UW Trustees Approve Personnel Items

Sept. 25, 2004 -- University of Wyoming trustees today (Saturday) approved the following personnel items:

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck, as director of the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center. Hamerlinck received a B.S. (1988) in geography from the University of North Dakota and a Master of Planning (1992) from the University of Wyoming.

Burke D. Grandjean, as director of the Wyoming Statistical Analysis Center. He also will continue to direct the UW Survey Research Center and also is a professor in the departments of sociology and statistics.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

John H. Vandel, as dean of the School of Pharmacy. Vandel received a B.S. (1957) in pharmacy from the University of Wyoming.

STUDENT AFFAIRS

Richard E. Stegman Jr., as dean of students. Stegman received a B.A. (1979) in political science from the University of Toledo and an M.A. (1981) in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University.

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

Nicole S. Ballenger, as head of the Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics. Ballenger received a B.A. (1975) in economics from the University of California-Santa Cruz, and an M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1984) in agricultural economics from the University of California-Davis.

Jordanka S. Zlatanova, as chairman of the Department of Molecular Biology. Zlatanova received an M.S. in biochemistry from Leningrad State University (USSR) and a Ph.D. in molecular/cell biology from the Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Richard D. Smith, as assistant professor in the Department of Plant Sciences. Smith received a B.S. (1990) in environmental education and interpretation and a Ph.D. (2003) in ecology.

Gerard P. Andrews, as assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Sciences. Andrews received a B.S. (1980) in biology from Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. (1983) in microbiology from the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. (1993) in microbiology from Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Bethesda, Md.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Christian A. Buerkle, as assistant professor in the Department of Botany. Buerkle received a B.A. (1990) in biology from the University of Missouri and a Ph.D. (1997) in ecology and evolutionary biology from Indiana University.


Cary E. Heck, as assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. Heck received a B.S. (1989) in sociology from Pittsburgh State University, an M.A. (1994) in administration of justice from San Jose State University and a Ph.D. (1998) in political science and criminal justice from Washington State University.

Craig A. Arnold, as assistant professor in the Department of English. Arnold received a B.A. (1990) in English language and literature and a Ph.D. (2001) in creative writing from the University of Utah.

Christopher C. Russell, as assistant professor in the Department of English. Russell received a B.A. (1993) and an M.A. (1996) in English from Western Washington University and a Ph.D. (2001) in English from the University of Oregon.

Steven D. Prager, as assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Recreation. Prager received a B.S. (1992) in earth science, and an M.A. (1995) in geography from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a Ph.D. (2002) in geography from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia.

Hakima Bessaih, as assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. Bessaih received an M.S. (1986) in mathematics at the University of Setif, Algeria, and a Ph.D. (1999) in mathematics from the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy.

Stefan Heinz, as assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. Heinz received a B.S. (1986) in physics from the Humboldt University in Berlin and a Ph.D. (1990) in physics from the Heinrich-Hertz Institute, Berlin.

Andreas Stein, as assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. Stein received a diplom in mathematik (1993) and a Ph.D. (1997) in mathematics from the University of Saarland, Germany.

Brett J. Deacon, as assistant professor in the Department of Psychology. Deacon received a B.A. (1996) in psychology from Truman State University, and an M.A. (1999) and a Ph.D. (2002) in clinical psychology from Northern Illinois University.

Daren Jackson, as instructor in the Department of Psychology. Jackson received a B.A. (1992) in psychology from the University of Oregon and an M.S. (1998) in psychology and a Ph.D. (2004) in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Craig W. Benkman, as professor in the Department of Zoology and Physiology. Benkman received a B.A. (1978) in biology from the University of California-Berkeley, an M.S. (1981) in biology from Northern Arizona University and a Ph.D. (1985) in biology from the State University of New York-Albany.

Qian-Quan Sun, as assistant professor in the Department of Zoology and Physiology. Sun received a B.S. (1990) in biology, and an M.S. (1993) in electrophysiology from Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, and a Ph.D. (1998) in neuroscience from St. Andrews University.


Quincy D. Newell, as instructor in the Religious Studies Program. Newell received a B.A. (1997) in American studies from Amherst College, and an M.A. (2001) and a Ph.D. (2004) in religious studies from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Xinrong Qiang, as instructor in the Department of Accounting. Qiang received a B.E. (1994) in engineering and an M.S. (1997) in accounting from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and a Ph.D. (2003) in accounting from the State University of New York-Buffalo.

David C. Finnoff, as assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Finance. Finnoff received a B.S. (1994) and a Ph.D. (2001) in economics from the University of Wyoming.

James E. Gunderson, as assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Finance. Gunderson received a B.A. (1977) in mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, an M.B.A. (1998) from Indiana University Southeast and a Ph.D. (2004) in finance from the University of Minnesota.

Klaas T. van=t Veld, as assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Finance. vant=t Veld received a B.S. (1992) in economics from the University of London, and an M.S. (1993) and a Ph.D. (1997) in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California-Berkeley.

Ahmad L. Jarrah, as assistant professor in the Department of Management and Marketing. Jarrah received a B.S. (1985) in engineering at the American University of Beirut, an M.S. (1986) in engineering from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. (1991) in management science from the University of Texas-Austin.

Robert D. Sprague, as assistant professor in the Department of Management and Marketing. Sprague received a B.S. (1980) in business administration from the University of Denver College of Business and a J.D. (1985) from the University of Denver College of Law.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Jeasik Cho, as assistant professor in the Department of Educational Studies. Cho received a B.A. (1991) in curriculum from Taegu National University of Education, an M.Ed. (1993) in curriculum from Kyungpook National University and Ph.D. (2001) in curriculum, teacher development and qualitative research from Ohio State University.

Angela M. Jaime, as instructor in the Department of Educational Studies. Jaime received a B.S. (1997) in ethnic studies from California State University-Sacramento, an M.A. (1997) in ethnic studies from San Francisco State University and a Ph.D. (2004) in curriculum and instruction from Purdue University.


COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Thomas K. McPeek, as assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering. McPeek received a B.S. (1995) in environmental design from Ball Sate University and an M.A. (1997) from Texas A&M University.

Mark J. Balas, as head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Balas received a B.S. (1965) in electrical engineering from the University of Akron, an M.S. (1970) in mathematics from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. (1974) from the University of Denver.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Diane A. Kempson, as assistant professor in the Division of Social Work. Kempson received a B.A. (1968) in psychology and sociology from Columbia College, and an M.S. (1970) and a Ph.D. (1998) in social work from the University of South Carolina.

Michael V. Miller, as clinical assistant professor in the Family Practice Residency Program-Casper. Miller received a B.A. (1992) in literature from Wheaton College and a D.O. (2000) from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Helan D. Iams, as clinical assistant professor in the Family Practice Residency Program-Cheyenne. Iams received a B.A. (1987) in chemistry from Mary Baldwin College, an M.S. (1990) in physical chemistry from the University of Southern California-Los Angeles and an M.D. (2000) from Loyola University-Chicago.

Amy L. Trelease-Bell, as clinical assistant professor in the Family Practice Residency Program-Cheyenne. Trelease-Bell received a B.S. (1992) in molecular biology from the University of Wyoming and an M.D. (1996) from Creighton University.

Carol L. Macnee, as clinical professor in the School of Nursing. Macnee received a B.S.N. (1973) from the University of Michigan, an M.S.N. (1979) from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. (1990) in nursing from the University of Michigan.

Susan McCabe, as assistant professor in the School of Nursing. McCabe received a B.S. (1982) from Syracuse University, an M.S. (1988) from Russell Sage College and an Ed.D. from East Tennessee State University.

Michelle L. Hilaire, as clinical assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy. Hilaire received a Pharm.D. (2002) from Duquesne University.

Jennifer L. Petrie, as clinical assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy. Petrie received a Pharm.D. (2003) from the University of New Mexico.

COLLEGE OF LAW


Eric A. Johnson, as assistant professor. Johnson received a B.A. (1984) in philosophy from the University of Washington and a J.D. (1988) from the University of Michigan Law School.

Tawnya K. Plumb, as assistant librarian. Plumb received a B.A. (1996) in English at the University of Wyoming and an M.L.I.S. (1998) at the University of Texas-Austin.

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Scott Boberg, as assistant research scientist, Art Museum. Boberg received a B.A. (1983) in English literature from the University of California-Berkeley.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

Barton R. Stam, as assistant extension educator in the Cooperative Extension Service. Stam received a B.S. (2002) in range management and an M.S. (2003) in range science from Utah State University.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Margaret Van Baalen-Wood, as assistant lecturer in the Department of English. Van Baalen-Wood received a B.A. (1983) in humanities and fine arts and an M.A. (2003) in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Wyoming.

Christopher R. Pretz, as assistant lecturer in the Department of Statistics. Pretz received a B.A. (1996) in physical science from the University of Northern Colorado, an M.A. (1999) in education at the University of Colorado-Boulder and a Ph.D. (2003) in applied statistics from the University of Northern Colorado.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

John H. Mayer, as assistant lecturer in the Department of Computer Science. Mayer received a B.A. (1981) in economics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. (1990) in computer science from the University of Michigan.

Posted on Saturday, September 25, 2004