New Faculty for 2006-2007
Faculty listed by School:
Art | Business | Dentistry | Education | Engineering & Technology | Informatics | Law | Liberal Arts | Medicine | Nursing | Physical Education & Tourism Management | Public & Environmental Affairs | Science | University Library
Herron School of Art and Design
Colon Mendoza, Ilenia
Assistant Professor
Art History
- MA in Art History from Pennsylvania State University
- Area of expertise: Art History from the Renaissance to 1913
- More information
- E-mail: ilecolon@iupui.edu
Vander Kooi, Lee
Assistant Professor
Visual Communication
- MDes in 2004 from North Carolina State University, Raleigh
- Areas of expertise: Mapping/visual representation; an intersection of form making and the design process; the impact of unstable media on visual cultural production.
- More information
- E-mail: lv2@iupui.edu
Kelley School of Business
Flynn, Barbara
Professor
Operations Management
- MBA in Operations Management in 1981 from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
- DBA in Operations Management in 1984 from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- Areas of expertise: World class manufacturing, quality management, just-in-time manufacturing, operations strategy, and innovation management.
- More information
- E-mail: bbflynn@iupui.edu
Frohlich, Markham T
Associate Professor
Operations Management
- MBA in Production and Operations Management in 1987 from the University of California, Los Angeles
- DBA in Operations Management in 1998 from Boston University School of Management
- Areas of expertise: Supply chain strategies, e-business, operations strategy
- More information
- E-mail: mfrohlic@iupui.edu
Dentistry
Agarwal, Parul
Assistant Professor
Restorative Dentistry
- BDS in 2000 from the College of Dental Surgery, Manipal, India
- MSD in 2004 in Prosthodontics from Indiana University School of Dentistry
- DDS in 2006 from the University of Detroit Mercy
- Areas of expertise: Implants, removable and fixed prosthodontics.
- E-mail: pagarwal@iupui.edu
Krushinski, Cheryl A.
Assistant Professor
Oral Pathology
- DDS in 1987 from Indiana University School of Dentistry
- More information
- E-mail: ckrushin@iupui.edu
School of Education
Pike, Gary R.
Associate Professor
Executive Director of Information Management and Institutional Research
- PhD in Communication and the Public Interest in 1985 from Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Areas of expertise: The effects of in-class and out-of–class experiences on students’ learning and development.
- E-mail: pikeg@iupui.edu
Thompson, Chalmer Elaine
Associate Professor
- PhD in Counseling Psychology in 1988 from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Areas of expertise: The impacts of racism and other forms of oppression on counseling/therapy interactions and more generally, on psychological and interpersonal functioning.
- More information
- E-mail: chathomp@iupui.edu
Toll, Cathy A
Associate Professor
Elementary Teacher Education
- PhD from Pennsylvania State University
- Areas of expertise: Teacher professional growth, educational change, school politics.
- More information
- E-mail: ctoll@iupui.edu
School of Engineering & Technology
Yoshida, Ken
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
- PhD in Bioengineering in 1994 from the University of Utah, UT
- Areas of expertise: Development of high selectivity neural interface techniques, natural feedback based neuroprosthetic control systems, bioelectrodes and segmental motor control physiology.
- E-mail: yoshidak@iupui.edu
School of Informatics
Edwards, Richard
Assistant Professor
- PhD in Critical Studies in 2002 from the University of Southern California, School of Cinema-Television
- Areas of expertise: Film style and film theory (especially film noir), alternative media and new technologies, digital literacy, remix culture, and the future of scholarship.
- More information
- E-mail: edwards9@iupui.edu
Zhou, Yaoqi
Professor
- PhD in Chemical Physics in 1990 from the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
- Areas of expertise: Development and utilization of statistical mechanics theories, bioinformatics, and stimulation methods to explain and predict the behavior of biologically interesting macromolecules.
- More information
- E-mail: yqzhou@iupui.edu
School of Law
Pitts, Michael J.
Associate Professor
- JD in 1999 from the Georgetown University Law Center
- Areas of expertise: Civil procedure, evidence, election law.
- More information
- E-mail: mjpitts@iupui.edu
School of Liberal Arts
Banerjee, Aniruddha
Assistant Professor
Geography
- PhD in 2004 from the University of Iowa
- Areas of expertise: Urban and regional geography, geographic information science, environmental epidemiology/medical geography, mathematical models, spatial econometrics.
- More information
- E-mail: rbanerje@iupui.edu
Bell, David C
Professor
Sociology
- PhD in 1977 from Johns Hopkins University
- Areas of expertise: Social networks, HIV/AIDS, Family
- More information
- E-mail: dcbell@iupui.edu
Coleman, Martin A
Assistant Professor
Philosophy
- MA in 1996 from Texas A&M University
- PhD in 2003 from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
- Areas of expertise: American philosophy
- More information
- E-mail: martcole@iupui.edu
Douglas, Mitchell
Assistant Professor
English
- MFA in 2006 from Indiana University
- Areas of expertise: Black Arts Movement, ethnic poetry collectives, art for social change.
- More information
- E-mail: mildougl@indiana.edu
Pike, Lynn M
Professor
Sociology
- MS in 1978 from the University of Arizona
- PhD in 1983 from Ohio State
- Areas of expertise: Adolescents, youth at risk, program evaluation, adolescent sexuality, adolescent gambling, mentoring.
- More information
- E-mail: pikel@iupui.edu
Tezanos-Pinto, Rosa
Associate Professor
World Languages and Cultures
- MA in Spanish in 1994 from the University of Miami
- PhD in Spanish in 2003 from the University of Miami
- Areas of expertise: Testimonial Writing, National Narratives in Hispanic America, Ester de Izaguirre’s and Loreina Santos Silva’s poetry and narrative.
- More information
- E-mail: rtezanos@iupui.edu
Watson, James
Assistant Professor
Anthropology
- MA in 1999 from Wichita State University
- PhD in 2005 from the University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Areas of expertise: Health and disease in prehistoric populations especially the decline in human health associated with the adoption of an agricultural lifestyle; interaction between disease and culture in modern indigenous groups (particularly Type-II Diabetes).
- More information
- E-mail: watsonjt@iupui.edu
White-Stanley, Debra
Assistant Professor
English
- MA in 1995 from the University of Massachusetts and in 1999 from the University of Arizona
- PhD in 2006 from the University of Arizona
- Areas of expertise: Gender and film studies, film sound, film adaptation, the war film, the medical humanities.
- More information
- E-mail: dewhites@iupui.edu
Wills, Katherine
Assistant Professor
English
IUPU Columbus
- MA in English Writing from Indiana University, Bloomington
- PhD in English Rhetoric from the University of Louisville, KY
- Areas of expertise: Techno-rhetoric, computers and writing, creative writing, cultural Studies, WPA-WAC.
- More information
- E-mail: kwills@iupui.edu
School of Liberal Arts / School of Nursing
Bell, Linda
Professor
Joint appointment:
Communication Studies & Family Health
- MA in 1968 from the University of Texas, Austin, TX
- PhD in 1973 from Duke University
- Areas of expertise: The relationships between family communication and family system processes and the health and wellbeing of family members, particularly adolescents.
- More information
- E-mail: lgbell@iupui.edu
School of Medicine
Bohlson, Suzanne S
Assistant Professor
Immunology and Microbiology
South Bend Center for Medical Education
- PhD from the University of Notre Dame
- Areas of expertise: Host immune function (phagocytosis), mycobacterial infection
- More information
- E-mail: sbohlson@iupui.edu
Cacioppo, Jason R
Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery
- No information available
Cardoso, Angelo
Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology
- No information available
Carlesso, Nadia
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics Neonatology
- No information available
Grignon, David J.
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Centennial Professor of Pathology
- MD in 1981 from the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
- Areas of expertise: Diagnostic urologic pathology and prognostic markers as related to urologic oncology.
- E-mail: dgrignon@iupui.edu
Haggstrom, Anita N
Assistant Professor
Dermatology
- MD from the University of Nebraska
- Areas of expertise: Pediatric dermatology, vascular lesions (infantile hemangiomas, port-wine stains, malformations).
- More information
- E-mail: anitahaggstrom@yahoo.com
Haggstrom, David A
Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine
- E-mail: dahaggst@iupui.edu
Hahn, Noah M
Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology
- E-mail: nhahn@iupui.edu
Ho, Chang Y
Assistant Professor
Radiology
- No information available
Jung, Jeesun
Assistant Professor
Medical and Molecular Genetics
- MS in 1998 in Applied Statistics from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- PhD in 2004 in Statistics from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX
- Areas of expertise: Development of statistical methodologies to find susceptibility genes for human complex disease traits including asthma, hypertension, and otitis media.
- More information
- E-mail: jeejung@iupui.edu
Kernek, Kevin M
Assistant Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- More information
- E-mail: kmkernek@iupui.edu
Krebs, Erin E
Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine
- MD in 2000 from the University of Minnesota
- MPH in 2006 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Areas of expertise: Chronic pain, mental health, health services research
- E-mail: krebse@iupui.edu
Krishnan, Ravi S.
Assistant Professor
Dermatology
- MD in 2001 from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Areas of expertise: Dermatologic surgery, skin cancer removal and reconstructive process, Mohs micrographic surgery, laser surgery and procedures, cosmetic dermatology.
- More Information
- E-mail: rskrishn@iupui.edu
Lannoo, Michael J
Professor
Neuroscience
Terre Haute Center for Medical Education
- E-mail: mlannoo@iupui.edu
Liu, Yunlong
Assistant Professor
Medicine
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2004 from Purdue University
- Areas of expertise: Genome-wide discovery of regulatory and post- regulatory networks in eukaryotic system; dynamic modeling of transcriptional regulation; functional analysis of non-coding DNA; discovering biomarkers from high-throughput genomic and proteomic data; computational identification of epigenetic modifications in cancer.
- More information
- E-mail: yunliu@iupui.edu
McDonald, Brenna C.
Assistant Professor
Radiology, Neurology
- MBA in Health and Medical Services Administration from Widener University, Chester, PA
- PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Widener University, Chester, PA
- Areas of expertise: Neuropsychological assessment and structural and functional imaging of pediatric populations, particularly those with neurological or neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., epilepsy, brain injury, autism spectrum disorders), and children at risk for neuropsychiatric disorders.
- E-mail: mcdonalb@iupui.edu
Mark, Lawrence A
Assistant Professor
Dermatology
- PhD from Indiana University School of Medicine
- MD from Indiana University School of Medicine
- Areas of expertise: Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, malignant melanoma
- More information
- E-mail: lamark@iupui.edu
Mayo, Lindsey D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
- PhD in 1997 from Wright State University, Dayton, OH
- Areas of expertise: Regulation of tumor suppressors and oncogenes
- More information
- E-mail: ldmayo@iupui.edu
Meroueh, Samy
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- PhD in Chemistry from Wayne State University
- Areas of expertise: thermodynamics and kinetics of macromolecular interactions, and disruption of these interactions with small molecules for the discovery of therapeutic agents.
- More information
- E-mail: smeroueh@iupui.edu
Misseri, Rosalia
Assistant Professor
Urology
- No information available
Mullis, Brian H
Assistant Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
- MD in 1999 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Obukhov, Alexander G
Assistant Professor
Cellular and Integrative Physiology
- MS in Chemistry in 1983 from Samara State University, Samara, Russia
- PhD in Biophysics in 1988 from Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine
- Areas of expertise: Function and biophysical properties of Transient Receptor Potential Channels
- More information
- E-mail: aobukhov@iupui.edu
Sanford, Jeremy R
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- PhD in 2001 from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- Areas of expertise: Post-transcriptional control of eukaryotic gene expression.
- More information
- E-mail: sanfordj@iupui.edu
Saykin, Andrew J
Professor
Radiology
Director, IU Ctr for Neuroimaging
- MS from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
- PsyD in 1982 from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
- Areas of expertise: Use of brain imaging and genomic methods to study mechanisms of memory dysfunction and treatment response in neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia.
- E-mail: asaykin@iupui.edu
Stahelin, Robert V
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
South Bend Center for Medical Education
- PhD in Chemistry in 2003 from the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Areas of expertise: Cytoplasmic proteins involved in cell signaling and membrane trafficking
- More information
- E-mail: rstaheli@iupui.edu
Takagi, Yuichiro
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- MS in 1989 from the University of Tokyo, Japan
- PhD in 1997 University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
- Areas of expertise: Mechanism of eukaryotic gene regulation by RNA polymerase II: Building and understanding large multi-protein complexes that control gene expression in eukaryotes.
- More information
- E-mail: ytakagi@iupui.edu
Wanner, Matthew R
Assistant Professor
Radiology
- No information available
Wells, Clark D
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- PhD in 2001 from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas
- Areas of expertise: Role of Rho GTPase dependent signaling
- More information
- E-mail: wells4@iupui.edu
Ye, Qi-Zhuang
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- PhD in Medicinal Chemistry in 1988 from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Areas of expertise: Metallohydrolases and their role in human disease, selective inhibitors of metallohydrolases and their use as antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer therapeutics.
- More information
- E-mail: yeq@iupui.edu
Zyromski, Nicholas J.
Assistant Professor
Surgery
- Areas of expertise: Pancreatitis, pancreatic neoplasia, gastrointestinal surgery
- More information
- E-mail: nzyromsk@iupui.edu
School of Nursing
Baird, Carol L.
Associate Professor
- DNS in Nursing Synthesis and Multidisciplinary Gerontology from Indiana University
- Areas of expertise: gerontology, osteoarthritis, chronic pain, mobility, self-management
- E-mail: bairdc@iupui.edu
Burrage, Joe W.
Associate Professor
- MSN from Northwestern State University of Louisiana
- PhD in Nursing in 2000 from Georgia State University
- Area of expertise: Psychosocial and cultural aspects of HIV infection
- E-mail: jburrage@iupui.edu
Ironside, Pamela M
Associate Professor
Environments for Health
- E-mail: pamirons@iupui.edu
Wheeler, Corinne A
Assistant Professor
- No information available
School of Physical Education & Tourism Management
Culp, Brian O
Assistant Professor
Physical Education
- MS in Sports Administration from Georgia State University
- PhD in Physical Education and Sports Studies from the University of Georgia
- E-mail: briculp@iupui.edu
Streepey, Jefferson W
Assistant Professor
Physical Education
- MS and PhD in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan
- E-mail: jwstreep@iupui.edu
School of Public & Environmental Affairs
Sargeant, Adrian
Professor
Robert F. Hartsook Chair in Fundraising at the Center on Philanthropy
- MBA from Heriot-Watt Univeristy, UK
- PhD in Marketing from the University of Exeter, England
- Areas of expertise: Nonprofit marketing including the marketing of the arts, education, health care and philanthropy; donor loyalty and retention.
- More information
- E-mail: asargean@iupui.edu
School of Science
Ghosh, Samiran
Assistant Professor
Mathematical Sciences
- PhD in Statistics in 2006 from the University of Connecticut
- Areas of expertise: Non/semifarametric model development for bioinformatics, development of model-based unsupervised learning methods for high dimensional data and data mining under spatio-temporal constraints.
- E-mail: samghosh@iupui.edu
Li, Jiliang
Assistant Professor
Biology
- PhD in 2000 from Kagawa Medical University, Japan
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the effect of mechanical loading on bone cells and bone marrow stem cells and bone regeneration; pharmaceutical treatments for osteoporosis and bone fracture.
- E-mail: jilili@iupui.edu
Petrache, Horia I.
Assistant Professor
Physics
- PhD in Physics in 1998 from Carnegie Mellon University
- Areas of expertise: Measurement of molecular interactions within biomembranes using X-ray scattering, NMR spectroscopy, calorimetry and other physical methods in order to explain how membrane physical properties are implicated in diverse processes such as brain and lung function, secretion in the liver and hydration of the skin.
- More information
- E-mail: hpetrach@iupui.edu
Roper, Randall
Assistant Professor
Biology
- PhD in 2001 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Areas of expertise: Genetic, cellular and molecular abnormalities associated with early development in Down syndrome and the effects of Trisomy 21 on the neural crest.
- E-mail: rjroper@iupui.edu
Rand, Kevin
Assistant Professor
Psychology
- PhD in 2006 from the University of Kansas.
- Areas of expertise: The influence of positive psychology (hope, optimism) on people’s coping behavior, performance, and physical and mental health.
- More information
- E-mail: klrand@iupui.edu
Stewart, Jesse C.
Assistant Professor
Psychology
- PhD in 2003 from Ohio University
- Areas of expertise: Relationship between psychosocial factors (depression, anxiety, hostility/anger) and the development and progression of cardiovascular disease.
- More information
- E-mail: jstew@iupui.edu
University Library
Gomis, Melissa S.
Assistant Librarian
- Areas of expertise: Science, Engineering and Technology, Informatics, Nursing.
- E-mail: msgomis@iupui.edu
