Section Leaders

ADMINISTRATION      

Chair:  Philip L. Kintzele
Central Michigan University

College of Business Administration, Grawn Hall 312 Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

989/774-3798

philip.l.kintzele@cmich.edu

Vice-Chair:  William H. Volz
Wayne State University

School of Business Administration, Accounting  Dept. Detroit, MI 48202-3930

313/577-4694

ab9241@wayne.edu

ANTHROPOLOGY

Chair:  Mary T. Bonhage-Freund
Alma College, Sociology & Anthropology

SAC 251, 614 W Superior Street

Alma, MI 48801-1599
989/463-7186
freund@alma.edu

Vice-Chair:  Jayne Yatczak
Wayne State University
Department of Anthropology 3054 F/AB

Detroit, MI 48202

734/961-5450    av7683@wayne.edu

Vice-Chair:  Mary Durocher
Wayne State University
Department of Anthropology  3054 F/AB

Detroit, MI 48202   
586/610-2610    aj7928@wayne.edu

BIOCHEMISTRY/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chair:  Pei-Lan Tsou
Grand Valley State University

Cellular and Molecular Biology

243 Padnos Hall, 1 Campus Drive

Allendale MI  49401-9403

616/331-2488

tsoup@gvsu.edu

Vice-Chair:  Wendy Ransom-Hodgkins
Western Michigan University
Department of Biological Sciences
1903 W. Michigan Avenue

Kalamazoo, MI  49008
269/387-2102
w.ransom-hodgkins@wmich.edu

BOTANY & PLANT ECOLOGY

Co-Chair:  Rachel Vannette
University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2086 Kraus Natural Science Bldg, 830 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48109
616/901-2782
raleva@umich.edu

Co-Chair:  David Dornbos

Calvin College

Biology Department

1726 Knollcrest Circle SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402

616/526-8578
dld9@calvin.edu

Chemistry

Chair: Tami Sivy

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Chemistry

Science East 278, 7400 Bay Road

University Center MI  48710

989/964-2197

tsivy@svsu.edu

Vice-Chair:  Jason Pagano

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Chemistry

Science East 275, 7400 Bay Road

7400 Bay Rd., University Center MI  48710

989/964-2638

jpagano@svsu.edu

CoMMUNICATION

Chair:   Patric Spence

Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Avenue, MS 5318
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5318

patric.spence@wmich.edu

COMPUTERS

Chair:  Aby Tehranipour
Eastern Michigan University

Computer Science Department, 511 Pray-Harrold

Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734/487-3206
tehranip@emunix.emich.edu

Vice-Chair:  Ranjan Chaudhuri
Eastern Michigan University

Computer Science Department, 511 Pray-Harrold, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734/487-3207
ranjan.chaudhuri@emich.edu

ECONOMICS

Contact Administration Section Chair
(contact information to the right).

Economics Section will be combined with Administration Section this year.

Administration Chair:  Philip L. Kintzele
Central Michigan University

College of Business Administration, Grawn Hall 312

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

989/774-3798

philip.l.kintzele@cmich.edu

EDUCATION

Chair:  Roger Wilson

Grand Valley State University

College of Education

301 W Fulton Street, Suite 920EC

Grand Rapids, MI 49504

616/331-2079

wilsoro@gvsu.edu

ENGINEERING

Chair:  Russell Clark

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Pioneer Hall 206, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

989/964-4192

rclark@svsu.edu

Vice-Chair:  Ronald DeLap
Lake Superior State University

Department of Engineering, CAS 130

650 W. Easterday Avenue

Sault Ste. Marie, MI  49783

906/635-2135

rdelap@lssu.edu

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ECOLOGY

Chair: Arthur Martin

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Biology

Science West 247, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

 989/964-2229

almarti2@svsu.edu

FRENCH & ITALIAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Chair:  Vicki  DeVries
Calvin College, French Department

Hiemenga Hall, 1845 Knollcrest Circle SE

Grand Rapids, MI  49546-4402

616/526-8736
vdevries@calvin.edu

Vice-Chair:  Christine Knapp, Univ. of Western Ontario

Mailing address:

4955 Malden Road

Windsor ON  N9E 3T7 Canada

519/969-2976

cknapp@cogeco.ca

GEOGRAPHY

Chair:  Fred Sunderman

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Geography

Brown Hall 331, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI  48710

989/964-2769

fwsunder@svsu.edu

Vice-Chair: Roy Cole

Grand Valley State University

Geography and Planning Department

B-4-203 Mackinac Hall

Allendale, MI  49401

616/331-3377

coler@gvsu.edu

GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Chair:  Diane Baclawski

Michigan State University

Division of Science Mathematics Education

102 N. Kedzie Lab

East Lansing, MI  48824-1031

517 355-1708 x 104 phone; 517/432-5653 fax

baclaws2@msu.edu

GERMANIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURE

Co-Chair:  Daniela Richter

Central Michigan University
Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Cultures

317 Pearce Hall

Mt. Pleasant, MI  48859

989/774-2932

richt2dm@cmich.edu

Co-Chair: Katharina Häusler-Gross

Aquinas College

Department of Modern and Classical Languages

Academic Building 9C

Grand Rapids, MI 49506

616/632-2122

grosskat@aquinas.edu

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Co-Chair:  Richard L. Douglass

Eastern Michigan University

College of Health & Human Services

329 Marshall Bldg., Ypsilanti, MI 48197

734/487-0460

rdouglass@emich.edu

Co-Chair:  Roberto E. Torres-Zeno

University of Puerto Rico

Graduate School of Public Health

P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067

787/758-2525 x 1444

rlalc@yahoo.com

HISTORY

Chair: Tom Vance

Portage Public Schools

1125 Tanglewood Drive, Portage, MI 49024

269/323-5167

tvance@portageps.org

Vice-Chair:  Robert J. Thaler

Saginaw Valley State University, Sociology

261 N. Education, University Center, MI 48710

989/964-4372

thaler@svsu.edu

HISTORY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chair:  Laurie Reed

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Physics

Science West 251, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

989/964-7021

lgreed@svsu.edu

Vice-Chair:  Stephen Taber

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Biology

Science West 260, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

989/964-4824

swtaber@svsu.edu

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN SCIENCE

Chair:  Christopher Schilling

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Pioneer Hall 225, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

989/964-2601

schillin@svsu.edu

Vice-Chair:  David Karpovich

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Chemistry

Science East 272, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

989/964-4349

dsk@svsu.edu

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

Chair:  Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter

Oakland University

Department of Writing & Rhetoric,  113 O’Dowd Hall

Rochester, MI  48309

248/854-8340

bennettc@oakland.edu

LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Chair:  Maureen C. Thum

University of Michigan–Flint

Department of English, 326 French Hall

Flint, MI 48502-1950

810/407-1247

mthum@umflint.edu

Vice-Chair:  Angela Thum

University of Notre Dame, Department of English

Mailing Address: 

3903 Irish Hills Drive, #3B

South Bend, IN 46614

574/321-0155

thum.1@nd.edu

LAW

Chair:  Julie Granthen

Oakland Community College

Behavioral & Social Sciences

2900 Featherstone Road

Auburn Hills MI  48326

248/232-4013

jlgranth@oaklandcc.edu; granthen@oakland.edu

Vice-Chair:   Mark Potts
Saginaw Valley State University

College of Business & Management

320 Curtis Hall, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

989/964-4064

mdpotts@svsu.edu

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES

Chair:  Elizabeth Bucciarelli

Eastern Michigan University

100-D Halle Library, Ypsilanti, MI  48197

734-487-0020 x 2129

ebucciare@emich.edu

Vice-Chair:  John M. Potter, ITT Technical Institute

Mailing address:: 

2452 Coit Avenue NE,  Grand Rapids MI  49505

616/361-5366

jpotter@itt-tech.edu

MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Chair: Elise Boneau

Western Michigan University

Department of History

Mail Stop 5334, Kalamazoo, MI  49008-5335

269-387-4626

elise.m.boneau@wmich.edu

Vice-Chair: Natalie J. Kohout, Wayne State University

Mailing address:

42558 Clinton Place Drive

Clinton Township, MI  48038

586/871-3709

boudiccaswrath@gmail.com

MICROBIOLOGY

Chair:  Plammoottil Cherian

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Biology

Science West, 247A, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

989/964-4343

pcherian@svsu.edu

Vice-Chair: Bing Yang

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Biology

Science West, 156, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI 48710

989/964-4150

byang@svsu.edu

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

Chair:  Kristin LaLonde

Wayne State University

313/624-0223

klalonde@wayne.edu

PHILOSOPHY

Chair:  Ashley McDowell

Kalamazoo College

Department of Philosophy

1200 Academy, Kalamazoo, MI  49006

269/337-7077

mcdowell@kzoo.edu

Vice-Chair: Raymond S. Pfeiffer

Delta College

Philosophy Department

University Center, MI  48710

989/686-9373

rspfeiff@delta.edu

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Chair: G.M. Ross

10561 36^th Street, SE

Lowell MI  49331

616/897-5713

rmg@wmis.net

Vice-Chair: Kristin LaLonde

University of Michigan – Flint

(no mailing address listed)

krlalond@umflint.edu

PSYCHOLOGY

Chair: Jeanne Malmberg

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Psychology

Brown Hall 159, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI  48710

 989/964-2136

jmmalmbe@svsu.edu

Vice-Chair: Marie Cassar

Saginaw Valley State University

Department of Psychology

Brown Hall 156, 7400 Bay Road

University Center, MI  48710

989/964-4779

mtcassar@svsu.edu

RHETORIC & COMPOSITION

Co-Chair:  Robert Lamphear

Oakland Community College

English Department, 338 Woodland Hall

7350 Cooley Lake Road, Waterford MI  48327

248/942-3162

rllamphe@oaklandcc.edu

Co-Chair:  Alice S. Horning

Oakland University

Department of Writing and Rhetoric

378 O’Dowd Hall

Rochester MI  48309
248-370-4134
horning@oakland.edu

SLAVIC & EASTERN EUROPEAN STUDIES

Chair:  Tamara Machmut-Jhashi

Oakland University

Office of the Provost, WH205

Rochester, MI 48309-4401

248/370-2199

machmutj@oakland.edu

SOCIOLOGY

Chair:  Elson E. Boles

Saginaw Valley State University, Sociology Department

7400 Bay Road, EN267, University Center, MI 48710

989/964-4178

boles@svsu.edu

SPANISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE & CULTURE

Chair: Cynthia Slagter

Calvin College

Spanish Department

Hiemenga Hall, 1845 Knollcrest Circle SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402

616/526-6426; fax 616/526-8583

cslagter@calvin.edu

WOMEN’S STUDIES

Chair: Jane Fader, Wayne State University

Mailing address:

607 Girard

Royal Oak, MI  48073

248/797-5593

jane.fader@gmail.com

Vice-Chair: Amy Parker

93 Arthur Street N.

Guelph, Ontario

CANADA  N1E 4V1

acparker@sympatico.ca

ZOOLOGY

Co-Chair: John Rowe

Alma College

Biology Department, Dow 119

614 W Superior Street, Alma, MI 48801-1599

989/463-7194

rowe@alma.edu

Co-Chair: David Clark

Alma College,

Biology Department , Dow 111

614 W.  Superior Street, Alma, MI 48801-1599

989/463-7058

clarkd@alma.edu