Graduate Bulletin and Course Catalog
Faculty (P through R)
LINDA C. PACIFICI (1999)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., Radford University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Graduate Faculty
AMY DELLINGER PAGE (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; M.A., Radford University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
ANN LOUISE PAGE (1978)
Professor in the Department of Sociology
A.B., M.A., Marshall University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
KATRINA MARIE PALMER (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Roanoke College; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Emory University
Graduate Faculty
DOLORES ANN PARKS (1991)
Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
JAMES RICHARD PEACOCK (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.Phil., M.G.S., Miami University, Ohio; Ph.D., University of Akron
Graduate Faculty
KENNETH E. PEACOCK (1983)
Chancellor; and Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Mars Hill College; M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University
JULIA A. PEDIGO (1985)
Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M.E., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.M., College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati; A.M.D., The University of Michigan
Graduate Faculty
MYRA LEA PENNELL (1996)
Profesor in the Department of History
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ed.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty
SHARON SMITH PENNELL (1978)
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication
B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Walden University
TIMOTHY JAMES PERRI (1980)
Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., University of Kentucky; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Graduate Faculty
L. BAKER PERRY (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning
B.A., Duke University; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
SUSAN S. PERRY (2004)
Clinical Instructor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
ELLEN LAWRENCE PESKO (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.A., Old Dominion University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
ELICKA S.L. PETERSON (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis
Graduate Faculty
SHEILA RAE PHIPPS (1998)
Associate Professor in the Department of History
B.A., Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., College of William and Mary
Graduate Faculty
ALEXANDER HARRIS PITOFSKY (2001)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., Columbia University; J.D., Georgetown University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Graduate Faculty
SUSAN MAYFIELD POGOLOFF (1997)
Associate Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.S.Ed., University of Oklahoma; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate Faculty
CAROL POLLARD (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems
B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Faculty
WILLIAM B. POLLARD (1981)
Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.A., Mars Hill College; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Graduate Faculty
PHOEBE A. POLLITT (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing
B.S.N., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
JOSEPH THOMAS POLLOCK (1981)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of Florida
MONICA TEIXEIRA POMBO (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication
B.A., Cleveland State University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
J. ALEX POORMAN (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology
Bachelor of Interior Architecture, Kansas State University; Master of Architecture, North Carolina State University
JANICE TALLEY POPE (1995)
Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Communication
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
PRISCILLA PEEBLES PORTERFIELD (1990)
Associate Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M., M.M., D.M.A., University of Michigan
Graduate Faculty
RICHARD WILLIAM POUDER (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of Management
B.S., M.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Graduate Faculty
BENJAMIN C. POWELL (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
A.B., Princeton University; M.B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
HEATHER PAIGE PRESTON (2001)
Lecturer in the Department of Communication
B.S., M.S., Ohio University
JAMMIE LYNN PRICE (2004)
Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., The Catholic University of America; M.A., East Carolina University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University
SHERONE DEVONE PRICE (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
B.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.F.A., Hollins University
ALVIN C. PROFFIT (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., M.A., Marshall University; Ed.D., West Virginia University
Graduate Faculty
MARK W. PRUETT (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
B.S.B.A., M.B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
LIBBY G. PUCKETT (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
ERIC LLOYD PURVES (1986)
Professor in the Department of Art
B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; M.F.A., Wichita State University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
ARTHUR J. QUICKENTON (1979)
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., Marist College; M.S.Ed., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
JOHN C. QUINDRY (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.S., M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
ERIK RABINOWITZ (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.A., Colorado State University; M.S., Ed.D., Southern Illinois University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
TIMOTHY LAWRENCE RADAK (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.A., Michigan State University; M.P.H., Ph.D., Loma Linda University
BRIAN WILLIAM RAICHLE (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology
B.S., West Chester University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University
MICHAEL B. RAMEY (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., University of Florida
JEFFREY EARL RAMSDELL (2003)
Professor in the Department of Technology
B.S.M.E., University of Florida; M.B.A., Rollins College; Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Graduate Faculty
COLIN TUCKER RAMSEY (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of English
B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Ph.D., University of Missouri
Graduate Faculty
THOMAS PATRICK RARDIN (1988)
Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
A.B., Ohio University; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
ALI RAZA (2004)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Art
B.F.A., National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan; M.F.A., University of Minnesota
GREGORY GEORGE RECK (1972)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology
B.A., University of Houston; M.A., Ph.D., Catholic University of America
RANDALL W. REED (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., California State University, Northridge; M.A., Claremont Graduate University; Ph.D., University of Chicago
KAREN S. REESMAN (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing
B.S., Rutgers University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
THOMAS MURRAY REEVES (1998)
Practitioner-in-Residence in the Department of Technology
A.A., Sandhills Community College; B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University
ERIC FILLMORE REICHARD (1973)
Professor in the Department of Technology
A.S., Lees-McRae College; B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Appalachian State University
MARY L. REICHEL (1992)
Professor and University Librarian
B.A., Grinnell College; M.Sc.Econ., University of Wales; M.A., University of Denver; Ph.D., Georgia State University
DAVID A. REID (2003)
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
LAUREN E. RENKERT (2000)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work
A.A., Palm Beach Junior College; B.S.W., Florida Atlantic University; M.S.W., Barry University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
ARTHUR BARNARD REX (1981)
Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Planning; and Director of Space Management and Planning
B.A., Slippery Rock State College; M.A., Appalachian State University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
RODNEY THOMAS REYNERSON (1980)
Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M., Murray State University; M.M., D.M., Indiana University
GEORGIA BESS RHOADES (1991)
Professor in the Department of English
B.A., M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Louisville
Graduate Faculty
GREGORY SCOTT RHOADS (1995)
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University
Graduate Faculty
SCOTT EDWIN RICE (2007)
Associate Professor and Librarian
B.A., Hope College; M.A., Tulane University; M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
SHARON McCORMACK RICHTER (2008)
Instructor in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
B.A., Georgian Court University; M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
RICHARD E. RIEDL (1989)
Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
B.A., Cornell College; M.A., University of Akron; Ph.D., Arizona State University
Graduate Faculty
JANICE GERTRUDE RIENERTH (1973)
Professor in the Department of Sociology
B.A., B.S., Ohio University; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
LAURIE A. RIVERA (2005)
Lecturer in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.S., Appalachian State University; M.Ed., The Citadel
GWENDOLYN M. ROBBINS (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Oregon
FORREST DOUGLAS ROBERTS (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.B.A., Southern Arkansas University; M.B.A., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., University of Tennessee CPA
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
KAREN LEE ROBERTSON (1995)
Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; M.M., University of Cincinnati; D.M.A., University of Missouri at Kansas City
MATTHEW BARNETT ROBINSON (1997)
Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University
Graduate Faculty
COURTNEY A. ROCHELEAU (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
B.S., Colorado State University; M.A., University of Colorado; Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
CHRIS P. RODRIGUEZ (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling
B.S., Wayland Baptist University; M.A., Hardin-Simmons University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
SUSAN DIANE ROGGENKAMP (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of Management; and Director of the Health Care Management Program
B.A., Appalachian State University; M.H.A., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
SUNGHOON ROH (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Korea National Police University; M.A., Florida State University
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
THOMAS LEO ROKOSKE (1964)
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Loyola University; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., Auburn University
Graduate Faculty
MARTIN MENZO ROOT (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
ANNKATRIN ROSE (2005)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
B.S., Ph.D., University of Hamburg, Germany
Associate Member of Graduate Faculty
SARAH ELIZABETH ROSE (1992)
Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M., East Carolina University; M.M., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty
EDWIN ROSENBERG (1991)
Professor in the Department of Sociology; and Director of the Gerontology Program
B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Graduate Faculty
JOHN STANLEY ROSS (2006)
Associate Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.M.E., Olivet College; M.M., University of Michigan; D.M.A., Michigan State University
IVAN CARL ROTEN (2001)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., North Carolina State University; M.B.A., Ed.S., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Graduate Faculty
JAN C. ROWE (1988)
Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science
B.A., Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ed.D., Appalachian State University
RAYMOND S. RUBLE (1970)
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
LISA ADKINS RUNNER (2006)
Assistant Professor in the Hayes School of Music
B.A., Milligan College; M.A., East Tennessee State University; Ed.D., Appalachian State University
CARL RAY RUSSELL (1991)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science
B.A., Freed-Hardeman College; M.S., Memphis State University; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
JAMES A. RUSSELL (2008)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology
B.S., Clemson University; M.E., Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)
PHILLIP EUGENE RUSSELL (2007)
Distinguished Professor of Science Education; and Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Appalachian State University; M.S., West Virginia University; Ph.D., University of Florida
Graduate Faculty
CURTIS R. RYAN (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies
B.A., Drew University; M.A.; Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty