Honors Program—Approved Faculty and their Research Interests
As of February 9, 2011
Department
Faculty
Art and
Larry Burditt
Design
Missa Coffman
Jesse Dominguez
Brian Elder
Biology
Research Interests
Graphic design, new media, interactive design, human/computer interface,
performance art, visual art
New media in art (web, video, mobile technologies)
Art History, Studio Art
Contemporary Art, Late Medieval/Early Renaissance Art in Italy, 19th and Early
20th Century Art in France, Modernist Art in US--particularly Abstractexpressionism
Elizabeth Alm
Environmental/Public Health Microbiology
Cynthia Damer
I am using the model organism Dictyostelium discoideum to study the functions
of a family of proteins called copines. Copines are calcium-dependent
membrane binding proteins found in most eukaryotic organisms and are
thought to be involved in cell signaling pathways. My lab uses biochemical,
genetic, and microscopic approaches to determine the specific function of
copines in cellular and developmental processes.
Tracy Galarowicz Fish ecology, fisheries management, biological modeling
Steven Gorsich
My lab studies how yeast responds to stresses they encounter during bio-fuel
fermentation and how we can improve yeast's tolerance to these stresses. In
addition, we also study how yeast spore development is changed in response to
oxidative damage or defective mitochondrial function.
Philip Hertzler
Embryonic and larval development of marine shrimp, focusing on ferm line and
mwde development, and polyploidy induction.
Stephen Juris
Toxin biochemistry of v. cholerae RtxA protein; biocompatibility of
polysaccharides for use as skin scaffolds.
Peter Kourtev
Microbial community structure and function; invasive plant species, bacterial
diversity
Eric Linton
Molecular systematics of algal and chloroplast genomic evolution
Fred McCorkle Jr. Studying the effects of various drugs on avian macrophages grown in tissue
culture and learning to grow these cells.
Anna Monfils
As a plant systematist, I am interested in the origin, pattern, and maintenance
of diversity in flowering plants. My lab investigates biodiversity and evolution
at different hierarchical scales, from the micro- to macroscopic level, and uses a
range of analytical and molecular techniques. Research in my lab spans several
disciplines, including methodologies from molecular evolution, systematics,
taxonomy, microscopy, population genetics, and ecology.
Charles Novitski
--John Scheide
Zebra Mussels. Marine biology.
Jennifer Schisa
My lab uses molecular, genetic and cell biology techniques to understand the
unique characteristics of germ cells in the nematode, c. elegans.
Michelle Steinhilb Genetic models of human neurodegenerative disease, molecular genetics,
tissue culture, drosophila
Bradley Swanson Conservation biology, ecology, behavioral ecology, molecular ecology
Department
Faculty
Research Interests
Broadcast
William Anderson Media: Radio & TV Content Analysis, Script writing, Public Relations Research
and
Kevin Corbett
Documentary film/TV; screenwriting; social/cultural use of media.
Cinematic
Mark Poindexter Political, social and cultural dimensions of mass media content and defects;
Arts
history of mass communication and popular culture
William (Rick)
Issues relating to broadcast news or public relations.
Sykes
Business
Frank Andera
SAP Integration into Business Curriculum. All aspects of Business
Information
Communications.
Systems
Anil Kumar
Globalization and IT management, technology-mediated learning
James Melton
Global business communication, cross-cultural collaboration
Michelle Salmona --Christine Shull
Mental Models, Experiential Learning, varied classroom instruction and online
keyboarding teaching methodologies. Currently working on a research paper
for AMCIS titled, "Promoting Independent Thinking for a First-Year Business
Course".
Karl Smart
Information design, business communication, learning styles, active and
experimental learning.
Chemistry
Minghui Chai
Novel Design and synthesis of dendritic drug and prodrugs. Quantitative
measurements of the host-guest containment systems using NMR techniques.
Syntheses of biocompatible and biodegradable dendrimers. Syntheses of
dendrimer-drug bioconjugates. Fabrication of dendrimer based self-assemblies
and dendrimer-based metal complexes and nanoparticles.
Wenjun Du
----Bradley Fahlman
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of high-k dieletic thin films; low temperature
growth of carbonaceous nanostructures; design of quantum-dot sensitized
solar cells.
Bobby Howell
Degradation/stabilization of barrier packaging polymers, nanoscale polymersupported platinum drugs, dual-functional and green flame retardants for
polymeric materials, mediated radical polymerization, thermal methods of
analysis, plasticizers/stabilizers from renewable sources, polymeric materials
for fuel cell membranes.
Anton Jensen
Heterogeneous Catalysts for Environmentally friendly oxidations
Stephen Juris
Toxin biochemistry of v. cholerae RtxA protein; biocompatibility of
polysaccharides for use as skin scaffolds.
Estelle Lebeau
Peer-led team learning, cooperative learning in the general chemistry
curriculum, inorganic redox catalysts
Philip Squattrito
Inorganic chemistry and crystallography
Mary Tecklenburg Study the structure and spectroscopy of apatite, an important mineral in bone
and rocks, through chemical and computational models
Janice Tomasik
----Calvin Tormanen The effect of metal ions and fluoride on the activity of the enzyme arginase.
Department
Faculty
Research Interests
Communication Steven Berglund Theatrical performance, script development.
and Dramatic
Ricky Buerkel
Family communication, Media effects, Communication in Organized Religion
Arts
Timothy Connors Theatre History (especially late 19th and early 20th Century US); Irish Theatre
and Drama; American Vaudeville and Burlesque; Playwriting; Directing
Pamela Gray
Instructional development, drama for children, health communication,
environmental communication
Edward Hinck
Political rhetoric
Shelly Hinck
Political communication, interpersonal communication, mediated
communication
Lauren
Theatre History, Critical Theory and Philosophy, Russian and East European
McConnell
Theatre and Drama, Women Writers, Playwriting, Performance Studies
Michael Papa
Organizational communication, conflict management, peace studies,
organizing for social change and economic development.
Wendy Papa
Pedagogy, organizational communication, conflict management, and
organizing for social change
Mary Renz
Communications (a broad range of topics within, especially political
communication, group communication)
Keeley Stanley- --Bohn
Jill Taft-Kaufman Rhetorical dimensions of literature (all genres), performance, dramatic theory
and criticism, readers/literary theatre, adaptation from one genre to another,
political theatre
Neil Vanderpool --Lesley Withers Interpersonal and nonverbal communication, especially the study of emotion
(e.g. embarrassment) deception, "face" attachment, communication
apprehension
Communication Gerald Church
Prevalence of hearing loss in college age students, acoustic output levels of
Disorders
Ipods, Single Sided Deafness (SDD) in a college population
Susan Naeveclassroom fm systems, educational audiology
Velguth
Ann Ratcliff
Augmentative and alternative communication (aac); language development
and disorders
Janet Sturm
--Renny Tatchell Voice disorders/laryngectomes rehabilitations; reminiscence therapy in the
aged; anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing.
Suzanne Woods Speech-language pathology, Teaching pedagogy
Computer
Paul Albee
Primary interests include volumetric data analysis, computer assisted data
Science
exploration, network management, and computer forensics. Secondary
interests include pedagogy for computing and software engineering.
Patrick Kinnicutt Scientific computing, scientific visualization, spatial statistical modeling,
geostatistics, contaminant characterization, image analysis and educational
courseware development.
Department
Faculty
Counseling and Dawn Decker
Special Education
Holly Hoffman
Economics
Christopher
Bailey
Bharati Basu
Research Interests
My research interests and efforts focus on how educational assessment can
be used to systematically identify struggling students early in their
educational experiences so that educators can provide them with the needed
interventions and support that will minimize their risk for long-term academic
difficulties.
My interests focus on learning opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
In addition, I am interested in inclusion, positive social interactions among
students of different ability levels, and family connections. I have an early
childhood background, and have high levels of interest combining this
background with special education. I mostly work with students in education
and child development programs and prefer to have students meet with me
early in the process of developing senior project ideas. Interested students
should email me at gerki1hh@cmich.edu to set up a time to meet.
Applied microeconomics
1. International Economics; 2. Household Decisions; 3. Labor or Labor
Markets; 4. Labor Unions or Collective bargaining; 5. Economic History
related to any of the areas mentioned in 1-4
James Irwin
The Economics of Slavery and Emancipation in Virginia and the rest of the
South; Wealth Inequality in Virginia 1750-1860; Gender differences in Pay
and Productivity in 19th Century North America.
Paul Natke
Financial behavior of firms; college football attendance; college student
spending behavior
Jason Taylor
Economics of Great Depression, Game Theory, Cartels
English Language Anne Alton
Victorian literature, children's literature, fantasy literature, literature and
and Literature
illustration
Mary Ann
Writing and Teaching (Composition Studies); Pedagogy; Writing Centers and
Crawford
Writing across Curriculum/in Disciplines; Applied Linguistics; Discourse
Analysis and Studies; teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
(TESOL)
Maureen Eke
Gender Studies, Women and Literature, World Literature, African/American
Literature, Postcolonial Theory and Literature, Film Studies
Amy Ford
My interests lie at the nexus of English language and literacy, teaching and
teacher education, and diversity and social justice. The purpose of my
research, teaching, and service is to address social inequalities by building
and applying practical knowledge about engaging and effective English
Language Arts instruction for under-served students. I am eager to apply my
inter-disciplinary background in the fields of English, education,
sociolinguistics, Women’s Studies, and intergroup dialogue as well as my
knowledge of qualitative research methodologies to supporting senior
projects.
Mark Freed
Postmodernism/premodernism; Literature and philosophy; literature and
science; cultural theory, French post structuralism
Mary Ann Freling ----Susan Griffith
Children's Literature, Teaching of Writing in the Elementary School, Social
Justice themes in Children's Literature
Department
Faculty
English Language Desmond
and Literature
Harding
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Kristen
McDermott
Gretchen
Papazian
John Pfeiffer
Research Interests
19th and 20th British literature and cultures; Irish literature (modernism,
contemporary); Joyce the city and literature; transatlantic modernism;
contemporary British literature
Medieval and renaissance literature, English drama, film and literature
studies, Jane Austen, historical fiction, Shakespeare studies
American Literature; Cultural studies, Identity politics; Children's literature
19th/early 20th Century British Literature and culture, Bernard Shaw, AfricanAmerican Literature, Fantasy and Science Fiction
Ronald Primeau My main areas of research include the writing process, Chicago literature,
American "road" literature, and African American literature.
Nathanial Smith Late-medieval and Renaissance English and European poetry, prose, and
drama; dreams in literature; women writers; history of books and ideas;
theories of gender
Joseph Sommers Children's and Young Adult Literature, Late-Nineteenth and TwentiethCentury Literature and Culture, Bakhtinian and Narrative Theory, Walt
Whitman, Poetry, Comic Books, Graphic Novels and Popular Culture
Nicole Sparling World Literature, Literature of the Americas, Women's Studies, Science
Studies, Cultural Studies
Susan Stan
Children's literature, international children's literature
Susan Steffel
Anything related to teaching; literature; composition; young adult literature;
etc.
Marcia Taylor
Composition and rhetoric; literacy; language arts pedagogy K-12
William
18th Century British literature, the novel, genre studies, popular culture,
Wandless
narrative form and narrative ethics, literary theory, parody and satire,
speculative fiction, formal poetry
Jeffrey
Specializing in American literary and cultural studies with particular interests
Weinstock
in the Gothic (supernatural literature and film, Goth & electronic music);
nineteenth-century literature including Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and James;
and contemporary popular culture. He welcomes project proposals that deal
with the cultural significance of things like ghosts, monsters and vampires;
that analyze the social import of programs like South Park and SNL and
phenomena such as Facebook and YouTube; and that in general seek to think
critically about the ways in which we as twenty-first century Americans
endow our world with meaning.
Finance and Law Matt Coffey
Affirmative action and its continual legality after Michigan ballot proposal.
Adam Epstein
My area of research interest and focus is "Sports and the Law" in the most
general sense.
James Felton
Investments
Rose Prasad
Anything relating to finance, but especially International, Investments or
Institutions.
Colbrin Wright Exchange traded notes, behavioral finance, market efficiency, market
anomalies
Department
Foreign
Languages,
Literatures and
Cultures
Faculty
Christi Brookes
Luz Hurtado
James Jones
Susan Knight
Geography
Geology and
Meteorology
History
Alejandra
Rengifo
Norma
Richardson
Martin Baxter
Brian Becker
Research Interests
Anything French civilization/French cultures studies; border
studies/immigration; Russian language/culture; cross-cultural issues
Spanish syntax, Phonology and Sociolinguistics, Spanish second language
acquisition
GLBT literature, film, history (any country); German literature, cultural
history, film, language
Foreign language teaching methodologies, second language acquisition and
research
Afro-Caribbean literature, Latin American literature, film, theater, Caribbean
literature in Spanish and French, Colombian Literature
Cultural studies, Spanish
Meteorology, weather forecasting, precipitation, severe weather
Variability of LandSat/ETM+ derived Normalized Difference Vegetative Index
Values for Snake River Valley Trout Habitat
Mark Francek
Science, earth science, geography
Dave Patton
Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, Urban Geography, Planning,
Land Use
Xiaoguang Wang Transportation and land use planning, the influence of the built environment
on travel behavior, fuel consumption and emissions
Tao Zheng
Land surface remote sensing, surface radiation modeling, hydraulic modeling
with GIS
Patrick Kinnicutt Scientific computing, scientific visualization, spatial statistical modeling,
geostatistics, contaminant characterization, image analysis and educational
courseware development.
Lane Demas
I am interested in studying the history of race and popular culture in
twentieth-century America, specifically sport and African American
integration. My first book, Integrating the Gridiron: Black Civil Rights and
American College Football examined the desegregation of college football in
the twentieth century, comparing the stories of black athletes at institutions
throughout the country and contextualizing intercollegiate sport within the
larger historiography of the civil rights movement. Currently working on a
new book project that will explore the history of golf in the black community,
emphasizing the role of race, class, and public space in twentieth-century golf
course development, the stories of individual black golfers in the age of
segregation, the important court cases surrounding the desegregation of
public courses, and the racial discourse behind contemporary reactions to the
game. Students interested in research related to these or other topics in
African American history, modern U.S. cultural history, or sport history can
email me at demas1lt@cmich.edu.
Kathleen
20th Century political History; Women's History; History through Film;
Donohue
American Thought
Carrie Euler
European History c. 1000-1700
Timothy Hall
Colonial and Revolutionary American History; American Religious History;
History Education- How do students learn to think historically?
Stephen Jones
African American History
Department
History
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Human
Environmental
Studies
Faculty
Benjamin
Ramirez
Jeffrey Angera
Deborah Bailey
Phame
Camarena
Research Interests
Native Women and Diplomacy in Great Lakes Region, 19th Century American
Indian Treaty Councils
Fatherhood, sex education by parents
Human service and education; program evaluation and development
Development of self and identity; Adjustment in the transition from
childhood to adulthood; diversity issues in adjustment and educational
achievement; college as a context for personal development
Cheryl
Improving the well-being of individuals and families. Particularly interested in
Geisthardt
parent-child relationships, stress and coping in children and families, intimate
and family violence, and the impact of poverty and oppression (racism,
sexism, ableism, etc.) on the individuals, families and society.
Ivy Goduka
Indigenous ways of knowing
Megan Goodwin Early child education, gender issues in the classroom, teacher training, infant
development
Roschelle
Geriatric nutrition, anthropometrics using novel technologies, companion
Heuberger
animal-human nutritional interactions, pet nutritional status and clinical
nutrition in general
Leslie
Sports nutrition, nutritional and herbal supplements
Hildebrandt
Christopher Latty Parenting, college student decision making (e.g., sexual behaviors, alcohol
consumption), marital relationships.
Edgar Long
Marriage and premarital relationships, fatherhood, development of
psychological measures, qualitative research
Maureen
Dress and Culture, Body Image, Functional Apparel Design
Macgillivray
Eileen
Issues related to human aging including depression, dementia, family care
Malonebeach
giving, garment design, service delivery, public policy, ageism, ageism in
children's literature, grandparents raising grandchild
Tierney Popp
Early intervention, infant/toddler development, infant mental health, parentchild relationships, risk and resilience
Cheryl Priest
Methods of educating young children, educational approaches (specifically
the Reggio Emilian Inspired Approach out of Italy), children constructing
knowledge, engaging young children in service learning, early learning
environments (designing and using the environment as a teacher).
Pamela Sarigiani Children and stress; Parent-Child relations; Adolescent & Young Adult
Development; Adjustment
Brenda Skeel
My interests focus on architecture and interior design and the creative
process in relation to the built environment. I have interests in creative
problem solving, design theory and also teach courses in computer aided
design representation and communication. I am currently developing
projects with groups outside CMU that will provide various opportunities for
hands-on experiences in creating built environments. Interested students
should email me at Brenda.skeel@cmich.edu.
Bradley Van
Projects related to identity, family relationships, romantic relationships and
Eedencouple dynamics, diversity issues, especially LGBT, and work family interface
Moorefield
Department
Human
Environmental
Studies
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Faculty
Jeanneane
Wood-Nartker
Journalism
Timothy
Boudreau
Elina Erzikova
Dennis Jeffers
Alice Tait
Libraries
Management
Krista Graham
Kevin Love
Van Miller
Michael Pisani
Research Interests
My research interests focus on the impact of the environment on the quality
of life of older adults. Currently, I am focusing on how sensory cues within
the environment might reduce the number of falls for residents of Assisted
Living Facilities. I also have interests in the area of service learning, and
sustainability. I am beginning work with two colleagues to determine how
environments that older adults reside in are impacted by new "green"
product developments. In other words, is long-term success defined only
economically, or is human quality of life measured in the outcomes as well?
Currently, I have only worked with interior design students but this latest
project is very relative to other fields of study e.g. gerontology, psychology,
construction management.... Interested students may email me at
wood1bj@cmich.edu with questions, or to set up a time to meet.
Content analysis of media (primarily news)
----Mass Media and Society
Effects of Mass Mediated Communication on Society and Individuals; Ethnic
Media; Race, Class and Gender in Mass Media
Library technology, Web Design, Interface Usability, Library Instruction
My teaching areas are within human resource management (HRM) and
organizational behavior at both the undergraduate and graduate (i.e., MBA
level). I am interested in a wide range of applied research topics which deal
with HRM systems and practices as well as organization culture measurement
and change. Most of my research assistants are doctoral students in
Industrial/Organizational Psychology although on occasion undergraduate
students have assisted. I am in the process of finishing a study on the
organization commitment of student-athletes versus non-student-athletes. I
am at the front end of a study to examine the ability of body symmetry to
predict elite athlete performance. I will be working with a dataset regarding
faculty perceptions of organization culture over the next couple of years.
Generally, I supervise senior projects which deal with HRM systems and
practices.
Sustainable Development Issues
Dr. Pisani’s research interests include cross-border business/economic
phenomena, international business, entrepreneurship, sustainability,
informality, microenterprise development, and microfinance primarily in the
Central American and NAFTA border regions. Dr. Pisani holds a Ph.D. in
International Business from the University of Texas – Pan American, two
masters’ degrees in Business Administration and Latin American Studies both
from the University of New Mexico, and earned his undergraduates degree
from the University of California, Davis with majors in International Relations
and Latin American History. Dr. Pisani has taught collegiately for 20 years (at
10 different schools) and has been on the faculty at CMU since 2002. Dr.
Pisani has (co-)authored more than 60 journal articles and book chapters and
recently completed a monograph (co-authored) on the informal and
underground economy of the US-Mexico border.
Department
Marketing &
Hospitality
Services
Administration
Mathematics
Faculty
Keith Helferich
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Crina Tarasi
Impact of sustainability philosophy on the target market
Kahadawala
Cooray
John Daniels
Lisa Demeyer
Donna Ericksen
Statistical inference, Generalization of Continuous Distributions
Kiya (Felix)
Famoye
Douglas Lapp
Philosophy and
Religion
Research Interests
Geostatistics, climate modeling, linear models, environmental statistics
Differential geometry, graph theory
Interested in the views of mathematics in popular culture (books, comicstrips, tv shows, commercials, toys)
Statistics
Mathematics Education and the use of technology in the teaching and
learning of mathematics.
Carl Lee
Statistics and applications
En-Bing Lin
Applied mathematics, wavelets, image analysis, signal processing, differential
equations
Sivaram Narayan Discrete mathematics, linear algebra, real and complex analysis
Brad Safnuk
Geometry, topology, algebra, complex numbers, real analysis
Peter Vermeire Most areas of mathematics
Gary Fuller
Any topic in Philosophy
Hugh Talat
My vital interest is how the spiritual guide or teacher, and saints exemplify
Halman
religious heroism. This heroism includes both striving to triumph over evil
and addressing the problem of mortality especially by serving as a portal to
immortality. My primary research interests involve the idea of religion as
what cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker following Otto Rank described as
an “immortality project” and “immortality ideology.” I explore how people
adhere to and follow religions in order to fulfill a desire for immortality,
realized at least symbolically if not literally. I am interested in the question of
how human consciousness of, and anxiety over, death -- and the desire for
immortality – inspire and shape achievement and action as reflected in
religious culture, world view, and symbolic interaction. I am especially
interested in how religious heroism, even ordinary everyday religious practice
or culture, is a reflex of the terror of death and a strategy for striving for or
attaining immortality. I research how being religious allows people to find
meaning and value – and to experience being valued as people who
participate in a world that is meaningful. People adopt immortality symbols,
projects and ideologies to overcome the terror of death. Critical to managing
the terror of death is the experience of self esteem (experiencing being a
valued participant in a meaningful reality). In the absence of this experience
of value and meaning, people’s strategies for overcoming the terror of death,
i.e. their world views, are threatened. When their immortality ideology is
threatened people will more valiantly adhere to world views and ideologies,
cling to charismatic leaders as deliverers, and derogate, or otherwise
persecute, outgroup. This understanding, and the research behind it,
provides an important tool for understanding the dynamics of terrorism and
the social psychology that must be practiced to diminish or eliminate it.
Department
Philosophy and
Religion
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Faculty
Research Interests
Pamela James
----Jones
Heather Kendrick Kantian ethics; ethical issues related to animals
Merlyn Mowrey Social ethics; religion and culture; religion and social justice issues (racism,
sexism, etc. ) death and dying
Robert Noggle
The extent of moral obligations to distant needy; moral issues involving
children; moral psychology; personal autonomy
David Smith
Religion in America; Modern Religious Thought; Religion & American
Literature; Transcendentalism.
Joshua Smith
Epistemology
Robert Stecker Philosophy of art, literature, music, philosophy of law, many other
philosophical topics
John Wright
Early modern European Intellectual history, history of Modern philosophy,
History of Science & Medicine
Physical
Vincent
Sport management and/or leadership
Education and
Mumford
Sport
Rene Shingles
Cultural competency, athletic training (domains-evaluation, rehabilitation,
administration)
Physics
Glen Williams
Astrophysics. Studies suitable for undergraduate research include telescopic
observations of binary star systems called Cataclysmic Variables. These
observations could be photometric (brightness) or spectroscopic. Also do
research in hydrodynamics techniques for astrophysics.
Political Science Edward Clayton American government/politics, political theory (especially ancient and
feminist theory)
James P. Hill
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Psychology
Christopher
Voting behavior, political parties, race and politics
Owens
Cherie Strachan I am interested in deliberation as civic engagement pedagogy. As a result, I
typically run discussion sessions for our introduction to American
government classes. I change the topics, group formation, and rules of
discussion to assess the impact on civic outcomes. Students involved in this
project could help to moderate discussion sessions, enter survey data,
conduct a preliminary review of the data, code videotaped sessions, etc....the
work is on-going and tasks may vary. Currently, for example, I have data
indicating that women and men react differently to various discussion
formats. My next step is to code the video tapes of these sessions....to
determine if their behavior in these group settings is also different.
Terry Beehr
Industrial and organizational psychology
Neil Christiansen Personnel testing and selection, organizational uses of personality inventories
and work behavior
Gary Dunbar
Behavioral neuroscience; recovery of function following brain damage; use of
stem cells and pharmacological treatment to counteract behavioral deficits in
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington
Bryan Gibson
Self-presentation, consumer attitudes, attitude formation, media psychology
Melvyn Jaffa
Detecting when someone is lying or is truthful.
Department
Psychology
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Faculty
Terry Libkuman
Research Interests
Memory and emotion; psychology and the law; psychology of investing, sport
psychology
Elizabeth
Anxiety disorders, trauma, women's health issues, parenting, educational
Meadows
influences
John Monahan Attention, gender differences in spatial performance
Justin Oh-Lee
Investigations into the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other
neurodegenerative diseases. The current emphasis is on understanding
cellular basis of Parkinson's disease and motor complications.
Hajime Otani
Human cognition
Debra Poole
Memory and forensic interviewing mostly, but I do lots of stuff
Stuart Quirk
Emotional response; Personality and Personality disorders; Visual exploration
and pupil dilation as monitors of Emotional reactions
Mark Reilly
Behavior analysis, psychomarmacology, decision making, impulsivity,
substance abuse, learning, animal behavior
George Ronan
Social problem solving; violence
Michael
Deteriorative diseases of the brain and physiological compensation strategies
Sandstrom
as measured from behavior, neuro chemistry and neurophysiology
Reid Skeel
Ecological validity of Neuropsychological Testing, Cognition and Medication
Adherence, Influence of Affective Variables on Cognitive Performance,
Decision-Making and Risk Taking, Malingering
Roger Vanhorn Cultural psychology and human development
Nathan Weed
Clinical Psychology, psychological assessment, measurement, research
design.
Recreation, Parks Lynn Dominguez Service-learning; Outdoor and environmental education; outdoor learning;
and Leisure
women-only courses
Services
Patricia Janes
Marketing, quality service, quality of work life, event evaluation
Dean Pybus
----Mary Lou
Therapeutic recreation or recreation for persons with disabilities
Schilling
School of
Robert Bromley Accounting systems, corporate governance, enterprise resource planning,
Accounting
electronic commerce
William Hood
Federal income taxation
Philip Kintzele
Financial reporting, governmental and non-profit accounting, consolidation
accounting
Debra Mcgilsky federal income taxation (individual, business, non-profit, IRS, tax practice
responsibilities)
James Neurath ----Nancy Rusch
Financial statement analysis and cash flow analysis
Thomas Weirich Financial accounting, International accounting, SEC issues, Forensic
accounting and fraud
School of
Alan Papendick Education Leadership in CTE. Teaching Methods of Industrial Education.
Engineering and
Technology
Department
Faculty
School of Health Jodi Brookins
Sciences
Fisher
Roop Jayaraman
Thomas
Masterson
Irene O'Boyle
William Saltarelli
School of Music
Research Interests
Promoting the Health Education profession, including trends; diversity issues;
sexuality education; community health evaluations
Skeletal muscle biology, exercise performance, strength and conditioning
Range of motion in joints; anatomy; sexual dimorphism in primates;
taxonomy; functional morphology
Health and wellness, health and aging, research readiness regarding health
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in children; All injuries of female soccer
players; Learning barriers of human anatomy
Bruce Bonnell
Natural Horn Technique, History and Pedagogy, Music Analysis, Brass
Literature, Brass Pedagogy
Keith Clifton
Music history (especially 20th century music), opera, art song, American
music, popular music (especially rock and roll)
Mark Cox
Music, sound development (acoustics), Low Brass History, Breathing
Sue Gamble
----David Gillingham Music Composition
Alan Gumm
Music education, music psychology, music research
Robert Lindahl Trombone Pedagogy; Brass Performance and Pedagogy; Jazz History
Susan Lindahl
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Sociology,
Tracy Brown
Anthropology
and Social Work Susan
Grettenberger
Rebecca HayesSmith
Nancy HermanKinney
David Kinney
Harry Mika
Ethno history of indigenous peoples of the Americas; gender and sexuality
studies
Social welfare policy, social service evaluation, HIV, domestic violence, faithbased organizations/effectiveness
My research areas of interest are gender/racial inequalities and media
influences on the criminal justice system. The majority of my research is
collaborative with undergraduate students and I am always willing to talk to
students who are interested in getting involved. My present research projects
are examining how the media describes school shootings, the relationship
between victim blaming and belief in a just world, student disclosures of
sexual violence to professors, and individuals’ adherence to rape myths. I, of
course, am willing to work with students to develop ideas for projects. Please
consider meeting with me early in the process as research does take time.
Please email me at: hayes2r@cmich.edu
Women, Crime and deviance, Youth, Mental illness, Health care delivery
systems, (Social Policy), Social problems (Human trafficking)
Sociology of education, youth and society, peer culture
Peace/war/violence/conflict resolution/ area studies (Northern Iceland;
South Africa)
Christina Pugh
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Daniel Pugh
Anthropology, Archaeology, American Indian Cultures and History, Material
Culture Theories, Social Conflict, Tribal Societies
Social class, gender, public opinion, survey research
Juvenile delinquency, inequality and the criminal justice system, death
penalty, prison corrections
Mary Senter
Brian Smith
Department
Sociology,
Anthropology
and Social Work
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Teacher
Education and
Professional
Development
Faculty
Research Interests
Blaine Stevenson Social movements such as environmental movements, peace movements,
global justice movements, race, class, gender inequalities and discrimination
Jean Toner
Gender; inequality; rural social work; substance abuse; mental health
Norma Bailey
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth issues. Diversity (multicultural)
education, middle level education
William Leibfritz Number sense, math anxiety
James McDonald Assessment of students; any aspect of science instruction or teaching,
educational policy, service learning, obtaining grants and how to apply for
grants, classroom management, student conceptions of science topics; earth
science; astronomy; willing to supervise almost any educational topic.
William Merrill ----Marguerite
Study abroad; secondary methodology; student teaching supervision; foreign
Terrill
language methodology; intercultural communication
Mingyuan Zhang -----