University of Maryland Graduate Catalog

Graduate Faculty: Letter A

A'Hearn, Michael F. Regular Member
B.S., Boston College, 1961; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1966.
- Professor, Astronomy
- Distinguished University Professor, Astronomy

Abazajian, Kevork Regular Member
B.S., University of Houston, 1996; M.S., UC San Diego, 1997; Ph.D., UC San Diego 2001;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Abed, Eyad Regular Member
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1981; Ph.D., 1982.
GCEN Academic Advisor for Systems Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Director, Institute for Systems Research
- Director, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Abraham, Katharine Regular Member
B.S., Iowa State, 1976; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982.
- DEFAULT, Survey Methodology

Abshire, Pamela Regular Member
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1992; M.S., The Johns Hopkins University, 1997; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2001.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Adams, Jeffrey D. Regular Member
B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1977; Ph.D., Yale University, 1981.
- Professor, Mathematics

Adams, John Regular Member
A.B., Oberlin College, 1960 Ph.D., University of Texas, 1966.
- Professor Emeritus, Economics

Adams, Lowell W. Regular Member
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1968; M.S., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1973; Ph.D., 1976.
- Associate Professor, Biological Resources Engineering
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Enviromental Science and Technology

Adams, William W. Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Los Angeles, 1959; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1964.
- Professor Emeritus, Mathematics

Adams-Gaston, Javaune Adjunct Member
B.A., University of Dubuque, 1978; M.A., Loras College, 1980; Ph.D., Iowa State Univ. 1983.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Education: Counseling and Personnel Services

Ades, Albert Regular Member

- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Director, Molecular and Cell Biology

Ades, Ibrahim Z. Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Los Angeles, 1971; Ph.D., 1976.
- Associate Professor, Biology

Adomaitis, Raymond A. Regular Member
B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1984;Ph.D., 1988.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Chemical Engineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Afflerbach, Peter P. Regular Member
B.A., State University of New York-Albany, 1978; M.S., 1979; Ph.D., 1985.
- Professor, Education: Curriculum and Instruction

Agar, Michael Regular Member
Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 1971; BA - Anthropology, Stanford University, 1967
- Professor Emeritus, Anthropology

Agarwal, Ritu Regular Member
B.A., University of Delhi, 1982; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta,1984; M.S., Syracuse University, 1988; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1988.
- Professor, Business and Management

Aggour, Mohamed S. Regular Member
B.S., Cairo University, 1964;M.S., 1966; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1972.
- Professor, Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Agrawala, Ashok K. Regular Member
B.S., Agra University, 1960; B.E., Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, 1963; M.Eng., 1965; Ph.D.,Harvard University, 1970.
- Professor, Computer Science
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aguilar-Mora, Jorge Regular Member
B.A., Universidad Nacional de Mexico, 1966; Ph.D., El Colegio de Mexico, 1976.
- Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures

Ahmed, Hafez Regular Member
B.S., The University of Calcutta, 1980; M.S., The University of Calcutta, 1983; Ph.D., Jadavpur University, 1986.
- Assistant Professor, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Akin, David L. Regular Member
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974; S.M., 1975; Sc.D., 1981.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Aerospace Engineering
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Al-Sheikhly, Mohamad I. Regular Member
B.Sc., University of Baghdad, 1974; Ph.D., University of Newcastle, 1981.
- Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Nuclear Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Alavi, Maryam Regular Member
B.A., State University of New York-Buffalo, 1972; M.S., Ohio State University, 1974; Ph.D., 1978.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty

Alberini, Anna Regular Member
B.A., Italy, 1987; M.A., 1989; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1992.
- Associate Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Albrecht, Pedro Regular Member
Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1972.
- Professor Emeritus, Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Aldoory, Linda Regular Member
B.A., George Washington University, 1988; M.A., University of Texas-Austin, 1991; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1998.
- Associate Professor, Communication
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Alexander, Millard H. Regular Member
B.A., Harvard University, 1964; Ph.D.,University of Paris, 1967.
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty

Alexander, Patricia A. Regular Member
B.A., Bethel College-McKenzie, 1970; M.Ed., James Madison University, 1979; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1981.
- Professor, Education: Human Development
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty

Alford, Charles F. Regular Member
B.A., Austin College, 1969; M.A., University of Texas-Austin, 1971; Ph.D., 1979.
- Professor, Government and Politics
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty

Allewell, Norma M. Regular Member
B.Sc., Biochemistry, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario, 1965 Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics, Yale University, 1969
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Alley, Carroll O., Jr. Regular Member
B.S., University of Richmond, 1948; M.A.,Princeton University, 1951; Ph.D., 1962.
- Professor, Physics

Almon, Clopper Regular Member
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1956; Ph.D.,Harvard University, 1962.
- Professor Emeritus, Economics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Almquist, David L. Regular Member
B.Arch., University of Virginia, 1968; M.S.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1973.
- Senior Agent, Cooperative Extension Service
- Director, Extension Service Talbot
- Senior Agent, Extension Service Talbot

Aloimonos, John Regular Member
B.S., University of Athens-Greece,1981; M.S., University of Rochester, 1984; Ph.D., 1987.
- Professor, Computer Science
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for

Alperovitz, Gar Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1959; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1960; Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1964.
- Research Professor, Government and Politics

Alt, Francis B. Regular Member
B.S.E., Johns Hopkins University, 1967; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1973; Ph.D., 1977.
- Associate Professor, Business and Management
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Altschul, Stephen Regular Member
Ph.D.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,1987,A.B.,Harvard College, 1979
- Adjunct Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Ambacher, Bruce Regular Member

- Visiting Professor, History/Library Science

Ambacher, Bruce I. Regular Member
B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1965; M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1967; Ph.D., Temple, 1970.
- Visiting Professor, Library Science
- Visiting Professor, Information Studies

Ambrose, Michael A. Regular Member
BArch., Temple University, 1996 MArch., Syracuse University, 2001
- Assistant Professor, Architecture

Amde, Amde M. Regular Member
B.E.S.,Johns Hopkins University, 1970; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1971; Ph.D., State University of New York-Buffalo, 1976.
- Professor, Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ames, James Regular Member

- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Ammon, Herman L. Regular Member
B.S., Brown University, 1958; Ph.D.,University of Washington, 1963.
- Professor, Chemistry

Anand, Davinder K. Regular Member
B.S., George Washington University, 1959; M.S., 1961; Ph.D., 1965.
GCEN Academic Advisor for Energetic Concepts Development
- Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Professional Master of Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Graduate Certificate in Engineering

Anandalingam, Gnanalingam Regular Member
B.A., University of Cambridge, 1975; M.S., Harvard University, 1977; Ph.D., Harvard Univerity, 1991.
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Dean, Business and Management

Anderson, Elaine A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1973; M.S., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1975; Ph.D., 1979.
- Chair, Family Science
- Professor, Public Health: Maternal and Child Health Ph.D.
- Professor, Family Science

Anderson, James Robert Regular Member
B.S., Iowa State University, 1955; Ph.D., 1965.
- Professor, Physics

Anderson, John D. Regular Member
B.S. University of Florida, 1959; Ph.D., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1966.
- Professor Emeritus, Engineering: Aerospace Engineering
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty

Anderson, Robert S. Regular Member
B.S., Drexel University, 1961; M.S., Hahnemann University, 1968; Ph.D.,University of Delaware, 1971.
- Professor, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Anderson-Sawyer, Anne Regular Member

- DEFAULT, Public Health: Public and Community Health Ph.D.
- Lecturer, Public Health: Public and Community Health Ph.D.
- Lecturer, Public Health: Master of Public Health--Community Health Education

Andrews, David L. Regular Member
B.Ed. Exeter University, 1985; M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, 1993
- Professor, Kinesiology
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Sociology

Andrews, J. Edward, Jr. Regular Member
B.S.,Frostburg State University, 1957; M.Ed., University of Maryland-College Park,1961; Ed.D., 1968.
- Visiting Professor, Education: Policy and Leadership

Andrews, Norma Regular Member
Ph.D. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 1983.
- Chair, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Angel, C. Roselina Regular Member
B.S., Iowa State University, 1984;M.S., 1987; Ph.D., 1990.
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

Angle, J. Scott Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1975; M.S., 1978; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1981.
- Professor, Agricultural Experiment Station
- Associate Director, Agricultural Experiment Station

Anisimov, Mikhail A. Regular Member
Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1968.
- Professor, Engineering: Chemical Engineering
- Professor, Chemical Physics

Ankem, Sreeramamurthy Regular Member
B.Eng.,K.R. Engineering College-University of Mysore, 1972; M.Eng., Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, 1974; Ph.D.,Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1980.
- Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering

Anlage, Steven Regular Member
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982; M.S.,California Institute of Technology, 1984; Ph.D., 1988.
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Professor, Physics

Annand, Viki S. Adjunct Member
B.S., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1969; M.Ed.,George Washington University, 1973; Ed.D., Temple University, 1990.
- Instructor, College of Health and Human Performance

Antman, Stuart S. Regular Member
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961; M.S.,University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1963; Ph.D., 1965.
- Distinguished University Professor, Mathematics
- Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Antonsen, Thomas M., Jr. Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1973; M.S., 1976; Ph.D., 1977.
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Professor, Physics

Apfel, Kenneth Regular Member
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1970; M.Rehabilitation Counseling, Northeastern University, 1973; M.Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, 1978.
- Professor of Practice, Public Policy

Aranda-Espinoza, Helim Regular Member
B.S. - University of Zacatecas, Mexico 1990. M.S. - University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1993. Ph.D. - University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1998.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Araneda, Ricardo Regular Member
B.S., University of Concepcion, 1986; M.S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1992; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997.
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Arbaugh, William Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1999.
- Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Associate Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for

Armstrong, Earlene Regular Member
B.S., North Carolina Central University, 1969 M.S., 1970; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1975.
- Associate Professor, Entomology

Armstrong, Ronald W. Regular Member
B.E.S., Johns Hopkins University,1955; M.Sc., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1957; Ph.D., 1958.
- Professor Emeritus, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering

Arnold, Conrad N. Regular Member
B.S., West Virginia University, 1971; M.S., 1986.
- Senior Agent, Cooperative Extension Service
- Director, Extension Service Dorchester
- Senior Agent, Extension Service Dorchester

Arnold, Elizabeth Regular Member
B.A. Oberlin College, 1981; M.A. University of Chicago, 1984; Ph.D., 1991; M.F.A. Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
- Assistant Professor, Creative Writing

Arouba, Boragan Regular Member
B.A., Bogazici University,1999; A.M., Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2002; Ph.D., Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2004.
- Assistant Professor, Economics

Arsenault, Richard J. Regular Member
B.S., Michigan Technological University,1957; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1962.
- Professor, Materials and Nuclear Engineering
- Professor Emeritus, Materials and Nuclear Engineering

Assad, Arjang A. Regular Member
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971; M.S., 1976; Ph.D., 1978.
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Ater, Renee Regular Member
B.A., Oberlin College, 1987; M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, 1993; Ph.D.,University of Maryland, College Park, 2000.
- Assistant Professor, Art History and Archaeology

Atkins, Ella M. Regular Member
B.S.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988; M.Eng., 1990; Ph.D.,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1999.
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Aerospace Engineering

Atkinson, Nancy L. Regular Member
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985; M.A. (1992) & Ph.D. (1997), University of Maryland College Park.
- Assistant Professor, Public Health: Public and Community Health Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Public Health: Master of Public Health--Community Health Education

Auchard, John Regular Member
B.A., New York University, 1970; M.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1971; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1980.
- Professor, English Language and Literature

Auerbach, Jonathan D. Regular Member
B.A., University of California-Santa Cruz, 1976 M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1978; Ph.D., 1984.
- Professor, English Language and Literature

Aung, Win Adjunct Member
M.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1966; Ph.D., 1969.
- Division Director, Mechanical & Structural Systems, NSF

Auslander, Joseph Regular Member
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952; M.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1953; Ph.D., 1957.
- Professor Emeritus, Mathematics

Austin, Mark A. Regular Member
B.E., University of Canterbury, 1980; M.S. University of California-Berkeley, 1982; Ph.D., 1985.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Ausubel, Lawrence M. Regular Member
A.B., Princeton University, 1980; M.S.,Stanford University, 1982; M.L.S., 1984; Ph.D., 1984.
- Professor, Economics

Avramov, Doron Regular Member
B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1991; M.A., David Yellin School of Education, 1995; M.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1998; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
- Assistant Professor, Business and Management

Aycock, M. Kenneth, Jr. Regular Member
B.S., North Carolina State University, 1959; M.S., 1963; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1966.
- Professor Emeritus, Natural Resource Sciences

Aydilek, Ahmet H. Regular Member
B.S., Istanbul Technical University, 1993; M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000.
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ayyub, Bilal M. Regular Member
B.S., Kuwait University, 1980; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1981; Ph.D., 1983.
- Professor, Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Azarm, Shapour Regular Member
B.S., University of Tehran, 1977; M.S., George Washington University, 1979; Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1984.
- Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering