UHV Catalog 2005-2006
 The University and Its Organization
Click to Open Printer Friendly Version in New Window

University of Houston – Victoria

3007 N. Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901
361-570-4848    Toll Free: 1-877-970-4848

Web: www.uhv.edu   Email: admissions@uhv.edu

 

University of Houston System

 

Board of Regents

Morgan Dunn O’Connor, Chairman

Term Expires: 8-31-2005

Leroy L. Hermes, Vice Chairman

Term Expires: 8-31-2007

Raul A. Gonzalez, Secretary

Term Expires: 8-31-2007

Morrie K. Abramson

Term Expires: 8-31-2005

Michael J. Cemo

Term Expires: 8-31-2007

Dennis D. Golden

Term Expires: 8-31-2009

Lynden B. Rose

Term Expires: 8-31-2009

Thad “Bo” Smith

Term Expires: 8-31-2005

Calvin W. Stephens

Term Expires: 8-31-2009

 

 

Administration

Jay Gogue

Chancellor, President, University of Houston

William A. Staples

President, University of Houston-Clear Lake

Max Castillo

President, University of Houston-Downtown

Tim Hudson

President, University of Houston-Victoria

Donald J. Foss

Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

John M. Rudley

Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance

Grover S. Campbell

Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations

Arthur C. Vailas

Vice Chancellor for Research and Intellectual Property Management

Elwyn C. Lee

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Spencer T. Yantis

Interim Vice Chancellor for University Advancement

Dona G. Hamilton

Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel

 

 

University of Houston–Victoria

 

Administration

Tim Hudson, Ph.D.

President

Don N. Smith, Ph.D.

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 University Advancement

Margaret Rice, Ed. D.

Executive Director of Student Services and Regional Outreach

 

Academic School Deans

Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Ph.D.

 Arts and Sciences, Interim Dean

Charles A. Bullock, Jr., J.D., L.L.M.

 Business Administration, Dean

John C. Stansell, Ed.D.

 Education and Human Development, Dean

Jeanette Hartshorn, Ph.D.

Research & Program Development,

Assistant VP; Nursing, Director

 

 

President’s Advisory Council

bnm
  Voting Members    

 

Randy Clapp,  Chair

Joyce H. McGuill

 

 

Linda Ward, Vice Chair

Sarah Post Meyer

 

 

Nancy P. Blackwell

Eric Murphy

 

 

Susan Armstrong Cain

Willie Rollins

 

 

Dale Fowler

Beverly Sledge Russell

 

 

Lorrine K. Hernandez

Michael Saxon

 

 

Jan Jacob

William Schaefer

 

 

Hernan Jaso

Kay Wolters Simons

 

 

Charles J. Kvinta, Jr.

Robin Thomas

 

 

Celena L. McGuill

Jack Wu

 

 

 

 

 

  Non-voting Members    

 

John M. Brockman

Tim Hudson

 

 

Dorothy J. Alcorn

Kay Kerr Walker

 

 

Jimmy L. Goodson

Betty McCrohan

 

 

Morgan Dunn O’Connor

 

 

 

2005-2006 Faculty Roster

 

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.

Timothy B. Berkey Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., Miami University; M.S., Ed.D., The University of Akron.

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.

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.

Phien-Ping Chen

Assistant Professor of Economics

B.A., National Taiwan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.

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.

Lynn S. Freeman

Visiting Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

B.S., Tulane University; M.S., Prairie View A&M University; Ed.D., University of Houston.

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

Associate 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 J. Greeson Visiting Associate Professor
B.A., M.Ed., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., Washington State University.

Richard S. Gunasekera

Associate Professor of Biology

B.S., Baylor University; M.S. (Chemistry), University of Houston-Clear Lake; M.S. (Biomedical Studies), Ph.D., Baylor 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.

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.

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.

Teresa A. Le Sage

Visiting Assistant Professor of Science Education

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; Ph.D., Purdue University.

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.

June Lu

Associate 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

Assistant Professor of Special Education

B.S., B.A., M.A., University of Wyoming.

Rodney K. McConnell

Assistant Professor Curriculum and Instruction

B.A., M.A., University of Wyoming

Mary G. Mayorga Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, M.Ed., Ph.D., University of North Texas.

Massoud Metghalchi

Professor of Finance

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.

Kathryn Oden Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., Southeastern Oklahoma State University; M.E., Ph.D., University of North Texas.

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 Stern Plemons

Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

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

Associate 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.

John C. Stansell Professor of Education
B.S., Texas A&I University; M.Ed., University of Houston; Ed.D., Indiana 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

Associate Professor of Education/Reading

B.S., M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ed.D., Texas A&M University.

Sandy S. Venneman

Associate 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; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

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

Associate Professor of Education

B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., University of Texas at El Paso; PhD., University of Houston.

Chun-Sheng Yu

Associate 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

Carol Dippel

Lecturer in Curriculum and Instruction

B.S., M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria.

Cathleen M. Duvall

Lecturer in Reading

B.S., Longwood College; M.Ed., Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dwight Harris

Lecturer in Education

B.B.A., Southwest Texas State University; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria.

Patty Janca

Lecturer in Curriculum and Instruction

B.S., M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria

Rachel Martinez

Lecturer in Curriculum and Instruction

B.A., University of Texas San Antonio; M.Ed., Ed.D., Texas Tech University

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.

Shirley Mumphord

Lecturer in Counseling

B.S., Texas A&I University; M.Ed., Prairie View A&M University; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University.

Michael Seale

Lecturer in Business and Employment Law

B.S., University of North Texas; J.D., Oklahoma City University School of Law.

Laura Weiser

Lecturer in Criminal Justice

B.A., Houston Baptist University; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

Barbara Whitaker

Lecturer in Curriculum and Instruction

B.A., M.S., University of Houston-Clear Lake; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria.

 

Academic Department Chairs

Massoud Metghalchi

Accounting, Economics, Finance, & Quantitative Management

Pending Selection

Curriculum and Instruction

Jifu Wang

Management and Marketing

           

Academic Program Coordinators

 

Meledath Damodaran

Computer Science/Math

Estella De Los Santos

Mathematics, Education

Horace L. Fairlamb

Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.I.S.)

Roy Foley

Science, Education

Richard S. Gunasekera

Biology

Rick Harrington

Psychology

Robert D. Hawkins

Criminal Justice

James N. Holm, Jr.

Nonprofit Leadership

Nora Hutto

Administration and Supervision, Education
Dan Jaeckle Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences
Carol Klages Reading, Education

Mary Natividad

Counseling, Education

Marie Plemons

Professional Development, Education

Diane Prince

Social Studies, Education

Cynthia D. Schnebly

English

Harold L. Smith

History

Andria Young

Special Education

 

Academic Support Units

 

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

 

Sandra Heinold, Manager

 

                                            B.A., M.A.I.S., University of Houston-Victoria.

 

 

Librarians

 

Joe F. Dahlstrom

Director of Libraries

B.Mus., M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin; M.S., Texas A&I University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Sheron K. Barnes

Special Collections Librarian

B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.L.I.S., University of Texas at Austin.

Gail Crockett

Head of Technical Services

B.A., University of Idaho; M.L.S., University of Washington.

Gloria Espitia

Audiovisual Media Librarian (The Victoria College)

B.S., M.L.S., Texas Woman’s University.

Elisabeth I. Goodman

Network Manager/Reference Librarian

B.A., University of Denver; M.L.S., University of Washington.

Karen S. Locher

Head of Public Services

B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin.

Paula S. Packard

Cataloging/Documents Librarian

B.A., Muhlenberg College; M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin.

Marjorie A. Stewart

Serials Librarian (The Victoria College)

B.A., M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin.

David R. Ticen

Instruction/Reference Librarian (The Victoria College)

B.A., M.A., M.L.S., University of Washington.

Lori Williamson

Distance Education/Reference Librarian

A.A., Victoria College; B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.L.I.S., University of Texas at Austin.