Based on documented information provided by faculty and hires made as of June
2, 2008.
James W.
Hunt1988
Provost and
Dean of the Faculty; Professor of Education
BSEd, Central Methodist College; MEd, EdD, Northwestern State
University of Louisiana.
The Brown College of Arts and Sciences
Sherry E.
Adrian1993
Associate
Professor of Education
BA, The University of North Texas; MEd, The University of
Arizona;
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin.
Steven
Alexander2003
Associate
Professor and Chair of the Physics Department;
holder of the Robert Sherman Lazenby Chair in Physics
BS, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin.
Amy
Anderson1990
Head,
Periodical Services with rank of Associate Professor
BSEd, Texas Tech University; MLIS, The University of Texas at
Austin.
BA, The Florida State University; MA, The University of South
Carolina;
PhD, The University of Virginia.
Rachel
Bachman2008
Visiting
Brown Junior Scholar in German
BA, Washington University in St. Louis; MA, Indiana
University.
Deborah Jené
Baclawski2008
Head
Women’s Soccer Coach with rank of Instructor of Kinesiology
BA, Queens College; MA, Georgia State University.
Patti
Baran2001
Visiting
Instructor of Education
BS, Southwestern University; MEd, Southwest Texas State
University.
Robert
Bednar1999
Associate
Professor and Chair of the Communication Studies Department;
Chair of the American Studies Program
BA, Southwestern University; MA, PhD, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Miguel Angel
Benavides1992
Associate
Athletic Trainer with rank of Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
BA, The University of Texas at Arlington; MEd, Northeast
Louisiana University.
Nikolaos
Bentenitis2006
Assistant
Professor of Chemistry
BS, National Technical University at Athens, Greece; PhD,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Shana
Bernstein2004
Assistant
Professor of History
BA, University of California at Berkeley; MA, PhD, Stanford
University.
Erika
Berroth2004
Associate
Professor of German and Chair of the Chinese, French, and German Programs in the
Modern Languages and Literatures Department; Paideia® Professor
Staatsexamen, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen,
Germany;
PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara.
John Edward
Bigley1976
Head,
Library Automation Services with rank of Associate Professor
BA, Southwestern University; MLIS, The University of Texas at
Austin.
Stephanie
Botello2008
Visiting
Assistant Professor of Economics
BS, Texas A&M University; PhD, University of Houston.
Mark
Bottorff2002
Associate
Professor of Physics and Director of the Fountainwood Observatory;
Paideia® Professor
BA, University of Colorado at Boulder; MS, University of
Colorado at Denver;
PhD, University of Kentucky.
Michael
Bray2002
Associate
Professor of Philosophy
BA, Sarah Lawrence College; PhD, The Pennsylvania State
University.
Lynne
Brody1990
Dean of the
A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center with rank of Professor
BA, Rutgers University; MLS, Simmons College.
Kerry A.
Bruns1993
Professor of
Chemistry
BA, Western New Mexico State University; PhD, New Mexico
State University.
Suzanne Fox
Buchele1998
Associate
Professor of Computer Science
BA, Connecticut College; MA, MS, PhD, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Romi L.
Burks2003
Assistant
Professor of Biology; Chair of the Animal Behavior Program
BA, BS, Loyola University Chicago; PhD, University of Notre
Dame.
BA, American University; MA, The University of Texas at
Austin;
MA, PhD, Cornell University.
Francis
Mathieu2007
Assistant
Professor of French
Maîtrise, Université de Franche-Comté,
France; BA, University of Limerick, Ireland; MA, Ohio University; PhD,
University of California at Santa Barbara.
Thomas V.
McClendon1998
Professor
and Chair of the History Department
BA, Pomona College; JD, Boalt Hall School of Law, University
of California at Berkeley; MA, PhD, Stanford University.
Scott P.
McLean2001
Associate
Professor of Kinesiology
BA, The College of Wooster; PhD, Arizona State
University.
Helene
Meyers1991
Professor
of English
BA, The Pennsylvania State University; MA, University of
Florida; PhD, Indiana University.
Alicia
Moore2001
Associate
Professor of Education
BA, Huston-Tillotson College; MEd, PhD, The University of
Texas at Austin.
Jacqueline E. Muir-Broaddus
990
Professor of
Psychology and Education; Chair of the Psychology Department;
Chair of the Social Sciences Division
BA, MA, University of Guelph; PhD, Florida Atlantic
University.
Glada C.
Munt1975
Director of
Intercollegiate Athletics with rank of Professor of Kinesiology
BS, Trinity University; MS, Baylor University; PhD, The
University of North Texas.
Bryan D.
Neighbors2000
Associate
Professor of Psychology
BS, University of Houston-Clear Lake; MS, PhD, University of
Georgia.
Sandi Kawecka
Nenga2004
Assistant
Professor of Sociology
BA, Simon’s Rock College of Bard; MA, San Francisco
State University;
PhD, Indiana University.
Mary Grace
Neville2003
Assistant
Professor of Business; Paideia® Professor
BS, Northwestern University; MBA, Wharton School of Business
– University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Case Western Reserve University.
Emily D.
Niemeyer1998
Associate
Professor and Chair of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
BS, Ohio Northern University; PhD, State University of New
York at Buffalo.
Emily M.
Northrop1994
Associate
Professor of Economics; Paideia® Professor
AB, MA, The University of Alabama; PhD, The University of
Texas at Austin.
William P.
O’Brien1986
Associate
Professor of Physics
BS, The University of North Texas; PhD, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
David
Olson1992
Director of
Communication Studies Internships with rank of Assistant Professor
BA, Grand Valley State College; MA, MA, Eastern Michigan
University; AMLS,
University of Michigan.
Timothy J.
O’Neill1987
Professor
of Political Science, holder of the Tower-Hester Chair in Political Science
BA, Claremont McKenna College; MA, PhD, University of
California at Berkeley.
Barbara Boucher
Owens1999
Associate
Professor of Computer Science
BA, Ohio Wesleyan University; MA, The University of Texas at
Austin;
PhD, New York University.
Don M.
Parks1994
Associate
Professor of Business; holder of the John Shearn Chair in Business
Administration; Paideia® Professor
BBA, Texas A&M University; MS, The University of Northern
Colorado;
PhD, Texas A&M University.
Joan G.
Parks1986
Head,
Reference Services with rank of Associate Professor
BS, University of Tennessee; MEd, Middle Tennessee State;
MSLS, University of Tennessee.
Elisabeth
Piedmont-Marton1999
Associate
Professor of English; Director of the Debby Ellis Writing Center;
Paideia® Professor
BA, Kenyon College; MA, University of Chicago; PhD, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Benjamin
Pierce2005
Professor
of Biology; holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair;
Chair of the Natural Sciences Division
BS, Southern Methodist University; PhD, University of
Colorado.
Walter M.
Potter1988
Professor
of Mathematics and Computer Science;
holder of the Lord Chair in Computer Science;
BA, University of Washington; MA, PhD, University of
Wisconsin at Madison.
Aaron R.
Prevots2004
Assistant
Professor of French
BA, MA, American University; AM, PhD, Brown University.
Jesse E.
Purdy1978
Professor of
Psychology; holder of the John H. Duncan Chair;
Brown Distinguished Research Professor (1999-2003)
BS, MS, PhD, Colorado State University.
William C.
Raleigh1999
Head
Men’s Basketball Coach with rank of Assistant Professor of Kinesiology;
Assistant Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
BA, Muhlenberg College; JD, Seton Hall University.
Gulnar H.
Rawji1985
Associate
Professor of Chemistry
BS, Simmons College; PhD, Boston University.
Kendall C.
Richards1991
Professor
of Mathematics and Chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department
BS, MA, Eastern New Mexico University; PhD, Texas Tech
University.
Gary H.
Richter1977
Associate
Professor of Mathematics
BA, The University of Texas at Austin; MS, University of
Houston;
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin.
Kenneth D.
Roberts1981
Professor
of Economics; holder of the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair in Economics
BBA, The University of Texas at Austin; MBA, Wharton School
of Finance - University of Pennsylvania; PhD, University of Wisconsin at
Madison.
Carl
Robertson2002
Associate
Professor of Chinese; Paideia® Professor
BA, Brigham Young University; AM, Washington University;
MA, PhD, University of Oregon.
Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez
Cadena2008
Assistant
Professor of Spanish
BA, University of Vera Cruz; MA, Ohio University; PhD,
University of Michigan.
Director
of General Chemistry Laboratories with rank of Associate Professor of
Chemistry
BS, Southwestern Oklahoma State University; PhD, University
of Arkansas.
Kevin
Woo2008
Visiting
Instructor of Psychology
BS, Southampton College of Long Island University; MS,
Victoria University of Wellington.
Andrew
Woodward2008
Visiting
Assistant Professor of Biology
BA, PhD, Rice University.
Shannon M.
Winnubst1994
Professor
of Philosophy
BA, The University of Notre Dame; MA, PhD, The Pennsylvania
State University.
Mary E.
Young1990
Professor of
Economics
BA, Beloit College; MPA, PhD, The University of Texas at
Austin.
Hong
Yu2000
Head,
Cataloging Services with rank of Assistant Professor
BA, MA, Hangzhou University; Diploma of Education, National
University of Singapore; MLIS, University of Oklahoma.
Theresa
Zelasko2006
Librarian/Cataloger
with rank of Assistant Professor
BA, Mississippi State University; MS, The University of Texas
at Austin.
THE SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
Paul J.
Gaffney2003
Dean of
The Sarofim School of Fine Arts; Professor of Theatre
BS, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; MA, Indiana
University; PhD, University of Kansas.
David S.
Asbury1993/2008
Assistant
Professor of Music
BM, North Carolina School of the Arts; MM, DMA, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Kerry
Bechtel1998/2005
Assistant
Professor of Theatre
BA, University of Nevada at Las Vegas; MFA, University of
Missouri at Kansas City.
Bruce A.
Cain1996
Associate
Professor of Music
BM, McMurry University; MM, Indiana University; DM,
Northwestern University.
John Michael
Cooper2006
Associate
Professor of Music; holder of the Margarett Root Brown Chair; Paideia®
Professor
BM, MM, Florida State University; PhD, Duke University.
Sergio
Costola2003
Assistant
Professor of Theatre; Paideia® Professor
Laurea, Universitá degli Studi di Bologna; PhD,
University of California at Los Angeles.
Lois
Ferrari1993
Associate
Professor of Music
BM, MM, Ithaca College School of Music;
DMA, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester.
Mary Hale
Visser1979
Professor
of Art
BAE, MFA, The Ohio State University.
Jason
Hoogerhyde2004
Assistant
Professor of Music
BM, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music; MM, Boston
University;
DMA, University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
Katherine M.
Hooker2005
Visual
Resources Librarian with rank of Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
BA, Trinity University; MSIS, The University of Texas at
Austin.
Thomas Noble
Howe1985
Professor of
Art History and Chair of the Art and Art History Department; Holder of the
Herman Brown Chair; Brown Distinguished Research Professor (2000-2004)
BA, Lawrence University; MA, PhD, Harvard University.
Kathleen M.
Juhl1987
Professor of
Theatre; Brown Distinguished Teaching Professor (2001-2004)
BA, Iowa State University; MA, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign;
MFA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; PhD, The University of
Texas at Austin.
Eri Lee
Lam2003
Assistant
Professor of Music
BM, University of Houston; MM, DMA, University of Minnesota.
John
Ore1992
Associate
Professor of Theatre; Director of Technical Operations
BA, MFA, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Rick
Roemer2000
Professor,
Chair and Artistic Director of the Theatre Department
BA, University of California at Santa Barbara;
MA, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles.
Desiderio
Roybal2000
Associate
Professor of Theatre; Resident Scenic Designer;
Faculty Chair of The Sarofim School of Fine Arts
BA, MA, South Dakota State University at Brookings;
MFA, University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Eileen Meyer
Russell2006
Associate
Professor of Music
BM, Indiana University; MM, University of Northern Iowa; DM,
Indiana University.
BS, Eastern Illinois State College; MA, PhD, Northwestern
University.
Suzanne
Chamier1989
Professor
Emeritus of French;
Brown Distinguished Teaching Professor 1998-2001, retired 2007
BA, University of Missouri at Columbia; MA, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD, Washington University.
Frederick Burr
Clifford1958
Professor
Emeritus of Classics and Humanities;
Dean Emeritus of The Brown College of Arts and Sciences 1962-1977, retired
1981
BA, Northern Michigan College; MDiv, Oberlin Graduate School
of Theology; MA, PhD, University of Michigan.
B. Joe
Colwell1970
Professor
Emeritus of Economics and Business; holder of the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen
Chair in Economics, retired 1992
BA, LLB, The University of Texas at Austin; PhD, The Ohio
State University.
Weldon S.
Crowley1976
Professor
Emeritus of History; holder of the Lucy King Brown Chair in History, retired
1997
BA, McMurry College; MDiv, Drew University; MA, PhD,
University of Iowa.
Jan C.
Dawson1977
Professor
Emeritus of History;
Brown Distinguished Teaching Professor (1998-2001), retired 2004
AB, University of California at Berkeley; MA, PhD, University
of Washington.
Thomas Claire
Douglass1947
Professor
Emeritus of String Instruments, retired 1983
BMus, MMus, Illinois Wesleyan University; Graduate Study,
University of Southern California and University of Illinois.
Harold Damon Eidson,
Jr.1972
Director of
Instructional Technology; Assistant Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and
Computer Science, retired 2002
BS, State College of Arkansas; MA, The University of Texas at
Austin.
Florence C.
Gould1986
Professor
Emeritus of Political Science, retired 2002
BA, The University of Texas at Austin; MA, Duke University;
PhD, University of Houston.
Jack Thomas
Harris1969
Associate
Professor Emeritus of English, retired 1990
BA, University of Minnesota; PhD, The University of Texas at
Austin.
T. Walter Herbert,
Jr.1975
Professor
Emeritus of English;
University Scholar and holder of the Herman Brown Chair, retired 2006
BA, Harvard University; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary;
PhD, Princeton University.
Fred R.
Hilgeman1967
Professor
Emeritus of Chemistry, retired 2006
BA, Central College; PhD, Tulane University.
Dan C.
Hilliard1974
Professor
Emeritus of Sociology, retired 2008
BA, Rice University; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at
Austin.
Robert A.
Horick1983
Director of
Networked Systems; Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer
Science and of Russian in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department,
retired 1999
BA, University of Rochester; MS, Purdue University; PhD,
University of Chicago.
William B.
Jones1965
Professor
Emeritus of History; Executive Vice President Emeritus; University Historian;
holder of the John H. Duncan Chair, retired 2000