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Faculty - P

Pacernick, Gary B. Professor Emeritus of English; Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching
B.A., 1963, University of Michigan; M.A., 1966, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., 1969, Arizona State University

Paietta, John Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
B.S., 1975, Washington State University; M.S., 1977, Ph.D., 1982, University of Illinois-Urbana

Paliy, Oleg Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ph.D., 2001, University of Manchester (U.K.)

Parikh, Pratik Assistant Professor of Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering
B.S., 2001, The M.S. University of Baroda (India); M.S., 2002, Binghamton University (S.U.N.Y.); Ph.D., 2006, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Park, Penny S. Associate Professor of Art and Art History
B.A., B.F.A., 1991, Wright State University; M.F.A., 1993, Boston University

Park, Won Joon Professor Emeritus of Statistics
B.S., 1957, Seoul National University (Korea); M.A., 1966, University of California; Ph.D., 1969, University of Minnesota

Patel, Nimisha H. Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., 1998, University of Michigan; M.Ed., 2003, Ph.D., 2006, Arizona State University

Paul, Randall S. Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Department of Music
B.S., 1979, Jacksonville State University; M.M., 1981, Ithaca College; D.M.A., 2001, University of Oklahoma

Pavel, Ioana E. Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., 1997, Babes-Bolyai University (Romania); M.S., 1999, Babes-Bolyai University and Bayerische Julius-Maximilians University of Wurzburg (Germany); Ph.D., 2003, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians University of Wurzburg

Payne, L. Tyrone Professor Emeritus of Education
B.S., 1962, M.A., 1966, Ball State University; Ph.D., 1970, Indiana University

Pearson, John C. Professor of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology
B.S., 1974, Muskingum College; Ph.D., 1978, West Virginia University School of Medicine

Pedersen, Steen Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Ph.D., 1982, Aarhus University (Denmark)

Pei, Yong Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
B.S., 1996, Tsinghua University (China); M.S., 1999, Ph.D., 2002, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Penmetsa, Ravi C. Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
B.E., 1997, Andhra University (India); Ph.D., 2002, Wright State University

Perkel, Manley Professor of Mathematics,
B.Sc. (Hons.), 1971, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa); M.S., 1972, Ph.D., 1977, University of Michigan

Peters, Jeffrey Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., 1998, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.S., 2002, Frostburg State University; Ph.D., 2008, University of Maryland

Petkie, Douglas T. Associate Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering
B.S., 1990, Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D., 1996, The Ohio State University

Petreman, David A. Professor of Spanish
B.A., 1970, Illinois Wesleyan University; M.A., 1976, Ph.D., 1984, University of Iowa

Petrick, Joseph A. Professor of Management
B.A., 1968, Colorado State University; M.A., 1970, The Pennsylvania State University; M.B.A., 1990, University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., 1972, The Pennsylvania State University, SPHR

Phillips, Chandler A. Professor of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering
A.B., 1965, Stanford University; M.D., 1969, University of Southern California; P.E., 1974 (California), 1980 (Ohio)

Pickett, Kin A. Clinical Instructor of Nursing
B.S.N., 2000, Andrews University; M.S., 2003, Wright State University

Pitner, Samuel E. Professor and Chair of Neurology
B.A., 1953, M.D., 1956, University of Tennessee

Pohlman, Roberta L. Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., 1973, M.Ed., 1978, University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., 1982, The Ohio State University

Polak, George G. Professor of Management Science
B.S., 1977, The University of Chicago; M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1983, Carnegie Mellon University

Pollack-Lagushenko, Timur R. Assistant Professor of History
Joint B.A. and M.A., 1993, Brandeis University; M.A., 1996, Ph.D., 2003, The Johns Hopkins University

Pollock, Sean Assistant Professor of History
B.A., 1994, University of Washington; A.M., 1998, Ph.D., 2006, Harvard University

Premus, Robert Professor of Economics
B.S., 1963, Bob Jones University; M.A., 1967, Ohio University; Ph.D., 1974, Lehigh University

Pringle, Drew D. Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education and Department Chair
B.S., 1978, Ball State University; M.A., 1981, Ed.D., 1990, University of Kentucky

Pringle, Mary B. Professor of English
B.A., 1964, M.A., 1967, University of Denver; Ph.D., 1976, University of Minnesota

Prochaska, Lawrence J. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Frederick A. White Professor of Professional Service
B.S., 1971, Illinois State University; Ph.D., 1975, The Ohio State University

Putnam, Robert W. Professor of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology
B.S., 1973, Brown University; Ph.D., 1978, University of California at Los Angeles