New Faculty Mentoring Program

I have been a faculty member at
UNCG for 37 years. As a researcher, I would describe myself a microbiologist. I teach courses from the 00-600 levels. I have served on promotion and tenure committees at the College and University-levels. For fun, I play tennis, racquetball, and have recently taken up golf (I am not sure that I am having fun yet with golf). I also have a pilot's license.

David Carlone is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies. He is interested in peer review of teaching for formative purposes. His research interests are in the culture of the new economy.

Heidi Carlone is an associate professor of science education in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education. Carlone’s research uses theoretical lenses from anthropology of education, sociocultural theories, and cultural studies to understand the local/global productions of ‘‘science’’ and ‘‘science person’’ in K-16 in-school and out-of-school settings and implications of those meanings for those historically shut out of science and for science education reform.

Nadja Cech is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Her research focuses on the application of mass spectrometry to study medicinal plants, and she teaches analytical chemistry both in the classroom and as a mentor to students in the laboratory. She has a lively, NIH funded research program that includes undergraduate and graduate participants. Nadja is also a mother of two wonderful and wild young children, and wife to Gavin Douglas, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, also at UNCG.

Diane Gill is in the department of Kinesiology, and teaches in the area of sport and exercise psychology. Her current research focuses on physical activity and quality of life. She is also affiliated with the Women's and Gender Studies program.

Kevin Lowe is the Chair of the Department of Business Administration. His interests include leadership, international human resources and cross-cultural management.

Christian Moraru specializes in critical theory and 20th-century American and comparative literature, with particular emphasis on narrative and narrative theory, postmodernism in cross-cultural perspective, and the relations between globalism and culture

A.F. Salam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management in the Bryan School of Business and Economics. His research relates to Environmental Sustainability, Competitive Strategy and Information Technology, Activism, Social Movement, Political Change and Role of Social Media, Competitive Dynamics and Information Systems, and Security and Protection of Children Online, Threat Identification, and Changes in Online Social Behavior.

Denise Tucker is an Associate Professor of Audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Her research interests include electrophysiology of hearing, aural rehabilitation for adult cochlear implant patients, and tinnitus. Her teaching interests include online teaching, speaking-intensive assignments, and active learning.

Jonathan Tudge is a professor of ecological and socio-cultural theory and researches child development and the home/school relationship. He is interested in cross-cultural teaching and has taught in Brazil.

Laurie Wideman is an associate professor in the Dept of Kinesiology in the new School of Health & Human Sciences. Laurie's research interests include exercise endocrinology (hormonal influences on exercise responses) and exercise interventions for chronic disease management, especially diabetes. Laurie has more than 10 years of clinical research experience and has strong collaborations with researchers in many different departments across campus. Laurie has also been a member of the IRB for the past 6 years.

Camille Wilson is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations. Her research relates to school-family-community relations, culturally responsive school reform, and transformative leadership. An array of critical, cultural, and feminist theories inform her research and teaching.

Dr. Mary V. Compton is an Associate professor in the Department of Specialized Education Services at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has over 35 years experience in working with children, youth and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dr. Compton's professional experience includes developing undergraduate professional preparation programs, conducting research, and designing instruction.
Dr. Compton has given over one hundred presentations at a variety of conferences and workshops and she has published over ten articles in scholarly and practitioner journals. She has secured over 6 million dollars in external funding for her research interests which focus on facilitating communication interactions with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and preparing professionals to serve young and school age children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Gavin Douglas is an associate professor of ethnomusicology in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. His research interests include nationalism, globalization, cross-cultural aesthetics and conflict. His ethnographic work focuses on the cultures found throughout mainland Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia). He teaches interdisciplinary courses on music and culture for both graduates and undergraduates.

Sherrill Hayes is an Assistant Professor in Conflict Studies & Dispute Resolution. His interests are in family disputes, court programs, and conflict theory.

Spoma Jovanovic, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, integrates her research, teaching and service with people and programs targeting social change. Spoma has taught more than two dozen service-learning courses.