Christopher Newport University
Newport News, Virginia 23606
Overview
Christopher Newport University is the youngest comprehensive university in Virginia and has been described by U.S. News & World Report as "young, hot, and growing." The academic areas of the University are organized into the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Business. The graduate programs are administered by the Associate Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Associate Director of Graduate Admissions and Records. Instruction and research are carried out by the graduate faculty members.
Graduates of the programs have selected positions at area research laboratories such as NASA and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility; at companies such as Northrop Grumman, Dallas Semiconductor, and Logicon; with the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Justice; with state law enforcement agencies and city governments; with national and regional consulting firms; and in elementary, middle, and high schools.
The Location and Community
The University is located in suburban Newport News, Virginia, midway between Williamsburg and Virginia Beach. Newport News is located on the lower Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads area. The area supports a variety of businesses, manufacturing concerns, health-care providers, government installations, research facilities, schools, colleges, and cultural and recreational facilities.
Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
Christopher Newport University offers master's programs in applied physics and computer science, industrial/organizational psychology, environmental science, and teaching.
The Master of Science (M.S.) in applied physics and computer science, a 30- to 36-credit-hour program, emphasizes experimentation, instrumentation, and computer analysis. The department has a strong record of research in solid state (lasers and superconductors), nuclear physics, artificial intelligence, instrumentation and advanced computer systems, and pattern recognition.
The Master of Science in applied psychology offers a concentration in industrial/organizational psychology with a strong foundation in psychological theory and research and emphasizes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to apply psychology in organization settings. The 33- to 36-credit-hour program includes a thesis or practicum option. Graduates are prepared for employment in business, industry, and government settings.
The Master of Science in environmental science is a 36-credit-hour program that provides a solid background in ecological and environmental conservation theory. Students develop the skills required for employment with environmental assessment/monitoring businesses and state governmental agencies in the growing field of environmental monitoring and conservation.
The Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) is a practitioner-oriented program that requires 36 credit hours to complete. M.A.T. students have a strong background in an arts or sciences content area and the professional courses needed to make them master teachers.
Facilities & Resources
The M.S. in applied physics is supported by major teaching-research labs: the Photonics and Laser Lab, the Solid State Sensors Lab, the Advanced Chip Design Lab, the Information Systems Lab, and a computer lab. Participation in funded research at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and the NASA Langley Research Center may be available. Christopher Newport University is one of the four universities involved in a new state-of-the-art research consortium, the Applied Research Center. The M.S. in applied psychology is supported with a group process/human relations laboratory and a computer laboratory. The M.S. in applied psychology is supported with a group newly remodeled building that contains fourteen modern and well-equipped laboratories and twenty-three support areas. Included are three walk-in controlled environment chambers and a new greenhouse. The department has large ecological study sites in forested and rural areas and at a lake.
Expenses and Aid
Tuition is $283 per credit hour for in-state students and $674 per credit hour for out-of-state students. In addition, students pay a $150 parking fee and a $100 graduation fee. Graduate book costs are estimated at $400 per semester.
Financial Aid:
Financial aid consists of scholarships, grants, graduate assistantships, loans, and employment opportunities. The priority filing date for applying for financial aid for the following academic year is March 1. Later dates are established on an annual basis for the student loan programs. To be eligible for programs, students must be admitted as degree-seeking graduate students; be enrolled at least on a half-time basis (some programs may require full-time), in good academic standing, making satisfactory academic progress; and be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Students interested in receiving financial aid are strongly encouraged to view the CNU Web site at http://www.cnu.edu/admin/finaid/.
Housing/Living Expenses:
The 2005-06 annual rate for room and board was $6700 (single occupancy was $300 more per semester). New student apartments have twelve-month leases at $6400 for the 2005-06 academic year. Off-campus apartments in the neighborhood of CNU currently rent for an average of $6180 per year for one bedroom.
How to Apply / Application
Students should have baccalaureate degrees from regionally accredited colleges or universities with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. For all programs except the M.A.T., students must provide scores from the GRE taken within the last five years. The M.A.T. program requires scores from the PRAXIS I (reading, writing, and mathematics) or from the specialty area test of the PRAXIS series. Letters of recommendation and essays may also be required.
Application deadlines for degree-seeking students are May 1 for fall semester, November 1 for spring semester, and April 15 for summer sessions. After these deadlines, applicants may apply to enter as nondegree students, or, if a program determines that the student meets degree-seeking qualifications and the program has available space, the student may be admitted as degree-seeking.
Who to Contact
Office of Admissions
Christopher Newport University
1 University Place
Newport News, Virginia 23606
757-594-7544
E-mail: gradstdy@cnu.edu
The Faculty, Research and Graduate Departments
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
• Joshua Anyiwo, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Colorado State. Computational physics, fluid dynamics.
• A. Martin Buoncristiani, Professor and Chair; Ph.D., Notre Dame. Electrooptical properties of materials.
• Randall Caton, Professor; Ph.D., CUNY, City College. Superconductivity, science education.
• David Doughty, Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania. High-energy physics, high-speed triggering and data acquisition.
• David Game, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Old Dominion. Applied network theory, fiber-optic communications.
• John Hardie, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Pittsburgh. Nuclear physics, scientific computing, physics education.
• David Hibler, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Texas at Austin. Artificial intelligence, neural nets, genetic algorithms.
• Peter Knipp, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Chicago. Solid-state physics.
• Lynn Lambert, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Delaware. Artificial intelligence, natural-language processing, linguistics.
• Nikita Pougachev, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences. Atmospheric physics.
• Rauf Selim, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Temple. Superconductivity, computer interfaces.
• Antonio Siochi, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Virginia Tech. Interactive software systems.
• Ming Zhang, Associate Professor; Ph.D., East China Normal. Neural systems, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, image processing.
• MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED (INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL) PSYCHOLOGY
• Thomas D. Berry, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Virginia Tech. Organization and interpersonal feedback, health and safety, system leadership, evaluation and change.
• Kelly Cartwright, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Arkansas. Cognitive development, language, literacy, and gender issues.
• Dianne Catanzaro, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Old Dominion. Attitudes toward affirmative action, service encounter and service quality, gay/lesbian issues.
• Dorothy C. Doolittle, Professor and Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies; Ph.D., Tennessee. Personality and job performance, sexual harassment, organization justice.
• Jeffrey Gibbons, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Kansas State. Theoretical and applied memory research pertaining to enhanced word recognition, relation of storytelling to mood and the fading affect bias, memory for rumors (News Headlines), gender stereotypes and character identification in news stories, existential moments.
• Shelia Greenlee, Professor; Ph.D., Ohio State.
• Timothy R. Marshall, Associate Professor and Chairman; Ph.D., Virginia Tech. Developmental psychology, social and emotional development.
• Andrew J. Velkey, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Montana.
• MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
• Harold Cones, Professor of Biology and Department Chair; Ph.D., Bowling Green State. Urban ecosystem dynamics, ecotourism, marine biology, history of technology. Selected as a Virginia Outstanding Professor by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
• Tarek Abdel-Fattah, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., Northeastern. Environmental remediation technology, catalysis and nanotechnology for aerospace applications.
• Rob Atkinson, Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Virginia Tech. Restoration of damaged ecosystems.
• Mark Steven Gray, Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson.
• Linda Marie Krochak Johnson, Assistant Professor; M.S., Virginia.
• Jim Reed, Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Tulane. Lake ecosystem studies, bottlenose dolphin utilization of Chesapeake Bay tributaries.
• Barbara Savitzky, Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Tennessee, Knoxville. Ecology of reptiles and amphibians, vertebrate biology, animal behavior.
• Gary Whiting, Associate Professor of Biology and Department Graduate Coordinator; Ph.D., South Carolina. GIS, wetlands ecology, biogeochemistry.
• ACCOUNTING
• Ronnie Cohen, Professor; J.D., LL.M., William and Mary.
• MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING
• Biology
• Rob Atkinson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Virginia Tech.
• Harold Cones, Professor; Ph.D., Bowling Green State.
• Jim Reed, Professor; Ph.D., Tulane.
• Barbara Savitsky, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Tennessee, Knoxville.
• Denice Smith, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Dartmouth.
• Gary Whiting, Associate Professor; Ph.D., South Carolina.
• Economics and Finance
• Michelle Albert Vachris, Associate Professor; Ph.D., George Mason.
• Robert Charles Winder, Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers.
• George Konstantinos Zestos, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Indiana Bloomington.
• English
• Jean Filetti, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Toledo.
• Kara Keeling, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Indiana.
• Roark Mulligan, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Oregon.
• Jay Paul, Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State.
• Scott Pollard, Associate Professor; Ph.D., California, Irvine.
• Roberta Rosenburg, Professor; Ph.D., North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Tracey Teets Schwarze, Associate Professor; Ph.D., California, Riverside.
• Marsha Sprague, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator; Ed.D., Miami (Florida).
• Rebecca Wheeler, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Chicago.
• FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS
• Steven Breese, Assistant Professor; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts.
• Lauren Patricia Fowler, Assistant Professor; D.M.A., Northern Colorado.
• Denise Rae Gillman, Assistant Professor; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts.
• George Joseph Hillow III, Assistant Professor; M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth.
• Mark Uel Reimer, Associate Professor; D.Mus., Indiana Bloomington.
• Tanya Elaine Sweet, Assistant Professor; M.F.A., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• GOVERNMENT
• Peter Michael Carlson, Associate Professor; D.P.A., USC.
• Robert Ernest Colvin, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth.
• Gary Sanford Green, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania.
• Harry Greenlee, Associate Professor; J.D., Ohio State.
• HISTORY
• J. Eric Duskin, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Michigan.
• Mario Mazzerella, Professor; Ph.D., American.
• Tim Morgan, Associate Professor; Ph.D., William and Mary.
• Nigel Sellars, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Oklahoma.
• Shumet Sihagne, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Illinois.
• Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
• Susan St. Onge, Professor; Ph.D., Vanderbilt.
• MATHEMATICS
• John Avioli, Professor; Ph.D., Delaware.
• Bobbye Bartels, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Illinois.
• Martin Bartelt, Professor; Ph.D., Wisconsin.
• Brian Bradie, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Clarkson.
• Hongwei Chen, Associate Professor; Ph.D., North Carolina.
• Stavrula Kostakii-Gailey, Professor; Ed.D., North Carolina at Greensboro.
• James Elder Martin, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Brown.
• Richard Summerville, Professor and Provost; Ph.D., Syracuse.