Graduate Catalog 2004-2006
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Mary Kelly, RSM [Email]
Assistant Professor and Chair of Health Services Administration, teaches graduate courses in health care management. She recently completed her doctoral dissertation on factors that influence hospital readmission of healthy newborns. Kelly holds a B.A. from Mercy College of Detroit, M.B.A. from Michigan State University and Doctor of Public Health in Health Policy from University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. She joined the University in 1995.

Justin J Kelly, SJ [Email]
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, teaches literature and theology, and systematic theology. He was a Warren Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Tulsa in 1991. He holds A.B. and M.A. degrees from Loyola University in Chicago, a Licentiate in Theology from Woodstock College, and a Ph.D. degree from Yale University. He joined the University in 1972.

Julie J Kim [Email]
Assistant Professor of Architecture, teaches architectural design, visual communications, and construction. Her research and interests lie in exploring the relationship between home and work with evolving developments in technology; in new settlement patterns in housing and landscape; and in investigating the link between technology and the craftsman. In addition to teaching, she is also a partner and co-founder of an architectural practice as well as a design-build company in Detroit. Her professional work includes mutli-function urban developments, loft renovations, commercial, and residential projects. She received her B.A. in Architecture from Wellesley College and her Master of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She joined the University in 1996 as an adjunct professor and then, in 1997, as a full-time faculty member.

Lazaros D Kikas [Email]
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, teaches courses in mathematics. He received degrees in electrical engineering and in mathematics from University of Detroit Mercy, a Master’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics Sciences from Oakland University. His field of study is in the area of applied discrete mathematics, specifically in graph theory, combinatorial optimization and their applications. He joined the University in 2003.

Daniel B Kennedy [Email]
Professor of Criminal Justice Studies and Security Administration, former probation officer and police trainer, teaches criminology, victimology, law enforcement theories, multicultural understanding, and the nature of United States private security. Kennedy is a forensic consultant in civil litigation across the United States in cases involving negligent security, police pursuits, use of force, and jail suicides. He is a licensed certified social worker with professional designations as a certified protection professional and a certified clinical sociologist. He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at Wayne State University. Kennedy joined the University in 1975.

Ronald R Koenig [Email]
Associate Professor of Social Work, teaches human behavior and development, social welfare policy and social justice, counseling, philosophy and strategies, and professional social work. He wrote papers on the effects of terminal illness, death. He has held a joint appointment as assistant professor of Social Work and Medicine at Wayne State University. He works to develop a community organization project to bring resources to the community of Highland Park, Michigan to rebuild deteriorating neighborhoods. He earned a B.A. at Central Michigan University, a M.S.W. and post-master’s work at Wayne State University. Koenig joined the University in 1975.

Suk Hi Kim [Email]
Professor of Finance, teaches international finance. He has authored and coauthored 14 finance textbooks and 60 refereed journal publications. In the Journal of International Business Studies, Kim was cited as one of the top 25 international business researchers in the 1980s. He was a Fulbright scholar of international finance at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea during 1992. Kim is the editor of Multinational Business Review and serves on a number of academic journals. He received a M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and Ph.D. in Finance from St. Louis University. He joined the University in 1977.

Debra A Knight [Email]
Assistant ProfessorAssistant Professor, Physician Assistant Program, teaches Patient Evaluation Practicum I, II and III. Knight also practices as a physician assistant at Specialists in Family Practice/Providence Hospital in Novi. She completed a bachelor of science at Western Illinois University, a Master of Science in Physician Assistant at University of Detroit Mercy and a Master of Science in Adapted Physical Education at Illinois State University. Her area of interest is sports medicine. Knight has held numerous positions in sports medicine/athletic training in the the 16 years prior to becoming a certified physician assistant. She also served for more than 10 years as a member of the USA Medical Staff for track and field/cross-country and was selected to work at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. she joined the University in 2001.

Ram Kesavan [Email]
Professor of Marketing, teaches in the areas of marketing/entrepreneurship. He has counseled over 300 small businesses, mostly minority owned. He has authored over 50 articles and a manuscript on international strategic marketing. Some of his work has been published in the Journal of Consumer Research and the Journal of Academy of Marketing Science. He has served as the Sam Walton Free Enterprise Fellow. He is the treasurer of the Marketing Management Association. Kesavan has a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. He joined the University in 1980.

David R Koukal [Email]
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, teaches introductory philosophy, ethics, phenomenology, existentialism, and critique of electronic media. His research centers on the problem of phenomenological expression, and he publishes articles on Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre. He is becoming increasingly interested in initiating phenomological investigations of urbanity and mediated experience and has an abiding interest in social and political questions. Koukal holds a B.A. degree from Shimer College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He joined the University in 2000.

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