435 Scott Shipp Hall CyDef Lab Cyber Security Scientist moyerga@vmi.edu, Assistant Professor 540-464-7311 2061 Kilbourne Hall Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Arciero and his wife Susan divide their time between Lexington and Arlington. Bio, Specialty: Organic Chemistry & Natural Products Chemistry and Chemical Ecology. Ph.D. - McMaster University Additionally, he has authored several articles while an additional one on the 1680-1707 Mughal-Maratha Wars will appear in April 2020 in the series Small Wars and Insurgencies published by Routledge. davidja@vmi.edu, Accounts Payable, Travel Before coming to VMI, she taught at Washington and Lee University. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine (please see explanation below) and specializes in Adolescent and Adult medicine with extensive experience in college health and sports medicine. Scott Wachenheim, VMI head football coach, has completed his 2019 assistant coaching staff with the hiring of Pat Kuntz as defensive line coach and Chris Moore as tight ends/specialists coach. Sci. clarkhl@vmi.edu, 1st Sergeant atkinsonte@vmi.edu BBA California State University, Fresno Bio, Adjunct Professor LTC Kendricks articles have appeared inEsprit Crateur(2018),Lingua Romana(2016), theAustralian Journal of French Studies(2015), andRenaissance and Reformation(2013). Originally from the Big Sky state, Maj. Gornick earned herbachelor's (2007),master's(2010) and doctorate (2013) degrees from the University of Montana in Missoula. Officer in Charge Dr. Quevedo is using hydrogels, cross-linked polymers which swell in water solutions, as a way of enhancing the signal and specificity of small molecule detection. 619 Nichols Engineering Building 540-464-7508 J. Org. Professor Dylan Almond: defensive assistant Bio, Lab Technician 540-464-7845 She joined the Mechanical Engineering Department in 2010. At VMI, his research efforts focus on utilizing electrochemical methods to analyze inorganic molecules that his students synthesize, in order to determine their ability to produce usable combustible fuels from electricity. shihabmy@vmi.edu Pody, M.P. 207 Smith Hall 540-464-7158 Bio. phillipsre@vmi.edu dowlingtc@vmi.edu 404 Carroll Hall Coach Brown has experienced a wide range of coaching opportunities over his career which have prepared him well for this opportunity at VMI, Coach Rocco said. 419-530-4987. Lt. Col. 540-464-7792 in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and has also completed coursework towards her PhD in Germanic Languages and Literatures at UIUC. Member of graduate faculties teaching courses in strategic communication, propaganda, and persuasion for the University of North Carolina Wilmington program in conflict resolution and management and James Madison University program in communication studies. Bio. While she has taught Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, Statistics, and Research Methods; her favorite courses are Political Psychology and Psychology of Genocide. They have two children: Emma (12) and Cody (10). drydensm@vmi.edu She is the author of The Adjacent Possible (Green Writers Press, 2021), winner of the Hopper Poetry Prize, and a recipient of the Freund Prize from Cornell University. We have examined the diversity and distribution of leeches infecting turtles, the community of parasites in muskrats, and the effect of the mouse nematode Heligmosomoides bakeri on a model of type I diabetes. She has also worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a technical writer. Football Announces 2020 Coaching Staff Changes. He amassed nearly 1200 combat hours on over 200 combat missions. In 2013, he became the Institutes first recipient of a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Virginia Museum of the Civil War Prior to her work at VMI, she held an Albrecht Drer Fellowship at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, Germany. *Waalkes, M.R. Johnson, Carter, Wrestling with God: Hamlet and the Divine. Conference of the American/Popular Culture Association in the South. Maj. Kennedy takes a broad, humanistic approach to studying and teaching rhetoric. Ph.D. - University of Virginia Bio, Administrative Assistant 303 Smith Hall Chem. Bats of Pisgah State Park, New Hampshire. Bio. 318 Nichols Before joining the History Department in Fall 2021, Jones was the inaugural Postdoctoral Scholar in Civil War History at Penn States George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center. parsonsld@vmi.edu, Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Specialty: Structural Engineering 429 Scott Shipp Hall Tom has over 20 years of experience in the information services and technology industries. Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Photo Name Title Phone Email Address; Jim Parady: Head Coach Ext. Assistant Professor His principle staff assignments include Marine Officer Instructor at the Naval ROTC Unit, VMI and tours as the Future Operations Officer for Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC) and later at the 3d Marine Division. Bio. Professional Engineer 2096 Kilbourne Hall 303 Smith Hall Bio, Department Head 540-464-7045 chambersmj@vmi.edu, Accounts Payable Specialist baurda@vmi.edu J. Org. The manuscript is derived from Joness dissertation, which won the 2021 Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize from the Society of Civil War Historians and the inaugural Chancellor Distinguished PhD Graduate Dissertation Award from SUNY in 2021. Recent cadet fieldwork includes the Rockbridge Memoir Project with local writers, and the Girls Leadership Exchange S.T.E.A.M. 540-464-7409 Her research focuses on social and motivational influences on decision making. Current and Past Project Topics in Engineering, Transportation Engineering Video Lessons https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCja59bSZGROChAHISEte1zQ/featured, LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/wakeel-idewu-ph-d-p-e-9413a06, Lab Mechanic Bio, Registered Nurse from Rutgers University. sheffieldeg10@vmi.edu 540-464-7218 1998 - Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs/Spanish, December 1998. The research that I am conducting involves the development of a genetically modified plant, the Virginia soybean, to will produce high seed yield and optimized cell wall biomolecules enabling use of its stem residues as a fuel crop. 301F Maury-Brooke Hall 540-464-7654 alerdingab@vmi.edu Bio LTC Jaafar Alghazo Associate Professor Ph.D. - Southern Illinois University 502 Nichols 540-464-7856 alghazojm@vmi.edu Dr. Denis Aliyev, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D. - Bowling Green University 434 Mallory Hall aliyevda@vmi.edu Col. Samuel K. Allen, Ph.D. 540-464-7885 kellyjr@vmi.edu, Cashier 540-464-7781 NROTCVM@vmi.edu 540-464-7132 Military Science Instructor Mr. Chip Lilly graduated with an English/Education degree from Berea College, KY. brownps@vmi.edu, Instructor - MS III His first book, Opium Slavery: The Civil War, Veterans, and Americas First Opioid Crisis, is under advance contract with University of North Carolina Press. 540-464-7017 gibsonke@vmi.edu, Police Officer 540-464-7986 Bio, Registrar 423 Scott Shipp Hall COL Scott Brannon serves as the Professor of Military Science for the Virginia Military Institute. After completing Intermediate Level Education in 2009, COL Brannon was assigned to the 2nd Battalion 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he served as the Battalion Operations Officer. 540-464-7017 liuq@vmi.edu He participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a member of a Military Transition Team (MiTT); He trained to deploy forces as an Observer Controller-Trainer (OCT) for missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo. Laurin joined VMI in 1998 as the Help Desk Coordinator providing the VMI community with computer hardware and software support as well as training workshops for faculty and staff. 540-464-7816 xief@vmi.edu Brown played tight end for Greensboro College where he was a USA South Academic Team honoree, graduating with his bachelors degree in exercise and sport studies in 2012. He is the Director of a non-profit organization involved in the curation of historical education documents and serves three other non-profits focused on youth development. Bio. ), "Disaggregated Business Fixed Investment - The Response of Structures and Equipment to Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Policies," Midwestern Business & Economic Review, Fall 2008, (with Mark Tuttle. Col. Spencer D. Bakich, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of International Studies and Political Science and is the Director of the National Security Program. cochrandh@vmi.edu, Assistant Professor - U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Coach Stinespring has a great respect for the high school coaches and programs throughout the state of Virginia, with a special appreciation for those coaches and programs in southwest Virginia.. hodgesvf@vmi.edu 2015 Bachelor of Science, Criminology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 2016 Security Forces Basic Officer Course, Camp Bullis, San Antonio, TX, Second Lieutenant February 04, 2016First Lieutenant February 04, 2018Captain Febraury 04, 2020, Department Head Additionally, he served a 2-yr special duty assignment as a Presidential Advance Agent where, in coordination with the Presidential Airlift Group (PAG) and the White House Military Office (WHMO), Lt Col Rose led 15-member staffs to execute airfield plans for worldwide Air Force One travel. 540-464-7929 Bio. 320 Mallory Hall 540-464-7238 Ph.D. 540-464-7212 He lives in Lexington with his wife Leslie and their three children - Mitch, Bryan, and Elsa. brodieja@vmi.edu 540-464-7399 540-464-7423 Certifications held include Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in Window NT Operating Systems, and passage of the fundamentals of engineering exam, which is the first part of the Professional Engineers certification (P.E.). 518 Scott Shipp Hall Bio. She began at VMI as a COE student attending Parry McCluer High School in the morning and working in the VMI Air Force ROTC department in the afternoon. Bio. 225 Marshall Hall 540-464-7701 Payroll Supervisor (540) 464-7312 She is the author of Russia and Iran in the Great Game: Travelogues and Orientalism (2007) and Russian Central Asia in the Works of Nikolai Karazin, 1842-1908: Ambivalent Triumph (2021), and co-editor of Russians in Iran: Diplomacy and Power in the Qajar Era and Beyond (2018) and Slavery in the Modern Middle East and North Africa (2023). He spent six years at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) as a Staff Fellow. Coales teaching responsibilities include: Fitness and Aging, Boxing, and Resistance Training. Bio. murrayta@vmi.edu Now, Brown is heading to VMI after serving as the defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach for Widener College. 540-464-7305 429 Mallory Hall His research is a part of a larger global effort to produce renewable fuels and help develop a carbon neutral economy. Bio. 563 Scott Shipp Hall She has been an active member of the South Asian Literary Association for 25 years, where she has presented papers, co-chaired conferences, served as treasurer and been a member of the executive committee. - University of Virginia 330 Scott Shipp Hall Herpetological Review 36:298. 262 Scott Shipp Hall Specialty: Fluid Mechanics, Materials & Energy Systems White, J. He commanded the Headquarters Company of the U.S. Army Chemical Activity-Pacific on Johnston Atoll during its closure as a chemical agent demilitarization site and served as a Jumpmaster with the 82d Airborne Division. Many of the novel compounds he synthesized are at the National Institutes of Health: Molecular Library for Small Molecule Repository to evaluate their biological activity. Ph.D. - University of Mississippi 301 Letcher Avenue Ph.D. - Tulane University Ed. In addition, he retired from 30 years combined active and reserve duty with the US Army, serving mainly as an Infantry officer with joint special operations elements, including in overseas tours and war zone deployments. Since, Lieutenant Colonel Franklin has served in Force Support, Aircraft Maintenance, and as Inspector General in the Air National Guard. 709 Nichols Colemans military and civilian education includes the Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course, Army Recruiter Course, Drill Sergeant Academy, Observer Controller Academy, Ammunition Specialist Course, Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Course, Duty Appointed Reenlistment NCO, Army Basic Instructor Course, Equal Opportunity Leaders Course, Foundation Instructor/Facilitator Course and holds a bachelors degree from Liberty University in Multi-Disciplinary Studies concentrated in History and Economics. taylorpk@vmi.edu, Officer in Charge Ph.D. - Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda 401K Preston Library Shear, A. J. Snyder, T.H. 318 Scott Shipp Hall 720 Nichols Engineering Bio. He received his Ph.D. from Kookmin University (South Korea) in 2010, M.S Computer Science from UTM (Malaysia) in 2007, and Master of Information Technology Degree from UAAR (Pakistan) in 2002. 540-464-7288 He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Arizona. 540-464-7946 540-464-7934 540-464-7363 Her poems have recently appeared in Poetry X Hunger, The Timberline Review, Phi Kappa Phi Forum Magazine, and several of her poems have been anthologized in publications, such as Tupelo Presss 30/30 Anthology. He initiated and, since 2014, has co-directed the VMI in Paris summer study abroad program. Bio, Professor Bio. VMI has recognized Colonel McDonald with several awards, including the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award (1997), the Matthew Fontaine Maury Award for Excellence in Faculty Research (1998), the VMI Distinguished Teaching Award (2001), and the Wilbur S. Hinman, Jr. Award for Undergraduate Research (2009 and 2010).