Faculty

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RABIDEAU, PETER W., Professor of Chemistry; Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. B.S., 1964, Loyola (Chicago); M.S., 1967, Case Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1968, Case Western Reserve.
RAICH, JAMES W., Associate Professor of Botany. B.S., 1977, Michigan State; M.S., 1980, Florida; Ph.D., 1987, Duke.
RAJAGOPALAN, R. GANESH, Professor of Aerospace Engineering. B.S., 1973, Madras Christian; B.S., 1976, Madras; M.S., 1978, Indian Institute of Science; Ph.D., 1984, West Virginia.
RAMASWAMI, SRIDHAR N., Professor of Marketing. B.S., 1974, Madras; M.B.A., 1977, Indian Institute of Management; Ph.D., 1987, Texas.
RAMSEY, ROBERT JAY, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1963, Colorado State; M.S., 1971, Iowa State.
RANDIC, MIRJANA, Professor of Biomedical Sciences. M.D., 1959, Ph.D., 1962, Zagreb.
RAO, A. GURURAJ, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Collaborator). M.Sc., 1974, Gauhati (India); Ph.D., 1981, Mysore (India).
RASMUSSEN, JORGEN S., Emeritus Professor of Political Science; Emeritus Professor of Curriculum and Instruction; Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences. A.B., 1957, Indiana; M.A., 1958, Ph.D., 1962, Wisconsin.
RASMUSSEN, MARK A., Assistant Professor of Animal Science (Collaborator); Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Collaborator). B.S., 1976, M.S., 1979, Nebraska; Ph.D., 1986, Illinois; M.B.A., 1996, Iowa State.
RATHMACHER, JOHN A., Assistant Professor of Animal Science (Collaborator). B.S., 1987, M.S., 1989, Purdue; Ph.D., 1993, Iowa State.
RAVENSCROFT, SUE P., Associate Professor of Accounting. B.A., 1972, Wayne State; M.B.A., 1976, Detroit Mercy; Ph.D., 1989, Michigan State.
RAVERTY, DENNIS, Assistant Professor of Art and Design. B.A., 1990, Minnesota; M.A., 1992, Iowa; Ph.D., 1996, Rutgers.
RAWSON, DON CARLOS, Emeritus Professor of History. B.S., 1958, M.A., 1966, Kansas; Ph.D., 1971, Washington.
READ, ALVIN A., Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering. B.S., 1949, M.S., 1952, Ph.D., 1960, Iowa State.
RECTANUS, ELIZABETH S., Adjunct Instructor in Foreign Languages and Literatures. B.S., 1972, Mississippi; J.D., 1974, M.A., 1979, Mississippi State.
RECTANUS, MARK W., Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures. B.A., 1975, Valparaiso; M.A., 1977, Ph.D., 1983, Washington (St. Louis).
REDDY, MANJU B., Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1976, M.S., 1978, Osmania (India); Ph.D., 1987, Texas A and M.
REDMOND, JAMES R., Emeritus Professor of Zoology. B.S., 1949, Cincinnati; Ph.D., 1954, California (Los Angeles).
REDMOND, MARK VINCENT, Associate Professor of Greenlee School Journalism/Communication. B.A., 1971, M.A., 1973, Purdue; Ph.D., 1978, Denver.
REECE, WILLIAM O., Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Sciences; University Professor. D.V.M., 1954, Ph.D., 1965, Iowa State.
REECY, JAMES M., Assistant Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1990, South Dakota State; M.S., 1992, Missouri; Ph.D., 1995, Purdue.
REGENOLD, MICHELE M., Adjunct Instructor in English. B.A., 1989, Grinnell; M.A., 1992, M.S., 1997, Iowa State.
REILLY, PETER J., Professor of Chemical Engineering; Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering. A.B., 1960, Princeton; Ph.D., 1964, Pennsylvania.
REINERTSON, ERIC L., Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. D.V.M., 1971, Iowa State; M.S., 1974, Cornell.
REINHARDT, TIMOTHY A., Professor of Animal Science (Collaborator). B.S., 1974, M.S., 1976, Ph.D., 1979, Ohio State.
REITMEIER, CHERYLL A., Associate Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1973, Minnesota; M.S., 1975, Arkansas; Ph.D., 1988, Iowa State.
REYNOLDS, DONALD LEE, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine; Associate Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. B.S., 1977, D.V.M., 1981, Ph.D., 1986, Ohio State.
RICE, MARLIN E., Professor of Entomology. B.S., 1977, Central Missouri; M.S., 1979, Missouri; Ph.D., 1987, Kansas State.
RICHARD, THOMAS L., Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. B.S., 1978, California (Berkeley); M.S., 1987, Ph.D., 1997, Cornell.
RICHARDS, CHARLES D., Assistant Professor of Art and Design. B.F.A., 1979, Illinois; M.F.A., 1983, Wisconsin.
RICHT, JURGEN, Associate Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (Collaborator). B.S., 1980, Hohenheim (Germany); D.V.M., 1985, Munich (Germany); Ph.D., 1988, Giessen (Germany).
RIECK, DONALD ARTHUR, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., 1963, Northern Iowa; M.S., 1968, Wisconsin (Stout); Ph.D., 1987, Iowa State.
RIEDESEL, DEAN HAROLD, Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Sciences. D.V.M., 1969, Ph.D., 1976, Iowa State.
RIEDESEL, ELIZABETH A., Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. B.S., 1970, D.V.M., 1975, Iowa State.
RIEGER, BERNHARD W., Assistant Professor of History. M.A., 1995, Erlangen (Germany); Ph.D., 1999, London (England).
RIEMENSCHNEIDER, DONALD E., Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Collaborator). B.S., 1972, M.S., 1976, Ph.D., 1979, Minnesota.
RILEY, JOHN NEWTON, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Education and Technology. B.S., 1955, M.Ed., 1965, Oregon State; Ed.D., 1972, Rutgers.
RILEY, WILLIAM F., Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering; Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering. B.S., 1951, Carnegie-Mellon; M.S., 1958, Illinois Institute of Technology.
RINEY-KEHRBERG, PAMELA, Associate Professor of History. B.S., 1985, Colorado College; M.A., 1986, Ph.D., 1991, Wisconsin.
RIZZO, FRANK J., Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering. B.S., 1960, M.S., 1961, Ph.D., 1964, Illinois.
ROBERTS, CARL W., Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A., 1975, Maine; M.A., 1977, M.S., 1982, Ph.D., 1983, New York (Stony Brook).
ROBERTS, DAVID D., Associate Professor of English. B.A., 1967, M.A., 1969, Ph.D., 1979, Arizona State.
ROBERTS, DONALD M., Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Engineering. B.Sc., 1945, Alberta; M.Sc., 1949, Ph.D., 1953, Purdue.
ROBERTS, RONALD A., Adjunct Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering. B.S., 1979, Purdue; M.S., 1981, Ph.D., 1985, Northwestern.
ROBERTSON, ALAN P., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences. B.Sc., 1991, Glasgow; Ph.D., 1997, Edinburgh.
ROBERTSON, DONALD S., Emeritus Professor of Zoology. A.B., 1947, Stanford; Ph.D., 1951, California Institute of Technology.
ROBINSON, CLARE M., Assistant Professor of Architecture. B.A., 1995, Smith College; M.Arch., 2001, Harvard.
ROBINSON, DAN, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; University Professor. B.S., 1970, M.S., 1971, Ph.D., 1978, Iowa State.
ROBINSON, JENNIFER, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition (Collaborator). B.A., 1982, Northwestern; M.D., 1987, M.P.H., 1995, Minnesota.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies. A.B., 1962, Yale; Ph.D., 1966, Indiana.
ROBSON, RICHARD M., Professor of Animal Science; Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology; Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1964, M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1969, Iowa State.
ROBYT, JOHN F., Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. B.S., 1958, St. Louis; Ph.D., 1962, Iowa State.
RODDE, JAMES F., Professor of Music. B.A., 1974, Augsburg College; M.A., 1977, D.M.A., 1987, Iowa.
RODDE, KATHLEEN, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music. B.A., 1984, North Dakota; M.A., 1986, Arizona State.
RODERMEL, STEVEN R., Professor of Botany; Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. B.A., 1972, Yale; M.S., 1976, Wyoming; Ph.D., 1986, Harvard.
RODERUCK, CHARLOTTE E., Emeritus Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Mary B. Welch Distinguished Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences. B.S., 1940, Pittsburgh; M.S., 1942, Washington State; Ph.D., 1949, Iowa.
RODRIGUEZ, MA LULU A., Associate Professor of Greenlee School Journalism/Communication. B.S., 1979, Philippines; MPS, 1987, Cornell; Ph.D., 1993, Wisconsin.
ROGGE, THOMAS RAY, Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering. B.S., 1958, M.S., 1961, Ph.D., 1964, Iowa State.
ROHACH, ALFRED F., Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering. B.S., 1959, M.S., 1961, Ph.D., 1963, Iowa State.
ROLLINS, DERRICK K., Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering; Associate Professor of Statistics. B.S., 1979, Kansas; M.S., 1987, M.S., 1989, Ph.D., 1990, Ohio State.
ROOF, MICHAEL B., Assistant Professor of Microbiology (Collaborator). B.S., 1987, M.S., 1989, Ph.D., 1991, Iowa State.
ROSATI, MARZIA, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1985, La Sapienza (Italy); Ph.D., 1992, Mc Gill (Canada).
ROSENBERG, ELI IRA, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Chair of the Department. B.S., 1964, City University of New York; M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1971, Illinois.
ROSENBUSCH, MARCIA H., Adjunct Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures; Adjunct Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.S., 1965, Oregon State; M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1987, Iowa State.
ROSENBUSCH, RICARDO F., Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. D.V.M., 1964, Buenos Aires; M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1969, Iowa State.
ROSS, DALE H., Emeritus Associate Professor of English. B.A., 1959, M.A., 1962, Akron; Ph.D., 1974, Iowa.
ROSS, DENNIS K., Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1964, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1968, Stanford.
ROSS, RICHARD FRANCIS, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine; Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor in Veterinary Medicine. D.V.M., 1959, M.S., 1960, Ph.D., 1965, Iowa State.
ROTH, JAMES ALLEN, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine; Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor in Veterinary Medicine; Assistant Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. D.V.M., 1975, M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1981, Iowa State.
ROTHMAYER, ALRIC PAUL, Professor of Aerospace Engineering; Professor of Mathematics. B.S., 1980, M.S., 1982, Ph.D., 1985, Cincinnati.
ROTHSCHILD, MAX F., Professor of Animal Science; Professor of Microbiology; Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture. B.S., 1974, California (Davis); M.S., 1975, Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1978, Cornell.
ROUSE, GENE, Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1967, Minnesota; M.S., 1969, Ph.D., 1971, Iowa State.
ROVER, DIANE THIEDE, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S., 1984, M.S., 1986, Ph.D., 1989, Iowa State.
ROWE, ERIC W., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences. D.V.M., 1999, Iowa State.
ROWLEY, WAYNE ALLRED, Professor of Entomology. B.S., 1960, M.S., 1962, Utah State; Ph.D., 1965, Washington State.
RUA, PATRICIA PAYER, Instructor in Food Science and Human Nutrition (Collaborator). B.S., 1945, Kansas State.
RUAN, LU, Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.E., 1996, Tsinghua (China); M.S., 1999, Ph.D., 2001, Minnesota.
RUBEN, ROBERT A., Associate Professor of Logistics, Operations and Management Information Systems. B.S., 1989, M.S., 1991, Clarkson; Ph.D., 1995, Indiana.
RUDOLPH, WILLIAM B., Emeritus Professor of Mathematics; Emeritus Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., 1960, Bethany (West Virginia); M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1969, Purdue.
RUDOLPHI, THOMAS J., Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Chair of the Department. B.S., 1969, M.S., 1974, Ph.D., 1977, Illinois.
RUEDENBERG, KLAUS, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry; Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Abitur, 1938, Bielefeld; M.S., 1944, Fribourg; Ph.D., 1950, Zurich; Ph.D., 1975, (Hon) Basel.
RULE, LITA C., Associate Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. B.S., 1975, M.S., 1982, Philippines; Ph.D., 1988, Texas A and M.
RUNYAN, WILLIAM S., Emeritus Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1960, M.S., 1962, Idaho; D.Sc., 1968, Harvard.
RUNYON, DANIEL K., Adjunct Instructor in Military Science and Tactics. B.S., 1998, Iowa State.
RUSSELL, ALAN MARK, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. B.S., 1972, M.S., 1975, Ph.D., 1994, Iowa State.
RUSSELL, DANIEL W., Professor of Human Development and Family Studies; Professor of Psychology. B.S., 1975, Tulsa; Ph.D., 1980, California (Los Angeles).
RUSSELL, DAVID R., Professor of English. B.A., 1973, Central State (Oklahoma); Ph.D., 1981, Oklahoma.
RUSSELL, JAMES R., Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1972, M.S., 1976, Ph.D., 1979, Wisconsin.
RUSSELL, MARTHA E., Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry. B.S., 1945, Rochester; M.A., 1947, New York (Buffalo); Ph.D., 1954, Purdue.
RUSSELL, STEVE F., Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S., 1966, Montana State; M.S., 1973, Ph.D., 1978, Iowa State.
RUSSELL, WILBERT A., Emeritus Professor of Agronomy; Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture. B.S.A., 1942, Manitoba; M.S., 1947, Ph.D., 1952, Minnesota.
RUST, ROBERT E., Emeritus Professor of Animal Science; Emeritus Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1951, Wisconsin; M.S., 1954, Michigan State.
RYAN, SARAH M., Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. B.S., 1983, Virginia; M.S.E., 1984, Ph.D., 1988, Michigan.
RYAN, VERNON DEAN, Professor of Sociology. B.S., 1966, Utah State; M.S., 1969, Ph.D., 1974, Pennsylvania State.