New Faculty for 2008-2009
Faculty listed by School:
Art | Business | Dentistry | Education | Engineering & Technology | Informatics | Health and Rehabilitation Sciences | School of Law | Liberal Arts | Medicine | Music | Nursing | School of Public and Environmental Affairs | Physical Education and Tourism Management | Science | Social Work | University Library
Herron School of Art and Design
Agha, Anila Quayyum
Assistant Professor of Drawing
- MFA, 2004, Fiber Arts, University of North Texas
- Areas of expertise: Drawing, mixed media and fibers
- More information
- E-mail: aagha@iupui.edu
Riede, Danielle
Assistant Professor
Department of Painting
- M.F.A in painting, 2005, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Areas of expertise: Painting, site sensitive installations, sustainability (all works composed of recycled artist materials)
- More information
- E-mail: driede@iupui.edu
School of Business
Berte, Erica
Assistant Professor, Management
IUPUC Columbus
- Ph.D., 2006, Business Administration from University of São Paulo-Brazil
- Areas of expertise: International business, Brazil and South American culture, entrepreneurship and training development
- E-mail: eberte@iupuc.edu
Lee, JK
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., 2007 Purdue University
- Areas of expertise: Brand extension, M-commerce, content analysis, E-personalization and online privacy
- E-mail: leejk@iupui.edu
Dentistry
Browning, William D.
Professor of Restorative Dentistry
Indiana Dental Association Endowed Chair in Restorative Dentistry
- D.D.S., 1974, University of Michigan
- Areas of expertise: Clinical trials or tooth whitening agents and restorative materials
- More information
- E-mail: fesong@iupui.edu
School of Education
Mutegi, Jomo
Associate Professor of Science Education
- Ph.D., 1997, Florida State University
- Areas of expertise: the history and philosophy of science, worldview theory and students’ science-knowledge, and racial bias in African American science career attainment
- More information
- E-mail: jmutegi@iupui.edu
Flessner, Ryan
Assistant Professor
Mathematics Education
- Ph.D., 2008, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Areas of expertise: Teacher education, mathematics education, action research, equity, diversity, social justice
- More information
- E-mail: flessner@iupui.edu
Hill, Crystal Antoinette
Assistant Professor
Mathematics Education
- Ph.D., 2008, Education (curriculum, culture and change), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Areas of expertise: African American students and mathematical problem solving; cultural studies, specifically the representation of African American women in popular culture
- More information
- E-mail: ssbartho@iupui.edu
Sekayi, Dia
Assistant Professor
IUPUC, Division of Education
- Ph.D., 1996, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Areas of expertise: Urban education, resistance in education, qualitative research
- E-mail: dsekayi@iupui.edu
Stephenson, Jane
Assistant Professor in Special Education
- Ph.D., 2008, George Washington University, Washington D.C
- Areas of expertise: school-wide positive behavioral support, alternative education, urban education, and gender-specific programming.
- More information
- E-mail: janestep@iupui.edu
School of Engineering & Technology
Choe, E.J.
Assistant Professor, Music and Arts Technology
Director, IUPUI Music Academy
- E-mail: echoe@iupui.edu
Christopher, Lauren
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ph.D., 2003, Purdue University
- Areas of expertise: The application of VLSI circuits to 3D imaging algorithms to improve throughput and real-time analysis of 3D image data
- More information
- E-mail: lauchris@iupui.edu
Li, Lingxi
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ph.D., 2008, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Areas of expertise: Monitoring, diagnosis, and control of complex systems (transportation systems, power systems, biological systems, etc.); fault-tolerant systems; discrete event systems; graph theory and applications
- More information
- E-mail: ll7@iupui.edu
Varahramyan, Kody
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vice Chancellor for Research
- Ph.D., 1983, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
- Areas of expertise: Micro/nanoscale systems for biomedical, environmental, and information technology applications
- More information
- E-mail: kvarahra@iupui.edu
School of Informatics
Bolchini, Davide
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., 2003, University of Lugano, Faculty of Communication Sciences
- Area of expertise: human-computer interaction
- More information
- E-mail: jdbolchin@iupui.edu
Pfaff, Mark S.
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., 2008, Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
- Areas of expertise: Computer supported cooperative work, distributed decision-making, human computer interaction, New Media
- More information
- E-mail: mpfaff@iupui.edu
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Agho, Austin O.
Dean of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Ph.D., 1989, in Hospital and Health Administration, University of Iowa
- More information
- E-mail: aagho@iupui.edu
Liu, Chiung-Ju
Assistant Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy
- Ph.D., 2006, Gerontology from University of Kansas
- Areas of expertise: Health literacy in older adults, strength training in older adults and meta-analysis
- E-mail: liu41@iupui.edu
School of Law
Huffman, Max
Associate Professor of Law
- J.D., 1998, University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Areas of interest: antitrust, bankruptcy, consumer law, commercial law
- More information
- E-mail: huffmmax@iupui.edu
Morris, Emily
Associate Professor
- J.D. (magna cum laude), 2002, University of Michigan Law School
- Areas of interest: patent law, copyright law, intellectual property law
- More information
- E-mail: emmmorri@iupui.edu
School of Liberal Arts
Goodspeed-Chadwick, Julie
Assistant Professor of English
- Areas of expertise: Twentieth-Century American literature, transatlantic modernism, literary theory, women and literature, gender studies, ethnic studies
- E-mail: juliegood@iupuc.edu
Johnson, Daniel
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
- Ph.D., 2007, Geography, Indiana State University
- Areas of interest: spatial epidemiology, medical geography, remote sensing and public health, climate change and human health, heat waves, extreme heat events
- More information
- E-mail: dpjohnso@iupui.edu
Leech, Tamara
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
- Ph.D., 2006 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Areas of expertise: Adolescent health risk behavior, urban communities, and the intersection of race and gender
- E-mail: tleech@iupui.edu
Rhodes, Nancy
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
- Ph.D., 1991, Texas A&M University
- Areas of interest: Persuasion and social influence as they are applied to health communication, for example, smokers' processing of anti-smoking messages, the role of social influence in teen risky driving, and norms for drinking and driving among college students
- More information
- E-mail: rhodesn@iupui.edu
Wang, Jing
Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Culture
Department of World Languages and Culture
- Ph.D., 2003, Florida State University
- Areas of expertise: Reading research, language acquisition and instruction, computer assisted language learning, cultural studies, film studies
- More information
- E-mail: jw41@iupui.edu
School of Medicine
Bellido, Teresita M.
Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Ph.D., 1988, Biochemistry, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
- Areas of expertise: Signal transduction in bone cells, regulation of bone cell apoptosis, osteocyte biology, skeletal effects and mechanism of action of bisphosphonates, steroid hormones, parathyroid hormone, and mechanical forces
- More information
- E-mail: tbellido@iupui.edu
Birdas, Thomas J.
Department of Cardiosurgery
- M.D., 1995, University of Athens Medical School, Greece
- Areas of expertise: general thoracic surgery
- More information
- E-mail: tbirdas@iupui.edu
Breier, Alan
Professor of Psychiatry
Chief of Psychotic Disorders Program and Director of Research at Larue Carter Hospital
- M.D., 1980, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Areas of interest: research focused on increasing knowledge of both the etiology and the treatment of psychotic disorders
- More information
- E-mail: abreier@iupui.edu
Cai, Xueya
Assistant Professor
Division of Biostatistics
- Ph.D. Biostatistics, 2008, The State University of New York at Buffalo
- Areas of expertise: :Generalized linear model, bootstrap method, health services research
- E-mail: xueycai@iupui.edu
Chen, Jey-Hsin
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- E-mail: jeyhchen@iupui.edu
Cummings, Judd Edward
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- M.D., 2002, Creighton University, School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
- Areas of interest: Orthopaedic Oncology for treatment of sarcoma, all benign & malignant tumors or tumor like conditions of bone and soft tissues
- More information
- E-mail: judcummi@iupui.edu
Erickson, Craig A.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
- M.D., 2003, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
- More information
- E-mail: crericks@iupui.edu
Dong, X. Charlie
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Ph.D., 2002, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Ohio State University
- Areas of expertise: Mechanistic study of diabetes and obesity using mouse models and cell-based system, particularly focusing on gene regulation in nutrient homeostasis
- More information
- E-mail: xcdong@iupui.edu
Fan, Rong
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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- E-mail: fanr@iupui.edu
Flores, Roberto L.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
- M.D., New York University School of Medicine
- Areas of expertise: Craniofacial surgery, pediatric plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery of the face in children and adults
- E-mail: rlflores@iupui.edu
Hess, Lisa M.
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health
- Ph.D., 2007, University of Arizona
- Areas of expertise: Cancer outcomes research, quality of life, preferences and health care decision making, gynecologic malignancies
- More information
- E-mail: lmhess@iupui.edu
House, Michael G.
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
- M.D. Harvard Medical School
- Areas of expertise: : Benign and malignant diseases of the liver, pancreas, and bile ducts; gastrointestinal tumors; sarcoma; adrenal tumors
- More information
- E-mail: michouse@iupui.edu
Idrees, Muhammad T.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- M.D., 1995, Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore, Pakistan
- Areas of expertise: Gynecologic pathology, genitourinary pathology, cytopathology
- E-mail: midrees@iupui.edu
Ivan, Mircea
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Hematology and Oncology
- M.D., 1993, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
- Areas of expertise: Hypoxia, microRNAs, tumorigenesis
- E-mail: mivan@iupui.edu
Kraemer, Paul E.
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedics
- M.D., University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Areas of expertise: Orthopaedic spinal trauma and adult spinal deformity
- More information
- E-mail: paekrae@iupui.edu
Learman, Lee A.
Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- M.D., 1990, Harvard Medical School
- Areas of expertise: Chronic pelvic pain, hysterectomy and alternative treatments, clinical decision-making, doctor-patient communication, medical education
- More information
- E-mail: llearman@iupui.edu
Lemmon, Gary W.
Professor Surgery
Department of Vascular Surgery
- M.D., 1980, Indiana University
- Areas of expertise: Vascular Surgery
- More information
- E-mail: gwlemmon@iupui.edu
Lopshire, John Christopher
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Cardiology
- M.D., 2001, Indiana University
- Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular medicine, clinical cardiac electrophysiology, research in cardiac arrhythmias
- More information
- E-mail: wderbign@iupui.edu
Moore, Michael G.
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
- E-mail: mooreemg@iupui.edu
Nassiri, Mehdi
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- M.D., 1991 Tehran University, School of Medicine
- Areas of expertise: Molecular pathology, hematopathology
- E-mail: mnassiri@iupui.edu
Okereke, Ikenna
Associate Professor
Cardiothoracic Surgery
- M.D., 1999, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
- Areas of expertise: Adult non-cardiac thoracic surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, esophageal surgery, benign and malignant diseases
- E-mail: iokereke@iupui.edu
Plotkin, Lilian I.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Ph.D. in immunology, 1996, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Areas of expertise: Bone biology, cell signaling, regulation of apoptosis of bone cells
- More information
- Website
- E-mail: rvreeman@iupui.edu
Rizzo, Kathryn
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- E-mail: karizzo@iupui.edu
Villanustre, Nicolas P.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
- E-mail: nicvilla@iupui.edu
Yu, Andy Qugui
Assistant Professor
Department Microbiology and Immunology
- Ph.D., 1995, Fourth Military Medical University, China
- Areas of expertise: Immunopathology of HIV infection and the clinical and immunological interactions between HIV and other human persistent viruses
- More information
- E-mail: andyu@iupui.edu
Yu, Zhangsheng
Division of Biostatistics
- Ph.D., 2006, University of Michigan
- E-mail: yuz@iupui.edu
School of Music
Vander Gheynst, John R.
Professor
Director of Jazz Studies
- Ph.D., 2007, The University of Texas at Austin
- Areas of expertise: Jazz performance and composition, classical and Jazz trumpet performance, music business
- More information
- E-mail: johnvg@iupui.edu
School of Nursing
Duffy, Joanne R.
Professor
Department of Environments for Health
- Ph.D., 1990 in Nursing, The Catholic University of America
- Areas of expertise: improving patient outcomes through relationship-centered care
- More information
- E-mail: jrduffy@iupui.edu
McLennon, Susan Margaret
Associate Professor
- Ph.D., 2008, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Areas of expertise: Gerontology; dementia caregivers
- E-mail: smclenno@iupui.edu
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Arrieta, Alejandro
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., 2002 in Economics, Rutgers University
- Areas of expertise: Health Economics, healthcare utilization, applied econometrics
- More information
- E-mail: arrietaa@iupui.edu
School of Physical Education and Tourism Management
King, Carina
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., 2007, Leisure Behavior, Indiana University
- Areas of expertise: Leisure consumer behavior, adventure recreation, sport and cultural tourism, technology integration
- More information
- E-mail: carking@indiana.edu
Lee, Soonhwan
Assistant Professor Physical Education
- Ph.D., 2002, United States Sports Academy, Daphne, AL
- Areas of interest: Sport consumer behavior, economic and psychic impact of sporting events, online consumption of sport products
- More information
- E-mail: lee291@iupui.edu
School of Science
Dundar, M. Murat
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer and Information Science
- Ph.D., 2003, Purdue University, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Areas of expertise: Machine learning, computer aided diagnosis, remote sensing data analysis
- More information
- E-mail: mdundar@iupui.edu
McLeish, Michael
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Ph.D., 1984, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia
- Areas of expertise: Enzymology, protein structure and function, rational drug design
- More information
- E-mail: mcleish@iupui.edu
Poulsen, Joan
Assistant Professor of Psychology
IUPUC – Division of Science
- Areas of expertise: social psychology, prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination, exclusion and ostracism from groups, group and team processes, interactionist approaches
- E-mail: jpoulsen@iupuc.edu
Varma-Nelson, Pratibha
Professor Organic Chemistry and Chemical Education
Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Ph.D., 1978 University of Illinois-Chicago
- Areas of expertise: Studying the effectiveness of exporting pedagogies developed in chemistry such as PLTL to the humanities and developing and evaluating the effectiveness of Peer-Led Team Learning workshops for online courses for national and international audiences
- More information
- E-mail: pvn@iupui.edu
Peng, Hanxiang
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
- Ph.D., 2001, State University of New York at Binghamton
- Areas of expertise: Statistics
- More information
- E-mail: hpeng@math.iupui.edu
Dr. Meghna Babbar-Sebens
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
- Ph.D. Year and School: 2006, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
- Area of Expertise: Water Resources
- More information
- E-mail: mbabbars@iupui.edu
School of Social Work
Walker, Marquita
Assistant Professor of Labor Studies
Labor Studies Program
- Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Areas of expertise: Issues involving dislocated workers, social stratification, income inequity, and poverty as they pertain to workers and workers’ education
- E-mail: marqwalk@iupui.edu
University Library
Trinosky, Jessica
Business Librarian
- MLS, 2002, University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign
- Areas of expertise: Business resources
- More information
- E-mail: jtrinosk@iupui.edu
