Faculty Profiles
June 5, 2019
Professor Yang’s research interests include wireless communication, mobile computing, parallel and distributed systems, wireless security and privacy, cloud and green computing, and social network applications.
April 9, 2019
Dr. Kincaid is an expert in Latin American history specializing in indigenous and environmental history of South American countries, and is an advocate of travel and studying abroad.
March 20, 2019
Dr. Majumdar is a committed instructor and feels that teaching philosophy is a privilege. As she says, “I would say what’s rewarding are not just the students in the classroom but also my subject, which is philosophy.
January 24, 2019
Untangling the Mammal Family Tree
Professor Spaulding’s specialty is mammalian paleontology – this makes her an expert in several major fields of biology; evolution, systematics, and vertebrate anatomy.
January 23, 2019
Professor Togbe received a BS from National University of Benin, an MS (in Differential Geometry) from University of Abidjan, an MS and Ph.D. (in Algebraic Number Theory) from University Laval (Canada).
December 11, 2018
Dr. Zinaich teaches a variety of philosophy courses at Purdue Northwest, ranging from Introduction to Philosophy, to Ethics for Professions, to Principles of Logic, while also having taught Ancient Greek Philosophy. He sees himself as a “history of philosophy kinda guy” after having really taken to the historical aspects of philosophy.
September 24, 2018
In March of this year, Dr. Kathleen Tobin was announced as the new chair of the Department of History and Philosophy. She earned her undergraduate degree from Calumet College of St. Joseph in Communication and Radio & Television Production and started her career as a local reporter for WJOB and Cable 3 News.
September 20, 2018
Adam Rengstorf, Ph.D., has spent the last several years developing campaigns that give undergraduate students their first introduction to observational astronomy research.
September 19, 2018
Professor Chandra is a specialist in water resources and water quality modeling. He set his research focus to study the climate change impacts on low flow and flood flow regimes.