Mar 29, 2024  
Graduate Catalog 2012-13 
    
Graduate Catalog 2012-13 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Faculty M to R


Faculty

A-F      G-L      M-R    S-Z 

Maatman, Janice, 2001, Faculty Specialist II, Public Affairs and Administration
B.A. Hope; M.Div., Princeton

MacDonald, Frederick F., 1986, Associate Professor of Social Work
B.S.M., Mannes College; M.S.W., Ph.D., Tennessee

Machiorlatti, Jennifer, 2004, Associate Professor of Communication
B.A., M.A., Michigan; Ph.D., Wayne State

Mackey, D. Steven, 2008, Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Delaware; M.A., SUNY (Buffalo); Ph.D. Manchester (U.K.)

Mackey, Niloufer, 1994, Professor of Mathematics
M.A., M.S., Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)

Maier, Paul L., 1959, Professor of History
B.A., B.D., Concordia Seminary; M.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Basel

Malcolm, Stephen B., 1991, Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Manchester (U.K.); M.S., Rhodes (South Africa); Ph.D., Oxford (U.K.)

Mallak, Larry A., 1993, Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
B.S., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Malott, Richard W., 1966, Professor of Psychology
B.A., Indiana; Ph.D., Columbia

Mangla, Inayat, 1985, Professor of Finance and Commercial Law
B.A., M.A., Panjab (Pakistan); M.A., McMaster (Canada); Ph.D., Michigan State

Manley, R. Adam, 2009, Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.S., M.S., Ferris State; Ph.D., Virginia Technological

Manning-Walsh, Juanita, 2000, Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Michigan; M.S.N., Grand Valley State; Ph.D., Michigan

Martini, Edwin A., 2005, Associate Professor of History
B.S., Pitzer College; Ph.D., Maryland (College Park)

Martino, John R., 1993, Professor of Mathematics
B.S., George Mason; M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern

Mathews, Gary R., 1976, Professor of Social Work
B.A., Cincinnati; M.S.W., Wayne State; Ph.D., Western Michigan

McCardle, Michael W., 2004, Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.A., Jacksonville; M.A., Alabama; Ph.D., Central Florida

McCrumb, Dennis, 2005, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology
B.S., Western Michigan; M.S., Ed.S., Ed.D., Indiana

McDonnell, Kelly A., 2000, Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
B.A., Franklin and Marshall; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana

McGee, Heather, 2004, Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan

McGrew, Timothy J., 1995, Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Scranton; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt

McGurn, Arthur R., 1980, Professor of Physics
B.A., Ph.D., California (Santa Barbara)

McKean, Joseph W., 1978, Professor of Statistics
B.S., Geneva College; M.S., Arizona; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

McKittrick, Casey, 2005, Master Faculty Specialist, English
B.A., Rice; M.A., Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

McLaughlin, Jerry E., 2001, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
B.S., Central Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan

Meade, David, 2004, Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering
B.S., Lake Superior State; M.S., St. Thomas; Ph.D., Western Michigan

Meng, Lei, 2011, Assistant Professor of Geography
B.S., Najing; M.S., China Agricultural; M.S., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); Ph.D., Texas A & M

Merati, Parviz, 1986, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
B.S., Abadan Institute of Technology (Iran); M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); P.E.

Merrion, Margaret, 2000, Dean, College of Fine Arts and Professor of Music
B.A., Chicago State; M.A., Ph.D., Missouri (Columbia)

Metro-Roland, Dennis, 2008, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies
B.A., Loyola Marymount; M.A., Indiana; Ph.D., Illinois (Bloomington)

Metwalli, Ali, 1985, Professor of Finance and Commercial Law
B.Comm., AIN Shams University (Egypt); M.B.A., Siena College; Ph.D., St. Louis

Meyer, Donald J., 1991, Professor and Chair of Economics
B.A., Michigan State; Ph.D., Texas A & M

Mezei, Gellert, 2007, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., M.S., Babes-Bolyai (Romania); Ph.D., Puerto Rico

Michael, Timothy J., 2000, Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
B.S., Temple; M.S., Texas Christian; Ph.D., Pittsburgh

Mickus, Maureen, 2006, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.S., Southern California; Ph.D., Northwestern

Millar, Michael, 2002, Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Denison; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan

Miller, Berit G., 1997, Master Faculty Specialist, Occupational Therapy
B.S., M.S., Western Michigan

Miller, Damon, 1997, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S., M.Engr., Ph.D., Louisville

Miller, John B., 1995, Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Harvard; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Miller, Michael, 1999, Associate Professor of Music
B.M., M.A., Denver; D.M.A., Eastman

Miller, Michael G., 2002, Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
B.S., California Univ of Pennsylvania; M.S., Ed.D., West Virginia

Mingus, Matthew S., 1998, Professor of Public Affairs and Administration
B.A., Denver; M.P.A., Victoria; Ph.D., Colorado (Denver)

Mingus, Tabitha, 1998, Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Western Michigan; M.A., Central Michigan; Ph.D., Northern Colorado

Minnick, Lisa, 2004, Associate Professor of English
M.A., Ph.D., Georgia

Mo, Yirong, 2002, Professor of Chemistry
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Xiamen, China

Moe, Angela, 2002, Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Wisconsin (Eau Claire); M.S., Wisconsin (Milwaukee); Ph.D., Arizona State

Montgomery, David, 2004, Faculty Specialist II, Music
B.M., Boston; M.M., Kansas State

Montilla, Patricia, 2000, Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago

Moonert, Judy, 1981, Professor of Music
B.M., M.M., Indiana University

Morgan, Daniel, 2009, Professor and Chair, Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies
B.A., Western Michigan; M.S., Michigan State; Ph.D., Florida State

Morris, Joseph R., 1984, Professor of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
B.A., Central State (Ohio); M.A., Ph.D., Michigan

Moser, Christine, 2005, Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Missouri (Columbia); M.A., Ph.D., Cornell

 

Muchmore, James, 1998, Associate Professor of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Studies
B.S., M.Ed., Vanderbilt; Ph.D., Michigan

Mughazy, Mustafa, 2003, Associate Professor of Arabic
B.A., Alexandria (Egypt); M.A., Georgia State; M.A., Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Mukherjee, Debasri, 2002, Associate Professor of Economics
B.Sc., M.Sc., Calcutta; Ph.D., California (Riverside)

Munley, Patrick H., 1999, Professor and Chair, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
B.S., Seton Hall; M.A., Ph.D., Maryland

Murray, James M., 2007, Director of the Medieval Institute and Professor of History
B.M., University of the Pacific; Ph.D., Northwestern

Naghshineh, Koorosh, 1994, Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
B.S., M.S., Louisiana State; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State; P.E.

Nagle, Christopher C., 2001, Associate Professor of English
B.A. Albright; M.A., Virginia; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)

Naranjo, Joshua, 1989, Professor of Statistics
B.S., M.S., Philippines; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

Nash, Ilana, 2003, Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., California (Los Angeles); Ph.D., Bowling Green

Naugle, Amy E., 2000, Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A. St. Thomas; Ph.D., Nevada (Reno)

Neill, Jon R., 1980, Professor of Economics
B.A., Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Pittsburgh

Nelson, J. Donald, 1970, Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Kentucky

Nelson, Nickola W., 1981, Professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Wichita State

Nelson, Nina M., 1982, Professor of Dance
A.B., Smith College; M.F.A., Case Western Reserve; Laban Movement Analysis/Bartenieff Fundamentals Certification; Dancer Specific Conditioning

Nelson, Regena Fails, 1994, Professor of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Studies
B.S., Loyola (Chicago); Ph.D., Michigan

Newell, Stephen J., 2002, Professor of Marketing
B.B.A., Michigan State; M.B.A., Indiana; Ph.D., Florida State

Nibert, Holly, 1999, Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Niewiadomska-Bugaj, Magdalena, 2001, Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics
M.S., Warsaw; Ph.D., Mickiewicz University (Poland)

Nissen, Thisbe, 2010, Associate Professor of English
B.A., Oberlin; M.F.A., Iowa

Northouse, Peter G., 1974, Professor of Communication
B.A., M.A., Michigan State; Ph.D., Denver

Obare, Sherine, 2003, Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., West Virginia State; Ph.D., South Carolina

Ofori-Amoah, Benjamin, 2006, Professor and Chair, Department of Geography
B.A., Ghana; M.Sc., University of Science and Technology (Kumasai, Ghana); M.A., Exeter (U.K.); Ph.D., Simon Fraser (Canada)

Ogbomo, Onaiwu W., 2006, Professor of Africana Studies and History
B.A., Maiduguri (Nigeria); M.A., Ibadan (Nigeria); Ph.D., Dalhousie (Canada)

Oh, Jun-Seok, 2004, Associate Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering
B.Sc., M.Eng., Hanyang (Korea); Ph.D., California (Irvine)

Ohanna, Natalio, 2009, Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)

Olsen, William C., 1988, Professor of English
B.A., Drake; M.F.A., Arizona, Ph.D., Houston

Omilion-Hodges, Leah, 2011, Assistant Professor of Communication
B.A., M.A., Grand Valley State; Ph.D., Wayne State

Orbe, Mark P., 1997, Professor of Communication and Gender and Women’s Studies
B.S., Ohio; M.A., Connecticut; Ph.D., Ohio

Orchanian, David, 1998, Master Faculty Specialist, Occupational Therapy
B.S., Western Michigan; M.P.A., Long Island

Owen, Ginger, 2003, Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., Central Florida; M.F.A., Louisiana State

Oxhandler, Richard M., 1978, Professor, Counseling and Testing Center
B.A., Harpur College; M.S., Syracuse; Ed.D., Western Michigan

Palan, Kay M., 2010, Dean, Haworth College of Business and Professor of Marketing
B.S., Winona State; M.B.A., Moorhead State; Ph.D., Texas Tech

Palmer, Timothy, 2000, Professor of Management
B.S.F., New Hampshire; M.B.A., Northern Arizona; Ph.D., Arizona State

Palmitessa, James R., 1997, Associate Professor of History
M.A., Boston College; B.A., Ph.D., New York

Palthe, Jennifer, 2000, Associate Professor of Management
B.S., Cape Town (South Africa); Ph.D., Michigan State

Pancella, Paul V., 1990, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics
B.A., St. Louis; M.A., Ph.D., Rice

Parker, Betty J., 1996, Professor of Marketing
B.A., Purdue/Madrid (Spain); M.A.S., Illinois (Chicago); Ph.D., Missouri

Pastrana-Pérez, Pablo, 2002, Associate Professor of Spanish
Diplomatura, U. de Valladolid; B.A., Western Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)

Patten, John, 2003, Professor and Chair, Department of Manufacturing Engineering
B.M.E., General Motors Institute; M.S., Oakland; Ph.D., North Carolina

Paul, Annegret, 1999, Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Ph.D., Maryland

Paul, Rajib, 2008, Assistant Professor of Statistics
B.S., Calcutta (India); M.S., Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D.., Ohio State

Paulius, Lisa, 1993, Professor of Physics
A.B., Chicago; M.S., Ph.D., California (San Diego)

Pavlik, Carolyn, 2004, Associate Professor of Dance
B.A., Texas (Austin); M.F.A., Washington

Pearl, Christopher A., 2009, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Saint Mary’s College of California; M.S., Pacific; Ph.D., California (Davis)

Pekarovicova, Alexandra, 1999, Professor of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging
M.Sc., Ph.D., Slovak Technical

Pence, Dennis D., 1984, Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Purdue

Pérez de la Cruz, Mariola, 2001, Master Faculty Specialist, Spanish
Licenciature, Ph.D., Universidad de Alcalá (Spain)

Perryman-Clark, Staci, 2010, Assistant Professor of English and Gender and Women’s Studies
B.A., Michigan; M.A., Eastern Michigan; Ph.D., Michigan State

Petcovic, Heather L., 2004, Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Science Education
B.A., Northampton; M.S., Ph.D., Oregon (Corvallis)

Peters, Robert, 1993, Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Administration
B.A., Elizabethtown; M.S., Texas; Ph.D., Michigan




 

 

Peterson, Craig A., 1992, Professor of Finance and Commercial Law
B.S., M.B.A., St. Cloud; Ph.D., Arkansas

Peterson, Mary E., 2005, Faculty Specialist II, Speech Pathology and Audiology
B.S., M.A., Western Michigan; Au.D., Florida

Peterson, Sharon L., 2011, Faculty Specialist II, Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
B.S., M.A., Ed.D., Western Michigan

Peterson, Stephanie M., 2009, Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Iowa

Petrovic, Srdjan, 1996, Professor of Mathematics
B.A., M.S., Belgrade; Ph.D., Michigan

Phillips, Elaine, 1987, Professor, Counseling and Testing Center
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan

Piazza, Susan, 2005, Assistant Professor of Special Education and Literacy Studies
B.A., B.Ed., Windsor; M.Ed., Ph.D., Wayne State

Pietras, Cynthia J., 2003, Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida

Pillsbury, Gerald, 1993, Associate Professor of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies
B.A., Pomona; M.A., California (Los Angeles); Ph.D., Chicago

Pingali, Kalyana Chakravarthy, 2011, Assistant Professor of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging
B.S., Osmania (India); M.B.A., Maduri Kamaraj (India); M.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., New Mexico State

Poling, Alan, 1978, Professor of Psychology
B.A., Alderson-Broaddus College; M.A., West Virginia; Ph.D., Minnesota

Poppink, Sue, 2001, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology
B.A., Hope; M.P.P., Michigan; Ph.D., Michigan State

Pozo, Susan, 1982, Professor of Economics
B.A., Barnard College; Ph.D., Michigan State

Prewitt, Kenneth, 2006, Associate Professor of Music
B.A., M.A., Bob Jones; D.M.A., South Carolina

Prieto, Diana M., 2011, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
B.S., M.S., Universidad del Norte (Colombia); M.A., Ph.D., South Florida

Pritchard, Michael S., 1968, Co-Director, Center for Philosophy and Critical Thinking in the Schools; Co-Director, Center for the Study of Ethics in Society; and Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Alma; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)

Propp, Kathleen, 1999, Associate Professor of Communication
B.S., M.A., Mankato State; Ph.D., Iowa

Pyenson, Lewis Robert, 2006, Professor of History
B.A., Swarthmore; M.S., Wyoming; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

Qi, Dewei, 1995, Professor of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging
B.S., Light Industrial Institute of Beijing; M.S., Science and Technology of China; Ph.D., Waterloo

Quraeshi, Zahir Ahmed, 1978, Professor of Marketing
B.S., Karachi (Pakistan); B.S., Indiana Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Ph.D., Michigan State

Raaberg, Gwen, 1990, Professor of English and Gender and Women’s Studies
B.A., William and Mary; M.A., California State (Fullerton); Ph.D., California (Irvine)

Ramrattan, Sam N., 1992, Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
B.S., M.S., Wisconsin; Ph.D., Iowa State

Rao, Shaila M., 2003, Associate Professor of Special Education and Literacy Studies
B.S., Karnatak (India); M.A., Nanyang Technological (Singapore); Ph.D., Arkansas

Ratner, Carl, 2001, Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Oberlin; M.A., Northeastern Illinois

Ravotas, Doris J., 2008, Assistant Professor of Blindness and Low Vision Studies
B.A., Olivet Nazarene; M.A., Adams State; Ph.D., Michigan Technological

Rawls, Glinda, 2007, Assistant Professor, Counseling and Testing Center
B.A., DePaul; M.E., Grand Valley State; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan

Ray, G. Thomas, 1992, Associate Professor of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies
B.A., Willamette; M.S.Ed., Oregon College of Education; Ph.D., Oregon

Razi, Muhammad A., 2000, Associate Professor of Business Information Systems
B.S., Bangladesh U. of Engineering and Technology; M.B.A., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth

Rea, Alan, 1997, Professor of Business Information Systems
B.A., Pennsylvania State; M.A., Youngstown State; M.S., Maryland (Baltimore County); Ph.D., Bowling Green

Reck, Robert F., 1986, Professor of Marketing
B.B.A., Western Michigan; M.B.A., Ph.D., Michigan State

Reeser, Linda C., 1981, Professor of Social Work
B.A., M.S.W., Temple; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr

Reeves, Patricia, 2005, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology
B.A., M.A., Ed.D., Western Michigan

Reinhold, David S., 1993, Associate Provost of Assessment and Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences
B.S., Muskingum; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Institute

Rhodes, Steven C., 1975, Professor of Communication
B.A., Colorado State; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

Richter, David, 2004, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., St. Cloud; Ph.D., Minnesota

Rienzo, Thomas, 2007, Faculty Specialist II, Business Information Systems
B.S., Cornell; M.B.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan

Ro, Kapseong, 2003, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
B.S., M.S., Drexel; Ph.D., Maryland

Rodriguez, Jorge, 1996, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
B.S., M.S., Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores (Mexico); M.S., Ph.D., Wisconsin; M.B.A., Rutgers

Roederer, Silvia, 1989, Professor of Music
B.M., Eastman; M.M., D.M.A., Southern California

Rojhani, Arezoo, 1996, Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.A., Maine (Presque Isle); M.Sc., Ph.D., Nebraska (Lincoln)

Rose, Wendy, 1993, Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Toronto; M.M., D.M.A., Michigan

Rosenthal, Alvin, 1984, Associate Professor of Physics
B.A., Ph.D., Colorado (Boulder)

Rossbach, Silvia, 1995, Professor of Biological Sciences
M.S., Münster (Germany); Ph.D., Cologne and Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding (Germany)

Roth, Edward, 2000, Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Western Michigan; M.M., Colorado State

Rubin, Eli, 2004, Associate Professor of History
B.A., Swarthmore; M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)

Rudge, David W., 1999, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Duke; M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Pittsburgh

Ruhl, Jack M., 1993, Associate Dean, Haworth College of Business and Professor of Accountancy
B.A., M.S.A., Western Michigan; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve

Running-Johnson, Cynthia, 1986, Professor of French and Gender and Women’s Studies 
B.A., Luther College (Iowa); M.A., Ph.D., Wisconsin

Ryan, Michael J., 2000, Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., St. Norbert; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana

Ryan, Patrick J., 2002, Faculty Specialist II, Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
B.S., M.A., Western Michigan

Rypma, Judith, 2004, Master Faculty Specialist, English
M.F.A., Western Michigan