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Experts - Social Issues

Robert Aronson
Associate Professor, Public Health Education
DPH Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
(336) 256-0119, rearonso@uncg.edu

  • Health Disparities Affecting African American Males

David Franklin Ayers
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education & Higher Education
EdD North Carolina State University
(336) 334-3437, dfayers@uncg.edu

  • Higher education and Society
  • The U.S. Community College
  • College and University Governance
  • Curriculum and Program Planning

Leandra Bedini
Professor, Community & Therapeutic Recreation
PhD University of Maryland at College Park
(336) 334-3260, bedini@uncg.edu

  • Leisure and Family Caregiving

D. Gordon Bennett
Professor, Geography
PhD Michigan State University
(336) 334-3894, dgbennet@uncg.edu

  • Migration of the Elderly to the Non-metro Southeast Coast
  • U.S. Population Trends & Problems
  • World Population Trends & Problems

Rachel Briley
Associate Professor, Theatre
MFA Arizona State University
(336) 334-5575, r_briley@uncg.edu

  • Drama and Literacy
  • Drama and the Young Child
  • Theatre for Young Audiences
  • Music, Sign Language, and Drama in the development of the child

Shelly Brown-Jeffy
Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD University of Michigan
(336) 334-5295, slbrown2@uncg.edu

  • Race & Ethnicity
  • Race & Education
  • Poverty
  • Social Inequality

Erick T. Byrd
Assistant Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management
PhD North Carolina State University
(336) 334-3041, etbyrd@uncg.edu

  • Sustainable tourism
  • Tourism management
  • Community participation

Claudia Cabello Hutt
Assistant Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Rutgers University
(336) 334-3853, c_cabell@uncg.edu

  • Latin American Literature (women writers, Chile, Gabriela Mistral)
  • Latin American History of Feminism

Cherry Callahan
Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
PhD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 334-5099, cherry_callahan@uncg.edu

  • Responding to Campus Crises
  • Parent-Adolescent Separation

James V. Carmichael, Jr.
Professor, Library & Information Studies
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 334-3478, jim_carmichael@uncg.edu

  • Gay and Lesbian Issues
  • Southern Library History

Kathleen Casey
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
(336) 334-3461, caseyk@uncg.edu

  • Curriculum theory
  • Poverty & Education
  • Political Analysis of Education
  • Narrative Research

Michael Darrell Cauthen
Lecturer, African American Studies
MS Purdue University
(336) 256-8545, mdcauthe@uncg.edu

  • Conceptualizations of Race and Ethnicity
  • The Race and Intelligence Debate
  • The Recruitment of High School Student-Athletes in Non-Revenue Sports
  • Race, Sports, and Society

Anthony S. Chow
Assistant Professor, Library & Information Studies
PhD Florida State University
(336) 334-3411, aschow@uncg.edu

  • Libraries & Technology
  • Web Design & Usability
  • Asian American & Race Issues
  • Informatics

Jacalyn Claes
Associate Professor, Social work
PhD The University of Iowa
(336) 334-4106, jaclaes@uncg.edu

  • Teen Parenting and Pregnancy

Stephanie Irby Coard
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
PhD Columbia University
(336) 334-4666, sicoard@uncg.edu

  • Prevention of Conduct Disorder, Aggression and Violence
  • Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Influences on Youth and Families
  • Racial Socialization Processes, Racial Identity Development
  • Intervention Development and Community Dissemination in Diverse Cultural Contexts

Sarah Daynes
Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
(336) 334-3688, scdaynes@uncg.edu

  • Memory and Commemoration
  • Wine and the wine industry (in N.C. and around the world)

Karen De Naples
Assistant Professor, Specialized Education Services
MS University of Rochester
(336) 334-3448, kmdenapl@uncg.edu

  • Deaf Culture
  • Deaf-related issues such as in education, raising deaf children, etc.
  • Deaf parent of deaf and hard of hearing children

Jacqueline Kayler DeBrew
Clinical Professor, Community Practice Nursing
PhD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 334-3100, jkdebrew@uncg.edu

  • Topics Dealing with Health and Older Adults
  • Community Dwelling for Older Adults
  • Undergraduate Nursing Education

Jigna Dharod
Assistant Professor, Nutrition
PhD University of Connecticut
(336) 334-9708, jmdharod@uncg.edu

  • Immigrants & Refugees
  • Food Insecurity and Nutritional Outcomes
  • Acculturation

Lisa Eads
Visiting Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
MAT Salem College
(336) 602-9262, lmeads@uncg.edu

  • Supporting Children - Building Futures
  • Brain Scans to Lesson Plans - Developmentally Appropriate Higher Education
  • Socially Responsible Education
  • Any topic relating to Early Intervention for Children and Child Poverty

Emily Edwards
Professor, Media Studies
Director, Center for Creative Writing in the Arts
PhD The University of Texas at Austin
(336) 334-4135, ededward@uncg.edu

  • Popular Media, Media Writing & Production
  • Media violence, morbid curiosity and pop culture
  • Creative Writing

Mark Elliott
Associate Professor, History
PhD New York University
(336) 315-2256, meelliot@uncg.edu

  • Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Albion W. Tourgee
  • Civil Rights

Richard Alan Faldowski
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies, HDFS
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 334-4672, rafaldow@uncg.edu

  • Quantitative and Statistical Methods
  • Early Care and Education Programs
  • Ameliorating Disadvantage
  • NC Child Care Subsidies

Melissa Floyd
Associate Professor, Social work
PhD Virginia Commonwealth University
(336) 334-4073, mftaylo2@uncg.edu

  • Mental Illness
  • Mental Health Policy
  • Involuntary Mental Health Treatment
  • Human Services Values and Ethics

Karae L. Foddrell
Lecturer, Communication Studies
MS Radford University
(336) 334-5297, klfoddre@uncg.edu

  • Gender Communication
  • Professional Job Skills
  • Culture Communication

Linda Gann
Assistant Professor, Library & Information Studies
PhD The University of Oklahoma
(336) 334-3479, lagann@uncg.edu

  • School Libraries: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
  • Reading Best Practices (for adults, teachers, school administrators)
  • National Accreditation Standards and Guidelines for School Library Media Programs
  • Censorship, intellectual freedom

Mariche Garc’a-Bayonas
Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Indiana University
(336) 334-3588, megarcia@uncg.edu

  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Phonetics/Phonology
  • Linguistics

Heather Gert
Associate Professor, Philosophy
PhD Brown University
(979) 575-5188, hjgert@uncg.edu

  • Medical Ethics
  • Ethics

Dora Gicheva
Assistant Professor, Economics
PhD Yale University
(336) 334-4865, d_gichev@uncg.edu

  • Gender Discrimination in the Labor Market
  • Financing of Higher Education
  • Student Loans

Tara T. Green
Associate Professor and Director, African American Studies
PhD Louisiana State University
(336) 334-5507, ttgreen@uncg.edu

  • Barack Obama (Biography)
  • Images of Black Women in the Media
  • Fatherlessness in Black Communities
  • Racism/Sexism
  • 21st Century African American Studies Curriculum & Programs
  • The History of WC/UNCG Student Integration
  • NAACP
  • Oprah Winfrey

William Hamilton
Conflict & Peace Studies
PhD Tulane University
(336) 315-7028, bill_hamilton@uncg.edu

  • Human Rights
  • Latin American Political and Intellectual History
  • U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin American
  • Terrorism, Political Violence, and Radical Orthodoxies
  • Politics and Fundamentalist Religion

Belinda J. Hardin
Associate Professor, Specialized Education Services
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 256-1083, bjhardin@uncg.edu

  • International Early Childhood Education
  • Services for Young Children with Disabilities
  • English Language Learners

William Hart
Professor, Religious Studies
Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD Princeton University
(336) 334-4912, wdhart@uncg.edu

  • Religion, Politics, and Society
  • African America Religion, Politics, and Culture
  • Religion, Ethics, and Politics

Ye He
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education & Higher Education
PhD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 334-3452, y_he@uncg.edu

  • Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Heather M. Helms
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies, HDFS
PhD Pennsylvania State University
(336) 256-0129, heather_helms@uncg.edu

  • Marriage
  • Close Relationships
  • Teens and Sex
  • Work and Family Issues

Julia Hergersberger
Associate Professor, Library & Information Studies
PhD Indiana University
(336) 334-3482, jahersbe@uncg.edu

  • Homelessness
  • Social Networks

Nancy Hodges
Professor, Consumer, Apparel & Retail Studies
PhD University of Minnesota
(336) 256-0291, nancy_hodges@uncg.edu

  • Employment in the N.C. Textile and Apparel Industries
  • Dress in history and society
  • Cross cultural issues in dress

Gwen Hunnicutt
Associate Professor, Sociology
Program Faculty, Women's and Gender Studies
PhD Unviersity of New Mexico
(336) 324-0256, gchunnic@uncg.edu

  • Feminism, Ecology and Violence
  • Gender Violence
  • Non-Violence and Peace Studies
  • Collective Violence
  • Masculinity and Aggression
  • Ecofeminism

Spoma Jovanovic
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
PhD University of Denver
(336) 601-3282, spomajovanovic@uncg.edu

  • Truth and Reconciliation Processes - Applications for Community Settings
  • Community Change Initiatives

Janet H. Kanode
Academic Professional Assistant Professor, Social Work
Co-Director, Joint Master of Social Work Program Field Instruction
MSW State University of New York at Stony Brook
(336) 334-4756, jhkanode@uncg.edu

  • Aging

Alicia B. Kaplan
NC Child Welfare Education Coordinator, Social work
MSW N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University & The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 256-0446, abkaplan@uncg.edu

  • Child Welfare topics
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Child Sexual Abuse/Sexually Reactive Youth

Lynda Kellam
Reference and Government Information, University Libraries
MA University of Wisconsin-Madison
(336) 334-5251, lmkellam@uncg.edu

  • Accessing U.S. Government Information
  • US Census 2010 and the American Community Survey
  • Researching the U.S. Congress
  • Finding Demographic and Socioeconomic Data for your Work

Peter Kellett
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
PhD Southern Illinois University Carbondale
(336) 334-3840, pmkellet@uncg.edu

  • Conflict and Conflict Management in Relationships, Families, Workplaces and Communities

Etsuko Kinefuchi
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
PhD Arizona State University
(336) 334-5297, e_kinefu@uncg.edu

  • Intercultural Communication, Diversity, and Social Justice
  • Cultural Identity and Identity Negotiation
  • Media representations of cultural groups
  • Diaspora and transnational migration
  • Communicative Strategies in the Anti-nuclear Movement in Japan

Steve Kroll-Smith
Professor, Sociology
Katrina Task Force Coordinator, Social Science Research Center
PhD University of Pennsylvania
(336) 540-0333, s_krolls@uncg.edu

  • Disasters and Communities
  • Coping with Disaster
  • Hurricane Katrina and the Remaking of New Orleans

Arielle Kuperberg
Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD University of Pennsylvania
(336) 334-9768, atkuperb@uncg.edu

  • Families: Adult Relationships, especially Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce
  • Gender & Work
  • Population Studies
  • College "Hookups"

Seunghyun Lee
Assistant Professor, Media Studies
Study Abroad Committee, International Programs Center
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
(336) 256-8500, s_lee22@uncg.edu

  • Digital Media
  • The Internet and Global Society and Culture
  • Digital literacy and education
  • Digital inclusion and social inclusion
  • Digital divide
  • Community and civic engagement
  • Online journalism and citizen journalism
  • Service-learning

Lisa Levenstein
Associate Professor, History
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
(336) 256-0472, levenstein@uncg.edu

  • Women's History in the U.S.
  • Feminism - History & Current Events
  • Women & Poverty, Welfare Reform
  • African American Women's History
  • Women and Employment - History & Current Events
  • Women, Work and Families - History & Contemporary Issues

Todd Lewis
Associate Professor, Counseling & Educational Development
PhD Kent State University
(336) 334-3422, tflewis@uncg.edu

  • Substance Use Issues Among College Students
  • Theoretical Models of Behavior
  • Adlerian Theory
  • Research Design & Methodology
  • Motivational Interviewing

Rebecca MacLeod
Associate Professor, Music Education
PhD Florida State University
(850) 294-3432, rbmacleo@uncg.edu

  • Teaching at-risk and underserved populations
  • Orchestra programs in the public schools

Nicole M. Martin
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education & Higher Education
PhD MIchigan State University
(336) 676-4250, nmmarti2@uncg.edu

  • Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
  • Children's Literacy Development
  • Informational Literacy
  • Teaching in Elementary Schools or Urban Education

H. Nolo Martinez
School of Health & Human Sciences
EdD North Carolina State University
(336) 501-3421, nmartinez@uncg.edu

  • Immigration Policy
  • Cultural Competency
  • Emerging Markets: How to Reach Immigrants, Refugees, and New North Carolinians
  • Immigrant Community Development
  • Hispanic/Latino Affairs
  • UNCG's Center for New North Carolinians
  • Immigrant Youth Development

Tom Matyok
Assistant Professor, Conflict Studies & Dispute Resolution
PhD Nova Southeastern University
(336) 706-5091, tgmatyok@uncg.edu

  • Violence
  • Changing Nature of War
  • Bullying and Mobbing
  • Conflict Resolution

Terrance McConnell
Professor, Philosophy
PhD University of Minnesota
(336) 334-3202, tcmcconn@uncg.edu

  • Issues in Biomedical Ethics
  • Ethical Theory

Hannah Rose Mendoza
Assistant Professor, Interior Architecture
MFA Florida State University
(336) 334-4947, hrmendoz@uncg.edu

  • Design and Social Justice
  • The Global Studio Project
  • Women and Design
  • Minorities and Design

Jeffrey J. Milroy
Adjunct Professor, Public Health Education
DPH The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 256-8686, jjmilroy@uncg.edu

  • Physical Activity Promotion
  • Prevention Science; Behavioral Change
  • Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs and the College Campus
  • College Health

Sharon D. Morrison
Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program, Public Health Education
PhD University of Florida
(336) 334-3243, sdmorri2@uncg.edu

  • Immigrant and Refugee Health
  • HIV/AIDS in International Settings and Populations

Arthur D. Murphy
Professor, Anthropology
PhD Temple University
(336) 334-5132, admurphy@uncg.edu

  • Mexico
  • Immigration
  • Economic Development Mexico/Latin America
  • Culture and Natural Disasters

Christine E. Murray
Associate Professor, Counseling & Educational Development
Director of the Program to Advance Community Responses to Violence Against Women, Center for Women's Health and Wellness
PhD University of Florida
(336) 334-3426, cemurray@uncg.edu

  • Domestic Violence

Sam Parker
Clinical Associate Professor, Specialized Education Services
MFA The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 256-1217, sdparker@uncg.edu

  • Deaf Culture
  • American Sign Language
  • Sign Language Interpreters

David C. Ribar
Professor, Economics
PhD Brown University
(336) 334-3904, dcribar@uncg.edu

  • Poverty
  • Public Assistance Programs
  • Time Use
  • Food Assistance

Edward N. Robinson, Jr. MD MPH
Adjunct Professor, Public Health Education
Medical Director, Guilford County Department of Public Health
MD Bowman Gray School of Medicine
(336) 641-8415, wrobins@co.guilford.nc.us

  • Public Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Environmental Health

Stuart J. Schleien
Professor & Department Chair, Community & Therapeutic Recreation
PhD University of Maryland
(336) 334-3119, sjs@uncg.edu

  • Inclusion of people with disabilities in community recreation and sports.

Mark Schulz
Associate Professor, Public Health Education
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 207-4368, mrschulz@uncg.edu

  • Bicycle Safety - How should bicyclists interact with motor vehicles and pedestrians?
  • Bicycle Helmet Use - The epidemiology of bicycle helmet use in Greensboro and the world.
  • Bicycling Fatalities - The epidemiology of bicycle fatalities in North Carolina and beyond.
  • Facilitating Bicycling - Factors that promote and impede bicycling.

Roy Schwartzman
Professor, Communication Studies
PhD The University of Iowa
(336) 509-2701, doc_roy@uncg.edu

  • The Holocaust
  • Political communication
  • Computer-mediated communication
  • Metaphor and figurative language
  • Communicating about nanotechnology
  • Propaganda
  • Prejudice and anti-Semitism
  • Argumentation and debate

Catherine Scott-Little
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
PhD University of Maryland at College Park
(336) 256-0132, mcscottL@uncg.edu

  • Early childhood assessment
  • Early learning standards
  • Early childhood education

Svi Shapiro
Professor, Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations
EdD Boston University
(336) 334-3466, hsshapir@uncg.edu

  • Violence & Schools
  • Moral & Social Dimensions of Education
  • Education & Democracy
  • The Israeli / Palestinian Conflict
  • Educational Reform
  • Critical Perspectives on Standardized Testing
  • Peace Education
  • Jewish & Spiritual Perspectives on Education

Stephen Sills
Associate Professor, Sociology
Co-Organizer, Human Rights Research Network
PhD Arizona State University
(336) 792-1191, sjsills@uncg.edu

  • Globalization
  • Fair Housing
  • Migration
  • Program Evaluation
  • Ethnic and National Origin Discrimination

Paige H. Smith
Associate Professor, Public Health Education
Director, Center for Women's Health and Wellness
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 334-4735, phsmith@uncg.edu

  • Work-family-life balance
  • Violence against women
  • Breastfeeding

John Sopper
Lecturer, Religious Studies
Director of Special Projects, Undergraduate Education
MA Princeton University
(336) 334-5898, jrsopper@uncg.edu

  • Religion and Social Issues

Andrew Supple
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
(336) 256-0221, ajsupple@uncg.edu

  • Family Dynamics and Child Development, Immigrant and Refugee Families
  • Adolescent Developlment
  • Parenting Adolescents

Vas Taras
Lecturer, Business Administration
PhD University of Calgary, Canada
(336) 256-8611, v_taras@uncg.edu

  • Immigration
  • Cross-cultural Managment
  • International Teams in Domestic Organizations
  • Culture
  • Evaluation of Effectiveness of Corporate Personnel Training and Development Programs

Joseph Telfair
Professor, Public Health Education
Director, Center for Social, Community and Health Research and Evaluation
DPH Johns Hopkins University
(336) 334-3240, j_telfai@uncg.edu

  • Community-Based and Community-Oriented Program Evaluation and Research
  • Health Practice, Research, Program Evaluation, and Policy Issues of Women, Teens and Children with Chronic Conditions (And Their Families), Special Emphasis on Sickle Cell Disease
  • Public Health Genetics
  • Issues of Access to, and Utilization of, health care for the poor, people of color and persons living in rural areas
  • Health Practice, Research, Program Evaluation, and Policy Issues of Women, Teens and Children with Chronic Conditions (And Their Families)
  • Global Public Health
  • Culturally Competent Service delivery

Bas van der Vossen
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
PhD University of Oxford
(520) 269-8109, b_vande2@uncg.edu

  • Ethics of Property Rights & Markets
  • Civil Disobedience - Is There a Duty to Obey the Law?
  • The Morality of International Institutions & Humanitarian Intervention

Elizabeth Van Horn
Associate Professor, Adult Health Nursing
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 334-4942, e_vanhorn@uncg.edu

  • Recovery from Traumatic Injury
  • Family Integrity Promotion
  • Evidence-based Practice
  • Teaching with Technology

Janice I Wassel
Director, Gerontology
PhD Pennsylvania State University
(336) 256-1020, jiwassel@uncg.edu

  • Demography and Aging
  • Business and Aging, Silver Industries
  • Senior Sandwich, Boomers, Ageism
  • Family Caregiving and Aging

Saundra Westervelt
Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD University of Virginia
(336) 334-3697, sdwester@uncg.edu

  • Wrongful Convictions

Bob Wineburg
Professor, Social work
Director of Community Engaged Scholarship, School of Health and Human Sciences
PhD University of Pittsburgh
(336) 708-3435, bobwineburg@gmail.com

  • Faith Based Social Services
  • Town Grown Partnerships
  • Social Entrepeneurism
  • Social Service Program and Organizational Development

Bei Wu
Associate Professor, Gerontology
PhD University of Massachusetts Boston
(336) 256-8579, b_wu@uncg.edu

  • Long-term Care
  • Dementia Caregivers
  • International Aging
  • Health Disparities

David Wyrick
Associate Professor, Public Health Education
PhD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 334-4501, dlwyrick@uncg.edu

  • Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention with High School and College Students and Student-Athletes
  • Prevention of High-Risk Drinking with College Students
  • Protecting and Promoting Health through Entrepreneurship
 

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