Graduate Bulletin and Course Catalog

Faculty (H through K)

STEVEN JAMES HAGEMAN (1998)
Associate Professor in the Department of Geology
B.S., University of Kansas; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana
Graduate Faculty

CALVIN L. HALL (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication
B.A., M.A., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

KIMBERLY QUINN HALL (1998)
Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Randolph-Macon College; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton
Graduate Faculty

RALPH GOODMAN HALL (1974)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; M.A., Memphis State University; Ed.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; J.D., Wake Forest University
Graduate Faculty

DAVID P. HANEY (2001)
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Office of Academic Affairs; and Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Macalester College; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

WILLIAM GRADY HARBINSON (1984)
Dean of the Hayes School of Music; and Professor of Music
B.M., Appalachian State University; M.M., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa); Ph.D., Florida State University
Graduate Faculty

DAVID SCOTT HARGROVE (2008)
Kulynch/Cline Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Mississippi State University; B.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Georgia

ALBERT LEWIS HARRIS (1989)
Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems
B.S., Indiana University; M.S., George Washington University; Ph.D., Georgia State University. CISA, CDP, CSP, CMC, CCP
Graduate Faculty

TIMOTHY B. HARRIS (1986)
Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.A., Kansas State University; M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Kansas

MARION (MANDY) BOYD HARRISON (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.A., Appalachian State University; M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Clemson University

TODD KRISTIAN HARTMAN (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., University of California, Davis; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

ERIC JORDAN HATCH (1979)
Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Montclair State College; M.S., D.Ed., Pennsylvania State University

ALAN JON HAUSER (1972)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Concordia University; M.A.R., Concordia Seminary; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Graduate Faculty

FREDERICK JAY HAY (1994)
Professor and Appalachian Collection Librarian
B.A., Rhodes College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Florida; M.L.I.S., Florida State University
Graduate Faculty

PATRICIA FOLINO HEARRON (1994)
Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
A.B., Ohio University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Graduate Faculty

ROBERT R. HEATH (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., University of South Carolina (Columbia); M.S., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)

ANDREW B. HECKERT (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology
B.S., Denison University; M.S., Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Graduate Faculty

D. EUGENE HENDRICKS (2008)
Executive-in-Residence in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Louisiana Tech University; M.S.A., The University of Alabama. CPA

GORDON ASHLEY HENSLEY (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
B.S., Appalachian State University; M.F.A., Arizona State University

DRU ANNE HENSON (1987)
Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences; and Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University
Graduate Faculty

JENNIFER NEVINS HENSON (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.B.A., Millsaps College

PAMELA A. HENSON (1992)
Clinical Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities; and Clinical Supervisor
B.A., North Carolina State University; M.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

ROBERT WALLACE HILL (1992)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Graduate Faculty

HUGH DAVID HINDMAN (1988)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., The College of Wooster; M.A., M.L.H.R., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Graduate Faculty

HOLLY PETERS HIRST (1990)
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the Cratis D. Williams Graduate School; and Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

JEFFRY LYNN HIRST (1990)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty

JEFF HOBBS (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., West Virginia University; M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

MARIE CECILE HOEPFL (1997)
Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Technology
B.S., Miami University, Ohio; M.A., Ed.D., West Virginia University
Graduate Faculty

ELIN M. HOFFMAN (2008)
Instructor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.S., Indiana University Southeast; M.S., Indiana University

MARVIN K. HOFFMAN (1990)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies; and Director of the MPA Program
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

MARY ANN HOFMANN (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Union College; M.B.A., University of Nebraska; M.S., Grand Valley State University; Ph.D., Arizona State University. CPA, CMA
Graduate Faculty

JEFFERSON EUGENE HOLCOMB (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., Auburn University; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

GRANT NEWTON HOLDER (1988)
Professor in the Department of Chemistry
B.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Graduate Faculty

JOSETTE CAMILLE HOLLENBECK (1976)
Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (French)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

LISA R. HOLLIDAY (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

STEPHEN MORRIS HOPKINS (1992)
Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M.E., Murray State University; M.M., D.M.A., The University of Texas at Austin

ROSEMARY HOROWITZ (1995)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Brooklyn College; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Graduate Faculty

RENÉ HARDER HORST (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Goshen College; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Graduate Faculty

GUICHUAN HOU (2006)
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shandong Province (Laiyang, P.R. China); M.S., Nanjing Agricultural University (Nanjing, P.R., China); Ph.D., Idaho State University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

BARBARA B. HOWARD (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., Ed.D., Appalachian State University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

RICHARD DAVIS HOWE (1973)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Faculty

KEVIN RAY HOWELL (1996)
Associate Professor in the Department of Technology
B.A., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

MICHAEL L. HOWELL (2008)
Instructor in the Department of Social Work
B.S.W., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.S.W., University of Louisville

TIMOTHY JAMES HUELSMAN (1997)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Graduate Faculty

SCOTT HUNSINGER (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems
B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

EDELMA DE LEON HUNTLEY (1978)
Dean of the Cratis D. Williams Graduate School; and Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Philippine Union College; M.A., West Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana

YONGBEOM HUR (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., Seoul National University; M.A., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

WILLIAM MAYNARD HUTCHINS (1980)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

EVA MARIAH HYATT (1990)
Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.B.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)

TRENT ERIC IKERD (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S.C.J., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Omaha
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

WILLIAM HOWARD IRWIN III (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.A., M.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Graduate Faculty

ANATOLY V. ISAENKO (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., North Ossetian State University (Russia); Ph.D., Moscow State University (Russia)
Graduate Faculty

JAMES MAURICE IVORY (1996)
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of English
B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

KENNETH HOOD JACKER (1984)
Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Stanford University

ALECIA YOUNGBLOOD JACKSON (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.S., University of Georgia; M.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

JAY CRAIG JACKSON (1992)
Associate Dean of the Hayes School of Music; and Professor of Music
B.M., M.A., Appalachian State University; D.M.A., University of Kansas

KRISTIAN LAMAR JACKSON (2008)
Lecturer in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.S., North Carolina State University; M.Ed., University of Georgia

MICHAEL G. JACOBSON (1996)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., M.S., State University College, Oneonta, New York; Ph.D., Michigan State University
Graduate Faculty

DOUGLAS GOFF JAMES (1995)
Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.C.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; M.M., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; D.M.A., University of Arizona, Tucson
Graduate Faculty

JANA JOY JAMES (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.S., M.S., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Clemson University

WILLIAM THOMAS JAMISON (1970)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
A.B., M.A.T., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

JOHN J. JANOWIAK (1992)
Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; M.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Ph.D. University of Oregon
Graduate Faculty

DORIS MAYO JENKINS (1988)
Associate Dean of the Reich College of Education; and Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., University of West Florida; M.A., University of South Alabama; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

KENNETH D. JENKINS (1974)
Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A.E., University of Florida; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Miami
Graduate Faculty

WINFIELD SCOTT JESSEE (1989)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

DAVID A. JOHNSON (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
B.A., University of Nevada, Reno; M.A., California State University; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

KENNETH W. JOHNSON (2001)
Assistant Professor and Librarian
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.L.I.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.B.A., Appalachian State University

MEGAN JOHNSON (2004)
Assistant Professor and Librarian
B.A., Alfred University; M.L.I.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

PHILLIP EUGENE JOHNSON (1998)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences; and Director of the Mathematics and Science Education Center
B.S., Appalachian State University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

ROBERT LEWIS JOHNSON (1980)
Professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.S., Lenoir-Rhyne College; M.A., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

JARROD JOHNSTON (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.A., Drake University; M.B.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
Graduate Faculty

DOUGLAS LEE JONES (2005)
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., Bethel College; M.A., Kansas State University; Ed.D., University of Georgia
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

LESLIE SARGENT JONES (2008)
Professor in the Department of Biology; and Director of the Heltzer Honors Program
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., Northwestern University Medical School

RYAN TUCKER JONES (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Walla Walla College; M.S., M.A., Georgetown University; Ph.D., Columbia University

SARAH RITCHEY JORDAN (2003)
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.S., University of Mississippi; M.S., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa); Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Graduate Faculty

GARY DEWAIN KADER (1980)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., M.S., Georgia Southern College; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

REBECCA KAENZIG (1986)
Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.A., Furman University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

SCOTT DUANE KALLESTAD (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.S., University of North Dakota; M.M., D.M.A., University of North Texas

ECE KARATAN (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey); M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

GABRIELLE L. KATZ (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado
Graduate Faculty

TERRILL RAY KEASLER (1987)
Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., Livingston State University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Graduate Faculty

SUSAN ELAINE KEEFE (1978)
Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Graduate Faculty

HARRY C. KEINER (2002)
Professor and University Archivist
B.A., Knox College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut

RACHEL KELLER (2005)
Lecturer in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Duke University; M.S., Appalachian State University. CPA

CLAUDIA L. KELLEY (1994)
Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Waynesburg College; M.S., University of Illinois; M.T.A., Ph.D., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). CPA
Graduate Faculty

KEVIN GERARD KENNEDY (1989)
Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (German)
B.A., Concordia University at Montreal; M.A., McGill University at Montreal; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MICHAEL WAYNE KERNODLE (1989)
Professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.A., M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Faculty

MARGARET WAIRIMU KIHATO (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.S., State University of New York College at Buffalo; M.S., University of Guelph, Canada; Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

LARRY ROSS KIMBALL (1990)
Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A. University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Northwestern University

KATHRYN JO KIRKPATRICK (1991)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Winthrop University; M.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Emory University
Graduate Faculty

ANITA NARVARTE KITCHENS (1973)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., The University of Texas; M.A., University of Arizona; Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

JEREMIAH MUTIO KITUNDA (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
B.A., M.A., University of Nairobi, Kenya; M.A., Miami University, Ohio; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty

JEANA E. KLEIN (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Art
Bachelor of Art and Design, North Carolina State University; M.F.A., Arizona State University

RICHARD ERVIN KLIMA (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Liberty University; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Graduate Faculty

VICKY WILLIAMS KLIMA (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., Erskine College; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Graduate Faculty

ANDREW MICHAEL KOCH (1995)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Graduate Faculty

ERIC EDWARD KOONTZ (2005)
Instructor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M., Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati; M.M., M.M.A., Yale University

DAVID ALLEN KOPPENHAVER (2004)
Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.A., The College of Wooster; M.Ed., Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

LARRY J. KORTERING (1992)
Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.A., Hope College; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ed.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Graduate Faculty

WITOLD A.J. KOSMALA (1984)
Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida
Graduate Faculty

TAMARA K. KOWALCZYK (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S.A., St. Edward’s University; M.B.A., The University of Texas; Ph.D., Texas A&M University. CPA
Graduate Faculty

MICHAEL LOUIS KRENN (2001)
Professor and Chair of the Department of History
B.A., Weber State College; M.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Graduate Faculty

CHARLES MICHAEL KRESZOCK (1976)
Professor in the Department of Technology
B.S., M.S., Clarion State College; Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

MARTHA H. KRESZOCK (1984)
Professor and Librarian; and Director of Distance Learning Library Services
B.A., Emory and Henry College; M.A., Ed.S., Appalachian State University; Ed.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

PETER KRUSA (2006)
Distinguished Professor in the Department of Technology
B.A., St. Olaf College

BARRY L. KURTZ (2000)
Lowe's Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.S., M.A., University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Faculty

JACK KWONG (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., University of Lethbridge, Canada; Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada