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Faculty Recognitions
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EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
Begun in 1988, the Educator of the Year is a student-run recognition of the achievements of outstanding educators at Truman. Students nominate professors who demonstrate superior success in the classroom. The selection process is involved and includes visits to the nominees’ classrooms, review of student surveys, and thorough review of the professors’ application materials
| 2019-2020 |
Joseph Benevento, English |
| 2018-2019 |
David Gillette, Economics |
| 2017-2018 |
Chad Mohler, Philosophy and Religion |
| 2016-2017 |
Anton Daughters, Society and Environment |
| 2015-2016 |
Alex Tetlak, Classical and Modern Languages |
| 2014-2015 |
Don Krause, Communication |
| 2013-2014 |
Jeremy Byers, Military Science |
| 2012-2013 |
Brent Buckner, Biology |
| 2011-2012 |
Warren Gooch, Music |
| 2010-2011 |
Chad Montgomery, Biology |
| 2009-2010 |
James Cianciola, Communication |
| 2008-2009 |
Alanna Preussner, English |
| 2007-2008 |
James Guffey, Mathematics |
| 2006-2007: |
Pam Gardner, Nursing |
| 2005-2006: |
Marie Orton, Italian |
| 2004-2005: |
Lynn Rose, History |
| 2003-2004: |
Jon Beck, Computer Science |
| 2001-2002: |
Julia DeLancey, Art |
| 2000-2001: |
Ken Hahn, Physics |
| 1999-2000: |
Anthony Vazzana, Mathematics |
| 1998-1999: |
Randy Hagerty, Political Science |
| 1997-1998: |
Anne Moody, Chemistry |
| 1996-1997: |
Paul Crabb, Music |
| 1995-1996: |
Yinfa Ma, Chemistry |
| 1994-1995: |
Lynn Harter, Communication |
| 1993-1994: |
Patricia Burton, Philosophy & Religion |
| 1992-1993: |
Cole Woodcox, English |
| 1991-1992: |
Candy Young, Political Science |
| 1990-1991: |
William Cummins, Spanish |
| 1989-1990: |
Chandler Monroe, Communication |
| 1988-1989: |
Dean Van Galen, Chemistry |
WILLIAM O’DONNELL LEE ADVISING AWARD
Dr. Jeanne Stephens Lee Blackmar established the William O’Donnell Lee Advising Award in honor of her late husband, who was president of the University’s Board of Governors during the 1970s. Two academic advisors are selected annually for the Award, which includes a $1,000 development fund stipend to be used for travel to advising conferences or institutes, research materials and other relevant items. The Lee Advising Award pays tribute to excellent advisors and demonstrates how important academic advising is at Truman.
| 2018-2019 |
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Bill Miller, Chemistry; Priscilla Riggle, English and Linguistics |
| 2017-2018 |
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Nancy Daley-Moore, Health and Exercise Science; Barbara K. Kramer, Chemistry |
| 2016-2017 |
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Jana Arabas, Health and Exercise Science |
| 2015-2016 |
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Jesse Krebs, Music; Pamela Melvin, Nursing |
| 2014-2015 |
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Jennifer Hurst, Health and Exercise Science; Michael Rudy, Political Science |
| 2013-2014 |
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Paula Cochran, Communication Disorders; David Gillette, Economics; Michael Bird, Exercise Science |
| 2012-2013 |
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Elisabeth Hooper, Biology; Donald Krause, Communication |
| 2010-2011 |
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Jennifer Jesse, Philosophy and Religious Studies; Timothy Walston, Biology |
| 2009-2010 |
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Debra Kerby, Accounting; Wendy Miner, Education |
| 2008-2009 |
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Barbara Price, English Education; Janice Young, Health Science |
| 2007-2008: |
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Roberta Donahue, Health Science; Dana Smith, Theatre |
| 2006-2007: |
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Carolyn Cox, Health Science; José Herrera, Biology; Liz Hopkins-Jorn, Health and Exercise Sciences |
| 2005-2006: |
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Amber Johnson, Anthropology; Michael Seipel, Agricultural Science |
| 2004-2005: |
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Randall Smith, Music; Kay Clapp, Education |
| 2003-2004: |
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Alanna Preussner, English; Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley, History |
| 2002-2003: |
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Pete Kelly, Special Education; Janet Gooch, Communication Disorders |
| 2001-2002: |
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Diane Janick-Buckner, Biology; Kevin Minch, Communication |
| 2000-2001: |
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Brent Buckner, Biology; Donna Rhinesmith, Education |
| 1999-2000: |
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Mary Shapiro, Linguistics; Karon Speckman, Communication |
| 1998-1999: |
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John Ishiyama, Political Science; Joan Mather, Theatre |
| 1997-1998: |
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Judi Misale, Psychology; Marianna Giovannini, Academic Planning Services; Sharon McGahan, Nursing; Sarah Delaware, Nursing |
| 1996-1997: |
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Mark Weidner, Academic Planning Services; Christopher Gregory, English |
| 1995-1996: |
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Emmanuel Nnadozie, Economics; Michael Tannenbaum, Biology |
| 1994-1995: |
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Patricia Burton, Philosophy & Religion; Lin Twining, Biology |
| 1993-1994: |
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Dana Delaware, Chemistry; Garry Gordon, Art |
| 1992-1993: |
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Maria Di Stefano, Physics; Elsie Gaber, Academic Planning Services |
THE FACULTY
The date in parentheses indicates the initial year of employment at Truman.
*Indicates a member of the graduate faculty.
Michael V. Barnes, Jr., CPA
Assistant Professor of Accounting* (2015)
BS, University of Oklahoma; MAc, University of Oklahoma; PhD, Oklahoma State University.
Alan Davis
Associate Professor of Accounting* (2004)
BS, University of Alabama-Birmingham; MPA, University of Texas-Austin; JD, Georgia State University.
Isaac Ison
Assistant Professor of Accounting* (2015)
BS, Dixie State University; MBA, Southern Utah University; PhD, Jackson State University.
Stacey R. Kaden, CPA
Accounting Department Chair; Assistant Professor of Accounting* (2014)
BS, MAc, Truman State University; PhD, University of Arkansas.
Kathy Otero
Associate Professor of Accounting* (2012)
BA, MAc, PhD, University of Texas at El Paso.
Trevor Shonhiwa
Assistant Professor of Accounting (2016)
BS, MPA, PhD, University of Nebraska.
Agricultural Science
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Jessica Colpoys
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Science (2016)
BS, PhD, Iowa State University.
Emily Costello
Lecturer in Agricultural Science; Equestrian Show Team Coach (2007)
BS, Truman State University.
George Greenwell
Lecturer in Agriculture (2016)
BS, Northeast Missouri State University; MS, University of Missouri.
Andrew (Bob) Johnson
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Science (2020)
BS, University of Missouri, Columbia; MS, PhD, University of California-Davis.
Ronald Prather
Lecturer in Agriculture (2017)
BS, Northeast Missouri State University; MS, Truman State University.
Michael Seipel
Agricultural Science Department Chair; Professor of Agriculture (1998)
BS, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Kelly Walter
Associate Professor of Agricultural Science (2012)
BS, University of Georgia; MS, Texas A&M University; PhD, Texas A&M University.
Laura Bigger
Assistant Professor of Art (2016)
BA, Colorado College; MFA, University of Minnesota.
Heidi Cook
Assistant Professor of Art/Gallery Director (2015)
BA, Truman State University; MA, PhD, University of Pittsburg.
Matthew Derezinski
Associate Professor of Art (2007)
BFA, MFA, Kansas State University.
Lindsey Dunnagan
Assistant Professor of Art (2016)
BED Architecture, Texas A&M University; MA, MFA, Texas Women’s University.
Aaron Fine
Art Department Chair; Professor of Art (1999)
BFA, Ohio University; MFA, The Claremont Graduate University.
Johua Hainy
Assistant Professor of Art (2017)
BA, Minnesota State University, Mankato; BA, University of St. Thomas; MA, University of Oregon; PhD, University of Iowa.
Priya S. Kambli
Professor of Art (2000)
BFA, University of Louisiana; MFA, University of Houston.
Aaron Neeley
Assistant Professor of Art (2016)
BA, Graceland University; MFA, Miami International University of Art & Design.
Russell Nelson
Professor of Art (1998)
BFA, Fort Hays State University; MFA, Kansas State University.
Eric Ordway
Lecturer in Ceramics (2019)
BFA, Colorado State University-Pueblo; MFA, University of Missouri.
Sara E. Orel
Professor of Art (1991)
AB, Bryn Mawr College; MA, PhD, University of Toronto.
Danielle Yakle
Assistant Professor of Art (2014)
BFA, Truman State University; MFA, University of Kansas.
William Alexander
Assistant Professor of Biology* (2018)
BS, Truman State University; PhD, University of Missouri.
Bharathi Aravamudan
Assistant Professor of Biology (2018)
BS, University of Madras; MS, Banaras Hindu University; PhD, University of Utah.
Brett Berke
Assistant Professor of Biology* (2015)
BS, University of Illinois; PhD, University of Iowa.
Sarah Berke
Assistant Professor of Biology* (2015)
BA, Augustana College; PhD, University of Iowa.
Brent Buckner
Professor of Biology* (1990)
BS, Lock Haven State College; MS, PhD, University of Vermont.
Laura Fielden-Rechav
Professor of Biology (1999)
BSc (Honors), Rhodes University (S. Africa); PhD, University of Natal (S. Africa).
Stephanie Foré
Professor of Biology* (1996)
BS, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College; MS, North Carolina State University; PhD, Miami University, (Ohio).
Elisabeth Hooper
Associate Professor of Biology (1995)
BA, University of Vermont; MS, University of Reading (England); PhD, University of Kansas.
Joanna Hubbard
Assistant Professor of Biology* (2016)
BS, University of Arizona; MS, College of William and Mary; PhD, University of Colorado Boulder.
Stephen P. Hudman
Biology Department Chair; Associate Professor of Biology* (2008)
BS, West Virginia University; MS, Georgia Southern University; PhD, University of Vermont.
Diane Janick-Buckner
Professor of Biology* (1990)
BA, Gettysburg College; PhD, University of Vermont; Postdoctoral Study, Iowa State University.
Michael Kuczynski
Assistant Professor of Biology (2016)
BS, University of Minnesota; PhD, Michigan State University.
John Zhong Ma
Professor of Biology (2005)
BS, Nanjing Agricultural University; MS, University of Hawaii; PhD, The Pennsylvania State University.
Stephanie Maiden
Assistant Professor of Biology* (2015)
BS, Missouri University of Science and Technology; PhD, University of Wisconsin.
Jeanne Mitchell
Instructor in Biology (1992)
BS, MS, Northeast Missouri State University.
Chad Montgomery
Professor of Biology* (2007)
BS, Northeast Missouri State University; MA, University of Northern Colorado; PhD, University of Arkansas.
Daniella Ostrowski
Assistant Professor of Biology (2016)
BS, MS, PhD, Georg-August University of Güttingen.
Enrique M. Pareja
Assistant Professor of STEM Education* (2015)
BS, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru; MA, University of Bath, United Kingdom; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Joyce Patrick
Assistant Professor of Biology* (2015)
BS, Shawnee State University; PhD, Indiana University.
Drew Sieg
Assistant Professor of Biology (2019)
BS, University of Richmond; PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Carolina Sempertegui
Assistant Professor of Biology* (2012)
BS, Pontifical Catholic University; MPH, Ohio University; MA, Ohio University; PhD, Ohio University
Timothy Walston
Dean, School of Science and Mathematics, Professor of Biology* (2006)
BA, Taylor University; MS, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Anton Weisstein
Professor of Biology* (2004)
BA, PhD, Washington University.
Business Administration
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Nabil Alghalith
Professor of Business Administration* (1988)
BS, Northeast Missouri State University; MBA, St. Louis University; PhD, University of Missouri-Rolla.
Charles Boughton
Instructor in Business Administration (2004)
BS, MA, University of Colorado; MS, Northeast Missouri State University.
Debra Cartwright
Professor of Business Administration (1988)
BA, New Mexico State University; MBA, York University; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Musa Demirtas
Assistant Professor of Business Administration (2019)
BS, Sakara University; MS, Colorado State University; ABD, Western New England University.
Katherine Jackson
Associate Professor of Business Administration* (2008)
BS, Francis Marion University; PhD, University of South Carolina.
Jia-yuan (Jason) Lin
Business Administration Department Chair; Professor of Business Administration (1986)
BS, National Taiwan University; MS, PhD, Wayne State University.
Joshua Maurer
Assistant Professor of Business Administration (2018)
BS, Winona State University; MBA, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; PhD, Washington State University.
Kyung C. (Andrew) Mun
Professor of Business Administration (1991)
BA, Seoul National University; MBA, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; MA, University of Houston; MS, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Akhilesh Ojha
Assistant Professor of Business Administration (2019)
BE/MBA, Panjab University; MS, ABD Missouri University of S&T.
Yung-Hwal Park
Assistant Professor of Business Administration* (2013)
BA, Yonsei University; MBA, KDI School of Public Policy & Management; PhD, St. Louis University.
Rashmi Prasad
Dean of the School of Business; Professor of Business Administration (2020)
BA, University of Michigan; MBA, University of Illinois; PhD, University of Kentucky.
Steven R. Smith
Professor of Business Administration (1986)
BA, Eastern Illinois University; JD, University of Texas-Austin; Graduate Study, Southern Illinois University, Auburn University.
Scott Templeton
Assistant Professor of Business Administration (2019)
BBA, Iowa State University; JD, University of Missouri.
Lin Zhang
Associate Professor of Business Administration (2005)
BA, BS, Dalian University of Technology; MS, University of Bath; PhD, Mississippi State University.
Dawood Afzal
Professor of Chemistry (1988)
BSc (Hons), First Class, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; MS, PhD, Vanderbilt University; Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Chicago; Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Hawaii.
Kenneth N. Carter
Professor of Chemistry* (1987)
BS, King College; MS, PhD, Vanderbilt University.
Cassidy Dobson
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2017)
BA, Hamline University; PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Brittany Hagenhoff
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2017)
BS, University of Central Missouri; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Timothy Humphry
Associate Professor of Chemistry* (2011)
BS, Southern Oregon University; PhD, Utah State University.
Andrew Kauffmann
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2018)
BS, Canisius College; MS, PhD, University of Rochester.
Barbara Kramer
Professor of Chemistry (2002)
BA, Oberlin College; PhD, Emory University.
Brian Lamp
Chemistry Department Chair; Professor of Chemistry* (1997)
BA, Augustana College; PhD, Iowa State University.
James McCormick
Associate Professor of Chemistry (1999)
BS, Saint Lawrence University; PhD, Stanford University; NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley; Humboldt Fellow, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, Germany.
Bill Miller
Assistant Professor of Chemistry* (2015)
BS, Truman State University; PhD, University of Florida.
Anne E. Moody
Professor of Chemistry* (1990)
BS, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; PhD, Colorado State University; Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teaching-Research Post-Doctoral Fellow, Davidson College.
John G. O’Brien
Professor of Chemistry (1997)
BS, Northwest Missouri State University; PhD, University of Kansas.
Justine R. Olson
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2020)
BS, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; PhD, University of Iowa.
Vaughan M. Pultz
Professor of Chemistry* (1987)
BS, Washington and Lee University; PhD, University of Minnesota.
Peter Ramberg
Professor of History of Science (2001)
BS, University of Minnesota; MA, MS, PhD, Indiana University.
Stuart Winikoff
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2018)
BA, MS, PhD, University of Minnesota.
Classical and Modern Languages
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Carlo Annelli
Assistant Professor of Italian (2017)
BA, Indiana University; MA, Middlebury College; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Stacy Bryant
Assistant Professor of Spanish (2016)
BA, Macalester College; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin.
Sana Camara
Professor of French (1989)
BA, University of Dakar, Senegal; MA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; PhD, Ohio State University.
José Carreno-Medina
Assistant Professor of Spanish* (2013)
BA, Universidad Internacional, Mexico; MA, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
John Davis
Assistant Professor of German (2015)
BA, MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin.
Stacy Davis
Assistant Professor of Spanish* (2016)
BA, Hollins University; MA, University of Richmond; PhD, Washington University.
Danion Doman
Professor of Spanish* (2000)
BA, Brigham Young University; MA, University of Kansas; PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder.
Sergio Escobar Osorio
Associate Professor of Spanish (2008)
BA, Universidad del Valle; MA, City College of the City University of New York; PhD, University of Michigan.
Timothy Farley
Professor of French* (1990)
BS, Southwest Missouri State University; MAT, MA, PhD, Indiana University.
James Hammerstrand
Instructor of Spanish (2009)
BA, Olivet Nazarene University; MA, Purdue University; ABD, University of Illinois
Masahiro Hara
Professor of Japanese (1999)
BA, Seikei University; MA, University of Houston; PhD, Michigan State University.
Ernst Hintz
Professor of German (2004)
BA, Fordham University; MA, Ruprecht-Karl Universität; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Shannon Jumper
Professor of Russian (1987)
BA, Reed College; MA, PhD, Indiana University.
Clifton Kreps
Professor of Classics (1988)
BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin.
Joaquín Maldonado-Class
Professor of Spanish* (2000)
BPh, Central University of Bayamon; MA, Central University of Bayamon; PhD, University of Puerto Rico.
Ronald K. Manning
Assistant Professor of French; Director of the Edwin C. Carpenter Language Learning Center (1991)
BS, Idaho State University; ABD, Louisiana State University; Graduate Study, University of Marseille.
Betty L. McLane-Iles
Professor of French (1982)
BA, MA, University of Arizona; PhD, University of Illinois.
Amy Norgard
Assistant Professor of Classics (2015)
BA, Marquette University; MA, PhD, University of Illinois.
Benjamin Ogden
Assistant Professor of Spanish; Coordinator of Computing Support (1992)
BA, MA, Brigham Young University; ABD, Vanderbilt University.
Antonio Scuderi
Professor of Italian (1997)
BA, State Universities of New York at Stony Brook; MA, Middlebury Language Schools; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Oscar Sendon
Assistant Professor of Spanish (2015)
BA, MA, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Alex Tetlak
Instructor in Classics (1999)
BA, Kenyon College; MA, Ohio State University.
Bridget Thomas
Director of Interdisciplinary Studies; Professor of Classics (1998)
BA, Grinnell College; MA, PhD, Ohio State University.
Matthew Tornatore
Professor of Foreign Languages (1994)
BA, MA, PhD, State University of New York at Albany.
Shinya Uchida
Instructor of Japanese (2009)
BA, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies; MA, Portland State University.
Juan Carlos Valencia
Professor of Spanish (2000)
BA, University of North Carolina-Wilmington; MA, PhD, Florida State University.
Brian Altenhofen
Assistant Professor of Communication (2017)
BA, St. Louis University; Diploma of Philosophical Studies, University of Toronto; MA, Fordham University; PhD, Texas A&M.
James Cianciola
Professor of Communication (2005)
BA, St. John Fisher College; MA, SUNY-Brockport; PhD, Duquesne University.
Elizabeth Clark
Dean, School of Social and Cultural Studies; Professor of Communication* (2001)
BS, MA, Truman State University; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Craig Hennigan
Assistant Professor of Communication (2015)
BS, Central Michigan University, MA, PhD, Wayne State University.
Michelle Kleine
Assistant Professor of Communication (2000)
BA, Truman State University; MA, Western Illinois University; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Andrew Klyukovski
Professor of Communication (2000)
BA, University of Minnesota-Duluth; MA, University of Wisconsin-Superior; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Donald Krause
Associate Professor of Communication (2007)
BA, Western Illinois University; MA, Ball State University.
Amanda Medlock-Klyukovski
Assistant Professor of Communication (2002)
BA, Angelo State University; MA, Southwest Texas State; PhD, University of Missouri.
Kevin Minch
Associate Provost; Professor of Communication* (1999)
BA, MA, Wayne State University; PhD, University of Kansas.
David Price
Associate Professor of Communication (2014)
BA, MA, Idaho State University; PhD, University of Utah.
John W. Self
Communication Department Chair; Professor of Communication (2005)
BA, Truman State University; MS, Texas Christian University; PhD, University of Kansas.
Communication Disorders
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Kelsey Aurand de Razo
Instructor in Communication Disorders (2015)
BS, Truman State University; MA, Truman State University.
Julia Edgar
Associate Professor of Communication Disorders* (2012)
BA, Valparaiso University; MA University of Kansas; PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Post-Doctoral Study, National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders.
Ilene Elmlinger
Associate Professor of Communication Disorders* (2007)
BA, Hofstra University; MA, University of Pittsburgh; AuD, Pennsylvania College of Optometry.
Sheila J. Garlock
Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders* (1995)
BSE, Northeast Missouri State University; MA, Northeast Missouri State University.
Janet L. Gooch
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost; Professor of Communication Disorders* (1995)
BA, University of Kansas; MA, Kent State University; PhD, Case Western Reserve University.
Patricia Hanson
Instructor in Communication Disorderse (2008)
BA, MA, Northeast Missouri State University.
Melissa Passe
Director of Clinical Services, Speech and Hearing Clinic (1992)
BS, MA, Northeast Missouri State University.
Andrea Richards
Instructor in Communication Disorders (2004)
BA, Truman State University; M.Ed., Northeastern State University.
Amy Teten
Communication Disorders Department Chair; Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders* (2016)
BA, Florida State University; PhD, University of South Alabama.
Jon Beck
Professor of Computer Science* (1993)
BS, George Washington University; MS, Hood College; PhD, West Virginia University.
Ruthie Dare-Halma
Professor of Computer Science (1984)
BS, BSE, Northeast Missouri State University; MS, PhD, University of Missouri-Rolla.
Alan Garvey
Computer Science Department Chair; Professor of Computer Science* (1997)
BS, Pacific Lutheran University; MS, Stanford University; PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Chetan Jaiswal
Assistant Professor of Computer Science (2016)
BEng, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Visvidyalaya, Inc; PhD, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Robert Matthews
Professor of Computer Science (2005)
BA, Simpson College; MS, Iowa State University; PhD, College of William and Mary.
John Neitzke
Professor of Computer Science (1987)
BS, MS, PhD, Michigan State University; MA, Indiana University-Bloomington.
Abu Rahman (Kafi)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science (2019)
BS, Khulna University; M.Sc., Ottawa-Carleton Institute for CS; PhD, University of Ottawa.
Jahangir Alam
Assistant Professor of Economics (2019)
BA, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology; MA, PhD, University of Calgary.
Xiaofen Chen
Professor of Economics (2001)
BA, Peking University; MA, PhD, Virginia Tech.
David H. Gillette
Professor of Economics (1990)
BS, Idaho State University; PhD, Washington State University.
Terry L. Olson
Economics Department Chair; Professor of Economics (1990)
BS, BA, University of Minnesota; MS, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Jeanne M. Harding
Director of Field Experiences; Instructor in Education* (2014)
BS, MAE, Truman State University.
John Jones
Assistant Professor of Education* (2013)
AB, Georgetown University; MA, The George Washington University; PhD, Pennsylvania State University.
Julie Lochbaum
Professor of Education* (2003)
BA, Northeast Missouri State University; MAT, PhD, University of South Carolina-Columbia.
Ruth Mach
Lecturer in Education* (2009)
BS, Truman State University; MAE, University of Missouri-Columbia; EdD, St. Louis University.
Christopher Maglio
Professor of Counseling* (1992)
BS, MC, PhD, Arizona State University.
Wendy Miner
Professor of Education* (2001)
BA, Slippery Rock University; MS, George Washington University; PhD, University of Virginia.
Enrique Pareja
Assistant Professor of STEM Education* (2015)
BS, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru; MA, University of Bath, UK; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Beverly Peters
Lecturer in Special Education* (2006)
BSE, MAE, Northeast Missouri State University.
Paul Yoder
Associate Professor of Education* (2006)
BS, University of Missouri; MA, Southern Illinois University; PhD, St. Louis University.
English and Linguistics
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Hena Ahmad
Professor of English* (1998)
BA, University of Jammu & Kashmir; MA, University of Kashmir; PhD, University of Massachusetts.
Douglas Ball
Assistant Professor of Linguistics (2009)
BA, University of Rochester; PhD, Stanford University.
Monica Barron
Professor of English* (1984)
BA, Wayne State University, Bedford College/University of London; MFA, Indiana University-Bloomington; PhD, University of Cincinnati.
Joseph Benevento
Professor of English* (1983)
BA, New York University; MA, Ohio State University; PhD, Michigan State University.
Heather Cianciola
Assistant Professor of English*, McNair Project Director (2007)
BA, Grove City College; MA, PhD, Duquesne University.
Jocelyn Cullity
Assistant Professor of English* (2014)
BS, University of Toronto; MA, University of Iowa; PhD, Florida State University.
James D’Agostino
Associate Professor of English* (2007)
BA, Loyola University of Chicago; MFA, Indiana University; PhD, Western Michigan University.
Adam Brooke Davis
Professor of English* (1991)
BA, MA, University of Michigan; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Sara Day
Assistant Professor of English* (2016)
BA, Loyola College; PhD, Texas A&M University.
Rebecca Dierking
Associate Professor of English Education* (2012)
BA, Central Methodist University; MSEd, Northwest Missouri State University; PhD, University of Missouri.
Christine Harker
Professor of English* (1998)
BA, MA, University of Victoria; PhD, University of California-Riverside.
M. Royce Kallerud
Professor of English* (1998)
BA, Kalamazoo College; MA, PhD, State University of New York-Buffalo.
David Leaton
Instructor in English; Director of the Writing Center (2008)
BA, MA, Northwest Missouri State University.
Robert Mielke
Professor of English* (1999)
BA, Marquette University; MA, PhD, Duke University; Graduate Study, Northeastern University.
Sarah Mohler
Assistant Professor of English* (2000)
BA, Northwestern University; PhD, Princeton University.
Linda Moore
Lecturer in English (1988)
BA, MA, PhD, University of Missouri.
Emily Long Olsen
Assistant Professor of Linguistics* (2019)
BA, The University of Pittsburgh; MA, M. Phil., PhD, City University of New York.
David Partenheimer
Professor of English* (1986)
BA, MA, PhD, University of Utah; Graduate Study, University of California-Riverside.
Natalia Partenheimer
Lecturer in English (2018)
Diploma de Licenta, Moldova State University; MA, Truman State University.
Summer Pennell
Assistant Professor of English* (2016)
BA, University of Washington; MA, University of Oregon; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Barbara Price
Professor of English Education* (2002)
BS, MA, Central Missouri State University; PhD, University of Iowa.
Gregory C. Richter
Professor of Linguistics (1983)
BA, University of California-Santa Cruz; MA, PhD, University of California-San Diego; Additional Studies, University of Göttingen-West Germany, University of Iceland-Reykjavík.
Priscilla Riggle
Professor of English* (1995)
BA, MA, Northeast Missouri State University; PhD, Bowling Green State University.
Edward Rogers
Instructor in English (2003)
BA, Buena Vista University; MA, Truman State University.
Mary Shapiro
English and Linguistics Department Chair; Professor of Linguistics* (1997)
AB, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of Texas at Austin.
Health & Exercise Sciences
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Jana Arabas
Instructor in Health and Exercise Sciences (2004)
BS, Northeast Missouri State University; M.Ed. William Woods University.
Jeffrey Arabas
Lecturer in Health and Exercise Sciences; Natatorium Director (1999)
BS, Central Connecticut State University; MA, Northern Arizona University.
Evonne Bird
Instructor in Health and Exercise Sciences (1995)
BS, Eastern Montana College; MS, Texas Tech University.
Michael Bird
Professor of Exercise Science* (1995)
BA, MS, Purdue University; PhD, University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
Michelle Boyd
Head Athletic Trainer; Lecturer in Exercise Science* (1994)
BS, University of Illinois-Urbana; MS, University of Pittsburgh.
Janice Clark
Professor of Health Science (2004)
BA, William Penn College; MS, Iowa State University; EdD, The University of Kansas.
Carolyn Cox
Professor of Health Science (1994)
BS, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania; MEd, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; PhD, The Pennsylvania State University.
Nancy D. Daley-Moore
Assistant Professor of Health and Exercise Sciences (2015)
BS, Mercer University; MPH, PhD, University of Georgia.
Cassandra DeBlauw
Assistant Athletic Trainer; Lecturer in Health and Exercise Sciences* (2005)
BS, Northwest Missouri State University; MS, North Dakota State University.
Roberta Donahue
Health and Exercise Science Department Chair; Professor of Health Science (2004)
BA, College of William and Mary; MEd, Northwestern State University; PhD, The University of Alabama.
Melody Jennings
Instructor in Health and Exercise Sciences* (1988)
BSE, MA, Northeast Missouri State University.
Elizabeth Jorn
Instructor in Health and Exercise Sciences (2000)
BS, MAE, Truman State University.
James Padfield
Professor of Exercise Science* (1996)
BS, MS, University of Utah; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Lance Ratcliff
Dean, School of Health Sciences and Education; Professor of Health and Exercise Sciences (2019)
BA, Lakeland College; MS, PhD, Auburn University.
Brandy Schneider
Assistant Professor of Health and Exercise Sciences; Director of Athletic Training Program* (2014)
BS, Truman State University; MS, University of Arkansas; EdD, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
Brian Snyder
Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Sciences (2011)
BS, Loras College; MS, PhD, Kansas State University.
Amanda Starks
Instructor in Health and Exercise Sciences (2015)
BA, Midland College; MA, University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Rolena Stephenson
Assistant Professor of Health and Exercise Sciences (2020)
BS, Truman State University; MA, University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Marc Becker
Professor of History* (1999)
BA, Bethel College, Kansas; MA, PhD, University of Kansas.
Kathryn Brammall
History Department Chair; Professor of History*; Managing Editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal (1997)
BA, MA, University of Alberta; PhD, Dalhousie University.
Huping Ling
Professor of History* (1991)
BA, Shanxi University; MA, University of Oregon; PhD, Miami University of Ohio.
Daniel Mandell
Professor of History* (1999)
BA, Humboldt State University; MA, University of Virginia, Tufts University; PhD, University of Virginia.
Jason McDonald
Assistant Professor of History* (2007)
BA, PhD, University of Southampton.
Stephanie Russell
Instructor in History (2014)
BA, Truman State University; MA, University of Kansas.
Torbjörn Wandel
Professor of History* (1999)
BA, Lund University, Sweden; MA, PhD, University of California, Irvine.
Sally West
Professor of History* (1995)
BA, State University of New York at Buffalo; MA, Yale University; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Libraries and Museums
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Lisa Glaubitz
Research and Instruction Librarian (1999)
BS, Northeast Missouri State University; MA, University of Missouri-Columbia; MA (LS), University of Missouri-Columbia.
Sharon Hackney
Media/Curriculum Librarian (1986)
BA, Northeast Missouri State University; MA (LS), University of Missouri-Columbia.
Amanda Langendoerfer
Associate Dean of Libraries for Special Collections and Museums (2005)
BA, William Woods University; MA(LS), University of Missouri-Columbia.
Annie Moots
Digital Collections Librarian (2017)
BA, Northeast Missouri State University; MA (LS), University of Missouri-Columbia.
Dan McGurk
Research and Instruction Librarian (2002)
BA, St. John Fisher College; MA (LS), University of Iowa; MS, Illinois State University.
Richard Pitaniello
Catalog and Metadata Librarian (2012)
BA, University of Mary Washington; MSLS, University of Kentucky.
Janet Romine
Associate Dean of Libraries for Research and Instruction (1999)
BA, Bowling Green State University; MLS, Indiana University.
Stephen Wynn
Associate Dean of Libraries for Technical Services and Systems (2000)
BA, Bartlesville Wesleyan College; MLS, University of Oklahoma.
Michael Adams
Professor of Mathematics* (1991)
BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; MS, Ohio State University; PhD, University of Wyoming.
Jay P. Belanger
Professor of Mathematics* (1993)
BS, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, Princeton University.
Donald J. Bindner
Assistant Professor of Mathematics*; Mathematics and Computer Science Computing Support (1998)
BS, Truman State University; PhD, University of Georgia.
Kevin Easley
Professor of Mathematics* (1985)
BS, Northeast Missouri State University; MA, University of Colorado-Boulder; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
David Garth
Professor of Mathematics* (2000)
BS, MS, Iowa State University; PhD, Kansas State University.
Eric Howard
Professor of Mathematics* (1991)
BS, California State University, Stanislaus; MA, PhD, University of California, Davis.
Todd Palumbo
Professor of Mathematics* (1994)
BA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Stephen Quinn
Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2017)
BS, Truman State University; MA, PhD, University of Missouri.
Pam Ryan
Professor of Mathematics (2000)
BS, South Dakota State University; MS, PhD, Iowa State University.
Philip Ryan
Professor of Mathematics (1999)
BSc, MSc, Australian National University; PhD, University of California-Berkeley.
Susan Scheurer
Mathematics Department Chair; Professor of Mathematics* (1995)
BSE, MA, Northeast Missouri State University; PhD, University of Iowa.
Steven J. Smith
Professor of Mathematics (1988)
BS, North Dakota State University; MS, PhD, Oregon State University.
Anthony Matthew Vazzana
Professor of Mathematics* (1998)
BS, University of Notre Dame; MS, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Dana Ruther Vazzana
Director of The Faculty Professional Development Center; Professor of Mathematics* (1998)
BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Vanessa Williams
Instructor in Mathematics (2014)
BS, MS, Pittsburg State University.
Lieutenant Colonel David M. Ward
Military Science Department Chair; Professor of Military Science (2018)
BS, Southwest Baptist University; MPA, Texas A&M.
Elaine AuBuchon
Lecturer in Music (2003)
BS, BM, University of Missouri-Columbia; MM, Northwestern University.
Tim A. AuBuchon
Assistant Professor of Music (2002)
BM, University of Missouri-Columbia; MM, Northwestern University.
Jay C. Bulen
Professor of Music* (1995)
BFA, California Institute of the Arts; MM, Arizona State University; DMA, University of Washington.
Michael R. Bump
Professor of Music* (2000)
BME, University of Memphis (TN); MM, DMA, University of Illinois.
Jacqueline L. Collett
Professor of Music* (1992)
BM, University of Texas, El Paso; MM, DMA, University of Arizona.
Eric Dickson
Assistant Professor of Music (2016)
BA, Minnesota State University; MM, DM, Indiana University.
Maxwell Gerhart
Lecturer in Music (2019)
BM, Ohio University; MM, University of Kansas.
Charles Gran
Music Department Chair; Professor of Music* (2008)
BM, California State University; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Mark Jennings
Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities* (2003)
BA, St. Olaf College; MM, Michigan State University; PhD, Florida State University.
Jesse Krebs
Professor of Music (2005)
BME, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; MM, University of North Texas; DM, The Florida State University.
Brian Kubin
Associate Professor of Music (2007)
BM, North Park University; MM, Northwestern University; DMA, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Victor Marquez-Barrios
Assistant Professor of Music* (2015)
BM, University Institute of Music-Caracas, Venezuela; MM, DMA, Michigan State University.
Sam J. McClure
Professor of Music* (1998)
BM, Eastman School of Music; MM, Ohio University School of Music; DMA, Michigan State University School of Music.
David W. McKamie
Professor of Music* (1983)
BM, MM, University of North Texas; DMA, University of Kansas.
Shirley McKamie
Instructor in Music (1994)
BM, University of North Texas; MA, Truman State University.
Patricia Mickey
Assistant Professor of Music (1996)
BA, California State University-Fresno; MM, Kansas State University.
Julianna Moore
Professor of Music (1989)
BM, University of Tennessee; MM, Florida State University; DMA, University of Iowa.
Lok Ng
Assistant Professor of Music (2013)
BA, MM, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; DMA, University of North Texas.
Stephen Parsons
Dean, School of Arts and Letters (2020)
BME, Oral Roberts University; MM, DMA, University of Kansas.
Curran G. Prendergast
Assistant Professor of Music*; Director of Bands (2014)
BA, Central College; MA, University of Iowa; DMA, University of Georgia.
Jocelyn Prendergast
Assistant Professor of Music* (2014)
BME, Butler University; MA, MM, University of Minnesota; DMA, University of Georgia.
Marc Rice
Professor of Music* (1999)
BM, Northern Kentucky University; MM, New England Conservatory; PhD, University of Kentucky.
Brenda Austin
Assistant Professor of Nursing (2016)
ADN, North Central Missouri College; BSN, University of Missouri-Columbia; MSN, Walden University.
Deborah Coulson
Assistant Professor of Nursing (2017)
BSN, Arizona State University; MS, University of Central Missouri.
Nola Martz
Assistant Professor of Nursing (2020)
BSN, MSN, University of Missouri-Columbia; EdD, William Woods University.
Pamela Melvin
Associate Professor of Nursing (2006)
BSN, Truman State University; MSN, University of Central Missouri.
Teak Nelson
Professor of Nursing (2002)
BSN, University of Missouri-Columbia; MSN, University of Michigan; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Jana Ogden
Assistant Professor of Nursing (2017)
BSN, Truman State University; MSN, MBA, University of Phoenix.
Albien Rafael Tubongbanua
Instructor of Nursing (2017)
BSN, MN, University of St. La Salle.
Brenda Wheeler
Associate Professor of Nursing (2000)
BSN, University of Kansas; MSN, University of Missouri-Columbia; PhD, Nova Southeastern University.
Alison Winston
Assistant Professor of Nursing (2016)
BSN, University of Iowa; MSN, Graceland University.
Philosophy & Religion
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Natalie Alexander
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion (1993)
BA, Beloit College; MA, PhD, Northwestern University.
W. Michael Ashcraft
Professor of Philosophy and Religion (1996)
BA, University of Tennessee; MDiv, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; MA, PhD, University of Virginia.
Dereck M. Daschke
Professor of Philosophy & Religion (2000)
BA, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; MA, PhD, University of Chicago.
Ding-hwa E. Hsieh
Philosophy and Religion Department Chair; Professor of Philosophy and Religion (1998)
BA, National Taiwan University; MA, University of California, Santa Barbara; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Jennifer G. Jesse
Professor of Philosophy and Religion (2000)
BA, Kent State University; MA, Butler University; MDiv, Christian Theological University; PhD, University of Chicago.
Chad Mohler
Professor of Philosophy and Religion (1999)
BA, University of Notre Dame; PhD, Princeton University.
Stephen R. Pollard
Professor of Philosophy (1985)
BA, Haverford College-Pennsylvania; PhD, University of Texas-Austin.
Taner Edis
Professor of Physics* (2000)
BS, Bogazici University (Turkey); MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University.
Michael Goggin
Professor of Physics* (1998)
BS, Oakland University; PhD, University of Arkansas.
Vayujeet Gokhale
Associate Professor of Physics* (2007)
BS, MS, University of Bombay; PhD, Louisiana State University.
Rasanjali Jayathissa
Assistant Professor of Physics* (2020)
BS, MS, University of Peradeniya; PhD, Western Michigan Unversity.
Ian M. Lindevald
Physics Department Chair; Professor of Physics* (1992)
BA, Gettysburg College; PhD, Case Western Reserve University.
Samuel Ling
Professor of Physics* (1990)
BSc (Hons), The University of Burdwan, India; MSc, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India; PhD, Boston University.
Timothy Wiser
Assistant Professor of Physics (2018)
BA, Washington University; PhD, Stanford University.
Political Science and International Relations
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Margaret Edwards
Assistant Professor of Political Science (2012)
BA, University of Georgia; MA, University of New Mexico; PhD, University of New Mexico.
Randy L. Hagerty
Political Science and International Relations Department Chair; Professor of Political Science (1990)
BA, MA, Texas Tech University; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Paul E. Parker
Professor of Political Science (1988)
BA, Pacific Lutheran University; MA, PhD, University of Maryland-College Park.
John Quinn
Professor of Political Science (1996)
BA, St. Vincent College; MA, CPhil, PhD, University of California-Los Angeles.
Michael Rudy
Associate Professor of Political Science (2009)
BS, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville; MA, Eastern Illinois University; PhD, University of Missouri.
Candy C. Young
Professor of Political Science* (1980)
BA, Columbia College; MA, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Sal Costa
Assistant Professor of Psychology (1971)
BSE, MA, Northeast Missouri State University; Graduate Study, Monterrey Institute of Technology-Mexico; Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
Yuna L. Ferguson
Associate Professor of Psychology (2014)
BA, Knox College; MA, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Mark Hatala
Professor of Psychology (1994)
BS, Miami University of Ohio; MS, PhD, Ohio University.
Katherine A. Judd
Assistant Professor of Psychology (2017)
BS, Truman State University; MA, PhD, University of Missouri-Saint Louis.
Terry Palmer
Professor of Psychology (1992)
BS, Henderson State University; MA, PhD, University of California-Riverside.
Ashley K. Ramsey
Assistant Professor of Psychology (2015)
BS, Truman State University; MA, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Fredric Shaffer
Professor of Psychology (1975)
BA, Claremont Men’s College; MS, PhD, Oklahoma State University.
Susan L. Thomas
University President; Professor of Psychology (2014)
BA, Allegheny College; MA, MBA, University of Missouri-Columbia; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Robert Tigner
Psychology Department Chair; Professor of Psychology (1996)
BA, Hanover College; MA, PhD, Ohio State University.
Jeffrey R. Vittengl
Professor of Psychology (2001)
BS, MA, PhD, University of Iowa.
Karen L. Vittengl
Professor of Psychology (1999)
BA, Hanover College; MA, PhD, University of Nebraska.
Sociology/Anthropology and Justice Systems
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Elizabeth Barnes-Wiles
Assistant Professor of Justice Systems (2018)
BS, Truman State University; JD, University of Missouri School of Law.
Anton Daughters
Associate Professor of Anthropology (2012)
BA, University of New Mexico; MA, PhD, University of Arizona.
Harold Arlen Egley, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Justice Systems (2013)
BS, Truman State University; MA, PhD, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Amber Johnson
Sociology/Anthropology and Justice Systems Department Chair; Professor of Anthropology (2001)
BA, Rice University; MA, PhD, Southern Methodist University.
Victoria Mayer
Assistant Professor of Sociology (2015)
BA, Cornell University; MA, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Brian Ott
Assistant Professor of Sociology (2017)
BS, MS, Illinois State University; PhD, University of Oregon.
Kristin Rose
Assistant Professor of Justice Systems (2020)
BS, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; MA, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; PhD, Northeastern University.
Nina Smith
Assistant Professor of Sociology (2019)
BS, University of Missouri-Columbia; MAEd, Washington University; MEd, George Mason University; PhD, American University.
K. Scott Alberts
Professor of Mathematics* (2000)
BA, BMus, Oberlin College; MS, PhD, Northwestern University.
Kristen Anguiano
Lecturer in Statistics (2015)
BA, University of Kentucky; PhD, University of Iowa.
Tetyana Beregovska
Assistant Professor of Statistics (2017)
MA, PhD, University of Missouri.
Keshab R. Dahal
Instructor of Statistics (2019)
MS, Tribhuvan University; PhD, Central Michigan University.
Dean DeCock
Professor of Mathematics* (2001)
BS, Iowa State University; MS, University of Iowa; PhD, Iowa State University.
Angelita Garth
Instructor in Statistics (2010)
BS, MS, Iowa State University.
Hyun-Joo Kim
Statistics Department Chair, Professor of Mathematics* (2000)
BS, Ducksung Women’s University; MA, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Jeonghwa Lee
Assistant Professor of Statistics (2019)
BA, MA, Ewha Women’s University; PhD, Michigan State University.
Shanshan Lv
Assistant Professor of Statistics (2019)
BS, GuiZhou University; MS, Southeast Missouri State University; PhD, University of Louisiana.
Carol Thatcher
Professor of Mathematics (1999)
BS, College of William and Mary; MS, PhD, University of Virginia.
Scott Thatcher
Associate Professor of Mathematics* (2000)
BA, Carleton College; MS, PhD, Northwestern University.
Randall Bame
Lecturer in Theatre, Fine Arts Facilities Manager (2000)
BA, Northeast Missouri State University; MFA, Ohio University.
Brad Carlson
Assistant Professor of Theatre (2019)
BA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; MFA, University of Northern Iowa.
David Charles Goyette
Theatre Department Chair (2008)
BFA, Carnegie Mellon University; MFA, University of Texas at Austin.
Dana Smith
Professor of Theatre (1999)
BA, Ouachita Baptist University; MA, University of Arkansas; PhD, University of Oregon at Eugene.
Michelle Winchester
Assistant Professor of Theater (2016)
BA, Minot State University; MFA, University of South Dakota.
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