This online resource can connect you with members of the Saint Rose faculty and staff who possess expert knowledge on a wide variety of topics and issues. The specialists listed in this directory are available to share their perspectives and analytical abilities with the media and the general public for purposes of news stories, features, research, workshops, commentary and panel discussions.
The directory is arranged by subject area. The name, title and degree of each specialist are provided, as well as a brief description of his/her specific area(s) of expertise.
To contact any of the faculty and staff experts, or for more information or assistance using the directory, please call the Office of Public Relations & Marketing at 518-454-5102 or send e-mail to Benjamin Marvin at marvinb@strose.edu.
Stephen Birchak,
Ed.D.,
Professor of Counseling — Bullying, cyberbullying; violence
prevention; character education; violence, tolerance and aggression in children
and adolescents; counseling aggressive children; school safety; administration,
faculty, staff training in classroom behavior management; effective parenting
skills
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Aviva Bower, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Qualitative research; gender identity; interpretive approaches to children's social identity development
Richard Brody, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Identity development; critical thinking; adolescent development
Donna Burns, Ph.D., Professor
of Educational Psychology — Bereavement,
grief and loss; developmental issues of childhood and adolescence
Kathleen Crowley, Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychology — Development of gender roles and
behaviors; effective parenting and parenting education; media and gender
development; effects of media on children and adolescents; issues in child
development; human development in a media-saturated society; history and
development of psychology; psychology in the 21st century
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Susan V. DeLuke, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education — Autism Spectrum Disorders (autism, Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders); social skills interventions and supports for children and adolescents with difficulties relating socially; children with moderate and severe disabilities; inclusive education supports and practices for children with significant disabilities
Steve Hoff, Psy.D., Assistant Professor of School Psychology — Self-injurious youth (working with); suicide risk assessment/prevention; nature-based education
Claudia Lingertat-Putnam,
Psy.D., Chair, Counseling, CSSA
and Educational Leadership Department — Counseling children and
adolescents; grief and loss with children, youth and families; emotional first
aid after a tragedy/psychological trauma related to loss, death and disaster;
working with schools after a tragedy (death or disaster); postvention
in schools
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Andrew Shanock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of School Psychology — Cognitive assessment; identification of learning disabilities; implementation of response to intervention; academic assessment; addressing academic needs of children who require special education; parent rights in educational determinations
Katherine Voegtle, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology — Child and adolescent development; gay/lesbian allies; lifespan development; educational research
Benjamin Clansy, Ph.D., Chair, Department of History and Political Science — US foreign policy; contemporary African affairs; Arab, Middle East, and African American politics; Third World environmental problems; old US west; African Americans in US history
Risa Faussette, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History — African American history
Lucy Bowditch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History — History of photography
Theresa Flanigan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Art – Italian medieval art, Italian Renaissance art
Jessica Loy, M.F.A.,
Associate Professor of Art — Graphic design; computer related
graphic design
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Robert O'Neil, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Art — Photography; art
Thomas Santelli, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Art — Fine art; photography; photo history; aesthetics
Ben Schwab, M.F.A., Assistant
Professor of Art — Visual art; drawing; painting
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Deborah Zlotsky, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Art — Visual art; contemporary art; arts education; painting; drawing
Richard J. Thompson, Jr., Ph.D., Dean, School of Mathematics and Sciences — Galaxies; black holes; X-ray astronomy
Harvey Alexander, Ph.D., Professor of Biology — Evolution and ecology
Amina Eladdadi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics – Mathematical modeling in biology and
medicine
Brian H. Jensen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology — Marine biology; pollution; endocrine disruptors; reproduction
Ian MacDonald, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science — Bioinformatics
Stephen Birchak,
Ed.D.,
Professor of Counseling — Bullying, cyberbullying; violence
prevention; character education; violence, tolerance and aggression in children
and adolescents; counseling aggressive children; school safety; administration,
faculty, staff training in classroom behavior management; effective parenting
skills
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Yu-Jung Liu Avis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance — Investment theory and corporate finance
Angela Gordon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Business Administration — Managerial leadership theory; charismatic and transformational leadership; emotional intelligence; power and influence
Lisa Haley Thomson, M.S.Ed., Vice President for Public Relations and Strategic Communications — Managing in-house marketing team; public relations; marketing higher education; writing and editing for college publications
Mark Hamilton, B.S., Director
of Marketing and Creative Services — Graphic design; advertising
and strategic marketing
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Savita Hanspal, Ph.D., Assitant Professor of Business Administration — Marketing; advertising; consumer behavior;
consumer protection and advocacy; unfair marketing practices; ethics in
marketing; India
Barry Hughes, M.S., CPA, Associate Professor of Business — Taxation (individual, corporate and not for profit)
Michael Hurley, Ph.D., Professor of Business Administration — Employee retention; job change trends (US and Europe); business ethics; diversity and legal requirements (Title VII, ADA, etc.)
Khalid Mehtabdin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Business — Asia; Middle East; India; Pakistan; China
Sue Raynis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Business Administration — Affirmative action; workforce utilization analysis; business ethics and social responsibility
Janet Spitz, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Business — Globalization and international business;
sustainability; trade and the socio-political economy; employment and labor
markets; statistical analysis of sex and race discrimination; productivity and
wage relations; organizational performance; media, knowledge and democracy; the
proposed global Financial Transactions Tax (FTT)
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William Hagan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry — Origins of life; history of science
Aviva Bower, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Qualitative research; gender identity; interpretive approaches to children's social identity development
Donna Burns, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Bereavement, grief and loss; developmental issues of childhood and adolescence
Kathleen Crowley, Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychology — Development of gender roles and behaviors;
effective parenting and parenting education; media and gender development;
effects of media on children and adolescents; issues in child development;
human development in a media-saturated society; history and development of
psychology; psychology in the 21st century
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Steve Hoff, Psy.D., Assistant Professor of School Psychology — Self-injurious youth (working with); suicide risk assessment/prevention
Susan V. DeLuke, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education — Autism Spectrum Disorders (autism, Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders); social skills interventions and supports for children and adolescents with difficulties relating socially; children with moderate and severe disabilities; inclusive education supports and practices for children with significant disabilities
Claudia Lingertat-Putnam,
Psy.D., Chair, Counseling, CSSA
and Educational Leadership Department — Counseling children and
adolescents; grief and loss with children, youth and families; emotional first
aid after a tragedy/psychological trauma related to loss, death and disaster;
working with schools after a tragedy (death or disaster); postvention
in schools
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Andrew Shanock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of School Psychology — Cognitive assessment; identification of learning disabilities; implementation of response to intervention; academic assessment; addressing academic needs of children who require special education; parent rights in educational determinations
Katherine Voegtle, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology — Child and adolescent development; gay/lesbian allies; lifespan development; educational research
College Admissions and Financial Aid
Steven W. Dwire,
Assistant Vice President of Financial Aid and Enrollment Management — Financial aid
Mary Grondahl, M.B.A., Vice President of Enrollment Management — College admissions; college selection process; financial aid strategy; enrollment management; graduate admission process
Colleen Flynn Thapalia, Interim Director, Center for International Programs
— International student recruitment; international student mobility
trends; graduate admissions; graduate enrollment management recruitment
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Donna Burns, Ph.D., Professor
of Educational Psychology — Bereavement,
grief and loss; developmental issues of childhood and adolescence
Dennis McDonald, M.S.Ed., Vice President for Student Affairs — Adolescent development; college students and their environment
Wendy Neifeld Wheeler, M.S.Ed., Director of Parent Relations — Student development theory; substance use and abuse; issues and concerns in residence life
Cailin Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communications — Media ethics; citizen/public journalism; newspapers; obituaries; media in general
Paul Conti, M.A., Assistant Professor of Communications — Journalism; TV journalism; news and/or interactive media; First Amendment; journalism ethics; media ethics; photography; videography
Kathleen Crowley, Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychology — Media and gender development; effects of
media on children and adolescents; issues in child development; human
development in a media-saturated society; development of gender roles and
behaviors; effective parenting and parenting education; history and development
of psychology; psychology in the 21st century
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Kathryn Laity, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Film; music; comics; genre literature (especially horror and fantasy); new media; social media
Karen McGrath, Ph.D., Chair, Communications Department — Television criticism and studies; gender and communication; conflict management; cultural awareness; interpersonal communication; media literacy
Mary Alice Molgard, M.S., Assistant Professor of Communications — Communications in general; mass media; broadcasting; communication law; ethics; disaster scene/on-scene crisis communications; media coverage of disasters (fires, floods, hurricanes)
Mary Alice Molgard,
M.S., Assistant Professor of Communications — Women in the Fire
Service; volunteer firefighting
Sr. Sean Peters, Ed.D, Director of Mission Experience – Community service; international service trips; religious/community life
Richard T. Pulice, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Community Research and Training — Therapy dogs
Computer Information Systems (also see Educational Technology)
John Ellis, M.S., Executive Director, Information Technology Services — Technology; educational technology; drugs and alcohol abuse prevention
Ian MacDonald, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science — Bioinformatics; computer networks and the Internet
Amina Eladdadi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics — Applied mathematics; mathematical modeling in biology and medicine; population dynamics; computer simulation; computational sciences; differential equations; discrete and continuous dynamical systems; undergraduate research in mathematical sciences; development of new computational bioscience programs
Ian MacDonald, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science — Bioinformatics; computer networks and the Internet
James D. Teresco, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science — Parallel scientific computing; dynamic load balancing for adaptive computations in heterogeneous, hierarchical (including hyperthreaded and multi-core), non-dedicated and transient computational environments; computer science education, particularly introducing parallelism into the curriculum and using graphics and other visual feedback to reinforce concepts
Donna Burns, Ph.D., Professor
of Educational Psychology — Bereavement,
grief and loss; developmental issues of childhood and adolescence
Stephen Birchak,
Ed.D.,
Professor of Counseling — Bullying, cyberbullying; violence
prevention; character education; violence, tolerance and aggression in children
and adolescents; counseling aggressive children; school safety; administration,
faculty, staff training in classroom behavior management; effective parenting
skills
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Michael Bologna, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Counseling — Relationship violence in homosexual couples; post-modern theory and treatment with battered women
Jelane Kennedy, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Counseling — Homophobia; diversity; women's issues; MBII
Claudia Lingertat-Putnam,
Psy.D., Chair, Counseling, CSSA
and Educational Leadership Department — Counseling children and
adolescents; grief and loss with children, youth and families; emotional first
aid after a tragedy/psychological trauma related to loss, death and disaster;
working with schools after a tragedy (death or disaster); postvention
in schools
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Alfred D. Chapleau, J.D., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice,
Behavior and Law —
Criminal justice; criminal law; Constitutional criminal law, crime and law and
legal issues; courts and procedure; drugs and criminal law
Donna Burns, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Bereavement, grief and loss; developmental issues of childhood and adolescence
Claudia Lingertat-Putnam,
Psy.D., Chair, Counseling, CSSA
and Educational Leadership Department — Counseling children and
adolescents; grief and loss with children, youth and families; emotional first
aid after a tragedy/psychological trauma related to loss, death and disaster;
working with schools after a tragedy (death or disaster); postvention
in schools
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Jelane Kennedy, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Counseling — Homophobia; diversity; women's issues; MBII
Kenneth Krauss, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English/Drama — Dramatic literature; theatre history; modern English, French and American drama
Earth Science/Geology
Jacqueline A. Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geology — Climate change; glaciers; ice ages; groundwater; Andes; general geology
Education
Sheila Flihan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Curriculum; instruction; literacy; English education
Margaret McLane, Ph.D., Interim Dean, Thelma P. Lally School of Education — Co-teaching; assessment of teacher education programs; portfolio assessment; inclusive educational practices
Carol Rasowsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Early childhood special education; collaboration in inclusive early childhood settings; early intervention; school readiness issues; pre-kindergarten
Theresa Ward, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Special Education — Whole-school reform and restructuring in urban schools; co-teaching and collaboration as it relates to inclusive education; services for individuals with moderate to severe cognitive disabilities; inclusive education; secondary education transition; inclusion in higher education; literacy practices for students with moderate to severe cognitive delay
Carol Rasowsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Early childhood special education; collaboration in inclusive early childhood settings; early intervention; school readiness issues; pre-kindergarten
Perry Berkowitz, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education Leadership — Education leadership; organizational leadership; conflict resolution
Click here for websiteStephen Birchak, Ed.D., Professor of Counseling — Bullying, cyberbullying; violence prevention; character education; violence, tolerance and aggression in children and adolescents; counseling aggressive children; school safety; bullying; administration, faculty, staff training in classroom behavior management; effective parenting skills
Click here for websiteR. Mark Sullivan, Ed.D., Director, Institute for Higher Education Leadership — Higher education leadership; ethics in higher education; higher education governance; finance; budgeting; town-gown relations; federal and state higher education policy
Willard Washburn, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Urban education
Educational Psychology (see also Psychology)
James Allen, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Motivation; learning and instruction; classroom management; case study pedagogy; qualitative analysis
Aviva Bower, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Qualitative research; gender identity; interpretive approaches to children's social identity development
Richard Brody, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Identity development; critical thinking; adolescent development
Donna Burns, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Bereavement, grief and loss; developmental issues of childhood and adolescence
James Burns, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Learning disabilities; behavior disorders; behavior management
Ronald Dugan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Educational research; tests and measurements; statistics; self-regulation
Steve Hoff, Psy.D., Assistant Professor of School Psychology — Self-injurious youth (working with); suicide risk assessment/prevention; nature-based education
Marguerite Lodico, Ed.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Child development; educational research
Marcia Margolin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology — Teacher evaluations
Margaret McLane, Ph.D., Interim Dean, Thelma P. Lally School of Education — Co-teaching; assessment of teacher education programs; portfolio assessment; inclusive educational practices
Heta-Maria Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Motivation; self-esteem; diversity/multiculturalism issues
Ismael Ramos, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Assessment; testing; life-span development
Dean Spaulding, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology — Educational research and program evaluation
Katherine Voegtle, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology — Child and adolescent development; gay/lesbian allies; lifespan development; educational research
Educational Technology
(see also Computer Information Systems)John Ellis, M.S., Executive Director, Information Technology Services — Technology; educational technology; drugs and alcohol abuse prevention
Travis Plowman, Ed.S., Associate Professor of Educational Technology — Integration of technology in classroom; self-directed learning; young learner profile
Sheila Flihan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Curriculum; instruction; literacy; English education
Deborah Kelsh, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Literacy; cultural studies; critical and writing theory and practice; critical thinking; classical Marxism; pedagogy
Aja LaDuke, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Teacher Education — Teacher education; elementary reading and writing instruction; multicultural education
Andrea (Drey) Martone, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Teacher Education — Teacher education; math and science instruction; assessment; alignment of standards, assessment and instruction
Margaret McLane, Ph.D., Interim Dean, Thelma P. Lally School of Education — Co-teaching; assessment of teacher education programs; portfolio assessment; inclusive educational practices
Patricia Price, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Science Education — Science education; inquiry science; alternative assessment
Carol Rasowsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Early childhood special education; collaboration in inclusive early childhood settings; early intervention; school readiness issues; pre-kindergarten
Elizabeth Yanoff, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Teacher Education — Children’s literature; teaching reading and writing to elementary school students; struggling readers and writers
Sheila Flihan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Curriculum; instruction; literacy; English education
Deborah Kelsh, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Literacy; cultural studies; critical and writing theory and practice; critical thinking; classical Marxism; pedagogy
Andrea (Drey) Martone, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Teacher Education — Teacher education; math and science instruction; assessment; alignment of standards, assessment and instruction
Mary Alice Molgard, M.A., Assistant Professor of Communications – Firefighting, especially in a rural setting; disaster scene/on-scene crisis communications; media coverage of disasters (fires, floods, hurricanes); women in the Fire Service
Douglas Butler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — 18th century literature; novels; technical writing
May Caroline Chan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Victorian literature; travel literature, particularly from the 19th century; Rudyard Kipling; Isabella Bird and other women travelers
Alyssa Colton, Ph.D.,
Visiting Assistant Professor — Writing;
freshmen writing; writing and healing/writing for therapeutic purposes in and
out of the classroom; teaching of writing; fiction and memoir writing; writing
personal essays; women authors, especially 20th century; using drama and yoga
in the classroom
Eurie Dahn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Early 20th-century British and American literature; modernism; African-American literature; periodical studies
Megan Fulwiler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — Composition and rhetoric; American autobiography and memoir; the essay; writing across the curriculum; contingency/adjunct labor in higher education
Kenneth Krauss, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English/Drama — Dramatic literature; theatre history; modern English, French and American drama
Kathryn Laity, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Medieval literature and culture including the Vikings and medievalism (interpretations of medieval culture and literature in popular culture); film (especially horror film); creative writing (prose and plays); new media, social media
Daniel Nester, M.F.A., Associate Professor of English — Personal essay writing; memoir writing; poetry; literary journalism; book reviews; literary journals; publishing your work; the British rock band Queen
David Rice, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Native American literature; prison writing; American studies
Hollis Seamon, D.A., Professor of English — Fiction writing; contemporary American short stories
Rone Shavers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Fiction writing; contemporary literature; literary criticism; Black postmodernism, a/k/a "Afro-Futurism"
Brian Sweeney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — American literature to 1900; critical affect studies; periodical studies; cultures of professionalism
Barbara Ungar, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — Poetry, 19th- and 20th-century American literature; haiku in English
Harvey Alexander, Ph.D., Professor of Biology — Evolution and ecology
Paul Benzing, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental Science — Watersheds; impacts of nutrient pollution on freshwater ecosystems; wetlands
Brian H. Jensen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology — Marine biology; pollution; endocrine disruptors; reproduction
Mark Ledbetter, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Ethics — Religion and sustainability
Jacqueline A. Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geology — Climate change; glaciers; ice ages; groundwater; Andes; general geology
Michael Brannigan, Ph.D., George and Jane Pfaff Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Values — Ethics; healthcare ethics; cross-cultural ethics; Asian philosophies; Japanese studies
Mark Ledbetter, Ph.D., Associate Professor
of Religious Studies and Ethics — Religion
and culture; religion and sustainability; religion and the arts; peace and
justice studies; imagination, image and icon; religion and race, class and
sexuality; religion and film; religion and performance
Foreign Languages and Cultures
Savita Hanspal,
Ph.D., Assitant Professor of Business Administration — India
Khalid Mehtabdin, Ph.D., Associate Professor
of Business — Asia; Middle East; India;
Pakistan; China
Claire Ziamandanis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish — Bilingual issues; Cuban Spanish; Caribbean Spanish; linguistics; Spanish linguistics and dialects; study abroad research
Gender Issues
Aviva Bower, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Qualitative research; gender identity; interpretive approaches to children's social identity development
Kathleen Crowley, Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychology — Development of gender roles and
behaviors; effective parenting and parenting education; media and gender
development; effects of media on children and adolescents; issues in child
development; human development in a media-saturated society; history and
development of psychology; psychology in the 21st century
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Karen McGrath, Ph.D., Chair, Communications Department — Gender and communication; television criticism and studies; conflict management; cultural awareness; interpersonal communication; media literacy
Janet Spitz, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Business — Globalization and international business;
sustainability; trade and the socio-political economy; employment and labor
markets; statistical analysis of sex and race discrimination; productivity and
wage relations; organizational performance; media, knowledge and democracy; the
proposed global Financial Transactions Tax (FTT)
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Ann Zak, Ph.D., Chair, Psychology Department — Love and intimate relationships; social psychology
Mark Hamilton, B.S., Director
of Marketing and Creative Services — Graphic design; advertising
and strategic marketing
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Jessica Loy, M.F.A.,
Associate Professor of Art — Graphic design; computer-related
graphic design
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Amina Eladdadi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics — Mathematical modeling in biology and medicine; population dynamics; computer simulation
Richard T. Pulice, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Community Research and Training — Public health; mental illness; developmental disabilities; substance abuse services
Keith Haynes, Ph.D., Professor of History — Latin American history; US foreign policy, especially in relation to Latin America
Lisa Kannenberg, Ph.D., Chair, History/Political Science Department — 20th century US history; US women's history; labor and working class history
Jeffrey Marlett, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies — American religious history, especially Roman Catholicism; history of Christian thought; alternative religions; interreligious dialogue; religion and politics
Bridgett Williams-Searle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History and Political Science — Women's history and history of feminism; labor history; legal and constitutional history (especially early development); American Indian history; early America to 1850
Gariba Abdul-Korah, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History — African history
Keith Haynes, Ph.D., Professor of History — Latin American history; US foreign policy, especially in relation to Latin America
Michael Hurley, Ph.D., Professor of Business Administration— Employee retention; job change trends (US and Europe); business ethics; diversity and legal requirements (Title VII, ADA, etc.)
Megan Fulwiler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — Contingency/adjunct labor in higher education
Lisa Kannenberg, Ph.D., Chair, History/Political Science Department — 20th century US history; US women's history; labor and working class history
Bridgett Williams-Searle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History and Political Science — Women's history and history of feminism; labor history; legal and constitutional history (especially early development); American Indian history; early America to 1850
Alfred D. Chapleau,
J.D., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Behavior and Law —
Criminal justice; criminal law; Constitutional criminal law, crime and law and
legal issues; courts and procedure; drugs and criminal law
Library Systems
Steve Black, M.L.S., Professor/Serials Librarian — Economics of scholarly journals
Peter Koonz, M.L.S., Professor/Library Director — Library systems; Internet and WWW
Douglas Butler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — 18th century literature; novels; technical writing
May Caroline Chan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Victorian literature; travel literature, particularly from the 19th century; Rudyard Kipling; Isabella Bird and other women travelers
Alyssa Colton, Ph.D.,
Visiting Assistant Professor — Writing;
freshmen writing; writing and healing/writing for therapeutic purposes in and
out of the classroom; teaching of writing; fiction and memoir writing; writing
personal essays; women authors, especially 20th century; using drama and yoga
in the classroom
Eurie Dahn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English
— Early 20th-century British and American literature; modernism;
African-American literature; periodical studies
Megan Fulwiler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — Composition and rhetoric; American autobiography and memoir; the essay; writing across the curriculum
Kathryn Laity, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Medieval literature and culture including the Vikings and medievalism (interpretations of medieval culture and literature in popular culture); film (especially horror film); creative writing (prose and plays); new media; social media
Daniel Nester, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of English — Personal essay writing; memoir writing; poetry; literary journalism; book reviews; literary journals; publishing your work; the British rock band Queen
David Rice, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Native American literature; prison writing; American studies
Hollis Seamon, D.A. Professor of English — Fiction writing; contemporary American short stories
Rone Shavers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Fiction writing; contemporary literature; literary criticism; Black postmodernism, a/k/a "Afro-Futurism"
Brian Sweeney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — American literature to 1900; critical affect studies; periodical studies; cultures of professionalism
Barbara Ungar, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — Poetry, 19th- and 20th-century American literature; haiku in English
Amina Eladdadi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics — Applied mathematics; mathematical modeling in biology and medicine; population dynamics; computer simulation; computational sciences; differential equations; discrete and continuous dynamical systems; undergraduate research in mathematical sciences; project-based learning; development of new computational bioscience programs
Mary Ann McLoughlin, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics — Women and mathematics
Joanne Powers, Ph.D., Chair, Mathematics Department — Mathematics education
Jamal Teymouri, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics — Algebraic topology; actuarial
Keith Sturgess, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics — Nuclear physics; free electron lasers; nuclear weapons policy; US Army
Richard J. Thompson, Jr., Ph.D., Dean, School of Mathematics and Sciences — World War II radio communications; science/industrial contributions to war effort
David Bebe, D.M.A., Assistant Professor of Music — Orchestra conducting; string pedagogy; cello
performance
Joseph A. Eppink, D.A., Assistant Professor of Music — Music education (elementary-general and choral); assessment in education; church and organ music
Paul Evoskevich, M.M., Professor of Music — Jazz; popular music; saxophone/woodwinds
Robert Hansbrough, Ph.D., Professor of Music — Music education; conducting; instrumental music; wind bands; public school music curriculum
Susan Harwood, D.M.A., Assistant Professor of Music — Singing; vocal performance/performers; study of the voice (opera, concert, recital); care of the voice
Michael Levi, Ph.D., Professor of Music — Music education (H.S.); choral music; music theory and ear training; choral conduction and literature; choral arranging
Michael Lister, D.A., Assistant Professor of Choral Music — Choral music education; choral conducting and techniques; music theory; aural skills
Sr. Mary Anne Nelson, M.A., Associate Professor of Studio Music — Music industry
Bruce Roter, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music — Music; music theory; music literature; composition
Stephen Birchak,
Ed.D.,
Professor of Counseling — Bullying, cyberbullying; violence
prevention; character education; violence, tolerance and aggression in children
and adolescents; counseling aggressive children; school safety; administration,
faculty, staff training in classroom behavior management; effective parenting
skills
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Kathleen Crowley, Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychology — Development of gender roles and
behaviors; effective parenting and parenting education; media and gender
development; effects of media on children and adolescents; issues in child
development; human development in a media-saturated society; history and
development of psychology; psychology in the 21st century
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Claudia Lingertat-Putnam,
Psy.D., Chair, Counseling, CSSA
and Educational Leadership Department — Counseling children and
adolescents; grief and loss with children, youth and families; emotional first
aid after a tragedy/psychological trauma related to loss, death and disaster;
working with schools after a tragedy (death or disaster); postvention
in schools
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Michael Brannigan, Ph.D., George and Jane Pfaff Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Values — Ethics; healthcare ethics; cross-cultural ethics; Asian philosophies; Japanese studies
W. Bruce Johnston, Ph.D., Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department — Biblical interpretations; religion and culture
Laura Weed, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies — Religions; epistemology; cognitive science; philosophy of mind; religion and language; Asian philosophy
Ann Neilson, D.P.E., Chair, Physical Education Department — Physical education; lifetime wellness and fitness; childhood obesity; humor
Keith Sturgess, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics — Nuclear physics; free electron lasers; nuclear weapons policy; US Army
Richard J. Thompson, Jr., Ph.D., Dean, School of Mathematics and Sciences — General, history, education
Political Science, International
Benjamin Clansy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science — US foreign policy; contemporary African affairs; Arab, Middle East, and African American politics; Third World environmental problems; old US west; African Americans in US history
Kathleen
Crowley, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology — Human rights and
U.S. diplomacy; science and U.S. diplomacy
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Keith Haynes, Ph.D., Professor of History — Latin American history; US foreign policy, especially in relation to Latin America
Keith Sturgess, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics — Nuclear physics; free electron lasers; nuclear weapons policy; US Army
Benjamin Clansy, Ph.D., Chair, Department of History and Political Science — US foreign policy; contemporary African affairs; Arab, Middle East, and African American politics; Third World environmental problems; old US west; African Americans in US history
Keith Haynes, Ph.D., Professor of History — Latin American history; US foreign policy, especially in relation to Latin America
Angela Ledford, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science — US and transnational social movements; US electoral politics; US public policy; racial, ethnic and gender politics
Ryane
McAuliffe Straus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science —
Education policy; urban and racial politics
Kathleen Crowley, Ph.D., Professor of
Psychology — Media and gender development; effects of media on children
and adolescents; issues in child development; human development in a
media-saturated society
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Eurie Dahn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Manners and respectability; periodical studies
Kathryn Laity, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Film; music; comics; genre literature (especially horror and fantasy); Finnish mythology including the Kalevala and Kanteletar; new media; social media
Mark Ledbetter, Ph.D., Associate Professor
of Religious Studies and Ethics — Religion
and culture; religion and sustainability; religion and the arts; peace and
justice studies; imagination, image and icon; religion and race, class and
sexuality; religion and film; religion and performance
Daniel Nester, M.F.A., Associate Professor of English — Poetry; the British rock band Queen
Psychology (see also Educational Psychology)
James Allen, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Motivation; learning and instruction; classroom management; case study pedagogy; qualitative analysis
Aviva Bower, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Qualitative research; gender identity; interpretive approaches to children's social identity development
Richard Brody, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Identity development; critical thinking; adolescent development
Donna Burns, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Bereavement, grief and loss; developmental issues of childhood and adolescence
James Burns, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Learning disabilities; behavior disorders; behavior management
Kathleen Crowley, Ph.D., Professor
of Psychology — Development of gender roles and behaviors;
effective parenting and parenting education; media and gender development;
effects of media on children and adolescents; issues in child development;
human development in a media-saturated society; history and development of
psychology; psychology in the 21st century; philosophy of social science
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Claudia Lingertat-Putnam,
Psy.D., Chair, Counseling, CSSA
and Educational Leadership Department — Counseling children and
adolescents; grief and loss with children, youth and families; emotional first
aid after a tragedy/psychological trauma related to loss, death and disaster;
working with schools after a tragedy (death or disaster); postvention
in schools
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Marguerite Lodico, Ed.D., Professor of Educational Psychology — Child development; educational research
Katherine Voegtle, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology — Child and adolescent development; gay/lesbian allies; lifespan development; educational research
Ann Zak, Ph.D., Chair, Psychology Department — Love and intimate relationships; social psychology
Lisa Haley Thomson, M.S.Ed., Vice President for Public Relations and Strategic Communications — Managing in-house marketing team; public relations; marketing higher education; writing and editing for college publications
Irene Rosenthal, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Reading — Adolescent literacy; writing instruction; reading comprehension instruction; remedial reading; writing instructional strategies
Lori Strong, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Reading — Response To Intervention models; state education law re literacy; DIBELS training; assessment and diagnosis of reading problems, especially dyslexia; Wilson Reading; Project Read; AIMSweb training; LETRS training; Key Three training in comprehension and content area literacy; early and pre-K literacy; Reading First; Early Reading First; designing and implementing school-wide reading programs; consulting and facilitating school improvement plans in reading (SINI schools)
Katherine Verbeck, Ph.D., Ed.D., Associate Professor of Educational Leadership/Reading — Literacy instruction for all students; content area literacy; language arts curriculum
Ann Zak, Ph.D., Chair, Psychology Department — Love and intimate relationships; social psychology
W. Bruce Johnston, Ph.D., Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department — Biblical interpretations; religion and culture
Mark Ledbetter, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Ethics — Religion and culture; religion and sustainability;
religion and the arts; peace and justice studies; imagination, image and icon;
religion and race, class and sexuality; religion and film; religion and
performance
Jeffrey Marlett, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies — American religious history, especially Roman Catholicism; history of Christian thought; alternative religions; interreligious dialogue; religion and politics
Sr. Sean Peters, Ed.D, Director of Mission Experience – Community service; international service trips; religious/community life; ministerial leadership; various styles of Christian prayer
Laura Weed, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies — Religions; epistemology; cognitive science; philosophy of mind; religion and language; Asian philosophy
Michael Bologna, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Counseling — Relationship violence in homosexual couples; post-modern theory and treatment with battered women
Richard T. Pulice, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Community Research and Training — Public health; mental illness; developmental disabilities; substance abuse services
Stephanie Bennett, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Sociology —
Quantitative research; demography, especially medical and aging; public health;
family
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Susan V. DeLuke, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education — Autism Spectrum Disorders (autism, Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders); social skills interventions and supports for children and adolescents with difficulties relating socially; children with moderate and severe disabilities; inclusive education supports and practices for children with significant disabilities
Margaret McLane, Ph.D.,
Interim Dean, Thelma P. Lally School of Education
— Social skills of students with disabilities; co-teaching; assessment of teacher education
programs; portfolio assessment; inclusive educational practices
Edward Pieper, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Special Education — Math and learning disabilities; inclusion in elementary through middle school
Carol Rasowsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Teacher Education — Early childhood special education; collaboration in inclusive early childhood settings; early intervention; school readiness issues; pre-kindergarten
Andrew Shanock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of School Psychology — Cognitive assessment; identification of learning disabilities; implementation of response to intervention; academic assessment; addressing academic needs of children who require special education; parent rights in educational determinations
Theresa Ward, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Special Education — Whole-school reform and restructuring in urban schools; co-teaching and collaboration as it relates to inclusive education; services for individuals with moderate to severe cognitive disabilities; inclusive education; secondary education transition; inclusion in higher education; literacy practices for students with moderate to severe cognitive delay
David DeBonis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders — Hearing loss; testing children and adults for hearing loss; helping those with hearing loss; auditory processing deficits
Jim Feeney, Ph.D., Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders Department — Adults with developmental disabilities, AAC, literacy/language, TBI, the role of the speech pathologist in literacy assessment and intervention
Kimberly Lamparelli, M.S., Director of Clinical Services — Communication disorders; child speech and language; supervision
Megan Overby,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
— Speech disorders; children’s speech sound disorders, speech
development, childhood apraxia of speech
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John Pickering, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders — Voice production and voice problems in singers, teachers and others with high vocal demands; speech-language pathology; speech science; transgender voice and communication services
Anne Rowley, M.A., Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders — Language development, child language disorders, literacy
John Ellis, M.S., Executive Director, Information Technology Services — Technology; educational technology; drugs and alcohol abuse prevention
Wendy Neifeld Wheeler, M.S.Ed., Director of Parent Relations — Student development theory; substance use and abuse; issues and concerns in residence life
Richard T. Pulice, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Community Research and Training — Public health; mental illness; developmental disabilities; substance abuse services
Stephen Birchak,
Ed.D.,
Professor of Counseling — Bullying, cyberbullying; violence
prevention; character education; violence, tolerance and aggression in children
and adolescents; counseling aggressive children; school safety; administration,
faculty, staff training in classroom behavior management; effective parenting
skills
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Steve Hoff, Psy.D., Assistant Professor of School Psychology — Self-injurious youth (working with); suicide risk assessment/prevention; nature-based education
Aviva Bower, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology — Qualitative research; gender identity; interpretive approaches to children's social identity development
Kathleen Crowley, Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychology — Development of gender roles and
behaviors; effective parenting and parenting education; media and gender
development; effects of media on children and adolescents; issues in child
development; human development in a media-saturated society; history and
development of psychology; psychology in the 21st century
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Lisa Kannenberg, Ph.D., Chair, History/Political Science Department — 20th century US history; US women's history; labor and working class history
Jelane Kennedy, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Counseling — Homophobia; diversity; women's issues; MBII
Kathryn Laity, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Medieval literature and culture including the Vikings and medievalism (interpretations of medieval culture and literature in popular culture); film (especially horror film); creative writing (prose and plays); new media; social media
Angela Ledford, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science — US and transnational social movements; US electoral politics; US public policy; racial, ethnic and gender politics
Mary Alice Molgard, M.A., Assistant Professor of Communications — Women in the Fire Service
Bridgett Williams-Searle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History and Political Science — Women's history and history of feminism; labor history; legal and constitutional history (especially early development); American Indian history; early America to 1850
Amina Eladdadi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics — Scientific writing for the general audience
Douglas Butler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — 18th century literature; novels; technical writing
Megan Fulwiler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — Composition and rhetoric; American autobiography and memoir; the essay; writing across the curriculum; contingency/adjunct labor in higher education
Kathryn Laity, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Medieval literature and culture including the Vikings and medievalism (interpretations of medieval culture and literature in popular culture); film (especially horror film); creative writing (prose and plays); new media; social media
Daniel Nester, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of English — Personal essay writing; memoir writing; poetry; literary journalism; book reviews; literary journals; publishing your work; the British rock band Queen
Hollis Seamon, D.A., Professor of English — Fiction writing; contemporary American short stories
Rone Shavers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English — Fiction writing; contemporary literature; literary criticism; Black postmodernism, a/k/a "Afro-Futurism"
Barbara Ungar, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English — Poetry, 19th- and 20th-century American literature; haiku in English