Western Michigan University
Business, Education, Health and Law
The Stewart Clocktower of the Waldo Library-Computer Center Complex in the
heart of WMU's campus.
Overview
Western Michigan University, founded in 1903, is dedicated to creating knowledge and putting it to work in an environment of academic excellence in teaching, research and service. As a result, it has earned a reputation as an ascending national university that offers its students a truly international perspective. With more than 26,000 students, one-fourth at the graduate level, WMU ranks among the nation's 60 largest institutions. Minority students make up 10 percent of the total student body, while international students from almost 100 countries account for another 7 percent of the total. WMU supports six degree-granting colleges: arts and sciences, the Haworth College of Business, education, engineering and applied sciences, fine arts, and health and human services. The university offers more than 240 programs, including 25 at the doctoral level and 67 at the master's level.
The Community
WMU's main campus is located just off Interstate 94 and U.S. Highway 131 in the Southwest Michigan, City of Kalamazoo, which is less than three hours by car from Detroit and Chicago. With 220,000 people, Kalamazoo County is served by ample air, train and bus transportation. In addition to WMU, three other higher education institutions are located in the area, as are several Fortune 500 firms, including Haworth Inc., the Kellogg Co., Phamacia & Upjohn, Inc., and the Whirlpool Corp. Well known for its involvement in the arts, Kalamazoo supports theatrical, musical and dance groups; offers art, aviation and cultural museums; and boasts a nature center and a five-branch public library system. The sandy beaches of Lake Michigan are less than an hour's drive away, while an abundance of parks, golf courses, ski slopes, lakes and cross country trails provide year-round enjoyment.
Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
The following master's degree programs are available in the areas of Business, Education, Health, and Law: Accountancy, Business, Business Administration, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology & Rehabilitation Teaching (Dual Master's), Counseling Psychology, Career and Technical Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Leadership, Education and Professional Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Mathematics Education, Medicine (Physician Assistant), Occupational Therapy, Orientation and Mobility, Physical Education, Reading, Rehabilitation Teaching, Science Education, Social Work, Special Education, Special Education and Orientation and Mobility (Dual Master's),Speech Pathology and Audiology, Teaching in the Elementary School, Teaching of Geography, Teaching in the Middle School, and Teaching of Music. Doctoral programs are offered in Counselor Education, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Educational Leadership, Educational Evaluation, Measurement and Research Design, Mathematics Education, Science Education, and Special Education.
Facilities and Resources
The Haworth College of Business moved into Schneider Hall, a new, state-of-the-art facility in January, 1991. The building is three stories and has 161,000 square feet of floor space. Schneider Hall unites all five Business Departments under one roof. This airy, three-story building is just what you would expect to see in a headquarters for a Fortune 500 company.
This large learning center features:
• Thirty-three flat and tiered classrooms
• An advanced computer laboratory
• A 350-seat auditorium with state-of-the-art projection equipment
• A classroom for delivering courses to remote locations
• A behavioral laboratory with two focus-group rooms
• A spacious student lounge and sandwich shop that opens onto a large patio
• A spectacular central courtyard and sculpture garden
• Space for student group discussions and quiet study areas
• Offices for student organizations and faculty members
The computer lab area has four computer classrooms along the back of the lab. The seating capacities of the DOS classrooms are 45, 36, and 20; the MAC lab has a seating capacity of 49. The open lab in the front contains 100 stations. All computers within the building are networked. They also have access to the University's mainframe. The Haworth Company acquired the RACE system line in order to provide their product in the computer labs.
Western Michigan University's academic library collection is the fourth largest in Michigan and the largest in West Michigan. The Waldo Library contains a collection capacity of 3,600,000 items, seating capacity of 1,900, multiple outlets for computer access, and the Voyager web-based library system for automated information retrieval. An additional 792,000 print and non-print items are located in the Education Library, Music and Dance Library, Archives and Regional History Collections, and Visual Resources Library.
University Commuting Services provides a variety of computing resources and facilities for students. UCS provides each student with a computing account on our Open VMS system or UNIX platform, at no charge. These accounts provide students with access to Internet resources including e-mail and the Web. Facilities include two open access computing labs, housing Macintosh, Windows 95, and Unix workstations and Vt320 terminals. UCS also houses a multipurpose enabling technology lab (METL) for students with visual impairments or other physical challenges.
Departments have discipline-specific special facilities to support the research activities of their students and faculty. Among them are Business Research and Service Institute, Center for Research on At-risk Students, Center for Advanced Tribology, Center for Research into Environmental Signal Transduction, Coherent Optics Laboratory, Concurrent Computation Research Center, Biological Imaging Center, Enabling Technology Center, The Evaluation Center, Geographic Information Systems Research Center, Human Performance Institute, Leonard C. Kercher Center for Social Research, Medieval Institute, Music Therapy Clinic, Particle Accelerator Laboratory, and the Psychology Clinic.
Expenses and Aid
Costs 2001-2002
Tuition is $160 per semester hour for Michigan residents and $384 per semester hour for nonresidents. An enrollment fee of $602 per year is required of all students.
Housing
A wide choice of graduate living accommodations is available, including on-campus family and single student apartments. The cost of family housing ranges from $395 per month for one bedroom, unfurnished, to $643 per month for two bedrooms, furnished. The University also offers four residence halls specifically for students 21 years of age or older, at prices ranging from $1906 (room only) to $4591 (room and meals) per academic year. The Office of Off-Campus Life assists students in locating off-campus housing and maintains lists of more than 2,500 rental units, area landlords, and students looking for roommates.
Financial Aid
The following types of fellowships and assistantships are available: Graduate College Fellowships for entering master's degree students, Doctoral Associateships for outstanding doctoral students, King/Chavez/Parks Fellowships, and Thurgood Marshall Assistantships and Professional Tuition Grants for qualified U.S. students from historically underrepresented groups. In addition, graduate departments have their own assistantship appointments. The minimum assistantship award for entering students is $7,940. The deadline for most WMU financial assistance is February 15.
How to Apply
At WMU, graduate admission for U.S. citizens and Resident Aliens is handled via a self-managed application process. It requires students to take responsibility for gathering all admission materials and submitting these materials to the appropriate office before the published admission dates. International students should follow instructions as outlined in the materials obtained from the Office of International Student Services.
Applications for admission can be obtained by calling the Office of Admissions and Orientation request line at (800) 400-4968. International students must call the Office of International Student Services at (6l6) 387-5865 for admission application materials.
Admission requirements and application deadline dates vary by department. Contact the department directly to obtain specific information.
Who to Contact
For more information, contact:
| Paula J. Boodt, Coordinator Graduate Admissions & Recruitment Office of Admissions & Orientation Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5120 Tel: (616) 387-2000 Fax: (616) 387-2096 E-mail: ask-wmu@wmich.edu Internet: http://www.wmich.edu |
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Jolene V. Jackson, Director International Student Services Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008 Tel: (616) 387-5865 Fax: (616) 387-5899 E-mail: oiss.info@wmich.edu Internet: http://www.wmich.edu/oiss/ |
The Faculty and Major Research Interests
Accountancy (616) 387-5075
Hans Dykxhoorn, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Accountancy and auditing.
Charles Hines, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Financial accounting.
Richard Hodges, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Managerial accounting and Not-for-Profit accounting.
Jerry Kreuze, Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia. Financial accounting and accounting theory.
Sheldon Langsam, Ph.D., University of Arkansas. Governmental and Not-for-Profit accounting and auditing.
William Morris, M.B.A., Northwestern University. Taxation and computer science.
Gale Newell, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Accounting for environmental issues, accounting for health care, and accounting education issues.
David Rozelle, M.S.A., Western Michigan University. Financial accounting and income tax.
Jack Ruhl, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Activity-based costing (ABC) and attribution theory.
Kathleen Sinning, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Taxation, advanced tax accounting and business tax planning.
Roger Tang, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Transfer pricing and accounting in developing countries.
William Welke, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison. Public utility accounting and depreciation.
Business Information Systems (616) 387-5075
Roberta Allen, Ed.D., Western Michigan University. International and organizational communication.
Kuriakose Athappilly, Ed.D., Western Michigan University. Decision systems and applications of artificial intelligence.
Olga Bonfiglio, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Business communication and intercultural communication.
Joel P. Bowman, Ph.D., University of Illinois. Study of communication technology.
Earl Halvas, Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Computer information systems and administrative systems areas.
Alan I. Rea, Jr., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University. Computer-mediated communications.
Pamela Rooney, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University. Communication skills of accountants, ethics, and organizational communication issues.
Nancy Schullery, Ph.D., Wayne State University. Conflict management, crisis communication and small group leadership.
Hung-Lian Tang, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Database management, systems analysis and design, and client/server applications.
Andrew Targowski, Ph.D., Warsaw Polytechnic. Architectural systems development, global/national/local information in infrastructures development, and information civilization development.
Doug White, Ph.D., University of Arkansas. Discrete-event simulation, systems implementation issues, and human-machine interaction.
Finance and Commercial Law (616) 387-5075
Robert Balik, Ph.D., University of Iowa. Derivatives-options, futures and forward contracts.
Nicholas Batch, J.D., Wayne State University. Small business concerns and matters of property law.
David Burnie, Ph.D., Syracuse University. Valuations of debt securities, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, rights and options.
James D'Mello, D.B.A., Kent State University. Mergers and acquisitions, capital market efficiency and stock selection strategies.
Ed Edwards, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Risk-adjusted performance measurement for different types of mutual funds (socially conscious, international, global, bank-sponsored, emerging markets).
Thomas Gossman, J.D., Indiana University (Bloomington). Legal environment, business law, commercial law and labor law.
Norman Hawker, J.D., University of Michigan. Antitrust law and trade regulation.
A.D. Issa, Ph.D., University of Illinois. Corporate finance, investment management and retirement planning.
Robert Jones, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame. Capital markets and financial institutions.
Kenneth Kennedy, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana. Insurance.
Christopher Korth, D.B.A., Indiana University (Bloomington). International capital markets and international investments.
C.R. Krishnaswamy, D.B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Corporate finance.
Inayat Mangla, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Financial markets, quantitative finance, capital markets, and financial management.
William McCarty, J.D., University of Michigan. Global regulation of financial institutions, the dispute resolution provisions of international agreements, and the changing legal environment in Japan and China.
Ali Metwalli, Ph.D., St. Louis University. Finance, management, and health care administration.
Craig Peterson, Ph.D., University of Arkansas. Corporate finance, investments, and capital markets.
Ajay Samant, Ph.D., Indiana University. Examination of covered interest arbitrage in international financial markets, and stock risk return in industry groups in the Asia-Pacific region.
Tim Scheu, Ph.D., University of Illinois. Real estate and finance.
Leo Stevenson, J.D., University of Mississippi. Commercial law and health care law.
Carol VanAuken-Haight, J.D., Wayne State University. Employment law and alternative dispute resolution.
Management (616) 387-5075
Raymond Alie, Ed.D., Western Michigan University. Business and society, ethics, and human resource management.
Henry Beam, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Strategic management and small business.
Thomas Carey, Ed.D., Western Michigan University. Small business development, leadership and strategic management.
Satish Deshpande, Ph.D., University of Iowa. Diversity management, business ethics, and attitudes toward unions.
Dan Farrell, Ph.D., University of Iowa. Fundamentals of management, compensation administration, incentive compensation, and organizational theory.
David Flanagan, Ph.D., Indiana University. Mergers and acquisitions and the impact of unions on firms.
Damodar Golhar, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Quality management, the just in time philosophy, process optimization and sequential analysis.
Trudy Verser, D.B.A., Harvard Business School. Entrepreneurship and family business.
Marketing (616) 387-5075
Joseph J. Belonax, Jr., Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Consumer behavior, food marketing, and sales management.
Andrew A. Brogowicz, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Marketing management, new product management, and sales management.
Lowell E. Crow, D.B.A., Indiana University. Marketing research, marketing management, and industrial marketing.
Linda M. Delene, Ph.D., University of Toledo. Services and healthcare marketing, marketing strategy, and international marketing.
Frank M. Gambino, Ed.D., Western Michigan University. Food marketing, professional selling, and marketing information technology.
Hanjoon Lee, Ph.D., Indiana University. Marketing research, international marketing, and marketing management.
Jay D. Lindquist, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Consumer behavior, advertising and promotion, and direct marketing.
Mushtaq Luqmani, Ph.D. Michigan State University. International marketing, marketing research, and global sourcing.
Edward J. Mayo, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Marketing strategy, professional selling, and sports marketing.
Richard E. Plank, Ph.D., City University of New York. Sales management, professional selling, and industrial marketing.
Zahir A. Quraeshi, Ph.D., Michigan State University. International marketing, marketing management, and global relations.
Robert F. Reck, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Purchasing management, business logistics, and industrial marketing.
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology (616) 387-5100
Robert L. Betz, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Group work and vocational development and supervision.
Karen R. Blaisure, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Couples and family therapy, marriage and feminism.
James Croteau, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University. Counseling skills training, college student affairs, and prevention or outreach.
Ruth A. Ervin, Ph.D., Lehigh University. School-based consultation with teachers and parents.
John S. Geisler, Ed.D., University of Toledo. Professional standards and state licensure laws.
Suzanne Hedstrom, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University. Professional issues and ethics, group counseling, and counseling theory and practice.
Alan J. Hovestadt, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University. Marital and family counseling.
Joseph R. Morris, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Counseling psychology theory and practice, and multicultural counseling.
Donna M. Talbot, Ph.D., University of Maryland. Student affairs administration and multicultural diversity issues.
Edward L. Trembley, D.Ed., Pennsylvania State University. Counseling psychology, counselor education and the theory and practice of psychotherapy.
Tammi Vacha-Haase, Ph.D., Texas A&M University. Multicultural counseling and child counseling.
Education and Professional Development (616) 387-3512
Ariel L. H. Anderson, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
DeWayne B. Anderson, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
James J. Bosco, Ed.D., Columbia.
Robert Brinkerhoff, Ed.D., Virginia.
James W. Burns, Ed.D., Pennyslvania State.
William W. Cobern, Ph.D., University of Colorado.
Ronald A. Crowell, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Suzanne F. Davis, Ed.D., Ball State University.
David Dynak, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Janet Dynak, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Susan H. Edgerton, Ph.D., Louisiana State.
Jennifer F. Fager, Ph.D., Nebraska.
Paul Farber, Ph.D., State University of New York - Buffalo.
Franklin G. Fisk, Ph.D., Kansas.
Lauren Freedman, Ph.D., University of Arizona.
M. Arthur Garmon, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Jerry Gilley, Ph.D., Oklahoma State.
Richard Harring, Ed.D., Indiana.
Gunilla Holm, Ph.D., State University of New York - Buffalo.
Lynn Nations Johnson, Ph.D., UCLA.
Joseph Kretovics, Ph.D., Miami University.
Beulah Lateef, Ed.D., University of Illinois.
Elana B. Lisovskaya, Ph.D., Ohio State University.
Regina M. Fails Nelson, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Gerald Pillsbury, Ph.D., Chicago.
G. Thomas Ray, Ph.D., Oregon.
Andrea B. Smith, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Carol Payne Smith, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Karen Thomas, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.
Paul Thomas Wilson, Ed.D., Virginia.
Alison J. Young, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Educational Leadership (616) 387-3879
Zoe Ann Barley, Ph.D., Colorado.
Dan Bird, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Mary Anne Bunda, Ph.D., University of Illinois - Urbana.
Van Edwin Cooley, Ed.D., Ball State University.
David Cowden, Ed.D., South Dakota.
Connie D. Ruhl-Smith, Ph.D., Miami University.
James Sanders, Ph.D., Colorado.
Jianping Shen, Ph.D., University of Washington.
Catherine Sielke, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Uldis Smidchens, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Julia B. Smith, Ed.D., University of Michigan.
Daniel L, Stufflebeam, Ph.D., Purdue University.
Donald Thompson, Ed.D., Western Michigan University.
Charles C. Warfield, Ph.D., Oregon.
Family and Consumer Sciences (616) 387-3704
Marlene Breu, Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Apparel production, socio-cultural and historical aspects of textiles and dress.
Linda Dannison, Ph.D., Kansas State University. Family life education, custodial grandparent families, and parenting.
Margie J. Geasler, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Interpersonal relationships and divorce education.
Maija Petersons, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Eating disorders, nutrition and wellness.
Arezoo Rojhani, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Involvement of zinc in regulation of growth, iron deficiency in childhood, relationship between lead exposure and iron status in children and eating disorders.
Nancy H. Steinhaus, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Computer and apparel application and costume history.
Carl A. Woloszyk, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Work force development, career and technical education.
Richard Zinser, Ed.D., Western Michigan University. Human resource development, guidance and counseling.
Health, Physical Education and Recreation (616) 387-2710
Robert Jon Bensley, Ph.D., Utah.
Debra S. Berkey, Ed.D., West Virginia.
Jody A. Brylinsky, Ph.D., Minnesota.
Billye A. Cheatum, Ph.D., Texas Women's University.
Ray T. Cool, Ed.D., West Virginia.
Mary L. Dawson, Ph.D., Indiana University.
Marianne Frauenknecht, Ph.D., Purdue University.
Patricia A. Frye, P.E.D., Indiana University.
William C. Gross, H.S.D., Indiana University.
Robert I. Moss, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University.
Linda L. Powell, Ed.D., Western Michigan University.
Jeanne M. Wiest, Ph.D., Purdue University.
Roger M. Zabik, P.E.D., Indiana University.
Jiabei Zhang, Ed.D., University of Georgia.
Mathematics Education (616) 387-4510
Christine Browning, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Dwayne Channell, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Theresa Grant, Ph.D., University of Delaware
Christian Hirsch, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Robert Laing, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Ruth Ann Meyer, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
James Riley, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Laura Van Zoest, Ph.D., Illinois State University
Music Education (616) 387-4667
Delores Gauthier, Ed.D., University of Illinois
John A. Lychner, Ph.D., Florida State University
James McCarthy, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Richard O'Hearn, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
David Smith, Ph.D., Florida State University.
Science Education (616) 387-5398
Robert S. Hafner. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison). Learning, problem solving, the relevance of the history and philosophy of science to biology teaching and learning.
Larry Oppliger, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison). Physics education.
Robert Poel, Ph.D., Western Michigan University. Physics education, conceptual understanding, conceptual change, and conceptual development.
Kamlesh Sharma, Ph.D., Western Michigan University. Gender and race issues involving the participation of women and minorities in the sciences in developed and developing countries.
Aletta I. Zietsman, Ed.D., University of Massachusettes-Amherst. Cognitive science and science education; student's physical intuitions, visualization and imagery in understanding physics concepts; problem solving and informal reasoning.
Special Education (616) 387-5935
Christine Bahr, Ph.D., Indiana University.
Michael Bahr, Ph.D., Indiana University.
Alonzo Hannaford, Ed.D., Northern Colorado.
Barbara Loss Harris, Ph.D., Wayne State University.
George Haus, Ph.D., Indiana University.
Dona Gordon Icabone, Ph.D., Minnesota.
Troy Mariage, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Howard Poole, Ph.D., Purdue University.
Elizabeth Whitten, Ph.D., University of Southern Illinois - Urbana.
Blind Rehabilitation (616) 387-3455
David Guth, Ph.D., Vanderbilt. Role of perception in O&M, Effects on O&M of such environmental features as shallow-sloping curb ramps.
Robert O. LaDuke, Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado. A blind pedestrian's ability to walk straight.
James A. Leja, Rh.D., Southern Illinois University. International O&M efforts as they pertain to the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.
Paul Ponchillia, Ph.D., Iowa State University. Rehabilitation outcomes, braille teaching methods, factors affecting athletic participation among individuals who are visually impaired.
Susan Ponchillia, Ed.D., Western Michigan University. Adaptive diabetes management for persons with visual impairments, adaptive technology, adaptive sports and recreation for blind athletes, retinitis pigmentosa, and adaptive daily living skills.
Marvin Weessies, M.A., Western Michigan University. Low vision.
William Wiener, Ph.D., Kent State University.
Community Health Services (616) 387-3800
William H. Fenn, M.M., Aquinas College.
Louise S. Forsleff, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Thomas R. Holmes, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Charles Frank Howard, Jr., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.
James H. Kendrick, M.A., Western Michigan University.
Janet I. Pisanechi, Ph.D., St. Louis University.
C. Dennis Simpson, Ed.D., Indiana University.
Molly Brooke Vass, Ed.D., West Virginia University.
Occupational Therapy (616) 387-7260
Mary Ann Bush, M.A., Western Michigan University.
Richard Cooper, Ed.D., Western Michigan University.
Sandra Jan Edwards, M.A., Western Michigan University.
Cindee Peterson, M.A., Western Michigan University.
School of Social Work (616) 387-3201
Nancy Aronson, M.S.W., Western Michigan University.
Donald F. Cooney, Ph.D., Bryn Mawr.
Linwood H. Cousins, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
James A. Henry, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Peter M. Judd, Ph.D., Brandeis University.
Tracey Mabrey, Ph.D., Howard University.
Frederick MacDonald, Ph.D., University of Tennessee.
Gary R. Mathews, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Karen Neuman, Ph.D., Wayne State University.
Edward Pawlak, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Philip R. Popple, Ph.D., Washington University.
Linda C. Reeser, Ph.D., Bryn Mawr.
Kenneth E. Reid, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Susan Weinger, Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Robert A. Werkin, D.S.W., University of Utah.
Danielle F. Wozniak, Ph.D., University of Connecticut.
Speech Pathology and Audiology (616) 387-8045
Harold Bate, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Habilitative and rehabilitative audiology, consumer advocacy.
Jan L. Bedrosian, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Augmentative and alternative communication, child language, diagnosis and appraisal.
Susan Boersma, M.A., Michigan State University. Diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology.
Michael Clark, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Language/linguistics, phonetics, language and articulation disorders.
Robert L. Erickson, Ph.D., University of Iowa. Voice disorders, diagnosis and appraisal, professional affairs.
John M. Hanley, Ph.D., University of Iowa. Stuttering, speech science.
James Hillenbrand, Ph.D., University of Washington. Speech perception, experimental phonetics, speech acoustics.
Bharti Katbamna, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati. Auditory evoked potentials, otoacoustic emissions.
Gary Lawson, Ph.D. Michigan State University. Diagnostic audiology, amplification.
Nickola Wolf Nelson, Ph.D., Wichita State University. Development and disorders of oral and written language across the lifespan, speech-language intervention for children.
Donna Oas, M.A., Western Michigan University. Articulation, language, school speech and language programs, cleft palate.
Karen Seelig, M.A., Northwestern University. Developmental disabilities, language and articulation disorders and Down Syndrome.
Candis H. Warner, Ed.D., Western Michigan University. Preschool speech and language impaired.