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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The faculty members listed here were members of Graduate Studies Committees during the spring semester 2002-2003; the titles shown are for that period.

John W. La Claire II, Professor, Section of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
BS, Cornell, 1973; MA, South Florida, 1975; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1979

John H. Lacy, Professor, Department of Astronomy
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1979

Shirley C. Laffrey, RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing
BSN, Wayne State, 1974; MPH, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1975; PhD, Wayne State, 1982

Francois P. Lagarde, Associate Professor, Department of French and Italian
Maitrise, Universite de Toulouse-le-Mirail, 1981; MA, West Virginia, 1981; PhD, Stanford, 1985

Richard J. Lagow, Professor, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin Regents Professor in Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BA, Rice, 1967; PhD, 1969

Jeanne M. Lagowski, Professor, Section of Neurobiology
BS, Bradley, 1951; MS, 1952; PhD, Michigan, 1957

Joseph J. Lagowski, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, Illinois, 1952; MS, Michigan, 1954; PhD, Michigan State, 1957; PhD, Cambridge, 1959

Larry W. Lake, PE, Professor, W. A. "Monty" Moncrief Centennial Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
BSE, Arizona State, 1967; PhD, Rice, 1973

Simon S. Lam, Professor, Regents Chair in Computer Sciences #1, Department of Computer Sciences
BS, Washington State, 1969; MS, California (Los Angeles), 1970; PhD, 1974

David L. Lambert, Professor, Isabel McCutcheon Harte Centennial Chair in Astronomy, Department of Astronomy
BA, Oxford, 1960; PhD, 1965

Alan M. Lambowitz, Professor, Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Smith Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
BS, Brooklyn College, 1968; PhD, Yale, 1972

Knud P. Lambrecht, Professor, Department of French and Italian
Licence, Universite de Lausanne, 1966; MA, California (Berkeley), 1981; PhD, 1986

John E. Lamphear Jr., Professor, Center for African and African American Studies and Department of History
BA, Trinity College (Connecticut), 1963; MA, London, 1968; PhD, 1972

Sheldon Landsberger, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BS, Sir George Williams, 1972; MS, Salford, 1973; MS, Concordia, 1976; PhD, Toronto, 1982

Michelle A. Lane, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology
BS, Cornell, 1991; PhD, Rutgers (New Brunswick), 1996

Karol Lang, Professor, Department of Physics
MS, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1979; PhD, Rochester, 1985

Judith H. Langlois, Professor, Charles and Sarah Seay Regents Professor in Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology
BA, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1969; MA, 1971; PhD, 1973

James L. Larimer, Professor, Section of Neurobiology
BS, East Tennessee State College, 1953; MA, Virginia, 1954; PhD, Duke, 1959

Richard W. Lariviere, Professor, Ralph B. Thomas Regents Professor in Asian Studies, and David Bruton Jr. Chair in Liberal Arts, Center for Asian Studies and Department of Asian Studies
BA, Iowa, 1972; PhD, Pennsylvania, 1978

Peter N. La Salle, Professor, Susan Taylor McDaniel Regents Professor in Creative Writing #2, Department of English
BA, Harvard, 1969; MA, Chicago, 1972

Leon S. Lasdon, Professor, David Bruton Jr. Centennial Chair in Business Decision Support Systems, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BS, Syracuse, 1960; MSEE, Case Institute of Technology, 1962; PhD, 1964

William F. Lasher, Professor, Department of Educational Administration
BA, Rochester, 1966; MS, Indiana (Bloomington), 1968; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1974

Dominic L. Lasorsa, Associate Professor, School of Journalism
BA, St. Bonaventure, 1970; MA, Texas (Austin), 1981; PhD, Stanford, 1986

Serrine S. Lau, Professor, Johnson & Johnson Centennial Professor in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
BSMath&Ch, Houston, 1974; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1980

Stephen E. Laubach, Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology
BS, Tufts, 1978; MS, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1983; PhD, 1986

David A. Laude Jr., Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, University of the South, 1979; MS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1981; PhD, California (Riverside), 1984

Michael L. Lauderdale, Professor, Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Criminal Justice, School of Social Work
BA, Oklahoma, 1963; MS, 1964; PhD, 1967

Thana Lauhakaikul, Professor, Ruth Head Centennial Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BFA, Silpakorn, 1968; MSArtEd, Massachusetts College of Art, 1974

Desmond F. Lawler, PE, Professor, W. A. (Bill) Cunningham Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
BSCE, Notre Dame, 1968; MSEnvironE, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1975; PhD, 1980

Mark A. Lawrence, Assistant Professor, Department of History
BA, Stanford, 1988; MA, 1989; PhD, Yale, 1999

Kenneth A. Lawson, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy
BSPhr, Texas (Austin), 1975; MSPhr, 1989; PhD, 1992

Joan Lazarus, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance
BA, State University of New York (Buffalo), 1972; MA, Wyoming, 1974; MFA, Arizona State, 1982

David Leal, Assistant Professor, Department of Government
BA, Stanford, 1990; MA, Harvard, 1995; PhD, 1998

Daniel E. Leary, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
BSArchE, Texas, 1962; BArch, 1963; MArch, Pennsylvania, 1966; Architect; Member, AIA

James F. Leary, Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
PhD, Pennsylvania State, 1977

John D. Leckenby, Professor, Everett D. Collier Centennial Chair in Communication, Department of Advertising
BS, Ferris State College, 1967; MS, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1968; PhD, 1974

R. Val LeClercq, Associate Professor, Department of English
BA, California (Los Angeles), 1964; MA, 1966; PhD, 1968

Gloria J. Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History
SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983; MFA, Yale, 1991

Jack C. Lee, Professor, Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor in Engineering #4, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE, California (Los Angeles), 1980; MSEE, 1981; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1988

James Lee, Assistant Professor, Center for Asian American Studies and Department of English
BA, Pennsylvania, 1992; MA, California (Los Angeles), 1997; PhD, 2000

Wei-Na Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Advertising
BA, Tamkang, 1980; MA, Wisconsin (Madison), 1982; MS, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1984; PhD, 1988

Gerlinde Leiding, Professor, Meadows Foundation Centennial Professor in Architecture, School of Architecture and Center for Asian Studies
Architektin, Werkkunstschule Krefeld, 1965; MArch, Yale, 1966

Laura Lein, Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Social Work
BS, Swarthmore College, 1969; MA, Harvard, 1970; PhD, 1973

Brian Leiter, Professor, Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law, School of Law and Department of Philosophy
AB, Princeton, 1984; JD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1987; PhD, 1995

Janice Leoshko, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Center for Asian Studies, and Department of Asian Studies
BA, Ohio State, 1974; MA, 1976; PhD, 1987

Steven W. Leslie, Professor, James E. Bauerle Centennial Professor in Drug Dynamics and James T. Doluisio Regents Chair in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
BSPhr, Purdue, 1969; MS, 1972; PhD, 1974

Wayne Lesser, Associate Professor, Department of English
BA, Pennsylvania, 1970; MA, Chicago, 1971; PhD, 1975

Brian P. Levack, Professor, John E. Green Regents Professor in History, Department of History
BA, Fordham, 1965; MA, Yale, 1967; PhD, 1970

Donald A. Levin, Professor, Section of Integrative Biology
BS, Illinois, 1960; MS, 1962; PhD, 1964

Sanford V. Levinson, Professor, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood Jr. Centennial Chair in Law, Department of Government and School of Law
BS, Duke, 1962; PhD, Harvard, 1969; JD, Stanford, 1973

Brian Lewis, Associate Professor, School of Music
BMusic, Juilliard, 1991; MMusic, 1993

Kyle Lewis, Assistant Professor, Department of Management
BS, Duke, 1983; MSIA, Carnegie Mellon, 1990; PhD, Maryland (College Park), 1999

Laurie Lewis, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies
BA, Washington (Seattle), 1986; MA, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1990; PhD, California (Santa Barbara), 1994

Marc S. Lewis, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
BA, Indiana (Bloomington), 1969; MA, Cincinnati, 1971; PhD, 1973

Richard Lewis, Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film
MFA, Texas (Austin), 1994

William L. Lewis, Professor, Frank C. Erwin Jr. Centennial Professor in Opera, School of Music
BMusic, Texas Christian, 1953

Katherine A. Liapi, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Diploma, Ethnikon Metsovion Polytechneion Athinon, 1982; MArch, Texas (Austin), 1985; MSArchSt, 1988; PhD, 1994

Harold Alter Liebowitz, Professor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Department of Middle Easten Studies
BA, Yeshiva, 1955; MA, New York, 1965; PhD, Pennsylvania, 1972

Kenneth M. Liechti, PE, Professor, E. P. Schoch Professor in Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BSAnE, Glasgow, 1973; MS, California Institute of Technology, 1974; PhD, 1980

Vladimir Lifschitz, Professor, Gottesman Family Centennial Professor in Computer Sciences, Department of Computer Sciences and Department of Philosophy
Matematik, Leningradski Gosudarstvenni Universitet, 1968; Kandidat, Matematicheski Institut Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1971

E. Glenn Lightsey, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BSE, Princeton, 1986; MSEE, Johns Hopkins, 1991; PhD, Stanford, 1997

Howard M. Liljestrand, Professor, Gerard A. Rohlich Regents Professor in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
BA, Rice, 1974; PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1979

Stephen Limberg, Professor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Centennial Professor in Accounting, Department of Accounting
BA, Occidental College, 1972; MBA, San Diego State, 1975; PhD, Arizona State, 1982; CPA, California, 1978

Jose E. Limon, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Department of English, and Center for Mexican American Studies
BA, Texas (Austin), 1966; MA, 1969; PhD, 1978

Calvin Lin, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BSE, Princeton, 1985; PhD, Washington (Seattle), 1992

Tse-min Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Government
BS, National Taiwan, 1975; MA, Kansas, 1983; PhD, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1990

Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education
BSEd, Texas (Austin), 1988; MSEd, Miami (Florida), 1992; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1999

Craig Randal Linder, Associate Professor, Section of Integrative Biology
BA, St. John's College, 1982; MS, Cornell, 1987; PhD, Brown, 1994

Bernth O. Lindfors, Professor, Department of English
BA, Oberlin College, 1959; MA, Northwestern, 1961; PhD, California (Los Angeles), 1969

Naomi Lindstrom, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
BA, Chicago, 1971; MA, Arizona State, 1972; PhD, 1974

Hao Ling, Professor, L. B. (Preach) Meaders Professor in Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982; MSEE, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1983; PhD, 1986

Gerald Jack Lipovski, PE, Professor, Department of Computer Sciences and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA, BSEE, Notre Dame, 1966; MS, Illinois, 1967; PhD, 1969

Jane N. Lippmann, Professor, Department of French and Italian
BA, Miami (Florida), 1959; MA, Illinois, 1960; PhD, 1965

Louis C. Littlefield, Professor, William J. Sheffield Centennial Endowed Professor in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
BA, California State (Northridge), 1963; PharmD, Southern California, 1967

Lily Litvak, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
BS, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1967; MA, Tufts, 1969; PhD, California (Berkeley) 1972

Marcy E. Litvak, Assistant Professor, Section of Integrative Biology
BA, Colorado College, 1989; PhD, Colorado (Boulder), 1997

Hung-Wen (Ben) Liu, Professor, George H. Hitchings Regents Chair in Drug Design, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and College of Pharmacy
BSCh, Tunghai, 1974; MA, Columbia, 1977; MPhil, PhD, 1981

Liu, Min, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
BA, East China Normal University, 1982; MA, West Virginia, 1990; EdD, 1992

Keith A. Livers, Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
BA, Williams College, 1985; MA, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1989; PhD, 1995

William S. Livingston, Professor Emeritus, Jo Anne Christian Centennial Professor Emeritus in British Studies, Department of Government
BA, MA, Ohio State, 1943; PhD, Yale, 1950

Alan Martin Lloyd, Associate Professor, Section of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
BA, Washington (St. Louis), 1979; PhD, Stanford, 1993

Douglas R. Lloyd, PE, Professor, Henry Beckman Professor in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
BA, Waterloo, 1973; MAChE, 1974; PhD, 1977

James N. Loehlin, Associate Professor, Department of English
BA, Texas (Austin), 1986; BA, Oxford, 1988; PhD, Stanford, 1993

Raymond C. Loehr, PE, Professor, Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
BS, Case Institute of Technology, 1953; MS, 1956; PhD, Wisconsin, 1961

Christopher A. Long, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
BA, Texas (San Antonio), 1978; MA, Texas (Austin), 1982; PhD, 1993

Leon E. Long, Distinguished Teaching Professor, The Second Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
BS, Wheaton College, 1954; MA, Columbia, 1958; PhD, 1959

Raul G. Longoria, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSME, Texas (Austin), 1985; PhD, 1989

Yueh Lin Loo, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
BSE, Pennsylvania, 1996; MA, Princeton, 1998; PhD, 2001

RoseAnn Loop, Professor, Department of Human Ecology
BSEd, Kansas State Teacher's College, 1964; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1968

W. Roger Louis, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Jo Anne Christian Centennial Professor in British Studies, and Mildred Caldwell and Baine Perkins Kerr Centennial Chair in English History and Culture, Center for Asian Studies, Department of History, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and Department of Middle Eastern Studies
BA, Oklahoma, 1959; DLitt, Oxford, 1962

Alexandra Loukas, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
BA, Windsor, 1992; MA, Michigan State, 1995; PhD, 1997

Bradley C. Love, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
BS, Brown, 1995; PhD, Northwestern, 1999

Timothy S. Lovelace, Assistant Professor, School of Music
BMusic, Cincinnati, 1990; MMusic, 1992; PhD, State University of New York (Stony Brook), 1995

Amarante Lucero, Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance
BA, New Mexico, 1970; MFA, Southern Methodist, 1976

Floyd J. Lucia, Senior Research Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology
BS, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1953; MS, 1954

John E. Luecke, Professor, Department of Mathematics
BA, Princeton, 1979; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1985

Julie Luft, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
BS, New Mexico, 1985; MS, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1990; PhD, Iowa, 1994

Marta Lujan, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
PhD, Texas (Austin), 1972

W. Bernard Lukenbill, Professor, School of Information
BS, North Texas State College, 1961; MLS, Oklahoma, 1964; PhD, Indiana (Bloomington), 1973

William A. Lundberg, Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BA, San Jose State, 1964; MA, California (Berkeley), 1966

Robert C. Luskin, Associate Professor, Department of Government
BA, Virginia, 1969; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1983

Members of Graduate Studies Committees

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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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