UMCP Graduate Faculty - W

Wabeck, Charles J.
Professor, Animal & Avian Sciences. B.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1962; M.S., University of New Hampshire-Durham, 1964; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1966. Regular Member.

Wachbroit, Robert S.
Associate Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1979. Adjunct Member.

Wade, James C.
Associate Professor & Associate Director, Cooperative Extension Service; Associate Professor & Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Associate Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics. B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1967; M.A., University of Texas-Austin, 1970; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1975. Adjunct Member.

Wagner, Daniel M.
Associate Professor, Theatre. B.A., University of Maryland, 1979; M.A., 1982. Adjunct Member.

Wagner, Janet
Associate Professor, The Robert H. Smith School of Business. B.S., Cornell University, 1970; M.A., 1973; Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1982. Regular Member.

Wagner, Michael A.
Research Associate, Center for Substance Abuse Research. B.A., University of Maryland-College Park, 1976; M.A., 1978; Ph.D., 1983. Adjunct Member.

Wakefield, John E.
Associate Professor, School of Music. B.Mus., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1963; M.Mus., 1964. Regular Member.

Waks, Leah
Coordinator, Communication. B.A., Tel Aviv University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1991. Adjunct Member.

Walker, Richard E.
Associate Professor, Germanic Studies. B.A., University of West Virginia, 1966 M.A., 1968; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1973. Regular Member.

Walker, Richard J.
Professor, Geology. B.S., College of William & Mary, 1979; M.S., State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1981; Ph.D., 1984. Regular Member.

Walker, Robert A.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry. B.A., Dartmouth College, 1990 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995. Regular Member.

Wallace, James M.
Professor & Associate Chair, Mechanical Engineering; Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. B.C.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1962; M.S., 1964; D.Phil., University of Oxford, 1969. Regular Member.

Wallace, Stephen J.
Professor & Chair, Physics. B.S., Case Institute of Technology, 1961; M.S., University of Washington, 1969; Ph.D., 1971. Regular Member.

Wallace, William A.
Lecturer, Philosophy. B.Elect.E., Manhattan College, 1940; M.S., Catholic University of America, 1952; Ph.D., University of Fribourg, 1959. Adjunct Member.

Wallen, Jacqueline
Associate Professor, Family Studies; Associate Professor, Center for Substance Abuse Research; Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Education. B.A., Lake Forest College, 1965; M.A., University of Chicago, 1967; Ph.D., 1976; M.S.W., Catholic University of America, 1989. Regular Member.

Wallis, John J.
Associate Professor, Economics. B.A., University of Washington, 1975; M.A., 1978; Ph.D., 1981. Regular Member.

Walsh, Christopher S.
Professor, Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture. B.A., Middlebury College, 1969; M.S., Cornell University, 1977; Ph.D., 1980. Regular Member.

Walsh, Gregory Charles
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Institute for Systems Research. B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1989; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1990; Ph.D., 1994; M.A., 1994. Regular Member.

Walstad, Leonard
B.S., University of Vermont, 1981; M.S., Harvard University, 1987; Ph.D., 1987. Regular Member.

Walston, Claude E.
Professor, College of Library and Information Services. B.S., University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1946; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1950; Ph.D., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1953. Regular Member.

Walston, William H., Jr.
Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Mechanical Engineering. B.M.E., University of Delaware, 1959; M.S., 1961; Ph.D., 1964. Regular Member.

Walters, William B.
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry. B.S., Kansas State University, 1960; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1964. Regular Member.

Waltrup, Paul J.
Engineer, APL, The Johns Hopkins University. B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1967; M.S., 1968; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1971. Adjunct Member.

Wang, Jian-Guang
Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Plasma Research. B.S., Tsinghua University/Qinghua University, 1968; M.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1987; Ph.D., 1989. Adjunct Member.

Wang, Nam Sun
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering. B.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1979; M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1982; Ph.D., 1988. Regular Member.

Wang, Orrin
Associate Professor, English; Associate Professor, Comparative Literature. B.A., Reed College, 1979; M.A., University of Chicago, 1984; Ph.D., 1989. Regular Member.

Wang, Yu
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering. B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong University, 1982; M.Eng., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1985; Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1989. Regular Member.

Warner, C. Robert
Associate Professor, Mathematics. B.A., University of Toronto, 1955; B.S., University of Rochester, 1957; Ph.D., 1962. Regular Member.

Warren, Anne W.
Professor, Dance. B.A., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1966; M.Ed., Wayne State University, 1969. Regular Member.

Warren, J. Benedict
Professor Emeritus, History. B.A., Duns Scotus College, 1953; M.A., University of New Mexico, 1960; Ph.D., 1963. Regular Member.

Washington, Corey G.
Assistant Professor, Philosophy. B.A., Amherst College, 1985; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1994. Regular Member.

Washington, Lawrence C.
Professor, Mathematics. B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1971; M.A., 1971; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1974. Regular Member.

Washington, Mary-Helen
Professor, English. B.A., Notre Dame College, 1962; M.A., University of Detroit/Mercy, 1966; Ph.D., 1976. Regular Member.

Weaver, V. Phillips
Professor Emeritus, Curriculum and Instruction. A.B., College of William & Mary, 1951; M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1956; Ed.D., 1962. Regular Member.

Webb, Richard A.
Distinguished University Professor, Physics; Alford Ward Professor of Semiconductor Physics, Physics; Affiliated with Center for Superconductivity Research. B.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1968; M.A., University of California-San Diego, 1970; Ph.D., 1973. Regular Member.

Weeks, John D.
Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Distinguished University Professor, Institute for Physical Science and Technology. B.A., Harvard University, 1965; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1969. Regular Member.

Weible, Thomas Donald, Jr.
Professor & Acting Dean, College of Education; Professor, Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University, 1967; M.Ed., Salisbury State University, 1974; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1976. Regular Member.

Weigand, William A.
Professor, Chemical Engineering. B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1962; M.S., 1963; Ph.D., 1968. Regular Member.

Weil, Raymond R.
Professor, Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture. B.S., Michigan State University, 1970; M.S., Purdue University, 1972; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1977. Regular Member.

Weinberg, Amy S.
Associate Professor, Linguistics; Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies; Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science. B.A., McGill University-Montreal, 1976; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. Regular Member.

Weiner, John
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Professor, Institute for Plasma Research; Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow. B.S., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1964; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1970. Regular Member.

Weiner, Ronald M.
Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics. B.S., City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1964; M.S., Long Island University-Brooklyn, 1967; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1970. Regular Member.

Weinstein, Paul A.
Associate Professor, Economics. B.A., College of William & Mary, 1954; M.A., Northwestern University, 1958; Ph.D., 1961. Regular Member.

Weismiller, Richard A.
Professor & Chair, Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture. B.S., Purdue University, 1964; M.S., 1966; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1969. Regular Member.

Weiss, Isaac
Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. B.Sc., Tel Aviv University, 1975; M.Sc., 1977; Ph.D., 1982. Adjunct Member.

Wellford, Charles F.
Professor & Acting Admin. Dean, Office of Continuing and Extended Education; Professor, Associate Provost & Dean, Academic Affairs; Professor, Associate Provost & Dean, Graduate Studies and Research; Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice. B.A., University of Maryland-College Park, 1961; M.A., 1963; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1969. Regular Member.

Wellisch, Hans H.
Professor Emeritus, College of Library and Information Services. M.L.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1972; Ph.D., 1975. Regular Member.

Wellstood, Frederick C.
Associate Professor, Physics; Affiliated with Center for Superconductivity Research. A.B., University of California-Berkeley, 1979; Ph.D., 1988. Regular Member.

Wentzel, Kathryn R.
Associate Professor, Human Development. B.A., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1982; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1987. Regular Member.

Wereley, Norman M.
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering. B.E., McGill University-Montreal, 1983; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Ph.D., 1990. Regular Member.

Werlinich, Carol A.
Instructor, Family Studies. B.S., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1961; M.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1974; Ph.D., 1983. Adjunct Member.

Westbrook, Franklin D.
Associate Professor, Counseling and Personnel Services. B.S., Chicago State University, 1961; M.S., City University of New York-City College, 1969; Ed.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1971. Regular Member.

Westhoff, Dennis C.
Professor & Chair, Animal & Avian Sciences. B.S., University of Georgia, 1966; M.S., North Carolina State University, 1968; Ph.D., 1970. Regular Member.

Wetzell, Richard
Assistant Professor, History. B.A., Swarthmore College, 1984; M.A., Columbia University, 1985; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1991. Regular Member.

Wexler, Richard
Associate Professor, School of Music. B.Mus., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1963; M.A., New York University, 1969; Ph.D., 1974. Regular Member.

Wheaton, Fredrick W.
Professor & Chair, Biological Resources Engineering. B.S.A.E., Michigan State University, 1964; M.S., 1965; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1968. Regular Member.

Wheelock, Arthur, Jr.
Professor, Art History and Archaeology. B.A., Williams College, 1965; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1973. Regular Member.

White, Marilyn D.
Associate Professor, College of Library and Information Services. B.A., Our Lady of the Lake College, 1962; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1963; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1971. Regular Member.

Whitehead, Tony L.
Professor, Anthropology. B.A., Shaw University, 1965; M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1969; Ph.D., 1976. Regular Member.

Widhelm, William B.
Professor, The Robert H. Smith School of Business. B.E.S., Johns Hopkins University, 1959; M.S.E., 1960; M.S.M.S., 1965; Ph.D., 1969. Regular Member.

Wiedel, Joseph W.
Professor Emeritus, Geography. B.A., University of Maryland-College Park, 1958 M.A., 1963. Regular Member.

Wigfield, Allan L.
Professor, Human Development. B.S., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1974; M.A., 1977; Ph.D., 1982. Regular Member.

Wildt, David E.
Head, Reproductive Physiology, National Zoological Park. B.S., Illinois State University, 1972; M.S., Michigan State University, 1973; Ph.D., 1975. Adjunct Member.

Wilkenfeld, Jonathan
Professor & Chair, Government and Politics. B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1964; M.A., George Washington University, 1966; Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1969. Regular Member.

Wilkes, Joseph A.
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1941; M.A., Columbia University, 1949. Regular Member.

Wilkinson, Gerald S.
Professor, Biology; Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. B.S., University of California-Davis, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1984. Regular Member.

Williams, Aubrey W.
Professor, Anthropology. B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1955; M.A., 1957; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1964. Regular Member.

Williams, Daryle
Assistant Professor, History. A.B., Princeton University, 1989; M.A., Stanford University, 1991; Ph.D., 1995. Regular Member.

Williams, Ellen D.
Professor & Director, Physics; Professor, Institute for Physical Science and Technology; Director, Materials Research Science & Engineering Center; Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow. B.S., Michigan State University, 1976; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1982. Regular Member.

Williams, Henry N.
B.S., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1964; M.S., University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1972; Ph.D., 1979. Regular Member.

Williams, Linda F.
Associate Professor, Government and Politics. B.A., Rice University, 1970; M.A., University of Chicago, 1973; Ph.D., 1977. Regular Member.

Wilson, Andrew S.
Professor, Astronomy; Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow. B.A., Cambridge University, 1969; M.A., 1973; Ph.D., 1973. Regular Member.

Wilson, Ernest J., III
Associate Professor, Government and Politics; Associate Professor, Afro-American Studies; Associate Professor, Center for International Security Studies; Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs. B.A., Harvard University, 1970; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1973; Ph.D., 1978. Regular Member.

Wilson, Francille R.
Assistant Professor, Afro-American Studies. B.A., Wellesley College, 1969; M.A.T., Harvard University, 1970; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1979; Ph.D., 1988. Regular Member.

Wilson, Gayle E.
Lecturer, English. B.A., Wayne State University, 1960; M.A., University of Rochester, 1963; Ph.D., 1965. Regular Member.

Wilson, Laura B.
Professor & Chair, Health Education; Professor & Director, Center on Aging. B.A., Simmons College, 1969; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1970; Ph.D., 1974. Regular Member.

Wilson, Mark E.
Associate Professor, School of Music. B.A., University of California-Los Angeles, 1970; M.A., 1972; Ph.D., 1974. Regular Member.

Wilson, Otto C., Jr
Assistant Professor, Materials and Nuclear Engineering. B.S., Rutgers University-Newark, 1988; M.S., 1991; Ph.D., 1994. Regular Member.

Wiltz, Alcine J.
Professor & Chair, Dance. B.A., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1964; M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1967. Regular Member.

Windle, Robert J.
Associate Professor, The Robert H. Smith School of Business. B.A., College of William & Mary, 1977; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981; Ph.D., 1984. Regular Member.

Winkelmann, Allen E.
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering. B.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1965; M.S., 1967; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1976. Regular Member.

Winkelnkemper, Horst E.
Associate Professor, Mathematics. B.A., National University of Mexico, 1963; M.A., Princeton University, 1965; Ph.D., 1970. Regular Member.

Wish, Eric D.
Associate Professor & Director, Center for Substance Abuse Research; Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice. B.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1968; Ph.D., Washington University, 1977. Regular Member.

Wisler, Carl E.
Consultant. A.B., Emporia State University, 1956; M.S., 1957. Adjunct Member.

Witczak, Matthew W.
Professor, Civil Engineering. B.S., Purdue University, 1962; M.S., 1963; Ph.D., 1969. Regular Member.

Withers, Josephine
Associate Professor, Art History and Archaeology. B.A., Oberlin College, 1960; M.A., Columbia University, 1965; Ph.D., 1971. Regular Member.

Wolf, Lothar
Professor, Materials and Nuclear Engineering. B.S., Technical University of Berlin, 1963; M.S., 1968; Ph.D., 1970. Regular Member.

Wolfe, Peter
Professor, Mathematics. B.S., St. Lawrence University, 1959; B.S.E.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1959; M.S., Northwestern University, 1961; Ph.D., New York University, 1965. Regular Member.

Wolniak, Stephen M.
Professor & Associate Chair, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics. B.A., State University of New York-Oswego, 1972; M.S., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1974; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1979. Regular Member.

Wolpert, Scott A.
Professor & Associate Chair, Mathematics; Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. B.S., Johns Hopkins University, 1972; M.S., Stanford University, 1974; Ph.D., 1976. Regular Member.

Wolvin, Andrew D.
Professor, Communication. B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1962; M.A., 1963; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1968. Regular Member.

Woo, Ching-Hung
Professor, Physics. B.S., Louisiana Technological Institute, 1958; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1960; Ph.D., 1962. Regular Member.

Woodson, Sarah A.
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry. B.A., Kalamazoo College, 1982 Ph.D., Yale University, 1987. Regular Member.

Wrenn, Jerry P.
Associate Professor & Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Performance; Associate Professor, Kinesiology. B.S., East Carolina University-Greenville, 1961; M.S., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1963; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1970. Regular Member.

Wright, David A.
MEES Regular Member.

Wright, Winthrop R.
Professor, History. B.A., Swarthmore College, 1958; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1960; Ph.D., 1964. Regular Member.

Wuttig, Manfred R.
Professor, Materials and Nuclear Engineering. B.S., Technische Universitat Berlin, 1955; M.S., 1958; Ph.D., 1962. Regular Member.

Wyatt, David M.
Professor, English; Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. B.A., Yale University, 1970 Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1975. Regular Member.

Wylie, Ann G.
Professor & Acting Associate Dean, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences; Professor, Geology; Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. B.S., Wellesley College, 1966; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1972. Regular Member.