Graduate Faculty: Letter F

Fabian, Ellen S. Regular Member
B.A.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973; M.A., 1980; Ph.D.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Education: Counseling and Personnel Services

Fagan, William Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1996
- Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Fagan, William F. Regular Member
B.A., University of Delaware, 1992; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1996
- Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Fahnestock, Jeanne D. Regular Member
B.A., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1966; M.A., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1967; Ph.D., University of London, 1970.
- Professor, English Language and Literature

Falk, David S. Regular Member
B.Eng.Phys., Cornell University, 1954; M.S., Harvard University, 1955; Ph.D.,1959.
- Assistant Vice President, Academic Affairs
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Falk, William W. Regular Member
B.A., North Texas State University, 1969; M.A.,1970; Ph.D., Texas A&M University-College Station, 1975.
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies
- Professor, Sociology

Fallon, Daniel Regular Member
B.A., Antioch College, 1961; M.A., University of Virginia, 1963; Ph.D., 1965.
- Professor, International Programs
- Acting Director, International Programs

Falvey, Daniel E. Regular Member
B.S., North Dakota State University-Fargo, 1983; Ph.D.,University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1988.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
- Professor, Chemistry

Falvo, Joseph D. Regular Member
B.A., Loyola University, New Orleans, 1974; M.A., Catholic University of America, 1977; M.A., 1979; M.A.,Johns Hopkins University, 1984; Ph.D., 1986.
- Associate Professor, French Language and Literature
- Associate Professor, Modern French Studies

Fanning, Delvin S. Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1954; M.S., 1959; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1964.
- Professor Emeritus, Enviromental Science and Technology

Faraj, Samer Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1980; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982; Ph.D., Boston University, 1998.
- Associate Professor, Business and Management

Farmer, Colleen Mary Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977; M.S., Northern Michigan University, 1983; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1991.
- Director, College of Health and Human Performance

Faroqi Shah, Yasmeen Regular Member
Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2004
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Audiology

Farquhar, James Regular Member
B.Sc., Washington and Lee University, 1987. M.Sc., University of Chicago, 1990. Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1995.
- Associate Professor, Geology

Farvardin, Nariman Regular Member
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1979; M.S., 1980; Ph.D., 1983.
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Fassinger, Ruth E. Regular Member
B.A., State University of New York-Fredonia, 1973; M.A., 1978; M.A., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1984; Ph.D., 1987.
- Professor Emeritus, Education: Counseling and Personnel Services
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty

Favero, Philip G. Regular Member
B.A., University of Montana, 1965; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1977.
- Associate Professor, Cooperative Extension Service
- Associate Professor, Governmental Service, Institute for

Favretto, Francine Adjunct Member
Ph.D., University of Maryland
- Lecturer, Education: Human Development

Favretto, Francine Grace Adjunct Member
B.A., Hunter College, 1964; M.Ed., UMD, 1982; Ph.D., UMD, 1990.
- Director, Young Children, Center for

Feinberg, Susan E. Regular Member
Bachelor of Science Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1987; Ph.D.,University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1996.
- Assistant Professor, Business and Management

Feitell, Merrill Beth Regular Member
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993; M.F.A., Columbia University, 2000.
- Assistant Professor, English Language and Literature
- Assistant Professor, Creative Writing

Felbain, Leslie Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975.
- Assistant Professor, Theatre
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Theatre

Feldman, Robert H. Regular Member
B.A., City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1964; M.A.,Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1966; M.S., Syracuse University, 1972; Ph.D., 1974.
- Affiliate Professor, Aging, Center on
- Professor, Public Health: Public and Community Health Ph.D.
- Professor, Public Health: Master of Public Health--Community Health Education

Felton, Gary Kent Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1976; M.S., 1981; Ph.D.,Texas A&M University-College Station, 1987.
- Assistant Professor, Biological Resources Engineering
- Associate Professor, Enviromental Science and Technology

Fenselau, Catherine C. Regular Member
A.B., Bryn Mawr College, 1961; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1965.
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Chemistry

Fenster, Charles B. Regular Member
B.A.,Amherst College, 1979; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Plant Biology

Ferraro, Rosellina Regular Member
B.A., Cornell University, 1994; M.S., Cornell University, 1998.
- Lecturer, Business and Management

Fetter, Steven A. Regular Member
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1983; Ph.D., 1985.
- Dean, Public Policy

Fey, James T. Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1962; M.S., 1963; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1968.
- Professor Emeritus, Education: Curriculum and Instruction
- Professor Emeritus, Mathematics

Fields, Douglas Special Member
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1975; M.A., San Jose State University, 1979; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1985.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Filiz Ozbay, Emel Regular Member
B.S., Bogazici University, 1998; M.A., Bogazici Univerity, 2000; M.Phil., Columbia University, 2004; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2007.
- Assistant Professor, Economics

Finch, Michael L. Regular Member
B.A., Lehigh University, 1973; M.B.A., Baylor University, 1988; Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1994.
- Lecturer, Business and Management

Finch, Patricia R. Regular Member
B.A., St. Joseph College, 1969; M.Ed., Towson University, 1978; M.B.A.,Loyola College in Maryland, 1983.
- Agent, Cooperative Extension Service
- Agent, Extension Service Baltimore City

Fink, Beatrice C. Regular Member
B.A.,Bryn Mawr College, 1953; M.A., Yale University, 1956; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1966.
- Professor Emerita, French Language and Literature
- Professor, Modern French Studies
- Professor Emerita, Modern French Studies

Fink, Edward L. Regular Member
B.A., Columbia University, 1966; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1969; Ph.D., 1975.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Communication
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Communication
- Affiliate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.
- Affiliate Professor, Sociology

Finkelstein, Barbara J. Regular Member
B.A., Barnard College, 1959;M.A., Columbia University-Teachers College, 1960; Ed.D., 1970.
- Affiliate Professor, American Studies
- Professor, Education: Policy Studies
- Professor, Education: Policy and Leadership

Finsterbusch, Kurt Regular Member
B.A., Princeton University, 1957; B.D.,Grace Theological Seminary, 1960; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1969.
- Professor, Sociology

Fischbach, Gerald F. Regular Member
B.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1964; M.Mus., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1965; D.M.A., University of Iowa, 1972.
- Professor, Music

Fisher, John P. Regular Member
B.S.Ch.E., The Johns Hopkins University, 1995; M.S., University of Cincinnati, 1998; Ph.D., Rice University, 2002
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Fisher, Michael E. Regular Member
B.S., King's College-London, 1951; Ph.D., 1957; S.C.D., Yale University, 1987; Ph.D. Honoris Causa, Tel Aviv University, 1992.
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics
- Regents Professor, University System of Maryland
- Distinguished University Professor, Biophysics
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty

Fisher, Thomas R. Regular Member
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1968; Ph.D., Duke University, 1975.
- Professor, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences

Fitzgerald, Caragh B. Regular Member
B.A., Bowdoin College, 1990; M.S., University of Maine at Orono, 1998.
- Agent, Cooperative Extension Service
- Agent, Extension Service Howard

Fitzgerald, Tracy Regular Member
B.A., Rutgers University, 1991; M.S., Syracuse University, 1993; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2001
- Assistant Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Audiology
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Audiology

Fitzgibbons, Peter J. Adjunct Member
B.S., Tufts University, 1969; M.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1973; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1979.
- Lecturer, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Lecturer, Clinical Audiology

Fitzpatrick, Patrick M. Regular Member
B.A., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 1966;Ph.D., 1971.
- Professor, Mathematics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Flannery, Terry Adjunct Member
B.A., University of Maryland, 1983; M.Ed., University of Maryland, 1987; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1995.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Education: Counseling and Personnel Services

Flatau, Alison Regular Member
B.S., University of Connecticut, 1978; M.S., University of Utah, 1985, Ph.D., 1990
- Professor, Engineering: Aerospace Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering

Flatter, Charles H. Regular Member
B.A.,DePauw University, 1961; E.Ed., University of Toledo, 1965; Ed.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1968.
- Associate Professor Emeritus, Education: Human Development

Fleischer, Robert Adjunct Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Fleischmann, Kenneth Regular Member
B.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1999; M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2002; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004.
- Assistant Professor, Library Science
- Assistant Professor, Information Management
- Assistant Professor, Information Studies

Fleming, Kelly Adjunct Member
BLA, 1996, University of Maryland MLA, 2004, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture

Flieger, Verlyn B. Regular Member
B.A., George Washington University, 1955; M.A.,Catholic University of America, 1972; Ph.D., 1977.
- Professor, English Language and Literature

Flynn, Adrianne Adjunct Member
B.A., Arizona State University,
- Lecturer, Journalism

Fogle, David P. Regular Member
A.B., Princeton University, 1951; M.C.R.P., University of California-Berkeley, 1958.
- Professor Emeritus, Architecture

Folstrom, Roger J. Regular Member
B.S., College of St. Thomas, 1956; M.Ed., 1959; M.Mus., Northwestern University, 1962; Ph.D., 1967.
- Professor Emeritus, Education: Curriculum and Instruction
- Professor Emeritus, Music

Foreman, Christopher H. Regular Member
B.A., Harvard College,1974; M.A., Harvard University, 1977;Ph.D., Harvard University, 1980
- Professor, Public Policy

Forseth, Irwin N., Jr. Regular Member
B.A., Hamline University, 1976; Ph.D., University of Utah, 1982.
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Foster, Jeff Regular Member
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2002
- Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)

Foster, Phillips W. Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1953; M.S., University of Illinois, 1956; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1958
- Professor Emeritus, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Fourkas, John T. Regular Member
Ph.D. Stanford University (1991)
- Professor, Chemical Physics

Fourney, William L. Regular Member
B.S.A.E., West Virginia University, 1962; M.S., 1963; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1966.
GCEN Academic Advisor for Aerospace Engineering
- Professor, A. James Clark School of Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Aerospace Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Professional Master of Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Aerospace Engineering
- Associate Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering

Foutz, Ying Natasha Regular Member
B.S., Fudan University-Shanghai, 1998; M.S., 2002; M.S., 2004, Ph.D., 2004, Cornell University.
- Assistant Professor, Business and Management

Fox, Nathan A. Regular Member
A.B., Williams College, 1970; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1975.
- Professor, Education: Human Development
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Fox-Rabinovitz, Michael Regular Member
Ph.D.; Moscow State University, M.S.; Moscow State University
- Senior Research Scientist, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Fox-Rabinovitz, Michael S. Adjunct Member
M.S. Moscow State University, 1959; Ph.D., World Meteorological Center, 1964.
- Senior Research Scientist, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center

Fradkin, Robert A. Regular Member
B.A., Boston University, 1973; M.A., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1976; Ph.D.,1985.
- Assistant Professor, Asian and East European Languages and Cultures
- Assistant Professor, Asian and East European Languages and Cultures

Fraistat, Neil R. Regular Member
B.A., University of Connecticut-Storrs, 1974; M.A.,University of Pennsylvania, 1976; Ph.D., 1979.
- Director, English Language and Literature
- Professor, English Language and Literature

Francescato, Guido Regular Member
B.Arch.,University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1959; M.Arch., 1966.
- Professor, Architecture

Franda, Marcus Regular Member
B.A., Beloit College, 1959; A.M., University of Chicago, 1960; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1966.
- Professor, Government and Politics

Frank, Howard Regular Member
B.S.,University of Miami, 1962; M.S., Northwestern University, 1964; Ph.D., 1965.
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Professor, Business and Management
- Professor, Business and Management

Franklin, Jon Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland, 1970
- Professor, Journalism

Franklin, Manoj Regular Member
B.S., University of Kerala, 1984; M.S.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990; Ph.D., 1993.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for

Franklin, Michael J. Regular Member
B.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1983; M.S.E., Wang Institute of Graduate Studies, 1986; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993.
- Associate Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for

Franks, Burleigh Don Regular Member
B.S.Ed., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville,1960; M.Ed., 1961; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1967.
- Professor Emeritus, Kinesiology

Frauwirth, Kenneth Regular Member
B.S., Brown University, 1992; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1997.
- Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Frebertshauser, Denise Elaine Regular Member
B.S.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1991; M.S., 1998.
- Agent, Cooperative Extension Service
- Agent, Extension Service Carroll

Fredericksen, Brenda Regular Member
Ph.D. University of Tennessee Health Science Center-1997
- Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Frederik Meer, Laurie Regular Member
B.A., University of Virginia, 1990; B.A. Honors, University of Cape Town, 1993; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2006.
- Assistant Professor, Theatre

Frederiksen, Elke P. Regular Member
B.A., University of Kiel, 1962; M.A., 1962; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1965; Ph.D.,University of Colorado-Boulder, 1973.
- Professor, German Literature and Language
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Freed, Eric Adjunct Member
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Freedman, Morris Regular Member
B.A., City University of New York-City College, 1941; M.A., Columbia University, 1950; Ph.D., 1953.
- Professor Emeritus, English Language and Literature
- Professor Emeritus, Honors

Freidenberg, Judith N. Regular Member
M.A., University of Buenos Aires, 1969; Ph.D., City University of New York-Graduate School & Univ. Center, 1978.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Aging, Center on
- Associate Professor, Anthropology

Freidlin, Mark I. Regular Member
M.S., Moscow State University, 1959; Ph.D.,Steklov Mathematical Institute, 1962; Doctor, Moscow State University, 1970.
- Distinguished University Professor, Mathematics
- Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Distinguished University Professor, Mathematical Statistics

Frels, Judy K. Regular Member
M.B.A., University of Texas-Austin, 1988; B.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1999.
- Assistant Professor, Business and Management

Fretz, Bruce R. Regular Member
B.A., Gettysburg College, 1961; M.A., Ohio State University, 1963; Ph.D.,1965.
- Professor Emeritus, Psychology

Fretz, Thomas A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1964; M.S., University of Delaware, 1966; Ph.D., 1970.
- Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Director, Maryland Cooperative Extension & Agricultural Experiment Station

Freund, David Regular Member
PhD, University of Michigan, 1999
- Associate Professor, History

Fried, Susan K Regular Member
A.B., Barnard College, 1974, M.S.,Columbia University, 1975, Ph.D. Columbia University, 1980.
- Professor, Nutrition

Friedel, Robert D. Regular Member
B.A., Brown University, 1971; M.S., University of London,1972; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1977.
- Professor, History

Friedman, Thomas Special Member
B.S., University of Michigan 1966 Ph.D., University of Michigan 1971
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Fries-Britt, Sharon LaVonne Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1981; M.A., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1983; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1994.
- Associate Professor, Education: Policy and Leadership
- Associate Professor, Education Leadership, Higher Education, and International Education

Frisch, Andrea Regular Member
B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1996
- Associate Professor, French Language and Literature
- Associate Professor, Modern French Studies

Frisch, Mathias Regular Member
M.A., Berkeley, 1994; Ph.D., Berkeley, 1998.
- Associate Professor, Philosophy
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.

Fry, Gladys M. Regular Member
B.A., Howard University, 1952; M.A., 1954; Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1967.
- Professor Emerita, English Language and Literature

Fry, James H. Regular Member
B.Mus., Southern Methodist University, 1971; M.Mus., 1974; Ph.D.,University of Rochester, 1977.
- Associate Professor, Music

Fu, Chung C. Regular Member
B.S.,National Taiwan University, 1972; M.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1975; Ph.D., 1982.
- Research Professor, Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fu, Michael C. Regular Member
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985; S.M., 1985; S.M., Harvard University, 1986; Ph.D., 1989.
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor, Business and Management
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Fuegi, John B. Regular Member
B.A., Pomona College, 1961; Ph.D., University of Southern California-Los Angeles, 1967.
- Professor, German Literature and Language
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies

Fuhrer, Michael Regular Member
Ph.D., Univ. of CA - Berkeley, 1998
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
- Associate Professor, Physics

Fullinwider, Robert K. Adjunct Member
B.A., University of Kentucky, 1964; M.A., Purdue University, 1967; Ph.D., 1970.
- Senior Research Scholar, Philosophy and Public Policy, Institute for
- Senior Research Scholar, Public Policy

Fultz, Stanley W. Regular Member
B.S., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1982; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1984.
- Senior Agent, Cooperative Extension Service
- Senior Agent, Extension Service Frederick

Fushman, David Regular Member
M.S., University of Kazan, 1978; Ph.D., University of Kazan, 1985.
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
- Professor, Biophysics
- Professor, Chemistry