Specialty: Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources Engineering Before joining the faculty ranks at VMI, she taught courses and conducted research at the University of Montana, University of Texas: El Paso, and Roanoke College. phelpssa@vmi.edu 540-464-7084 304 Smith Hall ryanka@vmi.edu, Lab Technician A., P. R. Moosman, Jr., C. H. Kilgore, and T. L. Best. schriverme@vmi.edu, Police Officer CyDef Lab Cyber Security Scientist Specialty: The effects of poverty and associated risk factors on children's development with a specific focus on educational outcomes. As the holder of the John Biggs 30 Chair in Military History, Professor Jensen teaches courses on modern Europe, modern Spain, European warfare, and the history of insurgency. in Philosophy from the University College of Swansea in Wales in 1989, and his B.A. 540-464-7824 Anderson, and M.G. His research is a part of a larger global effort to produce renewable fuels and help develop a carbon neutral economy. Dannon, and R.J. Reynolds. Lt. Col. Atwell is the author of the novels The Good Ones (forthcoming from Harper Books) and Wild Girls (Scribner). 540-464-7584 2018 Kilbourne Hall whiteheadak@vmi.edu, Academic Advising Coordinator 405C Maury-Brooke Hall Chem. in International and Area Studies (Intercultural Communication) from Brigham Young University; and a second master's (M.S.) Specialty: Head Strength and Conditioning Coach lineberrydm@vmi.edu, Deputy Director alerdingab@vmi.edu Mr. Atkinson enlisted in the Army in December 1972. His education includes a bachelor's degree in economics from Franklin and Marshall College, a master's degree from George Washington University, and an education specialist degree from the University of Virginia. Ph.D. - College of William and Mary 540-464-7454 540-464-7475 Before coming to VMI in fall 2015, Mr. Shihab taught Arabic language and culture at UVA, where he developed a course entitled The Art of Arabic Calligraphy based on his specialty as an Arabic calligrapher. 2/24/2023 11:20:00 AM. 540-464-7472 bauerda@vmi.edu They have two beautiful daughters, Samantha and Mackenzie, and a wonderful son AJ. Probing the Oxidation Chemistry of Half-Sandwich Iridium Complexes with Oxygen Atom Transfer Reagents., Daniel A. Torelli, Daniel P. Harrison, Alexander M. Lapides, and Thomas J. Meyer. 540-464-7341 At VMI, MAJ Anderson has taught extracurricular workshops on the production of medieval manuscripts and paper-making in the Renaissance period, and works closely with Cadence and Sigma Tau Delta. Bio. lillyel10@vmi.edu 540-464-7759 He and his wife Lauren were married in the summer of 2005 and have two young children. He has worked in leadership and teaching roles for both VMIs Arabic Startalk program and Project GO. 305 Smith Hall 540-464-7321 David Copeland, MD has been the Institute Physician at VMI since 1993. 320 Smith Hall Specialty: Fluid Mechanics, Materials & Energy Systems Lisa Tracy is a freelance writer and editor and a lover of language and learning. kellyda@vmi.edu, Payroll Accountant 540-464-7234 - Universit Paris-Sorbonne ballardla@vmi.edu, Contractor, Golden Key Group 540-464-7017 He then served in the Peace Corps in Africa before returning to Case Western Reserve University where he received his Medical Degree. Supervisor Yahner has coached at all levels of college football, is a Penn State graduate, and has a mutual connection with Coach Rocco from their respective times at Penn State and Virginia, before they worked together at Delaware. Ruth Ann provides database application development and support for the Ellucian Colleague database and Entrinsik Informer. In 2008 he graduated Dabney Lancaster with an A.S degree in Information Technology with Network specialization. Snelling, J.W. 540-462-6361 Bio. Focusing on how plants partition carbon resources acquired by photosynthesis to produce unique chemistries, I have worked on unicellular algae, parsley cells in suspension culture, tobacco, soybean, and the genetic model, Arabidopsis. He also serves as an Honorary Research Scholar at the Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has served in a variety of administrative and supervisory positions throughout the world including Chief, Admin NCO, Army ROTC, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA; First Sergeant, 1109th Signal Battalion, Panama; Chief, Mail and Distribution Center, Fort Clayton, Panama; AG, Personnel Service Center, Fort Dix, NJ; Drill Sergeant, Fort Dix, NJ; USA Chaplin School, Fort Monmouth, NJ; HQ Berlin Brigade, Berlin, Germany; USA Reception Station, Fort Dix, NJ. moralescp@vmi.edu, Instructor altmannct@vmi.edu A native of Boaz, Alabama, he enlisted in the Army in 1996 and was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (Light) in Fort Drum, New York where he served as a Team Leader. Specialty: Organic Chemistry He entered active duty upon receiving his BS degree in Parks & Recreation from Arkansas Tech University in December 1983. He earned his commission and rank of Second Lieutenant in 2001 after attending the Academy of Military Science (AMS) at McGhee-Tyson ANGB, TN. Specialty: Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering 540-464-7709 Specialty: Environmental Engineering, Water and Wastewater On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. afrint@vmi.edu VMI Museum System Store Supervisor 540-464-7045 323A Scott Shipp Hall In 2004, upon completion of the Infantry Officers Career Course, COL Brannon was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Rakkasans), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) where he served as a Rifle Company Commander. Journal of Virology 78:6666-6675. With over 10 years of experience postgraduate teaching and transportation engineering, Idewu is an expert in simulation modeling using the Vissim platform and provides creative solutions to both common and uncommon transportation engineering problems. 540-464-7325 Her chapter, Up Close and Wide Awake: Participating in Anna Deavere Smiths Social Theater appears in the book, Teaching Critical Performance Theory in Today's Studio, Classroom, and Communities (Routledge, 2020). 2097 Kilbourne Hall 511 Nichols Ph.D. - Indiana University 540-464-7051 540-464-7889 An honors graduate of Rollins College, she earned her Ph.D. in English, with a specialization in rhetoric and composition studies, at Texas Christian University under the mentorship of Gary Tate, Winifred Bryan Horner, and Jim Corder. From 2018 to 2021 he served as the Director of information technology at Southern Virginia University. She obtained her doctorate from Stanford University in 2016. from Oberlin College and an M.A. Co-authored a recent article in American Communication Journal. Specialty: Disease Ecology His awards and decorations include the Joint Service Commendation Medal (3OLC), Joint Service Achievement Medal (1OLC), AAM (1OLC), AGCM (5th award), NDSM, ACM-CS, GWTSM, NOPDR, ASR, OSR, NATOMDL, EXW-NCDI and DMB-DWV. lul@vmi.edu Specialty: Financial Accounting Her teaching areas include public speaking, communication theory, intercultural communication, public relations writing techniques, intro to communication research, and other courses. He served on multiple conference and workshop program and steering committees. Like Stinespring, Yahner is coming back to join Coach Rocco after three seasons as the linebackers coach for Delaware, VMI said. Capstone and Honors Projects Directed at VMI: 2021 Carson Knox, Conrad, Nietzsche, and the Immense Indifference of Things, 2020 Seamus Bartmess, The Distinction between Murder and Killing in the Hebrew Bible., 2019 Dolan Delaney, "Existential Pilgrimage in Hemingway's The Sun also Rises", Assistant Director, News & Editorial Services 540-464-7382 Since retirement from Active Duty, Major Ellis has served as a Cyber, Counterintelligence, and Security/Threat SME Analyst for the Department of Defense as well asHomeland Security. 540-464-7045 540-464-7558 His scholarly work has appeared inPenn Working Papers inLinguistics(TheUniversity of Pennsylvania Press),The Semitic Languages(Routledge),The International Journal of Arabic Linguistics, andArabic Dialectology: Methodology and Field Work(Harrassowitz). 2015 Bachelor of Science, Criminology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 2016 Security Forces Basic Officer Course, Camp Bullis, San Antonio, TX, Second Lieutenant February 04, 2016First Lieutenant February 04, 2018Captain Febraury 04, 2020, Department Head Ph.D. - Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIITD) 431 Mallory Hall gentryai@vmi.edu, Instructor Prior to coming to VMI, Dr. Jones taught at Old Dominion University, Furman University, the U.S. Specifically, I teach courses in anatomy (Comparative Vertebrate Morphology, Developmental Biology, and Histology) and vertebrate biology (Animal Behavior and Ornithology). Lt. Col. Julie Phillips Brown is an interdisciplinary poet, visual artist, literary critic, and editor. Sex-Specific Differences in CYP1A2 Genotype and Caffeine Behavior (with Gabrielle E. W. Giersch), Consumption Maximization in Retirement (with Barry Cobb and Jeffrey S. Smith), SALT Deduction Changes in 2017 TCJA and Homeownership (with Kathryn Simms, Jeffrey S. Smith, and Dekuwmini Mornah). Mechanisms and markers of airway inflammation in cystic fibrosis. Tom Panko is Head of Technical Services in Preston Library and an Adjunct Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at the Virginia Military Institute. As an Army Environmental Engineer, he conducted extensive drinking water and wastewater system characterizations and public health threat assessments throughout the U.S. and overseas in Macedonia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Italy, Germany, and Norway. Michael J. Sebastino isVMIs associatedean for academic administration and planning. From 2013 to 2018 he ran his own software company specializing in 3D Mine Ventilation and Fire simulation software and web-based analytic dashboards for Fresno and Madera Unified School Districts, Mr. Jones currently maintains the following professional certifications: CompTIA Security+, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Registered Nurse Ph.D. - Virginia Tech, Curriculum and Instruction - Educational Psychology 303 Shell Hall Efficacy of visual surveys for monitoring populations of talus-roosting bats. Williams awards and decorations are the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Commendation Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Achievement Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), and the Parachutist Badge. - University of Virginia 125 Post Hospital Dr. Garca Guerrero is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at VMI where he teaches Spanish conversation and composition along with intermediate Spanish. 540-464-7244 He also holds an associate degree in Civil Engineering from Institute of Technology in Baghdad. - James Madison University Own and operate with his wife Candace a small alpaca/sheep fiber farm. 432 Scott Shipp Hall boulterhj@vmi.edu, Battalion Operations and Training Sergeant MR Moses McFadden, Jr. (Sgt. Ph.D. - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 540-464-7227 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ), Stanton Q. Smith, Sean T. Dudek, Shu-Hui He, Jarod A. Girod, and Shane R. Nunes The Application of Vinamidinium Salts to the Synthesis of 1,2,4-Trisubstituted Pyrroles, John T. Gupton III, Nakul Telang, Dominic F. Gazzo, Peter J. Barelli, Kristin E. Lescalleet, Jonathon W. Fagan, Brandon J. boobaral@vmi.edu, Director of Staff topasnaga@vmi.edu mccaindf@vmi.edu 302 Construction Office In her spare time, Elise enjoys going to movies at Hulls Drive-In and traipsing through the woods near her home on South River; she is married and the mother of two college-age daughters. I have taught Intermediate and high intermediate courses as well as Medical Spanish. Owens, D.K., A.B. Specialty: Superconductivity, Sustainable Energy Systems, Low Power Circuit Designs Al Tomlinson. 405B Maury-Brooke Hall 507 Nichols In 2013, he became the Institutes first recipient of a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. In 2022, SUNY Press published his book Wonder Strikes: Approaching Aesthetics and Literature with William Desmond. M.A. bishopkk@vmi.edu, Professor Moosman, P. R., Jr., J. P. Veilleux, G. W. Pelton, and H. H. Thomas. He is also a graduate of the US Army War College and the US State Department Senior Executive Seminar. dalessandrokc@vmi.edu, Assistant Professor Moosman, P. R., Jr., H. H. Thomas, and J. P. Veilleux. 517 Scott Shipp Hall 540-464-7451 Government Relations Officer shihabmy@vmi.edu 540-464-7776 23, No. His research interests include Arabic language and culture, Arabic dialects, linguistics, pedagogy, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics. Bio. New Horizons: VMI Journal of Undergraduate Writing 5:79-88. fosterdm@vmi.edu 2110 Kilbourne Hall Director, Cocke Hall Adjunct Professor 2020. sunnendr@vmi.edu Ph.D. - The Catholic University of America He lives in Lexington, Virginia with his wife Anne and they have two children Jack and Emma. Herpetological Review 35:271-272. Bio. Prior to coming to VMI, Dr. Quevedo completed her bachelors at Harvey Mudd College, with a focus on small molecule synthesis, and her PhD under Professor Ryan Bailey at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, focusing on developing microfluidic organic phases for improved small molecule detection. A. Torres, R.R. Upon completing his initial duty assignment, he was assigned to C Company, 1/20th SFG(A) as a Special Forces Detachment Commander and SF Company Executive Officer, later commanding B Company, 2/20th SFG(A). Elena Andreeva received her B.A. Prior to joining VMI, Ruth Ann provided database development and support for NCR computer manufacturing facilities in Columbia, SC and Dublin, Ireland. 540-464-7741 Joyces teaching responsibilities include: boxing, swimming, wrestling, volleyball, tennis, basketball, combatives, Principles of Conditioning, racquetball and CPR. His debut novel, Holy City, will be published by Grove Atlantic in 2024. Ph.D. - University of Massachusetts, Amherst He amassed nearly 1200 combat hours on over 200 combat missions. H. Lin, L. Rubio, A.B. Before joining VMI, Dr. Lu taught at Wake Forest University, College of William and Mary, University of Iowa, and Luther College. Bio, Administrative Assistant ballardrc@vmi.edu Dr. LaRocca is a graduate of theU.S. Military Academy, and he earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Alabama. 540-464-7234 540-464-7946 Education Old Dominion University 540-464-7079 ellwoodmt@vmi.edu, Adjunct Professor allensk@vmi.edu Ph.D. - Univ. Jonathan M. Daniels 61 Chair for Academic Excellence donaldsonb@vmi.edu, Instructor 214 Maury-Brooke Hall Herpetological Review 36:298. 605 Nichols Ph.D. - University of Texas at Austin Bio. I have combined historical records andrecent records to create a detailed account of each species found in the area. His follow-on assignment was at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, where he served as the deputy strategist to the Commanding General developing the "Win in a Complex World" tag line guiding the Army's operating concept for the next 20 years. LEXINGTON, Va. - VMI will be in search of a new head football coach after Scott Wachenheim has decided to step away from VMI. Assistant Men's Soccer Coach - Part Time Posted Friday, June 3, 2022. . MAJ Westland overseas deployments include a tour at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2005, a combat tour in Iraq 2011, and a tour to Saudi Arabia in 2015-2016. 540-464-7700 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 23:121-127, 2000. tomlinkh@vmi.edu, Professor Adjunct Professor First Lieutenant Beck was then requested by name to support a CENTCOM initiative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he served as a Current Operations Action Officer and a Watch Officer. She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Services and Psychology in 1981 from Elon University,North Carolina. She previously taught courses at Florida State University and received her degrees from the University of Richmond (BA), Virginia Tech (MA) and Emory University (Ph.D.). His areas of specialization are literary modernism, aesthetics, and literary theory. COL Joyce Blandino received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia. During his career, Master Sgt. She is especially interested in the experiences of first-year college students and the challenges they face. Staff Directory Members By Category/Department. 540-464-7343 https://patrickrhamey.com/ J. 540-464-7385 Dr. Quevedo is also committed to further integrating current technology into the chemistry curriculum, with a focus on biotechnological applications. MR Ballards military and civilian education include the Foundation Instructor/Facilitator Course, 1SG Pre-Command Course, Airborne School, T-10 Jumpmaster Course, T-11 Jumpmaster Course, Army Reconnaissance Course, Sniper Advanced Marksmanship Training, EO Leader Course, Senior Leader Course, Combatives Level I, Drill Sergeant School, Advanced Leader Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, and the Sling Load Inspector Certification Course. Bio. While deployed to Bosnia in 1999, with 2-12 Cav, he was selected to be the Battalion Sniper Team Leader. In 2011, the Superintendent presented her with the VMI Meritorious Service Medal. 540-464-7541 Tanjina Afrin, Ph.D., P.E. Ph.D. - Florida State University Current and Past Project Topics in Engineering, Transportation Engineering Video Lessons https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCja59bSZGROChAHISEte1zQ/featured, LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/wakeel-idewu-ph-d-p-e-9413a06, Lab Mechanic Sci. M.S. Maj. Stephanie Hodde joined the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at VMI as an Assistant Professor in 2016. Sergeant 540-464-7554 buchananhn@vmi.edu, Professor http://www.brenthierman.com/ He participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a member of a Military Transition Team (MiTT); He trained to deploy forces as an Observer Controller-Trainer (OCT) for missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo. 540-464-7459 Maj. Passmore specializes in international law and organizations, civil conflict management, and U.S. foreign policy. 540-464-7017 VMI Project GO Coordinator 320 Smith Hall Goens research interests focus on interpersonal and family relationships and their intersections with nonverbal behavior and intercultural contexts. Rezendes, Rhett, Ophelias Death and Early Modern Attitudes towards Suicide. Conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Virtual, November 2021. A Comic Community in Conflict: The Struggle Between Comedy and Seriousness in William Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice. 2022 Honors Thesis. schulzmt@vmi.edu, Computer/Multimedia Support Professor Holder of the John Biggs '30 Cincinnati Chair in Military History, Associate Professor hangerls@vmi.edu He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was an instructor at Boston College before joining the faculty at VMI. He and his wife, Chelsea, have been married for three years. He is currently serving as the American judge to the International Competition on the Law of Armed Conflict. COL Blandino has a broad engineering background that includes designing HVAC systems for Special Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF), designing control algorithms for micro air vehicles, evaluating structural dynamics for weapon system integration, and developing novel measurement and modeling approaches for characterizing the behavior of flexible structures. Football He was commissioning crew Navigator in USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in which he transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator. baurkg@vmi.edu Maj. Timothy J. Mohamed acted as a keynote speaker in multiple prestigious conferences. 540-464-7086 In addition to teaching courses in first-year and advanced composition, the history of rhetoric, and the rhetorics of particular discourse communities, she is responsible for ensuring the integrity of writing instruction in the disciplines across Post to ensure that VMI graduates are able to communicate effectively for a variety of occasions and purposes. Sebastino holds a bachelors degree in mathematics from The Citadel and a master of business administration degree from Old Dominion University. 540-464-7637 210 Smith Hall and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Colorado Boulder. He encourages any cadets who are interested in or would like help with public speaking to arrange a meeting with him. 540-464-7427 Ph.D. - University of Maryland Specialty: Genetics and Molecular Biology Dallas B. Clark matriculated from Salt Lake City, Utah, with the Class of 1999 and attended VMI along with his brothers (Jordan 98, Ezra 99, Stillman 02 and Lincoln 04) and a nephew (Cannon 17). Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 15(1): 13-19. 311 Smith Hall 540-464-7706 Information Technology, Florida Institute of Technology, expected December 2021 203 Carroll Hall lasisiaa@vmi.edu LTC Kendricks articles have appeared inEsprit Crateur(2018),Lingua Romana(2016), theAustralian Journal of French Studies(2015), andRenaissance and Reformation(2013). Bio. Moosman, D. L. and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2006. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. He supported the development of theundergraduate research initiative and played a key role in organizing the academic programs funding requests and in reporting to the Jackson-Hope Board of Overseers. Assessing condition-dependence of male flash signals in Photinus fireflies. 2052 Kilbourne Hall 337 Nichols Engineering Annex Captain Watkins was commissioned into the Air Force in 2015 from AFROTC Detachment 875 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 540-464-7486 Ph.D. - University of Mississippi With Alisa McCusker and Jessica Weiss, she edited a volume of essays, Imagery and Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey Chipps Smith (Brepols, 2018). In addition, he retired from 30 years combined active and reserve duty with the US Army, serving mainly as an Infantry officer with joint special operations elements, including in overseas tours and war zone deployments. 2020 Kilbourne Hall Specialty: American Government, the Congress, and the Presidency He enlisted as a Cavalry Scout in 1998 and has served in the US Army Reserves until the present. 540-464-7150 He is also the author of Power, Space, and Time: An Empirical Introduction to International Relations, which provides students with a brief introduction to hierarchical theories of international politics as well as frequently used data sources. - James Madison University ), "The Hot Stock Tip from Debbie: Implications for Market Efficiency," Journal of Behavioral Finance, 8:4, 2007, (with Ken Small. Academic Interests: Research efforts in the Cartwright group are focused on the discovery, development, and understanding of new synthetic methodologies that allow for the facile construction of useful chemical building blocks as well as broaden the synthetic toolbox for complex molecular synthesis. humphrieskl@vmi.edu, Dr. Paul D. Humphries, COL, US Army (Ret. 540-464-7240 geromesc@vmi.edu Specialty: Social Psychology with an emphasis on judgment and decision making Bio. He is a published author of two books and several articles on counterinsurgency and special operations. Lt Col. Carrico is an associate professor of French at Virginia Military Institute where she teaches French language and culture, writing, conversation and literature courses. Molecular phylogeny of Acrobeloides and Cephalobus (Nematoda, Cephalobina) reveals paraphyletic taxa and recurrent evolution of simple labial morphology. 2023 Football Support Staff. 540-464-7218 540-464-7503 303 Shell Hall Registered Nurse LTC Knepper arrived at VMI in the fall of 2014. codyaw@vmi.edu Human Resources Coordinator MAJ Ellis obtained his undergrad in Political Science (2001) from Penn State and Masters in Leadership Science (2015) from the Citadel. 202 Admissions Office 622 Nichols 111 Smith Hall 540-464-7559 afrotc@vmi.edu 201 Smith Hall Bio, Executive Director, VMI Museum System Certifications held include Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in Window NT Operating Systems, and passage of the fundamentals of engineering exam, which is the first part of the Professional Engineers certification (P.E.).