Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A native of Boaz, Alabama, he enlisted in the Army in 1996 and was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (Light) in Fort Drum, New York where he served as a Team Leader. Psy.D. Chem. Coach Stinespring has a great respect for the high school coaches and programs throughout the state of Virginia, with a special appreciation for those coaches and programs in southwest Virginia.. 621 Nichols Col. Timmes commanded the U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research in Fort Detrick, Maryland, and served as the Director for Environmental Health Sciences and Engineering at the Army Public Health Center before retiring from Active Duty to join the VMI Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Ph.D. - Clemson University Before serving in Legislative Affairs, Lt Col Braman was selected as the plankholder Senior Command Duty Officer for the Joint Interagency Task Force West, where he managed and ran the day to day operations and coordinated international narcotics interdictions for the Counternarcotics Operations Center. richterdj@vmi.edu 540-464-7654 Nick Reveiz: defensive coordinator/LB 1998 - Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs/Spanish, December 1998. Bio, Human Resources AssistantMilitary Science and Leadership, Instructor 306 Construction Office Professor A. Photocatalytic Aminodecarboxylation of Carboxylic Acids. Specialty: Biopsychology and Psychophysiology 538 Scott Shipp Hall Maj. Cody also supports the Writing Center as the Oral and Digital Communication Specialist. Bio. Specialty: Letters A-K (Female), Letters S-T (Male), Group Visit Liaison sheffieldeg10@vmi.edu 405F Maury-Brooke Hall Williams awards and decorations are the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Commendation Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Achievement Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), and the Parachutist Badge. Editor, Journal of Military History Specialty: Disease Ecology Melinda lives with her husband Mike in Buena Vista, VA. Director, Psychologist 540-464-7405 brileydc@vmi.edu, Police Officer Jones will step in as the running backs coach while Mack will serve as the director of player personnel and safeties coach. First record of the eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) from southern New Mexico. Previously a college instructor of composition and literature, she also works part-time as education director for Boxerwood Nature Center just outside Lexington. Students in Maj. Codys classes may expect to encounter practical exercises and open discussions designed to hone their abilities with the transferable skills of communication. Associate ProfessorEnglish, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies, Armorer 426 Scott Shipp Hall cadets that design and build an open-wheeled off-road car to complete against other engineering universities. Her short fiction has appeared in Epoch and Alaska Quarterly Review, among other journals, and in the anthologies Best New American Voices and Best American Mystery Stories. Font. Nematoda and Pan-Nematoda. afrotc@vmi.edu Lieutenant Colonel Osborne teaches a two-semester freshmen course on World history as well as advanced courses on British history, European History, World War I, the Indian sub-continent, and sea power. His research interests lie in the area of cybersecurity and trustworthy engineering ranging from theory to design andimplementation. Ashleigh B. Smythe and W. Duane Hope. He is currently the Chair- Designate of the NAFSA (Association of International Educators) Academy, following two years as the Region VIII Academy Coach. donaldsonb@vmi.edu, Instructor 719 Nichols The VMI Keydets football team represents the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.The Keydets compete in the Southern Conference of the NCAA Division I FCS, and are coached by Danny Rocco, named head coach on December 3, 2022.VMI plays their home contests at 10,000-seat Alumni Memorial Field, as they have since 1962.. 540-464-7619 One of her most popular courses has been an Institute Honors Seminar titled Power and Politics in Shakespeare. She has regularly arranged for cadets from her Shakespeare courses to present their papers at professional conferences. 303F Maury Brooke Hall He manages the Centers programs to enhance the Corps of Cadets leadership, character, and ethical development, as well as challenging them through an annual series of conferences on topics of national and international importance. William F. Bither served Army ROTC at Virginia Military Institute twice. 2012. His success in battery level billets highlighted him as a subject matter expert for rocket artillery operations as he was subsequently hand selected to be the Battalion Fire Direction Officer and Battalion Training Officer in August of 2018. His areas of specialization are literary modernism, aesthetics, and literary theory. Holder of the Lieutenant General John W. Knapp 54 Chair for Academic Excellence He was emergency-deployed for the Yom Kipper War and saw duty as Detachment Officer-in-Charge in numerous locations including Midway Island, Kwajalein, Diego Garcia, and Malaysia. His courses include ERH 101 and 102, Rhetoric and Composition; ERH 201 and 202, Rhetorical Traditions; ERH 205, British Literary Traditions; and ERH 301, Rhetoric and Public Address. In addition to offering a regular rotation of art history and visual culture courses (such as The Language of Art and History of Art I and II), Lt. Col. Ingersoll is frequently sought out by cadets as an advisor to independent studies, Capstones, and Honors projects. 540-464-7281 My current book project,Forbidden Affairs: Sexual Deviance in the Spanish Texas-Coahuila Borderlands(under contract with Texas Tech University Press) investigates the multitude of ways colonial officials and community members responded to illicit sexual matters. 618 Nichols He received his Masters degree from Radford University in 1998 and his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2001. Bio, Assistant Director of Admissions He has provided language instruction to state and local agencies including police officers from the Virginia State Police and local agencies. 540-464-7972 As an Army Environmental Engineer, he conducted extensive drinking water and wastewater system characterizations and public health threat assessments throughout the U.S. and overseas in Macedonia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Italy, Germany, and Norway. Yahner has coached at all levels of college football, is a Penn State graduate, and has a mutual connection with Coach Rocco from their respective times at Penn State and Virginia, before they worked together at Delaware. 334 Nichols Engineering Annex Academic Interests: Research efforts in the Cartwright group are focused on the discovery, development, and understanding of new synthetic methodologies that allow for the facile construction of useful chemical building blocks as well as broaden the synthetic toolbox for complex molecular synthesis. Bio. Colonel McDonalds photographs are in the collection of numerous private and public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth. 436 Scott Shipp Hall Home Maintenance and Housing Disinvestment among Older Americans (with Richard A. Dunn). 540-464-7759 Bio, Professor As Operations Officer, he supervises all unit operations, recruiting, and education functions; oversees cadre training and professional development; leads, recruits, trains, counsels and evaluates 383 highly qualified young men & women as prospective AF officers; supervises cadre and all detachment activities; and serves as the interim commander in the absence of the commander. skillmanbe@vmi.edu, Facilities Director, CPTF After graduating in 2014, she worked as an analytical and process chemist at ChemTreat and Syngenta. Col. Miller, along with colleagues, has made numerous presentations at national conferences on the curricular design and ongoing development of this program. phillipsre@vmi.edu kennedycw@vmi.edu Ph.D. - University of Tennessee He encourages any cadets who are interested in or would like help with public speaking to arrange a meeting with him. 540-464-7082 byerssd@vmi.edu, Unix/Database Administrator Holder of Navas-Read Chair in English Literature He is a VMI alum, graduating in 1987 with a B. 540-464-7017 Bogart had several assignments in Washington, DC, where he was a Special Forces Staff officer on Army Staff, one of the original four officers who established Civil Support for the Department of Defense and co-founder of the InterAgency Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability. Dr. O'Dell holds a B.A. (Ret.) Ph.D.-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Recent game results are to the left; upcoming games to the right. bellwe@vmi.edu Assistant Men's Soccer Coach - Part Time Posted Friday, June 3, 2022. . From 1892 to 1894, the team had no coach. Professor Since arriving at VMI, he has become increasingly interested in the intersection of philosophy, aesthetics, and religion. Ph.D. - Old Dominion University Hill Sports Complex (757 . Colonel James is a graduate of Bowling Green State University (Ohio) with a Master of Education in Educational Administration. While serving as Associate Dean of the Faculty since 2001, he has continued to teach as a professor of English and fine arts. Ph.D. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution His previous university administrative leadership includes: Faculty Director for Cultural Communication Competence in Benelux, Internship Director, Public Speaking Coordinator, Chair of International Studies Advisory Committee (the oversight committee for campus internationalization), and Vice-Chair of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. She received her M.A. In 2005, he enlisted in the Army Reserve where he achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant(P). Captain Baur is originally from the Philadelphia area. - Washington University Moody Hall 2005. 705 Nichols Professional Engineer 540-464-7218 MAJ Elliss awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Army Parachutist Badge, the Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist Badge, and the German Parachutist Badge in Silver Grade. 320 Scott Shipp Hall 215 Carroll Hall He has experience tutoring and working with upper-level college and post-graduate students from the Defense Language Institute (DLI) and the Department of State. Before moving to Lexington, Dr. Dowling taught at the Vienna International School in Austria and served as an adjunct assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. 311 Carroll Hall in Middle Eastern and North African Studies and a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona. Her publications include two books, Teaching Writing: Landmarks and Horizons (Southern Illinois University Press, 2002) and Teaching Composition in the 1990s: Sites of Contention(Harper Collins, 1994). Pritchard, A.B. 540-464- 7469 323A Scott Shipp Hall ingersollcc@vmi.edu Among Capt. He worked as an operations officer and strategist during tours on the Joint and Army Staffs in Washington D.C. Col. Gray has served as a faculty member and academic leader at several public and non-profit educational institutions including: West Point, University of Maryland, Valley Forge Military Academy and College, and The Ohio State University. Bio, Areas of Specialization: Synthesis, Organometallic, Inorganic, Organic, Catalysis. 305 Smith Hall Inflammatory cells in the airways in COPD. 602 Nichols 540-464-7236 She has published articles on Persian and Dari literature, on Russian Orientalism, and on Russians in Iran and Central Asia. Ph.D. - Pennsylvania State University 540-464-7933 Kathy and her three children, Robert Galloway Ruffin III., Dabney Elizabeth Ruffin, and Katherine Brown Ruffin moved to Lexington, Virginia in 1999. Designed and managed US/Ireland student in-country programs examining. Recent offerings include Southern literature, creative writing (nonfiction), and a special seminardeveloped in collaboration with cadetstitled Text + Image. sheikhas@vmi.edu, Instructor She also examines the cultural history of martial arts in East Asia. 540-464-7584 Idewu, a native of New Orleans, joined the VMI faculty in 2009. Falk. 720 Nichols Engineering Professor Prior to coming to VMI in 2009, he worked as a professional writer and editor in New Orleans, where he was a regular contributor to The Times-Picayune and The Old House Journal, and covered New Orleans tourism for TravelAgeWest, a West Coast travel industry publication. David joined VMI as Network Technician in 2011 after 3 years serving as Network/Server Administrator at Dabney Lancaster Community College. His published pedagogical materials include a language learning website, French la mode. M.A. 540-464-7212 Delaney, John, Portias Challenge to Early Modern Views of Women in The Merchant of Venice. Conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Virtual, November 2020. He can often be found in the book section of local thrift shops looking for gems. Dr. Copeland then came to Lexington where he had a private practice in Internal Medicine with emergency room coverage for seven years before coming to VMI as the Post Physician. The VMI Keydets football team competes in the Southern Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Football Championship Subdivision, representing the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. - James Madison University He taught a variety of academic subjects on the faculty at the US Military Academy (West Point) for six years. Capturing the auditory experience of behaving bats: a preliminary study. He returned to MARSOC in 2016 where he served as the first uniformed Assistant Chief of Staff G-5 for Plans, Concepts, and Policies and later as the G-3 Operations Officer. Frasier. Cartwright, K. C.; Lang, S. B.; Tunge, J. Laurin joined VMI in 1998 as the Help Desk Coordinator providing the VMI community with computer hardware and software support as well as training workshops for faculty and staff. 519 Scott Shipp Hall 307 B Letcher Avenue COL Blandino has been a visiting researcher in residence within the Structural Dynamics Branch of the NASA Langley Research Center and the Air Force Research Lab at Wright Patterson AFB. 540-464-7086 tracyek@vmi.edu 540-464-7419 SingletonG@VMI.edu, Professor and Department Head The foundation of my research program is its interdisciplinary nature. smithdn@vmi.edu He has taught a variety of topics, including the Arabic language (all levels), Arabic media, and Arabic societies. Daniel continued his research career as a Post-Doctoral research associate with Thomas J. Meyer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills Energy Frontier Research Center: Solar Fuels. There he studied the catalytic conversion of H2O and CO2 into usable fuels for applications in renewable energy technology. Bio, Director of Preston Library He has worked in the Army ROTC Battalion as a Civilian since November 1992 as a State and Federal employee. 540-464-7339 Bio, Expertise: Molecular biology, genetics, and DNA biogeography of the distribution of noxious microorganisms, MR Gene P. Lilly (Sgt. His academic and research interests include water quality, electrocoagulation, military field drinking water, water treatment plant optimization, and water system vulnerability assessments. Capt. Goen previously held full-time faculty positions at Christopher Newport University, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Clemson University, teaching courses in human communication and quantitative research. Bio. 540-464-7225 His duties include the direction of the Regimental Band, the VMI Commander's Jazz Ensemble, The Institute Brass, and he oversees the Pipe Band and the Glee Club. Director, Rat Challenge 540-464-7496 540-464-7701 Bio. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.A. osborneew@vmi.edu 131 Old Barracks 204 Health Center 540-464-7718 M.A. Instructor HarrisonDP@vmi.edu 540-464-7896 Ph.D., M.F.A. 540-464-7303 The official Football Coach List for the . CBMB Faculty bellta@vmi.edu 2017 Kilbourne Hall 540-464-7533 Staff Sgt. Ph. freinst@vmi.edu Eur. 2019, 84, 2933-2940. Col. Pennie Ticen has been a member of the English faculty at VMI since the fall of 2003. Ph.D. - Louisiana State University The team has not had a winning season since 1981 (they had even 66 seasons in 2002 and 2003), and has yet to make the FCS playoffs since the subdivision's inception in 1978. Northeastern Naturalist 15:25-34. He deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Her teaching and research focus on the economics of institutions, post-socialist economies and politics, economic history, and law and economics. Systematic Biology 55(6): 972-992. ), Adjunct Professor Institute Chaplain 201 Shell Hall He received a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 2004. Specialty: Organic Chemistry Goens research interests focus on interpersonal and family relationships and their intersections with nonverbal behavior and intercultural contexts. 540-464-7752 540-464-7240 His dissertation focused on life purpose in college undergraduates. in Spanish Translation and Interpreting in 2018 from the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley. Chad resides in Buena Vista with his wife and son. Many of the novel compounds he synthesized are at the National Institutes of Health: Molecular Library for Small Molecule Repository to evaluate their biological activity. 226 Post Hospital Prior to his arrival at VMI, he worked as a licensing associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and he is a retired, commissioned officer who served for 30 years in both the active and reserve components of the U.S. Navy. 2010. Specialty: Fluid Mechanics, Materials & Energy Systems Bio. 605 Nichols arthurjh@vmi.edu 540-464-7170 M.A. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008, his Masters degree from James Madison University in 2013, and his Doctorate from Florida State University in 2017. 540-464-7552 He came to VMI after 24 years in IT and Cybersecurity providing network engineering services and information security compliance support for DoD, DoJ, and DHS. 307 Scott Shipp Hall Since its inception in 1891, the program has had 30 head coaches. Laurin holds a B.S. in Art and a B.A. A. Cobaloxime-Catalyzed Hydrogen Evolution in Photoredox-Facilitated Small Molecule Functionalization. shaferdp@vmi.edu, Writing Center Consultant Her research interests include teaching Chinese as a second language, prosody, interface between language and music, and second language acquisition. During contingency operations, Captain Watkins and his Flight were charged with securing the Base Security Zone of Osan AB, Republic of Korea. idewuw@vmi.edu Professional Engineer Ph.D. - Cornell University Ph.D. - University of Virginia taylorem@vmi.edu, Associate Professor Dr. Xie is an Associate Professor of Chinese at Virginia Military Institute where she teaches Chinese language and culture courses. 434 Mallory Hall 207B Mallory Hall 323 Nichols 207A Carroll Hall Ph.D. University of Kansas *Conis, A.D. et al. Returning to VMI in the fall of 2005, Col. Faust served as the Assistant Commandant for Personnel and Logistics for six years. Yahner also helped head the Nittany Lions to an 8-4 record as head coach Bill OBrien would be named the Bear Bryant Maxwell Football Club and ESPN National Coach of the Year, according to VMI. 540-464-7017 Specifically, we have been examining the reaction of nesting birds to the presence of a nest competitor or a predator. https://www.spencerdbakich.com/ - Syracuse University codyaw@vmi.edu jungy@vmi.edu Col. David Gray, Ph.D., US Army (Retired), assumed duties as Director of the Center for Leadership and Ethics in August 2014. copelanddl@vmi.edu 2022 VMI Football Coaching Staff Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) John P. Casper '04 was born and raised in Norfolk, VA and is a 2004 VMI graduate. VMI football welcomes seven new coaches for the 2022-23 season, and three returning coaches will have new responsibilities.Photo courtesy VMI Keydets. More specifically, his research focuses on designing and building software systems and services (science-as-service) that enable students and domain experts from various fields to access and interact with various learning resources easily and perform data analyses and simulations to study large-scale biological information socio-technical (BIST) complex systems. Ph.D. Virginia Tech Director CBMC M.S. waltergd@vmi.edu, Videographer from Oberlin College and an M.A. Officer in Charge He is an active member of Phantom Airborne Brigade, a round canopy tactical parachute team that helps combat-wounded, service disabled, and other veterans back into the skies to jump with their comrades. vosburghjr@vmi.edu, IT Manager and Instructor hartleyam@vmi.edu, Office Manager Canadian Field-Naturalist, 126:117-124. mccleskeynt@vmi.edu Assistant ProfessorMilitary Science and Leadership, Associate Professor eskamsm@vmi.edu, Web Administrator rakesel@vmi.edu, Assistant Professor COL Brannon is married to the former Stephanie Gentry of Boaz, Alabama. Probing the Oxidation Chemistry of Half-Sandwich Iridium Complexes with Oxygen Atom Transfer Reagents., Daniel A. Torelli, Daniel P. Harrison, Alexander M. Lapides, and Thomas J. Meyer. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. - American University Major Klinger's interdisciplinary research examines the role that weather and climate has on the interconnections between humans and the natural world. 1, January 2006, pp.23-27. Before coming to VMI, she taught at Washington and Lee University. dimitrova-grajzlvp@vmi.edu Executive Secretary 540-464-7096 He was forward deployed with the 160th Signal Brigade in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. at the XI Congreso de Novela y Cine Negro de la Universidad de Salamanca, April, 2015. 540-464-7577 540-464-7351 Ph.D. - Stanford University Ph.D. - Physics, Old Dominion University mccoysn@vmi.edu, Professor afrotc@vmi.edu 540-464-7979 Professor Kimseys background and experience include: InstructorEnglish, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies, Office Manager Another important highlight of my life was being a missionary in Guatemala amidst the Kechi indigenous people, establishing a clinic that attended to their medical needs. Assistant Professor Prior to the end of this deployment, Second Lieutenant Beck was promoted First Lieutenant. moreschirw@vmi.edu Ph.D. - Bowling Green University Before coming to VMI in fall 2015, Mr. Shihab taught Arabic language and culture at UVA, where he developed a course entitled The Art of Arabic Calligraphy based on his specialty as an Arabic calligrapher. The most recent Keydet head coach was Sparky Woods, who coached seven seasons for the Keydets before being let go by the school in 2014. He is the author of six books and numerous papers. 2018, 8, 11801-11806. cruzeaf@vmi.edu, Lab Technician 540-464-7534 New approaches being investigated seek to be operationally simplistic, economical, and adhere to the principles of green chemistry. Ph.D. - Indiana University Bloomington Prior to his retirement from the Army, he served as the Director of International Programs and Chief of Foreign Liaison for the National Guard Bureau of the United States.