The University and Its Organization : UHV Catalog 2004-2005

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The University and Its Organization

University of Houston – Victoria

3007 N. Ben Wilson, Victoria, TX 77901
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University of Houston System

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Board of Regents

Thad “Bo” Smith, Chairman	Term Expires: 8-31-2005
Morgan Dunn O’Connor, Vice Chairman	Term Expires: 8-31-2005
Michael J. Cemo, Secretary	Term Expires: 8-31-2007
Morrie K. Abramson	Term Expires: 8-31-2005
Theresa W. Chang	Term Expires: 8-31-2003*
Dennis D. Golden	Term Expires: 8-31-2009
Raul A. Gonzalez	Term Expires: 8-31-2007
Leroy L. Hermes	Term Expires: 8-31-2007
Lynden Rose	Term Expires: 8-31-2009

*Regent will remain on the board until Governor’s appointment of replacement.

Administration

Jay Gogue	Chancellor, President, University of Houston
William A. Staples	President, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Max Castillo	President, University of Houston-Downtown
Don N. Smith	Interim President, University of Houston-Victoria
Jerald W. Strickland	Interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
John M. Rudley	Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
Grover S. Campbell	Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations
Elwyn C. Lee	Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Charles R. Shomper	Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
Dona Glimm Hamilton	Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel
Ileana V. Trevino	Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
Arthur C. Vailas	Vice Chancellor for Research and Intellectual Property Management

University of Houston – Victoria

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Administration

Don N. Smith, Ph.D.	Interim President
Daniel P. Jaeckle, Ph.D.	Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Wayne B. Beran, M.B.A., C.P.A.	Vice President for Administration and Finance
Richard D. Phillips, M.Ed.	Associate Vice President for Student Services and Regional Outreach
Carole E. Oliphant, B.S.	Executive Director of University Advancement

Academic School Deans

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Daniel P. Jaeckle, Ph.D.	Arts and Sciences
Charles A. Bullock, Jr., J.D., L.L.M.	Business Administration
Mary K. Natividad, Ed.D.	Education

President’s Advisory Council

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	Josie Rivera, Chair		Eric Murphy
	Michael Saxon, Vice Chair		Morgan Dunn O’Connor
	Dorothy J. Alcorn		Ronald Peace
	Nancy P. Blackwell		Sarah Post
	John M. Brockman		Mike Reddell
	Randy Clapp		Loleat H. Ross
	Mona Seay Davenport		Beverly Sledge Russell
	Jimmy L. Goodson		William Schaefer
	Gary Hales		Kay Wolters Simons
	Lorrine K. Hernandez		Randy Smith
	Hernan Jaso		Roberto G. Soto
	Charles J. Kvinta, Jr.		Harrison Stafford II
	Betty McCrohan		Kay Kerr Walker
	Joyce H. McGuill		Linda Ward
	Susana Moya		Don N. Smith, ex officio

2004-2005 Faculty Roster ::top of page::
Vera A. Adamchik		Assistant Professor of Economics/Quantitative Methods B.S., Gomel State University, Belarus; M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University.
Sanjiv Behl		Assistant Professor of Computer Science B.S., Indian Institute of Technology; M.S., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Joseph Ben-Ur		Associate Professor of Marketing B.A., M.B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Willie M. Brooks, Jr.		Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice B.S., Alabama State University; M.S., Eastern Kentucky University.
Charles A. Bullock, Jr.		Associate Professor of Accounting B.B.A., M.B.A., Sam Houston State University; J.D., Texas Tech University; L.L.M., University of Denver.
Cam Caldwell		Assistant Professor of Management B.A., M.P.A., M.O.B., Brigham Young University; M.A., University of Illinois-Chicago Circle., Ph.D., Washington State University.
Paul Carlson		Professor of Education B. A., Bethel College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., Ohio State University.
Li Chao		Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science M.S., Electrical Power Institute, China; M.S., Ph.D. (Applied Math), Ph.D., (Statistics), University of Wyoming.
Chien-Ping Chen		Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics B.A., National Taiwan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.
Cecilia A. Clinkscale		Assistant Professor of Communication B.A., M.A., M.L.A., Temple University; Ph.D., Howard University.
Peggy A. Cloninger		Assistant Professor of Management B.E.E., M.S.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Georgia State University.
Meledath Damodaran		Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics B.S., Kerala University, N.S.S. College; M.S., Indian Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University.
Estella De Los Santos		Associate Professor of Education B.S., M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Jeffrey R. Di Leo		Assistant Professor of Humanities/English and Philosophy B.A., Rutgers University; M.A. (Philosophy), M.A. (Comparative Literature); Ph.D., Indiana University.
Margaret E. Dorsey		Assistant Professor of Communication B.A., Southwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington.
Jianjun Du		Assistant Professor of International Business/Accounting B.E., Hubei Institute of Finance and Economics, China; M.B.A., The People’s University of China; M.A., Washington University; Ph.D., St. Louis University.
Horace L. Fairlamb		Professor of Humanities/Interdisciplinary Studies B.A., Princeton University; M.A., The Breadloaf School; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University.
Roy Lee Foley		Professor of Education B.S., Illinois State University; M.A., Southern Illinois University; M.B.A., Fordham University; Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Donald D. Fry		Associate Professor of Education B.S., M.Ed., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ed.D., Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Jane Devick Fry		Assistant Professor of Reading B.A., Florida Atlantic University; M.Ed., Nova Southeastern University; Ed.D., Florida International University.
Fernando A. Garza, Jr.		Assistant Professor of Management B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.B.A., University of Texas - Pan American.
Yong U. Glasure		Associate Professor of Economics B.A., M.A., University of California-Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Florida State University.
Xavier Garza-Gomez		Assistant Professor of Finance M.S., Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey; M.B.A., Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Laguna; Ph.D., Nagoya City University, Japan.
Richard S. Gunasekera		Assistant Professor of Biology B.S., Baylor University; M.S. (Chemistry), University of Houston-Clear Lake; M.S. (Biomedical Studies), Ph.D., Baylor University.
Daniel E. Hallock		Assistant Professor of Management B.B.A., M.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.B.A., Louisiana Tech University; D.B.A., Memphis State University.
Rick Harrington		Professor of Psychology B.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington.
Robert D. Hawkins		Associate Professor of Criminal Justice B.A., M.S., University of Louisville; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Linda A. Hayes		Assistant Professor of Business Administration/Marketing B.S., Clarkson University; M.B.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley.
Elizabeth M. Heywood		Assistant Professor of Education/Counseling B.A., Queens College; M.A., Webster University; Ph.D., University of Virginia.
James N. Holm, Jr.		Assistant Professor of Communication and Nonprofit Leadership B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Kent State University; Ph.D., The University of Michigan.
Nora Nelson Hutto		Professor of Education B.S., New Mexico State University; M.S., Ed.D., Texas Tech University.
Daniel P. Jaeckle		Professor of Humanities/English B.A., Concordia Senior College; M.A., State University College of New York at New Paltz; Ph.D., Purdue University.
Judy A. Johnson		Assistant Professor of Psychology B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado.
Michele Kahn		Assistant Professor Curriculum and Instruction B.A., M.A., The University of Southern Mississippi, Ph.D., The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

Clarence W. Karr	Assistant Professor of English B.A., Hardin-Simmons University; M.Ed., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.A., Texas A&M University at Kingsville; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.
Carol L. Klages	Assistant Professor of Education B.A., Texas Lutheran College; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Kathryn Kohlhaas	Assistant Professor of Science Education B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
Gayla H. Lawson	Associate Professor of Education B.S., Sam Houston State University; M.A., University of Texas at Tyler; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Teresa A. Le Sage	Visiting Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction B.S., California State University – Long Beach; M.S., Ed.D., Texas A&M University – Commerce.
Jun-Yeon Lee	Assistant Professor of Management B.S., M.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Yong G. Lee	Assistant Professor of Accounting B.A., Chonnam National University, Korea; M.B.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Georgia State University.
Hsin-Hui Lin	Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction B.A., Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan; M.S., Utah State University; PH.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Donald A. Loffredo	Associate Professor of Psychology B.A., University of Rhode Island; M.A., Rhode Island College; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Colleen R. Logan	Associate Professor of Education/Counseling B.A., Warren Wilson College; M.S., Duquesne University; Ph.D., University of Virginia.
June Lu	Assistant Professor of Management B.A., Zhejiang University, Hangzhou; M.E., Ed.D., University of Georgia.
Thomas J. Matula	Assistant Professor of Marketing B.G.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; M.B.A., Ph.D., New Mexico State University.
Melissa L. McConnell	Visiting Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction B.S., B.A., M.A., University of Wyoming.
Rodney K. McConnell	Assistant Professor curriculum and Instruction B.A., M.A., University of Wyoming
Massoud Metghalchi	Professor of Business Administration/Economics B.S., Institute National Des Sciences Appliquees; M.B.A., Oklahoma City University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University.
Martin K. Munoz	Associate Professor of Education/Counseling B.A., Adam State College; M.A., Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado.
Mary K. Natividad	Professor of Education/Counseling B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., Ed.D., Northern Illinois University.
Yixi Ning	Assistant Professor of Finance B.E., M.S., Tsinghua University, China; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Barba L. Patton	Visiting Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction B.S.Ed., M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Catherine A. Perz	Associate Professor of Psychology B.A., California State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.
Marie Plemons	Associate Professor of Education B.A., Texas Lutheran University; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Diane E. Prince	Professor of Education B.S., M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Nagarajan Ramamoorthy	Assistant Professor of Management B.A., M.A., University of Madras, India; M.B.A., Xavier Labor Relations Institute, India; Ph.D., University of Maryland.
Luh-Yu Ren	Associate Professor of Business Administration/Management B.S., M.S., National Central University at Taiwan; M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.
Dennis R. Riedesel	Associate Professor of Education B.S., Southwest Texas State University; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Ronald J. Salazar	Visiting Assistant Professor of Management M.B.A., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Vassudeo (Ron) Sardessai	Professor of Business Administration/Management B.A., Bombay University, Bombay, India; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of North Texas.
David R. Satava	Associate Professor of Business Administration/Accounting B.B.A., M.B.A., San Francisco State University; D.B.A., Mississippi State University.
Cynthia D. Schnebly	Associate Professor of Humanities/English B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
T. T. (Rajan) Selvarajan	Assistant Professor of Management B.T., Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India; M.A., Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay, India: Ph.D., Arizona State University.
Don N. Smith	Professor of Humanities/English B.A., Berea College; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Harold L. Smith	Professor of Humanities/History B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.
Siva G. Somasundaram	Assistant Professor of Biology B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Madurai Kamaraj University.
David F. Summers	Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior Management B.S.E.E., Texas Tech University; M.B.A., West Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of North Texas.
Ziad Swaidan	Assistant Professor of Marketing B.Sc., M.E. Technical University; M.P.A., West Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi.
Joseph Z. Szendi	Assistant Professor of Accounting B.S.B.A., University of Tennessee; M.B.A., D.B.A., Louisiana Technological University.
Delin Tan	Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences and Mathematics B.S., Tongji University; M.S. (Mathematics), Fudan University, China; M.S. (Computer Science), University of Houston; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Steve Trowbridge	Assistant Professor of Education/Reading B.S., M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ed.D., Texas A&M University.
Sandy S. Venneman	Assistant Professor of Psychology and Biology B.A., University of Missouri at Saint Louis; M.S. (Research), Ph.D., Saint Louis University.
James R. Walton	Assistant Professor of Marketing B.A.B.A., Missouri Southern State College; M.B.A., University of Central Arkansas; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.
Yun Wan	Assistant Professor of Computer Science/Information Systems B.E., B.S., University of Science and Technology of China.
Jifu Wang	Assistant Professor of Management B.A., Shanghai International Studies University, China; M.B.A., Emporia State University; M.S.-HRMN; Ph.D., Auburn University.
Andria Young	Assistant Professor of Education B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., University of Texas at El Paso; PhD., University of Houston.
Chun-Sheng Yu	Assistant Professor of Management B.A., Zhejiang University; M.B.A., Fudan University, China; D. B.A., Mississippi State University.
Qi Zhu	Assistant Professor of Computer Science B.E., Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; M.E., National University of Singapore, Singapore; M.S., Ph.D., University of Central Florida.
Faculty Emeritus
Robert S. Brown	Professor Emeritus of Education B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
John A. Cox	Professor Emeritus of Psychology B.A., M.S., North Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
William O. Nesbitt	Professor Emeritus of Education B.S., M.S., Ed.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Robert F. Zawadzki	Professor Emeritus of Education B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.
Part-Time Faculty: Resident Adjunct Lecturers
Resident adjunct lecturers are part-time faculty members who have established a regular association with UH-Victoria and who have been recommended by the school dean. The list does not include faculty members who hold full-time appointments at other institutions.
Timothy A. Braaten	Lecturer in Criminal Justice B.A., Concordia College; M.P.A., Wayne State University.
Timothy A. Delaney	Lecturer in Communication B.A., Texas A&M University-Kingsville; M.A., University of Houston-Victoria
Cathleen M. Duvall	Lecturer in Reading B.S., Longwood College; M.Ed., Virginia Commonwealth University.
Richard J. Greeson	Lecturer in Psychology B.A., M.Ed., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., Washington State University.
Dwight Harris	Lecturer in Education B.B.A., Southwest Texas State University; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria.
Judith N. McArthur	Lecturer in History B.A., Kent State University; M.L.S., Syracuse University; M.A., University of Houston-Victoria; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Renata Nero	Lecturer in Counseling B. S., Fisk University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts.
Michael Seale	Lecturer in Business and Employment Law B.S., University of North Texas; J.D., Oklahoma City University School of Law.
Kay W. Shoppa	Lecturer in Curriculum and Instruction B.A.T., Sam Houston State University; M.Ed. (Special Education), M.Ed. (Reading), University of Houston-Victoria; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Laura Weiser	Lecturer in Criminal Justice B.A., Houston Baptist University; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.
Academic Department Chairs
Colleen R. Logan		Administration & Supervision, Counseling, and Foundations of Education
Massoud Metghalchi		Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Management
Marie Plemons		Curriculum and Instruction
Nagarajan Ramamoorthy		Management and Marketing

Academic Program Coordinators
Meledath Damodaran	Computer Science/Math
Horace L. Fairlamb	Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.I.S.)
Richard S. Gunasekera	Biology
Rick Harrington	Psychology
Robert D. Hawkins	Criminal Justice
James N. Holm, Jr.	Nonprofit Leadership
Cynthia D. Schnebly	English
Harold L. Smith	History

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Center for Nonprofit Leadership
Suzanne E. Clodfelter, Manager			B.S., M.A.I.S., University of Houston-Victoria.


Instructional Support Services
Chari Norgard, Director			B.S., M.A., University of Houston-Victoria.

Academic Center

Visiting Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

B.S., California State University – Long Beach; M.S., Ed.D., Texas A&M University – Commerce.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

Visiting Assistant Professor of Management