.D., Professor of Music, 1993. B.M., Houghton College; M.Mus., Ph.D., Northwestern University.

JUAN A. ROJAS, Ph.D., Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, 2004. B.A., M.A., University of Texas at El Paso; Ph.D., University of Arizona.

NATHANAEL S. ROWLEY, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geology-Geography, 2014. B.S., M.Sc., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

JUDYLYN S. RYAN, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 1998. B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

RICHELLE D. SCHROCK, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, 2008. B.A., Miami University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University. (L-1)

MARK D. SCHWARTZ, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, 1986. B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University.

ANNE-CAROLINE SIEFFERT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, 2018. B.A., M.A., University of Strasbourg; M.A., Syracuse University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University.

ALICE E. SIMON, Ph.D., James Heisler Professor of Economics, 1985. B.S., Queens College- CUNY; M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

ALI M. SKANDOR, Diploma, Part-time Associate Professor in Black World Studies Program, 1988. Diploma, Leakey Memorial Institute, Kenya.

GORAN SKOSPLES, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics, 2006. B.A., Lake Forest College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (L-1)

ANNE E. SOKOLSKY, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, 2006. B.A., University of Michigan; M.Ed., Harvard University; PhD., University of California, Berkeley.

RICHARD F. SPALL, JR., Ph.D., Cornelia Cole Fairbanks Professor of History, 1984. B.A., Wittenberg University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois.

MARTINE L. STEPHENS, M.A., Director of the Writing Center, 2008. Part-time Associate Professor in the Writing Center and Department of English, 1988. B.A., Washington and Jefferson College; M.A., The Ohio State University.

SHARI STONE-MEDIATORE, Ph.D., Trumbull G. Duvall Professor of Philosophy, 1998. B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook.

MICHELLE L. STORMS, M.S., Instructor in Physics and Astronomy, 2018. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.S., University of Washington.

DALE E. SWARTZENTRUBER, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, 1992. B.S., The Ohio State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Vermont.

DANA TARANTINO, Ph.D., Program Associate, New York Arts Program; Associate Professor of Theatre–Courtesy Appointment, 1988. B.A., Queens College; M.A., Adelphi University; Ph.D., New York University.

SARAH G. TAYLOR, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2018. B.A., University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill; M.S., Ph.D., Ohio University.

BARBARA A. TERZIAN, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, 1999. B.A., Ohio University; J.D., M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

BRADLEY R. TREES, Ph.D., Richardson-Linebaugh Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1997. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

LAURA TUHELA-REUNING, Ph.D., Part-time Professor of Botany & Microbiology and Zoology, 2000. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

EMMANUEL K. TWESIGYE, Ph.D., Aden S. & Mollie Wollam Benedict Professor of Christian Studies, 1989. Dip.Th., University of East Africa; B.A., Dip.Ed., Makerere University; M.A., Wheaton Graduate School; S.T.M., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.

D. GLEN VANDERBILT, JR., M.F.A., Professor of Theatre, 1983. B.A., Heidelberg College; M.F.A., Northwestern University.

DANNY E. VOGT, Ph.D., North Ohio Conference Professor of Chemistry, 1979. B.A., Washington and Jefferson College; M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern University.

MATTHEW D. VOLLRATH, D.B.A., Assistant Professor of Economics, 2017. B.S., M.S., Lipscomb University; D.B.A., George Fox University.

EMILY J. ANDERSON WEST, M.B.A., Assistant Professor of Economics, 2016. B.S., M.B.A., Ashland University.

PAULA M. WHITE, Ph.D., Professor of Education, 2000. B.S., University of Denver; M.A., University of Colorado; Ph.D., University of Houston.

JENNIFER M. WHITEHEAD, Assistant Professor of Music, 2014. B.M., Bob Jones University; M.M., D.M.A., The Ohio State University.

HAROLD WIEBE, Ph.D., Gordon Nelson Armstrong Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1970. B.S., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.

THOMAS WOLBER, Ph.D., Ohio Conference Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages, 1990. B.A., University of Freiburg, West Germany; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin- Madison.

S. CHRISTOPHER WOLVERTON, Ph.D., Professor of Botany & Microbiology, 2002. B.S., Miami University, Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

M. ALPER YALÇINKAYA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, 2010. B.A., M.A., Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Ph.D., University of California. (L-1)

JULIDE YAZAR, Ph.D., Charles L. and Elizabeth Quay Merwin Associate Professor of Economics, 1999. B.A., Bogazici University, Turkey; M.Sc., Lancaster University, United Kingdom; M.B.A., Imperial College, United Kingdom; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

ALAN ZARING, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science, 1990. B.A., Indiana University; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. (L-AY)