CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Graduate Study
CHAPTER 2
Admission and
Registration
CHAPTER 3
Degree
Requirements
CHAPTER 4
Fields
of Study
CHAPTER 5
Members of
Graduate Studies
Committees
APPENDIX
Course
Abbreviations
Members of Graduate Studies Committees
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The faculty members listed here were members of Graduate Studies Committees during the spring semester 2000-2001; the titles shown are for that period.
Yosio Nakamura, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
Rigakushi, Tohuku Daigaku, 1956; MS, 1958; PhD, Pennsylvania State, 1963
David Nancarrow, Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance
BA, Virginia, 1960; MFA, Yale, 1963; PhD, Birmingham, 1975
Susan Napier, Associate Professor, Center for Asian Studies and Department of Asian Studies
BA, Harvard, 1977; MA, 1980; PhD, 1984
Ponnanda A. Narayana, Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
BSc, Andhra, 1963; MSc, 1965; PhD, Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), 1969
James A. Neely, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Center for Middle Eastern Studies
BA, Mexico City College, 1958; MA, Arizona, 1968; PhD, 1974
Yuval Ne'eman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics
BS, Technion--Machon Technology L'Israel, 1945; Diploma in Engineering, 1946; DEM, ecole superieure de Guerre, 1952; DIC, PhD, London, 1961; DSc (hon), Technion--Machon Technology L'Israel, 1966
Kristin D. Neff, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
BA, California (Los Angeles), 1988; MA, California (Berkeley), 1992; PhD, 1997
Neil R. Nehring, Associate Professor, Department of English
BA, Kansas, 1978; MA, 1980; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1985
Dean P. Neikirk, Professor, Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor in Engineering No. 7, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSPhy&Math, Oklahoma State, 1979; MSApplPhy, California Institute of Technology, 1981; PhD, 1983
Anton Nel, Assistant Professor, Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor in Organ or Piano Performance, School of Music
BMusic, Witwatersrand, 1983; MMusic, Cincinnati, 1984
Richard Neptune, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSME, California (Davis), 1991; MSME, 1993; PhD, 1996
R. Steven Nerem, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BS, Colorado State, 1982; MSE, Texas (Austin), 1985; PhD, 1989
William R. Nethercut, Professor, Department of Classics
BA, Harvard, 1958; MA, Columbia, 1960; PhD, 1963
Scott Nettles, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSCh, Michigan State, 1984; MSCS, Carnegie Mellon, 1992; PhD, 1995
Joan Neuberger, Associate Professor, Department of History
BA, Grinnell College, 1975; MA, Stanford, 1978; PhD, 1985
B. David Neubert, Professor, School of Music
BA, San Jose State, 1974; MMusic, Rochester, 1975; DMA, Texas (Austin), 1982
Mary C. Neuburger, Assistant Professor, Department of History
BA, Oregon, 1990; MA, Washington (Seattle), 1993; PhD, 1997
David P. Neumeyer, Professor, Leslie Waggener Professor in the College of Fine Arts, School of Music
BMusic, Michigan State (East Lansing), 1972; MPhil, Yale, 1975; PhD, 1976
Horace M. Newcomb, Professor, F. J. Heyne Centennial Professor in Communication, Department of Radio-Television-Film
BA, Mississippi College, 1964; MA, Chicago, 1965; PhD, 1969
D. Paul Newman, Professor, Clark W. Thompson Jr. Chair in Accounting, Department of Accounting
BBA, Texas Tech, 1972; MBA, North Texas State, 1974; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1977; CPA, Texas, 1975
Martha G. Newman, Associate Professor, Department of History
BA, Harvard, 1980; MA, Stanford, 1982; PhD, 1988
Adam Zachary Newton, Associate Professor, Department of English and Center for Middle Eastern Studies
BA, Haverford College, 1980; MA, San Francisco State, 1988; PhD, Harvard, 1992
Steven P. Nichols, PE, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSME, Texas (Austin), 1972; MSME, 1973; PhD, 1975; JD, 1983
James R. Nicolopulos, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
BA, California (Berkeley), 1985; MA, 1987; PhD, 1992
Chiyo Nishida, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
BA, Jochi Daigaku, 1971; MA, 1979; MA, Arizona, 1984; PhD, 1987
Qian Niu, Associate Professor, Department of Physics
BS, Peking, 1981; MS, Washington (Seattle), 1983; PhD, 1985
Kevin P. Noe, Assistant Professor, School of Music
BMusic, North Texas, 1992; MMusic, Rice, 1995
Alfred L. Norman, Professor, Department of Economics
BA, Harvard, 1958; MA, California (Los Angeles), 1966; PhD, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1971
Gordon S. Novak Jr., Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BSEE, Texas (Austin), 1969; MA, 1971; PhD, 1976
Jacek Nowakowski, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, Illinois (Chicago), 1992; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1996
Brian Scott Nunez, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Science
BA, BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1988; MS, Old Dominion, 1991; PhD, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1996
Melvin E. L. Oakes, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Physics
BS, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1958; PhD, Florida State, 1964
Leslie C. O'Bell, Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
BA, Radcliffe College, 1968; MA, Harvard, 1971; PhD, 1977
Cesar A. Ocampo, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BSAsE, Kansas, 1990; MSAsE, Colorado (Boulder), 1991; PhD, 1996
James T. O'Connor, PE, Professor, C. T. Wells Professor in Project Management, Department of Civil Engineering
BSArchE, Oklahoma State, 1979; MArch, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1980; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1983
Edward W. Odell, Professor, Department of Mathematics
BA, State University of New York (Binghamton), 1969; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975
J. Tinsley Oden, PE, Professor, Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering (No. 2), Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and Department of Mathematics
BS, Louisiana State, 1959; MS, Oklahoma State, 1960; PhD, 1962
Michael Oden, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
BA, Texas (Austin), 1976; PhD, New School for Social Research, 1992
Dannielle Corboy O'Donnell, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
BSPhr, Rutgers, 1992; PharmD, 1993
Gerald S. Oettinger, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
BA, California (Davis), 1987; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
Theresa O'Halloran, Assistant Professor, Section of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
BA, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1978; PhD, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1986
Thomas J. O'Hare, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Germanic Studies; Associate Professor of Education
BS, Marquette, 1959; MA, South Dakota, 1962; PhD, Texas, 1964
Marvin N. Olasky, Professor, School of Journalism
BA, Yale, 1971; MA, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1974; PhD, 1976
Paul Olefsky, Professor, School of Music
Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music, 1947
Melissa L. Olive, Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education
BS, Middle Tennessee State, 1990; MEd, Vanderbilt, 1992; PhD, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1999
J. Patrick Olivelle, Professor, Alma Cowden Madden Centennial Professor, Center for Asian Studies and Department of Asian Studies
BA(Hons), Oxford, 1972; PhD, Pennsylvania, 1974; MA, Oxford, 1977
Daniel M. Olsen, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BFA, Wisconsin (Milwaukee), 1985; MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1990
Jon E. Olson, Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
BSCE, BSEarthSci, Notre Dame, 1984; PhD, Stanford, 1991
Roy E. Olson, PE, Professor, L. P. Gilvin Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
BS, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1953; MSCE, 1955; PhD, Illinois, 1960
Robert Olwell, Associate Professor, Department of History
BA, Wisconsin (Milwaukee), 1983; MA, 1985; MA, Johns Hopkins, 1988; PhD, 1991
Alba A. Ortiz, Ashbel Smith Professor, Department of Special Education
BS, Southwest Texas State, 1969; MEd, 1970; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1976
Martha N. Ovando, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration
BA, New Mexico, 1975; MA, 1976; PhD, Utah, 1981
Deborah J. Overdorff, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
BA, University of the South, 1985; PhD, Duke, 1991
Irene Owens, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
BS, Barber-Scotia College, 1964; MLS, Maryland (College Park), 1971; PhD, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1995
Sonia Paban, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
BSPhy, Universitat de Barcelona, 1984; PhD, 1988
Yolanda C. Padilla, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
BA, BSW, Texas (Austin), 1979; MSSW, 1980; MA, Michigan, 1990; PhD, 1992
Brian L. Pagenkopf, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1991; PhD, Montana State (Bozeman), 1996
Thomas G. Palaima, Professor, Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor (No. 2), Department of Classics
BA, Boston College, 1973; PhD, Wisconsin (Madison), 1980
Bruce P. Palka, Professor, Department of Mathematics
BS, Notre Dame, 1965; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1972
Ruth A. Palmquist, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
BS, Nebraska (Omaha), 1966; MA, Iowa, 1976; PhD, Syracuse, 1990
Marcus G. Pandy, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education and Department of Mechanical Engineering
BE, Monash, 1981; MES, 1983; PhD, Ohio State (Columbus), 1987
Jose L. Panero, Assistant Professor, Section of Integrative Biology
BA, Miami, 1984; MS, Tennessee (Knoxville), 1986; PhD, 1990
Mitko Panov, Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film
MA, Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Filmowa, Televizijna i Teatralna im. Leona Szylera, 1988
Ronald Lee Panton, PE, Professor, J. H. Herring Centennial Professor in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BA, BSME, Wichita State, 1956; MS, Wisconsin, 1962; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1966
Philip Owen Paolino, Assistant Professor, Department of Government
BA, Washington (St. Louis), 1988; MA, Duke, 1991; PhD, 1994
David M. Parichy, Assistant Professor, Section of Integrative Biology
BA, Reed College, 1991; PhD, California (Davis), 1997
John S. W. Park, Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies
BA, California (Berkeley), 1991; MA, Harvard, 1993; PhD, California (Berkeley), 2000
Douglass Stott Parker, Professor, Department of Classics
BA, Michigan, 1949; MA, Princeton, 1951; PhD, 1952
Randall M. Parker, Professor, Melissa Elizabeth Stuart Centennial Professor in Education, Department of Special Education
BS, Wisconsin, 1962; MS, 1964; PhD, Missouri (Columbia), 1970
Camille Parmesan, Assistant Professor, Section of Integrative Biology
BSZoo, Texas (Austin), 1984; PhD, 1995
Robert Parrino, Associate Professor, Department of Finance
BSChE, Lehigh, 1978; MBA, College of William and Mary, 1980; MSBA, Rochester, 1991; PhD, 1992
Robert G. Paterson, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
BA, Florida Atlantic, 1984; MPA, 1985; PhD, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1993
Charles Patrick, Assistant Professor, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
BS, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1990; PhD, Rice, 1994
Nelson Gray Patrick, Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Music
BSEd, Texas Technological College, 1940; MEd, 1947; EdD, Texas, 1954
Yale N. Patt, Professor, Ernest Cockrell Jr. Centennial Chair in Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE, Northeastern, 1962; MSEE, Stanford, 1963; PhD, 1966
Donald R. Paul, PE, Professor, Melvin H. Gertz Regents Chair in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
BS, North Carolina State College, 1961; MS, Wisconsin, 1963; PhD, 1965
Tanya T. Paull, Assistant Professor, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
BS, MS, Stanford, 1991; PhD, California (Los Angeles), 1996
Shelley M. Payne, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
BA, Rice, 1972; PhD, Texas Health Science Center (Dallas), 1977
Gordon Peacock, Professor, Frank C. Erwin Jr. Centennial Professor in Drama, Department of Theatre and Dance
BEd, Alberta, 1949; MFA, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1952
John A. Pearce, Professor, Temple Foundation Endowed Professor (No. 3), Biomedical Engineering Program and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSME, Clemson, 1968; MSME, 1971; MSEE, Purdue, 1977; PhD, 1980
Robert S. Pearlman, Professor, Coulter R. Sublett Chair in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
BS, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1970; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1975
Edward R. Pearsall, Assistant Professor, School of Music
BS, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1976; MMusicEd, Missouri (Kansas City), 1986; PhD, Wisconsin (Madison), 1994
Gunther W. Peck, Associate Professor, Department of History
BA, Princeton, 1984; MA, Wisconsin (Madison), 1989; MPhil, Yale, 1991; PhD, 1994
Glenn Peers, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BA, Acadia, 1984; MA, McGill, 1987; PhD, Johns Hopkins, 1995
Richard H. Pells, Professor, Department of History
BA, Rutgers (New Brunswick), 1963; MA, Harvard, 1964; PhD, 1969
Elizabeth D. Pena, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
BA, Redlands, 1982; MS, San Francisco State, 1984; PhD, Temple, 1993
Suzanne M. Pence, Assistant Professor, School of Music
BMusicEd, Millikin, 1981; MMusicEd, Wichita State, 1983; DMA, Missouri (Kansas City), 1993
James W. Pennebaker, Professor, Department of Psychology
BA, Eckerd College, 1972; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1977
Joy H. Penticuff, RN, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Endowed Professor in Nursing, School of Nursing
BSN, Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, 1968; MA, MSN, Case Western Reserve, 1973; PhD, 1975
Melanie S. Percy, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
BS, Old Dominion, 1980; MSN, Seton Hall, 1989; PhD, South Carolina (Columbia), 1994
Francisco L. Perez, Professor, Department of Geography
Licenciado de Arquitectura, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1973; MLA, California (Berkeley), 1976; PhD, 1985
Paula J. Perlman, Associate Professor, Department of Classics
BA, California (Santa Cruz), 1973; MA, California (Berkeley), 1978; PhD, 1984
Dewayne E. Perry, Professor, Motorola Regents Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA, Westmont College, 1962; MSCS, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1977; PhD, 1978
Hersel Watson Perry Jr., Associate Professor, Department of Government and School of Law
BA, Southern Methodist, 1974; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1987
Bogdan P. Perzynski, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History
Magister Sztuki, Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Sztuk Plastycznych (Poznan), 1979
Ekwere J. Peters, PE, Professor, George H. Fancher Professor in Petroleum Engineering, and Frank W. Jessen Professor in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
BS, Leicester, 1971; MS, Alberta, 1975; PhD, 1979
Bradley R. Petersen, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BA, Georgia, 1968; BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1970; MFA, Georgia, 1975
Fred L. Peterson Jr., Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
BS, Toledo, 1972; MS, 1978; PhD, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1981
Robert A. Peterson, Professor, John T. Stuart III Centennial Chair in Business, Department of Marketing Administration
BSB, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1966; MS, 1968; PhD, 1970
Anthony J. Petrosino, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
BS, Creighton, 1984; MA, Columbia, 1990; PhD, Vanderbilt, 1998
Donald G. Phelps, Professor, W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Administration
BEd, Seattle, 1959; MEd, 1963; EdD, Washington (Seattle), 1983
David J. Phillips, Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film
BFA, New York, 1978; MSE, Pennsylvania, 1987; MA, 1994; PhD, 1998
Stephen H. Phillips, Professor, Center for Asian Studies, Department of Asian Studies, and Department of Philosophy
BA, Harvard, 1975; PhD, 1982
Eric R. Pianka, Professor, Denton A. Cooley Centennial Professor in Zoology, Section of Integrative Biology
BA, Carleton College, 1960; PhD, Washington (Seattle), 1965
Hana Pichova, Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
BS, Wisconsin (Madison), 1984; MA, 1985; MA, 1987; PhD, 1991
Russell F. Pinkston, Associate Professor, School of Music
BA, Dartmouth College, 1975; MA, Columbia, 1978; DMA, 1984
Harvey C. Pittel, Professor, School of Music
BMusic, Southern California, 1965; MMusic, Northwestern, 1966
David E. Platt, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting
BSEcon, Pennsylvania, 1981; MBA, Syracuse, 1989; PhD, Cornell, 1997; CPA, Pennsylvania, 1983; CPA, New York, 1986
Charles Gregory Plaxton, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BSc, Toronto, 1985; PhD, Stanford, 1989
Augusto L. Podio, PE, Professor, H. B. (Burt) Harkins Jr. Professor in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
BSPE, Texas (Austin), 1963; MSPE, 1965; PhD, 1968
Martin Poenie, Associate Professor, Section of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
BA, California State (Northridge), 1973; MA, California State (Fullerton), 1979; PhD, Stanford, 1986
Paula M. Poindexter, Associate Professor, Department of Advertising and School of Journalism
BSRTF, Texas (Austin), 1972; MA, Syracuse, 1977; PhD, 1980
George D. Pollak, Professor, Section of Neurobiology
BS, American, 1964; PhD, Maryland, 1970
Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
BA, North Carolina (Asheville), 1980; MSW, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1984; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1994
Dennis L. Poole, Professor, School of Social Work
BA, St. Anselm College, 1973; MSW, West Virginia, 1975; PhD, Brandeis, 1979
Gary A. Pope, PE, Professor, Texaco Centennial Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
BSChE, Oklahoma State, 1967; PhD, Rice, 1972
Calin M. Popescu, PE, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
BSCE, Institutul de Constructii Bucuresti, 1958; MS in Economics in Construction, Institutul politehnic "Gheorghe Gheorghiu-dej" Bucuresti, 1969; Diploma de Doctor, Institutul de Constructii Bucuresti, 1971
Elmira Popova, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
MSMath, Sofiiski Universitet "Kliment Ohridski," 1985; PhD, Case Western Reserve, 1995
Bruce W. Porter, Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BS, California (Irvine), 1977; MS, 1982; PhD, 1984
John W. Porter, PE, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BA, Rice Institute, 1959; MS, California Institute of Technology, 1960; PhD, 1963
Joseph E. Potter, Professor, Department of Sociology
BA, Yale, 1968; MPA, Princeton, 1973; PhD, 1975
Scot Powe, Professor, Anne Green Regents Chair, Department of Government and School of Law
BA, Yale, 1965; JD, Washington (Seattle), 1968
Daniel A. Powers, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
BA, Wisconsin (Madison), 1976; MS, 1984; PhD, 1991
Edward Joseph Powers Jr., PE, Professor, Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation Professor in Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE, Tufts, 1957; MSEE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; PhD, Stanford, 1965
Robert A. Prentice, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Ed and Molly Smith Centennial Professor in Business Law, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BA, Kansas, 1972; JD, Washburn University of Topeka, 1975
Ilya Prigogine, Regental Professor; Ashbel Smith Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Physics
Licence en sciences physiques, Universite libre de Bruxelles, 1939; Docteur en sciences chimiques, 1941
David F. Prindle, Professor, Department of Government
BA, California (Santa Cruz), 1970; MA, California (Los Angeles), 1972; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977
Thomas W. Pullum, Professor, Center for Asian Studies and Department of Sociology
BA, Stanford, 1964; MA, Chicago, 1967; PhD, 1971
Kevin M. Putz, Assistant Professor, School of Music
BMusic, Rochester, 1984; MMusic, Yale, 1996; DMA, Rochester, 1999
Si Zhao J. Qin, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
BSChE, National Tsing Hua, 1984; MSChE, 1987; PhD, Maryland (College Park), 1992
John M. Quinn, Professor, George Christian Centennial Professor, School of Journalism
BJ, Texas (Austin), 1956; JD, 1981
Members of Graduate Studies Committees
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Contents
Chapter 1 - Graduate Study
Chapter 2 - Admission and Registration
Chapter 3 - Degree Requirements
Chapter 4 - Fields of Study
Chapter 5 - Members of Graduate Studies Committees
Appendix - Course Abbreviations
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