L. Marlin Eby

1986 - present

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

Angela C. Hare

1996 - present

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Department Chair

Dr. Hare came to Messiah College in 1996 from graduate school at American University, where her research focused on effective strategies for helping students learn calculus. She continues to work on developing materials for calculus and other mathematics courses that are based on research in mathematics education. Dr. Hare teaches introductory mathematics, calculus, linear algebra, geometry, statistics, and secondary mathematics curriculum and instruction. She is also advisor to the Collaboratory Education Group, in which she and her students work in partnership with teachers at a primary school for disabled children in West Africa.

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Abaz Kryemadhi

2006 - present
Assistant Professor of Physics

Dr. Kryemadhi grew up in Albania and completed his bachelor's degree in Physics at the University of Tirana there. After two years at the University of Siegen in Germany, he came to the United States to study particle physics at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. There his research focused on search for CPT violation with D-mesons and measuring the lifetime of the Lb particle. Abaz continued his work on Lb at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory as a post-doctoral researcher with University of Virginia. In 2006, he came to Messiah College where he teaches Physics and is in the process of developing a physics major at the college. His scholarly interests include student research projects with a cosmic ray detector and new detection techniques for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR). Abaz and his wife Ilse have two young daughters Anisa and Rovena and enjoy camping, hiking and traveling.

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David R. Owen

2007 - present
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Dr. Owen studied electrical engineering as an undergraduate at Messiah College. After two years on staff at Messiah, doing video production for Media Services and using computers for much of that work, he went to graduate school at West Virginia University to study computer science. At WVU, his research in software verification involved the development of an efficient alternative to model checking tools. His experiments showed that a simple, random search of the behavior represented by a formal software model can often be nearly as effective at finding defects as a much more time (and memory) consuming exhaustive search. After finishing his M.S., he continued his research another year through funding from NASA and then returned to WVU to pursue a Ph.D. After finishing his Ph.D. in 2007, he joined the faculty at Messiah College. He lives in Dillsburg with his wife Gretta and their son Gareth, born in February 2008. He and his wife have been involved with the Summer Institute of Linguistics program at the University of North Dakota since 2002, first as students and more recently as teaching assistants.

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Douglas C. Phillippy

1993 - present
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Gene Rohrbaugh

2007 - present

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Dr. Rohrbaugh grew up in Lancaster as a member of the Lancaster BIC congregation. He graduated from Millersville University with majors in Russian and Computer Science, and then went on to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas, where his research focused on formal models for the semantics of natural language. After a brief time in software development, he has held academic positions at Messiah College and California Baptist University. He joined the department full time in 2007. His teaching interests include programming and programming languages, data structures & algorithms, artificial intelligence, and the ethics of technology. Gene, his wife Ann, and their four children live in Mechanicsburg and are members of the Mechanicsburg BIC church.

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D. Scott Weaver

2002 - present
Instructor in Computer Science

Mr. Weaver comes to Messiah after spending seven years in the computer industry as a program analyst and consulting, and nine years teaching mathematics and computer science at Mechanicsburg Area High School. He has received his Cisco Certified Network Associate certificate in 2003 and has brought that expertise into the networking classroom. He also ministers at Daybreak Church as a short-term missions trip leader.

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Lamarr C. Widmer

1988 - present
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Samuel P. Wilcock

2001 - present
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

Dr. Wilcock is a graduate of the Mathematical Sciences Department, and joined it as a member of the faculty after completing his doctorate in statistics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) where his dissertation focused on nonparametric experimental design. While there he taught several undergraduate courses and consulted on numerous research projects. At Messiah he has taught ten different courses, and enjoys finding more effective ways to help students grasp course material. He and his wife Joy live in Lemoyne with their family, and are involved with youth ministry at Mechanicsburg Brethren in Christ Church.

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Robert P. Barrett

2008 - present Adjunct Instructor in Physics

1966 - 2008 Asst. Prof. of Engineering and Computer Science

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960

M.S., University of Washington, 1966

Additional study in Physics, University of Kansas and Shippensburg University

Mr. Barrett came to Messiah after working as a tool designer at the Boeing Company in Seattle. He has a Masters in Engineering and had worked on the design manual for all highway bridges in the United States and many other countries. His pioneering three dimensional graph graced the cover of the Pennsylvania High Design Manual.  Bob worked with Dr. Wayne Cassel to bring the engineering major to Messiah College in cooperation with Temple University.  The American Association of Physics Teachers has published three of his short physics films. He lives near campus with his wife Joanne who is a wonderful costume designer.  He is an avid kayaker and a growing Christian!!

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Marvin L. Brubaker

2005 - present Professor Emeritus

1983 - 2005 Professor of Mathematics

A.B., Susquehanna University, 1961

M.A., Bowling Green State University, 1964

Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1973

Gene B. Chase

2007 - present Professor Emeritus

1973 - 2007 Prof. of Mathematics and Computer Science

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965

M.A., Cornell University, 1970; Gordon College; University of Washington; University of North Dakota

Ph.D. Cornell University, 1979

Dr. Chase is a graduate of MIT in mathematics and Cornell University in mathematical logic (M.A.) and a cross-disciplinary Ph.D. in mathematics, linguistics, and education.  He received additional training in linguistics at Gordon College, University of Washington, and University of North Dakota.  He has taught at Houghton College, Wells College, University of Washington, and Dickinson College.  He taught full-time at Messiah College from 1973 to 2007.  He created the Computer Science major here in 1980. He has served as President of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences, and has written one book on Christianity and Mathematics.  Most of his sabbaticals have been with Summer Institute of Linguistics.  Dr. Chase is teaching Mathematical Logic in Fall 2009 and History of Mathematics in Spring 2010.

Dr. Chase's wife Emily Parke Chase taught Bible and Spanish at Messiah College, and with Dr. Chase taught a college Sunday School class at West Shore Evangelical Free Church.  They are the parents of three Messiah College alumni, all majoring in the Department of Mathematical Sciences.  They have three grandsons.  Dr. Chase's faculty web page is http://home.messiah.edu/~chase/.

Bruce J. Hartman

2008 - present

Adjunct Instructor in Computer Science

B.S., Southern Colorado University, 1971

M.S., Shippensburg University, 1996

Cynthia L. Lehman

2004 - present

Adjunct Instructor in Computer Science

B.A., Messiah College, 1994

M.E., Loyola College, 2001

Jeffrey W. Schwartz

2008 - present

Adjunct Instructor in Mathematics

B.A., Messiah College, 1982

B.S., Shippensburg University, 2002

Robert L. Shannon

2008 - present

Adjunct Instructor in Mathematics

B.S., Shippensburg State College

M.E., Shippensburg University

Linda Taylor

2002 - present

Adjunct Instructor in Mathematics and Computer Science

Mrs. Taylor graduated from Messiah with a B.A. in Computer Science.  She served with Operation Mobilization for 3 years in Nepal, India and Pakistan.  Returning home, Lin worked as a programmer analyst for 7 years and then became a stay at home mom.  She has taught at Messiah as an adjunct since 2002.  Lin lives with husband, Joe, daughter, Erin, and son, Ben on a small farm north of Harrisburg. They attend Harrisburg BIC, where they are on worship teams, and Lin is a trustee and Joe is a deacon.