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Chris Cheatham

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

… Kalamazoo MI 49008-5204 USA Dr. Christopher Cheatham began working at Western Michigan University in 2003 when he … Kent State University.   From 2001 to 2003, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the John B. Pierce Laboratory affiliated … or daughters play.He is also the obsessed dad to two aussiedoodles, Elmer and Millie. …

https://wmich.edu/provost/directory/cheatham

Kim Maguire

Gwen Frostic School of Art

… than twenty years. Originally from England, she lived and worked in San Francisco, California after completing her … her studio in the SOMA district, as well as solo and group shows in the Bay Area. After moving to Michigan, she … her studio practice at Park Trades in Kalamazoo. Her artwork is diverse, (text, house paint, printed material, …

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

Veronica Rice McCray

Business Information Systems

… ago as a testing center consultant. She then moved on to work in continuing education and workforce development and finally student activities and … verbal communication. She also has many years of experience working one-on-one with individual and business clients, …

https://wmich.edu/infosystems/directory/rice-mccray

Andrew Rathbun

Jazz Studies

… composer-arranger.” Voted as a “Rising Star” in the 2018 Downbeat Critics Poll, he has documented his stirring …  “ a crafty saxophonist and composer whose ambitious work over the past decade has eluded the wider recognition … of Debussy,  about   which revered Chicago critic Howard Reich   declare s " the listener travels from a …

https://wmich.edu/jazz/directory/rathbun

Rodrigo Aranda

Economics

… microeconomics with a focus on health economics. His work centers on measuring the effects of public policies, … on birth outcomes. Prior to joining WMU, Rodrigo was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center for Economic and Social … Center at the USC Schaeffer Center. Rodrigo was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Child & Family Policy Lab …

https://wmich.edu/economics/directory/aranda

Joan Herrington

Theatre

… and directors. Herrington has also written more than a dozen book chapters and journal articles appearing in … Japan to Great Britain to Nigeria. Herrington has taught workshops at many universities and her work as a director and dramaturg has taken her from coast to …

https://wmich.edu/theatre/directory/herrington

Jeff Breneman

Government Relations

… In addition to higher education policy, Jeff has worked extensively on policy issues related to energy and … through community engagement. He was awarded the Heterodox Academy’s Open Inquiry Award in 2022 and is now the co-chair for WMU’s Heterodox Academy Campus Community. As a resident of the State of …

https://wmich.edu/government/directory/breneman

Evan Kutzler

History

… . He is currently writing a book about Rosa Lee Ingram, a widowed mother of twelve whose trial became an international … a broad interdisciplinary field of professionals who work outside the classroom and beyond the traditional …

https://wmich.edu/history/directory/kutzler

Robert Harrison

Marketing

… presentations at national academic conferences and his work is forthcoming or has been published in the: Academy of … Association. Before pursuing his academic career, Harrison worked as a news reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. …

https://wmich.edu/marketing/directory/harrison

Takashi Yoshida

History

… and memory in the Pacific. In his first book, he examined how the perceptions of the Nanjing Massacre evolved in …

https://wmich.edu/history/directory/yoshida