From the moment you enroll in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program, you begin to write your own personal story of the future.
The world of the future will require scholars with a global approach to problem solving. It will no longer be enough to know one area, one discipline, or one field of study. Inquiry and discovery are crossing disciplines. With this in mind, the mission of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program is to span traditional boundaries among disciplines while helping students develop knowledge and skills for independent research on the fundamental questions of the present and the future. Students must be admitted to at least two disciplines (Primary and Co-Discipline) by the end of their first semester.
| Discipline | Coordinator |
|---|---|
|
Biomedical and Health Informatics |
Dr. An-Ling Cheng informatics@umkc.edu |
| Cell Biology and Biophysics | Dr. Karen Bame |
| Chemistry | Dr. Xiaobo Chen |
| Computer Networking and Communication Systems | Dr. Baek-Young Choi |
| Computer Science | Dr. Yugyung Lee |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Dr. Candace Schlein |
| Economics | Dr. Zhongjin Li |
| Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundations | Dr. Eric Camburn |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | Dr. Ahmed Hassan |
| Engineering | Dr. Ceki Halmen |
| English | Dr. John Barton |
| Geosciences | Dr. Fengpeng Sun |
|
History
|
Dr. Matthew Osborn |
| Mathematics | Dr. Liana Sega |
| Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | Dr. Jeffrey Price |
|
Music Education
|
Dr. Joseph Parisi |
| Oral and Craniofacial Sciences | Dr. Mary Walker |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Kun Cheng |
| Pharmacology | Dr. Hari Bhat |
| Physics | Drs. Paul Rulis and Mark Brodwin |
|
Social Science Consortium
|
Dr. Marc Garcelon |
