Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Graduate Faculty

Accounting

Daniel D. Acton, associate professor - B.A., Muskingum College; M.B.A. Miami University; D.B.A., Kent State University; CPA.

Richard L. Baker, professor - B.S., M.B.A., Bloomsburg State College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; CPA, CMA, CIA.

William E. Bealing, Jr., professor - B.S.B.A., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; CPA.

Nancy E. Coulmas, professor - B.S., New York Institute of Technology; M.B.A., St. Bonaventure University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Dennis B. K. Hwang, professor - B.A., Chengchi University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma; CPA., CMA.

Gary S. Robson, associate professor - B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D. The University of Arizona.

Mike Shapeero, professor - B.S., M.B.A., California State University, Chico; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; CPA, CMA.

A. Blair Staley, professor - B.A., Western Connecticut State University; M.P.A., LBJ School of Public Affairs; M.S.T. American University; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern University; CPA, CMA, CIA, CFM, CGFM, AAP.

Anthropology

Thomas F. Aleto, professor - B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Dee Anne Wymer, professor - B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Art and Art History

Karl Beamer, professor - B.S., Kutztown State College; M.F.A., The Pennsylvania State University.

Vincent Hron, associate professor - B.F.A., Drake University; M.F.A., University of Michigan.

Sue O'Donnell, assistant professor - B.A., University of Buffalo; M.F.A., Purchase College.

Andrea Pearson, professor - B.A., Augustana College; M.A. University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of California.

Meredith Re'Grimsley, assistant professor - B.F.A., M.F.A., The University of Georgia.

Christine Sperling, professor - B.A., M.A. University of Oregon; Ph.D., Brown University.

Vera L. Viditz-Ward, professor - B.F.A., Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, M.F.A., Indiana University.

C.T. Walters, associate professor - B.Mus. Depauw University; M.S., M.F.A. University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. University of Michigan.

Audiology and Speech Pathology

Dianne H. Angelo, professor - B.S., M.Ed., Clarion University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

Richard M. Angelo, professor - B.S., Mansfield University of Pennsylvania; M.Ed., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; Ed. D., Lehigh University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

Shaheen N. Awan, professor - B.A., University of Western Ontario; M.S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Kent State University.

Jackie Davie, assistant professor - B.A., M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Jorge Gonzalez, assistant professor - B.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville; M.S., University of South Florida; Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Robert J. Lowe, professor - B.A., Slippery Rock University; M.Ed., Clarion University; Ph.D., Ohio University.

J. Joneen Lowman, assistant professor - B.S., University of Central Florida, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University.

Cynthia McCormick Richburg, - B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee.

Pamela A. Smith, assistant professor - B.S., Kutztown University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., Temple University.

Thomas R. Zalewski, associate professor - B.S., M.S., Bloomsburg University, Ph.D., New York University.

Biological and Allied Health Sciences

Michael A. Allar, assistant professor - B.S., Millersville University; M.S., Ph.D., Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University.

Joseph P. Ardizzi, associate professor - B.S., St. Joseph's University; Ph.D., Cornell University

Kristen Brubaker, assistant professor - B.S., Lafayette College; Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University.

George P. Chamuris, professor - A.A.S., Dutchess Community College; B.S., State University of New York at Albany; M.S., James Madison University; Ph.D., State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse.

Clay Corbin, assistant professor - B.A., University of Montana; M.S., Southeast Missouri State University; Ph.D., Ohio University.

George T. Davis, associate professor - B.A., M.S., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Illinois.

Carl A. Hansen, associate professor - B. A., University of Vermont; M.A., University of Maine; Ph.D., Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University.

John M. Hranitz, associate professor - B.S., M.S., Bloomsburg University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University.

Judith Kipe-Nolt, professor - B.A., Messiah College; M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Thomas S. Klinger, professor - A.A., Bradford College; B.A., Macalester College; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida.

Mark S. Melnychuk, professor - B.S., Moravian College; Ph.D., Kent State University.

Barry L. Nolt, assistant professor - B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Steven Rier, assistant professor - B.S., M.S., Central Michigan University, Ph.D. The University of Louisville.

Cynthia A. Surmacz, professor - B.S., The Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University.

Margaret L. Till, professor - B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Auburn University.

Gary T. Wassmer, assistant professor - B.S. State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., University of Delaware.

Kevin Williams, associate professor - B.S., Northwestern Oklahoma State University; M.S., Fort Hays State University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.

Marianna D. Wood, associate professor - B.S., Northland College; Ph.D., University of Kansas.

Business Education and Business Information Systems

Albert Fundaburk, assistant professor, B.S., Southern Illinois University; M.B.A., Golden Gate University; Ph.D. Nova Southeastern University.

Dennis O. Gehris, professor - B.S., M.A., Rider University; Ed.D., Temple University.

Janice C. Keil, associate professor - B.S., M.Ed., Bloomsburg University; Ed.D., Temple University.

Margaret O'Connor, associate professor - B.Sc., University of Florida; M.B.A., University of Connecticut; D.Sc., Robert Morris University.

John J. Olivo, professor - B.S., Davis and Elkins College; M.Ed., The College of New Jersey; Ph.D., Michigan State University.

Loreen Powell, assistant professor - B.S., East Stroudsburg University, M.B.A, Saint Joseph's University; M.S., Ph.D. Nova Southeastern University.

Chemistry

Toni Trumbo Bell, associate professor - B.A., Ph.D., University of Louisville.

Michael E. Pugh, professor - B.S., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Arizona State University.

Emeric Schultz, professor - B.A., University of California; Ph.D. University of Illinois.

Computer and Information Systems

Istvan Molnar, associate professor, M.Sc., Ph.D., Budapest University of Economic Sciences; Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Science.

A. Rao Korukonda, professor, B.Tech, M.B.A., Andhra University, Ph.D., Texas Tech University.

Communication Studies and Theatre Arts

Dale A. Bertelsen, professor - B.S., Rider College; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Janet Reynolds Bodenman, professor - B.A., Willamette University; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Timothy B. Rumbough, professor - B.A., M.A., University of Central Florida; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Howard N. Schreier, professor - B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Temple University.

Kara Shultz, professor - B.S., M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., University of Denver.

James E. Tomlinson, professor - B.A., M.A., California State University at Long Beach; Ph.D. University of Delaware.

Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Frank D. D'Angelo, assistant professor - B.S., M.Ed., Bloomsburg University; Ed.D., Northcentral University.

Gary J. Doby, associate professor - B.S., M.S., State University of New York College at Buffalo; Ph.D. SUNY at Buffalo.

Bonita B. Franks, associate professor - B.S., M.S., Central Connecticut State University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Davene D. Heckman, assistant professor - BA., Cedar Crest College, M.Ed., Kutztown University; Ed. D., Temple University.

Ruth R. Kennedy, assistant professor - B.A., Cedarville University; M.A., Columbia International University; D.Ed., Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Frank Misiti, professor - B.S., Mansfield State College; M.Ed., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Charles Starkey, associate professor - B.S., M.Ed., Charleston Southern University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Economics

Sukhwinder Bagi, associate professor - B.A., M.Ed., M.A., Punjab Universtiy; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.

Peter H. Bohling, professor - B.A., Miami University; M.A., The University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts.

Mehdi Haririan, professor - B.A., National University, Teheran; M.A., Iowa State University; Ph.D., New School for Social Research.

Saleem Khan, professor - B.A., M.A., Panjab University; Ph.D. Johannes Gutenberg University.

Educational Studies and Secondary Education

Neil L. Brown, assistant professor - B.S., Kutztown State College; M.Ed., Lehigh University; Ed. D., Temple University.

Robert L. Clarke, assistant professor - B.A., King's College; M.A., Seton Hall University; Ed. D., University of Pennsylvania.

M. Hussein Fereshteh, associate professor - B.A., Teacher University of Tehran; M.P.A., University of Hartford; Ph.D., The University of Connecticut.

Robert E. Gates, professor - B.S. University of Maine at Farmington; M.Ed., Ed. D., University of Louisville.

Francesca M. Kendris, assistant professor - B.A., California State University, M.A., Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology.

Raymond S. Pastore, professor - B.S., California University of Pennsylvania; M.S., St. Bonaventure University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Michael Patte, assistant professor - B.S., M.Ed. Bloomsburg University, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University.

Shelley C. Randall, professor - B.S., University of Michigan; M.A., Wayne State University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Viola C. Supon, professor - B.S., Bloomsburg State Teachers College; M.A., Trenton State University; Ed. D., Temple University.

English

Steven Akema Agbaw, professor - B.A., University of Yaounde, M.S., University of Leeds, Ph.D., University of Connecticut.

Janice Broder, assistant professor - B.A., Mount Holyoke College, M.A., University of Michigan, M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University.

Michael McCully, professor - B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Western Illinois University; Ph.D., University Of Iowa.

David S. Randall, associate professor - B.A., State University of New York at Potsdam; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton.

Julie Vandivere, associate professor - B.A., University of Utah, M.A., Brigham Young University, M.A., Ph.D. Cornell University.

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, associate professor, B.A., University of Yaounde; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Exceptionality Programs

Chris Cherrington , professor, B.S., University of Oklahoma; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Sheila Dove Jones, professor - B.S., M.Ed., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., University of Missouri-Columbia.

Michael J. Karpinski, professor - B.S., M.Ed., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Maryland.

James K. Krause, associate professor - B.S., M.S., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; Ed. D., Temple University.

Darlene E. Perner, assistant professor - B.A., Knox College; M.S., M.Ed., State University of New York at Buffalo; Ed. D., University of British Columbia.

Elaine Pongratz, associate professor, B.S., M.Ed., M.S., Bloomsburg State College; D. Ed., The Pennsylvania State University.

Samuel B. Slike, professor, B. S. The Pennsylvania State University; M.S. University of Scranton; D.Ed. The Pennsylvania State University.

Philip J. Tucker, associate professor - B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.Ed., Rhode Island College; Ed. D., University of Cincinnati.

Walter Zilz, assistant professor - B.A., Southern Illinois University, M.Ed., Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University.

Finance and Legal Studies

Rand D. Martin, associate professor, B.S.I.M., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Emory University; Ph.D., University of Alabama.

Jonathan K. Ohn, associate professor, M.B.A., Seoul National University; Ph.D., Lehigh University.

Geography and Geosciences

John E. Bodenman, professor - B.A,. Williamette University; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Karen M. Trifonoff, professor - B.S., M.S., University of Akron, Ph.D., University of Kansas.

Cynthia Venn, associate professor - B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.S., Texas A & M University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

History

Richard G. Anderson, associate professor - B.A., Western Kentucky State College; M.A., Ph.D., Texas Christian University.

Jeffrey A. Davis, associate professor - B.A., M.A., Eastern Washington University; Ph.D., Washington State University.

Nancy Gentile Ford, professor - B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Temple University.

Michael C. Hickey, professor - B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Northern Illinois University.

Walter Howard, professor - B.A., M.A., University of West Florida; Ph.D., Florida State University.

William V. Hudon, professor - B.A., Fordham University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Douglas Karsner, associate professor - B.A., Mansfield State College; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University.

Jeanette Keith, professor - B.A., Tennessee Technological University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.

Lisa M. Stallbaumer-Beishline, associate professor - B.A., M.A., Wichita State University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Exercise Science and Athletics

Joseph Andreacci, assistant professor - B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

Andrea Fradkin, assistant professor, - B.S., M.H.S., Deakin University; Ph.D. Monash University.

Joe Hazzard, assistant professor, - B.S., Salem College; M.S., Shippensburg University; Ed.D. Temple University.

Timothy McConnell, assistant professor - B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., Kent State University.

Marilyn K. Miller, associate professor - B.S., East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University.

Swapan Mookerjee, professor - B.P.E., M.P.E., Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior, India; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Eric Rawson, associate professor - B.S., Northeastern University; M.S., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts.

Leon Szmedra, professor - B.S., State University of New York at Brockport; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., Syracuse University.

Instructional Technology

Helmut Doll , professor; B.S. Vordiplom, Universitaet Stuttgart; M.S., Oregon State University; Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara.

Karl Kapp, professor, B.A., Dickinson College; M. Ed. University of Pittsburgh, Ed.D.; University of Pittsburgh.

Mary J. Nicholson, professor, B.S, M.S., Ph.D., Texas A & M University.

Timothy L. Phillips, professor, B.S., Kutztown University; M.S., Longwood (Va.) College; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Languages and Cultures

Amarillis Hidalgo-DeJesus, professor, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder.

Brenda Keiser, associate professor, B.A., Kutztown State College; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Luke Springman, associate professor, B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Management

M. Ruhul Amin, professor - B.A., M.A., The University of Dhaka; M.A., D.P.A., Carleton University; M.A. Ph.D., The University of Akron.

Joan Benek-Rivera, associate professor - B.B.A., Angelo State University; M.B.A., Angelo State University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.

John R. Grandzol, professor - B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Temple University.

Darrin Kass, associate professor - B.A., University of California; M.A. San Francisco State University; Ph.D. University of Akron.

Lawrence Kleiman, professor - B.A., Syracuse University; M.A., Farleigh Dickinson University; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee.

John Okpara, associate professor - B.Sc. University of London (Berbeck College); M.S. SUNY (Maritime College); M.A. CUNY (City College); Ph.D. New York University.

Stephen J. Markell, associate professor- B.A., SUNY at Albany; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Stephen X. Si, professor - B.S., East China Normal University; M.B.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., Washington State University.

Marketing

Stephen S. Batory, professor - B.S., King's College; M.B.A., Old Dominion University; D.B.A. University of Maryland.

Morry Ghingold, associate professor - B.Comm., M.B.A., McGill University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Vishnu Kirpalani, professor - M.A., Oxford University; Ph.D., University of Montreal.

William T. Neese, professor - B.A., University of Alabama; MBA, University of North Alabama; MJS Washington University School of Law; DBA, Mississippi State University.

Yang Xia, associate professor - B.A. University of International Business and Economics, D.B.A., The George Washington University.

Mass Communications

Dana R. Ulloth, professor - B.A., Southern College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri.

Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics

Paul G. Hartung, professor - B.A., Montclair State College; M.A., University of Colorado; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Scott Inch, professor - A.A., Williamsport Area Community College; B.S., Bloomsburg University; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Curt Jones, professor - B.S., Lock Haven; M.S., University of Iowa; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Zahira S. Kahn, professor - B.A., Punjab University; M.Sc., Islamabad University; B.S., Bloomsburg University; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University.

Stephen Kokoska, professor - B.A., Boston College; M.S., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Medhi Razzaghi, professor - G.C.E., Lewes Technical College; B.S., Sussex University; Ph.D., University of London.

Yixun Shi, professor - B.S., Anhui Normal University at Chuzhon, China; M.S., Shanghai Teachers University, China; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

Erik Wynters, professor - B.S., University of New Hampshire; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University.

Music

Mark R. Jelinek, professor, Music - B.M.Ed., M.A., Eastern New Mexico University; D.M.A., Arizona State University.

Nursing

M. Christine Alichnie, R.N., chairperson, professor, Nursing - B.S.N., University of Pittsburgh; M.S.Ed., Wilkes College; M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Noreen Chikotas, R.N., C.R.N.P., associate professor - Diploma, Pottsville Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.N., Immaculata College; M.S.N.- F.N.P., Widener University; D.Ed. The Pennsylvania State University.

Linda Cook, R.N., associate professor - Diploma, Geisinger Medical Center School of Nursing, B.S.N., Bloomsburg University; M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania; D.N.Sc., Widener University.

Margie Eckroth-Bucher, associate professor - B.S., Wilkes College; M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania; D.N.Sc., Widener University.

Michelle Ficca, R.N., associate professor - B.S.N., East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania; M.S., The Pennsylvania State University; D.N.Sc., Widener University.

Annette Gunderman, R.N., associate professor - B.S.N., Bloomsburg University; M.S.N., D.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University.

Sheila Hartung, assistant professor -- B.S.N., M.S.N., Villanova University; Ph.D., Barry University.

Sharon R. Haymaker, R.N., C.R.N.P., associate professor - B.S.N., University of Maryland; M.S.N., Case Western Reserve University; C.R.N.P., University of Maryland; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University.

Cathy E. Livengood, R.N., C.R.N.P., assistant professor - B.S., Alderson-Broaddus College; M.S.N., West Virginia University, C.R.N.P. in Women's Health, University of Pennsylvania/PPFA.

Joan Miller, R.N., C.R.N.P., assistant professor - Diploma, Ashland State Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.N., M.S.N., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, C.R.N.P., The Pennsylvania State University.

Margaret M. Slusser, associate professor - Diploma, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital; B.S. Wilkes University; M.S.N., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Physics and Engineering Technology

Jack G. Couch, professor - B.A., Utah State University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Texas A and M University.

Nathaniel Greene, associate professor - B.S., Antioch College; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University.

Gunther L. Lange, assistant professor - B.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

P. James Moser, chairperson, professor - B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

David Simpson, associate professor - B.S. Science Engineering, Northwestern University; M.S., Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois.

Political Science

George Agbango, professor - Specialist Certificate (Geography), University of Cape Coast, Ghana; M.P.A., Atlanta University; Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University.

Gloria T. Cohen-Dion, chairperson, associate professor - B.S., M.P.A., Ph.D., Temple University.

Psychology

Eileen C. Astor-Stetson, professor - A.B., Douglass College-Rutgers University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.

Brett L. Beck, professor - A.A., James H. Faulkner State Junior College; B.A., University of West Florida; Ph.D., University of Alabama.

Winona J. Cochran, professor - A.S., Dalton Junior College; B.S. University of Tennessee; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia.

Amy E. Covill, assistant professor - B.A., Colgate University; M.Ed., Ph.D. University of Washington.

James H. Dalton, Jr., professor, B.A., King College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut.

Julie M. Kontos, professor - B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia.

Marion G. Mason, professor - B.S., Southern Nazarene University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Joseph G. Tloczynski, professor - B.A., Bloomsburg State College; M.A., West Chester University; Ph.D., Lehigh University.

John E. Waggoner, professor - B.A., Shippensburg State College; M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Sociology, Social Welfare and Criminal Justice

Christopher F. Armstrong, professor - B.A., Washington and Lee University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Leo G. Barrile, professor - B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Boston College.

Neal Slone, associate professor - B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington.

Dale L. Sultzbaugh, associate professor - B.A., Gettysburg College; M.Div., Lutheran Theological Seminary; M.S.W., West Virginia University.