2013-2014 GRADUATE BULLETIN - The University of Akron

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MAHESH SRINIVASAN, Assistant Professor of Management (2007) B.S., University of Pune; M.S.,
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., 2007.
PRASHANT SRIVASTAVA, Assistant Professor of Marketing (2006) B.S., University of Bombay;
M.B.A.,Ph.D., Okhlahoma State University, 2006.
TIRUMALAI S. SRIVATSAN, Professor of Mechanical Engineering; ABET Coordinator (1987) B.E.,
University of Bangalore; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984.
DAVID N. STEER, Professor of Geology and Environmental Science (1999) B.S., United States Military
Academy; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University, 1996.
JAMES STEIGER, Professor of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; Fellow, Institute for Life-
Span Development and Gerontology (2006) B.A., M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Kent
State University, 1991.
RICHARD P. STEINER, Professor of Statistics (1983) B.S., Grove City College; M.S., Clarion State
College; M.P.H., Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1985.
HARVEY L. STERNS, Professor of Psychology; Director and Senior Fellow of the Institute for Life-
Span Development and Gerontology (1971) B.A., Bard College; M.A., State University of New York
at Buffalo; Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1971.
DENISE H. STUART, Professor of Education (2001) B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., Kent State University, 1999.
LINDA M. SUBICH, Associate Dean of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Psychology;
Fellow, Institute for Life-Span Development and Gerontology (1981) B.S., University of
Wisconsin at Milwaukee; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1981.
LANCE M. SVEHLA, Associate Professor of English (1997) B.A., University of Nebraska; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of New Hampshire, 1997.
BAFFOUR K. TAKYI, Professor of Sociology (1997) B.A., University of Ghana; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY
State University, 1993.
TANG TANG, Assistant Professor of Communication (2010) B.A., Communication University of China;
M.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., Ohio University, 2008.
MICHAEL J. TASCHNER, Interim Department Chair and Professor of Chemistry (1982) B.S., University
of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1980.
MARK B. TAUSIG, Associate Dean of the Graduate School; Professor of Sociology (1983) B.A., University
of Wisconsin; M.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 1979.
HOSSEIN TAVANA, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (2010) B.A.Sc., Tabriz University;
M.A.Sc., K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Teheran; Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2006.
CLAIRE A. TESSIER, Professor of Chemistry (August 1990) B.S., University of Vermont; Ph.D., State
University of New York at Buffalo, 1982.
WILLIAM THELIN, Department Chair and Professor of English (2001) B.A., M.A., California State University;
Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1997.
ANDREW ROBERT THOMAS, Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business (2006)
B.A., M.A., The University of Akron; Ph.D., Academy of Economical Studies, 2008.
PHILIP THOMSON, Associate Professor of Music (1994) B.M., University of Toronto; M.M., The Julliard
School, 1980.
DAVID M. TOKAR, Professor of Psychology (1993) B.A., The University of Akron; M.A., Ph.D., Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale, 1993.
BROOKS TOLIVER, Professor of Music (1995) B.A.M, M.A.M., Ph.D., University of California at Los
Angeles, 1994.
HUU NGHI TRAN, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering (2011) M.Sc., Ph.D., University of
Saskatchewan, 2004.
MARY TRIECE, Professor of Communication (1998) B.B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, 1997.
I-CHUN TSAI, Assistant Professor of Education (2008) B.B.A., M.A., Tamkang University; Ph.D., University
of Missouri at Columbia, 2008.
MESFIN TSIGE, Associate Professor of Polymer Science (2010) B.S., M.S., Addis Ababa University;
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2001.
IGOR A. TSUKERMAN, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1995) M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnical
University of Leningrad, Russia, 1988.
MONTE E. TURNER, Professor of Biology; Department Chair of Biology (1982) B.S., M.S., Brigham
Young University; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1982.
KATHLEEN TUSAIE, Professor of Nursing (2000) B.S.N, Slippery Rock State College; M.S.N., Ph.D.,
University of Pittsburgh, 2001.
ANN L. USHER, Professor of Music; Director of the School of Music (2000) B.M., University of Northern
Iowa; M.M., Kent State University, 1993.
SHERNAVAZ VAKIL, Professor of Education (2000) B.Com, L.L.B., Bombay University; M.Ed., Ed.D,,
The University of Memphis, 1994.
ROBERT J. VEILLETTE, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; ABET Coordinator
(August 1990) B.S.E.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S.E.E., Clemson
University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana, 1990.
MARY C. VERSTRAETE, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Coordinator, Bachelor of
Science in Biomedical Engineering Program; ABET Coordinator (1988) B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Michigan
State University, 1988.
BINDIGANAVALE S. VIJAYARAMAN, Professor of Management and Information Systems; Director,
Center for Information Technologies and E-Business (1989) B.Sc., M.Sc., Bangalore University;
M.S.D.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1987.
BRYAN VOGT, Associate Professor of Polymer Engineering (2011) B.S., Michigan Technological University;
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2003.
JOHN L. VOLLMER, Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences (1999) B.A., Drew University;
M.S., Pratt Institute, 1973.
CHARLES A. WAEHLER, Associate Professor of Psychology (1989) B.S., Suffolk University; M.Ed.,
Plymouth State College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1989.
A. MARTIN WAINWRIGHT, Department Chair and Professor of History (1989) B.A., Emory University;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1989.
HEATHER L. WALTER, Associate Professor of Communication (1999) B.A., M.A., Ph.D., SUNY College
at Buffalo, 1999.
GUO-XIANG WANG, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1998) B.S.,M.S., Xi'an Jiaotong
University; Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1995.
LI WANG, Associate Professor of Accounting (2007) B.B.A., Morehead State University; M.B.A., The
University of Akron; Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006.
SHENGYONG WANG, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (2009) B.S., Beijing University
of Aeronautics and Astronautics; M.S., Nanyang Technical University; Ph.D., Purdue University,
2006.
SHI-QING WANG, Professor of Polymer Science; Kumho Professor of Polymer Science (2000) B.S.,
Wuhan University; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1987.
FRANK WARD, JR., Assistant Professor of Music (2011) M.M., D.M.A., University of Michigan, 1987.
CHERYL L. WARD, Associate Professor of Education (2007) B.A., Kent State University; M.A., Mount
St. Joseph College; Ph.D., Nova University, 2006.
ERIC WASSERMAN, Associate Professor of English (2007) B.A., Lewis and Clark College; M.F.A.,
Emerson College, 2002.
DONNA S. WEBB, Professor of Art (1981) B.F.A., Eastern Michigan University; M.F.A., University of
Michigan, 1971.
STEPHEN C. WEEKS, Professor of Biology (1994) B.A., M.A., University of California; Ph.D., Rutgers
University, 1991.
INGRID WEIGOLD, Associate Professor of Education (2008) B.A., Rockhurst College; M.A., Ph.D.,
Texas Technical University, 2007.
ROBERT A. WEISS, Professor of Polymer Engineering; Department Chair of Polymer Engineering;
Hezzleton E. Simmons Chair in Polymer Engineering (2009) B.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D.,
University of Massachusetts, 1976.
EVONN N. WELTON, Associate Dean of Student Services; Interim Department Chair of Curricular
and Instructional Studies; Professor of Education (1997) B.A., Ph.D., Kent State University; M.A.,
The University of Akron, 1990.
CHRYS WESDEMIOTIS, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry; Distinguished Professor of Polymer
Science (1989) B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin, 1979.
ETHEL R. WHELAND, Associate Professor of Mathematics (1996) B.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
University, 1996.
J. PATRICK WILBER, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics (2002) B.A., University of Notre
Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park,1999.
JOSEPH W. WILDER, Professor of Mathematics (2006) Ph.D., Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1988.
ZACHARY R. WILLIAMS, Associate Professor of History (2005) B.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., Bowling
Green State University, 2003.
REBECCA KUNTZ WILLITS, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; The Margaret F. Donovan
Chair for Women in Engineering (2010) B.S., Tufts University; M.S., John Hopkins University; Ph.D.,
Cornell University, 1999.
GREGORY WILSON, Associate Professor of History (2001) B.A., Christopher Newport University; M.A.,
George Mason University, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001.
DAVID D. WITT, Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences (1983) B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Texas Tech
University, 1983.
SUSAN D. WITT, Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences (1988) B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The University
of Akron, 1995.
SHING-CHUNG WONG, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (2004) B.S., West Virginia
Wesleyan College; M.S.M.E., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., University of Sydney, 1999.
MATTHEW WYSZYNSKI, Professor of Modern Languages (1998) B.A., The University of Akron;
A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996.
JUAN XI, Assistant Professor of Sociology (2007) B.A., Central China Normal University; M.A.,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2006.
YINGCAI T. XIAO, Interim Department Chair and Associate Professor of Computer Science (1995)
B.S., Wuhan University, China; M.S., M.S., M.S., Ph.D., Ph.D., University of Alabama, 1994.
PING YI, Professor of Civil Engineering (1996) B.S., Wuhan University of Hydraulic Electrical Engineering;
M.S., Washington State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1992.
HUI-CHU YING, Professor of Art (1989) B.A., San Jose State University; M.F.A., West Texas State University,
1987.
JANICE D. YODER, Professor of Psychology; Fellow, Institute of Life-Span Development and Gerontology
(1998) B.A., Gettysburg College; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1979.
GERALD W. YOUNG, Professor of Applied Mathematics; Professor of Polymer Engineering (1985)
B.S., The University of Akron; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1985.
WILEY J. YOUNGS, Dinstinguished Professor of Chemistry (1990) B.A., State University of New York
at Albany; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980.
GUN JIN YUN, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering (January 2008) B.S., M.S., Korea Advanced
Institute of Science, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2006.
YANG HYUN YUN, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (2004) B.S., Christian Brothers
University; M.S., Ph.D., Memphis State University, 1999.
MARIA A. ZANETTA, Professor of Modern Languages (1995) B.A., National School of Fine Arts;
M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1994.
GE ZHANG, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (2009) B.S., M.D., Capital University of
Medical Sciences, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2006.
LAN ZHANG, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (2009) B.S., Dalian Polytechnic University;
M.S., Beijing Normal University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2005.
WEI ZHANG, Assistant Professor of English (January 2011) B.A., South China Normal University;
M.Ed., Grand Valley State College; Ph.D., Purdue University, 2010.
BAOMEI ZHAO, Associate Professor of Social Work (2005) B.A., M.A., Zhejiang University, Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky, 2004.
GANG ZHAO, Associate Professor of History (2006) B.A., Lanzhou University; M.A., University of California;
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2007.
JIANG JOHN ZHE, Professor of Mechanical Engineering (2003) B.S., M.S., Ph.d., Columbia University,
2000.
JIE ZHENG, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2007) B.S., M.S., Zhe
Jiang University; M.S., Kansas State University; Ph.d., University of Washington, 2005.
CHRISTOPHER J. ZIEGLER, Professor of Chemistry (July 2000) A.B., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997..
JOHN F. ZIPP, Associate Dean for Planning, Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Sociology
(1998) B.A., St. Joseph's College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University, 1978.