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Faculty honored for creative, scholarly work

KOKOMO, Ind. — Nearly 50 Indiana University Kokomo faculty earned recognition at the campus’s annual scholarship and creative works reception.

Scott Jones, executive vice chancellor, commended the faculty for their work, noting that they reported one completed dissertation, two books, 52 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, proceedings or teaching materials, 17 fine arts exhibitions, competitions, and commissions, two musical performances and productions, two grants totaling $420,000, and 49 conference presentations.

“I’m always impressed with all the fantastic work everyone has done,” Jones said. “We have outstanding faculty, and they do so much.”

Faculty members recognized included:

School of Business

Dmitriy Chulkov, professor of business analytics and economics; Hyunkang Hur, associate professor of public administration and health management; Yiping Li, assistant professor of marketing; Mohammad Meybodi, professor of operations management; Yusuf Nur, associate professor of strategic management and international business; Gloria Preece, assistant dean, director of MBA and MPM Programs, and assistant professor of personal financial planning and marketing; Adam Smith, associate professor of management; Esra Topcuoglu​, assistant professor of hospitality and tourism; and Steve Cox, professor of finance.

School of Education

Christina Cooper, associate professor of education; Sarrah Grubb, assistant professor of education; Tara Kingsley, interim associate dean of education, professor of education; Lance Mason, associate professor of education; Alina Mihai, associate professor of education

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Wendy Grice, director of music; Kelly Brown, professor of criminal justice and homeland security; Chris Felts, assistant professor of criminal justice and homeland security; Beau Shine, associate professor of criminal justice and homeland security; Jim Coby, program coordinator, English and Language Studies, associate professor of English; Paul Cook, professor of English; Joe Keener, associate professor of English; Eva White, professor of English; Scott Blackwell, senior lecturer in philosophy; Peter Sposato, program coordinator, history, political science and philosophy, associate professor of history; Minda Douglas, associate professor of fine arts; Michael Koerner, associate professor of new media; Aaron Pickens, assistant professor of new media; Stephanie Medley-Rath, program coordinator, sociology, professor of sociology; Jamie Oslawski-Lopez, assistant professor of sociology

Library

Yan He, dean of the Library

School of Nursing and Allied Health Professions

Mary Bourke, professor of nursing; Kassi Clem, visiting lecturer of nursing; Samantha Fouts, clinical assistant professor of nursing; Erin Geiselman, MSN program director of non-nurse practitioner tracks and assistant professor of nursing; Naomi Jones, clinical assistant professor of nursing; Margaret Sposato, acting assistant professor of nursing; Leigh Swartzendruber​, director of RN to BSN track, clinical assistant professor of nursing; Carolyn Townsend, interim dean of SNAHP, associate professor of nursing

School of Sciences

Ghadah Alshuwaiyer, associate professor of allied health sciences;  Christopher Caruvana, assistant professor of mathematics; Angela Coppola, associate professor of allied health sciences, director of Applied and Community Research Center, and health sciences program coordinator; Mohammad Hossain, associate professor of organic chemistry; Kasem Kasem, professor of chemistry; Hong Liu, associate professor of computer science;  Aakif Mairaj​, assistant professor of computer science; Hisako Masuda, associate professor of biochemistry; Patrick Motl, associate dean, professor of physics; Brandon Wysong, lecturer in biology

Education is KEY at Indiana University Kokomo.