University Personnel Faculty Full-Time Faculty, 2016-2017 Michelle M. Abraham, Ph.D., Lecturer in Psychology; Kent State University (B.A., 2002; M.A., 2005; Ph.D., 2008) Mandy Lee Waszak Adams, M.A., Lecturer in the Valpo CORE; Valparaiso University (B.A. 2001; M.A., 2011) Mohamed Faisal Ahamedkutty, L.L.M., Associate Professor of Law; University of Ottawa (L.L.B., 1994); York University, Osgoode Hall Law School (L.L.M., 2006) Yeohyun Ahn, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Communication; Chungbuk National University (B.S., 1997); Ewha Womans University (M.F.A., 2000); Maryland Institute College of Art (M.F.A., 2007) Zuhdi Y. Aljobeh, P.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Civil Engineering; The University of Toledo (B.S.C.E., 1986; M.S.C.E., 1987; Ph.D., 1994) Debra Collins Ames14, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures; Holy Cross College (A.B., 1980); University of Virginia (M.A., 1982; Ph.D., 1987) Richard A. AmRhein, J.D., Professor of Library Services; Eastern Illinois University (B.M., 1978; M.A., 1981); Baylor University (M.M., 1980); Rutgers University (M.L.S., 1990); Valparaiso University (J.D., 2012) Sue Zelus AmRhein, M.S., Lecturer in Biology; Lecturer in the College of Nursing and Health Professions; Alderson Broaddus College (B.S., 1980; M.S., 2009) Charles M. Anderson, III, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Communication; Ball State University (B.S., 1997); Boston University (M.F.A., 2010) Salena A. Sampson Anderson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English; University of Georgia (B.A., 2003; M.A., 2005); The Ohio State University (Ph.D., 2010) Roberto Arteaga, M.A., Library Fellow and Lecturer in Library Services; Gustavus Adolphus College (B.A., 2009); University of Iowa (M.A., 2014) Amy L. Atchison, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations; Jacksonville State University (B.A., 1995); Florida State University (M.A., 1996); University of Tennessee (Ph.D., 2010) Roy A. Austensen15, Ph.D., Senior Research Professor, Concordia College, River Forest (B.S., 1963); University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (M.A., 1964; Ph.D., 1969); University of Vienna Larry Robert Baas, Ph.D., Senior Research Professor; University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (B.Ed., 1968); Kent State University (M.A., 1969; Ph.D., 1976) Teresa Marie Bals–Elsholz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geography and Meteorology; University of Nebraska–Lincoln (B.S., 1987); Texas Tech University (M.S., 1990); State University of New York at Albany (Ph.D., 2002) Caroline C. Ban, M.S.W., Visiting Instructor in Social Work; Carleton College (B.A., 2005); Washington University (M.S.W., 2009) Alissa S. Bans, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy; University of Minnesota (B.S., 2007); (University of Chicago (Ph.D., 2013) Natalie M. Banta, J.D., Assistant Professor of Law; Brigham Young University (B.S., 2006; J.D., 2009) Jane E. Barden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Work; Lawrence University (B.A., 1987); The University of Chicago (M.A. [Social Sciences], 1991; M.A. [Social Service Administration], 1999; Ph.D., 2011) Eric Barker, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Theatre; Ohio State University (B.A., 2011); University of California Irvine (M,F.A., 2014) Lauren Barker16, Ed.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Education; Governors State University (B.A., 2005); Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Ed.S., 2011); Loyola University Chicago (Ed.D., 2016) Dawn R. Jeglum Bartusch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology; Valparaiso University (B.A., 1987); University of Wisconsin– Madison (M.S., 1989; Ph.D., 1998) 14 On Sabbatical Leave, Fall Semester 15 Deceased August 12, 2016 16 Resigned February 15, 2017 Faculty Mark Walter Bartusch17, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology; Valparaiso University (B.A., 1986); Lutheran School of Theology (M.Div., 1990; Th.M., 1996; Ph.D., 2000) Jonathan E. Beagley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; Illinois Institute of Technology (B.S., 2008); George Mason University (M.S., 2012; Ph.D., 2013) Sedefka V. Beck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics; University of Illinois at Chicago (B.A., 1998; M.A., 2000; Ph.D., 2013) Matthew Lee Becker, Ph.D., Professor of Theology; Concordia University Portland (B.A., 1984); Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (M.Div., 1988); The University of Chicago (M.A., 1990; Ph.D., 2001) Kelly R. Belanger, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English; Michigan State University (B.A., 1986); The Ohio State University (M.A., 1988; Ph.D., 1992) Nora F. Belzowski, M.L.S., Assistant Professor of Library Services; Saint Mary’s College (B.A., 2000); Indiana University South Bend (M.A., 2010); Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (M.L.S., 2012) Karen S. Berrier, Ph.D., Lecturer in Foreign Languages and Literatures; Miami University (B.A., 1971); Indiana University (M.A., 1973; Ph.D., 1980) Michelle Berube, M.A., Lecturer in English in the Dalian Jiaotong University program; Purdue University (B.S., 2012); Valparaiso University (M.Ed., 2014); University of Illinois at Chicago (M.A., 2016) Mark Biermann, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; University of Rochester (B.S., 1984; M.S., 1989; Ph.D., 1991) Jennifer Irene Hellmers Bjornstad, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures; St. Olaf College (B.A., 1991); University of Wisconsin–Madison (M.A., 1994; Ph.D., 2001) Sandra J. Bleza, M.S.N., Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Professions; Oakland University (B.S.N., 1990); Valparaiso University (M.S.N., 2009) Thomas J. Blodgett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Professions; The University of Iowa (B.S., 2004; M.S., 2006; Ph.D., 2013) Robert Frank Blomquist, J.D., Professor of Law; the Seegers Distinguished Chair in Law; University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1973); Cornell University (J.D., 1977) Daniel Blood, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Valparaiso University (B.S., 2010); University of Florida (M.S., 2012); University of Florida (Ph.D., 2014) Joseph Andrew Bognar, D.M.A., Associate Professor of Music; Valparaiso University (B.M., 1994); University of Illinois at Urbana– Champaign (M.M., 1996; D.M.A., 2000) Christian Bomela, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; University of Kinshasa (B.S., 1999); University of North Carolina at Charlotte (M.S., 2010; Ph.D., 2015) Patrice G. Bouyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology; University of Poitiers, France (D.E.U.G., 1990); René Descartes University of Paris V (D.E.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1998) Thomas E. Boyt, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor of Marketing in the College of Business; United States Air Force Academy (B.S., 1973); Colorado State University (D.V.M., 1980); The University of Oklahoma (Ph.D., 1994) Allan Robert Brandhorst, Ph.D., Senior Research Professor; University of Missouri–Columbia (B.S.Ed., 1963; M.Ed., 1970; Ph.D., 1973) Julie Marie Brandy, R.N., Ph.D., F.N.P.–B.C., Assistant Professor of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Professions; University of Evansville (B.S.N., 1991); Valparaiso University (M.S.N., 1995); Loyola University (Ph.D., 2011) Lydia Katherine Brauer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education; Valparaiso University (B.A., 1988); Bowling Green State University (M.A., 1998); The Ohio State University (Ph.D., 2006) James D. Brodzinski, Ph.D., Professor of Management in the College of Business; Dean, College of Business; Ohio University (B.F.A., 1973; M.A., 1978; Ph.D., 1983) Geneva Olivia Brown, J.D., Professor of Law; University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1993) University of Illinois at Chicago (M.A., 2003) Janet Marie Brown, R.N., Ph.D., Professor of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Professions; Dean, College of Nursing and Health Professions; Indiana University (B.S.N., 1969); St. Xavier College (M.S.N., 1983); University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (Ph.D., 1995) 17 On Sabbatical Leave, Spring Semester Faculty Jeffrey C. Brown, M.M., Clinical Assistant Professor of Music; Calumet College – Hammond (B.A., 1978); Valparaiso University (M.M., 1981) Lorraine S. Brugh, Ph.D., Professor of Music; the Kruse Organist Professor; Northwestern University (B.M., 1973; M.M., 1974; Ph.D., 1998); Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary (M.T.S., 1994) Mark Budnik, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; the Paul H. Brandt Professor of Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1990); Purdue University (M.S., 1999; Ph.D., 2006) Kristi N. Bugajski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology; Saint Joseph’s College (B.S., 2005); Michigan State University (M.S., 2008); Purdue University (Ph.D., 2011) Gretchen Townsend Buggeln, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History and Humanities in Christ College; the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christianity and the Arts; Dartmouth College (B.A., 1985); University of Delaware (M.A., 1987); Yale University (Ph.D., 1995) Martin Thomson Buinicki, Ph.D., Professor of English; the Walter G. Friedrich Professor of American Literature; University of Northern Colorado (B.A., 1995; M.A., 1997); The University of Iowa (Ph.D., 2003) Jonathan Karl Bull, M.L.S., Associate Professor of Library Services; Valparaiso University (B.A., 2006); Indiana University (M.L.S., 2009) Elizabeth Ann Burow–Flak18, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English; Augsburg College (B.A., 1986); The University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D., 1997) Michael J. Bushbaum, J.D., M.Libr., Associate Professor of Law Librarianship; University of Nevada, Reno (B.S., 1990); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1993); University of Washington (M.Libr., 1994) Andrew J. Butler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology; Butler University (B.A., 2006); Indiana University (Ph.D., 2011) Edward J.