Graduate Catalog - Shippensburg University

Shippensburg UniversityFREDERICK L. NORDAI, Professor of Mathematics (1986)B.S., Shippensburg University; M.S., Northern Illinois University;M.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State UniversityWILLIAM D. OBERMAN, Associate Professor of Management/Marketing (2004)B.A., M.E., and Ph.D., University of PittsburghEUCABETH A. ODHIAMBO, Associate Professor of TeacherEducation (2003)B.A., University of Eastern Africa, Kenya; M.Ed., Ed.D.,Tennessee State UniversityAMANDA M. OLEJARSKI, Assistant Professor of Political Science(2010)B.A.and M.P.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State UniversityMICHELLE M. OLEXA, Assistant Professor of Counseling Services(2003)B.S., Wilkes University; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D.,University of AlbanyJOSE G. RICARDO OSORIO, Associate Professor of ModernLanguages (2005)B.A., Universidad del Atlantico; M.A., University of Arkansas;Ph.D., University of ArkansasREBECCA S. OVERHOLT, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education(2010)B.A., Cedarville University; M.S., Purdue University; M.Ed. andD.Ed., Rutgers UniversityMING-SHIUN PAN, Professor of Finance and Supply ChainManagement (1989)B.A., Fu-Jen Catholic University; M.A. and Ph.D., University ofAlabamaANNA L. PAPERO, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education (2009)B.A., Grinnell College; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState UniversityPATRICIA A. PATRICK, Associate Professor of Accounting andManagement Information Systems (2008)B.B.A., M.B.A., and Ph.D., Pennsylvania State UniversityWILLIAM J. PATRIE, Associate Professor of Biology (1993)B.A., Hope College; Ph.D., Cornell UniversityE. BRITT PATTERSON, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice(1992)B.A., Waynesburg College; M.A., West Virginia University;Ph.D., University of MarylandLAURA A. PATTERSON, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice(2004)B.A. and M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., University ofMarylandCHANDRIKA PAUL, Professor of History/Philosophy (1996)B.A., University of Calcutta; M.A. and Ph.D., University ofCincinnatiGREGORY S. PAULSON, Professor of Biology (1994)B.A., Miami University; M.S., University of Hawaii; Ph.D.,Washington State UniversitySALLY PAULSON, Associate Professor of Exercise Science (2005)B.S., University of Detroit Mercy; M.A., California StateUniversity; Ph.D. University of ArkansasMARY C. PAXTON, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education (2009)B.S. and M.S., Shippensburg University; Ed.D., WidenerUniversityPARIS PEET, Professor of Music/Theater Arts (1991)B.A., University of Delaware; M.F.A., University of SouthCarolinaDONALD K. PHILPOT, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education(2011)B.E., University of Manitoba; M.A. and Ph.D., University ofBritish ColumbiaGRETCHEN K. PIERCE, Assistant Professor of History/Philosophy(2009)B.A., Arizona State University; M.A. and Ph.D., University ofArizonaMARCELA PINEDA-VOLK, Associate Professor of ModernLanguages (2000)B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D.,Indiana University; Ph.D., Indian UniversityROBERT W. PINEDA-VOLK, Professor of Sociology/Anthropology(1995)B.A., State University of New York; M.A. and Ph.D., Universityof IllinoisVIRGINIA E. PITTS, Assistant Professor of Psychology (2010)B.S. and M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;Ph.D., Colorado State UniversityGEORGE POMEROY, Associate Professor of Geography/Earth Science(1999)B.A.Ed. and M.S., Western Washington University; Ph.D.,University of AkronROBERT C. POSATKO, Professor of Economics (1981)B.A., King’s College; M.A. and Ph.D., Pennsylvania StateUniversityKATHRYN M. POTOCZAK, Associate Professor of Psychology (2005)B.S., M.A., and Ph.D., Western Michigan UniversityALLISON H. PREDECKI, Associate Professor of Chemistry (2002)B.A., Mary Baldwin College; Ph.D., Wake Forest UniversityDANIEL P. PREDECKI, Associate Professor of Chemistry (2006)B.S., Colorado State University; Ph.D., Wake Forest UniversityKIMBERLY J. PRESSER, Professor of Mathematics (2000)B.S., Pepperdine University; M.S., North Carolina University;Ph.D., University of South CarolinaMICHAEL PRESSLER, Professor of English (1992)B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A. and Ph.D., University ofConnecticutWILLIAM T. PRITCHARD, Assistant Professor of Communication/Journalism (2002)B.A., Dickinson College; M.S., Shippensburg University; Ph.D.,Bowling Green State UniversityJOHN W. QUIST, Professor of History/Philosophy (1997)B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A. and Ph.D., University ofMichiganAGNES C. RAGONE, Professor of Modern Languages (1998)B.A. and M.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University ofTexasMATTHEW C. RAMSEY, Assistant Professor of HumanCommunication Studies (2011)B.A., Arkansas Tech University; M.A., Arkansas State University;Ph.D. University of Southern MississippiMARC RENAULT, Associate Professor of Mathematics (2002)B.S. and M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., Temple UniversityJOHN N. RICHARDSON, Professor of Chemistry (1994)B.S., Hampden-Sydney College; Ph.D., University of NorthCarolinaMELISSA L. RICKETTS, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice(2007)B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.A. and Ph.D., IndianaUniversity of PennsylvaniaHONG RIM, Professor of Finance and Supply Chain Management(1986)B.S., Korea University; M.B.A., Seoul National University; Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State UniversitySUSAN RIMBY, Professor of History/Philosophy (1992)B.S., Bloomsburg University; M.A., Kutztown University; Ph.D.,University of PittsburghDENNIS RITZ, Professor of Music/Theater Arts (1990)B.S.Mus.Ed. and M.M.Ed., Mansfield University; D.M.A.,Michigan State UniversityRUSSELL E. ROBINSON, Associate Professor of Exercise Science(2005)B.S., Glenville State College; M.S., Louisiana Tech University;Ph.D., Texas Women’s UniversityBARBARA D. ROTZ, Associate Professor of Library (1999)B.A., Elizabethtown College; M.S., Drexel University124