Faculty

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KADOLPH, SARA JEAN, Professor of Apparel, Educational Studies and Hospitality Management. B.S., 1972, Iowa State; M.S., 1973, Kansas State; Ph.D., 1979, Minnesota.
KAEBERLE, MERLIN L., Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine; Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor in Veterinary Medicine. A.B., 1950, South Dakota; B.S., 1952, D.V.M., 1954, Colorado State; M.S., 1961, Ph.D., 1962, Illinois.
KAELBERER, MATTHIAS, Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A., 1987, Tuebingen (Germany); M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1997, Princeton.
KAINLAURI, EINO O., Emeritus Professor of Architecture. B.Arch., 1950, M.Arch., 1959, Ph.D., 1975, Michigan.
KAISER, MARK STEVEN, Associate Professor of Statistics; B.S., 1979, M.S., 1982, M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1990, Missouri.
KAIZER, EDWARD, Instructor in Music (Collaborator). B.Mus., 1987, Arizona State.
KAMAL, AHMED EL-SAYED, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.Sc., 1978, M.Sc., 1980, Cairo (Egypt); M.A.Sc., 1982, Ph.D., 1986, Toronto (Canada).
KANE, KEVIN L., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.A., 1982, B.S., 1982, M.L.A., 1986, Iowa State.
KANG, SUNGHYUN RYOO, Assistant Professor of Art and Design. B.F.A., 1980, Ewha Womans; M.F.A., 1986, Houston; M.A., 1999, Iowa State.
KANNEL, EDWARD J., Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. B.S., 1966, M.S., 1967, Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1972, Purdue.
KANTHASAMY, ANUMANTHA G., Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences. B.S., 1981, M.S., 1984, M.Phil., 1985, Ph.D., 1989, Madras (India).
KANTHASAMY, ARTHI, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences. B.S., 1990, PSG; Ph.D., 2001, Purdue.
KANWAR, RAMESHWAR S., Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and Chair of the Department. B.S., 1969, Pau Ludhiana; M.S., 1975, Pantnagar; Ph.D., 1981, Iowa State.
KAO, DAVID T., Emeritus Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. B.S., 1959, National Cheng-Kung; M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1967, Duke.
KAPLAN, MURRAY LEE, Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.A., 1962, Alfred; Ph.D., 1972, City University of New York.
KARAS, GEORGE G., Emeritus Professor of Psychology. B.A., 1956, Depauw; M.S., 1958, Ph.D., 1959, Purdue.
KARLEN, DOUGLAS LAWRENCE, Professor of Agronomy (Collaborator). B.S., 1973, Wisconsin; M.S., 1975, Michigan State; Ph.D., 1978, Kansas State.
KASPAR, THOMAS C., Professor of Agronomy (Collaborator). B.S., 1976, M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1982, Iowa State.
KATZ, APRIL, Assistant Professor of Art and Design. B.S., 1977, New York (Buffalo); M.F.A., 1988, Arizona State.
KAUFMANN, JEFFREY B.,Assistant Professor of Management. B.B.A., 1987, James Madison; J.D., 1990, William and Mary; Ph.D., 1999, North Carolina.
KAUFMANN, PAUL J., Emeritus Assistant Professor of English. B.S., 1964, Nebraska (Omaha); M.A., 1967, Cincinnati; Ph.D., 1975, Iowa State.
KAVANAGH, PATRICK, Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B.S., 1952, M.S., 1960, Ph.D., 1964, Iowa State.
KAWALER, STEVEN D., Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.A., 1980, Cornell; Ph.D., 1986, Texas.
KEENEY, DENNIS R., Emeritus Professor of Agronomy; Emeritus Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. B.S., 1959, Iowa State; M.S., 1961, Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1965, Iowa State.
KEINERT, FRITZ, Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.S., 1978, Stuttgart; M.S., 1981, Ph.D., 1985, Oregon State.
KEITH, PATRICIA M., Professor of Sociology. B.S., 1960, Southwest Missouri; M.S., 1960, Missouri; Ph.D., 1969, St. Louis.
KELKAR, ATUL G., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B.E., 1984, Poona (India); M.S., 1990, Ph.D., 1993, Old Dominion.
KELLER, CLAIR, Emeritus Professor of History; Emeritus Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. A.B., 1957, M.A., 1962, Ph.D., 1967, Washington.
KELLER, J. TIMOTHY, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Chair of the Department. B.A., 1972, M.L.A., 1975, Virginia.
KELLOGG, REBECCA L. S., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering. B.S., 1985, M.S., 1993, Ph.D., 1998, Iowa State.
KELLY, JAMES MICHAEL, Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and Chair of the Department. B.S., 1966, East Tennessee; M.S., 1968, Ph.D., 1973, Tennessee.
KELLY, THOMAS J., Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., 1961, Wagner; M.Ed., 1968, Delaware; Ed.D., 1971, Kansas.
KELLY, WILLIAM HAROLD, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S.E., 1950, M.S., 1951, Ph.D., 1955, Michigan.
KENDALL, RICK A., Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.S., 1983, Indiana State; Ph.D., 1988, Utah.
KENEALY, MICHAEL D., Professor of Animal Science; University Professor. B.S., 1969, Ph.D., 1974, Iowa State.
KENNEDY, WILLIAM J. JR., Professor of Statistics. B.S., 1959, M.S., 1960, Oklahoma State; Ph.D., 1969, Iowa State.
KERNAN, WILLIAM J. JR., Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1955, Loyola (Baltimore); Ph.D., 1960, Chicago.
KERSH, KEVIN D., Adjunct Instructor in Veterinary Clinical Sciences. D.V.M., 2001, Oklahoma State.
KERSTING, KARL W., Associate Professor of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. B.S., 1974, New Mexico State; D.V.M., 1978, Purdue; M.S., 1985, Ohio State.
KESL, LYLE D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Collaborator). B.S., 1978, M.S., 1984, Ph.D., 1993, D.V.M., 1998, Iowa State.
KESSEL, KAREN L., Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A., 1990, Oberlin College; Ph.D., 1997, Indiana.
KHAMMASH, MUSTAFA H., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Collaborator). B.S., 1986, Texas A and M; Ph.D., 1990, Texas.
KIENZLER, DONNA STINE, Associate Professor of English; Assistant Dean of the Graduate College. A.B., 1968, Gettysburg; A.M., 1970, Ph.D., 1975, Illinois.
KIHL, YOUNG WHAN, Professor of Political Science. B.A., 1959, Grinnell; M.A., 1960, Ph.D., 1963, New York University.
KILGORE, DEBORAH W., Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. B.A., 1985, Maryland; M.S., 1994, Johns Hopkins; Ph.D., 1999, Texas A and M.
KILKENNY, MAUREEN R., Assistant Professor of Economics. B.A., 1979, California (Davis); M.S., 1986, Ph.D., 1987, Minnesota.
KILLORN, RANDY JAY, Professor of Agronomy. B.S., 1971, M.S., 1979, Montana State; Ph.D., 1983, Idaho.
KILMER, LEE HARRY, Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1971, Cornell; M.S., 1978, Ph.D., 1980, Pennsylvania State.
KIM, UHNOH, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences. B.S., 1982, Seoul (Korea); M.S., 1984, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Ph.D., 1991, Duke.
KING, DOUGLAS S., Professor of Health and Human Performance. B.A., 1980, California (Berkeley); M.A., 1981, Wake Forest; Ph.D., 1984, Ball State.
KING, ROBERT RANDY, Adjunct Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. B.S., 1974, Nevada (Reno); Ph.D., 1980, D.V.M., 1980, Washington State.
KINGSBURY, DAWN D., Adjunct Instructor in Veterinary Clinical Sciences. B.S., 1990, Florida; D.V.M., 1994, North Carolina State.
KINYON, JOANN H., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. B.S., 1971, M.S., 1974, Iowa State.
KIRSCHENMANN, FREDERICK L., Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies. B.A., 1957, Yankton College; M.A., 1962, Ph.D., 1964, Chicago.
KISER, JAMES JOY, Emeritus Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1942, Iowa State; M.S., 1951, South Dakota State.
KITZMAN, MARION JOHN, Emeritus Professor of Architecture. B.F.A., 1950, Drake; M.A., 1957, San Francisco State.
KIZER, GEORGE A., Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. B.F.A., 1942, Oklahoma State; M.M.E., 1951, Michigan; Ph.D., 1965, Oklahoma.
KLAAS, ERWIN E., Emeritus Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Collaborator). B.S., 1956, Missouri; M.A., 1963, Ph.D., 1970, Kansas.
KLAIBER, FRED WAYNE, Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering; Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering. B.S., 1962, M.S., 1964, Ph.D., 1968, Purdue.
KLEINSCHMIDT, ARTHUR C., Emeritus Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. B.B.A., 1938, Minnesota; B.S., 1943, Oregon State; M.S., 1949, Minnesota;Ph.D., 1953, Iowa State.
KLEITSCH, JOHN CALVIN, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S.E.E., 1958, Iowa State; M.S.E.E., 1969, M.B.A., 1981, Iowa.
KLEPTACH, GARY L., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music. B.S.M.E., 1963, Kent State; MMED, 1968, Vandercook College of Music
KLIEBENSTEIN, JAMES, Professor of Economics. B.S., 1969, Wisconsin; M.S., 1970, Ph.D., 1972, Illinois.
KLIEMANN, WOLFGANG H., Professor of Mathematics; Associate Vice Provost. Dr.rer.nat, 1980, Bremen.
KLINE, KAREN L., Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. B.S., 1984, Iowa State; D.V.M., 1989, Ohio State; M.S., 2001, Iowa State.
KLING, CATHERINE L., Professor of Economics. B.B.A., 1981, Iowa; Ph.D., 1986, Maryland.
KLONGLAN, GERALD E., Emeritus Professor of Sociology. B.S., 1958, M.S., 1962, Ph.D., 1963, Iowa State.
KLUGE, JOHN PAUL, Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Pathology; University Professor. B.S., 1962, D.V.M., 1962, Missouri; M.S., 1965, Iowa State; Ph.D., 1968, George Washington.
KNAPP, ALLEN DALE, Associate Professor of Agronomy. B.S., 1974, M.S., 1976, Montana State; Ph.D., 1981, Washington State.
KNOX, JERRY, Emeritus Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning. B.A., 1962, Iowa; M.U.P., 1968, Michigan State.
KOEHLER, KENNETH J., Professor of Statistics and Interim Chair of the Department; University Professor. B.S., 1972, Wisconsin (Parkside); Ph.D., 1977, Minnesota.
KOERBER, GEORGE G., Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.A., 1948, Hiram; M.S., 1950, Ph.D., 1952, Purdue.
KOFORD, ROLF R., Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Collaborator). B.S., 1970, California (Davis); Ph.D., 1979, California (Berkeley).
KOGAN, VLADIMIR G., Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1956, M.S., 1961, State Pedagogical Institute (Russia); Ph.D., 1977, Israel Institute of Technology.
KOHUT, MARIAN L., Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance. B.A., 1982, Chicago; M.S., 1986, Pennsylvania State; Ph.D., 1995, South Carolina.
KOLMER, LEE ROY, Emeritus Professor of Economics. B.S., 1952, Southern Illinois; M.S., 1952, Ph.D., 1954, Iowa State.
KOMAR, CAROLYN M., Assistant Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1988, Vermont; M.S., 1991, Connecticut; Ph.D., 1998, Cornell.
KOPPENHAVER, GARY D., Associate Professor of Finance. B.B.A., 1976, Ph.D., 1980, Iowa.
KOPPLIN, JULIUS O., Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S., 1949, Wisconsin; M.S., 1954, Ph.D., 1958, Purdue.
KORSCHING, PETER F., Professor of Sociology. B.A., 1970, Chadron; M.A., 1972, Ph.D., 1977, Kentucky.
KOSTELNICK, CHARLES J., Professor of English and Chair of the Department. B.Arch., 1973, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1981, Illinois.
KOSTIC, NENAD M., Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. Dipl., 1976, Belgrade; Ph.D., 1982, Wisconsin.
KOTHARI, SURAJ C., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Computer Science. B.S., 1970, Poona; Ph.D., 1977, Purdue.
KOTTMAN, NELLE HUTTER, Adjunct Instructor in Foreign Languages and Literatures. B.A., 1961, Southwestern (Tennessee); M.A., 1985, Middlebury.
KOTTMAN, RICHARD N., Professor of History. B.A., 1953, M.A., 1954, Iowa; Ph.D., 1958, Vanderbilt.
KOVAR, JOHN L. Associate Professor of Agronomy (Collaborator). B.S., 1981, Illinois; M.S., 1985, Ph.D., 1989, Purdue.
KOZAK, CATHERINE M., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. B.S., 1965, St. Mary's; Ph.D., 1969, Notre Dame.
KOZAK, JOHN JOSEPH, Professor of Chemistry. B.S., 1961, Case Western Reserve; Ph.D., 1965, Princeton.
KRAFSUR, ELLIOT S., Emeritus Professor of Entomology. B.S., 1962, M.S., 1964, Maryland; Ph.D., 1972, London.
KRAFT, ALLEN ABRAHAM, Emeritus Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Emeritus Professor of Microbiology. B.S., 1947, M.S., 1949, Cornell; Ph.D., 1953, Iowa State.
KRAMER, MATTHEW J., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences. B.S., 1979, M.S., 1982, Rochester; Ph.D., 1988, Iowa State.
KRAMER, THEODORE T., Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. D.V.M., 1952, Ecole Veterinaire; Ph.D., 1965, Colorado State.
KRAUS, GEORGE A., Professor of Chemistry. B.S., 1972, Rochester; Ph.D., 1976, Columbia.
KREIDER, BRENT E., Associate Professor of Economics. B.A., 1988, Hope College; M.S., 1993, Ph.D., 1994, Wisconsin.
KRENNRICH, FRANK, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.A., 1986, Friedrich-Alexander (Bavaria); M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1996, Ludwig-Maximilians (Bavaria).
KROGH, JACQUELINE S., Adjunct Instructor in Human Development and Family Studies. B.S., 1978, Iowa State; M.ED, 1979, Missouri (Columbia).
KROHN, ERIC W., Adjunct Instructor in Military Science and Tactics. B.A., 1996, Grand View College.
KRUEMPEL, BEVERLY, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Apparel, Educational Studies and Hospitality Management. B.S., 1961, Iowa State; M.S., 1968, Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1990, Iowa State.
KRUEMPEL, KENNETH C., Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. B.S., 1957, Iowa State; M.S., 1963, Iowa State; Ph.D., 1970, Wisconsin.
KUHN, WARREN BOEHM, Emeritus Professor, Library. B.A., 1948, New York University; M.L.S., 1950, Columbia.
KUMAR, RATNESH, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.Tech., 1987, Indian Institute of Technology (India); M.S., 1989, Ph.D., 1991, Texas.
KUNDEL, CAROLYN J., Emeritus Associate Professor of Textiles and Clothing. B.S., 1956, Iowa State; M.S., 1961, Nebraska (Omaha); Ph.D., 1969, Iowa State.
KUNERTH, WILLIAM F., Emeritus Professor of Greenlee School Journalism/Communication. B.S., 1950, Wyoming; M.S.J., 1952, Northwestern.
KUNESH, JERRY P., Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. D.V.M., 1961, M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1969, Iowa State.
KUNZ, GRACE IRENE, Emeritus Associate Professor of Apparel, Educational Studies and Hospitality Management. B.S., 1962, M.S., 1970, Ph.D., 1985, Iowa State.
KUO, MONLIN, Associate Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. B.S., 1965, Taiwan; M.S., 1971, Missouri; Ph.D., 1977, California (Berkeley).
KUPFER, FERN L., Associate Professor of English. B.S., 1968, New York (Cortland); M.S., 1975, Iowa State.
KUPFER, JOSEPH H., Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies; University Professor. B.A., 1967, Queens; M.A., 1970, Ph.D., 1971, Rochester.
KURTENBACH, JAMES M., Associate Professor of Accounting. B.S., 1980, Iowa State; M.S., 1987, Tulsa; Ph.D., 1992, Missouri.
KUSHKOWSKI, JEFFREY D., Associate Professor, Library. B.A., 1985, Houghton; M.L.S., 1990, M.P.A., 1990, Indiana.
KWON, HYUNGIL, Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance. B.A., 1996, Seoul National (Korea); M.S., 1999, Iowa State; Ph.D., 2002, Ohio State.
KWON, YOUNG H., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Collaborator). B.S., 1984, Ph.D., 1991, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.D., 1991, Yale.
KYBER, ELIZABETH ASHLEY, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.L.A., 1995, M.S., 1997, Clemson; M.F.A., 1999, Cranbrook Academy of Art.