New Faculty Directory 2012
Ryadi Adityavarman
Associate Professor
Interior Architecture and Product Design
ryadi@ksu.edu
Masters: Master of Science in Architectural Studies (University of Texas), Master of Architecture
(University of Colorado)
Bachelors: Bachelor of Architecture (Universitas Parahyangan)
Area of Specialty: Interior Architecture, Beginning Design, Design Education, Indonesian architecture
Peggy Althoff
Assistant Professor
Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreational Resources
palthoff@ksu.edu
PhD:Soil Science, Kansas State University
Masters: Soil Science, Kansas State University
Bachelors: B.S. Conservation Biology, Oglala Lakota College, A.A.S. Fish and Wildlife Management,
Hocking College
Area of Specialty:
Jayendra Amamcharla
Assistant Professor
Animal Sciences and Industry; Food Science Institute
jayendra@ksu.edu
PhD:Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, ND.
Masters: Dairy Engineering, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India
Bachelors: Dairy Technology, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India
Area of Specialty: Dairy Foods, Development and validation of rapid and nondestructive sensing technologies
for food quality and safety.
Kingsly Ambrose
Assistant Professor
Grain Science and Industry
kingsly@ksu.edu
PhD: Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
Masters: Agricultural Processing, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India
Bachelors: Agricultural Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India
Area of Specialty: Grain Processing and Milling Materials Handling Particle Technology Process Modeling
and Simulation
Donna Augustine-Shaw
Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership
donna5@ksu.edu
PhD: Educational Administration, Wichita State University
Masters: Educational Administration, Wichita State University
Bachelors: Music Education, K-12, Vocal/Instrumental, Marymount College of Kansas
Area of Specialty: District & Building Level Leadership, Change, Preparation/Mentoring/Induction in Leadership,
Educational Topics related to School Improvement, Curriculum, and Technology
Albert Bimper, Jr.
Assistant Professor
Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs
abimper@ksu.edu
PhD: Curriculum & Instruction/Cultural Studies in Education, The University of Texas at
Austin
Masters: Sport Psychology, Purdue University
Bachelors: Health & Exercise Science, Colorado State University
Area of Specialty: Student Athlete Development
Nathaniel Birkhead
Assistant Professor
Political Science
birkhead@ksu.edu
PhD: Political Science, Indiana University
Bachelors: Political Science, University of Colorado
Area of Specialty: Representation, Legislative Institutions, Elections
Earl Brown
Assistant Professor
Modern Languages
ekbrown@ksu.edu
PhD: Hispanic Linguistics, University of New Mexico
Masters: Spanish Linguistics, Brigham Young University
Bachelors: Spanish, Brigham Young University
Area of Specialty: Language variation and change in Spanish
Fran Churchill
Instructor
Grain Science and Industry
fmchurchill@ksu.edu
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Frederick Cottle
Assistant Professor
Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design
fscottle@ksu.edu
PhD: Integrated Textile and Apparel Science Auburn University
Masters: Business Administration University of Phoenix
Bachelors: Textile Management and Technology Auburn University
Area of Specialty: Three Dimensional Human Body Form Textile Science and Technology Sustainable Business
Practice Apparel Disposal Patterns
Mark Crosby
Assistant Professor
English
crosbym@ksu.edu
PhD: English Literature, University College, Oxford University
Masters: English Literature and History of Art, Centre for 18thC Studies, University of York
Bachelors: BA (Hons) English Literature and Language, Queen Mary College, University of London.
Area of Specialty: British literature of the eighteenth century and Romantic period
Dereatha Cross
Instructor
Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
dac4303@ksu.edu
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David Defries
Assistant Professor
History
ddefries@ksu.edu
PhD: History: Ohio State University
Masters: History: Ohio State University
Bachelors: History, Classical Civilizations: University of Richmond
Area of Specialty: Medieval Christianity; cult of the saints; collective memory
Becky DeGreeff
Assistant Professor
Communications - K-State Salina
bdegreeff@ksu.edu
PhD: Communication, North Dakota State University
Masters: Communication Studies and Journalism, South Dakota State University
Bachelors: Public Relations, Southwest Minnesota State University
Area of Specialty: Interpersonal and Family Communication
Barbara DeSanto
Assistant Professor
Journalism and Mass Communications
desanto@ksu.edu
PhD:Higher Education and Public Relations, Oklahoma State University
Masters: Mass Communications Education, St. Cloud State University
Bachelors: Mass Communications: News Editorial, St. Cloud State University
Area of Specialty: Public relations management; public relations research & strategy; public relations
theory
David Eshar
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences
deshar@ksu.edu
DVM: Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University, Israel
Residency: Special Species Medicine and Surgery: University of Pennsylvania
Internship: Exotic Animal Medicine and surgery: Tufts University
Bachelors: Archaeology and Geography, Israel
Area of Specialty: Exotics, Wildlife and Zoological Medicine
Abby Franchitti
Instructor
International Programs
abbyfran@ksu.edu
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Matthew Garcia
Assistant Professor
Art
mattgarcia@ksu.edu
Masters: Fine Arts, Arizona State University
Bachelors: Arts, Journalism, Arizona State University
Area of Specialty: Digital Foundations/New Media
Joan Giese
Visiting Associate Professor
Marketing
joang@ksu.edu
PhD:Marketing from Washington State University
Masters: M.S.E. from Wayne State College, Nebraska
Bachelors: B.A. in Business Administration from Midland University, Nebraska
Area of Specialty: Marketing -- more specifically, information influences on consumer responses. This
includes design-as-information and feelings-as-information; and consumer responses
include customer satisfaction.
Sung Ha Jang
Assistant Professor
Marketing
sjang@ksu.edu
PhD:Marketing: University of Texas at Dallas
Masters: Marketing: Korea University
Bachelors: Statistics: Korea University
Area of Specialty: Consumer Search and Choice Modeling
Robert Hachiya
Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership
rhachiya@ksu.edu
PhD:University of Kansas: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Masters: University of Kansas: Sport Psychology
Bachelors: University of Nebraska: Political Science and History
Area of Specialty: Educational Administration
Chris Herren
Instructor
Biology
cdherren@ksu.edu
PhD: East Carolina University School of Medicine: Microbiology and Immunity
Bachelors: Virginia Tech: Biology
Area of Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Marcia Hornung
Instructor
Management Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
hornung@ksu.edu
Masters: Master of Public Administration: Kansas State University
Bachelors: Bachelor of Arts: Kansas State University
Area of Specialty: Entrepreneurship
Brandon Irwin
Assistant Professor
Kinesiology
bcirwin@ksu.edu
PhD: Psychology of Physical Activity, Michigan State University
Masters: Sport and Exercise Psychology, Springfield College
Bachelors: Biology, Colby College
Area of Specialty: Public Health Physical Activity, Group Dynamics
Hyung Jin Kim
Assistant Professor
Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
hyungjin@ksu.edu
PhD: Urban and Regional Science: Texas A&M University
Masters: Landscape Architecture: Seoul National University
Bachelors: Urban Planning and Engineering: Hongik University
Area of Specialty: Evidence-based design for promoting physical activity, urban design and human behavior,
GIS-based quantitative methods in environmental design
Jesse Johnson
Assistant Professor
Political Science
jcjohnson@ksu.edu
PhD:Rice University: Political Science
Masters: Rice University: Political Science
Bachelors: University of South Florida: Political Science
Area of Specialty: International Security and Conflict Processes
Kase Johnstun
Instructor
English
kjohnstun@ksu.edu
Masters: MFA Creative Writing - Pacific University MA English Literature: Kansas State University
Bachelors: Literature/English: Weber State University
Area of Specialty: Professional and Technical Writing and Editing Creative Nonfiction
Cassandra Jones
Assistant Professor
Grain Science and Industry
jonesc@ksu.edu
PhD:Iowa State University: Swine Nutrition
Masters: Kansas State University: Swine Nutrition
Bachelors: Kansas State University: Animal Science and Industry
Area of Specialty: Animal Feed Safety, Livestock Feed Manufacturing, and Feed Ingredient Stability
Siny Joseph
Assistant Professor
Economics - K-State Salina
siny@ksu.edu
PhD:Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Masters: Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst Business Administration, West
Bengal University of Technology (India)
Bachelors: Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Gujarat University (India)
Area of Specialty: Industrial Organization and Applied Econometrics
Ranin Kazemi
Assistant Professor
History
rkazemi@ksu.edu
PhD: Modern Middle East History, Yale University
Masters: Modern Middle East History, Yale University
Bachelors:
History and English, Middle Tennessee State University
Area of Specialty: Social Conflict and Popular Protest, Famine and Environmental History, Minorities
and Women in the Middle East
Elizabeth Kiss
Assistant Professor
Family Studies and Human Services
dekiss4@ksu.edu
PhD:Family Economics: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Masters: Family Economics: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelors: Foods in Business: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; History: Iowa State University
Area of Specialty: Family and consumer economics, family resource management and personal finance
Phillip Klebba
Professor and Department Head
Biochemistry
peklebba@ksu.edu
PhD: Biochemistry: University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors: Biology: University of Notre Dame
Area of Specialty:
Joseph Koehle
Instructor
Communication Studies
jkoehle@ksu.edu
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Stephanie Kurti
Instructor
Kinesiology
stephkurti@ksu.edu
Masters: Florida Atlantic University
Bachelors: University of Mary Washington
Area of Specialty: Exercise Physiology
Chance Lee
Instructor
School of Leadership Studies
chance@ksu.edu
Masters: Education, Chaminade University of Honolulu
Bachelors: Sociology/Political Sicence, Kansas State University
Zifei Liu
Assistant Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
zifeiliu@ksu.edu
PhD: Biological & Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University
Masters: Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Bachelors: Atmospheric Science Nanjing University, China
Area of Specialty: Air Quality
Heather Loyd
Assistant Professor
Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
hloyd@ksu.edu
PhD: UCLA: Anthropology
Masters: UCLA: Anthropology
Bachelors: UCLA: Sociology
Area of Specialty: Lanugage and Identity, Language Socialization
Carla Machain-Martinez
Assistant Professor
Political Science
carlamm@ksu.edu
PhD: Rice University: Political Science
Masters: Rice University: Political Science
Bachelors: Rice University: Economics and Political Science
Area of Specialty: International Conflict
Emily Mailey
Assistant Professor
Kinesiology
emailey@ksu.edu
PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Exercise Psychology
Masters: Ball State University: Sports and Exercise Psychology
Bachelors: St. Olaf College: Exercise Science
Area of Specialty: Designing and implementing interventions to promote physical activity
Ryan McGrath
Instructor
Civil Engineering
rdmcgrath@ksu.edu
Masters: Water Resources Engineering, University of Colorado
Bachelors: Civil Engineering, University of Hawaii
Area of Specialty: Water Resources and Engineering and Surveying
Daniel Minick
Instructor
Management
dminick@ksu.edu
Masters: Kansas Wesleyan University
Bachelors: Liberal Arts -- Kansas State University
Area of Specialty: Operations, Automotive Industry, Business Planning and Strategy.
Natalie Mladenov
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering
mladenov@ksu.edu
PhD: University of Colorado: Civil Engineering, Environment Engineering
Masters: University of Colorado: Civil Engineering, Water Rescource Engineering
Bachelors: University of Colorado: Civil Engineering, Environment Engineering
Area of Specialty: Surface and groundwater quality, biogeochemistry, atmospheric deposition
Nancy Monteiro-Riviere
Professor
Anatomy and Physiology
nmonteiro@vet.ksu.edu
PhD: Anatomy and Cell Biology, Purdue University
Masters: Master of Science in Anatomy and Cell Biology, Purdue University
Bachelors: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA
Area of Specialty: Research interests involve in vivo and in vitro studies of skin absorption, penetration
and toxicity of nanoparticles, chemicals, and novel pharmaceutical drug delivery devices
Michael Most
Associate Professor
Aviation
mtmost@ksu.edu
PhD: Environmental Resources & Policy, Southern Illinois University
Masters: Imaging and Photography, Central Washington University
Bachelors: Aviation Management, Boise State University
Area of Specialty: Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
Tareque Nasser
Assistant Professor
Finance
tnasser@ksu.edu
PhD: Finance: University of Alabama
Masters: MComm in Economics: University of Wollongong, Australia
Bachelors: BBA: Assumption University, Thailand
Area of Specialty: Corporate Finance, Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance, Insider Trading,
M&A, IPOs
Katherine Nesse
Assistant Professor
Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
knesse@ksu.edu
PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Urban and Regional Planning
Masters: University of Minnesota: Urban and Regional Planning
Bachelors: University of Oregon: Art History
Area of Specialty: Demography and Local Economic Development
Kendra Ordia
Assistant Professor
Interior Architecture and Product Design
kordia@ksu.edu
Masters: Master of Interior Design, University of Texas Austin Thesis: Guidelines and Considerations
for Biophilic Interior Design in Healthcare Environments
Bachelors: Bachlor of Science in Design, University of Nebraska Lincoln Major: Interior Design
Area of Specialty: Healthcare Architecture and Design
Bryan Orthel
Assistant Professor
Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design
orthel@ksu.edu
PhD: Interdisciplinary design, Washington State University
Masters: Historic preservation, University of Kentucky
Bachelors: Architecture, University of Oregon
Area of Specialty: Design and historic preservation
Martin Osborn
Instructor
Communication Studies
mtosborn1@ksu.edu
Masters: Communication, Wake Forest University
Bachelors: Political Science, Missouri State University; Minor in Communication, MSU
Area of Specialty: International Relations, Rhetoric
YoungAh Park
Assistant Professor
Psychology
youngah@ksu.edu
PhD: Industrial-Organizational Psychology: Bowling Green State University
Masters: Industrial-Organizational Psychology: Bowling Green State University
Bachelors: English Linguistics and Literature: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South
Korea
Area of Specialty: Employee Work Stress, Recovery from Work Stress, Work-Nonwork Interface (e.g., Crossover,
Work-Family Spillover, Work-Family Conflict)
Kerry Priest
Assistant Professor
Leadership Studies
klp5112@ksu.edu
PhD: Agricultural and Extension, Leadership at Virginia Tech
Masters: Agricultural Leadership at the University of Georgia
Bachelors: Agricultural Education and Leadership Studies at Kansas State University
Area of Specialty: Leadership education pedagogy, leadership identity, and learning communities
Perla Reyes-Cuellar
Assistant Professor
Statistics
pereyesc@ksu.edu
PhD: Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Masters: Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelors: Actuarial Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Area of Specialty: Spatial-temporal models and Networks
Jim Riviere
University Distinguished Professor, MacDonald Chair in Veterinary Medicine, Kansas
Bioscience Authority Eminent Scholar
Anatomy and Physiology
jriviere@vet.ksu.edu@ksu.edu
PhD: Purdue University: Pharmacology
Bachelors: Boston College: Biology
Area of Specialty: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Cliff Robb
Assistant Professor
Family Studies and Human Services
cliffrobb@vet.ksu.edu
PhD: Consumer Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
Masters: Consumer Sciences, University of Alabama
Bachelors: Psychology, University of the South
Area of Specialty: Personal Financial Planning
John Ruberson
Professor/Department Head
Entomology
ruberson@ksu.edu
PhD: Entomology, Cornell University
Masters: Zoology, Brigham Young University
Bachelors: Biology Teaching, Brigham Young University
Area of Specialty: Biological control, ecology of arthropod predators and parasitoids, sustainable agriculture
Artem Rudenko
Assistant Professor
Physics
rudenko@phys.ksu.edu
PhD: Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Masters: Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Bachelors: Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Area of Specialty: Strong-field physics, ultrafast laser physics, ultrafast photochemistry, free-electron
lasers, X-ray-imaging
Chepina Rumsey
Assistant Professor
Curriculum and Instruction
chepina@ksu.edu
PhD: Mathematics Education Illinois State University
Masters: Mathematics Illinois State University
Bachelors: BA Mathematics and BS Elementary Education Keene State College
Area of Specialty: Mathematics Education, Mathematical Argumentation, Arithmetic Properties and Number
Sense, Sociomathematical Norms
Amy Santoferraro
Assistant Professor
Art
amysanto@ksu.edu
Masters: MFA In Ceramic Art New York State College of Ceramics At Alfred University, Alfred,
New York
Bachelors: BFA in Ceramics BAE (Art Education) The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Area of Specialty: Ceramic Art
Josephine Schafer
Assistant Professor
Political Science
jgschafer@ksu.edu
PhD: Public Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Masters: Master Public Administration, Appalachian State University
Bachelors: Communications, Appalachian State University
Area of Specialty: Public policy, public management networks, local government
Martin Seay
Assistant Professor
Family Studies and Human Services
mseay@ksu.edu
PhD: Housing and Consumer Economics - Emphasis in Family Financial Planning
Bachelors: Housing
Area of Specialty: Personal Finance
Aleksey Sheshukov
Assistant Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
ashesh@ksu.edu
PhD: Kazan State University, Russia: Fluid Mechanics
Masters: Kazan State University, Russia: Theoretical Mechaics/Applied Mathematics
Area of Specialty: Environmental Quality (Water, Pollution, Climate Change)
Jessica Slack
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences
jslack@ksu.edu
PhD: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), The Ohio State University College of Veterinary
Medicine
Masters:
MS/residency in Comparative Ophthalmology, Purdue University College of Veterinary
MedicineBachelors: Biology, Spalding University
Area of Specialty: Veterinary Comparative Ophthalmology
Minyoung Suh
Assistant Professor
Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design
msuh@ksu.edu
PhD: Textiles, North Carolina State University
Masters: Textiles, North Carolina State University
Bachelors: Clothing and Textiles, Yonsei University
Area of Specialty: Performance and Comfort of Smart Clothing, Functional clothing, and Intimate Apparel
Karrie Swan
Assistant Professor
Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs
klswan@ksu.edu
PhD: Counseling/ University of North Texas
Masters: Counseling/ University of North Texas
Bachelors: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics/ Eastern Oregon University
Area of Specialty: Play Therapy, Student-Teacher Relationships
Christopher Vahl
Assistant Professor
Statistics
vahl@ksu.edu
PhD: Kansas State University: Statistics
Masters: University of Montana: Mathematical Sciences
Bachelors: University of Montana: Pure Mathematics
Area of Specialty: Experimental Design and Applied Statistics
Lisa Wilken
Assistant Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
lwilken@ksu.edu
PhD: Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Bachelors: Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University
Area of Specialty: Bioprocessing and bioseparations
Susan Yelich-Biniecki
Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership
susanyb@ksu.edu
PhD: Urban Education, Concentration in Adult and Continuing Education; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Masters: Administrative Leadership and Supervision in Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bachelors: Sociology and Anthropology, Ripon College
Area of Specialty: International Adult Education Adult Learning
Dukno Yoon
Assistant Professor
Art
dukno@ksu.edu
Masters: MFA in metalwork and jewelry, Miami University, Ohio
Bachelors: BFA in metalwork and jewelry, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
Area of Specialty: Kinetic art, metalsmithing, jewelry making
Michael Young
Professor/Department Head
Psychology
michaelyoung@ksu.edu
PhD: University of Minnesota: Psychology
Masters: University of Minnesota: Computer Science
Bachelors: University of Illinois: Computer Science
Area of Specialty: Judgement and Decision Making
Shuang Zhu
Assistant Professor
Finance
shuangzhu@ksu.edu
PhD: Finance, Louisiana State University
Masters: Mathematical Finance, University of Southern Louisiana
Bachelors:
Engineering, Tsinghua University Area of Specialty: Real Estate Finance, Housing, and Spatial Econometrics