Experts Directory
A Guide to Faculty/Staff Media Sources and Speakers
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| Abootalebi, Ali | Middle East politics, history and language; sociopolitical and economic issues related to the Middle East; future of civil society and democracy in the Middle East; Israeli-Palestinian (Arab) peace process; Islam and democracy in developing countries; international political economy; international relations |
| Albert, Cindy | large and small group team building, change in the workplace ("Who Moved My Cheese?"), having fun at work and making the most of each day ("FISH! Philosophy"), health topics |
| Anderson, Arlyn T. | international communication, shortwave broadcasting, Cold War broadcasting |
| Anderson, Julie A. | molecular biology and molecular genetics including the Human Genome Project, cloning, stem cells, molecular treatments for cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease |
| Anderson, Kristina | admissions, enrollment management |
| Bawden, Timothy | Wisconsin history and geography, environmental history, ethnicity and immigration, tourism and recreation, history of the brewing industry |
| Becker, D'Arcy | auditing, CPA issues, accounting |
| Benson, Erica J. | general linguistics, sociolinguistics, language variation and change, American social and regional dialects, language and gender, folk linguistics |
| Berry, Catherine | cardiac health and nursing, Mended Hearts support group (related to heart disease and surgery), professional organization involvement, church women leadership |
| Bleske-Rechek, April | friendship, human mating, human sex differences, women in math/science/engineering, intelligence, behavior genetics |
| Bloss, Matthew | calculus, chaos theory, relativity theory, pattern and form in nature, symmetry, abstract algebra, fourth dimension, higher-dimensional geometry |
| Bogstad, Janice | young adult literature; science fiction and fantasy literature; women and paraliterary genres (science fiction, fantasy, romance and mystery fiction); Chinese and Chinese American literature and history; 20th-century women writers' literature in Chinese, French, German and English; library collection development; cyberfutures; global women's movements (20th century); postcolonial theory |
| Bong, Angie | student development in postsecondary education |
| Boulter, James E. | atmospheric chemistry of Earth, atmospheric chemistry of extraterrestrial moons and planets, environmental chemistry issues, spectroscopy |
| Bredle, Don | exercise physiology, exercise science, athletic performance, sports nutrition, body composition, weight control, pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation, training |
| Brockpahler, James | UW-Eau Claire campus film series, acquisitions and laws regarding film rights |
| Chadha, Shyam | management consulting, operations research, theory of optimization |
| Chmielewski, Terry L. | male-female communication, interpersonal communication, conflict, image of organizations, media relations, crisis communication, issues analysis and management |
| Coen, Lisa | early childhood education, curriculum, parent relationships |
| Cox, Christopher | information literacy, Millennials, applications of technology in libraries and for library instruction, assessment of library services |
| Cronje, Ruth | scientific and technical communication, rhetoric, Jurgen Habermas, argumentation |
| DaCosta, Maria | Pacific Asia economic issues, China's economic reform |
| Dale, Helen | collaborative writing (with emphasis on co-authoring), dynamics of collaborative writing and what is learned through the process, English language arts curriculum for grades six through 12 - aligning curriculum to Wisconsin model academic standards |
| Dalhoe, Rose (contact person) | Health Service staff will give health and wellness education programs on cholesterol counseling, nutrition, first aid, food facts, meal-planning tips, psychoactive drugs, top 10 unwellness behaviors and women's health issues. |
| De Meuse, Kenneth P. | corporate restructuring and change management, "human side" of corporate restructuring and downsizing, employee attitudes, organizational behavior, impact of corporate transitions on employees, industrial/organizational psychology |
| Don, Gary W. | music theory, music of Debussy and Prokofiev |
| Dorsher, Michael D. | Internet, new media and society, online journalism, in-depth reporting, copy editing, sports journalism |
| Drumm, Daniel | computer systems, computer security, student organizing, student activism, drug policy, industrial hemp, alternative media |
| Dunham, Douglas | nanotechnology, materials science, materials characterization, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, surface science |
| Egan, James P. | tax-deferred annuity programs, long-term care insurance issues |
| Erger, Jeff | health care, Internet communities, computer-mediated communication, small-group interaction, AIDS/HIV |
| Ernst, Monty | American literature, classic horror films, architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Evans, Matthew | ultra-thin metal film growth on semiconductor surfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy |
| Faulkner, Doug | fluvial geomorphology, surface-water hydrology, water resources |
| Fernandes, Jill Hecker | children and families with health deviations, congenital heart disease, neonatal/pediatric intensive care |
| Fink, Steven | Islam in North America, Christian theology and practice |
| Floyd, Chris | ecology, evolutionary biology, animal behavior, mammalogy, ornithology, population genetics |
| Forman, Pamela J. | gender, sexuality, women's sports (Title IX and gender equity in intercollegiate athletics) |
| Foster, Leslie | state and federal information resources: print and electronic, discipline-specific, Web sites |
| Frankenberger, William | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), effects of stimulant medication such as Ritalin on academic achievement, learning disabilities, at-risk and disadvantaged students |
| Fraser, Robert S. | Scotland, history and travel, genealogy and family history |
| Freitag, Rodd | state and local politics, interest groups, Congress, welfare policy, elections |
| Gillman, Tom | mental toughness training, sport psychology and counseling of athletes, utilization of personnel in athletics |
| Halbesleben, Jonathon R.B. | stress, burnout, work/family conflict, health care management, business ethics, unions-management relations, compensation and benefits |
| Harms, Jeannie | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), organizational development, team building, diversity, learning styles, academic and career decision-making |
| Harms, William | National Youth Sports Program (NYSP/NCAA); Student Services (at UW-Eau Claire): Children's Center, Housing and Residence Life, Parking and Transportation, University Police, University Recreation, University Centers and Programs |
| Harrison, Susan | Web page development basics, computer uses on the farm, computer application uses, working with Robert's Rules of Order, campus governance |
| Harvieux, Sarah (contact person) | Student paraprofessional peer health educators will give programs on HIV/sexually transmitted infections prevention, relaxation techniques, sexual assault/date rape and body image. |
| Haugen, Susan | accounting and accounting information systems, governmental and not-for-profit accounting, internal control systems, internal auditing, fraud, white-collar crime |
| Hebbring, Marge | Indian education, history of Indian education, Indian boarding schools, Wisconsin Indian Education Association, mascots and logos in Wisconsin schools, Title IX, Act 31, Indian education in Wisconsin, fur trading in the Chippewa Valley and Lake Superior region |
| Hein, Jeremy | international migration, racial and ethnic diversity, Southeast Asian refugees, Hmong Americans |
| Hertel, Harry | legal issues relating to criminal law, landlord/tenant law, personal injury law, civil rights, constitutional issues |
| Hillis, Lillian | Web site design and development, Web accessibility for individuals with disabilities |
| Hilton, Tom | information systems ethics, security and strategy |
| Hochstein, Gloria J. | science fiction in literature, television and film; women in science fiction; English grammar and usage; composition at all levels, from remedial to advanced, and for a variety of audiences |
| Houser, Erin Leigh | fitness, exercise physiology |
| Huntington, Leslie | fast-pitch softball, sports injuries, strength and conditioning for women |
| Hupy, Christina | geospatial science and technology, geographic information systems and science, global positioning systems, remote sensing, biogeography, forest change in the Great Lakes region |
| International Speakers Bureau | Students from nearly 20 countries, including India, Germany, Romania and South Korea, are prepared to talk with student groups and classes on campus, students at local schools, families, and community service or church groups. Their presentations are free and may include information about their languages, educational systems, social and family values, political systems, and dating and marriage customs. |
| Isaacson, Bonnie | nontraditional students, student parents, married students at UW-Eau Claire |
| Jamelske, Eric | public economics, public policy, welfare reform |
| Janot, Jeffrey M. | physical activity and fitness for kids, adults and older adults; cardiovascular disease and exercise; diabetes and exercise; sports training and exercise nutrition for youth and young adults |
| Jansen, Michaelene P. Mirr | gerontology, advanced practice nursing, traumatic brain injury, heart disease |
| Ji, Jianjun | marital quality, determinants of marital life satisfaction, China's population problems and policy |
| Jol, Harry M. | ground penetrating radar (geophysical method used to investigate near subsurface to understand how land forms were developed, to reconstruct history of an area and to identify buried items), coastal environments, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, archaeology (Israel, France and North America) |
| Kakegawa, Tomomi | Japanese language and syntax |
| Kelly, Erna | Alice Walker's book "The Color Purple," Walker's career as a whole, and all of her novels and essays; women writers from the past |
| Kennedy, Patrick J. | assertiveness training, conflict resolution, team building, time management, stress management |
| Kernan, Barbara | early American women writers, fiction of Edith Wharton, American material culture studies, feminist pedagogy |
| Kilgallon, Scott | intercollegiate athletics; athletic issues and current events; running |
| Kim, Namji | keyboard repertoire and teaching, keyboard performances |
| King, Thomas W. | human factors in all technologies, assistive technology (AT), sibling and family issues surrounding disability and aging, Metis culture and history, Wisconsin pioneer history |
| Klatt, Kevin | autism, behavior analysis, developmental disabilities |
| Krause, Ardyth | developmental disabilities, women with disabilities |
| Krueger, Susan | nutritional needs, disease prevention (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer), poverty and hunger, nutrition and children, wellness, sports nutrition |
| Lang, Katherine | history and culture of the Middle East, women's issues in the Middle East |
| LaSalle, Lisa | stuttering, diagnosis and treatment of people who stutter, fluency disorders, phonetics and phonology, psycholinguistic models of speech production |
| Lemke, Rexann | firearms for law enforcement, use of pepper spray by the public and in law enforcement, sexual assault awareness and personal safety, flyball (team sport for dogs) |
| Lieske, Bob | interactive videodisc and CD-ROM technology (through which nursing students practice procedures and make decisions related to client care) |
| Lyons, Art | Beat movement in American literature; authors Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, J.D. Salinger, Charles Bukowski, W.D. Snodgrass; perennial philosophy; online bookselling; gender/men's issues; men/boys in education |
| Maddox, Karen | health of the school-age child; adolescent health, including risk and protective factors and resiliency |
| Majstorovic, Steven | ethnicity: conflict, politics, identity (Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, Balkans, United States, Africa, Asia); conflict resolution; Eastern and Western European politics; Russian politics |
| Mann, John W.W. | American Indian history, history of the American West, public history, historic preservation |
| Markgraf, Jill | distance education library services, off-campus library services, library support for online courses |
| Markgraf, Karl | international education, higher education abroad, study abroad, international students in the United States, student exchange |
| McFarland, Colleen | archives and manuscripts administration; paper, book and photo preservation; public history; family history and genealogy |
| Nowlan, Robert | film noir (especially its political and ideological dimensions and implications); lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer issues; queer theory; lesbigay and queer history, politics and culture; Marxism; philosophical and political dimensions and implications of Marxist theory; Marxist organizations |
| Ostrander, Phil | trombone, wind conducting, jazz, music education |
| Pace, Joel | William Wordsworth, romanticism, transcendentalism, Anglo-American literary relations, bibliography, history of the book |
| Paine, Thomas | computer networking, computer security, computer network forensics, software engineering, information systems |
| Paradise, Jonathan | Judaism, biblical studies, Hebrew studies, Holocaust |
| Patchin, Justin W. | criminal justice, juvenile justice, juvenile delinquency prevention, school violence, evaluation research, criminology, cyberbullying, online aggression, MySpace, online social networking, adolescent Internet use |
| Patterson, Donald | piano literature, piano pedagogy, piano performance |
| Peters, Gretchen | musicology and music history, history of Western European music, non-Western music, music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance |
| Peterson, Geoffrey | voting behavior, public opinion polling, elections, media and politics, political advertising, American Indian politics |
| Phillips, William | cinema/film, scriptwriting, short fiction writing |
| Pierce, Crispin | health risks, environmental protection, water quality, air quality, poisonings, drug safety |
| Pierson, Kim | general physics, surface science, deposition and characterization of thin films, scanning electronic microscopy, sputtering of metallic alloys |
| Poll-Sorensen, Toni | Alexander technique, dance education, performance and choreography, Reiki energy work, tai chi, yoga, anti-violence programming through dance |
| Pope, Karen Osborne | information literacy and lifelong learning, electronic information and scholarship, online government information access issues |
| Quinn, Patricia | history, art and architecture of medieval Europe |
| Reid, Rob | children's and adolescent literature, storytelling, censorship |
| Retherford, Kristine | language development and disorders, specific populations with communication disorders (Down syndrome, hearing impairment, autism, culturally different), specific intervention approaches for language-impaired children including Internet-based program Fast ForWord |
| Reynolds, Kate Mastruserio | teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), English as a second language/English as a foreign language (ESL/EFL), applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, ESL assessment, ESL methodology, second language acquisition, TESOL teacher training| |
| Rhoades, Katherine Ann | cultural diversity and gender equality in education, qualitative research methods, women and poverty, Hmong-American cultural transitions and educational frontiers |
| Rieck, Alan J. | music education, choral music, teacher training, classroom routines, effect of teacher background on classroom behaviors |
| Rishoi, Mallory Maria Prucha | costume history, period garment construction, ethnic clothing, fashion and social implications of clothing, professional dress, dressing to impress on the job, historic grooming habits, role of fashion and gender issues throughout history |
| Ronnander, Chad | 19th-century Chippewa Valley history, 19th-century Eau Claire history, U.S.-American Indian relations in the 19th century, logging and lumber milling in the 19th century, 1837 treaties between Ojibwe Indians and United States, 1837 treaties between Dakota Indians and United States, fur trade in the early 19th century, history of work in the United States (1850-1930) |
| Running, Garry Leonard IV | geoarchaeology, wetlands restoration, soil geomorphology, eolian geomorphology |
| Sahlhoff, Kathleen | how to pay for college, financial aid and scholarship resources, financial resources for college for nontraditional students |
| Santos-Phillips, Eva L. | Latin American literature, culture and film; women's concerns in Latin American literature, culture, film and art; Spanish language |
| Schneider, Katherine | disability issues |
| Schuetz, Lisa M. | team handball |
| Schultz, Frederick H.C. | past, present and future needs for and sources of energy; pros and cons of utility deregulation |
| See, Patti | poetry readings, process of writing creatively, learning styles in students, needs of students with varied learning styles, instructional techniques, first-year experience, third wave of feminism, organ donation (specifically, living kidney donation) |
| Shaddock, Jennifer | cultural studies, Victorian literature (with emphasis on the relationship between popular texts and literary texts), theory and practice of cultural studies (in the literature classroom and in Victorian literature), British literature/women writers, construction of gender in the 19th century |
| Shepherd, Paul R. | leadership development, advising student groups, team development, student development theory |
| Shinno, Reiko | East Asian history, gender history, medical history |
| Shoemaker, Earl A. | Western naval history since 1500, World War II, aviation history, first-generation college students |
| Showsh, Sasha | infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, genetically modified foods, genetic engineering as applied to bacteria and their use |
| Simek, Jodi | intercultural communication; Ukrainian culture, history and religion |
| Skrivseth, Marilyn | girls and women in sports, sports/athletic administration, gender equity in sports, Title IX and athletics, sports in the schools, role of sports in the educational system (elementary through college levels) |
| Smiar, Nicholas P. | management of assaultive behaviors, workplace violence and safety, professional ethics, worship and liturgy, American social history and social welfare |
| Sperstad, Rita | childbirth care/education, Lamaze instruction, spirituality and birth, cultural competency, cultural care during pregnancy/birth, assessment of student learning through storytelling and the arts |
| Standifer, Rhetta | business-to-business e-commerce, conflict management, leadership, time-related research |
| Stow, Robert | athletic training, sports medicine, strength and conditioning, digital technology in education |
| Strohschank, Johannes | German immigration to Wisconsin |
| Strouthes, Daniel | North American Indian traditional cultures; indigenous legal systems of North American Indian societies; politics, technology, religion and humor of North American Indian societies; changes in American Indian land tenure |
| Stuettgen, Paula | student activities, programming and development; trends in university student interests and involvement; campus entertainment market; community service and volunteer programs at UW-Eau Claire; student organization advising; developing and running alcohol-free dance clubs; artist and event resources; honors and social Greek organizations |
| Syverson, Kent | glacial geology of the Chippewa Moraine Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, geology of western Wisconsin, eruption of Mount St. Helens |
| Taylor, Wilson | biology, botany, fossils, plants, evolution, evolution vs. creation "science" |
| Thomas, Paul J. | planetary science, comet and asteroid collisions with planets of the solar system, role comets played in origins and evolution of life, collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with planet Jupiter |
| Tomkovick, Chuck | advertising, the ABCs of effective design, advertising effectiveness, nonprofit marketing, social marketing, marketing strategy |
| Tong, Simei | functional analysis |
| Turell, Susan | sexual assault, rape, incest, domestic violence, gay/lesbian issues |
| Turtinen, Lloyd | biotechnology, molecular biology, virology, immunology, molecular genetics, basic and advanced gene cloning, gene therapy, emerging viral diseases, HIV, AIDS |
| Tvaruzka, Kathryn | children's and young adult literature, library programs and services for youth, library science |
| von Karolyi, Catya | giftedness, the interaction of giftedness and learning disorders, visual spatial abilities and dyslexia, children's issue awareness |
| Wagner, Paul J. | database systems, data modeling, international folk dancing |
| Watson, Dwight C. | multicultural education, serving diverse learners, assessment and evaluation, children's literature, literacy development, child development |
| Way, Kimera M. | fundraising, building a comprehensive development program for organizations of all sizes and budgets |
| Welch, Karen | college writing, developmental writing, technical writing |
| Wellnitz, Todd | invertebrates, aquatic ecology, streams, lakes and ponds |
| Wittrock, Darwin | parasites, human parasites in the Midwest |
| Zwygart-Stauffacher, Mary | issues and health concerns of the elderly, quality nursing home care |
