Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Protecting Human Research Participants

List of Current IRB Members

Joan Besing, Ph.D. IRB Chair, Professor, Audiology

Fitzgerald Edwards, IRB Administrator, Office of Research & Sponsored Programs

Debra Zellner, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology

Leonard Werner, O.D. Community Member Professor Emeritus State University of New York - State College of Optometry

Michele Fisher, D.P.E. Associate Professor, Health Professions, Physical Education, Recreation, and Leisure Studies

Eileen Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. Chairperson, Linguistics

Kirk McDermid, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religion

Janet Koehnke, Ph.D. Chairperson, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Avinandan Mukherjee, Ph.D. Professor, Marketing

Yasemin Besen-Cassino, Ph. D. Assistant Professor, Sociology

Larry Burlew, Professor, Ed. D. Professor, Counseling, Human Development and Educational Leadership