@ Associate or Adjunct Graduate Faculty
* Members of UMKC Graduate Faculty
# Members of UMKC Doctoral Faculty
+ Located at UM-St. Louis campus
Richard J. Ackerman; professor emeritus; D.D.S., M.S., Certificate, Pediatric Dentistry (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Certificate, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (Forsyth Dental Center); Certificate, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Harvard University).
#*Cynthia Amyot 
; professor; B.S.D.H., M.S., Ed.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
James L. Andrews; professor emeritus; D.D.S., Certificate, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (The Ohio State University).
Brad Babcock; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (University of Nebraska).
Bruce F. Barker ; professor emeritus; D.D.S. (University of Michigan); Certificate, Oral Pathology (University of Southern California).
Gerry J. Barker ; professor emerita; B.S. (University of Michigan); M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
James Beatty ; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (Ohio State University), Certificate GPR (VA Cleveland, OH); Certificate Prosthodontics (University of Missouri-Kansas City, VA Medical Center)
*Melanie Simmer-Beck ; assistant professor; B.S.D.H. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
John Bellome ; clinical associate professor; D.D.S. (New York University) Certificate, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Fordman Hospital Bellevue Affiliation, NY, NY).
Lianxiang Bi, associate research professor; M.D., Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P. R. China).
Robert E. Blundell, Jr., clinical associate professor; D.D.S., (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Certificate Endodontics (U.S. Navy Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, MD)
@Brenda S. Bohaty ; professor; D.D.S. (University of Nebraska); M.S.D., Certificate, Pediatric Dentistry (Baylor College of Dentistry).
#*Lynda F. Bonewald ; Curators' Professor; Dr. William L. Lefkowitz/Missouri Endowed Professor in Oral Biology; B.S. (University of Texas, Austin); Ph.D. (Medical University of South Carolina-Charleston).
#*Bonnie Branson ; professor; B.S. (University of South Carolina); M.S., Ph.D. (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale).
*Kimberly S. Bray ; professor; A.A. (Sinclair Community College); B.S.D.H., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Lorraine Forgas Brockmann ; associate professor; A.A.S.-DH (Pueblo Community College); B.S.D.H., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
William G. Brockmann ; clinical associate professor; D.D.S. (Loyola University, Chicago); Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Alan R. Brown ; associate professor emeritus; D.D.S. (The Ohio State University); Certificate, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center).
Barbara R. Clark ; professor emerita; Pharm.D. (University of California).
@#*Charles M. Cobb; professor emeritus; D.D.S., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Ph.D. (Georgetown University).
Eileen L. Cocjin ; clinical assistant professor; D.M.D. (Manila, Philipines); Certificate Pediatric Dentistry (University of Southern California-Los Angeles); D.D.S. (University Missouri-Kansas City).
David E. Cohen ; clinical assistant professor, B.S., (Indiana University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri - Kansas City).
@Ann Marie Corry ; associate professor emerita; B.A. (Washburn University); M.A.L.S. (University of Denver); M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
John Cottrell ; clinical instructor; B.A. (Pittsburg State University); M.A. (University of Northern Iowa).
Tsau-Mau Chou ; associate professor emeritus; B.D.S. (Kaohsiung Medical College); D.Sc.D., M.Sc.D., D.M.D. (Boston University).
Robert D. Cowan professor emeritus; D.D.S. (University of Michigan); M.S., Certificate, General Dentistry (University of Texas-Houston).
#*Sarah L. Dallas ; associate professor; B.S. Anatomical Studies (University of Birmingham); Ph.D. (University of London).
Donna N. Deines ; associate professor; A.B. (Drury College); D.D.S., M.S., Certificate, Prosthodontics (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Nidya O. De La Torre ; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia), Certificate – Pedodontics (Howard University).
Charles L. Dunlap ; professor emeritus; D.D.S., Certificate, Oral Pathology (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Shara M. Dunlap ; clinical associate professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Robert R. Edwards ; clinical assistant professor; B.A. (Kansas University; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); General Practice Residency (Veteran's Administration, Portland, OR); Certificate Endodontics and M.S. (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL).
#*J. David Eick ; Curators' professor emeritus; B.S. (University of Michigan); M.S. (George Washington University); Ph.D. (State University of New York).
Dean A. Elledge ; associate professor; B.S. (Missouri Southern State College); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.S. (University of Minnesota).
C. Weldon Elrod ; clinical professor; D.M.D. (Medical College of Georgia); Certificate, Prosthodontics (Walter Reed Army Medical Center).
Harvey C. Eplee ; associate professor emeritus; B.S. (Kansas State University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.P.A. (University of Kansas); M.J. (Loyola University).
E. Grant Eshelman ; clinical associate professor; A.B. (Franklin-Marshall College); M.S. (University Missouri-Kansas City); D.D.S. (Columbia University).
Philip H. Feil ; professor emeritus; B.A. (Sir George Williams University); M.S. (State University of New York); Ed.D. (Indiana University).
Brett L. Ferguson ; clinical associate professor; B.S.(Lane College); D.D.S., Certificate, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
David J. Ferguson; associate professor emeritus; D.D.S., Certificate Prosthodontics (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Hayley Ferris; clinical assistant professor; B.S.D.H. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Gerald L. Foley ; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Ronald E. Gier; professor emeritus; B.S. (Kansas State University); D.M.D. (Washington University); M.S.D. (Indiana University).
John A. Gilbert; associate professor emeritus; D.M.D. (University of Oregon); (Washington University); M.L.A. (Baker University).
@Alan G. Glaros ; professor emeritus; A.B. (Stanford University); Ph.D. (State University of New York).
#*Jeffrey P. Gorski ; professor; B.Sc-Chemistry; Ph.D. - Biochemistry (University of Wisconsin-Madison); postdoctoral fellowship in molecular immunology (Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.)
Eric Gottman;; clinical associate professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Certificate, Prosthodontics (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Carrie Hanson; clinical assistant professor; B.S.D.H., M.A., (Northern Arizona University).
Patrick K. Hardman ; professor emeritus; B.S. (Fort Hays State University); D.D.S., M.S., Certificate, Oral Diagnosis/Oral Medicine (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Terrance B. Harris; associate professor emeritus; B.S. (University of Kansas); D.D.S., M.S., Certificate, Oral Diagnosis/Oral Medicine (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
John I. Haynes ; professor; B.S., D.D.S., M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
James K. Hocott; associate professor emeritus; B.S. (Kansas State University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Tamara Jan Hoffman, fellow; B.S.D.H. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Lyndal G. Holmes; associate professor emeritus; B.S. (Drury College); D.D.S., M.S., Certificate, Periodontics (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Lori Holt ; associate professor; B.S., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Gregory C. Houston ; clinical assistant professor; B.S. (University of Missouri); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Shirley H. Hung ; associate professor; D.D.S. (National Taiwan University); M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); D.D.S. (University of Southern California-Los Angeles).
#*Laura R. Iwasaki ; Leo Rogers Chair and professor; B.Sc., (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta); Certificate - Orthodontics, M.S., Ph.D. (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba).
Gregory Johnson ; clinical associate professor; B.S. (Fort Hays State University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.A. (Antioch University).
#*Mark Johnson ; professor; B.S. (University of Minnesota-Minneapolis); Ph.D. Biochemistry (University of Minnesota Mayo Graduate School of Medicine-Rochester).
Ryan Johnson ; clinical assistant professor; B.A. (Drury College); D.D.S. (University Missouri-Kansas City).
Jay J. Jones ; clinical associate professor; B.S., D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
*Jerald O. Katz ; associate professor; B.S. (Albright University); D.M.D. (University of Pittsburgh); M.S. (University of Texas).
*Nancy Keselyak ; associate professor; B.S. (University of Maryland); M.A. (Simon Fraser University).
Beheshteh Khodakhast; clinical assistant professor; B.D.S. (Vokkaligara Sangha Dental School, Bangalore, India); certificate prosthodontics, M.S. (Medical College of Georgia, August, GA).
John W. Killip ; associate dean for student programs and clinical professor; B.S. (Northern Arizona University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
William J. Killoy; professor emeritus; D.D.S. (Creighton University); M.S. (University of Texas-Houston).
Marvin Kramer ; clinical associate professor; D.D.S. (Creighton University).
*James C. Kulild ; professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.S. (George Washington University).
Amit Kumar ; clinical assistant professor; B.D.S. (College of Dental Surgery, Manipal, India), M.D.S. (Annamalai University, Nagar, India), Information Science M.S. (University of N. Carolina – Chapel Hill).
*Vandana Kumar; assistant professor; B.S.D. (Rotak, India), M.S. Conservative Dentistry (Punjab Government Dental College, India), M.S. oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill).
Charley C. Lee; associate professor; D.D.S. (Hubei Dental School); M.S. (Beijing University); M.S. (New Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Jodie Wing Lee; clinical assistant professor; B.S. (University of CA-Los Angeles); D.M.D. (Howard School of Dental Medicine, Washington, DC); Certificate, general Practice Residency (Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY).
Ruohong Liu ; assistant professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Certificate - Prosthodontics, M.S. (Ohio State University).
#*Ying F. Liu; clinical assistant professor
Alison Louie; clinical assistant proessor; B.S., (University of California-Los Angeles), D.D.S., (University of Pacific School of Dentistry-San Francisco)
James W. Lowe; professor emeritus; A.B. (William Jewell College); D.D.S., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
*Simon R. MacNeill ; associate professor; B.D.S. (King's College, London); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Certificates, General Dentistry, General Practice, Periodontics (Louisiana State University).
William E. Mayberry; professor emeritus; A.B. (Washington University); M.S. (Southern Illinois University); Ph.D. (University of Illinois).
#*Carole P. McArthur ; professor; B.Sc., Ph.D. (University of Otago); M.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
*Michael D. McCunniff ; associate professor; B.S. (Creighton University); M.S. (University of Iowa); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Susan D. McMillen ; clinical associate professor; B.S. (Central Missouri State University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.S. (University of Kansas).
Gary D. McReynolds ; clinical assistant professor; B.S., D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
*Tanya V. Mitchell ; associate professor; B.S., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
@Behjat K.H. Moghadam ; professor; D.D.S. (Tehran University); D.S.D., Certificate, Advanced Graduate Study in Oral Medicine (Boston University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
David L. Moore; professor emeritus; B.S. (Oklahoma State University); D.D.S., M.A., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Dorsey J. Moore; HGB Robinson professor emeritus; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
*Pamela R. Overman ; associate dean for academic affairs and professor; B.S.D.H., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Ed. D. (University of Kansas).
#*Jeffrey C. Nickel ; professor; D.M.D., M.S., Certificate - Orthodontics, Ph.D. (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba).
Tressa Parkinson ; clinical associate professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); GPR (VA Leavenworth, KS).
James L. Parrott ; clinical associate professor; B.S. (Devry Institute & Central Missouri State); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Douglas A. Pearson ; b.a. (University of KS); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Certificate, General Practice Residency (Veteran's Administration, Kansas City, MO).
@Cynthia S. Petrie ; associate professor; D.D.S. (Athens, Greece); D.D.S., M.S., Certificate, Prosthodontics (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
David J. Pippin ; associate professor emeritus; B.S., D.D.S., M.S., Certificate, Periodontics (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Richard G. Prine ; clinical assistant professor; B.S., D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*John H. Purk ; professor; B.A. (University of Missouri-St. Louis); D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Marsha A. Pyle, dean and professor; D.D.S., (Case Western Reserve University); Certificate General Practice Residency, (Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, OH); M.Ed., (Cleveland State University).
*John W. Rapley ; professor; B.A. (University of Missouri-Columbia); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.S. (University of Texas-Houston); Certificate, Periodontics (Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center).
Cornelius F. Reardon, Jr.; associate professor emeritus; B.S. (John Carroll University); D.D.S. (University of Detroit).
G. Juliana Redford; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (Universidad Santo Tomas De Aquino); Certificate, Pediatric Dentistry (Bogota, Columbia)
Ingrid Reed; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S., certificate orthodontics, M.S. (SUNY-Buffalo).
Michael J. Reed ; professor and dean emeritus; B.Sc. Hons. (University of Durham); B.D.S. (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne); Ph.D. (State University of New York at Buffalo).
Richard L. Reiff ; associate professor emeritus; B.A. (William Jewell College); D.D.S., M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Christopher D. Rice ; associate professor; B.S., D.D.S. (Creighton University); M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Ronald Riley ; clinical assistant professor; B.A. (Wichita State); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Mabel Salas, clinical assistant professor, D.D.S. (San Marcos University, Lima, Peru) certificate periodontology, M.S. (Ohio State University, Columbus, OH).
*Keerthana Satheesh ; clinical associate professor; B.D.S. (Sharavathi Dental School, Kuvemp University, Shimoga, India); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City), M.S. (University of Minnesota).
Catherine Saylor ; assistant professor; B.S.D.H., M.S. (University of Missouri - Kansas City).
Sasha Schubert ; clinical assistant professor; B.A. (University of South FL-Tampa); D.M.D. (Boston University; M.D. (Saba University, Sabba, Netherlands, Antilles0; Certificates, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Family Medicine (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Rudane E. Shultz ; professor emeritus; B.S., D.D.S. (University of Pittsburgh); Certificate, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Walter Reed Army Medical Center).
Becky Smith ; clinical assistant professor; B.A., D.D.S. (University of Missouri - Kansas City).
Anton P. Soldan-Els, Jr.; associate professor emeritus; B.S., D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#Paulette Spencer ; curators' professor emerita; D.D.S., Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.S. (Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute).
Austin E. Stiles, Jr.; associate professor emeritus; B.A. (Gettysburg College); D.D.S. (Temple University).
John A. Stone, clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Timothy S. Taylor ; associate professor; B.A. (University of Missouri-Columbia); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
David J. Thein ; clinical assistant professor; B.A. (Southern Methodist University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Certificate, General Practice (Hennepin County Medical Center); M.S.D. (Baylor University).
Frank C. Theisen; associate professor emeritus; D.D.S. (The Ohio State University); Certificate, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Walter Reed Army Medical Center).
John W. Thurmond ; associate professor; D.D.S. (Creighton University); M.S. (University of Texas-Houston).
Daniel E. Tira; professor emeritus; B.S. (Benedictine University); Ph.D. (The Ohio State University).
Maxine N. Tishk; professor emerita; A.S. (State University of New York-Farmingdale); B.S.(Boston University); M.S.D.H.E. (University of Michigan).
James Trotter; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri – Kansas City).
Yesim Tunkuc, clinical assistant professor, B.D.S. (Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey); certificate prosthodontics, M.S. clinical research (New York University College of Dentistry, NYC, NY).
#*Yasuyoshi Ueki; assistant professor; M.D., Molecular Biology and Human Molecular Genetics, Ph.D. (Okayama University Medical School, Japan)
Christopher J. Van Ness ; research assistant professor; B.S. (Missouri Western State University), M.A., certificate clinical research (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Ph.D. General Psychology (Capella University, Minneapolis, MN).
*Marsha Voelker; assistant professor; B.S.D.H., M.S. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill).
Thomas A. Vopat ; clinical associate professor; B.S. (Fort Hays State University); D.D.S. (Creighton University).
#*Mary P. Walker ; associate dean for research and graduate programs and professor; M.S., (North Dakota State); D.D.S. (University of Nebraska); Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Charles Walthall; professor emeritus; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*Yong Wang ; professor; M.S. Polymer Materials Science (University of Science and Technology Chengdu, China); Ph.D. Polymer Science (Sichuan University, China).
W. Kirk Weber ; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Linda M. Wells, associate dean for clinical programs and clinical associate professor, B.A. biology, D.M.D. (Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, PA); certificate general practice residency (Cleveland Metro-Health Center, OH); M.B.A. management (Yale University School of Management, New Haven, CT).
Connie L. White ; associate professor; B.A., D.D.S., Certificate, Oral Diagnosis/Oral Medicine (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
*J. Craig Whitt ; professor; D.D.S. (Virginia Commonwealth University); M.S.,(Bowie State University); MBA-Finance (Webster University); Certificate, Oral Pathology (National Naval Dental Center).
Brian J. Williams ; clinical assistant professor; B.S. (Loyola Marymount University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Derek R. Williams ; clinical associate professor; B.S. (Rockhurst College); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.S. (University of Iowa).
Terry C. Williams ; clinical assistant professor; D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Robert M. Wilson ; clinical assistant professor; B.S. (Kansas State University), D.D.S. (University of Missouri – Kansas City).
Gerald D. Woolsey ; professor; B.S. (University of Texas); D.D.S. (Baylor College of Dentistry); M.S. (University of Michigan); Certificate, Fixed Prosthodontics (Broke Army Medical Center).
Joy Wylie-Matthews ; clinical associate professor; B.A. (Kansas State University); D.D.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Ling Ye ; assistant professor; D.D.S., Ph.D. Orthodontics (West China University of Medical Sciences, P.R.China).
Leslie Young, Jr.; associate professor emeritus; D.D.S. (University of Iowa); M.S. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
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