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Campus Experts & Areas of Expertise:  


Ruth Capasso, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
  • Higher Education Issues
  • French Culture


Joel Carbonell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science

  • Latin American Politics
  • International Political Economy/Development
  • International Relations


Lucas Engelhardt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics

  • Macroeconomics
  • Business Cycles
  • Economic Policy


Kim Finer, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

  • Infectious Diseases, including H1N1, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Smallpox
  • Vaccines and Vaccine Development


Lee Fox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology

  • Group Behavior/Dynamics
  • Abortion Activism
  • Unions and Collective Bargaining
  • Leadership


Robert Hamilton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology

  • Urban Ecology
  • Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
  • Pitcher Plants
  • Wetlands
  • Watersheds


Leslie Heaphy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History

  • Negro Baseball League
  • Women in Sports
  • African-American Sporting Pioneers


Erin Hollenbaugh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

  • Inappropriate Self-Disclosure
  • Drunk Dialing
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Facilitating Relationships through Online Communication


Deborah Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology

  • Persuasion and Influence in Advertising


Ralph Menning, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History

  • Germany
  • International Relations
  • Middle East Peace Negotiations


Chris Paveloi , M.Ed.
Assistant Director of Career Services

  • Matching Students' Majors with the Right Occupations
  • How to Prepare for Employment after College
  • Current Employment Trends for Northeastern Ohio


Alicia Pieper, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer Studies

  • Family Issues and Relationships


Christopher Post, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography

  • Demography
  • Regional Issues (U.S. and Canada)
  • Culture and Landscape
  • Monuments and Memorialization


Gail Pukys, M.A.
Assistant Director of Financial Aid

  • Financial Aid in Higher Education
  • College Tuition
  • Financial Aid for Ohio Veterans


Carrie Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology

  • Evolution and Extinction
  • Biogeography
  • Paleoecology
  • Paleontology
  • Crabs, Mudge and Ghost Shrimp Fossils


James Seelye, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History

  • American Indian History
  • Founding Fathers
  • Early American Republic
  • Missionary/American Indian Encounters


Tom Sosnowski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History

  • Ohio and Stark County History

 
Mary Southards, M.A.
Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management

  • How to Prepare for College
  • Regional Issues in Higher Education


Scott Tobias, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies

  • Video Games
  • Child and Adolescent Development
  • Families and Society
  • Family Life Education
  • Family Policy


Jarrod Tudor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Justice Studies/Political Science

  • National Politics
  • Financial Markets
  • Constitutional Law
  • International Trade
  • Supreme Court


Lisa Waite, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Communication and Information

  • Communication Practices in the Workplace

 


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