Dr. Brian Bowman - Professor Emeritus

Instrumental Studies

Dr. Brian Bowman's playing has thrilled audiences for more than a quarter of a century. His superb musicianship and dedication to fine brass playing have made him one of the foremost euphonium soloists in the world today.  He was the first euphonium soloist to perform a recital in Carnegie Recital Hall. Dr. Bowman was the first Euphonium player to serve as president of the International Tuba and Euphonium Association. He also performed the first euphonium concert tour of Japan and was the first euphonium player to present a master class at the Paris Conservatory Superior of Music, France.

Dr. Nancy Boyd Lille - Professor Emerita

Management

Dr. Nancy Lille served on the Management faculty for 27 years.  She published articles in such notable journals as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, and the Journal of Social Psychology. In 2014, she received the CLEAR Outstanding Teacher and Course Award for her online MBA level course, MGMT 5710, She served in so many ways as a valued member of the faculty including Interim Chair of the department, Master’s and Doctoral Program Coordinator, Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Faculty Awards Committee, and numerous college level committees.

Dr. Witold Brostow - Professor Emeritus

Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Witold Brostow joined UNT on June 1, 1989, as a Professor. He was one of two founding members of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MTSE). Dr. Brostow was awarded Regents Professor status for his contributions. With over 300 published academic papers and 2 patents, he has one of the highest citation indexes in his department. He received over $2 from several external sources, including E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Dow Chemical Co., Ford Motor Co., RTI, Volvo, Gothenburg, NATO (3 times), NSF, Robert A. Welch Foundation, the State of Texas Advanced Technology Program (3 times), Naval Surface Warfare Center. Professor Brostow is Corresponding Member of the Union for Polymer Research in Berlin, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in London, Member of the European Academy of Sciences in Brussels, Fellow of the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), and Member of the National Academy of Sciences in Mexico City. He holds honorary doctorates from 3 universities in Europe and is the President of the International Council on Materials Education, promoting expertise exchange and high-quality materials education standards among 19 countries.

Dr. Roy Busby - Professor Emeritus

Journalism

Dr. Roy Busby first worked for UNT as a News Service Reporter in 1958. Except for a two-year stint in the U.S. Anny and two years in graduate school, he has worked at UNT, holding seven administrant positions including vice president, director of information, and assistant to the president. He was concluded a three-year modified service term in 2018. Dr. Busby, who was named a Regents Professor in 2001, plans to keep teaching as an adjunct at the end of his modified service. He developed 10 undergraduate and graduate courses, and he has won about 30 teaching or research honors while on the faculty, most recently the Honors College Medallion in 2009. He has been a speaker or panelist at about 30 professional or academic events. He has written more than 150 articles for professional and academic publications. Dr. Busby has remained active in the profession during his career, doing consulting projects for about 40 organizations. He has served or chaired nearly 100 committees for the school, UNT and the community.

Dr. James Conover - Professor Emeritus

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law

Dr. James Conover, joined UNT the Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law in 1989. Dr. Conover has a continuous record of distinguished service to the university community, recognized by service awards for serving the department, college, and university on curriculum and governance committees. Dr. Conover has a distinguished record of research, authoring over 30 peer-reviewed articles in finance as well as in interdisciplinary research published in information systems and accounting journals. Dr. Conover has a distinguished record of service in teaching finance at UNT, chairing and serving as a member of finance doctoral dissertation committees and teaching classes at the doctoral, masters and undergraduate levels.

Richard Davis - Professor Emeritus

Design

For 50 years, Professor Richard Davis has taught all levels of Sculpture on both, the undergraduate and graduate levels at UNT. Davis has been a conscientious professor who always went the extra mile for his students. He has had over 75 solo exhibitions, group exhibitions and commissions on the state, and national levels in high profile alternative spaces, well respected galleries, museums or colleges and universities, including “Red Pony”, commissioned for the Icon Advisory Group, Greensboro, North Carolina in 2013, “Players”, commissioned for World Global Financial, Fort Worth, Texas in 2009, and “Clear Water Black Plume”, commissioned by Ulrich and Christine Iffland, Berleburg, Germany in 2007 to name but three. Additionally, Professor Davis was selected as a UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Fellow in 2012.

Dr. Steven Forde - Professor Emeritus

Political Science

In his 30 years of service at UNT, Dr. Steve Forde evolved into one of the leading political theorists in America.  He produced 2 books: the first (early in his career) on the Greek political historian Thucydides, and the second (toward the end) examined John Locke's understanding of science. Dr. Forde published a multitude of papers (4 of which appeared in the profession's flagship journal, the American Political Science Review) on everything from Thucydides on the causes of imperialism, Plato on the relation of the sexes, the early modem thinker Grotius' unique effort to ground international law on the newly emerging modem scientific view, and Benjamin Franklin's contribution to how to live as an American. He ended his career here with a 4-year tenure as a co-editor of the American Political Science & Review. His entire career marks a sustained and profound examination of the prospects for morality and especially justice in the face of the "demystifying" forces of science at various stages of our history.

Dr. Finley Graves - Provost Emeritus

Accounting

Dr. Finley Graves served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs from March 2015 through June 2017. He was Dean of the College of Business at UNT from January 2008 through April 2015. As an Accounting professor, Dr. Graves published numerous articles and books in the areas of international accounting and accounting history. He was President of the International Section of the American Accounting Association, the Federation of Schools of Accountancy, the Academy of Accounting Historians, and the Southwestern Business Deans Association. Among his honors are Outstanding Teacher of the Year and Outstanding Researcher of the Year in the School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi, both twice; the campus-wide Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship, also at the University of Mississippi; the 2006 student-elected Faculty of the Year Award in the Department of Accounting at UNT; and the national 2009 Federation of Schools of Accountancy/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit Award for Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Education.

Dr. Stanley Ingman - Professor Emeritus

Rehabilitation and Health Services

Dr. Stanley Ingman has been on the UNT faculty since 1990.  During his tenure at UNT, he has played a pivotal role in developing outreach and research centers surrounding aging populations. He was the Director for the Texas Institute for Research and Education on Aging, University of North Texas Health Science Center and University of North Texas Complex (1991-2007), Director of the Center for Public Service, and the Program Director, Healthy Neighborhood Initiative (1995-1998). Over the span of his career, he has been recognized as a key contributor to the literature on sustainable senior living and has initiated some of the departments first international relationships focused on supportive and sustainable housing for seniors. With an emerging green movement in Mexico, Dr. Ingman fostered a relationship between UNT and SuBire (K- 12 business school focused upon sustainability) to create an “education for sustainability” program across such countries as, Mexico, Costa Rica, Uganda and Nigeria. His international partnerships create a wealth of opportunities for UNT graduates and for doctoral research that will continue to promote an international presence for UNT.

Dr. Joseph Kung - Professor Emeritus

Mathematics

Dr. Joseph Kung served on the UNT faculty for 40 years.  He published 54 research articles, 8 expository and scholarly articles, and 1 book.  He had numerous research grants, including NSF (1986-90), and NSA (1991-92, 1993-95, 1998-2000, 2011-13). He was a sought-after speaker, invited to the American Mathematics Social Summer Research Conferences (’85, ’91, ’95) and international conferences in Korea, Lisbon, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, and Britain. He organized 2 international conference on Formal Power Series & Algebraic Combinatorics and served as: Managing Editor, Advances in Applied Mathematics, editor, Birkhauser book series Contemporary Mathematicians, Consulting Editor, Electronic J. Combinatorics, and the editorial boards of Algebra Universalis, and Annals of Combinatorics. He completed editorial work for two reference encyclopedias: Physical Science and Technology and Complexity and System Science.

Ms. Cynthia Mohr - Professor Emerita

Design

Ms. Cynthia Mohr had been a faculty member in the Department of Design, The College of Visual Art and Design for 14 years at the time of her retirement in December 2017. Professor Mohr provided critical leadership and focus for the Department of Design and the Interior Design, Fashion and Communication Design programs. In addition, Professor Mohr is a recognized leader in the international community of Interior Design Educators. She was President for the Interior Design Educator Council of North America 2014 to 2017 and was honored a Fellow to the organization in 2016. The International Interior Design Association honored Professor Mohr with the Leadership of Excellence Award.  During her tenure here at UNT she raised the profile and reputation of the design programs, and the Department of Design in the College of Visual Art and Design regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Ms. Marian O'Rourke-Kaplan - Professor Emerita 

Design

Ms. Marian O’Rourke-Kaplan was a faculty member in the Department of Design for the College of Visual Art and Design for 25 years. Professor O’Rourke-Kaplan provided critical leadership and focus as program coordinator and graduate coordinator for the Fashion Design program. She guided the Department of Design as Department Chair 1998 – 2002, and provided her leadership as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006 – 2011 overseeing the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) accreditation application for the College of Visual Arts and Design.   In addition, Professor O’Rourke-Kaplan is a recognized leader in the international community of Fashion Design, working with the International Textile & Apparel Association and the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals. She presented her research at national and international conferences and exhibitions, including China and Thailand. During her tenure here at UNT she raised the profile and reputation of the design programs, and the Department of Design in the College of Visual Art and Design regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Dr. Daryl Ramsey - Professor Emeritus

Music Education

Dr. Daryl Ramsey served as an instrumental music specialist in both the graduate and undergraduate programs during his 31 years of association with the College of Music. He published numerous articles and gave international, national, and state presentations during his tenure at UNT and served throughout the country as a band clinician and adjudicator.  In 2000, Dr. Ramsey created the Start Up the Band program.  This venture is a collaborative effort between the Denton Independent School District and the Division of Music Education at UNT to provide band instruction for economically challenged fifth-­grade students in the school district while providing practical teaching experience for the undergraduate music education majors in the College of Music.  This project was influential in Dr. Ramsey’s receipt of the Robert J. Rogers Service and Community Engagement Award in 2016.  He also served as the Chair of the College Division of the Texas Music Educators Association and the National President of both the Sinfonia Foundation and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity.

Dr. Robert Renka - Professor Emeritus

Computer Science

Dr. Robert Renka joined UNT in 1984 in the Department of Computer Science. He gained early recognition for his contributions to ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software and was appointed Algorithms Editor for that journal and other ACM journals in 1988. In 1989, he became Editor-in-Chief of the Collected Algorithms of the ACM and held that position until 1994. In 1990, Dr. Renka became the first member of the department to receive funding from the National Science Foundation. He has also received research grants from the National Security Agency and from industry. He has been listed in many Who's Who editions, including Who's Who in the World. He received the 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for his professional accomplishments. During Dr. Renka's 34 years at UNT he taught a wide variety of courses and created many new courses in scientific computing and computer graphics. Dr. Renka most recently served the department as Undergraduate Coordinator during which time he oversaw the successful ABET reaccreditation of our undergraduate programs in computer engineering, computer science and information technology.

Dr. Linda Schamber - Acting Dean Emerita

Learning Technologies

Dr. Linda Schamber had a 25-year long career at UNT spanning from 1991 till 2016 and held multiple leadership roles within the College of Information (COI), including External Affairs Director for COI (2013-14), Associate Dean for COI (2008-14), and Acting Dean for COI (2011-12). She also served on the Associate Deans Council, and as the Interim Chair for two of the departments within the College of Information. During her tenure as Acting Dean, she worked with faculty and staff to revise and approve COI Charter and to develop faculty and staff mentoring programs, growth initiatives for four academic programs, student recruitment campaigns and coordination, and records management policies and systems. Overall, Dr. Schamber has made significant and long-term contributions to the University of North Texas.

Dr. William Scharnberg - Professor Emeritus

Instrumental Studies

Dr. William Scharnberg has had a distinguished career as an educator, performer, and clinician. His students hold numerous teaching positions in well-respected music schools and top military bands and symphony orchestras. He was principal horn of the Dallas Opera Orchestra from 1989 to 2016 and is currently principal horn of the Wichita Falls Symphony. He continues to serve the International Horn Society as editor of The Horn Call, the industry trade journal for horn players and educators. His publications include many journal articles and four editions of eighteenth and nineteenth century works for horn. 

Dr. James Scott - Dean Emeritus

Instrumental Studies

Dr. James Scott began his distinguished professional career while still a first­ year student at Emory University, winning a position as flutist in the Atlanta Symphony, making him one of the youngest musicians in the history of the orchestra. He was a faculty member and head of the music program at Rutgers University and later served as Associate Dean for Instruction and Professor of Flute at Indiana University. Dr. Scott began his tenure as Dean of the College of Music at the University of North Texas in 2001 and served with distinction until 2016. Many of his former students hold tenured and tenure-t rack positions in various universities. He continues to give master classes in the Czech Republic, Taiwan, China, Thailand, and S. Korea.

Dr. John Scott - Professor Emeritus

Instrumental Studies

Dr. John Scott has had a distinguished career as an educator, performer and clinician. He began his tenure at UNT in 1981 and served as Chair of the Division of Instrumental Studies and Associate Dean of Admissions. His former students have held positions in numerous orchestras, schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States, and in premier military bands in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra for 24 years, and has performed with such orchestras as the Dallas Symphony and the Fort Worth Symphony. He is an active recitalist and clinician throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He has served as Music Review Editor, and Advertising Manager for The Clarinet, journal of the International Clarinet Association.