Dr. Paul Link
Professor Emeritus - Geosciences
GEOL 4471 - H1: History of Geography of Idaho
PhD Geology, University of California - Santa Barbara
Research interests include: Geology of Idaho, Belt Supergroup, Windermere Supergroup; Neogene stratigraphy on the Snake River Plain; Stratigraphy and basin analysis. Former field camp director for "Lost River Field Station" in Mackay, Idaho.
Dr. Karen Appleby
Professor, Sport Science and Physical Education
PE 3322- Introduction to Sport Psychology
PhD, Sport Psychology (2004), University of Tennessee
Primary research interest is in sport psychology, specifically in the area of populations that have not been traditionally researched such as women and the masters athlete population. Dr. Appleby has conducted research investigating the experience of female athletes in socially defined "masculine" sports (i.e. rock climbing), masters athletes in sports such as competitive road and mountain biking, and also the experiences of elite female atheltes and motherhood. Other areas of research include the scholarship of enhancing the advising process for undergraduate students.
Dr. Geoffrey Bennett
Clinical Instructor of Technical General Education, College of Technology
TGE 1257 - Applied Ethics in Technology
Dr. Bennett has lots of differing experiences that informs his research and classroom. Dr. Bennett has worked as a performer in four countries and six states – including New York on the Radio City Music Hall stage, lived in South Africa for the year leading up to the election of Nelson Mandela in the country’s first fully democratic election, and has been an instructor for (and learned with) over 1800 students. Dr. Bennet notes, "the best thing about being an educator – especially in a college setting – is that you are constantly put into contact with amazing human beings. Every semester, every class, you get to meet people with remarkably different backgrounds and perspectives. I’ve been asked what makes a “good” class – it’s when I come away learning more about the world and my experience in it from the insights of the students I get to interact with. Turns out… that happens all the time."
Dr. Jasun Carr
Assistant Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion
HONS 3391 - Honors Seminar: Video Games
PhD Mass Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2014)
Dr. Jasun Carr earned his PhD in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His current research projects focus on persuasion, consumer culture, and civic engagement; the interaction of source and generational cohort in new media; and the changing journalistic and persuasive practices within social media platforms. In addition to teaching and research, he acts as webmaster and social media coordinator for the department.
Dr. Benjamin Crosby
Professor and Department Chair, Geosciences
GEOL 1101 - The Dynamic Earth
PhD Geology/Geomorphology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Crosby is fascinated by the physical and biological processes through which the Earth's surface responds to climatic, tectonic and anthropogenic disturbance. He enjoys exploring the response time and morphology of landscape adjustment (rivers, hillslopes, coastlines and the species that inhabit them) and the implications of this adjustment over both human and geologic timescales. "Research alone does not fill my cup. I teach courses spanning from large enrollment introductions to the earth system to highly focused seminars for graduate students. I am ever-striving to reduce lecture time and incorporate active learning activities into my classes. I also work to develop community-vetted, broadly available curriculum."
Dr. Andrew Holland
Associate Professor, Chemistry
CHEM 3301 - Inorganic Chemistry
PhD Organometallic Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley
Research interests include: Organometallic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
Dr. Sarah Partlow Lefevre
Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion
COMM 1101 - Principles of Speech
Director, James M. and Sharon E. Rupp Debate Society
BA, English, University of Utah;
MA, Communication Studies, University of Kansas;
PhD, Communication Studies, University of Kansas.
Sarah Partlow Lefevre, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Persuasion and has been the Director of Debate at Idaho State University since 2001. Dr. Partlow Lefevre began her involvement in debate in 1991 at the University of Utah where she completed her undergraduate degree. She then pursued both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Studies at the University of Kansas where she was an Assistant Debate Coach. Coaching highlights from her time at ISU include: two 3rd place finishes in Public Forum Debate at Pi Kappa Delta Nationals, First Place in British Parliamentary Debate at Pi Kappa Delta Nationals, multiple First Round At Large Bids to the National Debate Tournament, 3rd Place at Cross Examination Debate Association Nationals, Second Speaker at both the NDT and CEDA national tournaments among hundreds of other awards and acclamations. She was a member of the NDT Committee for several years and served as President of the Cross Examination Debate Association. Dr. Partlow Lefevre is currently the Director of the National Debate Tournament and serves on the Board of the Women’s Debate Institute.
Dr. Matthew Levay
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, English
HONS 1101 - Honors Humanities I
PhD English, University of Washington (2009)
Research and teaching focuses on twentieth-century British literature and culture, with emphases in modernism, the history and theory of the novel, literary genres, and popular print culture.
Dr. Levay recently began a new project on modernism and the novel series, tentatively titled Time and Again: Twentieth-Century British Fiction and the Form of the Series. This book aims to show how and why novel series have played an underappreciated yet pivotal role in shaping modernist aesthetics, and how experimentation with serial forms allowed authors to manipulate their readers' experiences of narrative time, characterization, and plot.
Dr. Levay is partcularly interested in genre fictions, comics, and periodicals that explicitly or implicitly blur the lines between popular and experimental form, and in how those works complicate our understanding of cultural capital, aesthetic value, and generic definition. Articles on the early history of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the relationship between criminology and crime fiction have appeared or are forthcoming in edited collections, and he recently edited a special issue of the Journal of Modern Periodical Studies on “Seriality.” Finally, he continues to write about comics and graphic narrative, and am currently working on a set of essays on anachronism in contemporary comics.
His research in these areas also contributes to his teaching, which, from introductory literature courses to advanced graduate seminars, emphasizes neglected texts alongside canonical works. He is deeply invested in graduate education, and in highlighting the value of academic writing as a vehicle for intellectual engagement and expression.
Dr. Robert Lion
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Organizational Learning and Performance
HONS 3391 - Honors Seminar: Motivation
PhD Training and Performance Improvement Capella University (2010)
Dr. Paul Link
Professor, Geosciences
GEOL 4471 - Historical Geography of Idaho
PhD Geology, University of California - Santa Barbara
Research interests include: Geology of Idaho, Belt Supergroup, Windermere Supergroup; Neogene stratigraphy on the Snake River Plain; Stratigraphy and basin analysis. Former field camp director for "Lost River Field Station" in Mackay, Idaho.
Dr. Joshua Pak
Department Chair and Professor, Chemistry
CHEM 3303 - Inorganic Chemistry Lab
PhD Organic Chemistry, University of Oregon (1999)
Research in Pak Lab consists of synthesis and study of “non-natural” nano- to meso-scale materials. They utilize modern synthetic methods for the preparation of novel inorganic, organic, organometallic, and organic-inorganic hybrid materials with technologically important properties such as (semi-)conductivity and nonlinear optical (NLO) activities. In addition to preparation of organic, organometallic, and inorganic materials, they collaborate with various research groups at ISU and around the world in analysis, device construction, and device testing.
Dr. Jamie Romine-Gabardi
Coordinator, University Honors Program
ACAD 1104H - Honors First Year Transition
THEA 1118 - Oral Interpretation
PhD Theatre, Arizona State University (2008)
Dr. Romine-Gabardi holds a PhD in Theatre, emphasis theatre for youth, from Arizona State University in addition to an Idaho Teaching Certification in Speech, Drama, and History.
Dr. Jeff Street
Associate Professor - Management and Director - Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED)
HONS 3391 - H2: Honors Seminar, Orange You Creative
Dr. Street holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia. His areas of research and teaching bridge his dual interests in strategic management and operations management, particularly where processes and systems germane where operations management can be leveraged to achieve competitive advantage.
Dr. Jasun Carr
Assistant Professor and Minor Advisor - Communication, Media, and Persuasion
HONS 3391 - H1: Honors Seminar: Video Games
Ph.D. Mass Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2014)
Dr. Jasun Carr earned his PhD in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His current research projects focus on persuasion, consumer culture, and civic engagement; the interaction of source and generational cohort in new media; and the changing journalistic and persuasive practices within social media platforms. In addition to teaching and research, he acts as webmaster and social media coordinator for the department.
Dr. Joshua Pak
Department Chair and Professor - Chemistry
CHEM 3303L - H1: Inorganic Chemistry Lab
PhD Organic Chemistry, University of Oregon (1999)
Research in Pak Lab consists of synthesis and study of “non-natural” nano- to meso-scale materials. They utilize modern synthetic methods for the preparation of novel inorganic, organic, organometallic, and organic-inorganic hybrid materials with technologically important properties such as (semi-)conductivity and nonlinear optical (NLO) activities. In addition to preparation of organic, organometallic, and inorganic materials, they collaborate with various research groups at ISU and around the world in analysis, device construction, and device testing.
Angeline Underwood
Assistant Lecturer - Communication, Media, and Persuasion
COMM 1101 - H1: Principles of Speech
Dr. Curtis Whitaker
Professor - English
HONS 1101 - H2: Humanities I
Ph.D. English, University of California - Los Angeles
Master Teacher, ISU, 2007 and 2015
Dr. Whitaker has taught Renaissance literature for the Department since his arrival in 2001. His research focuses on pre-industrial representations of nature -- e.g., gardens, agriculture, water, medicinals -- in seventeenth-century poetry, especially that of George Herbert and Andrew Marvell. He received ISU's Master Teacher Award in 2007 and 2015 and sits on the local boards of the Portneuf Valley Audubon Society and the Pinyon Jay Press.
Additional interests: aesthetics, cognitive theory, translation theory, religion and literature, pedagogy.
Dr. Geoffrey Bennett
Clinical Instructor of Technical General Education - College of Technology
TGE 1257 - H1: Applied Ethics in Technology
Dr. Bennett has lots of differing experiences that informs his research and classroom. Dr. Bennett has worked as a performer in four countries and six states – including New York on the Radio City Music Hall stage, lived in South Africa for the year leading up to the election of Nelson Mandela in the country’s first fully democratic election, and has been an instructor for (and learned with) over 1800 students. Dr. Bennet notes, "the best thing about being an educator – especially in a college setting – is that you are constantly put into contact with amazing human beings. Every semester, every class, you get to meet people with remarkably different backgrounds and perspectives. I’ve been asked what makes a “good” class – it’s when I come away learning more about the world and my experience in it from the insights of the students I get to interact with. Turns out… that happens all the time."
Dr. Ryan Anderson
Assistant Professor - Geosciences
GEOL 1100 - H1: The Dynamic Earth
Ph.D. Geology, Washington State University, 2019
Dr. Andrew Holland
Associate Professor - Chemistry
CHEM 3301 - H1: Organic Chemistry I
Ph.D. Organometallic Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley
Research interests include: Organometallic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
Tera Cole
Associate Lecturer - English
HONS 3391 - 01: Honors Seminar "American Social Justice"
M.A. English, Idaho State University, 2010
Henry Evans
Adjunct Faculty
SOC 2248 - H1: Critical Analysis of Social Diversity
Associate Director
Office of Equity and Inclusion
Dr. Dawn Konicek
Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting
ACCT 3331 - H1: Principles of Taxation
Ph.D., Northcentral University
MBA, University of Wisconsin Whitewater
BBA, University of Wisconsin of Whitewater
After pursuing her accounting degree, Dawn graduated cum-laude and began working for Ernst & Young. Her experiences with accounting firms ranges from fortune 500 companies to small mom and pop shops. She began her Master of Business Administration while working as a senior manager at a mid-sized accounting firm. Once she completed her masters she had about 14 years of experience in public accounting. She then began her teaching career at a community college in Janesville, Wisconsin. Dawn moved to ISU because she wanted to teach students to become CPA’s as opposed to bookkeepers.
