New Faculty - 2003
Jean-Louis
DassierAssistant Professor - Modern Languages and Literature
email: jdassier@nmu.edu
Jean-Louis earned his Ph.D. in Foreign and Second Language of Education at Ohio State University in 1997. Before that he earned a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree at the Universite de Paris VIII, majoring in English and American Civilization and Culture. He also earned a M.A. from the University of Delaware in Applied Linguistics in 1992. He has been working full-time at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he has taught French at the undergraduate level and built and ran a Masters program for teachers of languages. He has extensive experience in the use of computers in academia and in program assessment.
[return to top]Dr. John W. Ejnik
Assistant Professor - Chemistry
email: jejnik@nmu.edu
Dr. Ejnik received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1996. His thesis work involved studying the kinetic reactivity of the metal binding protein Metallothionein. After graduation, Dr. Ejnik joined the United States Navy as a biochemist. His naval career has involved developing a clinical uranium assay for monitoring occupational exposures at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, production and technical director at the forensic Great Lakes Navel Drug Screening Laboratory, and a laboratory manager at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Dr. Ejnik is currently involved in clinical metal analysis, developing ultra low (0.01 PPT) uranium analysis by DRC-ICP-MS, and developing arsenic speciation in biological samples by HPLC-ICP-MS.
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Keith
H. KendallAssistant Professor - History
email: kkendall@nmu.edu
Keith a former Minnesotan comes to Northern from Syracuse, New York where he received his Ph.D. at Syracuse University in 2002. He has taught at Syracuse University and most recently at LeMoyne College. Keith’s specialty is medieval history with an interest in the ancient world. He has an excellent teaching style and helped edit, Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law (2001).
[return to top]Dr. Alec R. Lindsay (old new faces)
Assistant Professor - Biology
email: alindsay@nmu.edu
Dr. Lindsay has been hired in a tenure-earning appointment in Molecular Ecology at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning fall 2003. Dr. Lindsay has a B.S. in Zoology and Classics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1994), and a PhD (2002) in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He has conducted field studies of behavior in Wisconsin, Michigan, Alaska, and Scotland, and has worked on the population genetics of endangered captive Harpy Eagles from Central and South America. Dr. Lindsay is currently investigating evolutionary pattern and process in birds using molecular genetics, behavior, and morphology and does research on loons and other animals found in the Great Lakes region. His teaching assignments include courses in evolution, ecology, conservation, biology, and cell and molecular biology.
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Perry
D. McCallSenior Military Science Instructor - Military Science
email: pmccall@nmu.edu
Dr. Frankie Ann McCormick
Assistant Professor - Chemistry
email: fmccormi@nmu.edu
Dr. McCormick has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department where she has served NMU for the past seven years. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University and her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Columbia University. Dr. McCormick’s research will focus on the design and synthesis of organic molecules for electronic devices. Dr. McCormick and her husband, Dr. Donald Marquardt (Chemistry), have a son, Tommy, who is twelve months old.
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Bonita
L. MoisioAssistant Professor - Practical Nursing
email: bmoisio@nmu.edu
Liz Oesleby-Koch
Associate Processor - Academic Information Services
Liz was hired as the Head of Public Services, Associate Professor, in the Lydia M. Olson Library on November 1, 2002. She holds an M.L.S. from the University of Pittsburgh; M.Ed. from California University of Pennsylvania; M.S.L. qualifications from Auburn University; and is ABD in Educational Policy & Administration at the University of Minnesota. Liz came to NMU after being the Library Supervisor at Zayed University, Dubai (UAE) for four years.
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Scott
A. Pritzlaff
Assistant Professor - Military Science
email: spritzla@nmu.edu
Rebecca Johns Trissler (mfa page)
Assistant Professor - English
Rebecca will replace John Smolens this year while he is on sabbatical leave. Rebecca comes to NMU directly from the Iowa Writers Workshop where she earned her MFA in creative writing in May 2003. She also earned both a BA in journalism and a BA in English and creative writing from the University of Missouri. This summer she was a Fellow at the prestigious Sun Valley Writers’ Conference, and she has also received the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation Citation for Human Rights Journalism (1992) and the Ray Bradbury Award (1989). In addition to experience teaching writing and literature, Rebecca has considerable on-staff editorial experience at Penguin Putnam, Women’s Day Magazine, and The Journal of the American Dietetic Association. She has published fiction in American Way, Lies, and Muse Portfolio, and non-fiction in a variety of venues, including Cosmopolitan, Chicago Tribune, Mademoiselle, Parenting, Women’s Day, and Seventeen. Her first novel, Icebergs, has just been accepted for publication in 2005 with Bloomsbury USA.
[return to top]Paul Truckey
Assistant Professor - CAPS
email: ptruckey@nmu.edu
Paul returns to the Department of Communication and Performance Studies as an Assistant Professor for the 2003-2004 academic year, replacing Cecilia Pang following her resignation. Our Outstanding Graduating Senior in 1987, and the recipient of an Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 1998, Paul received his MFA from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Paul has appeared on Broadway and in the national touring company of Les Miserables in the role of Grantaire. You may remember his performance of the principle role in Forest Roberts Theatre’s 2002 production of The Scarlet Pimpernel when he was serving as Jim Panowski’s sabbatical replacement. Paul will teach Introduction to Theatre and acting course, along with directing the main stage production of Our Town.
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Julien
P. VernetAssistant Professor -History
email: jvernet@nmu.edu
Julien hales from Kingston, Ontario where he attended Queen’s University. He crossed the border and received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 2002. Julien has taught at his alma mater and at SUNY Cortland. His field is early American history with a special interest in the French Colonial story. His most recent work appears in the journal, French Colonial History.
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William
J. Weycker Assistant Professor - Military Science
email: wiweycke@nmu.edu
Qinghong
ZhangAssistant Professor - Mathematics and Computer Science
email: qzhang@nmu.edu
Qinghong Zhang has been appointed to the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. He received a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Nankai University, China, in 1991, a Master of Computer Science degree from the University of Iowa in 1999, and a Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Iowa in 2002. Dr. Zhang’s research interests are centered on the design and implementation of efficient interior point path-following algorithms for the numerical solution of variational inequalities and other related problems. He is also interested in developing duality theories for semi-finite and semi-definite programming problems. Before coming to NMU Dr. Zhang worked for three years in two different industrial settings as a Systems Analyst and Technical Consultant.
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