Experts Directory

Accounting

Darlene Pulliam, Ph.D., C.P.A., professor of accounting
Office: (806)651-2521
Email: dpulliam@wtamu.edu
Financial Accounting, Federal Tax Accounting

Advertising/Public Relations

De'Arno De'Armond, Ph.D., Hickman Professor of Marketing; assistant professor of finance
Office: (806)651-2490
Email: ddearmond@wtamu.edu
Advertising, Sales Management, Sales, Marketing

Agriculture

Agricultural Business and Economics

Lal K. Almas, Ph.D., associate professor of agricultural business and economics
Office: (806)651-2552 • Home: (806)655-0030
Email: lalmas@wtamu.edu
Agricultural Business and Economics, Production and Resource Economics, Water Management and Planning, Financial Management, Agricultural Marketing and International Trade, Econometrics and Statistics

AIDS/HIV

Doug Bingham, Ph.D., professor of biology; head of Department of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Office: (806)651-2570 • Home: (806)655-0500
Email: dbingham@wtamu.edu
Biology of AIDS, Microbiology, Immunology

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
HIV/AIDS in Africa

Alternative Energy

Kenneth L. Starcher, M.S., assistant director of Alternative Energy Institute
Office: (806)651-2296 • Alternate: (806)651-2295
Email: kstarcher@wtamu.edu
Wind Energy, Wind Turbine Installation, Solar Energy, Data Collection/Analysis, Renewable Energy Tours/Wind Test Center, Education Outreach

Joshua Partheepan Ph.D., assistant professor
Office: (806)651-5265 • Alternate: (806)567-8167
Email: jpartheepan@wtamu.edu
Hydrogen Storage, Hydrogen Combustion, Renewable Energy Storage, Renewable Power System, Power Plants, Electrical Power System

Nathan Howell, assistant professor of environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-2543 • Alternate: (832)428-0241
Email: nhowell@wtamu.edu
Pollution, environmental modeling, environmental regulation, fluid mechanics, water resources, hydrology, groundwater, wetlands, STEM education, drinking water, environmental remediation

Animal Science

Lance A. Baker, Ph.D., associate professor of animal science
Office: (806)651-2561
Email: lbaker@wtamu.edu
Animal and Equine Nutrition, Equine Business Management

Dean Hawkins, Ph.D., head of Department of Agricultural Sciences; professor of animal science
Office: (806)651-2550
Email: dhawkins@wtamu.edu
Reproductive Physiology, Artificial Insemination, Fertility

Ty E. Lawrence, Ph.D., professor of animal science
Office: (806)651-2560 • Home: (806)655-7663
Email: tlawrence@wtamu.edu
Conversion of Muscle to Meat, Fresh and Processed Meat Production, Growth and Development of Domestic Farm Animals, Statistics

David G. Lust, Ph.D., assistant professor of animal science
Office: (806)651-2551 • Home: (806)356-8591
Email: dlust@wtamu.edu
Animal Science, Beef Cattle Management and Production, Livestock Judging and Evaluation, Artificial Insemination

John L. Pipkin, Ph.D., P.A.S., professor of animal science; director of equine industry program
Office: (806)651-2557
Email: jpipkin@wtamu.edu
Equine Physiology, Equine Selection and Evaluation, Reproductive Physiology

Art

Jamie Adams, visiting assistant professor
Office: (806)651-2834 • Alternate: (251)802-7169
Email: jadams@wtamu.edu
Ceramics and Sculpture

Scott S. Frish, M.F.A., associate professor of art
Office: (806)651-2793 • Home: (806)655-1947
Email: sfrish@wtamu.edu
Printmaking, Digital Art, Drawing, 2-D Design

Amy Von Lintel, associate professor of art history
Office: (806)651-2794 • Alternate: (806)316-4696
Email: avonlintel@wtamu.edu
Art History, Museum Studies, Visual Culture and Image Studies, Georgia O'Keeffe, Modern Art

Banking

James K. Owens, D.B.A., professor of finance and Hodges Professor of Corporate Governance
Office: (806)651-2516 • Home: (806)359-7726
Email: jowens@wtamu.edu
Bank Management, Corporate Finance, International Finance

Biology

Joel Babitzke, M.S., instructor of biology
Office: (806)651-3871
Email: jbabitzke@wtamu.edu
General Biology, Zoology, Comparative Anatomy, Wildlife Conservation, Turtle Ecology, Limnology

Carolyn L. Bouma, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
Office: (806)651-2569
Email: cbouma@wtamu.edu
Microbiology, Biochemistry, General Biology, Infectious Diseases

Arun Ghosh, Ph.D., associate professor of biology
Office: (806)651-2571 • Home: (806)626-3663
Email: nghosh@wtamu.edu
Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Cytogenetics, Tissue Culture, Light, Digital, Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy, Aerobiology and Allergy, Air and Water Quality, Toxicology, Crop Breeding

W. David Sissom, Ph.D., professor of biology
Office: (806)651-2578
Email: dsissom@wtamu.edu
Entomology, Arachnology (specifically Systematics and Ecology of Scorpions, Systematics of Robber Flies, Systematics of Spiders)

Rocky Ward, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
Office: (806)651-2283
Email: rward@wtamu.edu
Conservation Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Vertebrate Biology

Nick Flynn, professor of biochemistry
Office: (806)651-2542
Email: nflynn@wtamu.edu
Food chemistry, HPLC analysis, Nutritional Biochemistry, brewery processes, analysis of brewing products, fermentation sciences

Business Communication

Steve Severn, Ph.D., associate professor of English, head of the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages
Office: (806)651-2475
Email: ssevern@wtamu.edu
Technical Writing, Business Writing, Visual Literacy

Campus/Student Life

Mike Knox, vice president for student affairs
Office: (806)651-2050
Email: mknox@wtamu.edu
Student Success Initiatives, Behavioral Intervention Team

Chemistry

Carolyn L. Bouma, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
Office: (806)651-2569
Email: cbouma@wtamu.edu
Microbiology, Biochemistry, General Biology, Infectious Diseases

Nick Flynn, professor of biochemistry
Office: (806)651-2542
Email: nflynn@wtamu.edu
Food chemistry, HPLC analysis, Nutritional Biochemistry, brewery processes, analysis of brewing products, fermentation sciences

David Khan, assistant professor of chemistry
Office: (806)651-2547
Email: dkhan@wtamu.edu
Cancer Research, Drug Delivery

Shiquan Tao, assistant professor of chemistry
Office: (806)651-2539
Email: stao@wtamu.edu
Sensor Technology for Environmental Monitoring, Food Safety and Medical Applications

James D. Woodyard, Ph.D., professor of chemistry
Office: (806)651-2534
Organic Chemistry, Stereochemistry

Nathan Howell, assistant professor of environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-2543 • Alternate: (832)428-0241
Email: nhowell@wtamu.edu
Pollution, environmental modeling, environmental regulation, fluid mechanics, water resources, hydrology, groundwater, wetlands, STEM education, drinking water, environmental remediation

Child Development/Early Education

Amy Andersen, Ed.D., associate professor of education; associate provost for Academic Affairs coordinator of professional development schools program
Office: (806)651-2609• Home: (806)655-2978
Email: aandersen@wtamu.edu
Early Childhood Education, Early Literacy, Reading/Language Arts Education, Reading/Language Arts Integration

Ashley M. Pinkham, assistant professor of psychology
Office: (806)651-2592
Email: apinkham@wtamu.edu
Infancy, Early Childhood, Language and Literacy Development, Cognitive Development

Frank Goode, Ed. D., assistant professor 
Office: (806)651-3621 • Alternate: (806)451-0708
Email: fgoode@wtamu.edu
Infancy, Early Childhood, Language and Literacy Development, Cognitive Development

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

Traci Fredman, M.S., CCC-SLP
Office: (806)651-5104 • Alternate: (806)626-9569
Email: tfredman@wtamu.edu
Autism Spectrum Disorders, treatment for Parkinson's disease, speech-language therapy services for all ages

Codicology (study of bookmaking)

Bruce C. Brasington, Ph.D., professor of history
Office: (806)651-2426 • Home: (806)655-7227
Email: bbrasington@wtamu.edu
Medieval legal and constitutional history; ecclesiastical history down to the Reformation; medieval Latin; medieval Latin paleography and codicology; World War I

Communication Disorders

Brenda Fields Cross, Au.D, FAAA, CCC/A
Office: (806)651-5109
Email: bcross@wtamu.edu
Audiology, Aural Rehab, A&P for Hearing and Speech Sciences, Professional Issues

Communication Studies

Kristina D. Drumheller, Ph.D.—assistant professor of communication studies
Office: (806)651-2816 • Home: (806)353-4408
Email: kdrumheller@wtamu.edu
Organizational Communication, Crisis Communication, Religious Communication, Media Rhetoric and Effects, Workplace Emotions and Spirituality, LGBTQIA Communities

Trudy L. Hanson, Ed.D., professor of communication studies; head of Department of Communication
Office: (806)651-2800 • Home: (806)359-6103
Email: thanson@wtamu.edu
Rhetorical Criticism, Storytelling, Popular Culture, Gender Communication, Readers Theatre, Puppetry, Oral History, Reality TV

Jessica S. Mallard, Ph.D., professor of communication studies; dean of the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Office: (806)651-2806 • Home: (806)352-2939
Email: jmallard@wtamu.edu
Research Methods, Rhetorical Criticism, Gender Communication

Connie D. McKee, M.A.., instructor of communication studies; director of forensics
Office: (806)651-2415 • Home: (806)358-6367
Email: cmckee@wtamu.edu
Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Training and Development, Leadership, Competitive Speech, Small Group Communication,  Debate, Persuasion, Communication Apprehension, True Colors Certified

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
Global Media/World Change, Media for Social Change, Children and Media, Women and Media

Paula S. Schlegel, M.A., instructor of speech communication
Office: (806)651-2796 or 5307 • Home: (806)570-3797
Email: pschlegel@wtamu.edu
Communication and Listening, Gender, Healthy Conflict, Parenting, Storytelling

Criminal Justice

Harry R. Hueston, Ph.D., professor of criminal justice
Office: (806)651-2421 • Alternate: (806)433-1804
Email: hhueston@wtamu.edu
Criminal justice: law enforcement, implicit bias training, disaster planning, school violence, terrorism (homegrown and international), use of social media training, crime victim, victimology, leadership training and different styles of leadership, crime scene investigation, cyber crimes, racism, community relations with police, refugee and police issues, and managing social media in crisis

J. Keith Price, Ph.D., professor of criminal justice and sociology
Office: (806)651-2418 • Alternate: (806)341-1491
Email: kprice@wtamu.edu
Prisons; Capital Punishment; Criminology

Justin Moeller, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice and political science
Office: (806)651-2432 
Email: jmoeller@wtamu.edu
Constitutional Law; Constitutional History, Constitutional Development; Texas Constitution; Civil Rights; Civil Liberties

Curriculum Development

Charles M. Chase, Ed.D., associate professor of sports and exercise sciences
Office: (806)651-2376 • Home: (806)655-4060
Email: cchase@wtamu.edu
Curriculum and Instruction

Gerald C. Chen, Ph.D., associate professor of engineering technology
Office: (806)651-2449 • Home: (806)655-7534
Email: gchen@wtamu.edu
Curriculum Development—Engineering/Industrial Technology, Tech-Prep Education

Conn Thomas, Ph.D., professor of education
Office: (806)651-2612 • Home: (806)372-1870
Email: cthomas@wtamu.edu
Curriculum and Instruction

Robert E. DeOtte Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.G., professor of civil and environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-8780 • Alternate: (806)223-8835
Email: rdeotte@wtamu.edu
Have developed two environmental engineering programs, revised a hydrology program, revised a civil engineering program

Audrey Meador, instructor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2527 • Alternate: (806)282-3310
Email: ameador@wtamu.edu
General K-12 Mathematics education, Curriculum and Instruction in Math Education, Minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, Technology in Mathematics

Dance

Edward R. Truitt, M.S., associate professor of dance; director of dance
Office: (806)651-2820 • Home: (806)655-2025
Email: etruitt@wtamu.edu
Ballet and Jazz Dance Technique, Choreography, Dance History and Aesthetics, Teaching Methods

Disaster Planning

Robert E. DeOtte Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.G., professor of civil and environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-8780 • Alternate: (806)223-8835
Email: rdeotte@wtamu.edu
Agricultural Disaster Preparedness and Biosecurity

Steve Severn, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; director of writing programs
Office: (806)651-2475
Email: ssevern@wtamu.edu
Contingency/Disaster Recovery Planning

Harry R. Hueston, Ph.D., professor of criminal justice
Office: (806)651-2421 • Alternate: (806)433-1804
Email: hhueston@wtamu.edu
Criminal justice: law enforcement, implicit bias training, disaster planning, school violence, terrorism (homegrown and international), use of social media training, crime victim, victimology, leadership training and different styles of leadership, crime scene investigation, cyber crimes, racism, community relations with police, refugee and police issues, and managing social media in crisis

Distance Education/Instructional Technology

Nick Gerlich, Ph.D., professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2492 • Alternate: (806)683-6489
Email: ngerlich@wtamu.edu
Social Media, e-commerce, crisis communication

Pat Tyrer, Ph.D., associate professor of English
Office: (806)651-2476 • Home: (806)656-0163
Email: ptyrer@wtamu.edu
Distance Education, Computers and Writing, Technical Communication, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, English Language, Editing Film Studies, American Literature, American Modernism, Composition Studies, Women's Studies

Nick Flynn, professor of biochemistry
Office: (806)651-2542
Email: nflynn@wtamu.edu
Food chemistry, HPLC analysis, Nutritional Biochemistry, brewery processes, analysis of brewing products, fermentation sciences

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

Diversity Issues/Multiculturalism

Ashley J. Campbell, Ed.D., assistant professor of education
Office: (806)651-2906
Email: acampbell@wtamu.edu
Gender Equity in Science

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

Kristina D. Drumheller, Ph.D., associate professor of communication studies
Office: (806)651-2816
Email: kdrumheller@wtamu.edu
Diversity, LGBTQIA Communities, Workplace Emotions and Spirituality

Nick Gerlich, Ph.D., professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2492 • Home: (806)499-3210
Email: drgerlich@wtamu.edu
Marketing to Minorities, Church Marketing

Trudy L. Hanson, Ed.D., professor of communication studies; head of Department of Communication
Office: (806)651-2800 • Home: (806)359-6103
Email: thanson@wtamu.edu
Gender Issues, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Women in Leadership

Jenifer Kunz, Ph.D., professor of sociology; head of Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work
Office: (806)651-2597 • Home: (806)655-1280
Email: jkunz@wtamu.edu
Race/Ethnic Relations, Prejudice/Discrimination Issues, Gender Issues, Complex Organizations

Jessica S. Mallard, Ph.D., professor of communication studies; dean of the Sybl B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Office: (806)651-2806 • Home: (806)352-2939
Email: jmallard@wtamu.edu
Gender Communication, Research Methods

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
Media for Social Change, Children and Media, Women and Media, African Cultures and Diversity, Developing World Issues, Poverty and Development, Popular Culture

Mark R. Riney, Ph.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2621 • Home: (806)651-5824
Email: mriney@wtamu.edu
Foundations, Educational Psychology, Multicultural Education

Economics

Lal K. Almas, Ph.D., associate professor of agricultural business and economics
Office: (806)651-2552 • Home: (806)655-0030
Email: lalmas@wtamu.edu
Agricultural Business and Economics, Production and Resource Economics, Econometrics and Statistics

Anne Macy, Ph.D., Gene Edwards Professor of Finance; professor of finance
Office: (806)651-2523
Email: amacy@wtamu.edu
General Economics, Personal Finance, Investments

Duane J. Rosa, Ph.D., professor of economics; regional division director of Texas Transportation Institute
Office: (806)651-2520 • Home: (806)358-2052
Email: drosa@wtamu.edu
Environmental Economics, Transportation Economics, Water Resources

Neil W. Terry, Ph.D., dean of College of Business; professor of economics
Office: (806)651-2529 • Home: (806)655-9922
Email: nterry@wtamu.edu
Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, International Economics, Business Education

Education

Frank Goode, Ed. D., assistant professor 
Office: (806)651-3621 • Alternate: (806)451-0708
Email: fgoode@wtamu.edu
Infancy, Early Childhood, Language and Literacy Development, Cognitive Development

Amy Andersen, Ed.D., associate professor of education; associate provost for Academic Affairs; coordinator of professional development schools program
Office: (806)651-2604 • Home: (806)655-2978
Email: aandersen@wtamu.edu
Reading/Language Arts Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Literacy, Reading/Language Arts Integration

Gary Bigham, Ed.D., assistant professor of education
Office: (806)651-3622
Email: gbigham@wtamu.edu
Educational Leadership, Superintendency, Principalship, Vision and Mission Development, Effective Classroom Instruction, Online Instruction

Teri L. Bingham, Ed.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2606 • Home: (806)655-5777
Email: tbingham@wtamu.edu
Effective Teaching, Supervision and Conferencing Teachers and Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Peer Coaching

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

Charles M. Chase, Ed.D., associate professor of sports and exercise sciences
Office: (806)651-2376 • Home: (806)655-4060
Email: cchase@wtamu.edu
Pedagogy, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Curriculum and Instruction

Mary Jane Cruz, M.S., instructor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2537 • Home: (806)655-1365
Email: mcruz@wtamu.edu
Mathematics Education, Use of Technology in Math Classes

Trudy L. Hanson, Ed.D., professor of communication studies; head of Department of Communication
Office: (806)651-2800 • Home: (806)359-6103
Email: thanson@wtamu.edu
College Teaching, Classroom Assessment and Research, Performance Studies, Popular Culture, Gender Equity in the Classroom, Gender Communication, Active Learning Techniques, Using Oral Storytelling to Teach Writing Skills, Web-based Learning

E.W. Henderson, Ed.D., J.D., dean of College of Education and Social Sciences; professor of education
Office: (806)651-2603
Email: ehenderson@wtamu.edu
Education Law

Sang K. Hwang, Ed.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2617 • Home: (806)359-1349
Email: shwang@wtamu.edu
Reading Assessment, Field-Based Course, America Reads Program

Lance Kieth, Ed.D., associate professor of agriculture education
Office: (806)651-2556
Email: lkieth@wtamu.edu
Teaching Education, 4-H/FFA Teaching Method, Extension Education

Mark R. Riney, Ph.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2621 • Home: (806)651-5824
Email: mriney@wtamu.edu
Foundations, Educational Psychology, Multicultural Education

Wade Shaffer, Ph.D., professor of history; interim provost/vice president for academic affairs
Office: (806)651-2776
Email: wshaffer@wtamu.edu
Early American History, History of the American South, 19th Century American Politics and Journalism, School-University Partnerships

Angela Spaulding, Ed.D., professor of educational leadership; dean of Graduate School and Research
Office: (806)651-2674
Email: aspaulding@wtamu.edu
Educational Leadership and Group Dynamics, Conflict Resolution, Team Building, Service Learning, Cross Cultural Understanding

Russ Teweleit, Ph.D., assistant professor of music; coordinator of music education
Office: (806)651-2863 • Home: (806)655-9173
Email: rteweleit@wtamu.edu
Student Teacher Supervision, Music Education

Conn Thomas, Ph.D., professor of education
Office: (806)651-2612 • Home: (806)372-1870
Email: cthomas@wtamu.edu
Alternative Certification for Educators, Special Education, Inclusion/Mainstreaming, Learning Strategies, Strategic Instruction, Change Behavior and Strategic Planning, Curriculum and Instruction

Regina Chanel Rodriguez, assistant professor
Office: (806)651-2607 
Email: rcrodriguez@wtamu.edu
Writing pedagogy, writing across content areas

Audrey Meador, instructor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2527 • Alternate: (806)282-3310
Email: ameador@wtamu.edu
General K-12 Mathematics education, Curriculum and Instruction in Math Education, Minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, Technology in Mathematics

Energy Resources

Kenneth L. Starcher, M.S., assistant director of Alternative Energy Institute
Office: (806)651-2296 • Alternate (806)651-2295
Email: kstarcher@wtamu.edu
Wind Energy, Wind Turbine Installation, Solar Energy, Data Collection/Analysis, Renewable Energy Tours/Wind Test Center, Education Outreach

Joshua Partheepan Ph.D., assistant professor
Office: (806)651-5265 • Alternate: (806)567-8167
Email: jpartheepan@wtamu.edu
Hydrogen Storage, Hydrogen Combustion, Renewable Energy Storage, Renewable Power System, Power Plants, Electrical Power System

Nathan Howell, assistant professor of environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-2543 • Alternate: (832)428-0241
Email: nhowell@wtamu.edu
Pollution, environmental modeling, environmental regulation, fluid mechanics, water resources, hydrology, groundwater, wetlands, STEM education, drinking water, environmental remediation

Engineering/Engineering Technology

Gerald C. Chen, Ph.D., associate professor of engineering technology
Office: (806)651-2449 • Home: (806)655-7534
Email: gchen@wtamu.edu
Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Electronics, Instrumentation, Quality Management, Statistical Quality Control

Freddie J. Davis, Ph.D., P.E., associate professor of engineering
Office: (806)651-3530
Email: fdavis@wtamu.edu
Nuclear Engineering, Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Risk and Decision Analysis

Robert E. DeOtte Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.G., professor of civil and environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-8780 • Alternate: (806)223-8835
Email: rdeotte@wtamu.edu
Water Resources, Air Quality Monitoring and Control, Fluid Mechanics, Groundwater Hydrology

Emily M. Hunt, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering; interim head of the School of Engineering and Computer Science
Office: (806)651-5330 • Home: (806)382-3978
Email: ehunt@wtamu.edu
Combustion, Materials Science, Nanocomposite Energetic Materials

Roy Jean Issa, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering
Office: (806)651-5261
Email: rissa@wtamu.edu
Modeling, Simulation and Experiments in the areas of Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics that include Single Phase, Multiphase Flow, Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids

Matt Jackson, Ph.D., assistant professor of engineering
Office: (806)651-2451 • Home: (806)499-3509
Email: mjackson@wtamu.edu
Combustion, Solid Modeling, Thermal Modeling, Thermal/Mechanical Design, Material Science

Joshua Partheepan Ph.D., assistant professor
Office: (806)651-5265 • Alternate: (806)567-8167
Email: jpartheepan@wtamu.edu
Hydrogen Storage, Hydrogen Combustion, Renewable Energy Storage, Renewable Power System, Power Plants, Electrical Power System

Nathan Howell, assistant professor of environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-2543 • Alternate: (832)428-0241
Email: nhowell@wtamu.edu
Pollution, environmental modeling, environmental regulation, fluid mechanics, water resources, hydrology, groundwater, wetlands, STEM education, drinking water, environmental remediation

Erick Butler, Dr.Eng, PE, assistant professor of environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-2271 • Alternate: (806)881-5555
Email: ebutler@wtamu.edu
Environmental Engineering, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Solid and Hazardous Waste, Air Pollution

English Language

Environmental Science

Lal K. Almas, Ph.D., associate professor of agricultural business and economics
Office: (806)651-2552 • Home: (806)655-0030
Email: lalmas@wtamu.edu
Production and Resource Economics, Water Management and Planning

Gary C. Barbee, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmental science
Office: (806)651-2294
Email: gbarbee@wtamu.edu
Human and Ecological Exposure and Risk Assessment, Aquatic Toxicity, Remediation of Contaminated Soils, Surface and Ground Waters, Bioremediation, Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, USEPA, Regulatory Projects and Litigation

William J. Rogers, Ph.D., professor of environmental science; associate dean of environmental health and safety
Office: (806)651-2581 • Home: (806)622-8822
Email: jrogers@wtamu.edu
Environmental Risk Assessment and Compliance, Waste Site Remediation, Environmental Monitoring

Duane J. Rosa, Ph.D., professor of economics; regional division director of Texas Transportation Institute
Office: (806)651-2520 • Home: (806)358-2052
Email: drosa@wtamu.edu
Environmental Issues, Environmental Economics, Water Resources

B.A. Stewart, Ph.D., distinguished professor of agriculture; director of Institute for Dryland Agriculture
Office: (806)651-2299 • Home: (806)352-8529
Email: bstewart@wtamu.edu
Soil and Water Conservation, Environmental Quality, Animal Waste Management

Nathan Howell, assistant professor of environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-2543 • Alternate: (832)428-0241
Email: nhowell@wtamu.edu
Pollution, environmental modeling, environmental regulation, fluid mechanics, water resources, hydrology, groundwater, wetlands, STEM education, drinking water, environmental remediation

Finance

Lal K. Almas, Ph.D., associate professor of agricultural business and economics
Office: (806)651-2552 • Home: (806)655-0030
Email: lalmas@wtamu.edu
Financial Management-Agriculture

De'Arno De'Armond, Ph.D., Hickman Professor of Marketing; assistant professor of finance
Office: (806)651-2490
Email: ddearmond@wtamu.edu
Financial Planning, Marketing, Risk Management

Anne Macy, Ph.D., Gene Edwards Professor of Finance; professor of finance
Office: (806)651-2523
Email: amacy@wtamu.edu
General Economics, Personal Finance, Investments

James K. Owens, D.B.A., professor of finance
Office: (806)651-2519 • Home: (806)359-7726
Email: jowens@wtamu.edu
Corporate Finance, International Finance, Bank Management

Foreign Languages and Cultures

Amjad Abdullat, Ed.D., associate professor; head of Department of Computer Information Systems
Office: (806)651-2444 • Home: (806)236-1364
Email: aabdullat@wtamu.edu
Middle Eastern Affairs and Conflict

Elizabeth Morrow Clark, Ph.D., associate professor of history
Office: (806)651-2422
Email: eclark@wtamu.edu
Russia, Poland, Eastern Europe, Modern Germany

Paul H. Clark, Ph.D., associate professor of history; Japanese language instructor
Office: (806)651-2425
Email: pclark@wtamu.edu
China, Japan, Korea, Education in East Asia, History of Language, Medieval Japan (Samurai Era)

Sandra Vance Davidson, M.A., instructor of Spanish
Office: (806)651-2463 • Home: (806)655-5781
Email: sdavidson@wtamu.edu
Spanish Grammar

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
African Cultures and Diversity, Developing World Issues, Popular Culture, Global Media/World Broadcasting

Andrew R. Reynolds, Ph.D., assistant professor of Spanish
Office: (806)651-2466
Email: areynolds@wtamu.edu
Spanish Language, Spanish Grammar and Phonetics, Hispanic Cultures, Latin American and Spanish Literatures of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Geography

Elizabeth Morrow Clark, Ph.D., associate professor of history
Office: (806)651-2422
Email: eclark@wtamu.edu
Eastern Europe, Balkans, Former Soviet Union, Ethnic Cleansing 

Geology

Joseph C. Cepeda, Ph.D., professor of geology
Office: (806)651-2570
Fax: (806)651-2928
Geology of Western North America, Volcanology, Geochemistry

Gerald E. Schultz, Ph.D., professor of geology
Office: (806)651-2580
Fax: (806)651-2928
E-mail: gschultz@wtamu.edu
Regional Geology and Paleontology, especially Fossil Mammals of the Texas Panhandle; Geology of Palo Duro Canyon

Nathan Howell, assistant professor of environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-2543 • Alternate: (832)428-0241
Email: nhowell@wtamu.edu
Pollution, environmental modeling, environmental regulation, fluid mechanics, water resources, hydrology, groundwater, wetlands, STEM education, drinking water, environmental remediation

Health, Nursing and Medical Issues

Carolyn L. Bouma, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
Office: (806)651-2569
Email: cbouma@wtamu.edu
Microbiology, Biochemistry, General Biology, Infectious Diseases

Marietta Branson, D.H.Sc., R.N.C., assistant professor of nursing; Associate Department Head for Alternative Education
Office: (806)651-2628 • Home: (806)354-8008
Email: mbranson@wtamu.edu
Obstetrical Nursing, Nursing Administration, Legal Nurse Consulting

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

Deborah Davenport, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of nursing; Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Education
Office: (806)651-2637 • Home: (806)655-8255
Email: ddavenport@wtamu.edu
Critical Care Nursing, Coronary Care Nursing, Thermal Trauma, Emergency Nursing, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Caring in Nursing

Lisa A. Davis, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of nursing; Associate Department Head for Graduate Education, Research, and Grants
Office: (806)651-2641
Email: ldavis@wtamu.edu
Patient Expectations of Care, Holistic care, Qualitative Methodologies, Theoretical Framework of Nursing Care, Teaching/Learning Theory, Stress Management, Epidemiology

Vicki Hartin, M.S.N., R.N., instructor of nursing
Office: (806)651-2629
Email: vhartin@wtamu.edu
Perioperative Nursing, Complimentary Alternative Therapies

Edward P. Kahler II, Ph.D., MT-BC, associate professor of music; associate dean of Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Office: (806)651-2822 • Home: (806)655-9506
Email: ekahler@wtamu.edu
Music Therapy, Music and Exceptional Children, Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy

Angela K. Phillips, D.N.P., R.N., C.S., F.N.P., C.N.N., assistant professor of nursing; director of Health Partners Clinic
Office: (806)355-5721 • Home: (806)352-3503
Email: aphillips@wtamu.edu
Family Medicine, Nephrology Nursing

Helen L. Reyes, Ed.D., R.N., assistant professor of nursing; department head
Office: (806)651-2649 • Home: (806)537-5411
Email: hreyes@wtamu.edu
Nursing Fundamentals, Pharmacology, Home Health, Gerontology, Adult Health

Lorna R. Strong, M.S., A.T.C., L.A.T., Athletic Training Program Director/Sports and Exercise Science Department Head
Office: (806)651-2382
Email: lstrong@wtamu.edu
Athletic Training, Sports Injuries, fitness/wellness, administration

Heidi Taylor, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of nursing
Office: (806)651-2701 • Home: (806)499-3522
Email: htaylor@wtamu.edu
Research, Online Education, Program Outcomes Evaluation, Accreditation

Laura Waight, M.S.N., R.N., instructor of nursing
Office: (806)651-2643 • Home: (806)655-4196
Email: lwaight@wtamu.edu
Medical Surgical Nursing, Pathophysiology, Critical Care Nursing

Higher Education

Susan Loe Allen, M.Ed., instructor of education; director of the Panhandle Alternative Certification for Educators (PACE) program
Office: (806)651-2599 • Home: (806)681-1621
Email: slallen@wtamu.edu
Teacher Certification, Alternative Teacher Certification

Steve Severn, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; director of Writing Programs
Office: (806)651-2475
Email: ssevern@wtamu.edu
Institutional Assessment

Wade Shaffer, Ph.D., professor of history; interim provost/vice president for academic affairs
Office: (806)651-2044
Email: wshaffer@wtamu.edu
Early American History, History of the American South, 19th Century American Politics and Journalism, School-University Partnerships

Nick Flynn, professor of biochemistry
Office: (806)651-2542
Email: nflynn@wtamu.edu
Food chemistry, HPLC analysis, Nutritional Biochemistry, brewery processes, analysis of brewing products, fermentation sciences

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

History

Bruce C. Brasington, Ph.D., professor of history
Office: (806)651-2426 • Home: (806)655-7227
Email: bbrasington@wtamu.edu
Roman History, Medieval History, Church History to 1564, Medieval Canon Law, Medieval Latin Paleography and Codicology, Medieval Latin, Naval History (particularly English): 1860–1918

Elizabeth Morrow Clark, Ph.D., associate professor of history
Office: (806)651-2422
Email: eclark@wtamu.edu
Russia, Eastern Europe, Poland, Modern Germany, Holocaust, 1989 Revolutions, Ethnic Cleansing

Paul H. Clark, Ph.D., associate professor of history; Japanese language instructor
Office: (806)651-2425
Email: pclark@wtamu.edu
China, Japan, Korea, Education in East Asia, History of Language, Medieval Japan (Samurai Era)

Marty Kuhlman, Ph.D., associate professor of history
Office: (806)651-2420 • Home: (806)655-0395
Email: mkuhlman@wtamu.edu
Southern History, Civil War History, Civil Rights

Byron E. Pearson, Ph.D., J.D., associate professor of history; head of Department of History
Office: (806)651-2427 • Home: (806)656-0582
Email: bpearson@wtamu.edu
U.S. History, American West, Environmental History, Native American History, Legal and Constitutional History

Mark R. Riney, Ph.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2621 • Home: (806)651-5824
Email: mriney@wtamu.edu
History of Education

Wade Shaffer, Ph.D., professor of history; interim provost/vice president for academic affairs
Office: (806)651-2044
Email: wshaffer@wtamu.edu
American Colonial, Revolutionary and Antebellum History; American Slavery and the Old South; Virginia History; School-University Partnerships

Jean A. Stuntz, Ph.D., associate professor of history
Office: (806)651-2409
Email: jstuntz@.wtamu.edu
Texas History, U.S. Women's History, Spanish Empire in North America, Local History

Brian M. Ingrassia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History
Office: (806)650-2470 • Alternate: (217)390-6150
Email: bingrassia@wtamu.edu
History of sport (especially stadiums, college football, and automotive racing); history of higher education; history of Progressive Era America (1870s-1920s)

Justin Moeller, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice and political science
Office: (806)651-2432 
Email: jmoeller@wtamu.edu
Constitutional Law; Constitutional History, Constitutional Development; Texas Constitution; Civil Rights; Civil Liberties

Information Technology

Amjad Abdullat, Ed.D., associate professor of computer information systems; head of Department of Computer Information and Decision Management
Office: (806)651-2444 • Home: (806)236-1364                                                                                                                                         Email: aabdullat@wtamu.edu
Middle Eastern Affairs and Conflict

International Business and Trade

Lal K. Almas, Ph.D., associate professor of agricultural business and economics
Office: (806)651-2552 • Home: (806)655-0030
Email: lalmas@wtamu.edu
Agricultural Marketing and International Trade

Syed Tariq Anwar, D.B.A., professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2491
Email: sanwar@wtamu.edu
International Business, International Marketing, Global/Multinational Corporations, Global Markets, E-Business/E-Commerce, Internet-Related Global Strategy Industries

Turkan Kilic, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2506
Email: tkilic@wtamu.edu
International Business, Consumer Behavior, New Product Development/Management, Market Orientation, Quantitative Analysis

James K. Owens, D.B.A., professor of finance
Office: (806)651-2516 • Home: (806)359-7726
Email: jowens@wtamu.edu
International Finance, Corporate Finance, Bank Management

Neil W. Terry, Ph.D., dean of College of Business; professor of economics
Office: (806)651-2529 • Home: (806)655-9922
Email: nterry@wtamu.edu
Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, International Economics, Business Education

Law and Legal Issues

E.W. Henderson, Ed.D., J.D., dean of College of Education and Social Sciences; professor of education
Office: (806)651-2603
Email: ehenderson@wtamu.edu
Education Law

Harry R. Hueston, Ph.D., professor of criminal justice
Office: (806)651-2421 • Alternate: (806)433-1804
Email: hhueston@wtamu.edu
Criminal justice: law enforcement, implicit bias training, disaster planning, school violence, terrorism (homegrown and international), use of social media training, crime victim, victimology, leadership training and different styles of leadership, crime scene investigation, cyber crimes, racism, community relations with police, refugee and police issues, and managing social media in crisis

Byron E. Pearson, Ph.D., J.D., associate professor of history; head of Department of History
Office: (806)651-2430 
Email: bpearson@wtamu.edu
American History, Civil War, American West, Environmental History, American Indians

Gary Sanders, clinical assistant professor of Business Law and Accounting
Office: (806)651-8483 
Email: gsanders@wtamu.edu
Business and corporate law; corporate governance

Bruce C. Brasington, Ph.D., professor of history
Office: (806)651-2426 • Home: (806)655-7227
Email: bbrasington@wtamu.edu
Medieval legal and constitutional history; ecclesiastical history down to the Reformation; medieval Latin; medieval Latin paleography and codicology; World War I

Frank Goode, Ed. D., assistant professor 
Office: (806)651-3621 • Alternate: (806)451-0708
Email: fgoode@wtamu.edu
Infancy, Early Childhood, Language and Literacy Development, Cognitive Development

Joanna P. Kimbell, J.D., clinical assistant professor of Business Law and Management 
Office: (806)651-4026
Email: jkimbell@wtamu.edu
Law and Legal Issues, Strategic Planning

Justin Moeller, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice and political science
Office: (806)651-2432 
Email: jmoeller@wtamu.edu
Constitutional Law; Constitutional History, Constitutional Development; Texas Constitution; Civil Rights; Civil Liberties

Leadership

Trudy L. Hanson, Ed.D., professor of communication studies; head of Department of Communication
Office: (806)651-2800 • Home: (806)359-6103
Email: thanson@wtamu.edu
Women in Leadership

Lance Kieth, Ed.D., associate professor of agriculture education
Office: (806)651-2556
Email: lkieth@wtamu.edu
Youth Leadership

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
Student Leaders, Supervision and Advising Student Organizations

Angela Spaulding, Ed.D., professor of educational leadership; dean of Graduate School and Research
Office: (806)651-2674
Email: aspaulding@wtamu.edu
Educational Leadership and Group Dynamics, Conflict Resolution, Team Building, Service Learning, Cross Cultural Understanding

Learning Styles/Teaching Methods

Teri L. Bingham, Ed.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2606 • Home: (806)655-5777
Email: tbingham@wtamu.edu
Effective Teaching, Supervision and Conferencing Teachers and Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Peer Coaching

Mary Jane Cruz, M.S., instructor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2537 • Home: (806)655-1365
Email: mcruz@wtamu.edu
Mathematics Education, Use of Technology in Math Classes

Trudy L. Hanson, Ed.D., professor of communication studies; head of Department of Communication
Office: (806)651-2800 • Home: (806)359-6103
Email: thanson@wtamu.edu
College Teaching, Classroom Assessment and Research, Performance Studies, Popular Culture, Gender Equity in the Classroom, Gender Communication, Active Learning Techniques, Readers Theatre, Puppetry, Oral Storytelling to Teach Writing in the Primary Grades, Web-based Learning

Lance Kieth, Ed.D., associate professor of agriculture education
Office: (806)651-2556
Email: lkieth@wtamu.edu
4-H/FFA Teaching Method

Jessica S. Mallard, Ph.D., professor of communication studies; dean of the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Office: (806)651-2806 • Home: (806)352-2939
Email: jmallard@wtamu.edu
Service Learning, Research Methods

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
Learning Communities

Conn Thomas, Ph.D., professor of education
Office: (806)651-2612 • Home: (806)372-1870
Email: cthomas@wtamu.edu
Learning Strategies, Strategic Instruction, Change Behavior and Strategic Planning, Curriculum and Instruction, Inclusion/Mainstreaming, Special Education

Frank Goode, Ed. D., assistant professor 
Office: (806)651-3621 • Alternate: (806)451-0708
Email: fgoode@wtamu.edu
Infancy, Early Childhood, Language and Literacy Development, Cognitive Development

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

Regina Chanel Rodriguez, assistant professor
Office: (806)651-2607 
Email: rcrodriguez@wtamu.edu
Writing pedagogy, writing across content areas

Literacy and Reading

Amy Andersen, Ed.D., associate professor of education; associate provost for Academic Affairs, coordinator of professional development schools program
Office: (806)651-2609 • Home: (806)655-2978
Email: aandersen@wtamu.edu
Reading/Language Arts Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Literacy, Reading/Language/Arts Integration

Sang K. Hwang, Ed.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2617 • Home: (806)359-1349
Email: shwang@wtamu.edu
Reading

Ashley M. Pinkham, assistant professor of psychology
Office: (806)651-2592
Email: apinkham@wtamu.edu
Early Childhood Education, Early Literacy

Literature

Monica Smith Hart, Ph.D., assistant professor of English
Office: (806)651-2477
Email: msmith@wtamu.edu
Poetry, Literature, British Literature and Culture

Alex Hunt, Ph.D., associate professor of English
Office: (806)651-2457
Email: ahunt@wtamu.edu
American Literature—the West, Regionalism Southwest Border Studies, Environmental Literature, Ethnic Literature

Bonney MacDonald, Ph.D., professor of English
Office: 806-651-2456
Email: bmacdonald@wtamu.edu
Western American Literature, Film and Culture, American Literature

Andrew R. Reynolds, Ph.D., assistant professor of Spanish
Office: (806)651-2466
Email: areynolds@wtamu.edu
Latin American and Spanish Literatures of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Steve Severn, Ph.D., associate professor of English, head of the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages
Office: (806)651-2475
Email: ssevern@wtamu.edu
British Literature

Pat Tyrer, Ph.D., associate professor of English
Office: (806)651-2476 • Home: (806)656-0163
Email: ptyrer@wtamu.edu
American Modernism, Composition and Rhetoric, Computers and Writing, Contemporary Latin American Literature, Creative Writing, Literary Theory, Technical Communication, American Literature, American Modernism, Women's Studies

Management

De'Arno De'Armond, Ph.D., Hickman Professor of Marketing; assistant professor of finance
Office: (806)651-2490
Email: ddearmond@wtamu.edu
Sales Management, Risk Management, Financial Planning, Marketing, Sales

LaVelle H. Mills, Ph.D., S.P.H.R., professor of management; associate dean of College of Business
Office: (806)651-3866 • Home: (806)353-6164
Email: lmills@wtamu.edu
Sales Effectiveness Training, Employee Satisfaction and Productivity, Human Resource Management

Marketing

Lal K. Almas, Ph.D., associate professor of agricultural business and economics
Office: (806)651-2552 • Home: (806)655-0030
Email: lalmas@wtamu.edu
Agricultural Marketing and International Trade

Syed Tariq Anwar, D.B.A., professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2491
Email: sanwar@wtamu.edu
International Business and Trade, International Marketing, Global/Multinational Corporations, Global Markets, E-Business/E-Commerce, Internet-Related Industries

De'Arno De'Armond, Ph.D., Hickman Professor of Marketing; assistant professor of finance
Office: (806)651-2490
Email: ddearmond@wtamu.edu
Marketing, Sales Management, Advertising, Risk Management, Financial Planning, Sales

Nick Gerlich, Ph.D., professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2500 • Home: (806)499-3210
Email: ngerlich@wtamu.edu or www.drgerlich.com
Grocery Retailing, Soft Drink Industry, Marketing to Minorities, Sporting Goods Industry/Sports Marketing, Home-Based Businesses, Small Businesses, Internet Marketing, Web Commerce, The Emerging Church, Mega-Churches, Church Marketing

Turkan Kilic, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2506
Email: tkilic@wtamu.edu
Marketing, Marketing Research, International Business, Consumer Behavior, New Product Development/Management, Market Orientation, Quantitative Analysis

Marriage and Family

Jenifer Kunz, Ph.D., professor of sociology
Office: (806)651-2597 • Home: (806)655-1280
Email: jkunz@wtamu.edu
Family Sociology, Gender Issues, Race/Ethnic Relations, Prejudice/Discrimination Issues

Mass Communication/Media

Kristina D. Drumheller, Ph.D., associate professor of communication studies
Office: (806)651-2816
Email: kdrumheller@wtamu.edu
Organizational Communication, Crisis Communication, Media Rhetoric and Effects

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
Global Media/World Broadcasting, Media for Social Change, Children and Media, Women and Media

Randall J. Ray, M.S., assistant lecturer of mass communication; director of broadcast engineering
Office: (806)651-2807 • Home: (806)655-3292
Email: rray@wtamu.edu
Recording Industry, Media Management, Broadcast Technology, Recording Technology, Media Convergence, Feature Writing

Nancy Garcia, assistant professor; mass communications 
Office: (806)651-2414
Email: ngarcia@wtamu.edu
Fact-checking, Journalism 

Heidi E. Huntington, Ph.D., assistant professor of business communication
Office: (806)651-2765
Email: hhuntington@wtamu.edu
Internet memes, Social/Participatory media, Information processing 

Mathematics

Rajan Alex, Ph.D., professor of computer science
Office: (806)651-2288
Email: ralex@wtamu.edu
Numerical Analysis, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic Applications

Bill Ambrose, M.S., assistant professor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2533
Email: bambrose@wtamu.edu
Differential Equations, Probability

Teri L. Bingham, Ed.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2606 • Home: (806)655-5777
Email: tbingham@wtamu.edu
Mathematics Education, Effective Teaching, Supervision and Conferencing Teachers and Student Teachers, Peer Coaching

Randy Combs, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2532
Email: rcombs@wtamu.edu
Fourier Analysis on Euclidean Spaces, Analytic Number Theory

Mary Jane Cruz, M.S., instructor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2537
Email: mcruz@wtamu.edu
Mathematics Education, Use of Technology in Math Classes

Gary D. Kelley, Ph.D., professor of computer information systems; director of institutional research
Office: (806)651-3451
Email: gkelley@wtamu.edu
Statistical Analysis, Forecasting

Gregg Lawler, instructor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2535
Email: glawler@wtamu.edu

Pamela Lockwood, Ph.D., professor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2536
Email: plockwood@wtamu.edu
Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems, Mathematical Statistics

Nathan Howell, assistant professor of environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-2543 • Alternate: (832)428-0241
Email: nhowell@wtamu.edu
Pollution, environmental modeling, environmental regulation, fluid mechanics, water resources, hydrology, groundwater, wetlands, STEM education, drinking water, environmental remediation

Audrey Meador, instructor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2527 • Alternate: (806)282-3310
Email: ameador@wtamu.edu
General K-12 Mathematics education, Curriculum and Instruction in Math Education, Minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, Technology in Mathematics

Music

Mark A. Bartley, D.M.A., assistant professor of music; director of orchestral activities
Office: (806)651-2830
Email: mbartley@wtamu.edu
Conducting Instrumental and Vocal Ensembles

BJ Brooks, D.M.A., assistant professor of music
Office: (806)651-2862
Email: bbrooks@wtamu.edu
Music Composition, Music Theory, Electroacoustic Composition, Music Technology

Tina M. Carpenter, D.M., professor of music
Office: (806)651-2848 • Home: (806)374-6754
Email: tcarpenter@wtamu.edu
Bassoon Performance and Pedagogy, Music Theory, Music Appreciation

Ted DuBois, Ph.D., professor of music
Office: (806)651-2843 • Home: (806)655-1685
Email: tdubois@wtamu.edu
Music History, Music Appreciation

Robert Hansen, D.M.A., professor of music; director of the School of Music; head of Department of Art, Theatre and Dance
Office: (806)651-2850 • Home: (806)374-5362
Email: rhansen@wtamu.edu
Voice Performance, Vocal Pedagogy and Physiology; Opera and Musical Theatre Performance and Direction

Edward P. Kahler II, Ph.D., MT-BC, associate professor of music; associate dean of Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Office: (806)651-2822 • Home: (806)655-9506
Email: ekahler@wtamu.edu
Music Therapy, Music and Exceptional Children, Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy

Robert J. Krause, D.M.A., professor of music
Office: (806)651-2821 • Home: (806)655-7529
Email: rkrause@wtamu.edu
Oboe Performance and Pedagogy, Oboe Reed-Making and Pedagogy, Music Theory, Critique and History of Opera

Cloyce Kuhnert, D.M.A., associate professor of music; director of opera workshop and “Sforzando”
Office: (806)651-2856 • Home: (806)655-7920
Email: ckuhnert@wtamu.edu
Vocal Performance, Vocal Pedagogy, Diction, Show Choir, Opera Workshop

Don Lefevre, M.M., associate professor of music; director of bands
Office: (806)651-2855 • Home: (806)655-3646
Email: dlefevre@wtamu.edu
Directing Bands, Saxophone

Choong-ha Nam, D.M.A., assistant professor of music; member of Harrington String Quartet
Office: (806)651-2851 • Home: (806)651-5871
Email: cnam@wtamu.edu
Piano Performance, Group Performance, Piano Pedagogy, Post-tonal Theory

Keith Redpath, D.M.A., Harrington lecturer of music; member of Harrington String Quartet
Office: (806)651-2823 • Home: (806)433-5559
Email: kredpath@wtamu.edu
Violin Performance, Chamber Music

Nicholas A. Scales, D.M.A., assistant professor of music
Office: (806)651-2849 • Home: (806)356-6605
Email: nscales@wtamu.edu
Double Bass performance and Pedagogy, Jazz Bass, Music Theory, Jazz Band, Music Appreciation, String Pedagogy, Chamber Music

Douglas Storey, M.M., associate professor of music
Office: (806)651-2836 • Home: (806)236-8971
Email: dstorey@wtamu.edu
Clarinet Performance and Pedagogy

William J. Takacs, D.M., associate professor of music
Office: (806)651-2835 • Home: (806)655-2901
Email: wtakacs@wtamu.edu
Trumpet Performance and Pedagogy

Susan Martin Tariq, D.M.A., professor of music
Office: (806)651-2838 • Home: (806)655-9227
Email: stariq@wtamu.edu
Percussion Performance, Percussion Pedagogy

Russ Teweleit, Ph.D., assistant professor of music; coordinator of music education
Office: (806)651-2863 • Home: (806)655-9173
Email: rteweleit@wtamu.edu
Student Teacher Supervision, Music Education, Jazz Studies, Band

Jeremy Lewis, assistant professor of tuba and euphonium
Office: (806)651-2788
Email: jlewis@wtamu.edu
Tuba, euphonium, practice

Randall J. Ray, M.S., assistant lecturer of mass communication; director of broadcast engineering
Office: (806)651-2807 • Home: (806)655-3292
Email: rray@wtamu.edu
Mass Media Industry, Media Production, Music Business

Organizational Behavior

Jenifer Kunz, Ph.D., professor of sociology
Office: (806)651-2597 • Home: (806)655-1280
Email: jkunz@wtamu.edu
Complex Organizations, Race/Ethnic Relations, Prejudice/Discrimination Issues, Gender Issues

Kristina D. Drumheller, Ph.D., associate professor of communication studies
Office: (806)651-2816
Email: kdrumheller@wtamu.edu
Organizational Communication

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
Supervision and Advising Student Organizations, Student Leaders

Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure

Charles M. Chase, Ed.D., associate professor of sports and exercise sciences
Office: (806)651-2376 • Home: (806)655-4060
Email: cchase@wtamu.edu
Outdoor Living and Wilderness Survival Skills, Camping Programs, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Recreation and Leisure Programming, Archery, Pedagogy

Lorna R. Strong, M.S., A.T.C., L.A.T., Athletic Training Program Director/Sports and Exercise Science Department Head
Office: (806)651-2382
Email: lstrong@wtamu.edu
Athletic Training, Sports Injuries, fitness/wellness, administration

Brian M. Ingrassia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History
Office: (806)650-2470 • Alternate: (217)390-6150
Email: bingrassia@wtamu.edu
History of sport (especially stadiums, college football, and automotive racing); history of higher education; history of Progressive Era America (1870s-1920s)

Gene L. Farren, Ph.D., assistant professor 
Office: (806)651-2376
Email: gfarren@wtamu.edu
Multivariate Statistics and Structural Equation Modeling, Research Methodology, Motor Learning and Development, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

Plant Science

Brock C. Blaser, Ph.D., assistant professor of plant science
Office: (806)651-2555
Email: bblaser@wtamu.edu
Plant and Soil Science, Crop Production, Physiology, Ecology, Cropping Systems

Bonnie B. Pendleton, Ph.D., associate professor of agriculture
Office: (806)651-2554 • Home: (806)655-6896
Email: bpendleton@wtamu.edu
Entomology, Pest Management, Plant Resistance, Entomophagy, International Agriculture

B.A. Stewart, Ph.D., distinguished professor of agriculture; director of Institute for Dryland Agriculture
Office: (806)651-2299 • Home: (806)352-8529
Email: bstewart@wtamu.edu
Soil and Water Conservation, Environmental Quality, Animal Waste Management

Politics and Government

John David Rausch Jr., Ph.D., professor of political science
Office: (806)651-2423 • Alternate: (806)681-9146
Email: jrausch@wtamu.edu
State and Local Government, European Politics, Legislative Studies, Campaigns and Elections, Religion and Politics, Direct Democracy, Politics and History of East Central and Eastern Europe

Reed L. Welch, Ph.D., associate professor of political science
Office: (806)651-2433 • Home: (806)463-2558
Email: rlwelch@wtamu.edu
American Government and Politics, the Presidency, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, Political Parties, Interest Groups, Campaigns and Elections, Texas Government

Laura N. Bell, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science
Office: (806)651-2515
Email: lbell@wtamu.edu
Terrorism, Assassinations, Middle East & North Africa, Political Violence

Justin Moeller, Ph.D., assistant professor of criminal justice and political science
Office: (806)651-2432 
Email: jmoeller@wtamu.edu
Constitutional Law; Constitutional History, Constitutional Development; Texas Constitution; Civil Rights; Civil Liberties

Pop Culture

Trudy L. Hanson, Ed.D., professor of communication studies; head of Department of Communication
Office: (806)651-2800 • Home: (806)359-6103
Email: thanson@wtamu.edu
Popular Culture, Gender Communication, Reality TV, Oral History

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
Media for Social Change, Popular Culture

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

Randall J. Ray, M.S., assistant lecturer of mass communication; director of broadcast engineering
Office: (806)651-2807 • Home: (806)655-3292
Email: rray@wtamu.edu
Mass Media Industry, Media Production, Music Business

Heidi E. Huntington, Ph.D., assistant professor of business communication
Office: (806)651-2765
Email: hhuntington@wtamu.edu
Internet memes, Social/Participatory media, Information processing 

Physics

Cathy Clewett, assistant professor of physics
Office: (806)651-2545
Email: cclewett@wtamu.edu
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Characterization of Materials

David Craig, Ph.D., associate professor of physics
Office: (806)651-5262 • Alternate: (806)282-2283
Email: dcraig@wtamu.edu

Psychology

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

Mark R. Riney, Ph.D., associate professor of education
Office: (806)651-2621 • Home: (806)651-5824
Email: mriney@wtamu.edu
Educational Psychology

Religion

Bruce C. Brasington, Ph.D., professor of history
Office: (806)651-2426 • Home: (806)655-7227
Email: bbrasington@wtamu.edu
Church History to 1564, Medieval Canon Law

Kristina D. Drumheller, Ph.D., associate professor of communication studies
Office: (806)651-2816
Email: kdrumheller@wtamu.edu
Workplace Emotions and Spirituality, diversity

Nick Gerlich, Ph.D., professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2500 • Home: (806)499-3210
Email: ngerlich@wtamu.edu or www.drgerlich.com
The Emerging Church, Mega-Churches, Church Marketing

Yvette Castillo, Ph.D., LPC, LPC-S, assistant professor of counselor education
Office: (806)651-8233
Email: ycastillo@wtamu.edu
Counselor Education and Supervision, Professional and School Counseling, Multicultural and Diversity Issues, Psycho-Social Assessment, Human Growth and Development, Trauma and Grief

John David Rausch Jr., Ph.D., professor of political science
Office: (806)651-2423 • Alternate: (806)681-9146
Email: jrausch@wtamu.edu
State and Local Government, European Politics, Legislative Studies, Campaigns and Elections, Religion and Politics, Direct Democracy, Politics and History of East Central and Eastern Europe

Science Education

Ashley J. Campbell, Ed.D., assistant professor of education
Office: (806)651-2906
Email: acampbell@wtamu.edu
Science Education, Gender Equity in Science

Christopher S. Baird, assistant professor of physics
Office: (806)651-4264
Email: cbaird@wtamu.edu
Science Education

Sociology/Social Work

Jenifer Kunz, Ph.D., professor of sociology
Office: (806)651-2597 • Home: (806)655-1280
Email: jkunz@wtamu.edu
Family Sociology, Race/Ethnic Relations, Complex Organizations, Prejudice/Discrimination Issues, Gender Issues, How to Explain War/Terrorism to Children

Enyonam Osei-Hwere, Ph.D., assistant professor of mass communication
Office: (806)651-2411 or 2798
Email: eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu
Poverty and Development

Soil Science and Management

B.A. Stewart, Ph.D., distinguished professor of agriculture; director of Institute for Dryland Agriculture
Office: (806)651-2299 • Home: (806)352-8529
Email: bstewart@wtamu.edu
Soil and Water Conservation, Environmental Quality, Animal Waste Management

Spanish Language

Sandra Vance Davidson, M.A., instructor of Spanish
Office: (806)651-2463 • Home: (806)655-5781
Email: sdavidson@wtamu.edu
Spanish Grammar

Statistics

Gary D. Kelley, Ph.D., professor of computer information systems; director of institutional research
Office: (806)651-3451 • Home: (806)655-4503
Email: gkelley@wtamu.edu
Statistical Analysis, Forecasting

Ty E. Lawrence, Ph.D., associate professor of animal science
Office: (806)651-2560 • Home: (806)655-7663
Email: tlawrence@wtamu.edu
Statistics

Pamela Lockwood, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics
Office: (806)651-2536 • Home: (806)839-1378
Email: plockwood@wtamu.edu
Mathematical Statistics

Strategic Planning

Robert E. DeOtte Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.G., professor of civil and environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-8780 • Alternate: (806)651-2550
Email: rdeotte@wtamu.edu
Agricultural Disaster Preparedness, Industry Government Relationships in Disaster Planning

Joanna P. Kimbell, J.D., clinical assistant professor of Business Law and Management 
Office: (806)651-4026
Email: jkimbell@wtamu.edu
Law and Legal Issues, Strategic Planning.

Terrorism

Syed Tariq Anwar, D.B.A., professor of marketing
Office: (806)651-2491 • Home: (806)655-9227
Email: sanwar@wtamu.edu
Terrorism and Global Business, Social Mind Set and Customs of Islam, U.S. Overseas Investments

Robert E. DeOtte Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.G., professor of civil and environmental engineering
Office: (806)651-8780 • Alternate: (806)223-8835
Email: rdeotte@wtamu.edu
Agricultural Disaster Preparedness and Biosecurity

Harry R. Hueston, Ph.D., professor of criminal justice
Office: (806)651-2421 • Alternate: (806)433-1804
Email: hhueston@wtamu.edu
Criminal justice: law enforcement, implicit bias training, disaster planning, school violence, terrorism (homegrown and international), use of social media training, crime victim, victimology, leadership training and different styles of leadership, crime scene investigation, cyber crimes, racism, community relations with police, refugee and police issues, and managing social media in crisis

Jenifer Kunz, Ph.D., professor of sociology; head of Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work
Office: (806)651-2597 • Home: (806)655-1280
Email: jkunz@wtamu.edu
How to Explain War and Terrorism to Children

Duane J. Rosa, Ph.D., professor of economics; regional division director of Texas Transportation Institute
Office: (806)651-2520 • Home: (806)358-2052
Email: drosa@wtamu.edu
Transportation Systems and Security, Energy Policy, Oil and Gas Prices (including Price Gouging), Water Issues

Bryan Vizzini, Ph.D., associate professor of history
Office: (806)651-2419
Email: bvizzini@wtamu.edu
Taliban, Concept of Jihad, Threat of Terrorism Worldwide

Theatre

Royal R. Brantley, M.F.A., director of theatre
Office: (806)651-2813
Email: rbrantley@wtamu.edu
Acting, directing, theatre education and theatre history

Robert Hansen, D.M.A., professor of music; director of the School of Music; head of Department of Art, Theatre and Dance
Office: (806)651-2850 • Home: (806)374-5362
Email: rhansen@wtamu.edu
Opera and Musical Theatre Performance and Direction

John Landon, M.F.A., professor of theatre
Office: (806)651-2815 • Home: (806)356-9308
Email: jlandon@wtamu.edu
Technical Theatre, Scenic Construction, Stage Management

Anne Medlock, M.F.A., assistant professor of theatre
Office: (806)651-3254 • Cell: (330)554-2742
Email: amedlock@wtamu.edu
Costume Design, Costume Construction, Stage Make-Up, Fabric Modification

Transportation

Duane J. Rosa, Ph.D., professor of economics; regional division director of Texas Transportation Institute
Office: (806)651-2520 • Home: (806)358-2052
Email: drosa@wtamu.edu
Transportation Management, Policy, Transportation Systems and Security, Energy Policy, Oil and Gas Prices (including Price Gouging), Water Issues, Environmental Issues, Hazardous Materials Transportation, Economic Planning

Writing

Trudy L. Hanson, Ed.D., professor of communication studies; head of Department of Communication
Office: (806)651-2800 • Home: (806)359-6103
Email: thanson@wtamu.edu
Using Oral Storytelling to Teach Writing Skills, Fractured Fairy Tales—Texas Style

Randall J. Ray, M.S., assistant lecturer of mass communication; director of broadcast engineering
Office: (806)651-2807 • Home: (806)655-3292
Email: rray@wtamu.edu
Feature Writing

Steve Severn, Ph.D., associate professor of English, head of the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages
Office: (806)651-2475
Email: ssevern@wtamu.edu
Teaching Writing Rhetoric

Pat Tyrer, Ph.D., associate professor of English
Office: (806)651-2476 • Home: (806)656-0163
Email: ptyrer@wtamu.edu
Composition and Rhetoric, Composition Theory, Computers and Writing, Technical Communication, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, Editing Film Studies, Composition Studies

Regina Chanel Rodriguez, assistant professor
Office: (806)651-2607 
Email: rcrodriguez@wtamu.edu
Writing pedagogy, writing across content areas