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Dr. John Shannon, Dean

Dr. John Shannon

Dean, Jannen School of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Foreign and Second Language Education

260.665.4891 | shannonj@tristate.edu

Ann Benson
Department Chair
Associate Professor of Chemistry
260.665.4256 | bensona@tristate.edu
William (Bill) Barge
Assistant Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science
260.665.4298 | bargeb@tristate.edu
Mike Biegas
Assistant Professor of History
260.665.4236 | biegasm@tristate.edu
Dr. W. Brooks Bigelow
Associate Professor of Chemistry
260.665.4254 | bigelowb@tristate.edu
Dr. Michael Blaz
Professor of Psychology and Ethics
260.665.4211 | blazm@tristate.edu
Tim Carver
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
260.665.4234 | carvert@tristate.edu

Brandy DePriest

English Instructor

260.665.4205 | depriestb@tristate.edu

Les Edgerton

Visiting Professor of English

260.665.4849 | edgertonl@tristate.edu

John Fiandt
Assistant Professor of History
260.665.4208 | fiandtj@tristate.edu

Jason Hartz

Adjunct Instructor

Music Program

260.665.4851 | hartzj@tristate.edu

Timothy Hopp
Assistant Professor of English & Theatre Arts
Director of the Writing Center
260.665.4852 | hoppt@tristate.edu
Dr. Donald Jones
Associate Professor of Communication
& Rhetoric
260.665.4866 | jonesd@tristate.edu
Dr. Ira Jones
Professor of Biology
260.665.4249 | jonesi@tristate.edu

Mark Kays

Director of Music

Director of Bands

260.665.4210 | kaysm@tristate.edu

Dr. Haseeb Kazi
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
260.665.4248 | kazih@tristate.edu
Dr. Chad Keefer
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
260.665.4246 | keeferc@tristate.edu
Craig Laker
Department Chair
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
260.665.4862 | lakerc@tristate.edu
Suzanne Lenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
260.665.4202 | lenharts@tristate.edu

Gail Lugo

Director, English as a Second Language Program

260.665.4863 | lugog@tristate.edu

Dan Matthews
Associate Professor of Computer Science
260.665.4247 | matthewsd@tristate.edu

Mike McNamara

Department Chair and Assistant Professor

Department of Communication

260.665.4861 | mcnamaram@tristate.edu

 

John C. Milliken
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
260.665.4206 | millikenj@tristate.edu
Dr. Vicki Moravec
Associate Professor of Chemistry
260.665.4257 | moravecv@tristate.edu
Dr. Lisa Murphy
Assistant Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science
260.665.4197 | murphyl@tristate.edu
Dr. Cindy Neyer
Assistant Professor of Physics
260.665.4258 | neyerc@tristate.edu

Kristine Palmer

Instructor of Biology

260.665.4582 | palmerk@tristate.edu

Dr. Dennis Petrie
Professor of English and Humanities
260.665.4204 | petried@tristate.edu
Dr. Jeanine Samuelson
Adjunct Professor of English and Communicationss
260.665.4854 | samuelsonj@tristate.edu
Dr. Steve Schonefeld
Associate Professor of Mathematics
260.665.4245 | schonefelds@tristate.edu

Dr. Bill Sluis

Assistant Professor of Biology

260.665.4500 | sluisw@tristate.edu

Marlene Sweet

Psychology Instructor

260.665.4199 | sweetm@tristate.edu

David Syler
Department Chair
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
260.665.4244 | sylerd@tristate.edu
Dr. Dolores Tichenor
Professor of Mathematics
Director, Institutional Planning and Analysis
Assistant VP, Study Abroad
260.665.4113 | tichenord@tristate.edu
Dr. Tom Tierney
Professor of English and Humanities
Director of the Humanities Institute
260.665.4201 | tierneyt@tristate.edu
Dr. Debra Van Rie
Professor of Mathematics
260.665.4253 | vanried@tristate.edu
Sean Wagner
Assistant Professor of Geography and Sociology
260.665.4219 | wagners@tristate.edu
Kathie Wentworth
Assistant Professor of English and Commumnications
Christina Zumbrun
Mathematics Instructor
260.665.4242 | zumbrunc@tristate.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Mark Babb, Music Program

Sue Baker, English as a Second Language Program

Randi Barr, Mathematics and Computer Science
Kandee Heisler, English

Frank Jagoda, Criminal Justice, Psychology and Social Sciences
Greg Kenner, Criminal Justice, Psychology and Social Sciences

Ted Lantz, Criminal Justice, Psychology and Social Sciences

Suzanne Lenhart, Criminal Justice, Psychology and Social Sciences

Lyn Osborn, English

Adelle Schwan, Criminal Justice, Psychology and Social Sciences

Neil Shamberg, Criminal Justice, Psychology & Social Science
James Simons, Mathematics
Cheryl Skiba-Jones, English and Communication

Thomas Smith, Criminal Justice, Psychology and Social Sciences

 

FACULTY EMERITI


(Date in parentheses denotes year of affiliation with Tri-State.)

Jerry Beehler (1969)

Professor Emeritus, 2005; Mathematics

Jack Brillhart (1979)
Associate Professor Emeritus, 2002; Mathematics

Thomas Burney (1971)

Professor Emeritus, 1994; Social Sciences

Robert H. Cunningham (1961)
Professor Emeritus, 1995; Physics

Paul F. Eble (1957)
Professor Emeritus, 1981; Physics

Ima Lee Heier (1968)
Professor Emeritus, 1992; Mathematics

Pete Hippensteel (1964)
Professor Emeritus, 2005; Biology

Joan Karbach (1994)
Prof Emeritus, 2006; English

Richard Kruger (1965)
Associate Proffesor Emeritus, 2006; Mathematics

Theron Lansford (1964)

Professor Emeritus, 1999; Psychology

Derald Moore (1968)

Professor Emeritus, 1998; Social Sciences

John E. Morin (1966)
Professor Emeritus, 2004; Social Sciences

Chester A. Pinkham (1967)
Professor Emeritus, 2002; Chemistry

Richard Ruselink (1966)
Associate Professor Emeritus, 2004; Mathematics

Ronald E. Scheffer (1967)
Professor Emeritus, 2005; History

Donald T. Zimmer (1973)

Professor Emeritus, 1995; Social Sciences

James Zimmerman (1973)
Professor Emeritus, 2005; Social Sciences


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