Meet some WSU professors
Get to know a bit about some of the people who could be teaching your classes.
Wenji Dong
Teaches cellular bioengineering and provides students the opportunity to participate in his innovative bioengineering research.
"Imagine what you can do with bioengineering and medical research."
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Patricia Pendry
Teaches classes that study how children, youth, adults, and families develop, change, and face challenges throughout life.
"I get calls and emails all the time from students from various departments. Many students want to participate in equine related disciplines as well as the human sciences."
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Donna Paul
Teaches finance courses, drawing on her MBA and Ph.D. credentials and past experience as a business owner and accounting analyst.
"I was 41 when I graduated. This is why I tell students not to worry if they don't know what they want to do right away. Take advantage of the opportunities that come your way. Do what's before you well. The excitement and the passion will come."
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Matt Marino
Teaches classes on special education. Focuses on how technology can improve science teaching, especially in children with learning disabilities.
"[Young] students are telling me the textbook is boring. They may be right. If I say to a student, 'here's a text' or 'here's a video game,' which will they choose?"
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Michelle Forsyth
Teaches painting, drawing, and digital media. In her own art, she transforms digital images by using paint, fabric, and paper as handmade "pixels."
"I want people who look at my work to linger there, to spend as much time as possible taking in the image. We're so used to digital images where you see something and then move on to the next image."
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Phil Gruen
Teaches the history of architecture and takes WSU students on architectural tours of key cities in the U.S. and Europe.
"From Stonehenge to strip malls, buildings and the built environment say a lot about the attitudes and needs of humans. They are a way of understanding culture and humanity."