2007-2008 General Catalog, California State University, Fresno.

You are in the official 2007-2008 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.

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University Advisory Board

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The University Advisory Board consists of community leaders who are interested in the welfare of the university. The board advises the president in matters that relate to the advancement of the university in its relation to the community.


KATHERINE FLORES, CHAIR
JOHN BOOGERT, VICE CHAIR

JIM ANTON
ELAINE BERNARD
JULIA BROWN
KIRK DeVERTEUIL
J. MICHAEL McGOWAN
HUGO MORALES
MICHAEL PATTON
JAMES SHEKOYAN
ROXANNE STEPHENSON
JULIE TONE


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Association, Inc. Board of Directors

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The California State University, Fresno Association, Inc. is responsible for the management and operation of commercial services including the Kennel Bookstore, University Courtyard (on-campus living), University Food Services, University Student Union, and the Save Mart Center. In addition, the Association provides accounting and managerial services to four other university auxiliary corporations.

Chair
CYNTHIA TENIENTE-MATSON

Vice Chair
PAUL M. OLIARO

Executive Director
DEBORAH S. ADISHIAN-ASTONE

Chief Financial Officer
PETER PRESTEGARD

Director of Kennel Bookstore
RON DURHAM

Director of Food Services
DAVID BINKLE

Director of Housing
ERIN BOELE

Interim Director of University Student Union
CAROLYN COON

Director of Auxiliary Human Resources
To be announced

Director of M.I.S.
THERESA EURICH

Corporate Operations Manager
TAMARA DURANT

Staff Counsel
JOHN MELIKIAN

Director of Student Recreation Center
DEREK WALTERS

 

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Foundation Board of Governors

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The California State University, Fresno Foundation is responsible for the financial management and administration of grants and contracts, scholarships, student loan funds, and the university's endowment. The Foundation is responsible for the acceptance of all gifts and donations to the university.

Chair
ROBERT H. OLIVER

Vice Chair
A. EMORY WISHON III

 

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Agricultural Foundation Board of Directors

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The Agricultural Foundation provides the financial resources, land, animals, orchards, and vineyards for students to receive practical experience in the field of agriculture that reinforces their classroom instruction. Many of the products grown and produced by the enterprise units are sold through the campus Farm Market.

Chair
PAT RICCHIUTI

Vice Chair
LARRY LAYNE

 

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Associated Students

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Associated Students is the recognized student body governing organization and provides a means for student participation in the governance of the university. It fosters awareness of student opinions on campus issues, assists in the protection of students' rights, and provides programs and services to meet the needs of students and the campus community.

University Student Union
Room 316
559.278.2656
www.as.csufresno.edu

 

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Athletic Corporation

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The Athletic Corporation was formed to promote and assist the athletics and educational program of the university. It applies the funds and properties coming into its hands toward furthering the athletics and educational program carried on by the university.

Chair
PAUL M. OLIARO

Vice Chair
VINCI RICCHIUTI

 

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Programs for Children, Inc.

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The Board of Directors for Fresno State Programs for Children (PFC) oversees the operation of the four centers that provide childcare services to the campus. The mission of PFC is to assist students who are parents attain their educational goals by providing quality care in a convenient and appropriate educational setting.

Executive Director and Chair
KENNETH G. SHIPLEY

Vice Chair
ROBERT MONKE



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Administration
and Administrative Staff

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President
JOHN D. WELTY

Internal Auditor
MATTHEW BABICK

Executive Coordinator of Events
ROSIE GUTIERREZ



Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs
JERONIMA ECHEVERRIA

Associate Provost
KENNETH G. SHIPLEY

Budget Officer, Academic Affairs
JOHN WAAYERS

Associate Vice President and Dean of Undergraduate Studies
DENNIS L. NEF

Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Personnel
JANETTE REDD WILLIAMS

Associate Vice President Research and Sponsored Programs
THOMAS McCLANAHAN

AssociateVice President for Continuing and Global Education
BERTA GONZALEZ

Director of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning
CHRISTINA LEIMER

 

Deans/Associate Deans

Dean of The College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
CHARLES D. BOYER

Associate Dean
WILLIAM R. FASSE

 

Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities
VIDA SAMIIAN

Associate Dean
JOSE DIAZ

 

Dean of the Craig School of Business
DOUGLAS A. HENSLER

Associate Dean
ROBERT HARPER

 

Dean of the Kremen School of Education and Human Development
and Director of Teacher Education
PAUL L. BEARE

Associate Dean
COLLEEN TORGERSON

 

Dean of the College of Engineering
To be announced

Interim Associate Dean
RAM NUNNA

 

Dean of the College of Health and Human Services
BENJAMIN CUELLAR

Interim Associate Dean
KATHLEEN CURTIS

 

Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics
To be announced

Associate Dean
KAREN CAREY

 

Dean of the College of Social Sciences
LUZ GONZALEZ

Associate Dean
MARK SOMMA

 

Dean of Library Services
PETER McDONALD

Dean of the Division of Graduate Studies
To be announced

Associate Dean
DIANNE K. DICKERSON

 


Executive Director of Auxiliary Services
DEBORAH ADISHIAN-ASTONE


Vice President for Administration
and Chief Financial Officer
CYNTHIA TENIENTE-MATSON

Associate Vice President for Financial Services
STEVE KATZ

Associate Vice President for Facilities Management
ROBERT BOYD

Director of Public Safety
DAVID MOLL

Director of Human Resources
JANICE A. PARTEN

Director of Campus Information Systems
JOHN BRIAR

Director of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Security Officer
RICHARD BOES


Information Technology

Provost and Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs
JERONIMA ECHEVERRIA

Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
PAUL M. OLIARO

Vice President for Administration
CYNTHIA TENIENTE-MATSON

Interim Director of Director of Teaching, Learning, and Technology
BRENT AUERNHEIMER

Director of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Security Officer
RICHARD BOES

Director of Campus Information Systems
JOHN BRIAR


Vice President for University Advancement
PETER N. SMITS

Director of Advancement Operations
RANDY LARSON

Associate Vice President for Development
MARY ANNA DUNN

Director of Advancement Services
ELLEN JAMRA

Director of Donor and Volunteer Relations
LETICIA REYNA CANO

Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
To be announced

Director of Prospect Research
STEPHANIE OLIVER

Director of Planned Giving
CAROL WIDMER

Annual Giving Director
PETER ROBERTSON

Directors of Development

College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
ALCIDIA FREITAS GOMES

College of Arts and Humanities
LEE ANN JANZEN

Craig School of Business
CATY PEREZ

Assistant Director of Development
MOLLY FAGUNDES

College of Health and Human Services
STEVE SPRIGGS

Kremen School of Education and Human Development
MONA NYANDORO

College of Engineering
DANA LUCKA

College of Science and Mathematics
ROXANNE HINDS

College of Social Sciences
JESSE ARREGUIN

Henry Madden Library
MARCIA MORRISON

Student Affairs
PAUL DeRUOSI

Associate Athletic Director of Development
GREG WALAITIS

Director of Data and Information Services
ALEXIS PEREZ

 

Associate Vice President for University Communications
MARK AYDELOTTE

Director of News Services
SHIRLEY MELIKIAN ARMBRUSTER

Director of Campaign Communications
JILL WAGNER

Director of Publications and New Media
BRUCE WHITWORTH


Executive Director of Alumni Relations
JACQUELYN GLASENER

Director of Alumni Programs
AMY DEGRAW

Manager of Marketing and Membership
SARAH WOODWARD

Manager of Smittcamp Alumni House
LOIS MAY

 


Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
PAUL M. OLIARO

Associate Vice President and Associate Dean and Director of University Health and Psychological Services
ROBERT M. PAULL

Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services
BERNARD J. VINOVRSKI

Executive Director of Student Success Services and Director ofEducational Opportunity Program
MAXINE McDONALD

Executive Director of Federal Programs and Judicial Affairs Officer
ROBERT P. HERNANDEZ

Executive Director of Student Life
CAROLYN V. COON

Student Affairs
Directors and Coordinators

Director of
Admissions/Records/Evaluations
VIVIAN FRANCO

Director of Transition Services
BARBARA BENEDICT

Director of Career Services
RITA BOCCHINFUSO-COHEN

Director of Development and Scholarship Programs
PAUL DeRUOSI

Director of Financial Aid
MARIA HERNANDEZ

Director of International Student Services and Programs
LUCIA HAMMAR

Director of University Student Union
To be announced

Coordinator of Student Activities and Leadership
GARY NELSON

Director of Academic Support and Retention Services
SONYA L. HILDRETH

Director of Services for Students with Disabilities
CAROLE A. SNEE

Coordinator of Testing Services
LINDA ENSCH

Coordinator of University Migrant Services
RAUL Z. MORENO

Director of University Outreach Services
FRANCES A. PENA-OLGIN

Coordinator of Women's Resource Center
FRANCINE L. OPUTA

Director of Student Recreation Center
DEREK WALTERS


Director of Athletics
THOMAS C. BOEH

Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration of Program Integrity/SWA
BETSY MOSHER

Associate Athletics Director for Broadcasting and External Relations
PAUL LADWIG

Associate Athletics Director for Development - The Bulldog Foundation
GREG WALAITIS

Associate Athletics Director
for Financial Affairs/Assistant Controller
To be announced

Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance and Equity
JOHN LUCIER

Assistant Athletics Director for Facilities and Operations
JOHN J. KRIEBS

Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Services
SUSAN GUTKIND


Department Chairs and Program Coordinators

 

School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

Interim Chair of Agricultural Economics
HERBERT O. MASON

Chair of Animal Sciences and Agricultural Education
ARTHUR A. PARHAM

Chair of Child, Family, and Consumer Sciences
WILLIAM R. FASSE

Chair of Food Science and Nutrition
SANDRA WITTE

Interim Chair of Industrial Technology
MATTHEW M. YEN

Chair of Plant Science
JAMES FARRAR

Chair of Viticulture and Enology
ROBERT L. WAMPLE

 

 

College of Arts and Humanities

Coordinator of Armenian Studies Program
DICKRAN KOUYMJIAN

Chair of Art and Design
RICHARD L. McQUONE

Chair of Communication
KATHERINE L. ADAMS

Chair of English
JAMES E. WALTON

Chair of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
BARBARA BIRCH

Chair of Linguistics
ELLEN LIPP

Chair of Mass Communication and Journalism
DONALD M. PRIEST

Chair of Music
THOMAS N. HIEBERT

Chair of Philosophy
ROBERT MALDONADO

Chair of Theatre Arts
KATHLEEN S. McKINLEY

 

 

The Craig School of Business

Interim Chair of Accountancy
PATRICIA L. HUFF

Chair of Aerospace Studies
COL. SAMUEL VANDIVER

Chair of Finance and Business Law
K.C. CHEN

Director of Graduate Business Program
RAFAEL SOLIS

Chair of Information Systems and Decision Sciences/Marketing and Logistics
REZA MOTAMENI

Chair of Management
JULIE B. OLSON BUCHANAN

Chair of Military Science
LT. COL. MICHAEL BUSTEED

Director of University Business Center
AMY CHUBB

Director of Real Estate and Land Use Institute
JOHN MAHONEY

Director of Small Business Development Center
DENNIS A. WINANS

Director of Small Business Institute
RICHARD WHEELER

 

 

Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Chair of Counseling, Special Education, and Rehabilitation
CHARLES AROKIASAMY

Coordinator of Counselor Education Program
CHRISTOPHER LUCEY

Coordinator of Rehabilitation Counseling
CHARLES AROKIASAMY

Coordinator of School Counseling
SARAH LAM

Coordinator of Special Education Program
DANA CASEAU

Chair of Curriculum and Instruction
JAMES MARSHALL

Chair of Educational Research and Administration
ALFREDO CUELLAR

Coordinator of Educational Administration
DONALD WISE

Chair of Literacy and Early Education
JUDITH CHIBANTE NEAL

Coordinator of BCLAD Program
ARMANDO BALTRA

Coordinator of Early Childhood Education Program
SUSAN MACY

Coordinator of Reading Language Arts Program
GLEN DEVOOGD

Co-Director of Doctoral Program
SHARON BROWN-WELTY

Director of Early Education Center
SHAREEN S. ABRAMSON

Director of Reading Recovery Project
JUDITH CHIBANTE NEAL

Interdepartmental Programs:

Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction M.A. Program
JEAN BEHREND

Coordinator of Graduate Programs
SUSAN TRACZ

Coordinator of Liberal Studies Program
ROBERT MONKE

Coordinator of Multiple Subject Program
COLLEEN TORGERSON

Coordinator of Single Subject Program
JOLYNE S. DAUGHTRY

Co-Coordinator of Victim Services Certificate Program
JOAN C. HENDERSON-SPARKS

 

 

College of Engineering

Chair of Civil and Geomatics Engineering and Construction
JAMES K. CROSSFIELD

Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
RAMAKRISHNA NUNNA

Chair of Mechanical Engineering
WALTER LOSCUTOFF

 

 

College of Health and Human Services

Chair of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies
DON B. FREED

Chair of Health Science
SHERMAN K. SOWBY

Chair of Kinesiology
TIM ANDERSON

Chair of Nursing
MICHAEL F. RUSSLER

Chair of Physical Therapy
PEGGY R. TRUEBLOOD

Coordinator of Recreation Administration and Leisure Studies/
Gerontology Program
JOHN CROSSLEY

Chair of Social Work Education
E. JANE MIDDLETON

 

 

College of Science and Mathematics

Chair of Biology
SHIRLEY KOVACS

Chair of Chemistry
DAVID L. FRANK

Chair of Computer Science
WALTER READ

Chair of Earth and Environmental Sciences
FREDERIKA J.M. HARMSEN

Chair of Mathematics
PETER TANNENBAUM

Chair of Physics
GERARDO MUNOZ

Chair of Psychology
LYNNETTE ZELEZNY

 

 

College of Social Sciences

Coordinator of Africana and American Indian Studies Program
ARTHUR WINT

Chair of Anthropology
ROGER M. LaJEUNESSE

Chair of Chicano and Latin American Studies
CARLOS PEREZ

Chair of Criminology
STEVEN D. WALKER

Co-Coordinator of Victim Services Certificate Program
STEVEN D. WALKER

Chair of Economics
SASAN FAYAZMANESH

Chair of Geography
ARIBILOLA S. OMOLAYO

Chair of History
MICHELLE DenBESTE

Chair of Political Science
RUSSELL MARDON

Chair of Sociology
ROBERT S. PALACIO

Coordinator of Women's Studies Program
LORETTA KENSIGNER

 

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