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Faculty Emeriti Recognition
Vincent Aleccia
Professor Vincent A. Aleccia has been an educator for 45 years. Starting in 1976, he spent three decades as a secondary English, journalism and social studies teacher at high schools in California and Oregon, before earning a doctorate in education from George Fox University in 2007 and embarking on a new path in higher education at EWU.
During his secondary career, he sought out new experiences in the U.S. and abroad. He was selected as a Fulbright Exchange Teacher and taught for a year in the United Kingdom. He was recognized as a National Board Certified Teacher in language arts and later served as curriculum director in the Medford, Ore., School District. He taught English and writing classes at Southern Oregon State College. Throughout his tenure, he served as an inspiration for students and a mentor for new instructors.
Dr. Aleccia arrived at EWU in 2006 as an assistant professor of education. During his time at the university, he taught 21 different courses and assumed several roles, including graduate director, director of the off-campus MEd Program and supervisor of student teachers. He expanded the department’s College Instruction program and served on numerous faculty evaluation and hiring committees.
He was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor in 2012, having published articles in several academic journals and making numerous presentations at conferences. In 2010, he was recognized with the EWU Outstanding Faculty Award in Teaching.
Promoted to full professor in 2017, Vince has continued his research on the historical aspects of education, especially higher education, as well as educational sociology and the philosophy of education. He has been married to his wife, JoNel Aleccia, a health journalist, for 40 years. They have two children and four grandchildren. Barbara Alvin
Barbara Alvin received her AB in Spanish, with a minor in mathematics from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, in 1974. She also received a Master of Science in Mathematics from Miami University in 1976. After teaching Spanish and geometry in a junior-senior high school in Oakwood, Ohio for a year, she enrolled in a program in Biostatistics at the University of Washington, where she received her PhD in 1983. While completing her PhD, she taught mathematics for a year at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Alvin began teaching mathematics at EWU in September, 1983. As a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, she has taught service courses in mathematics, a broad range of undergraduate courses for mathematics majors, and courses in the Master’s in Mathematics program.
Alvin served as a statistical consultant in several settings. She consulted with several faculty in other disciplines at EWU on the statistical analyses included in their research. She was hired as a statistical l consultant to the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, where she consulted with faculty and graduate students between January 1988 and January 1993. Also, in the summer of 1989, she was a participant in a summer faculty research program sponsored by the Air Force and Universal Energy Systems. Her work included statistical analysis of data on ground water contamination. Dr. Alvin’s experience as a statistical consultant provided her with examples she used in her teaching of statistics at EWU.
Dr. Alvin served as the director of Academic Assessment at EWU from January, 1993 through June 1996. Her interest in that role was tied to her strong interest in examining and improving the level of students’ achievement of goals faculty have for their learning and understanding.
In September, 1996, she began to take an active role on university committees and councils. In addition to serving as a member and then chair of the Course and Program Approval Committee, she served as chair of the Undergraduate Affairs Council, chair of the Faculty Planning Advisory Council, secretary, vice president, and then president of the Faculty Organization. She later served as vice president for labor management for the United Faculty of Eastern, and she served on the bargaining committee for the UFE. Alvin’s service at EWU also includes serving for eight years as chair of the department of mathematics.
Tom Askman
Tom Askman, Professor of Art, joined the Art Department at EWU in 1972. His main role as the Head of Painting continued throughout his tenure, accompanied with considerable contributions to the art program at EWU. Notably, his passion for student excellence was demonstrated in his efforts to establish a Bachelor of Fine Art’s Degree (BFA). This program continues to effectively prepare EWU art students to complete nationally competitive MFA programs. Though dedicated to providing students a rigorous academic experience in the BFA program, Tom’s first goal in teaching is for students to discover and accept their intuitive intelligence. His students often claim that it was in his classroom that they first experienced complete creative freedom.
In addition to his dedication to teaching, Professor Askman has an impressive legacy of scholarship. In the first ten years of his professional career, Tom’s work was exhibited at venues such as Minneapolis Art Institute, Joslyn Art Museum, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, the Cheney Cowles Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1979, Professor Askman shifted his focus from individual exhibitions to public art. For the next 30 years, Tom has been prolific in securing public art commissions across the United States. He has public art installed in California, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Kansas, Alaska, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, and Maryland.
Tom is also an active participant in community service, donating his time for nonprofit organizations such as Meals on Wheels and Warriors Heart to Art. In 2018 he was an Art Coordinator for the Warriors Heart to Art Retreat, an intensive four days that focused on veterans affected by PTSD using art to tell their stories. Though Professor Askman has a lucrative and successful career as an artist, his foremost interest is sharing the transformative and healing experiences that can be achieved through the act of making art. David Bunting
Beginning in 1971 David Bunting was successively a visiting, assistant, associate and full professor in the Department of Economics. He earned a BS and an MA from Ohio State, an MS from Wisconsin and a PhD from Oregon with a dissertation topic, Rise of Large American Corporations: 18891919, later published as a book.
Beyond the usual introductory courses, he taught intermediate economic theory, American Economic history, money and banking, and senior capstone. Some of his students went on to earn graduate degrees. His teaching efforts were recognized as a Dean’s Honor Faculty.
He was an active scholar and researcher during his entire academic career beginning with investigating interlocking directorates and economic power in the American corporate network. Later, he investigated the macroeconomic aspects of household consumption and saving behavior and the effects of the income distribution on savings. Other topics included the effects of an Indian reservation termination, higher education attendance costs and recovery of economic damages. He also served as a referee of scholarly papers, book reviewer, associate editor and member of professional organizations, serving as presenter, session chair and paper commentator. Results of his work were published in leading academic journals and/or presented at regional, national or international conferences.
He also conducted a number of studies of electricity demand by regional public utilities and economic impact studies of regional activities such as higher education, healthcare, the aluminum industry, the Spokane Arts industry, and the regional airport. Some of this work received special awards or presented at national conferences.
During his career at EWU he was activity engaged in departmental and university management and governance, twice serving as Economics Department chair. He was member of university committees including the General Education Committee, University Budget Committee, Faculty Senate, and Undergraduate Affairs Council (Chair).
Jeff Corkill
Jeff Corkill was born in the Isle of Man, British Isles and grew up in the north of England. He obtained a degree in the Natural Sciences-Chemistry at University of Cambridge’s Churchill College. He moved on Seattle in the 1960s and studied organic chemistry at the University of Washington receiving a Master’s degree. After working in a research laboratory at the University of Washington School of Medicine he returned to England. There he carried out research on the metabolism of the compounds used as cement in hip and knee replacement operations for which he was awarded a Ph.D. Before arriving at Eastern in 1981, he was involved in biomedical research at the City of Hope National Medical Center, Pasadena, CA and Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
During the 39 years, he has been in Eastern’s Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, he taught mainly organic and bio chemistry at both the lower and upper division levels. He was the advisor for many pre-medical, pre-dental, pre veterinary and pre-pharmacy students. He engaged many students in research projects the involved food chemistry, regional water and air quality, green chemistry synthesis.
He taught biochemistry to medical students in the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program at both the WSU and UW Spokane campuses.
During his time at EWU, he served on many departmental, college, university and. state committees. He served as President of the Faculty Senate, was President of the United Faculty of Eastern and was involved in the development of three UFE/EWU Collective Bargaining Agreements. He representd EWU on the state-wide Council of Faculty Representatives and on the Higher Education Coordinate Board Advisory committee.
His last salvo at EWU was last summer on retiring was to produced 40 liters of “Eagle Sanitizer” with Dr. Fred Joslin (Chemistry Department manager), EWU Design student Danielle Flinn , EWU Marketing and Relations personnel, that was distributed to the Cheney and Spokane communities (police, firemen, Veterans’ Home, Catholic Charities, Venessa Behan Nursery, 2nd Harvest, several senior residential & homeless shelter establishments). Jeff Donnerberg
Jeff Donnerberg joined the EWU Engineering & Design Department in 1990 as an Assistant Professor. Donnerberg received his BS in Industrial Education & Technology from Bowling Green State University in 1982, his MA in Industrial Education with an emphasis in Industrial Training from the University of Minnesota (U of M) in 1986, and his EdD in Vocational Education from the U of M in 1993.
During his tenure at EWU he taught numerous classes in the Manufacturing Technology, Construction Management Technology, and Technology Education programs. He was awarded the chairs "Excellence Award for Teaching" in 2007 and voted as first runner-up for "Faculty of the Year" by the Associated Students of Eastern Washington University in 1996 & 2001.
Martine Duchatelet
Martine Duchatelet holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and the master’s degree in econometrics from Brussels Free University. After two years as a research assistant with the University of Louvain Center for Econometrics and Operations Research, she attended Stanford University as a Harkness Fellow and earned a doctorate in economics in 1977.
Dr. Duchatelet then married an American, became a citizen and raised three children while pursuing a career as a faculty member at the University of Virginia, Columbia University, Hunter College, Baruch College, Fordham University and Barry University. She joined the EWU faculty in June 2012 as dean of what was then the College of Business and Public Administration. She stepped down from administration and joined the economics faculty in 2017. At Eastern she has taught principles of microeconomics, sustainability economics, economics of poverty and discrimination, political economy, as well as special topics.
Dr. Duchatelet’s early career intellectual contributions focused on applied microeconomics in general, and industrial organization in particular. She has published in peer-reviewed outlets such as the Journal of Economic Theory, the International Journal of Industrial Organization, the American Business Review, The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, The Southern Business and Economics Journal, and others. She has also made numerous presentations at local, national and international conferences, including those of the American Economic Association and the Western Economic Association International. She has written and published business cases in journals, as book chapters and for the European Case Clearing House. In addition, she has served as reviewer for grants or publications and as session chair or discussant at many academic meetings.
As an instructor, Dr. Duchatelet gained many positive evaluations while leaving “few students indifferent.” When it comes to retirement, she adds, “What counts are the positive memories of working with supportive colleagues and enthusiastic students! It has been quite a ride.” Raphael M. Guillory
Dr. Raphael Guillory served for 18 years as Professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational, and Developmental Psychology/ Psychology. During his too short time with us he made innumerable positive impacts. Dr. Guillory consistently encouraged the department to be forward thinking and progressive, and was a constant source of advocacy for those less privileged. Dr. Guillory was the voice of reason as well as vision.
Dr. Guillory earned his PhD in Education, with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration, and a MS in Counseling Psychology from Washington State University. He completed his BS in Sociology at EWU and was a proud Eagle.
Dr. Guillory was a respected professor. He provided foundational courses for students in the Applied Developmental Psychology BS and contributed to the professional development of countless teachers in the K-12 system through his Educational Psychology course. In addition to his clear commitment to students, he was an influential administrator. He served as Acting Department Chair and held the position of Interim Director of Chicano Education. He held the elected position of Vice President and then President of the Faculty Organization of EWU and was a member of the EWU Foundation Board of Directors.
As a scholar, Dr. Guillory had multiple publications focused on important diversity issues, including the bullying of students from diverse backgrounds and ways to support these individuals in their educational aspirations. His list of publications is long, including a recently completed book, American Indian/Alaska Native student persistent factors and barriers at large urban universities. He presented several workshops at conferences and for community groups over the years, including Spokane Public Schools, was involved in securing the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) grant, and served as reviewer for professional journals. His scholarship was wide-reaching and undoubtedly has had many important results. In addition to his scholarship and teaching, Dr. Guillory was a valued and supportive colleague throughout the University. He was a celebrated EWU athlete and a loyal fan of EWU athletics. He was an extremely proud father and husband who never failed to share and celebrate their accomplishments.
Christopher Howell
Professor Christopher Howell joined the Faculty in 1996 and has been a key contributor to the MFA at EWU and the national literary scene ever since. As a teacher, Professor Howell has had an enormous impact. Four of his students have gone on to publish poems in the annual Best American Poetry anthology, perhaps the single highest annual honor an individual poem can receive. His students have gone on to publish more than a hundred books, including many with the country’s top presses. Dozens of his former students have gone on to tenure-track academic teaching careers; dozens more now work in the literary, academic, and commercial publishing industry. Yet others have found meaningful work as leaders in literary and arts organizations and community nonprofits. Many, of course, have pursued careers and interests outside the literary and academic fields. But whatever paths Professor Howell helped them find for themselves, instruction in poetry afforded all his students in his twenty-five years at Eastern Washington University deeper capacities for empathy, insight, and experience, as well as richer and fuller psychological and spiritual lives.
As an editor, Professor Howell has brought national literary significance to EWU through his editing and editing internship instruction and supervision. Poets he has edited have won literally every major literary award in the country.
As a writer, Professor Howell is himself among the most artistically resonant, wide-ranging, and moving poets of his generation. His many awards include two National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, three Pushcart Prizes, a Washington State Book Award, a Washington Governor’s Award, a Nebraska Book Award, and a Best of the Net Award.
We have been fortunate to call Professor Howell a colleague, a teacher, and a friend. Kosuke Imamura
Professor Kosuke Imamura has been with EWU for 17 years. He taught courses in computer architecture, image processing, operating systems, and network programming. He has also taught summer courses in I/O sub-systems, stochastic simulation, and field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) at Iwate Prefectural University Graduate School
since 2012.
Prior to becoming an EWU professor, he was an embedded systems engineer. He worked flight simulators, medical patient monitors, and high speed industrial printers among others.
His primary areas of research and publication include machine learning, embedded computer systems, and FPGA. Professor Imamura received his PhD in computer science from University of Idaho.
He enjoys skiing and coaches a youth alpine ski racing team.
Tom Karier
With a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, Tom Karier spent forty productive and eventful years at Eastern Washington University. Professor Karier authored three books addressing issues in microeconomics (Beyond Competition), macroeconomics (Great Experiments in American Economic Policy), and the history of economic ideas (Intellectual Capital). Commenting on the most recent book, George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate 2001, wrote, “Karier thus gives an easy and lively introduction to a difficult subject: what is modern economics, and what motivates it.”
He also authored about two dozen refereed articles for academic journals covering topics of labor unions, international trade, the ideas of John Kenneth Galbraith, the Columbia River Treaty, energy conservation, and power planning. His last seven articles in the Electricity Journal addressed a variety of technical issues related to energy efficiency and carbon reduction.
As a result of Professor’s Karier’s scholarly achievements, he was invited to testify before U.S. congressional committees, twice. The first was a House Field Hearing in Portland on the West Coast energy crisis of 2000 and the second at a Senate committee hearing in Washington D.C. on the Columbia River Treaty including participation by Northwest senators.
Over the course of 20 years he also wrote numerous OpEd articles on energy issues and the Columbia River Treaty for the Seattle Times, The Oregonian, the Spokesman Review, the Tacoma Tribune, the Wenatchee World, and other regional newspapers.
With all his scholarly accomplishments, Professor Karier’s priority was always his students who he encouraged to be as curious as he was about the world of economics. Mary Ann Keogh Hoss
Mary Ann Keogh Hoss is a professor and program director for Health Services Administration in the College of Health Science and Public Health, Department of Public Health and Health Administration at Eastern Washington University in Spokane, Washington. She has served as the program director for the Health Services Administration program since 2002. She received a PhD from Gonzaga University in 1986. She received her Master degree from Eastern Washington University in 1977 and her bachelor degree from Creighton University in 1974. She has fellow status in the American College of Healthcare Executive. She is certified nationally as a therapeutic recreation specialist and has fellow status.
Dr. Keogh Hoss has over 30 years of experience in the health care administration before coming to Eastern Washington University. She also served as an interim CEO on 2 occasions a decade apart for an 800 bed state psychiatric hospital, Western State Hospital in Ft. Steilacuum, Washington during her tenure at Eastern Washington University. She felt this allowed her to keep her administration skills current. During her tenure at Eastern Washington University, she has served a number of interim roles at the university including dean of 2 colleges and provost.
Her research interest include healthcare costs and delivery systems, mental health services, healthcare reimbursement, outcomes in therapeutic recreation, female healthcare leadership and medical travel/tourism. She is published in a variety areas.
Elizabeth Arveda Kissling
Elizabeth Arveda Kissling served as professor of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) and Communication Studies from 1993 to 2020. Kissling earned her master’s degree and doctorate in Speech Communication from University of Illinois before beginning her career at Eastern Washington University. She was awarded tenure and served a four-year term as Chair of the Communication Studies department. Kissling was affiliated with Women’s Studies/Women’s and Gender, Studies/Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies throughout her career. In 2006, she shifted into a joint position between Communication Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies. In summer of 2012 and spring of 2014, she served as Interim Director of Women’s & Gender Studies.
Kissling is known and respected nationwide for her cutting-edge scholarly work including three monographs and edited texts: Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies (2020); From a Whisper to a Shout: Abortion Activism and Social Media (2018); and Capitalizing on the Curse: The Business of Menstruation (2006). She was the founder, executive editor, and a contributor to re:Cycling, a blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research for five years from 2009-2014. She has served as a leader within professional organizations, including as president of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research from 2009-2011.
Kissling served in leadership roles within the university on many occasions. Noteworthy examples include her terms as President and Vice President of the EWU Faculty Organization from 2006-2008, her work on the General Education Committee from 2014-2017, and numerous stints as a faculty senate representative.
Kissling was an innovative and effective professor and often taught the GWSS senior capstone. In addition to being a valuable resource in the classroom, Dr. Kissling also contributed to student learning by developing new courses and participating in curriculum reform. She supported students in attending and organizing conferences, mentored student clubs and individual students, and consistently received glowing accolades from her mentees. Theresa Martin
Theresa Martin, Ph.D., has served as professor of Psychology since 1991. She completed her PhD in Psychology with specializations in Social Psychology and Health Psychology, her MS in Psychology, and her BS with distinction in Psychology at Iowa State University. Dr. Martin has held many positions of leadership during her over 30 years of tenure at EWU, including Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Demography, and Assessment from 2001 to 2009, Chair in the Department of Psychology on two separate occasions, and active member and chair of the EWU Washington Institutional Review Board. During her many years with the board she developed a number of new practices to streamline reviews and facilitate sound research. Even beyond this, her contributions within the University have been exemplary and broad, including service on the Department Personnel Committee, Graduate Affairs Council, College Personnel Committee, College Assessment Committee, McNair Scholars Board, Student Academic Integrity Committee, and Academic Appeals Board to name a few. She is well regarded for her dedication to service and her students. Her scholarship focused primarily on pedagogical approach and strategies to enhance teaching, but at the same time provided countless opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to experience the process of research, igniting a passion for many. Students have routinely spoken of the incredible learning opportunities that Dr. Martin’s courses provided. In one year alone she mentored over 27 students presenting at the EWU Research and Creative Works Symposium. In terms of teaching, Dr. Martin has developed and brought to the department courses that represent currency and importance within the field, including Health Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Human Sexuality, and Advanced Social Psychology. She has developed and taught over 20 different courses to support undergraduate and graduate students in the department and was one of the first in the department to provide online offerings. Dr. Martin has been invaluable for energizing students in the practice of research while also enhancing their preparation for graduate training and future vocation.
Susan Megaard
Susan Megaard has been a Professor of Taxation and Accounting for 37 years. Before joining the faculty of EWU, she worked as an Attorney-Advisor in the United States Tax Court in Washington D.C. and as a tax and business attorney with law firms in Seattle and Spokane. She earned her JD degree from the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, Washington; and her Master of Laws in Taxation degree from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
Megaard has earned outstanding teaching evaluations from her students, colleagues, and members of the professional accounting community since she began teaching courses in federal income taxation and business law in the fall of 1984. During her career, Megaard also taught CPA Review course sections on taxation and Corporate and Partnership Taxation to students at Gonzaga University’s School of Business. Megaard has received numerous outstanding teaching awards from the EWU College of Business and both the CenturyTel Faculty Achievement Award and the PTI Pacificorp Foundation Faculty Achievement Award.
Megaard has maintained currency in her tax courses through constant changes in the tax law and has trained students and practicing CPAs to do federal tax research using both online databases and other sources. An integral part of maintaining currency in the tax field and improving her teaching has been frequent speaking engagements on new federal tax developments to practicing accountants and lawyers throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Megaard has made extensive research contributions in the field of taxation, including two portfolios on depreciation recapture published by the Bureau of National Affairs; numerous articles published in the Journal of Taxation, Journal of Corporate Taxation, Journal of Real Estate Taxation, Taxation for Accountants, Taxation for Lawyers, Practical Tax Strategies, and the Review of Taxation for Individuals. Megaard earned the college’s Research Excellence Award in both 1999 and 2006. Patricia Nemetz Mills
Patricia Nemetz Mills earned her PhD in Operations Management, Strategy, and Organization Theory from the University of Washington. She was hired at Eastern Washington University as an assistant professor of management in 1989, and was promoted to full professor in 2001. Nemetz Mills has taught such classes as Operations Analysis, Total Quality Management, Operations Management, Manufacturing Strategy, Business Strategy, and Organization Theory at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her contributions to the university in the area of service were numerous and included a term as department chair and serving as the interim assessment coordinator for the business programs. Nemetz Mills was part of a team that created distance-learning innovations with Active Learning Technologies, Inc. and Prentice-Hall. In addition, she taught special seminars and graduate classes in Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia in 1990 and 1991.
Her research interests include determining processes necessary to introduce technology and advanced automation into educational and manufacturing organizations, and investigating the impact of domestic and international cultural values on organizational needs and investment potential. Her work was recognized at the national level with a best paper award for interdisciplinary research from the Decision Sciences Institute and a best paper award for social issues in management from the Academy of Management. She has received several awards for teaching and research, including College of Business Teaching Excellence awards and the PTI Pacificorp Faculty Achievement Award.
In addition to academic experience, Nemetz Mills has industrial experience including working as a project engineer for Air Products and Chemicals and as a consultant to such companies as Boeing, Spokane Auto Transport, and Eldec. She has been active at coordinating the Spokane Quality Forum for the American Society for Quality and has made numerous presentations to professional organizations. In 1998, she was named a member of International Who’s Who Among Professionals.
Jane T. Pimentel
Jane T. Pimentel, PhD joined Eastern Washington University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in a tenure-track position in 1999 and was awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 2004; subsequently she was awarded Full Professor in 2016 and retired January 2021. Her area of expertise is in neurologically based communication impairments with a special interest in communication participation of individuals with aphasia and cognitive-communication disorders second to dementia. Dr. Pimentel taught courses and supervised clinical experiences in this area of expertise (e.g., aphasia, cognitivecommunication disorders). She holds Board Certification from the Academy of Neurologic Communicative Disorders and Sciences. Additionally, she holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, and a Washington State Speech-Language Pathologist license. Previous to her position at EWU she was on faculty at Idaho State University. Prior to her academic career Dr. Pimentel worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist in rehabilitation settings.
Jane continues to serve as a volunteer presenter and support group facilitator on behalf of the Washington State Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and is a member of St. Aloysius Catholic community. Donald C. Richter
Donald C. Richter, PhD, is a professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology. After working for over 20 years as an engineer in industry, he has given back to the engineering profession by teaching 23 years at Eastern Washington University. In addition to developing several new courses at EWU, he developed the industrial robotics and automation laboratory and corresponding classroom courses at EWU, bringing a “real world” robotics and automation experience to engineering students. Working with local and national industrial partners, he secured equipment donations for the robotics laboratory. These donations have allowed the students to gain experience with industrial robotic vision systems, which prepares them for the global workplace as engineers. Richter introduced 3D parametric computer modeling to the university with a software grant for 3D parametric modeling software. He also served as the director of the Mine Safety and Health Program (MSHA), which trains miners in mine safety. He has received grants from the Department of Labor’s MSHA State Grants program, and was Co-PI on a Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s grant in support of the department’s labs. Richter has either authored or coauthored 28 peer-reviewed papers that have been published in conference proceedings for the American Society of Engineering Education and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Richter has been active in the EWU community serving as a judge for state and regional level student competitions. His awards include the Eastern Washington University Trustees Medal for most outstanding faculty 2016, the CenturyTel Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for outstanding faculty member of his college in 2001, and the American Society of Engineering Education’s best paper at the 2005 Annual Conference for the PIC II Division. Richter was a registered professional engineer in mechanical engineering in Arkansas, Arizona and Louisiana. He also was a registered environmental engineer in Louisiana. Richter has served in the past as the Department Chair of the Department of Engineering and Technology and has also served as the program director for the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs.
Paul H. Schimpf
Paul received the BSEE (Summa Cum Laude) from UW (Seattle) in 1982. He worked at Honeywell Marine Systems from 1983 to 1997, during which time he earned his MSEE (1987) and PhD (1995), worked on the cutting edge of electronics, earned several technical achievement awards, and attained the rank of Senior Principal Engineer.
Paul first came to EWU in 1998 as a Visiting Professor. In Fall 2000 he was recruited to lead the Spokane Intercollegiate Computer Engineering program for WSU, where he earned his tenure. He returned to EWU as an Associate Professor in 2007, initially serving as Chair of Computer Science for 8 years, during which time he achieved the rank of Professor.
Paul’s scholarly achievements include 48 peer-reviewed journal publications, 26 conference papers and abstracts, and one book, with 1588 citations to date. He has been a recipient of two NSF grants as Principal Investigator, one NSF grant as Co-Principal Investigator, one NSF grant as an Investigator, one SIRTI grant as an Investigator, and seven EWU grants.
Paul especially enjoyed his career as an educator, where he strived to provide a unique, understandable, and practical view of challenging topics informed by his industry experience. He is proud of his time at EWU providing an education to many hard-working students with few other options for higher education. As an educator Paul advised one PhD student, 34 Master’s students, received a Certificate of Excellence in Education from the ASWSU and a Faculty Excellence award from WSU.
Paul is also an avid Fly Fisher and in 2004 received a Fly Tying award from the Spokane Fly Fishers. Bill Stimson
Dr. Bill Stimson’s association with Eastern Washington University began during his undergraduate years. He became editor of The Easterner and wrote clever, prolific columns for the paper. In those years, he developed a deep and lasting commitment to Eastern and to our journalism program. After he graduated from Eastern in 1969, Professor Stimson worked as a journalist for 15 years and then went on to earn masters and doctorate degrees in American history from Washington State University. He returned to Eastern in 1989. He taught in the journalism program and served as program director off and on for 31 years. He also served as adviser to The Easterner and chair of the EWU Board of Student Publications.
Professor Stimson is a respected local historian and a fearless community activist. He also has been a gifted advocate for the role journalism plays in strengthening a democracy. He served as managing editor of Spokane Magazine and worked as a writer and an editor at WSU. He’s written articles for publications ranging from The Inlander to the New York Times, and he’s written three books, including a history of Spokane. In 2018 WSU recognized his writings in regional history and advocacy of historic preservation with an Alumni Achievement Award.
Professor Stimson quickly built a lasting reputation as an engaging speaker and a generous teacher. With his rich background in the history of the U.S. and its news media, he would display instant recall of a wide range of pertinent theories, principles and historical lessons, especially related to contemporary issues in journalism law, ethics, media literacy and propaganda. Students who sought his help with their own writing craft were never turned away.
Professor Stimson has made a deep and lasting impact on our students, the EWU Journalism Program, The Easterner, the English Department, and the University. We have been richer for his long service, his unwavering support, and his amazing gifts.
David Terpstra
David Terpstra earned his PhD in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Tennessee. He was hired at Eastern Washington University as an assistant professor of management in 1999, and was promoted to full professor in 2008. Over a long career, Terpstra has contributed in all areas to the betterment of our university. His teaching has anchored our Human Resources degree program, where he developed and taught most of the advanced elective courses for many years. Prior to joining Eastern, Terpstra taught at the University of Mississippi, the University of Idaho, University of Illinois and Washington State University.
In research, his career has been exceptional. He has a long list of publications, including several highly cited articles in top-journals. Overall, his work has been cited 4,786 times, with fourteen articles having been cited more than onehundred times each. His most cited article has been cited 995 times, alone. His contribution to the field of human resources is outstanding. In the process, he has brought recognition to our university, and has ensured that our students have been taught by an individual at the forefront of the field of Human Resources.
In terms of service, Terpstra regularly served in leadership capacities, often having been involved in chairing department review committees, and having served also on college-level curriculum review.
Throughout his career, Dr. Terpstra has demonstrated excellence in teaching, intellectual contributions, and service to the University and community at large. Elizabeth Tipton
Elizabeth Tipton earned her PhD MSIS business statistics from the University of Texas at Austin. Hired at Eastern Washington University as an assistant professor of decision science in 2001, she was promoted to full professor in 2010. During her 20 years at Eastern, Tipton worked tirelessly to develop the analytics programs. She was the primary faculty member involved in the development of the widely-recognized, innovative partnership between Eastern’s analytics program and Microsoft. Tipton’s reputation and relationships in the community led to the development of collaborative projects where students work with local, national and international organizations to solve real-world problems, gaining valuable experience to help them succeed in a competitive marketplace.
Colleagues say Tipton is an excellent instructor who not only continuously seeks the best approaches and materials for teaching, but also makes the best, often extra, effort to help. She puts a considerable amount of time into recruiting, meeting personally with prospective students interested in data analytics. Tipton is known for being extremely knowledgeable in her field, while also being approachable. Her students appreciate her willingness to go above and beyond for anyone who asks for a helping hand. For many, she is more than a professor—she is a mentor and a friend to all.
Tipton has served in many roles during her career at Eastern, including department chair, interim associate dean, and interim dean. She served on numerous committees at the college and university. Tipton has also made significant professional contributions at the national and international level in research and scholarship by presenting, publishing, editing, and conference hosting in the areas of simulation, pedagogical game design, data visualization, and dental hygiene.
Her undergraduate data analytics students were mistaken for ABDs at a professional data analytics conference in Bellevue, which made her very proud of them and our faculty.
Ann O'Kelley Wetmore
Ann O’Kelley Wetmore is a Professor in Dental Hygiene. She is an alum via her 1977 Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene (BSDH) and earned her Master of Science in Dental Hygiene (MSDH) from Idaho State University in 2008. She taught online graduate courses in the EWU MSDH program and BSDH undergraduate content including didactic and clinical throughout her teaching career at EWU. Her expertise includes curriculum and course design, program development, leadership, professionalism, thesis introduction, and administration, management, and organization, nutrition, women’ s health, advocacy, eating disorders, and pharmacology. She received the 2014 Chair’s Excellence in Teaching Award for the College of Science, Health, and Engineering and EWU Professor of the Year in 2011.
She fulfilled administrative appointments as Program Director of the Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene Degree Completion program since 2009, Chair of the Dental Hygiene Department from 2015-19, Program Director for the Bachelor of Science in Health Science since 2018, and Interim Chair of the Public Health and Health Administration Department in 2020-21. In these roles she was a change agent in developing curriculum for the BSDH and BSHS, moving the degree completion program online, spearheading the semester conversion of all Dental Hygiene programs, overseeing a successful reaccreditation for the undergraduate BSDH program, moving dental hygiene to paperless, updating the infection control protocols, implementing a holistic admission process in DH, and leading the conversion of the MPH to the AP platform.
She published on the use of blogs as a framework for implementing effective reflective learning, eating disorders, and interprofessional education. She has mentored thesis students on diverse topics. Her forte is presenting, she has delivered invited and peer reviewed workshops and continuing education sessions on critical thinking, curriculum mapping, syllabus development, eportfolios, authentic assessment, women’s health, eating disorders, nutrition, and the dental hygiene process of care.
Service for Professor O’Kelley Wetmore includes membership and chairing the EWU UAC and CPAC, serving as DH Senator, participating in numerous adhoc committees at the President’s request. She chaired national meeting planning and scholarship committees. She currently serves as a site consultant for the Commission on Dental Accreditation.