Academic Catalog - Virginia Military Institute Admissions

Virginia Military Institute
12-13 Catalogue
THE FACULTY
2012 – 2013
Academic and military ranks in the Virginia Militia, unorganized, correspond as follows:
PROFESSOR—Colonel, Captain
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR—Lieutenant Colonel, Commander
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR—Major, Lieutenant Commander
INSTRUCTOR—Captain, First Lieutenant, and Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), Ensign
The first date within the parentheses indicates first appointment at VMI; the second indicates date of present faculty rank.
ARTHUR A. ADAMS, III, Lieutenant Colonel, Emeritus Lecturer
in Physics. B.A., Emory University; M.S., University of
Alabama. (1967; 1993)
J. SHAWN ADDINGTON, Colonel, Professor and Head
of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Holder of
the Jamison-Payne Institute Professorship. B.S., M.S.,
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Professional Engineer (1996; 2004).
RESHEF AGAM-SEGAL, Psychology & Philosophy. B.A.,
M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D., University
of Oxford. (2012; 2012)
ANNE B. ALERDING, Major, Assistant Professor of Biology.
B.S. Queen's University; M.S. University of British
Columbia; Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University. (2008,
2008)
SAMUEL K. ALLEN, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor
of Economics and Business, B.A., Elon University, Ph.D.,
University of Arizona. (2006; 2010)
ELENA ANDREEVA, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor
of History. B.A., M.A., Moscow State University; Ph.D.,
New York University. (2000; 2006)
JAMES H. ARTHUR, Colonel, Professor of Mechanical
Engineering. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia.
Professional Engineer. (1988; 1998)
NATHAN D. AXVIG, Major, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
and Computer Science. B.S., Salisbury University; M.S.,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
KURT J. AYAU, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor of
English. B.A., University of Southern California; M.A.,
University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
- Greensboro. (1989; 1998)
WILLIAM D. BADGETT, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
English and Fine Arts. B.A., Virginia Military Institute; M.A.,
Harvard University. Holder of the Edwin P. Conquest ’14
Chair. (1955; 1997)
JAMES M. BAKER, JR., Colonel, Professor of Computer
Science. B.S., M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology.
(2004; 2007)
GORDON V. BALL, JR., Colonel, Professor of English and
Fine Arts. A.B., Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D., University
of North Carolina. (1989; 1993)
S. ALAN BARAGONA, Colonel, Professor of English. B.A.,
Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North
Carolina. (1986; 1994)
DANIEL W. BARR, Colonel, Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering. B.S., Virginia Military Institute;
M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia. Professional Engineer.
(1982; 1989)
JOHN G. BARRETT, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of History.
B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., Ph.D., University of
North Carolina. (1953; 1987)
ATIN BASU, Colonel, Professor of Economics and Business.
B.Sc., Calcutta University; M.B.A., Xavier Labor Relations
Institute; Ph.D., University of Mississippi. (1998; 2004)
THOMAS S. BAUR, Colonel, Professor of Biology and
Director of VMI Summer Session. B.S., Virginia Military
Institute; M.S., West Virginia University; Ph.D., Purdue
University. (1988; 1998)
R. MEREDITH ZEHNER BEDELL, Colonel, Emeritus Professor
of English. B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., Ph.D.,
Florida State University. (1976; 2008)
WADE E. BELL, Colonel, Professor of Biology. B.S., M.Ag.,
University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Vermont.
(1998; 2008)
JOSEPH R. BLANDINO, Colonel, Professor of Mechanical
Engineering and Holder of the Benjamin H. Powell, Jr. ’36
Institute Professorship in Engineering. B.S., University
of Massachusetts-Lowell; M.S., Ph.D., University of
Virginia. (2007; 2007)
JOYCE K. BLANDINO, Major, Assistant Professor of
Mechanical Engineering. B.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D.,
University of Virginia. (2010; 2010)
DAVID W. BOLEN, JR., Colonel, Professor Emeritus of
Mathematics. B.S., Davidson College; M.A., Duke
University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University.
(1969; 2005)
GEORGE M. BROOKE, IV, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate
Professor of Physics. B.S., Virginia Military Institute; M.S.,
Ph.D., Old Dominion University (2004; 2010)
CHARLES F. BROWER, IV , Brigadier General, USA (Ret.),
Henry Burgwyn, Jr. Institute Professor in Military History
and Professor, International Studies, B.S., United States
Military Academy; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A.,
U.S. Naval War College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
(2001, 2009)
C. DALE BUCKNER, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of Civil
Engineering and Holder, Benjamin H. Hardaway Jr., ’13,
Institute Professorship in Engineering. B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,
North Carolina State University; Professional Engineer.
(1985; 2008)
KATHLEEN D. BULGER-BARNETT, Colonel, Professor
and Head of Modern Languages and Cultures. B.A.,
Radford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky.
(1989; 2001)
JOSIAH BUNTING III, Major General, Superintendent Emeritus
and Professor of Humanities, B.A., Virginia Military
Institute; B.A. and M.A., Oxford University; D.Litt. (Hon.)
Hampden-Sydney College; D. Litt. (Hon.), Washington
College; L.H.D. (Hon.), Catawba College. (1995; 1995)
ROBERT E. BURNETT, Colonel, Professor of Political Science.
B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.A., George
Washington University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-
Columbia. (2005; 2005)
H. FRANCIS BUSH, Colonel, Professor of Economics and
Business and Holder, John W. and Jane M. Roberts
Institute Professorship in Free Enterprise Business. B.A.,
SUNY at Buffalo; M.Acc., Ohio State University; Ph.D.,
University of Florida. (1994; 1997)
JUDITH B. CAIN, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor of
Chemistry. B.S., United States Military Academy; M.S.,
University of Alabama (Huntsville); Ph.D., University of
North Carolina. (1999; 2005)
P. ALLAN CARLSSON, Colonel, Emeritus Professor
of Philosophy. B.A., Wheaton College; B.D., Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School; M.A., Wheaton College;
Ph.D., Northwestern University. (1961; 1991)
D. RAE CARPENTER, JR., Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
Physics and Director of Research for VMI Research
Laboratories. B.S., Roanoke College; M.S., Cornell
University; Ph.D., University of Virginia. (1951; 1992)
JOHN E. CERKEY, Colonel, Professor of Modern Languages
and Cultures, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas.
(1992; 2002)
DIMPLEKUMAR CHALISHAJAR, Major,Assistant
Professor of Mathematics. B.S., M.S., M. Phil., Ph.D.,
University of Buroda. (2011; 2011)
EDWARD L. CLAIBORN, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
Economics and Business. B.S., University of Idaho; M.A.,
Ph.D., Princeton University. (1981; 1998)
JAMES A. COALE, Colonel, Professor and Head of Physical
Education and Head Strength Coach. B.S., Springfield
College; M.A., James Madison University; Ph.D.,
University of Maryland. (1978; 1993)
BARRY R. COBB, Colonel, Professor of Economics and
Business. B.S., Friends University; M.B.A., University of
Northern Iowa; Ph.D., University of Kansas. (2005; 2012)
BRADLEY L. COLEMAN, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate
Professor of History, Holder of the George J. Collins
Chair in Military History and Director, John A. Adams
’71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis.
B.S., Virginia Military Institute; M.A., Temple University;
Ph.D., University of Georgia. (2012; 2012)
RANDALL E. CONE, Major, Assistant Professor of
Mathematics. B.S., Salisbury University; M.S., Ph.D.,
Virginia Tech. (2010;2010)
DAVE I. COTTING, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor
of Psychology. B.S., University of Geneva; M.A., Ph.D.,
City University of New York. (2007; 2011)
GEOFFREY W. COX, Major, Assistant Professor of
Mathematics and Computer Science. Ph.D., M.S.,
University of California at Irvine. (2010; 2010)
EDWARD V. DALEY, Colonel, Professor Emeritus of Economics
and Business. B.A., Quincy College; M.A., Ph.D., University
of Missouri. (1981; 2002)
JOHN A. DAVID, Major, Assistant Professor of
Mathematics. B.S., University of North Carolina, M.S.,
Ph.D., North Carolina State University. (2011; 2011)
JAMES B. DAVIS, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of English;
B.S., Spring Hill College; M.A., Tulane University; Ph.D.,
University of Virginia. (1964; 1992)
THOMAS W. DAVIS, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of History.
B.A., Virginia Military Institute; M.A., Ph.D., University of
North Carolina. (1972; 2007)
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