Faculty

Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor denotes those faculty members who have been recognized for having attained outstanding national and international reputations within their professional disciplines.

University Professor
University Professor denotes those faculty members who have been recognized for having made outstanding contributions to the quality of education at Iowa State University.

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PADGITT, STEVEN C., Professor of Sociology. B.S., 1965, Iowa State; M.S., 1968, Missouri; Ph.D., 1971, Iowa State.

PAK, YONG CHIN, Adjunct Instructor in Health and Human Performance. B.A., 1971, Korean Judo College.

PALAN, KAY MARIE, Associate Professor of Marketing; Associate Dean of the College of Business. B.S., 1976, Winona; M.B.A., 1990, Moorhead; Ph.D., 1994, Texas Technical University.

PALERMO, GREGORY S., Professor of Architecture. B.Arch., 1969, Carnegie Mellon; M.Arch., 1976, Washington (St. Louis).

PALMER, MITCHELL VAN, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology (Collaborator). B.S., 1985, Utah State; D.V.M., 1989, Purdue; Ph.D., 1996, Iowa State.

PALMER, REID G., Professor of Agronomy (Collaborator). M.S., 1965, Illinois; Ph.D., 1970, Indiana.

PANIGRAHY, BRUNDABAN, Associate Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (Collaborator). B.V.Sc., 1962, Orissa Veterinary College; M.S., 1968, Minnesota; Ph.D., 1972, Texas A and M.

PAPPENHEIMER, DEBORAH, Lecturer in Art and Design. B.F.A., 1978, NY Studio Kansas City Art Institute; M.F.A., 1981, Boston School for the Arts.

PARK, JIHYE, Assistant Professor of Apparel, Educational Studies and Hospitality Management. B.S., 1997, Seoul National (Korea); M.S., 2000, Ph.D., 2002, Ohio State.

PARK, SUNG, Professor of Physics and Astronomy (Collaborator). B.S., 1980, Korea; Ph.D., 1988, Iowa State.

PARKHURST, DERRICK JAY, Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A., 1996, B.S., 1996, Arizona; M.A., 1998, Ph.D., 2002, Johns Hopkins.

PARRISH, FREDERICK C., Emeritus Professor of Animal Science; Emeritus Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition; University Professor. B.S., 1959, M.S., 1960, Ph.D., 1965, Missouri.

PARSONS, GERALD E., Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Education and Studies. B.S., 1952, M.S., 1959, Ph.D., 1970, Iowa State.

PARSONS, JEAN LOUISE, Assistant Professor of Apparel, Educational Studies and Hospitality Management. B.S., 1974, Pennsylvania State; M.S., 1989, Ph.D., 1998, Maryland.

PARSONS, KATHY A., Associate Professor, Library. B.A., 1980, North Carolina (Greensboro); M.A., 1981, Iowa.

PASCHKE, TERESA A., Assistant Professor of Art and Design. B.F.A., 1985, Minneapolis College of Art and Design; M.F.A., 1998, Kansas.

PATE, MICHAEL BENCE, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B.S., 1970, U.S. Naval Academy; M.S., 1978, Arkansas; Ph.D., 1982, Purdue.

PATTEE, PETER ARTHUR, Emeritus Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology. B.S., 1955, Maine; M.S., 1957, Ph.D., 1961, Ohio State.

PATTERSON, JOHN W. JR., Emeritus Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. B.E.M., 1962, M.S., 1962, Ph.D., 1966, Ohio State.

PATTERSON, PATRICK E., Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Chair of the Department. B.S., 1972, Springfield; M.S., 1978, Cleveland State; Ph.D., 1984, Texas A and M.

PATTERSON, RALPH III, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S.E.E., 1963, M.S., 1976, Iowa State.

PAULSEN, ARNOLD ALLEN, Emeritus Professor of Economics. B.S., 1951, Ph.D., 1959, Iowa State.

PAVLAT, JOHN R., Emeritus Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S., 1955, South Dakota School of Mines; M.S.E.E., 1961, Iowa State.

PAXSON, LYNN, Associate Professor of Architecture. B.A., 1978, B.E., 1978, Colorado; M.Phil., 1981, City University of New York.

PAYNE, CAROLYN S., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. B.A., 1967, Louisville; M.A., 1968, Illinois; M.L.S., 1972, Kentucky; Ph.D., 1992, Iowa State.

PAYNE, WILLIAM DONALD, Associate Professor of English; Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. B.A., 1967, Louisville; M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1980, Illinois.

PEAKE, E. JAMES JR., Emeritus Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S., 1960, M.S., 1962, Ph.D., 1963, New Mexico State.

PEARCE, ROBERT BRENT, Emeritus Professor of Agronomy. B.S., 1963, California (Davis); M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1967, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

PEASE, JAMES L., Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. B.S., 1972, M.S., 1977, Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1992, Iowa State.

PECCOUD, JEAN, Associate Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (Collaborator). Ph.D., 1991, Grenoble (France).

PECHARSKY, VITALIJ K., Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. M.S., 1976, Ph.D., 1979, USSR.

PEDERSEN, JOHN H., Emeritus Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. B.S., 1951, Cornell; M.S., 1952, Ph.D., 1955, Iowa State.

PEDERSEN, PALLE, Assistant Professor of Agronomy. B.S., 1995, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural (Denmark); M.S., 1997, London (England); M.S., 1999, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural (Denmark); Ph.D., 2002, Wisconsin.

PEDERSEN, WAYNE A., Associate Professor, Library. B.A., 1974, Iowa State; M.A., 1976, Iowa.

PEDIGO, LARRY, Emeritus Professor of Entomology; University Professor. B.S., 1963, Fort Hays; M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1967, Purdue.

PEEL, SHANNON P., Adjunct Instructor in Health and Human Performance. B.S., 1986, Iowa State; M.A., 1997, Northern Colorado.

PEGLAR, GEORGE W., Emeritus Professor of Mathematics. B.S., 1942, Central Missouri; S.M., 1949, Chicago; Ph.D., 1953, Iowa.

PELLACK, LORRAINE J., Associate Professor, Library. B.S., 1981, Upper Iowa; M.L.S., 1982, Emporia State.

PELLEGRENO, DOMINICK, Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. B.M.E., 1958, A.M., 1959, Michigan; Ed.D., 1968, Toledo.

PELZER, NANCY L., Associate Professor, Library. B.S., 1967, Arizona State; M.A., 1983, Iowa.

PESEK, JOHN T. JR., Emeritus Professor of Agronomy. Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture. B.S., 1943, M.S., 1947, Texas A and M; Ph.D., 1950, North Carolina State.

PETERS, FRANK E., Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. B.S., 1991, M.S., 1994, Ph.D., 1996, Pennsylvania State.

PETERS, JUSTIN, Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Department. B.A., 1968, Reed; Ph.D., 1973, Minnesota.

PETERS, LEO C., Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B.S., 1953, Kansas State; M.S., 1963, Ph.D., 1967, Iowa State.

PETERS, REUBEN J., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. B.S., 1992, California (San Diego); Ph.D., 1998, California (San Francisco).

PETERS, RONALD H., Emeritus Professor of Psychology. B.A., 1960, M.A., 1962, Ph.D., 1963, Iowa.

PETERSEN, NEVA M., Emeritus Professor of Human Development and Family Studies; Emeritus

Professor of Art and Design. B.S., 1930, M.S., 1947, Iowa State.

PETERSON, CARLA ANN, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies. B.S., 1975, Iowa State; M.A., 1981, South Dakota; Ph.D., 1991, Minnesota.

PETERSON, FRANCIS, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.E.E., 1964, Rensselaer; Ph.D., 1968, Cornell.

PETERSON, JANE W., Professor of Greenlee School Journalism/Communication. B.A., 1972, Iowa; M.S., 1982, Ph.D., 1987, Iowa State.

PETERSON, PETER A., Professor of Agronomy. B.S., 1947, Tufts; Ph.D., 1953, Illinois.

PETERSON, THOMAS A., Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology; Professor of Agronomy. B.S., 1976, California (Davis); Ph.D., 1984, California (Santa Barbara).

PETRICH, JACOB W., Professor of Chemistry. B.S., 1980, Yale; Ph.D., 1985, Chicago.

PETT, STEPHEN WILLARD, Associate Professor of English. B.A., 1971, Colorado College; M.A., 1974, Hollins; Ph.D., 1980, Utah.

PHARES, BRENT M., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. B.S.C.E., 1994, M.S.C.E., 1996, Ph.D., 1998, Iowa State.

PHILLIPS, CAROL ALEXANDER, Adjunct Professor of Human Development and Family Studies. B.S., 1961, M.S., 1967, Drake; Ph.D., 1978, Iowa.

PHILLIPS, GREGORY J., Associate Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. B.A., 1979, M.A., 1981, Southern Illinois; Ph.D., 1987, Georgia.

PHYE, GARY D., Professor of Curriculum and Instruction; Professor of Psychology. B.A., 1964, M.A., 1965, Wichita; Ph.D., 1970, Missouri.

PICKETT, MARY S., Emeritus Professor of Human Development and Family Studies; Emeritus Professor of Art and Design. B.S., 1944, M.S., 1951, Tennessee; Ph.D., 1958, Iowa State.

PIERCE, CLAY L., Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Collaborator). B.S., 1980, Mankato; M.S., 1982, Kentucky; Ph.D., 1987, Maryland.

PIERCE, DAVID R., Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (Collaborator). B.A., 1960, M.S., 1961, California State (Long Beach); M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1969, Purdue.

PIERSON, BION LEE, Professor of Aerospace Engineering. B.S., 1961, M.S., 1963, Iowa State; Ph.D., 1967, Michigan.

PIGOZZI, DON LEONARD, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics. A.B., 1959, M.A., 1964, Ph.D., 1970, California (Berkeley).

PILCHER, CAROL LEA, Lecturer in Entomology. B.A., 1993, Colorado State; M.S., 1997, Ph.D., 2001, Iowa State.

PINE, JANET M., Assistant Professor, Library. B.A., 1973, B.A., 1987, M.A., 1997, Northern Iowa; M.A., 1999, Iowa.

PINEDA, MAURICIO H., Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Sciences. D.V.M., 1954, Chile; M.S., 1965, Ph.D., 1968, Colorado State.

PLAKANS, ANDREJS, Professor of History and Chair of the Department. B.A., 1963, Franklin and Marshall; M.A., 1964, Ph.D., 1969, Harvard.

PLATT, KENNETH B., Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. B.S., 1963, Pennsylvania State; D.V.M., 1966, Cornell; M.S., 1974, Texas A and M; Ph.D., 1977, Iowa State.

PLAZAK, DAVID, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. B.A., 1977, Wisconsin; M.A., 1979, Iowa.

PLEASANTS, BARBARA P., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.S., 1971, Cornell; Ph.D., 1977, California (Los Angeles).

PLEASANTS, JOHN M., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.S., 1971, Notre Dame; Ph.D., 1977, California (Los Angeles).

PLETCHER, RICHARD H., Professor of Mechanical Engineering. B.S., 1957, Purdue; M.S., 1962, Ph.D., 1966, Cornell.

PLUMMER, PAUL J., Adjunct Instructor in Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. B.S., 1999, D.V.M., 2000, Tennessee.

POAGUE, LELAND A., Professor of English. B.A., 1970, California State (San Jose); Ph.D., 1973, Oregon.

POGRANICHNIY, ROMAN M., Adjunct Instructor in Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. D.V.M., 1993, Ukrainian State Agricultural; M.S., 2000, Iowa State.

POHL, MARTIN KARL WILHELM, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Ph.D., 1991, Bonn (Germany).

POHL, NICOLA, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. A.B., 1991, Harvard; Ph.D., 1997, Wisconsin.

POHLMAN, LYNETTE L., Adjunct Associate Professor of Art and Design. B.A., 1972, M.A., 1976, Iowa State.

POHM, ARTHUR V., Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering. B.E.E., 1950, B.E.S., 1950, Cleveland State; M.S., 1953, Ph.D., 1954, Iowa State.

POIST, RICHARD F. JR., Professor of Logistics, Operations and Management Information Systems and Chair of the Department. B.S., 1965, Pennsylvania State; M.B.A., 1967, Maryland; Ph.D., 1972, Pennsylvania State.

POLITO, THOMAS A., Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education and Studies; Assistant Professor of Agronomy. B.S., 1976, M.S., 1982, Ph.D., 1987, Iowa State.

POLLAK, EDWARD, Emeritus Professor of Statistics; Emeritus Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology. B.S., 1954, Cornell; M.S., 1956, North Carolina State; Ph.D., 1964, Columbia.

POLLAK, LINDA M., Associate Professor of Agronomy (Collaborator). B.S., 1978, Ohio State; M.S., 1980, Ph.D., 1982, Nebraska.

POLSTER, NANCY L., Emeritus Associate Professor of Art and Design. B.S., 1960, Iowa State; M.S., 1964, Syracuse.

POMETTO, ANTHONY III, Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1976, George Mason; M.S., 1983, Ph.D., 1987, Idaho.

POON, YIU TUNG, Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.A., 1977, M.Phil., 1980, Hong Kong; Ph.D., 1985, California (Los Angeles).

PORTER, MARC DAVID, Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Chemical Engineering. B.S., 1977, M.S., 1979, Wright State; Ph.D., 1984, Ohio State.

PORTER, MAX LEE, Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. B.S., 1965, M.S., 1968, Ph.D., 1974, Iowa State.

PORTILLO, ERIN MICHELLE, Adjunct Instructor in Veterinary Clinical Sciences. B.S., 1997, M.S., 1998, California (Davis); D.V.M., 2002, Oklahoma State.

POST, CONSTANCE J., Associate Professor of English. B.A., 1966, Nyack; M.A.T., 1968, M.A., 1980, M.Phil., 1982, Ph.D., 1986, Columbia.

POTOSKI, MATTHEW, Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A., 1991, Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., 1994, Vermont; Ph.D., 1998, Indiana.

POTTER, ALLAN GEORGE, Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S., 1955, Kansas State; M.S., 1959, Ph.D., 1966, Iowa State.

POTTER, ROSANNE G., Emeritus Professor of English. A.B., 1964, Rosemont; M.A., 1964, Chicago; Ph.D., 1975, Texas.

POUNDS, RUSSELL G., Emeritus Associate Professor of Economics. B.S., 1957, Central State (Ohio); M.S., 1970, Iowa State.

POWELL, EDWIN CADMAN, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.A., 1963, California State (Chico); M.S., 1965, Florida State; Ph.D., 1971, Tulane.

POWELL, JACK E., Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. B.S., 1943, Monmouth; Ph.D., 1952, Iowa State.

POWELL-COFFMAN, JO A., Assistant Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology. B.S., 1986, California (Davis); Ph.D., 1993, California (San Diego).

POWER, DEBRA L., Senior Lecturer in Health and Human Performance. B.A., 1984, Creighton; M.S., 1986, Iowa State.

POWER, MARK L., Professor of Finance. B.S., 1974, Iowa State; M.B.A., 1977, Ph.D., 1981, Iowa.

POWERS-SCHILLING, W., Associate Professor of Animal Science; Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. B.S., 1989, Cornell; M.S., 1993, Ph.D., 1997, Florida.

PRABHU, GURPUR M., Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.Tech., 1975, M.Tech., 1978, Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1983, Washington State.

PRATER, JEFFREY LYNN, Professor of Music. B.S., 1969, Iowa State; M.M., 1973, Michigan State; Ph.D., 1982, Iowa.

PREAST, VANESSA ANTOINETTE, Adjunct Instructor in Veterinary Pathology. B.S., 1996, D.V.M., 2000, Florida.

PRELL, SOEREN A., Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Ph.D., 1996, Hamburg (Germany).

PREMKUMAR, G., Professor of Logistics, Operations and Management Information Systems. B.E., 1975, Madras; M.B.A., 1982, Indian Institute of Management; Ph.D., 1989, Pittsburgh.

PRESCOTT, JAMES R., Emeritus Professor of Economics. B.A., 1957, California (Berkeley); M.A., 1960, Ph.D., 1964, Harvard.

PRESSEL, MICHELLE A., Adjunct Instructor in Veterinary Clinical Sciences. B.A., 1989, California (Santa Barbara); M.S., 1993, California Polytechnical; D.V.M., 2000, Colorado State.

PRESTEMON, DEAN R., Emeritus Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. B.S., 1956, Iowa State; M.S., 1957, Minnesota; Ph.D., 1966, California (Berkeley).

PRICE-HERNDL, SUSAN D., Associate Professor of English. B.A., 1981, Texas Christian; M.A., 1984, Minnesota; Ph.D., 1989, North Carolina.

PRIOR-MILLER, MARCIA, Associate Professor of Greenlee School Journalism/Communication. B.A., 1970, Abilene Christian; M.A., 1981, Missouri.

PRITCHARD, JAMES, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. B.A., 1976, Miami (Ohio); M.A., 1991, Montana State; Ph.D., 1996, Kansas.

PRUETZ, JILL D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A., 1989, Southwest Texas State; Ph.D., 1999, Illinois.

PRUSA, JOSEPH M., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Collaborator). B.S., 1978, M.S., 1980, Ph.D., 1983, Illinois.

PRUSA, KENNETH JOHN, Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1979, Fort Hays; M.S., 1980, Ph.D., 1983, Kansas State.

PURSEY, DEREK L., Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1948, Ph.D., 1952, Glasgow.