Faculty & Staff: Northern Kentucky University, Greater Cincinnati Region

Key Contacts

Lindsey Walters, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor

Office: SC 204E
Lab: SC 361
Phone: (859) 572-6390
Email: waltersl3@nku.edu
David Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair and Professor

Office: SC 246
Lab: SC 361
Phone: (859) 572-5301
Email: thompsone1@nku.edu
Lynn Crane
Academic Advising Specialist and Assistant Teaching Professor

Office: SC 203A
Phone: (859) 572-5306
Email: cranel1@nku.edu
Heleen Giesbers, Ph.D.
Academic Advising Specialist and Assistant Teaching Professor

Office: SC 203B
Phone: (859) 572-5549
Email: giesbersh1@nku.edu
Kristy Hopfensperger, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Science and Professor

Office: SC 247
Lab: SC 228
Phone: (859) 572-5305
Email: hopfenspek1@nku.edu
Christine Curran, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience and Professor
Office: SC 344
Lab: FH 275
Phone: (859) 572-6914
Email: curranc1@nku.edu
Richard Durtsche, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Education Field Station (REFS) and Professor
Office: SC 148
Lab: SC 166
Phone: (859) 572-6637
Email: durtsche@nku.edu
Maggie Whitson, Ph.D.
Director, Herbarium and Associate Professor

Office: SC 101B
Lab: SC 101
Phone: (859) 572-1411
Email: whitsonma@nku.edu
Emily Dobbs, M.S.
Lab Manager

Office: SC 222A
Phone: (859) 572-5304
Email: dobbse1@nku.edu
David Hils
Academic Coordinator

Office: SC 204D
Phone: (859) 572-5307
Email: hilsd1@nku.edu
Vickie Hugo
Administrative Secretary

Office: SC 204C
Phone: (859) 572-5110
Email: hugov@nku.edu

All Faculty and Staff

A Diverse Faculty

Our faculty members come from all over the world to teach at NKU. Here's why:

Small classes enable faculty to get to know their students
State-of-the-art classrooms and equipment
The ability to easily collaborate across departments

Charles Acosta, Ph.D.
Professor

Office: SC 245
Lab: SC 161
Phone: (859) 572-5300
Email: acostac@nku.edu
Emily Allgire
Part-time Faculty

Email: allgiree1@nku.edu
Jay Avenido, M.D.
Associate Teaching Professor

Office: SC 242
Phone: (859) 572-6446
Email: avenidoa1@nku.edu
Sam Bauer
Laboratory Tech

Office: SC 222
Phone: (859) 572-1326
Email: bauers3@nku.edu
Bethany Bowling, Ph.D.
Interim Dean and Professor

Office: SL 412
Phone: (859) 572-5415
Email: bowlingb2@nku.edu
Rick Boyce, Ph.D.
Professor

Office: SC 150
Lab: SC 166
Phone: (859) 572-1407
Email: boycer@nku.edu
Joshua Cooper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: SC 346
Phone: (859) 572-1965
Email: cooperjo@nku.edu
Lynn Crane
Academic Advising Specialist and Assistant Teaching Professor

Office: SC 203A
Phone: (859) 572-5306
Email: cranel1@nku.edu
Christine Curran, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience and Professor
Office: SC 344
Lab: FH 275
Phone: (859) 572-6914
Email: curranc1@nku.edu
Gregory Dahlem, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor

Office: SC 248
Phone: (859) 572-6638
Email: dahlem@nku.edu
Debby Dempsey, RN, MS
Part-time Teaching Professor

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: dempseyd@nku.edu
Beris Dizdar
Laboratory Technician

Office: SC 327
Phone: (859) 572-5607
Email: dizdarb1@nku.edu
Emily Dobbs, M.S.
Lab Manager
Office: SC 222A
Phone: (859) 572-5304
Email: dobbse1@nku.edu
Richard Durtsche, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Education Field Station (REFS) and Professor
Office: SC 148
Lab: SC 166
Phone: (859) 572-6637
Email: durtsche@nku.edu
Heleen Giesbers, Ph.D.
Academic Advising Specialist and Assistant Teaching Professor

Office: SC 203B
Phone: (859) 572-5549
Email: giesbersh1@nku.edu
Diane Gilb
Part-Time Faculty

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: fritzdi@nku.edu
Qing Goh, Ph.D.
Part-time Faculty

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: gohq1@nku.edu
Daisy Grove
Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Email: divitad1@nku.edu
Christian Hay
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: hayc3@nku.edu
Kristy Hopfensperger, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Science and Professor

Office: SC 247
Lab: SC 228
Phone: (859) 572-5305
Email: hopfenspek1@nku.edu
Vickie Hugo
Administrative Secretary
Office: SC 204C
Phone: (859) 572-5110
Email: hugov@nku.edu
Patricia Kappesser
Associate Teaching Professor

Office: SC 249
Phone: (859) 572-5689
Email: kappesserp@nku.edu
Samantha Kircher
Lab Animal Care Technician

Office: FH 152A
Email: kirchers1@nku.edu
Adam Kirry
Part-Time Faculty

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: kirrya1@nku.edu
Joe Krumm
Part-time Faculty

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: krummj2@nku.edu
Bridget Ledford Waters
Part-time Faculty

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: ledfordwab1@nku.edu
Joseph Mester, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: SC 244
Lab: SC 364
Phone: (859) 572-5277
Email: mesterj1@nku.edu
Sydney Oluoch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: SC 343
Phone: (859) 572-6929
Email: oluochs1@nku.edu
Allison Parker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: SC 254
Lab: SC 228
Phone: (859) 572-6674
Email: parkera10@nku.edu
Michael Quinones
Part-Time Faculty

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: quinonesm1@nku.edu
Cora Reinhart
Part-time Faculty

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: reinhartc5@nku.edu
Denice Robertson, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Teaching & Learning and Teaching Professor

Office: FH 359D
Phone: (859) 572-5188
Email: robertsonde@nku.edu
Brad Sarchet, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor

Office: SC 354
Phone: (859) 572-5303
Email: sarchetb1@nku.edu
Mary Schilling, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor

Office: SC 241
Phone: (859) 572-6587
Email: schillingm2@nku.edu
Patrick Schultheis, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: FH 359G
Phone: (859) 572-5933
Email: schultheisp@nku.edu
Emily Shifley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: SC 347
Lab: SC 324
Phone: (859) 572-1409
Email: shifleye1@nku.edu
Erin Strome, Ph.D.
Professor

Office: SC 101A
Lab: SC 328
Phone: (859) 572-6635
Email: stromee1@nku.edu
David Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair and Professor

Office: SC 246
Lab: SC 361
Phone: (859) 572-5301
Email: thompsone1@nku.edu
Lindsey Walters, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor

Office: SC 204E
Lab: SC 361
Phone: (859) 572-6390
Email: waltersl3@nku.edu
Jaclyn Wehrle
Part-time Faculty

Email: wehrlej1@nku.edu
Maggie Whitson, Ph.D.
Director, Herbarium and Associate Professor
Office: SC 101B
Lab: SC 101
Phone: (859) 572-1411
Email: whitsonma@nku.edu
Lauren Williamson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: FH 359F
Lab: FH 275
Phone: (859) 572-1949
Email: williamsol6@nku.edu
Allison Worthy
Laboratory Technician

Office: SC 327
Phone: (859) 572-5607
Email: worthya1@nku.edu
Yingying Xie, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Office: SC 342
Lab: SC 102
Phone: (859) 572-1412
Email: xiey2@nku.edu
Mensur Zvekic
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor

Office: SC 253
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: zvekicm1@nku.edu
Nancy Zwick
Part-time Faculty

Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: zwickn@nku.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Hildegard Baldridge, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus

Email: baldridgeh@nku.edu
Jerry Carpenter, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus

Email: carpenter@nku.edu
Debby Dempsey, RN, MS
Part-time Teaching Professor

Email: dempseyd@nku.edu
Larry Giesmann, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus

Email: giesmann@nku.edu

Frank Sinton Milburn Outstanding Professor 1991
Jon Hastings, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus

Email: hastings@nku.edu
Robert Kues, M.Ed.
(1966-2020)

Lecturer II, Emeritus
Debra K. Pearce, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Email: pearce@nku.edu
Elinor Rambo
Lecturer II, Emeritus
Email: rambo@nku.edu
Thomas Rambo, Ph.D.
(1940-2020)

Professor, Emeritus
Mike Scola, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus

Email: scolam@nku.edu
Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Email: kannan@nku.edu
Jerry Warner, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Email: warner@nku.edu

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