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.
Warwick P. Wadlington, Professor, Joan Negley Kelleher Centennial Professor in Rhetoric and Composition, Department of English
BS, United States Military Academy, 1961; MA, Tulane, 1966; PhD, 1967
Robert Harrison Wagner, Professor, Department of Government
BA, Rice Institute, 1958; BA, Oxford, 1960; MA, 1964; PhD, Harvard, 1966
Terry John Wagner, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS, California (Berkeley), 1959; MS, 1961; PhD, 1963
Lonnie H. Wagstaff, Professor, M. K. Hage Centennial Professor in Education, Department of Educational Administration
BS, Alabama State, 1955; MEd, 1962; EdD, Oklahoma, 1969
Louis A. Waldman, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BA, Hunter College, 1989; MA, New York, 1993; PhD, 1999
James R. Walker, Professor, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
BS, Northwestern State College, 1960; PhD, Texas, 1963
Lorraine O. Walker, RN, Professor, Luci B. Johnson Centennial Professor in Nursing, School of Nursing
BSN, Dayton, 1963; MSNEd, Indiana (Indianapolis), 1965; EdD, 1971
Sheila S. Walker, Professor, Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts, Center for African and African American Studies and Department of Anthropology
BA, Bryn Mawr College, 1966; MA, Chicago, 1969; PhD, 1976
Rodger M. Walser, Professor, Annis and Jack Bowen Endowed Professor in Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE, Michigan, 1959; MSEE, 1961; PhD, 1967
Keith Walters, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Center for Middle Eastern Studies
BA, Furman, 1975; MA, South Carolina (Columbia), 1981; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1989
C. Michael Walton, PE, Professor, Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
BSCE, Virginia Military Institute, 1963; MCE, North Carolina State, 1969; PhD, 1971
Kathryn G. Wambach, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
BS, Purdue, 1973; MSW, Florida State, 1980; PhD, 1992
Peter Ward, Professor, C. B. Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in United States-Mexico Relations, Department of Geography, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and Department of Sociology
BA, Hull, 1973; PhD, Liverpool, 1976
David C. Warner, Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
BA, Princeton, 1963; MPA, Syracuse, 1965; PhD, 1969
Tandy Warnow, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BA, California (Berkeley), 1984; PhD, 1991
E. Mark Warr, Professor, Department of Sociology
BA, Pacific Lutheran, 1974; MA, Arizona, 1976; PhD, 1979
Ellen A. Wartella, Professor, Walter Cronkite Regents Chair in Communication, and Mrs. Mary Gibbs Jones Centennial Chair in Communication, Department of Radio-Television-Film
BA, Pittsburgh (Main Campus), 1971; MA, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1974; PhD, 1977
Samuel Craig Watkins, Assistant Professor, Center for African and African American Studies and Department of Radio-Television-Film
BA, Texas (Austin), 1988; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1994
Connie D. Weaver, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting
BSChE, Texas (Austin), 1983; MPA, Texas (Arlington), 1985; PhD, Arizona State, 1997; CPA, Texas, 1986
Stephen E. Webber, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BA, Washington (St. Louis), 1962; PhD, Chicago, 1965
Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education
BA, Knox College, 1975; MA, Northeastern Illinois, 1984; EdD, Illinois State, 1994
Stephen Wechsler, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
BA, California (Berkeley), 1979; PhD, Stanford, 1991
Steven Weinberg, Regental Professor; Professor, Jack S. Josey-Welch Foundation Chair in Science, Department of Astronomy and Department of Physics
BA, Cornell, 1954; PhD, Princeton, 1957
Claire Ellen Weinstein, Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
BS, Brooklyn College, 1967; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1975
John Weinstock, Professor, Department of Germanic Studies
BSME, Wisconsin, 1957; PhD, 1967
Lois R. Weinthal, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
BArch, BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, 1993; MArch, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1998
Sidney Weintraub, Professor Emeritus, Dean Rusk Chair in the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
BBA, City College (New York), 1943; BJ, MA, Missouri, 1948; MA, Yale, 1958; PhD, American, 1966
A. J. Welch, PE, Professor, Marion E. Forsman Centennial Professor in Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE, Texas Technological College, 1955; MSEE, Southern Methodist, 1959; PhD, Rice, 1964
Dan E. Welcher, Professor, The Lee Hage Jamail Regents Professor in Fine Arts, School of Music
BMusic, Rochester, 1969; MMusic, Manhattan School of Music, 1972
Max R. Westbrook, Professor Emeritus, Department of English
BA, Baylor, 1949; MA, Oklahoma, 1953; PhD, Texas, 1960
James D. Westphal, Assistant Professor, Department of Management
BA, California (Davis), 1988; MS, Northwestern, 1993; PhD, 1996
Alexandra K. Wettlaufer, Associate Professor, Department of French and Italian
BA, Princeton, 1982; MPhil, Columbia, 1989; PhD, 1993
David Anthony Wevill, Professor, Department of English
BA, Cambridge, 1957; MA, 1969
Dan L. Wheat, PE, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
BSCE, Colorado (Boulder), 1969; MSCE, Denver, 1973; PhD, Colorado State, 1980
Harovel G. Wheat, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BA, Colorado (Boulder), 1969; MSMetallurgy, Denver, 1974; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1985
J. Craig Wheeler, Professor, Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor in Astronomy, Department of Astronomy
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965; PhD, Colorado (Boulder), 1969
Mary F. Wheeler, Professor, Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair in Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Department of Mathematics, and Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
BA, BS, Texas, 1960; MA, 1963; PhD, Rice, 1971
Frank Whigham, Professor, Department of English
BA, Occidental College, 1967; MA, San Diego State, 1970; PhD, California (San Diego), 1976
Andrew B. Whinston, Professor, Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair in Business Administration, Department of Computer Sciences, Department of Economics, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BA, Michigan, 1957; MS, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1960; PhD, 1962
Thomas Bacon Whitbread, Professor, Department of English
BA, Amherst College, 1952; MA, Harvard, 1953; PhD, 1959
Barbara W. White, Professor, Centennial Professor in Leadership for Community, Professional, and Corporate Excellence, School of Social Work
BS, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical, 1964; BS, Florida State, 1974; MSW, 1975; PhD, 1986
John M. White, Professor, The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry (Materials Chemistry), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, Harding College, 1960; MS, Illinois, 1962; PhD, 1966
L. Michael White, Professor, Department of Classics
BA, Abilene Christian, 1971; MA, 1973; MDiv, Yale, 1975; MA, 1977; MPhil, 1978; PhD, 1982
Stephen A. White, Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Department of Philosophy
BA, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1978; MA, 1980; PhD, Nebraska (Lincoln), 1981; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1987
Christian P. Whitman, Professor, College of Pharmacy
BS, Connecticut, 1979; PhD, California (San Francisco), 1984
David Charles Whitney, Professor, School of Journalism
BA, Clemson, 1968; PhD, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1978
Susan Whyne, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BFA, Cooper Union, 1968; MA, San Francisco State College, 1974
Frank W. Wicker, Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
BA, Texas Christian, 1959; MA, 1961; PhD, Princeton, 1966
Nichole Wiedemann, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
BDesign, Florida, 1989; MArch, Princeton, 1992
Gary B. Wilcox, Professor, John A. Beck Centennial Professor in Communication, Department of Advertising
BBA, Texas (Austin), 1974; MA, 1977; PhD, Michigan State, 1982
Richard E. Wilcox, Professor, College of Pharmacy
BAPsy, Butler, 1968; MS, Southern Illinois, 1974; PhD, 1976
Peter J. Wilcoxen, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
BA, Colorado (Boulder), 1982; MA, Harvard, 1985; PhD, 1989
Walter Wilczynski, Professor, Section of Neurobiology and Department of Psychology
BA, BS, Lehigh, 1974; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1978
Darlene Wiley, Professor, School of Music
BMusic, College of Wooster, 1967; MMusic, Illinois, 1969
Karin Wilkins, Associate Professor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Department of Radio-Television-Film
BA, Bucknell, 1984; MA, Pennsylvania, 1987; PhD, 1991
Lynn R. Wilkinson, Associate Professor, Department of Germanic Studies
BA, California (Santa Barbara), 1973; MA, California (Berkeley), 1975; PhD, 1983
Barbara E. Williams, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
BA, Lamar State College of Technology, 1959; MSW, State University of New York (Buffalo), 1962; PhD, Texas Medical Branch (Galveston), 1981
Christine L. Williams, Professor, Department of Sociology
BA, Oklahoma, 1980; MA, California (Berkeley), 1982; PhD, 1986
Roberton C. Williams III, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
AB, Harvard, 1994; PhD, Stanford, 1999
Robert O. Williams III, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy
BS, Texas A&M, 1979; BSPhr, Texas (Austin), 1981; PhD, 1986
Eric B. Williamson, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
BSArchE, Texas (Austin), 1990; MSCE, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1992; MS, PhD, 1996
Richard A. Willis, Professor, Department of Human Ecology
BS, Southeastern Louisiana College, 1969; MSHyg, Tulane, 1971; PhD, Oklahoma, 1979
Derek Wills, Professor, Department of Astronomy
BSc, ARCS, London, 1963; PhD, Cambridge, 1966
C. Grant Willson, Professor, Rashid Engineering Regents Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, California (Berkeley), 1962; MS, California State (San Diego), 1969; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1973
Clark R. Wilson, Professor, Wallace E. Pratt Professor in Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences
BA, California (San Diego), 1970; MS, 1973; PhD, 1975
Dennis E. Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSAsE, Texas (Austin), 1970; MS, Missouri (Rolla), 1972; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1976
James P. Wilson, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
BS, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1970; PharmD, 1971; MS, Purdue, 1985; PhD, 1986
Kristopher M. Wilson, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism
BS, Northern Arizona, 1980; MA, Ohio State, 1986; PhD, Colorado (Boulder), 1993
Patricia Wilson, Professor, School of Architecture
BA, Stanford, 1969; MRP, Cornell, 1971; PhD, 1975; Member, APA
Paul R. Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BS, State University of New York (Regents College), 1985; BS, 1987; MS, Illinois (Chicago), 1988; PhD, 1991
Paul W. Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
BA, Rice, 1980; MA, Brown, 1982; PhD, 1986
Robert H. Wilson, Professor, Mike Hogg Professor of Urban Policy, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
BS, Oklahoma State, 1971; MS, 1972; MA, MCityP, Pennsylvania, 1974; PhD, 1979
Samuel Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
BA, Southwest Missouri State, 1978; MA, Chicago, 1981; PhD, 1986
Lewis R. Wiman, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BS, East Texas State College, 1963; MFA, Florida, 1966
Donald E. Winget, Professor, Department of Astronomy
BS, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1976; MA, Rochester, 1978; PhD, 1982
Michael B. Winship, Professor, Department of English
BA, Harvard, 1971; MS, Simmons College, 1982; PhD, Oxford, 1989
Zipporah B. Wiseman, Professor, Thos. H. Law Centennial Professor in Law, School of Law
BA, McGill, 1950; MA, 1951; LLB, Yale, 1954
Robert E. Witt, Professor, Betty and Glenn Mortimer Centennial Professor in Business, Department of Marketing Administration
BA, Bates College, 1962; MBA, Dartmouth College, 1964; PhD, Pennsylvania State, 1968
Stacy Wolf, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance
BA, Yale, 1983; MA, Virginia, 1989; PhD, Wisconsin (Madison), 1994
Seth L. Wolitz, Professor, L. D., Marie, and Edwin Gale Chair of Judaic Studies, Department of French and Italian, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
BA, Chicago, 1958; PhD, Yale, 1965
Baxter F. Womack, PE, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE, Arkansas (Fayetteville), 1956; MSEE, 1958; PhD, Purdue, 1963
Martin D. F. Wong, Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BS, Toronto, 1979; MS, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1981; PhD, 1986
Patrick P. Wong, Associate Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
BA, Rochester, 1978; MSW, Washington (St. Louis), 1980; PhD, Wisconsin (Madison), 1988
Kristin L. Wood, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BS, Colorado State, 1985; MS, California Institute of Technology, 1986; PhD, 1990
Sharon L. Wood, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
BSCE, Virginia, 1982; MSCE, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1983; PhD, 1986
Helena Woodard, Associate Professor, Department of English
BS, East Carolina, 1976; MA, 1979; PhD, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1991
Anthony C. Woodbury, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of Linguistics
BA, Chicago, 1975; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1981
Paul B. Woodruff, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professor in the Humanities, and Hayden W. Head Regents Chair in the Plan II Honors Program, Department of Philosophy
BA, Princeton, 1965; BA, Oxford, 1968; PhD, Princeton, 1973
Marjorie Curry Woods, Associate Professor, Department of English
BA, Stanford, 1969; MA, Toronto, 1970; PhD, 1977
Curt F. Woolhiser, Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
BA, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1983; MA, Indiana (Bloomington), 1986; PhD, 1995
Jacqueline D. Woolley, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
BS, Carnegie-Mellon, 1980; MS, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1987; PhD, 1990
Jo Worthy, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
BS, Virginia, 1977; MEd, 1984; PhD, 1989
David A. Wright, Assistant Professor, Department of Germanic Studies
BA, Northern Colorado, 1986; MA, Arizona, 1992; PhD, 1997
John C. Wright, Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Ecology, Department of Psychology, and Department of Radio-Televsion-Film
BA, Harvard, 1954; PhD, Stanford, 1960
Stephen G. Wright, PE, Professor, Brunswick-Abernathy Regents Professor in Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
BS, California (Berkeley), 1966; MS, 1967; PhD, 1969
Robert E. Wyatt, Professor, W. T. Doherty Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Physics
BS, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1961; MA, Johns Hopkins, 1963; PhD, 1965
Hal Wylie, Associate Professor Emeritus, Center for African and African American Studies and Department of French and Italian
BA, Arizona, 1957; MA, Stanford, 1961; PhD, 1965
Ronald E. Wyllys, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
BA, Arizona State, 1950; PhD, Wisconsin (Madison), 1974
Charters Wynn, Associate Professor, Department of History
BA, California (Santa Cruz), 1977; MA, Stanford, 1979; PhD, 1987
Jack X. Xin, Professor, Department of Mathematics
BS, Beijing, 1985; MS, 1988; PhD, 1990
Bugao Xu, Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology
BS, Northwest Institute of Textile Science and Technology, 1982; MS, 1984; MS, Maryland (College Park), 1991; PhD, 1992
Hong Yan, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance
BS, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei), 1985; MS, Michigan State, 1988; PhD, Michigan, 1991; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1999
John A. Yancey, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1980; MFA, Georgia Southern, 1993
Zhen Yao, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
BSPhy, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei), 1992; MS, Harvard, 1993; PhD, 1997
James R. Yates, Professor, John L. and Elizabeth G. Hill Centennial Professor, Department of Special Education
BS, Abilene Christian College, 1962; MS, North Texas State, 1963; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1971
Hao Ying, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
PhD, Alabama, 1990
Kenneth R. Young, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
BSLibArts&Scis, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1978; MS, Florida (Gainesville), 1984; PhD, Colorado (Boulder), 1990
Michael Young, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
BA, Columbia, 1989; PhD, New York, 2000
Phyllis C. Young, Professor, Parker C. Fielder Regents Professor in Music, School of Music
BMusic, Texas, 1949; MMusic, 1950
Gang Yu, Professor, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BS, Wuhan, 1982; MS, Cornell, 1985; PhD, Pennsylvania, 1990
Joseph Andrew Yura, PE, Professor, Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering (No. 9), Department of Civil Engineering
BSCE, Duke, 1959; MSCE, Cornell, 1961; PhD, Lehigh, 1965
Harold H. Zakon, Professor, Section of Neurobiology
BS, Marlboro College, 1972; PhD, Cornell, 1981
Emilio Zamora, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science and Center for Mexican American Studies
BA, Texas A&I (Kingsville), 1969; MA, 1972; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1983
Margherita Zanasi, Assistant Professor, Center for Asian Studies, Department of Asian Studies, and Department of History
Laurea, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, 1985; MA, Columbia, 1990; MPhil, 1991; PhD, 1997
Thaleia Zariphopoulou, Professor, V. F. Neuhaus Centennial Professor in Finance, Department of Management Science and Information Systems and Department of Mathematics
Ptychion, Ethnikon Metsovion Polytechneion Athinon, 1984; MS, Brown, 1985; PhD, 1989
Suzan L. Zeder, Professor, Theater for Youth Chair, Department of Theatre and Dance
BFA, Trinity, 1969; MFA, Southern Methodist, 1972; PhD, Florida State, 1978
Bing Zhang, Assistant Professor, Section of Neurobiology
BS, Northwestern University of Agriculture (China), 1983; PhD, Cornell, 1995
Zhanmin Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
BSCE, Xi'an Highway Transportation University, 1983; MSE, Texas (Austin), 1993; PhD, 1996
Melvin L. Ziegler, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, 1978; MFA, California Institute of the Arts, 1982
Avraham Zilkha, Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and Center for Middle Eastern Studies
BA, ha'Universita ha'Ivrith bi'Yerushalayim, 1964; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1970
Stanislav Zimic, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Diploma B-Italijanscina, Univerza "Edvarda Kardelja" v Ljubljani, 1955; MA, Miami (Florida), 1958; PhD, Duke, 1964
Andrew Zissos, Assistant Professor, Department of Classics
BA, Calgary, 1986; MA, 1993; PhD, Princeton, 1997
David Zuckerman, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
AB, Harvard, 1987; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1991
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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