Faculty & Staff Directory

	Name & Contact	Bio & Website
	Dr. Jeff Sikkenga Professor of Political Science 118, Andrews Hall 419.289.5625 jsikkeng@ashland.edu	Jeffrey Sikkenga is professor of political science at Ashland University, adjunct fellow of the John M. Ashbrook Center and senior fellow in the Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy at the University of Virginia. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in political thought, the American Founding and American constitutional law. He is deeply interested in the relationship between politics and religion... Read More http://personal.ashland.edu/~jsikkeng/
	Stephanie Sikora Professor of Voice/Opera 205, Center for the Arts 419.289.5128 ssikora@ashland.edu	Stephanie Sikora, soprano, has been sharing her musical talents with audiences throughout Ohio and the Midwest for numerous years. As professor of music, she is currently in her 22nd year as head of the voice area in the department of music at Ashland University where she teaches Applied Voice, Diction for Singers and Opera Workshop. She has sung over 100 performances with Cleveland Opera on Tour, as well as... Read More
	Dr. Kristin Simokat Assistant Professor 215, Kettering Science Building 419.289.5615 ksimokat@ashland.edu	Dr. Kristin Simokat joined the department of biology and toxicology as an assistant professor. She is teaching courses in human anatomy and physiology. Dr. Simokat received her B.A. in biology from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology with a concentration in developmental biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She comes most recently from the Palouse region (University... Read More
	John Skrada Operations Manager 126, Center for the Arts 419.289.5311 jskrada@ashland.edu	John Skrada is the operations manager for 88.9 WRDL-FM and TV-20 in the journalism and digital media department of Ashland University. He received a bachelor’s degree in communication from Cleveland State University. Before coming to Ashland University in 2011, John has worked as a freelance videographer and tape operator for major sports and entertainment networks for the past 18 years. In addition to sports,... Read More
	Dr. Peter Slade Co-chair, Departments of Religion and Foreign Languages, Chair, Faculty Welfare Committee 15, Rinehart Center for Religious Studies 419.289.5237 pslade@ashland.edu	Peter Slade teaches courses in the history of Christianity and Christian thought. His scholarship and teaching is grounded in his work and life in the Church. He worked for several years as a community development worker for the Church of England in Blackburn and Aylesbury and served as a preacher for a small chapel in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Interested in the lived ecclesiologies of Christian communities,... Read More http://singingchurch.blogspot.com/
	Dr. Jason Stevens Visiting Assistant Professor 115, Andrews Hall 419.289.4933 jsteven2@ashland.edu	Jason Stevens, Visiting Assistant Professor, joined Ashland University in 2011. Previously, he served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Akron – Wayne College, North Central State College, and the University of Dallas. He teaches political thought and history courses with fields of expertise in the American Founding, Abraham Lincoln, and political philosophy. He received his B.A. from Ashland University... Read More
	Dr. Gordon Swain Professor 208, Patterson Instructional Technology Center 419.289.5263 gswain@ashland.edu	Dr. Gordon Swain, professor of mathematics, joined the Ashland University faculty in 1994. In addition to teaching a large variety of mathematics courses, including statistics, calculus, linear and abstract algebra, he is active in college and university governance. He served as chair of the department of mathematics and computer science from 2001-2007, and was also the 2001 recipient of the Taylor Excellence in... Read More
	Dr. Christopher Swanson Professor 209, Patterson Instructional Technology Center 419.289.5264 cswanson@ashland.edu	Dr. Christopher N. Swanson, professor of mathematics and director of the Honors Program, joined the Ashland University faculty in 1999. He is the developer of Ashland University's actuarial science major, advisor to Ashland University's Ohio Rho chapter of the national mathematics honorary Pi Mu Epsilon, advisor to Ashland University's team for the national William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition and... Read More http://personal.ashland.edu/cswanson/
	Merrill Tawse Professional Instructor 323, Kettering Science Building 419.207.6310 mtawse@ashland.edu	Merrill Tawse joined the Biology/Toxicology Department in 2010. His work with students in field research focuses on polyploidy in Ambystomid salamanders and projects via radio-telemetry in territoriality and site affinity of the secretive marsh birds, the Virginia Rails. Other student projects have included foraging and roosting behaviors of insectivorous bats in the Mohican Forest. He has conducted numerous Indiana... Read More
	Dr. Jeffrey Tiel Associate Professor 204, Center for the Humanities of Bixler Hall 419.289.5154 jtiel@ashland.edu	Jeffrey Tiel is an associate professor of philosophy at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. Additionally, he served as the director of the Ashland University Honors Program from 2002-2007. He has taught at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY, as well as Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. His academic interests include philosophy of human nature, metaphysics, the history of modern philosophy... Read More
	Dr. Andrew Trimble Associate Professor 326, Kettering Science Building 419.289.5267 atrimble@ashland.edu	Dr. Andrew Trimble is an assistant professor of biology and toxicology. He joined the Ashland University faculty in 2009. His research interests include the effects of pesticide contaminant mixtures to freshwater aquatic organisms in the environment, as well as the effects of physical and chemical stress to the toxicity of organic sediment-based contaminants. Dr. Trimble has previously been the recipient of a U.S.... Read More
	Tricia Trimble Laboratory Supervisor 313, Kettering Science Building 419.289.5612 ttrimbl1@ashland.edu	Tricia Trimble moved to the Ashland area in 2009. Prior to this, she attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology in 2004 and a Master of Science degree in Zoology with an emphasis in Environmental and Aquatic Toxicology in 2007. After receiving her degrees, Tricia worked as a toxicology researcher at the Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center and... Read More
	Professor Nancy Udolph Associate Professor, Field Director 248, Dwight Schar College of Education 419.289.5372 nudolph@ashland.edu	Professor Udolph has been a faculty member since 1988. She received her MSSW from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Illinois. Prior to teaching, she was a clinical social worker and still maintains a small counseling practice. She specializes in micro-practice courses and international social work. She has spoken at state, national and international... Read More http://personal.ashland.edu/nudolph/
	Dr. William Vaughan Professor 208, Center for the Humanities of Bixler Hall 419.289.5654 wvaughan@ashland.edu	William Vaughan received his B.A. and M.A. in English at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is professor of philosophy, and chaired the department at Ashland University from 2001-2014. He has also served as university core director since 2009. His main area of research is in post-Kantian Continental philosophy. Dr... Read More
	Dr. Michael Vimont Program Director, Associate Professor 249, Dwight Schar College of Education 419.207.6364 mvimont@ashland.edu	Dr. Vimont is Director of the social work department. He has been a practicing social worker since 1981. His diverse practice has taken him to Texas, California and Ohio working in the areas of child welfare, school social work, community development, home health care, domestic violence and substance use. Beginning in 1993, Dr. Vimont augmented his practice with teaching social work and sociology courses as an... Read More
	Dr. Jayne Waterman Associate Professor 114 , Center for the Humanities of Bixler Hall 419.289.5284 jwaterma@ashland.edu	Jayne E. Waterman specializes in nineteenth-century, twentieth-century and contemporary American literature and culture with an emphasis on modernism. She has taught American Literature III: Realism to Modernism, American Literature IV: 1945 to the Present, The American Literary Experience, The Modern Novel and The Modern Drama. Waterman has also taught the Contemporary American Studies Seminar. Additional teaching... Read More
	Dr. Russell Weaver Professor 310 , Center for the Humanities of Bixler Hall 419.289.5117 rweaver3@ashland.edu	Dr. Russell Weaver, professor of English, joined the faculty in 1986. He teaches courses in Romantic and Victorian British literature; Greek literature; 19th century Russian Novel (War and Peace and The Brothers Karamazov); and he offers a rotating set of major writers seminars on Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Melville/Conrad, Austen and Hemingway. Dr. Weaver has published Questioning Keats: An Introduction to Applied... Read More
	Amanda Weed 333, Center for the Arts 419.289.5298 aweed@ashland.edu	Amanda J. Weed is a Visiting Instructor with Department of Communication Studies, where she teaches courses in Public Relations and Strategic Communication, Organizational Communication, and Communication Research. She also serves as the faculty advisor for Ashland’s PRSSA chapter. Amanda’s areas of research include advertising and public relations pedagogy, the benefits of interactivity in narrative persuasion,... Read More
	Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer Professor 419 , Kettering Science Building 419.289.5281 jweiden@ashland.edu	Jeff Weidenhamer has been a member of the chemistry faculty since 1989. He teaches General Chemistry, courses in analytical chemistry and core science courses including Science as a Cultural Force and Lead and Civilization. He previously served as core curriculum director. Weidenhamer’s research interests include the development of methods for analysis of plant root exudates in soil, and the contamination of... Read More http://personal.ashland.edu/jweiden/
	Dr. Darren Wick Professor 216, Patterson Instructional Technology Center 419.289.5795 dwick@ashland.edu	Dr. Darren D. Wick received a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from Purdue University; a master of science degree in mathematics from Utah State University; and a doctor of philosophy degree in mathematics from the University of Oregon. Dr. Wick came to Ashland University in 2000 following five years as a member of the department of mathematics at Millsaps College. He has taught a wide variety of... Read More http://personal.ashland.edu/dwick/