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ARCHIVED 2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
ARCHIVED 2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Faculty


Troy D. Hammond, President of the College; Professor of Physics. 2013. B.S., Milligan College, 1989; B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996.

Abiodun Goke-Pariola, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor of English. 2015. B.A. (Hons), University of Ife, Nigeria, 1974; A.D., The University of Michigan, 1982.

Full-time members of the teaching faculty are listed alphabetically below. The date following the name and title indicates the first year of service at North Central College.

Esen Andic-Mortan, Assistant Professor of Management. 2016.  B.S., 2008, M.A., 2010 Izmir University of Economics; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2016.

Jeffrey D. Anstine, Professor of Management. 2002. B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1987; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1995.

Peter Barger, Professor of Economics and Finance. 1989. B.A., Washington State University, 1979; M.S., 1981, Ph.D., 1989, University of Illinois.

Natalia Maria De Lima Bracarense, Assistant Professor of Economics. 2013. B.A., Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2005; M.A., Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, 2007; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2013.

Xiaoye Chen, Assistant Professor of Marketing. 2012. B.A., Beijing International Studies University, 2000; M.A., University of Waterloo, 2004; Ph.D., McGill University, 2011.

Suzanne M. Chod, Associate Professor of Political Science. 2010. B.S., Bowling Green State University, 2002; M.A., 2003, Ph.D., 2007, Michigan State University.

Jean M. Clifton, Associate Professor of Management. 2000. B.A., 1981, M.A., 1988, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1999.

Louis Corsino, Professor of Sociology. 1998. B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1970; M.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1977, University of Massachusetts.

Mary T. Galvan, Associate Professor of Marketing. 1992. B.A., Rockford College, 1979; M.A., 1981, Ph.D., 1988, Northern Illinois University.

David Gray, Associate Professor of Accounting. 2007. B.S., Millikin University, 1986; M.A., Northern Illinois University, 1992; CPA.

Richard R. Guzman, Professor of English. 1977. B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1971; M.A., California State University at Hayward, 1973; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1977.

Brian Hanlon, Coleman Foundation Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business and Associate Professor of Marketing. 2006. B.S., 1998, M.B.A., 2001, J.D., 2004, DePaul University.

Zachary Michael Jack, Associate Professor of English. 2003. B.A., Iowa State University, 1996; M.F.A., University of Alabama, 2001.

Ann Durkin Keating, Dr. C. Frederick Toenniges Professor of History. 1991. B.A., University of Illinois, 1978; M.A., 1979, Ph.D., 1984, University of Chicago.

Doh-Khul Kim, Associate Professor of Economics and Finance. 2008. B.A., Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, 1989; M.A., Temple University, 1992; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2001.

Kathleen King, Assistant Professor of Education. 2006. B.A., Loras College, 1987; M.Ed., DePaul University, 1997.

Matthew B. Krystal, Associate Professor of Anthropology. 2003. B.A., Washington University, 1990; M.A., 1993, Ph.D., 2001, Tulane University.

Steve Macek, Professor of Communication. 2002. B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987; M.A., 1993, Ph.D., 2001, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Robert Moussetis, Professor of International Business. 1998. B.S., San Diego State University, 1987; M.B.A., 1991, D.B.A., 1996, United States International University.

William Muck, Associate Professor of Political Science. 2008. B.A., Valparaiso University, 1997; M.A., Marquette University, 1999; M.A., 2001, Ph.D., 2005, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Jon F. Mueller, Professor of Psychology. 1983. B.A., 1978, M.A.T., 1979, Beloit College; M.A., 1981, Ph.D., 1985, Northern Illinois University.

Godfrey A. Muganda, Professor of Computer Science. 1990. B.S., Eastern Mennonite College, 1979; M.S., College of William and Mary, 1980; Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1984.

Richard Paine, Professor of Speech Communication/Theatre. 1983. B.A., Harding University, 1976; M.A., Western Kentucky University, 1979; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1989.

Stephen C. Renk, Professor of Computer Science. 1990. B.A., 1973, M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1986, University of Iowa.

Mary Beth Ressler, Associate Professor of Education. 2010. B.A., Loyola University, 2002; M.A., Northern Illinois University, 2007; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2010.

Suzanne Seymoure, Associate Professor of Accounting. 2017. B.S., Ball State University, 2000; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 2001; Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2009.

Donnavieve N. Smith, Associate Professor of Marketing. 2005. B.S., 1990, M.B.A., 1993, University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002.

Caroline St. Clair, Professor of Computer Science. 2000. B.S., 1984, Loyola University; M.S., 1991, Ph.D., 2000, DePaul University.

Gerald Thalmann, Associate Professor of Accounting. 1996. B.S., University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 1978; M.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1985; CPA.

Veselina P. Vracheva, Assistant Professor of Management. 2014. B.A., University of Plovdiv, 2000; B.B., Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2005; M.B.A., Western Caroline University, 2007; Ph.D., Old Dominion University, 2013.

Part-Time Faculty

David Aitchison, Half-time Assistant Professor of English. 2013. B.A., University of Stirling, 2003; M.A., Boston University, 2006; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2012.

Eddie Bedford, Lecturer in Graduate Education. 2011. B.S., 1974, M.S., 1986, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Thomas V. Canepa, Lecturer in Graduate Education. B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983; J.D., The John Marshall Law School, 1987.

Thomas Choice, Lecturer in Graduate Education. 2016. B.A., University of Michigan, 1981; M.A., 1985, Ed.D., 1998, Northern Illinois University.

John Colletti, Half-time Assistant Professor of Economics. 2012. B.S., DePaul University; M.B.A., J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1988.

Gary Conte, Lecturer in General Instruction, 2012. B.B.A., St. John Fisher College, 1973; M.B.A University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974.

Brian Craig, Lecturer in Computer Science, 2013. B.S., 2003, M.S., 2006, North Central College.

Harry Dubnick, Lecturer in Graduate Education, 2013. B.A., 1981, M.A., 1981, University of Chicago; J.D., Washington University, 1984.

Roger D. Fuhrman, Half-time Assistant Professor of Finance. 2003. B.S., 1981, Fort Hays State University; M.Man., 1984, Northwestern University; M.S., 1994, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Richard Gajda, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business. 2015. B.S., Purdue University; M.B.A., Northwestern University.

Christopher Garrabrant, Lecturer in Graduate Education. 2011. B.A., 2005, M.A., North Central College, 2008; Ph.D. Benedictine University, 2011. 

Patrick E. Gray, Half-time Assistant Professor of Finance. 1978. B.S., University of Maryland, 1972; M.B.A., DePaul University, 1974.

Jeremy Gudauskas, Lecturer in Graduate Education. 2010. B.A., 1999, M.L.D., 2011, North Central College.

Mark Johnson, Lecturer in Economics. 2012. B.A. Southern Illinois University, 1981; M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1989.

Karen Hurley Kuchar, Half-time Assistant Professor of Graduate Studies. 2017. BA, St. Louis University; MS, George Williams College

William Langford, Lecturer in Business. 2015. B.S., 1991, M.B.A., 2008, University of Michigan.

Susan R. Mack, Half-time Instructor of Education. 2005. B.A., North Central College, 1968; M.Ed., National-Louis Univery, 1982.

Melissa Nigro, Half-time Assistant Professor of Graduate Studies. 2017. B.A., Northwestern University; J.D., DePaul University College of Law.

Mary Jane Reher, Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting. 2014. B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.B.A., Northwestern University.

Frank Ribaudo, Half-time Assistant Professor in Accounting. 2005. B.S., New York University, 1984; M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1993.

Jennifer Ryan, Lecturer in Accounting. 2002. B.S., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1997; M.A., Northern Illinois University, 2002.

Whitney Roberts, Lecturer in Graduate Education. 2010. B.A., 2008, M.A., 2013, North Central College.

Patricia Sanders, Half-time Assistant Professor of Education. 2012. B.S., Western Illinois University, 1978; M.S Northern Illinois University, 1982, 1999; Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago, 2005.  

Michelle Sands, Lecturer in Education. 2015. B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001; M.Ed., Elmhurst College, 2004; M.A., North Central College, 2015.

Timothy Scharf, Lecturer in Computer Science. 2016. B.S., Northwestern University, 1998; M.S., DePaul University, 2015.

David Scheirer, Half-time Assistant Professor of Graduate Studies. 2017. B.A., University of Illinois; M.S., DePaul University.

Margaret Schweer, Lecturer in Graduate Education, 2013. B.A., Butler University, 1979; M.S., Iowa State University, 1980; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1986.

Stephen Shamrock, Half-time Assistant Professor of Accounting. 2017. B.S.B.A., John Carroll University, 1989; M.B.A., DePaul University, 2005.

Joseph Wawak, Half-time Instructor of Education. 2006. B.S. Northern Illinois University, 1966; M.Ed., Loyola University, 1972.

Jeffrey E. Woodruff, Half-time Assistant Professor of Business Administration. 1979. B.A., Springfield College, 1966; M.B.A., New York Institute of Technology, 1978.