Faculty

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

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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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RAICH, JAMES W., Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.S., 1977, Michigan State; M.S., 1980, Florida; Ph.D., 1987, Duke.

RAJAGOPAL, LAKSHMAN, Assistant Professor of Apparel, Educational Studies and Hospitality Management. B.S., 1998, SIES College (India); M.S., 2004, Ph.D., 2007, Nebraska.

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.

RAJAN, CHITRA, Lecturer in Economics. B.A., 1978, M.A., 1980, Poona; M.A., 1983, Ph.D., 1991, Ottowa.

RAJAN, HRIDESH, Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.Tech., 2000, Institute of Technology; M.S., 2004, Ph.D., 2005, Virginia.

RAJAN, KRISHNA, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. B.A.Sc., 1974, Toronto; Sc.D., 1978, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

RAJU, SEKAR, Assistant Professor of Marketing. B.E., 1991, Bharathiar (India); M.B.A., 1994, Bharathidasan (India); M.A., 2001, Ph.D., 2002, Ohio State.

RAMAMOORTHY, ADITYA, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.Tech., 1999, Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 2005, California (Los Angeles).

RAMAMOORTHY, SHEELA, Clinician in Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. B.V.S.C., 1991, Madras (India); M.S., 2002, Oklahoma State; Ph.D., 2006, Virginia Polytechnic.

RAMAN, DAVE, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. B.S., 1986, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1994, Cornell.

RAMASWAMI, SRIDHAR N., Professor of Marketing. B.S., 1974, Madras; M.B.A., 1977, Indian Institute of Management; Ph.D., 1987, Texas.

RAMIREZ, ALEJANDRO, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. B.S., 1989, Iowa State; M.P.H., 2004, Iowa.

RANDALL, JESSE ALLEN, Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. B.Sc., 1999, Cornell; Ph.D., 2006, Michigan State.

RANDIC, MIRJANA, Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Sciences. M.D., 1959, Ph.D., 1962, Zagreb.

RAO, ARAGULA GURURAJ, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology and Chair of the Department. 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.

RATHJE, JOHN ALLAN, Clinician in Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. B.S., 1992, D.V.M., 1997, Iowa State.

RATHMACHER, JOHN A., Assistant Professor of Animal Science (Collaborator). B.S., 1987, M.S., 1989, Purdue; Ph.D., 1993, Iowa State.

RATIGAN, GARY J., Clinician in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. B.A., 1964, M.S., 1967, Creighton; Ed.D., 1988, Drake.

RAVENSCROFT, SUE P., Professor of Accounting. B.A., 1972, Wayne State; M.B.A., 1976, Detroit Mercy; Ph.D., 1989, Michigan State.

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., Lecturer in World Languages and Cultures. B.S., 1972, Mississippi; J.D., 1974, M.A., 1979, Mississippi State.

RECTANUS, MARK W., Professor of World Languages and Cultures and Chair of the Department. B.A., 1975, Valparaiso; M.A., 1977, Ph.D., 1983, Washington (St. Louis).

REDDY, MANJU B., Associate Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1976, M.S., 1978, Osmania (India); Ph.D., 1987, Texas A&M.

REDMOND, JAMES R., Emeritus Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.S., 1949, Cincinnati; Ph.D., 1954, California (Los Angeles).

REDMOND, MARK VINCENT, Associate Professor of English. 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., Associate Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1990, South Dakota State; M.S., 1992, Missouri; Ph.D., 1995, Purdue.

REEDY, MARILYN K., Lecturer in English. B.A., 1977, Bethel College; M.A., 2007, Iowa State.

REGENOLD, MICHELE M., Lecturer in English. B.A., 1989, Grinnell; M.A., 1992, M.S., 1997, Iowa State.

REGER, RICHARD ALLEN, Lecturer in Sociology. B.A., 1975, M.S., 1978, Iowa State.

REGISTER, KAREN B., Assistant Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (Collaborator). BSMT, 1981, Western Carolina; Ph.D., 1986, North Carolina.

REHMANN, CHRIS ROBERT, Associate Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. B.S., 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., 1990, Ph.D., 1995, Stanford.

REILLY, PETER J., Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering. A.B., 1960, Princeton; Ph.D., 1964, Pennsylvania.

REINERT, MICHAEL, Assistant Professor in Horticulture. B.S., 1995, Ph.D., 2008, Pennsylvania State.

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., Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1973, Minnesota; M.S., 1975, Arkansas; Ph.D., 1988, Iowa State.

RENDON, LAURA I., Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Chair of the Department. B.A., 1970, Houston; M.A., 1975, Texas A&M; Ph.D., 1982, Michigan.

RETALLICK, MICHAEL STEVEN, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education and Studies. B.S., 1993, Wisconsin (Platteville); Ph.D., 2005, Iowa State.

REYNOLDS, DONALD LEE, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive 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.

RICHARDS, CHARLES D., Associate Professor of Art and Design. B.F.A., 1979, Illinois; M.F.A., 1983, Wisconsin.

RICHT, JUERGEN A., Associate Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (Collaborator); Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Collaborator). B.S., 1980, Hohenheim (Germany); D.V.M., 1985, Munich (Germany); Ph.D., 1988, Giessen (Germany).

RICKENBACH, MARK, Associate Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Collaborator). B.S., 1994, Pennsylvania State; M.S., 1996, Massachusetts; Ph.D., 2000, Oregon 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.

RILEY, JOHN NEWTON, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. B.S., 1955, M.Ed., 1965, Oregon State; Ed.D., 1972, Rutgers.

RINEY-KEHRBERG, PAMELA, Professor of History. B.A., 1985, Colorado College; M.A., 1986, Ph.D., 1991, Wisconsin.

RINGLEE, CONSTANCE J., Senior Lecturer in English. B.S., 1970, M.A., 1996, Iowa State.

RIZO-ARBUCKLE, ELISA G., Assistant Professor of World Languages and Cultures. B.A., 1993, Instituto Tecnologico De Estudios Superi; M.A., 1996, Ph.D., 2002, Missouri.

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 Mechanical 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, ALISON E., Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology. B.Sc., 1991, Natal (South Africa); M.Phil., 1999, Zimbabwe (Africa); Ph.D., 2003, Clemson.

ROBERTSON, DONALD S., Emeritus Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology. A.B., 1947, Stanford; Ph.D., 1951, California Institute of Technology.

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, Senior Lecturer in Music. B.A., 1984, North Dakota; M.A., 1986, Arizona State.

RODERMEL, STEVEN R., Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology. 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, JULIO C., Adjunct Assistant Professor of World Languages and Cultures. B.A., 1995, Whitman College; M.A., 1998, Ph.D., 2006, Iowa State.

RODRIGUEZ, MA LULU A., Professor of Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. B.S., 1979, Philippines; MPS, 1987, Cornell; Ph.D., 1993, Wisconsin.

ROE, KEVIN J., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. B.S., 1988, M.S., 1994, Georgia; Ph.D., 1999, Alabama.

ROETTGER, CHRISTIAN G., Lecturer in Mathematics. M.S., 1994, Augsburg (Germany); Ph.D., 2000, East Anglia (UK).

ROGERS, CARL A., Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. B.Arch., 1993, Kansas State; M.L.A., 1997, Rhode Island School of Design.

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.

ROLLENHAGEN, ROSALIE A., Senior Lecturer in Horticulture. B.S., 1978, M.S., 1980, Iowa State.

ROLLINS, DERRICK K., Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Professor of Statistics; Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering. B.S., 1979, Kansas; M.S., 1987, M.S., 1989, Ph.D., 1990, Ohio State.

ROOF, MICHAEL B., Assistant Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (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. B.S., 1964, City University of New York; M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1971, Illinois.

ROSENBLAT, TANYA SOLIE, Associate Professor of Economics. B.A., 1994, M.A., 1994, Northwestern; Ph.D., 1999, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

ROSENBUSCH, MARCIA H., Adjunct Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures; 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.

ROSENSTOCK, MARTIN, Lecturer in World Languages and Cultures. M.A., 2002, Johann Wolfgang Goethe (Germany); Ph.D., 2007, California (Santa Barbara).

ROSS, DALE H., Emeritus Associate Professor of English. B.A., 1959, M.A., 1962, Akron; Ph.D., 1974, Iowa.

ROSS, DENNIS KENT, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy. B.S., 1964, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1968, Stanford.

ROSS, JASON W., Assistant Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 2000, Iowa State; M.S., 2003, Ph.D., 2006, Oklahoma State.

ROSS, RICHARD FRANCIS, Emeritus 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. 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; Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Life Sciences. B.S., 1974, California (Davis); M.S., 1975, Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1978, Cornell.

ROUSE, GENE, Emeritus Professor of Animal Science. B.S., 1967, Minnesota; M.S., 1969, Ph.D., 1971, Iowa State.

ROUSE, JON MATTHEWS, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. B.S., 1994, Iowa State; M.E., 1995, Ph.D., 2004, Cornell.

ROUSE, SHELLEY RANICE, Lecturer in Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. B.A., 1990, Drake; M.B.A., 2002, Frostburg State.

ROVER, DIANE THIEDE, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Associate Dean of the College of Engineering. B.S., 1984, M.S., 1986, Ph.D., 1989, Iowa State.

ROWE, ERIC W., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences. D.V.M., 1999, Ph.D., 2005, Iowa State.

ROWLEY, WAYNE ALLRED, Emeritus Professor of Entomology. B.S., 1960, M.S., 1962, Utah State; Ph.D., 1965, Washington State.

ROWLING, MATTHEW J., Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1999, Nebraska (Kearney); Ph.D., 2004, Iowa State.

ROY, SONALI, Lecturer in Economics. B.Sc., 1998, Presidency College; M.S., 2000, Ph.D., 2006, Indian Statistical Institute.

ROY, TIRTHANKAR, Assistant Professor of Marketing. BSTAT, 1980, MSTAT, 1981, Indian Statistical Institute; Ph.D., 1999, California (Los Angeles).

ROY, VIVEKANANDA, Assistant Professor of Statistics. B.Sc., 2001, Ramakrishna Mission College (Calcutta); MSTAT, 2004, Indian Statistical Institute (Calcutta) ; Ph.D., 2008, Florida.

ROZENDAAL, CHRISTOPHER M., Lecturer in English. B.S., 1996, M.S., 2003, Cornell; M.A., 2005, Iowa 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. 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&M.

RUNYAN, WILLIAM S., Emeritus Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. B.S., 1960, M.S., 1962, Idaho; D.Sc., 1968, Harvard.

RUSSELL, ALAN MARK, 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. 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., Emeritus Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry. B.S., 1945, Rochester; M.A., 1947, New York (Buffalo); Ph.D., 1954, Purdue.

RUSSELL, STEVE F., Emeritus 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 and Life Sciences. 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., Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. B.S., 1983, Virginia; M.S.E., 1984, Ph.D., 1988, Michigan.

RYAN, VERNON DEAN, Emeritus Professor of Sociology. B.S., 1966, Utah State; M.S., 1969, Ph.D., 1974, Pennsylvania State.