Graduate Faculty

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees consists of 11 members—nine voting members and two student nonvoting members. The nine voting members are appointed one each year for nine-year terms by the governor of Ohio, with advice and consent of the Senate. A term expires on the last day of February of the year listed. The two student nonvoting members are appointed for two-year staggered terms by the governor, with advice and consent of the Senate. The date in parentheses indicates the year of appointment.

Officers

Roger L. Howe
Chair

Fred G. Wall
Vice Chair

Laurel A. Dawson
Secretary

Chandra R. Shah
Treasurer

Members

2004 (1995) Roger L. Howe
B.S.Bus., LL.D., Cincinnati

2005 (1996) Richard T. Farmer
B.S.Bus., LL.D., Cincinnati

2006 (1997) Chandra R. Shah
B.S.C.E., M.S.S.E., M.B.A., Cincinnati

2007 (1998) Laurel A. Dawson
A.B., A.B.I.T.S., Columbus

2008 (1999) Kathleen M. Zouhary
A.B., J.D., Toledo

2009 (2000) Lolita M. McDavid
A.B., M.P.A., M.D., Shaker Heights

2010 (2001) Fred G. Wall
B.S., Bus., Springfield

2011 (2002) Jay L. Henderson
B.S., Bus., Chagrin Falls

2012 (2003) Richard K. Smucker
B.S., Bus., M.B.A., Orrville

Student Members

2004 (2002) Elizabeth M. Shurell
Berea

2005 (2003) Samuel J. DiSalvo
Dublin

Note: The year immediately after a name indicates the first year of employment (or most current starting date of uninterrupted employment) by the university.

Executive Officers of Administration

James C. Garland (1996)
President; Professor, Physics
A.B., Princeton, 1964; Ph.D., Cornell, 1969.

Ronald A. Crutcher (1999)
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor, Music
B.M., Miami, 1969; Certificate in Musicology, Bonn (Germany), 1973; Diploma, State Academy of Music (Germany), 1976; M.M.A., Yale, 1972; D.M.A., 1979.

Richard M. Norman (1999)
Vice President for Finance and Business Services and Treasurer
B.A., Morehead State, 1966; M.B.A., Dayton, 1973.

J. Reid Christenberry (2003)
Vice President for Information Technology
B.S., Furman, 1970; M.S., North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1975.

Richard L. Nault (1983)
Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
B.S., Ohio Wesleyan, 1964; Ph.D., Chicago, 1974.

Jayne E. Irvin (2000)
Vice President for University Advancement
A.B., Washington University, 1981; J.D., Washburn University School of Law, 1984.

Stephen D. Snyder (1973)
Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Executive Assistant to the President
A.B., Miami, 1973; M.B.A., 1975.

Deans and Campus Executive Directors

College of Arts and Science
John H. Skillings (1976)
Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
B.S., Manchester, 1969; M.S., Miami, 1971; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1975.

Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration
Roger L. Jenkins (2002)
Professor, Marketing
B.S., Berea College, 1968; M.B.A., East Tennessee State, 1970;
Ph.D., Ohio State, 1976.

School of Education and Allied Professions
Barbara R. Schirmer (2001)
Professor, Educational Psychology
B.S., S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, 1970; M.Ed., Pittsburgh, 1971;
Ed.D., S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, 1983.

School of Engineering and Applied Science
Marek Dollár (2000)
Professor, Manufacturing Engineering
B.S., Stanislaw Staszic (Poland), 1974; M.S., 1975; Ph.D., 1981.

School of Fine Arts
Curtis W. Ellison (1970) (Interim Dean)
Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies; Interim Director, McGuffey Museum.
B.A., Alabama, 1965; M.A., Minnesota, 1967; Ph.D., 1970.

School of Interdisciplinary Studies (Western College Program)
William J. Gracie Jr. (1969)
Professor, English
B.A., San Francisco State, 1965; M.A., Northwestern, 1966; Ph.D., 1969.

Graduate School
John M. Hughes (1981)
Associate Provost; Professor, Geology
A.B., Franklin and Marshall, 1974; A.M., Dartmouth, 1978; Ph.D., 1981.

University Librarian
Judith A. Sessions (1988)
Professor, Library Administration
B.A., Central Florida, 1970; M.S.L.S., Florida State, 1971.

John E. Dolibois European Center
Ekkehard F.R. Stiller (1989)
Professor, Management
B.A., McMaster (Ontario), 1969; M.A., Hawaii, 1970; Ph.D., 1975.

Miami University Hamilton
Daniel Hall (2003)
B.S., Indiana, 1985; J.D., Washburn University School of Law, 1988; Ed.D., Central Florida, 1999

Miami University Middletown
Michael P. Governanti (1986)
B.A., S.U.N.Y. at Albany, 1966; M.S., 1967;
Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1980.

Graduate School

John M. Hughes (1981)
Dean; Associate Provost; Professor, Geology
A.B., Franklin and Marshall, 1974; A.M., Dartmouth, 1978; Ph.D., 1981.

Cheryl B. Evans (1984)
Associate Dean; Associate Professor, Family Studies and Social Work; Affiliate: Black World Studies; University Marshal
B.S., Howard, 1973; M.Ed., Miami, 1974; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1978.

Cyndi Stevens
Assistant to the Dean

Graduate Council
Graduate Council is composed of 12 faculty members elected by the graduate faculty and three graduate students selected by the Graduate Student Association. The council works with administrative officers in establishing policies and procedures affecting graduate education, reviewing new courses and curricula, and maintaining standards for all programs.

Graduate Program

Academic Departments and Chairs

Accountancy
John Cumming (1977)
B.A., Michigan State, 1966; M.B.A., 1967; Ph.D., Illinois, 1973.

Anthropology
Linda F. Marchant (1989)
B.A., Rutgers, 1973; M.A., 1978; Ph.D., 1981.

Architecture and Interior Design
Robert A. Benson (1985)
B.A., Kansas, 1966; M.A., Michigan, 1969; Ph.D., 1987.

Art
Jerry W. Morris (1973)
A.B., Marshall, 1965; M.A., 1966; Ed.D., Pennsylvania State, 1973.

Botany
Linda Watson (1995)
B.S., Louisiana State (Shreveport), 1982; Ph.D., Oklahoma (Norman), 1989.

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Michael Novak (1986)
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1972; Ph.D., Cornell, 1977.

Communication
Gary M. Shulman (1980) (Interim Chair)
B.A., Lehman College, 1971; M.A., Purdue, 1973; Ph.D., 1976.

Comparative Religion
Peter W. Williams (1970) (Acting Chair)
B.A., Harvard, 1965; M.A., Yale, 1967; M.Phil., 1968; Ph.D., 1970.

Computer Science and Systems Analysis
Douglas A. Troy (1983)
B.S., Miami, 1974; M.S., Ohio State, 1981; Ph.D., Waikato (New Zealand), 1995.

Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems
David Chi-Chung Yen (1985)
B.E., National Taiwan, 1976; M.S., Chinese Culture, 1978; M.B.A., Central State (Oklahoma), 1981; B.S., 1982; Ph.D., Nebraska, 1985.

Economics
John D. Ferguson (1970)
B.Ch.E., Rensselaer, 1962; M.S., 1967; Ph.D., Brown, 1974.

Educational Leadership
Kate Rousmaniere (1992) (Interim Chair)
B.A., Oberlin, 1981; M.A., Toronto, 1984; Ph.D., Columbia, 1992.

Educational Psychology
Alex Thomas (1990)
B.A., Toledo, 1966; Ph.D., 1976.

English
Keith W. Tuma (1988)
B.A., Akron, 1979; M.A., Chicago, 1980; Ph.D., 1987.

Environmental Sciences, Institute of
Gene E. Willeke (1977)
B.A., Ohio Northern, 1956; B.Sc., 1957; M.S., Stanford, 1960; Ph.D., 1969.

Family Studies and Social Work
Susan Cross Lipnickey (1978) (Interim Chair)
B.S., Slippery Rock State, 1974; M.S., Purdue, 1978; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1983.

Finance
Saul W. Adelman (1979)
B.S., Florida, 1974; M.B.A., Georgia, 1976; Ph.D., 1980.

French and Italian
Jonathan A. Strauss (1992)
B.A., Yale, 1982; M.A., New York, 1985; M.Phil., Yale, 1989; Ph.D., 1993.

Geography
James M. Rubenstein (1976)
A.B., Chicago, 1970; M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science, 1971; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1975.

Geology
William K. Hart (1984) (Acting Chair)
B.A., Franklin and Marshall, 1977; M.S., Case Western Reserve, 1981; Ph.D., 1982.

History
Charlotte Newman Goldy (1984)
B.A., S.U.N.Y. at Binghamton, 1971; M.A., 1973; Ph.D., 1978.

Management
William B. Snavely (1977)
B.S., Illinois State, 1973; M.A., West Virginia, 1974; Ph.D., Nebraska, 1977.

Marketing
James M. Stearns (1980)
B.A., Boston College, 1971; M.B.A., Northwestern, 1976;
Ph.D., Florida State, 1981.

Mathematics and Statistics
Mark A. Smith (1977)
B.S., Indiana (Pennsylvania), 1969; M.S., Illinois, 1970; Ph.D., 1975.

Microbiology
Anne Morris Hooke (1987)
B.S., George Mason, 1972; Ph.D., Georgetown, 1979.

Music
Judith K. Delzell (1999)
B.M., Wisconsin-Madison, 1973; M.M., Michigan, 1979; Ph.D., 1983.

Paper Science and Engineering
Donald L. Byrkett (1978) (Interim Chair)
B.S.I.E., Ohio State, 1968; M.S.I.E., 1969; Ph.D., 1974.

Philosophy
William R. McKenna (1981)
B.A., Clark, 1964; Ph.D., New School for Social Research, 1980.

Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Robin S. Vealey (1984) (Interim Chair)
B.A., Marshall, 1976; M.S., Indiana, 1977; Ph.D., Illinois, 1984.

Physics
Michael J. Pechan (1981)
B.S., Wisconsin (Platteville), 1971; Ph.D., Illinois, 1984.

Political Science
Ryan J. Barilleaux (1987)
B.A., Southwestern Louisiana, 1979; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., Texas (Austin), 1983.

Psychology
Karen Maitland Schilling (1975)
B.S., Tufts, 1971; M.A., Florida, 1972; Ph.D., 1975.

Sociology and Gerontology
C. Barry Chabot (1984) (Interim Chair)
B.A., Colgate, 1966; M.A., Clark, 1971; Ph.D., S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, 1972.

Spanish and Portuguese
Charles V. Ganelin (2001)
B.A., Dennison, 1972; M.A., Chicago, 1975; Ph.D., 1983.

Speech Pathology and Audiology
Kathleen M. Hutchinson (1986)
B.S., Nebraska, 1976; M.S., 1978; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1986.

Teacher Education
James M. Shiveley (1992)
B.S., Miami, 1979; M.Ed., 1989; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1994.

Theatre
William J. Doan (2002)
B.A., Gannon, 1982; M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth, 1985;
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1999.

Zoology
Douglas B. Meikle (1998)
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan, 1973; M.A., DePauw, 1975;
Ph.D., Bowling Green State, 1980.