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Director

	Barbara S. Liggett Director, Associate Professor 221 East Walwood Hall (269) 387-8943   More Information

Faculty

	Melisa Beeson MPA Advisor-Kalamazoo and Lansing Campuses, Assistant Professor 227 East Walwood Hall (269) 387-8942   More Information
	Raymond Higbea Assistant Professor 223 East Walwood Hall (269) 387-8941   More Information
	Janice W. Maatman Director of Nonprofit Education Programs, MPA Advisor-Nonprofit Concentration, Faculty Specialist II 223 East Walwood Hall (269) 387-8945   More Information
	Matthew Mingus Director of PhD Program, Professor 225 East Walwood Hall (269) 387-8938   More Information
	Robert Peters Director of MPA Program, MPA Advisor-Battle Creek Lansing Campuses, Associate Professor 232 East Walwood Hall (269) 387-8944   More Information
	James Visser MPA Advisor-Kalamazoo Campus, Associate Professor 222 East Walwood Hall (269) 387-8937   More Information
	Udaya Wagle Associate Professor 226 East Walwood Hall (269) 387-8934   More Information

Part-Time Faculty

	David Brown Professional Instructor
	Linda Burghardt Professional Instructor
	Mary Ellen Dolan Professional Instructor
	Deborah Droppers Professional Instructor   More Information
	Angela Eikenberry Dissertation Reader
	Jill Eldred Professional Instructor
	Janet Hahn Professional Instructor
	Preston Hicks Professional Instructor
	Dale Howe Professional Instructor
	Mark W. Jennings Dissertation Reader
	Edwin Leonard Dissertation Reader
	Kirk Lindquist Professional Instructor More Information
	L. Robert McConnell Professional Instructor More Information
	Ann Neeld Professional Instructor
	Dennis Neuner Professional Instructor
	Robert J. Sobie Professional Instructor More Information
	Gary Uptigrove Professional Instructor
	Evelyn Winfield-Thomas Professional Instructor

Emeriti Faculty

	David DeShon Professor Emeritus
	Peter Kobrak Professor Emeritus 220 East Walwood Hall   More Information
	Kathleen Reding Professor Emerita