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Laura Teichert

Special Education and Literacy Studies

… and used a project-based, inquiry learning curriculum with her students. Her previous education includes a BA in …

https://wmich.edu/specialed/directory/teichert

Alex Marovec

Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation

… design Send an email A Western Michigan University alum with a BFA in Product Design, Alex brings industry …

https://wmich.edu/designinstitute/directory/tripp

Amy Damashek

Psychology

… Health Sciences Center, 2009 Child psychology and abnormal child psychology Lifespan development Child behavior … also researches health disparities in infant mortality, with a focus on sleep-related deaths. Dr. Damashek is the … C. (2020). Treatment and prevention approaches for economically disadvantaged children: Challenges and …

https://wmich.edu/psychology/directory/damashek

Christina Chin

Gwen Frostic School of Art

… Ave Kalamazoo MI 49008-5213 USA Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.A. University of Illinois at … art education, creativity, and the place of the visual arts within society. Her aim is to bridge art education theory with practice. She has therefore devoted numerous years to …

https://wmich.edu/art/directory/chin

Xiaojun Wang

World Languages and Literature

… University of Arizona, 1989 M.A., Chinese Linguistics, Northeast Normal University of China, 1981 B.A., Chinese Language and … Japanese and Spanish-speaking cultures around the world, with the movie subtitles in English. The films compete for …

https://wmich.edu/languages/directory/wang

Matthew Fries

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… Matthew Fries Matthew Fries Assistant Professor, Jazz Piano, Jazz Studies Fax (269) 387-1113 Send an email Location … critics pick by Jazziz Magazine, and his continuing work with his collaborative trio, TRI-FI, “takes on the Jazz Trio … where he taught undergraduate classes and studied with jazz piano great, Donald Brown. Matthew lived in New …

https://wmich.edu/music/directory/fries

Michael Hovnanian

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… from Central Michigan University. He has also studied with Stephen Molina and Larry Hutchinson of the Detroit … In addition, he performs frequently on the electric bass with the GR Pops, is a member of a GRS Educational Ensemble (The Super Nova String Quintet) and participates in the Grand Rapids …

https://wmich.edu/music/directory/hovnanian

James Springstead

Chemical and Paper Engineering

… at UCLA, Dr. Springstead discovered and characterized a novel trifunctional polypeptide and characterized the … to measure the thermal area expansivity of lipid vesicles with multi angle laser light scattering, applicable as a … taught classes in chemical engineering and molecular biotechnology and held leadership positions in several UCLA …

https://wmich.edu/chemical-paper/directory/springstead

Mike Tarn

Business Information Systems

… and centers across the business college and University. With his international network, he has been a key … he has assisted in establishing international partnerships with more than 20 universities in Asia. In 2012, he helped … he facilitated the launch of WMU’s MBA program in Taiwan. Notably, he initiated a partnership with Guizhou University …

https://wmich.edu/infosystems/directory/tarn

Kimberly Berning

Sindecuse Health Center

… USA LMSW I graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Bachelor’s … most important things a therapist can do is to provide you with a space that is totally non-judgmental so that you can feel comfortable being honest …

https://wmich.edu/healthcenter/directory/berning