Department of Mathematics
The first Ph.D. degree was granted from the Department of Mathematics in November of 1969. Since then 117 students have earned doctorates from this department. You will find below a list of all these doctoral graduates and their current employers. The data provided are based on the latest information known to the department, and may be obsolete in some cases. Every effort has been made to maintain the data's accuracy.
Corrections and updates should be sent to the assistant to the chair of the department of mathemetics (address at the bottom of the page).
Mathematics Doctorates
This list includes both doctorates in mathematics and doctorates in mathematics with a concentration in collegiate mathematics education (*).
| 2007 | Ovidiu Furdui | University of Toledo | ||
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| Futaba Okamoto | University of WIsconsin LaCrosse | |||
| Nesrin Cengiz | University of Michigan Dearborn | |||
| 2006 | Henry Escuadro |
Juniata College |
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| Sheri Stockero | Michigan Technological Institute | |||
Joseph Fox |
Salem State College |
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| 2005 | Archara Chaiyakarn |
Thummasat University |
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| 2004 | Ralucca Gera |
Naval Postgraduate School |
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Paritawana Pacheenburawana |
Thummasat University |
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| Kathryn G. Shafer | Bethel College | |||
| Jihwa Noh | University of Northern Iowa | |||
| 2003 | Kirsty Eisenhart |
Western Michigan University |
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| Marcia L. Weller Weinhold | Purdue University-Calumet | |||
| 2002 | Paula Smith |
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Veraporn Saenpholphat |
Srinahkarinwirot University |
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| Jonathon K. Hodge | Grand Valley State University | |||
| 2001 | Peter Atwood* |
Cornerstone University |
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David J. Erwin |
Trinity College |
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| Mary Lynne Breyfogle | Bucknell University | |||
| Boyd Jay Hanson | ||||
| 2000 | Linda Eroh |
University of Wisconsin, Osh Kosh |
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| David Coffee | Western Michigan University | |||
| 1999 | Rebecca Walker* |
Grand Valley State University |
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| 1998 | Myeong Ann |
returned to Korea |
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Pam Crawford* |
Jackson University |
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Ramón Figueroa-Centeno |
University of Hawaii - Hilo |
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Dawn Jones |
Keuka College |
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Richard Low |
San Jose State University |
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Melanie Wahlberg* |
College of New Jersey |
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| 1997 | Lisa Hansen |
Western New England College |
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| James Kent | Singapore American High School | |||
| 1996 | Heather Gavlas |
Grand Valley State University |
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Michelle Schultz |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
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Robert C. Vandell |
Indiana Univ-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
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| 1995 | Cong Fan |
Ford Research Lab |
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Kelly Schultz |
ATYP program |
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Esther H. Tesar |
ETS |
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Feipeng Xie |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts |
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Quan Yue |
State Farm Insurance Companies |
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| 1994 | Reza Rashidi |
Multimedia Communications, Inc. (MCI) |
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| 1993 | Brian A. Keller* |
Michigan State University |
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Ian C. Walters, Jr. |
D'Youville College |
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Steven Winters |
University of WisconsinOshkosh |
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| 1992 | Hang Chen |
Central Missouri State University |
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Jiuqiang Liu |
Eastern Michigan University |
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Ignatious Vakalis |
Capital University |
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| 1991 | David L. Craft |
Muskingum College |
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Héctor Hevia |
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile |
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Elzebieta B. Jarrett |
Modesto Junior College |
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| 1990 | Ghidewon Abay Asmerom |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
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Bruce P. Mull |
Ha'il Univ College, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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Jamal H. Nouh |
Birzeit University, West Bank |
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Robert G. Rieper |
formerly at Columbia University |
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Thomas B. Sprague |
Cornerstone College |
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Songlin Tian |
Central Missouri State University |
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| 1989 | Ewa Kubicka |
University of Louisville |
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Grzegorz Kubicka |
University of Louisville |
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Karen Novotny |
Grand Valley State University |
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| 1988 | Charlene E. Beckmann* |
Grand Valley State University |
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Garry L. Johns |
Saginaw Valley State University |
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Paresh J. Malde |
University of Michigan |
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Zhuguo Mo |
returned to China |
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| 1986 | John A. Kapenga |
Western Michigan University |
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Ortrud R. Oellermann |
University of Winnipeg |
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Farhad Shahroki |
University of North Texas |
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| 1985 | Hung Bin Zhou |
Intermagnetics General Corporation |
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| 1984 | John G. Gimbel |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
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Joan M. Rahn |
Western Michigan University |
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| 1983 | Brian T. Mitchell |
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan |
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Sergio Ruiz |
deceased |
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| 1982 | John F. Fink |
University of MichiganDearborn |
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| 1979 | Nancy J. Boynton |
State University of New York, at Fredonia |
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David Burns |
Ferris State University |
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Ronald J. Gould |
Emory University |
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| 1978 | Jerome J. Przybylski |
Elmira College |
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| 1977 | H. Joseph Straight |
State University of New York, at Fredonia |
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| 1976 | James M. Benedict |
Augusta State University |
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Brian L. Garman |
University of Tampa |
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| 1975 | Kenneth P. Johnson |
Grand Valley State University |
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John A. Roberts |
University of Louisville |
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Saul Stahl |
University of Kansas |
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| 1974 | Kenneth G. Hummell |
Eureka Company |
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Linda M. Lesniak |
Drew University |
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| 1973 | Timothy B. Carroll |
Eastern Michigan University |
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Krishnamachari Nadathur |
Retired from Bishop Heber College, India |
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Donald P. VanderJagt |
Grand Valley State University |
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James E. Williamson |
University of Dubuque |
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| 1972 | Alan A. Bishop |
Western Illinois University |
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Maurice L. Eggen |
Trinity University |
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Pascal D. Mubenga |
returned to Zaire |
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| 1971 | Wayne W. Bishop |
California State University, Los Angeles |
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| 1970 | John A. Mitchem |
San Jose State University |
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| 1969 | Kenneth L. Pothoven |
University of South Florida |
Mathematics Education Doctorates
| 2006 | Shari Stockero |
Michigan Technological Institute |
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| 2004 | Jihwa Noh |
University of Northern Iowa |
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Kathryn Shafer |
Bethel College |
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| 2003 | Marcia L. Weller Weinhold |
Purdue University - Calumet |
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| 2001 | Lynn Breyfogle |
Bucknell University |
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| 2000 | David Coffey |
Grand Valley State University |
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| 1997 | James Kett |
Singapore American School |
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| 1996 | Allen Emerson |
Saint John Fisher College |
Statistics Doctorates
This list includes both doctorates in statistics and doctorates in mathematics with a concentration in statistics.
| 2001 | David Zeitler |
Grand Valley State University |
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| 2001 | Boyd Hanson |
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| 1997 | Daniel Cheung |
State Farm Ins. Agency |
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Jeffrey Terpstra |
North Dakota State University |
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| 1996 | Mei Huang Wang |
Pharmacia and Upjohn |
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| 1994 | William Chang |
Pharmacia and Upjohn |
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Scott McKnight |
The National Center for Patient Safety, Ann Arbor |
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Stavros Costa Pouloukas |
Intercollege, Cyprus |
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| 1993 | Sherry Dixon |
National Center for Lead-Safe Housing |
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Himli Yahya |
returned to Jordan |
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| 1992 | Kimberly Perry |
Pharmacia & Upjohn |
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| 1991 | Hung-Ir Li |
Eli Lilly |
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| 1989 | Sudhakar H. Rao |
Schering-Plough Research Institute |
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Lee D. Witt |
Davenport College |
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| 1987 | James B. Davis |
Radford University |
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| 1986 | Thomas J. Vidmar |
Pharmacia & Upjohn |
NOTE: Mathematics and Statistics became separate departments in 2001
All corrections and updates should be sent to:
Steven J Culver
Assistant to the Chair
Department of Mathematics
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5152
email: steven.culver@wmich.edu
Last modified: October 10, 2006