Executive Officers

David C. Hodge (2006)

President; Professor, Geography

B.A., Macalester College, 1970; M.A., Penn State, 1973; Ph.D. 1975.

Jeffrey I. Herbst (2005)

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor, Politics and International Affairs

B.A., Princeton, 1983; M.A. and M.Phil., 1985; Ph.D., Yale, 1987.

Richard M. Norman (1999)

Vice President for Finance and Business Services and Treasurer

B.A., Morehead State, 1966; M.B.A., Dayton, 1973.

J. Reid Christenberry (2003)

Vice President for Information Technology

B.S., Furman, 1970; M.S., North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1975.

Richard L. Nault (1983)

Vice President for Student Affairs

B.A., Ohio Wesleyan, 1964; Ph.D., Chicago, 1974.

Jayne E. Whitehead (2000)

Vice President for University Advancement

A.B., Washington University, 1981; J.D., Washburn University School of Law, 1984.

Stephen D. Snyder (1973)

Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Executive Assistant to the President

A.B., Miami, 1973; M.B.A., 1975.

Deans

College of Arts and Science

Karen Maitland Schilling (1975)

Professor, Psychology

B.S., Tufts, 1971; M.A., Florida, 1972; Ph.D., 1975.

Richard T. Farmer School of Business

Roger L. Jenkins (2002)

Professor, Marketing

B.S., Berea College, 1968; M.B.A., East Tennessee State, 1970; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1976.

School of Education and Allied Professions

Carine Feyten (2006)

Professor, Teacher Education

B.A., Université Catholique de Louvain, 1980; M.A., 1981;

Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1988.

School of Engineering and Applied Science

Marek Dollár (2000)

Professor, Engineering Science

B.S., Stanislaw Staszic (Poland), 1974; M.S.,1975; Ph.D., 1981.

School of Fine Arts

James Lentini (2007)

Professor, Music

B.M., Wayne State, 1982; M.M., Michigan State, 1984; D.M.A., Southern California, 1990.

School of Interdisciplinary Studies

(Western College Program)

William J. Gracie Jr. (1969)

Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies and English

B.A., San Francisco State, 1965; M.A., Northwestern, 1966; Ph.D., 1969.

Graduate School

Bruce Cochrane (2007)

Professor, Zoology

B.S., Cornell, 1973; M.S., Indiana, 1975; Ph.D., 1979.

University Librarian

Judith A. Sessions (1988)

Professor, Library Administration

B.A., Central Florida, 1970; M.S.L.S., Florida State, 1971.

John E. Dolibois European Center

Ekkehard F.R. Stiller (1989)

Professor, Management

B.A., McMaster (Ontario), 1969; M.A., Hawaii, 1970; Ph.D., 1975.

Miami University Hamilton

Daniel E. Hall

Professor, Political Science

B.S., Indiana (Bloomington), 1985; J.D., Washburn, 1988; Ed.D., Central Florida, 1999.

Miami University Middletown

Marjorie M. Cowan (1993)

Professor, Microbiology

BS, Louisville, 1983; MS, 1984; Ph.D., 1987

Academic Departments and Chairs

Accountancy

Marc A. Rubin (1990)

B.S., Miami, 1975; M.A.S., Illinois, 1977; Ph.D., Texas, 1985.

Aerospace Studies

Clark A. Kelly, Colonel, USAF (2007)

B.A., Minnesota, 1981; M.A., Troy State, 1988.

Anthropology

Linda F. Marchant (1989)

B.A., Rutgers, 1973; M.A.,1978; Ph.D., 1981.

Architecture and Interior Design

John Weigand (1991)

B.E.D. Miami University, 1977; M.Arch., University of Illinois, 1979.

Art

dele jegede (2005)

B.A., Ahmadu Bello (Nigeria), 1973; M.A., Indiana, 1981; Ph.D., 1983.

Botany

Linda E. Watson (1995)

B.S., Louisiana State, 1982; Ph.D., Oklahoma, 1989.

Business Technology

Theodore N. Light (2003)

B.B.A., Cincinnati, 1974; M.B.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1993.

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Christopher A. Makaroff (1989)

B.S., Michigan, 1981; Ph.D., Purdue, 1986.

Classics

Judith de Luce (1974)

B.A., Colby, 1968; M.A., Wisconsin, 1971; Ph.D., 1974.

Communication

Gary M. Shulman (1980)

B.A., C.U.N.Y. at Lehman, 1971; M.A., Purdue, 1973; Ph.D., 1976.

Comparative Religion

Elizabeth Wilson (1992)

B.A., Davidson, 1983; M.A., Chicago, 1984; Ph.D., 1992.

Computer and Information Technology

Diane Delisio (1984)

B.S., Wheeling, 1973; M.A., West Virginia, 1975.

Computer Science and Systems Analysis

Douglas A. Troy (1983)

B.S., Miami, 1974; M.S., Ohio State, 1981; Ph.D., Waikato (New Zealand), 1995.

Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems

H. Jefferson Smith (2006)

B.S., North Carolina State, 1979; M.B.A., University of North Carolina, 1981;  D.B.A., Harvard University, 1990.

Economics

George K. Davis (1985)

B.S., Southern Methodist, 1977; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1984.

Educational Leadership

Kate Rousmaniere (1992)

B.A., Oberlin, 1981; M.A., Toronto, 1984; Ph.D., Columbia, 1992.

Educational Psychology

T. Steuart Watson (2004)

B.A., Winthrop, 1984; M.A., 1986; SSP, 1987; Ph.D., Nebraska, 1991.

Engineering Technology

Ayodele Abatan (2006)

B.S., Ahmadu Bello University, 1971; M.S., University of Illinois, 1973; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1976.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chiou S. Chen (2003)

B.S., National Taiwan University (Taiwan), 1960; M.S., University of Rochester, 1964; Ph.D., 1968.

English

Keith Tuma (1988)

A.B., Akron, 1979; M.A., Chicago, 1980; Ph.D., 1987.

Family Studies and Social Work

Gary W. Peterson (2003)

B.S., Nebraska, 1970; M.S., 1971; Ph.D., Brigham Young, 1978.

Finance

Steve Wyatt (2006)

B.A., University of Alaska, 1975; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1980.

French and Italian

Jonathan A. Strauss (1992)

B.A., Yale, 1982; M.A., New York, 1985; M.Phil., Yale, 1989; Ph.D., 1993.

Geography

William Renwick (1986)

B.A., Rhode Island, 1973; M.A., Clark, 1977;

Ph.D., 1979.

Geology

William K. Hart (1984)

B.A., Franklin and Marshall, 1977; M.S., Case Western Reserve, 1981; Ph.D., 1982.

German, Russian, and East Asian Languages

Robert Di Donato (1987)

B.A., Canisius, 1967; M.A., Ohio State, 1969; Ph.D., 1977.

History

Mary Kupiec Cayton (1984)

B.A., Virginia, 1976; A.M., Brown, 1978; PhD., 1981.

Kinesiology and Health

Helaine Alessio (1987)

B.S., Rutgers, 1981; M.S., Ithaca College, 1983; Ph.D., Maryland, 1986.

Management

B. Kay Snavely (1984)

B.S.E., Henderson State, 1973; M.B.A., Miami, 1979; Ph.D., Cincinnati, 1987.

Marketing

James M. Stearns (1980)

B.S., Boston, 1971; M.B.A., Northeastern, 1976; Ph.D., Florida State, 1981.

Mathematics and Statistics

Mark A. Smith (1977)

B.S., Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1969; M.S., Illinois, 1970; Ph.D., 1975.

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Osama M. Ettouney (1986)

B.S., Cairo Institute of Technology, 1974; M.S., M.I.T., 1981;

Ph.D., Minnesota, 1987.

Microbiology

Luis Actis (1994)

M.S., Cordoba (Spain), 1975; Ph.D., 1982

Music

Richard Green (2005)

B.A., California State (San Diego), 1966; M.Music, Texas, 1969; Ph.D., Illinois, 1978.

Naval Science

Stephen J. Johnson , Captain, USN (2007)

B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1979; M.A. Naval War College, 2000.

Nursing

Paulette Worcester (1995)

B.S.N., Depauw University, 1977; M.A., Ball State University, 1984; N.D., Indiana, 1993

Paper and Chemical Engineering

Shashi Lalvani (2003)

Tech., Indian Institute of Technology (India), 1976; M.S., New Hampshire, 1979;

Ph.D., Connecticut, 1982.

Philosophy

William R. McKenna (1981)

B.A., Clark, 1964; Ph.D., New School for Social Research, 1980.

Physics

Michael J. Pechan (1981)

B.S., Wisconsin State, 1971; Ph.D., Iowa State, 1977.

Political Science

Ryan J. Barilleaux (1987)

B.A., Southwestern Louisiana, 1979; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., Texas, 1983.

Psychology

Carl Paternite (1979)

B.A., University of Dayton, 1970; M.A., University of Iowa, 1973; Ph.D., 1977.

Sociology and Gerontology

C. Lee Harrington (1990)

B.A., Rice, 1986; M.A., California-Santa Barbara, 1988; Ph.D., 1990.

Spanish and Portuguese

Charles Victor Ganelin (2001)

B.A., Dennison, 1972: M.A., Chicago, 1975; Ph.D., 1983.

Speech Pathology and Audiology

Kathleen M. Hutchinson (1986)

B.S., Nebraska, 1976; M.S., 1978; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1986.

Teacher Education

James M. Shiveley (1992)

B.S., Miami, 1979; M.A.,1989; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1994.

Theatre

Elizabeth Mullenix (2006)

B.A., University of Vermont, 1987; M.A., University Illinois, 1991; Ph.D., 1995.

Zoology

Douglas B. Meikle (1998)

B.A., Ohio Wesleyan, 1973; M.A., DePauw,1975; Ph.D., Bowling Green State, 1980.