faculty emeriti - University of San Diego

A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A N D F A C U L T Y
Diane D. Pattison (1986)
Professor of Accountancy
B.S., University of Oregon; M.B.A., California State
University, Hayward; Ph.D., University of Washington
Cynthia Pavett (1978)
Professor of Management
B.A., University of Dayton; M.B.A., University of
Utah and Loyola University of Chicago; Ph.D.,
University of Utah
W. Douglas Payne (1993)
Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D.,
Northwestern University
Rodney G. Peffer (1986)
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Iowa State University; M.A., Ph.D., University
of Arizona
Gail Perez (1992)
Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., University of
Michigan; Ph.D., Stanford University
Athena Perrakis (2004)
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Southern California
James T. Perry (1987)
Professor of Information Systems
B.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
University
Leonard A. Perry (2000)
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
B.S., Ohio University; M.S., Clemson University;
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Linda Peterson (1985)
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Portland State University; Ph.D., University of
California, Irvine
Marianne R. Pfau (1990)
Professor of Music
S.M.P., Diplom, Musikhochschule, Hamburg, Germany;
L.G.S.M., Music Therapy, Guildhall School of Music
and Drama; M.M., Southern Illinois University; M.A.,
Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Michael R. Pfau (1989)
Associate Professor of Political Science and
International Relations
Vordiplom, Universitat Hamburg, Germany; M.A.,
Southern Illinois University; M.A., Ph.D., State
University of New York, Stony Brook
Robert Phillips (2001)
Assistant Professor of Management, Business Law and
Social Responsibility
B.S., B.A., Appalachian State University; M.B.A.,
University of South Carolina; Ph.D., University of
Virginia, Darden
Mario J. Picconi (1978)
Professor of Finance
B.S., Iona College; M.B.A., The University of
Chicago; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Eric C. Pierson (1999)
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
B.F.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign
Ann L. Pirruccello (1992)
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., California State University, Los Angeles; M.A.,
Ph.D., Purdue University
Matthew J. Pittner (Commander, USN) (2003)
Assistant Professor of Naval Science
B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San
Luis Obispo
Leigh A. Plesniak (1995)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., University of Virginia; M.S., Ph.D., University
of California, San Diego
Patricia A. Plovanich (1990)
Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies
B.A., Rosary Hill College; M.A., Ph.D., Fordham
University
Frank Pons (2003)
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Technology University Degree, University Joseph
Fourier, France; M.S., University of Law, Economics
and Sciences and international School of Business,
France; M.B.A., Laval University, Quebec; Ph.D.,
Concordia University, Montreal
Jack Wilson Pope (1972)
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
B.A., College of Holy Cross; M.S., Ph.D., University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Gregory K. Pregill (1993)
Professor of Biology
B.A., Baylor University; M.S., San Diego State
University; Ph.D., University of Kansas
Elise K. Prosser (1999)
Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.S., University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., New York
University; Ph.D. University of Southern California
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