Calendar 2005-2006 - The University of Akron

EDITH K. WEINSTEIN, Professor Emeritus in the Community and Technical College (1969) (Ret.
1994) B.A., M.A.Ed., The University of Akron, 1968.
DAVID M. WEIS, Professor Emeritus of Education; Senior Fellow, Institute for Life-Span
Development and Gerontology (1967) (Ret. 1998) B.A., Loras College; M.S., Ohio University;
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1967.
ARTHUR G. WENTZ, Associate Professor Emeritus of Finance (1982) (Ret. 1994) B.S.B.A.,
Duquesne University; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1969.
ROBERT C. WEYRICK, Dean Emeritus of the Community and Technical College; Professor
Emeritus of the Community and Technical College (1965) (Ret. 1988) B.E.E., The University of
Akron; M.S., Case Institute of Technology, 1965.
JOHN WIANDT, Associate Controller Emeritus (1967) (Ret. 1996) B.S.Bus.Ed., Kent State
University, 1965.
JEAN R. WILLIAMS, Associate Professor Emeritus of Home Economics (1973) (Ret. 1990) B.S.,
Iowa State University; M.S., The University of Akron, 1972.
JOHN D. WILLIAMS, Professor Emeritus of Finance (1969) (Ret. 1998) B.S., Westminster
College; M.B.A., D.B.A., Kent State University, 1971.
MAURICE G. WILLIAMS, Professor Emeritus of Education (1966) (Ret. 1988) B.A., The University
of Akron; M.E., Kent State University; Ed.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1962.
RICHARD A. WILLIAMS, Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering (1968) (Ret. 1989)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1965.
MAX S. WILLIS, JR., Associate Dean Emeritus for Research and Graduate Studies in the College
of Engineering; Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering; Professor Emeritus of
Biomedical Engineering (1968) (Ret. 2000) B.S.Ch.E., Pennsylvania State University; M.S.Ch.E.,
Ph.D., Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 1962.
CHARLES W. WILSON III, Professor Emeritus of Physics; Professor Emeritus of Polymer Science
(1965) (Ret. 1989) B.S.E., M.S., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; Ph.D., Washington
University, 1952.
JOHN W. WILSON, Member of the General Faculty Emeritus (1970) (Ret. 1989) B.S., Albany State
College; M.S.Ed., Ed.D., The University of Akron, 1983.
PAUL S. WINGARD, Associate Dean Emeritus of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences;
Professor Emeritus of Geology (1966) (Ret. 1989) B.A., M.S., Miami University; Ph.D.,
University of Illinois at Urbana, 1960.
BERNARD S. WINICK, Associate Professor Emeritus of Business Law (1979) (Ret. 1998) B.S.B.A.,
The Ohio State University; J.D., The University of Akron, 1964.
MARY O. WITWER, Professor Emeritus of Office Administration (1972) (Ret. 1988) B.S., The
University of Akron; M.E., Ohio University, 1951.
CHARLES L. WOOD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education (1966) (Ret. 1986) B.A., Simpson
College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1966.
JOHN W. WORKS, Associate Professor Emeritus of Finance (1981) (Ret. 1989) B.A., Brown
University; J.D., Ohio Northern University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1968.
ROBERT L. ZANGRANDO, Professor Emeritus of History (1971) (Ret. 1994) B.A., Union College;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1963.
HANS O. ZBINDEN, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages (1965) (Ret. 1995) B.A.,
Wittenberg University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University,
1971.
DONALD A. ZIMMERMAN, Associate Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Sales Technology
(1973) (Ret. 1998) B.B.A., Defiance College; M.B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1968.
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Full-Time Faculty and Administration
LUIS M. PROENZA, President; Professor of Biology; Adjunct Professor of Education; Adjunct
Professor of Political Science (1999) B.A., Emory Univeristy; M.A., The Ohio State University;
Ph.D., The University of Minnesota, 1971.
STEPHEN H. ABY, Professor of Bibliography; Education Bibliographer (1988) B.A., University of
Texas at Austin; M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo;
M.L.S., Kent State University, 1984.
MARIA ADAMOWICZ-HARIASZ, Associate Professor of Modern Languages (1995) M.A., Maria
Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1994.
JEFFREY D. ADLER, Associate Professor of Mathematics (1998) B.A., Princeton Univeristy; M.A.,
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1996.
AIGBE AKHIGBE, Professor of Finance; Fredrick W. Moyer Chair in Finance (2000) B.S., University
of Ibadan, M.S. University of Southwestern Louisiana, M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Houston,
1991.
M. KAY ALDERMAN, Professor of Education (1979) B.S., University of Southern Mississippi;
M.Ed., University of Texas at Austin; Ed.D., University of Houston, 1976.
SONIA ALEMAGNO, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies; Director,
Institute for Health and Social Policy (1998) B.A., John Carroll University; M.A., Kent State
University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1991.
AARON K. ALFORD, Assistant Football Coach (2004) B.S., Colorado State University; M.Ed.,
Southern Utah State College (2003).
MARK ALLEN, Assistant Director of Sport Adventure (1989) B.A., Kent State University, 1975.
PHILLIP A. ALLEN, Professor of Psychology; Senior Fellow, Institute for Life-Span Development &
Gerontology (2000) B.S., M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University (1987).
STEPHEN J. ALLEN, Senior Multi-Media Producer (1997) B.S., Montana State University; M.S.,
Kent State University, 1987.
ALAN S. AMBRISCO, Associate Professor of English (1999) B.A., SUNY Buffalo; M.A., Ph.D.,
Indiana University, 1999.
ALFRED L. ANDERSON, Professor of Music (1985) B.M.E., Mississippi College; M.M., Indiana
University, 1970.
CAROLYN M. ANDERSON, Professor of Communication (1995) B.A., University of Detroit; M.A.,
Wayne State University; Ph.D., Kent State University, 1992.
LLOYD C. ANDERSON, Professor of Law; C. Blake McDowell, Jr., Professor (1981) B.A.,
University of Michigan; J.D., Harvard University, 1973.
THOMAS E. ANDES, Associate Professor of Business Management Technology (Wayne College)
(1983) B.S.Ed., The University of Akron; M.M., Northwestern University, 1979.
SABRINA L. ANDREWS, Director of Institutional Research (2004) B.S., M.S., 1995.
T. LEIGH ANENSON, Assistant Professor of Business Law (2001) B.S., California State University,
Long Beach; J.D., The University of Akron; LL.M., The Georgetown University Law Center,
1996.
JAMES G. ANTRIM, Manager Technical Services, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall (2001) B.F.A.,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.A., University of Minnesota
JEROME E. APPLE, Instructor in Accounting (1996) B.A., The Ohio State University; J.D.,
Cleveland State University; M.T., The University of Akron, 1987.
WILLIAM B. ARBUCKLE, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering (1982) B.S.Ch.E., Ohio
University; M.S.E.E., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1975.
STEPHEN C. ARON, Professor of Music (1981) B.M., University of Hartford; M.M., University of
Arizona, 1981.
PAMELA L. ARRINGTON, Assistant Director of Student Financial Aid (2002) B.A., Walsh College,
1999.
ROLAND K. ARTER, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology (2003) B.S.,
Cleveland State University; M.S., Cleveland State University; M.B.A., Case Western Reserve
University (1988).
STEVEN R. ASH, Assistant Professor of Management (2001) B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., New Mexico
State University, 1996.
JACKIE E. ASHBAUGH, Admissions Counselor & Coordinator of Student Activities (Wayne
College) (1996) A.A.S., Stark Technical College; B.S., The University of Akron, 2001.
MARK S. AUBURN, Dean of Fine and Applied Arts; Professor of English; Professor of Dance,
Theater and Arts Administration (1991) B.S., B.A., The University of Akron; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Chicago, 1971.
KENNETH E. AUPPERLE, Professor of Management (1986) B.A., M.A., Western Michigan
University; M.B.A., Kansas State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1982.
JAMES F. AUSTIN, Associate Professor of Education (1987) B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Case Western
Reserve University, 1971.
DAVID P. AYERS, Director, International Programs (1998) B.S., University of Colorado; M.A., Ball
State University; Ed.S.,Pittsburgh State Univeristy; Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1996.
RICHARD L. AYNES, Dean of School of Law; Professor of Law; Research Fellow, Constitutional
Law Center (1976) B.S., Miami University; J.D., Cleveland State University, 1974.
GREGG BACH, Assistant Director, Athletics Media Relations (2002) B.S., Northern Arizona
University, 1999.
BRIAN P. BAGATTO, Assistant Professor of Biology (2001) B.S., Queen’s University; M.S., Auburn
University, 1997.
DANM.BAILEY,Head Strength and Conditioning Coach (1995) B.S., University of Nebraska,
1988.
DAVID B. BAKER, Director of Archives of History of American Psychology; Professor of
Psychology (1999) B.A., Millersville State College; M.Ed., Southwest Texas State University;
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1998.
BRIAN M. BALLOU, Associate Professor of Construction Engineering Technology (1999) B.S.,
M.S., Case Western Reserve University, 1998.
KATHLEEN F. BAME, Director of Development (1996) B.A., The University of Akron, 1991.
CHRISTOPHER P. BANKS, Associate Professor of Political Science; Editor, Series of Law, Politics
and Society (1995) B.A., University of Connecticut; J.D., University of Dayton; Ph.D., University
of Virginia, 1995.
SHELLEY O. BARANOWSKI, Professor of History; Associate Department Chair of History (1989)
B.A., Wells College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University, 1980.