Faculty & Staff

Family band

Wright State staff and couple lead a successful country-rock band
Posted on August 4, 2015 by Sarah Olsen

Jamie and Chris Suttle, Wright State staff members who are also married, lead a successful country-rock band. Continue reading →

Visit of Chinese museum officials may lead to growth in partnership with Wright State

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Wright State’s partnership with the Museum of Terracotta Soldiers and Horses of Shi-Huang-Di in China may expand in the wake of a visit to the university by museum officials. Continue reading →

Photo effect

Image from Dunbar Library archives inspires Wright State’s Gino Pasi to make a movie
Posted on July 30, 2015 by Jim Hannah
Gino Pasi in the archives

An image from Special Collections and Archives inspires Wright State archivist Gino Pasi to make a movie. Continue reading →

Aha moments

Philosophy professor William Irvine authors book on world-changing insights
Posted on July 28, 2015 by Jim Hannah
William Irvine holding his book

Latest book by Wright State philosophy professor William Irvine examines moments of insight that shape the world. Continue reading →

New dean for Wright State Lake Campus

Jay Albayyari headshot

There’s a new dean on the job at Wright State’s Lake Campus. Jay Albayyari took over for Bonnie Mathies who retired recently. Albayyari had been acting dean since April 1 and was able to work alongside Mathies who helped him transition … Continue reading →

Wright State’s musical theater prof will be inducted into Dayton’s Theatre Hall of Fame

Excerpt Actor/director Saul Caplan says the selection of Joe Deer as this year’s Theatre Hall of Fame inductee was pretty much a no-brainer for the selection committee. Deer’s induction will take place in conjunction with the community’s annual DayTony awards … Continue reading →

Swiss students visit Wright State to learn about social work in the U.S.

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Sarah Olsen
Swiss and Wright State social work students and faculty

Students from Switzerland’s Zurich School of Applied Science visited Wright State during an exchange program focused on comparative social work and its practices. Continue reading →

Boonshoft School of Medicine professor honored as Family Medicine Educator of the Year

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Heather Maurer
John Donnelly headshot

John F. Donnelly, professor of family medicine in the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine, was named the 2015 Family Medicine Educator of the Year by the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians. Continue reading →

John C. Duby named professor and chair of pediatrics at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Cindy Young

John Duby previously worked the Boonshoft School of Medicine from 1990 to 2000 as a clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Continue reading →

Wright State’s Tamera Schneider to take prestigious rotating scientist position at National Science Foundation

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Jim Hannah
Tamera Schneider in her office

Wright State psychology professor Tamera Schneider will direct the National Science Foundation’s social psychology program in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences. Continue reading →