2004-2006 Graduate Catalog
Central Administration
President
Franklyn G. Jenifer, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President and Provost
B. Hobson Wildenthal, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Business Affairs
Robert L. Lovitt, M.B.A.
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
Darrelene Rachavong, Ed.D.
Executive Vice Provost
Larry D. Terry, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Graduate Education
Da Hsuan Feng, Ph.D.
Vice President for University Advancement and Governmental Relations
Carlos Gonz�lez Pe�a, M.P.A.
Special Assistant to the President
Walter Sutton, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Information Resources
William W. Hargrove, M.P.A.
Executive Director, Strategic Planning and Analysis
Lawrence Redlinger, Ph.D.
Executive Director, University Information and Publications
Jon Senderling
Vice Provost
Priscilla Beadle, Ph.D.
Vice Provost
John Wiorkowski, Ph.D.
Associate Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education
J. Michael Coleman, Ph.D.
Dean, Graduate Studies
Austin Cunningham, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Donna S. Rogers, M. S.
Director, Eugene McDermott Library
Larry Sall, Ph.D.
Interim Director, Center for Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society
Paul A. Jargowsky, Ph.D.
Director, Internal Audits
Toni R. Messer, B.B.A., C.P.A., C.I.A.
Academic Unit Administration
School of Arts and Humanities
Dean
Dennis M. Kratz, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Vacant
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
R. Clay Reynolds, Ph.D.
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
Dean
C. Robert Helms, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean and Director of School Operations and Financial Affairs
Andrew J. Blanchard, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Cyrus D. Cantrell, III, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Programs
Duncan L. MacFarlane, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Dean
E. Douglas Harris, D.Eng.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Ivor Page, Ph.D.
Department Head, Computer Science
Dung T. Huynh, Ph.D.
Department Head, Electrical Engineering
Gerald Burnham, Ph.D., P.E.
School of General Studies
Dean
George W. Fair, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Elizabeth M. Salter, Ph.D.
Director, Teacher Development Center
Scherry F. Johnson, Ed. D.
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Dean
Bert S. Moore, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Robert D. Stillman, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Duane Buhrmester, Ph.D.
Director, Callier Center for Communication Disorders
Ross J. Roeser, Ph.D.
School of Management
Dean
Hasan Pirkul, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean
Varghese S. Jacob, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for External Affairs and Corporate Development
Diane S. McNulty, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Executive Education
David J. Springate, D.B.A.
Associate Dean for Master�s Programs
Steve W. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Mary Chaffin, Ph.D.
Director, Ph.D. Programs
Frank M. Bass, Ph.D.
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Interim Dean
John P. Ferraris, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Juan E. Gonzales, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
John H. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies
Lynn A. Melton
Department Head, Biology
Donald M. Gray,
Department Head, Chemistry
John P. Ferraris, Ph.D.
Department Head, Geosciences
Robert J. Stern, Ph.D.
Department Head, Mathematical Sciences
M. Ali Hooshyar, Ph.D.
Department Head, Physics
Xinchou Lou, Ph.D.
Department Head, Science Education
Cynthia E. Ledbetter, Ph.D.
School of Social Sciences
Dean
James C. Murdoch, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Euel Elliott, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Sheila Amin Guti�rrez De Pi�eres, Ph.D.
Director, Master of Public Affairs Program
Douglas J. Watson, Ph.D.