Speakers - Social Issues

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

Daniel Beerman
Assistant Professor, Social Work
MSW Rutgers University
(336) 256-0528, drbeerma@uncg.edu

  • Child Abuse Issues - How to Intervene & Prevent Child Abuse
  • Poverty & Child Abuse
  • Child Abuse, Poverty, & the Criminal Justice System
  • Social Programs - What Works & Why
  • Immigration issues

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

  • Retirement Migration Along the South Atlantic Coast
  • US Population trends
  • World Population Trends & Problems
  • Poverty in America

Silvia Bettez
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 334-3492, scbettez@uncg.edu

  • Social Justice Education
  • Community Building in Academia
  • Anti-oppression

Daniel Bibeau
Professor, Public Health Education
PhD Pennsylvania State University
(336) 334-5527, dlbibeau@uncg.edu

  • Health Promotion in the Workplace
  • Equity and Health

Anna Brady
Lecturer, Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations
Executive Director, Piedmont Triad Leadership Academy
MS North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
(336) 399-5995, acbrady@uncg.edu

  • The Piedmont Triad Leadership Academy - Developing Aspiring School Leadership
  • Topics Related to the Civic Group or Organization's Needs

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

Andrew Brod
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Business & Economic Research
PhD University of Minnesota
(336) 707-6439, AndrewBrod@uncg.edu

  • UNCG and the Triad Economy
  • State of the U.S. & N.C. Economies
  • Economic Trends to Watch
  • Economic Myths about Immigration
  • The Good News about High Oil Prices
  • Is the World Really Flat?

Hazel N. Brown
Eloise R. Lewis Excellence Professor & Department Chair, Parent-Child Nursing
EdD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 335-5182, hazel_brown@uncg.edu

  • Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
  • Leadership

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

  • Bilingual Early Literacy

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

  • Today's College Students - The New Generation, Students in Stress/Emotional Crisis, Family Participation, Etc.

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

  • Beyond the Race and Intelligence "Debate."
  • Explaining Black-White Educational and Test-Score Gaps in a World Without Race
  • Conceptualizations of Race and Ethnicity

Anthony S. Chow
Assistant Professor, Library & Information Studies
PhD Florida State University
(545) 646-6000, aschow@uncg.edu

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

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

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

  • Deaf Culture
  • American Sign Language / Deaf Literature

Susan Dennison
Associate Professor, Social work
MSW Barry University
(336) 334-4099, stdennis@uncg.edu

  • Setting up Groups for At Risk Children and Adolescents
  • Stress Management for Helping Professionals
  • Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Community Within an Organization
  • Setting up Groups For Adults

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

  • Independent film-making
  • The Supernatural and Popular culture
  • Magic, Media, and the Popular Imagination
  • Media violence, morbid curiosity and pop culture
  • "Write-On Greensboro" Creative Writing Workshops

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

Patricia Fairfield-Artman
Lecturer, Communication Studies
PhD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 297-9904, pfartman@uncg.edu

  • Developing Positive Community Relations Through Public Relations
  • Prepare and Deliver Effective Messages for Traditional and Online Media to Meet today's 24/7 Online World Where Instant Reaction Rules the Day

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

  • Interpreting Statistics (Not All Statistics are Lies, But Neither Are They Necessarily Truths)
  • Programs for Children and Families in Poverty (When Does a Little Boost Go a Long Way...)

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

  • Mental Illness
  • Social Work and Psychiatric Medications
  • Social Work Education
  • Values and Ethics

Karae L. Foddrell
Lecturer, Communication Studies
MS Radford University
(336) 841-1475, klfoddre@uncg.edu

  • Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace
  • Conflict Resolution and Relationships
  • Global Issues, Communication & Diversity

Charles P. Gause
Associate Professor, Teacher Education & Higher Education
PhD Miami University
(336) 334-3675, drcpgause@gmail.com

  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Creating Engaging, Dynamic and Affirming Learning Communities
  • Cross-cultural and Inter-cultural Communications
  • Youth and Popular Culture

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

  • Medical Ethics

Nancy Gladwell
Associate Professor, Community & Therapeutic Recreation
ReD Indiana University
(336) 334-3261, nancy_gladwell@uncg.edu

  • Customer Service
  • How to Effectively Handle Change
  • Family Caregiving
  • Multigenerational Workforce

Tara T. Green
Associate Professor and Program Director, African American Studies
PhD Louisiana State University
(336) 334-3889, ttgreen@uncg.edu

  • Diversity Issues Regarding Women & Ethnic Minorities
  • African and African American Literature
  • The Bridge Between the Academic Community & Local Community
  • Professional Success for Black Women
  • Strategies for Mentoring Ethnic Students
  • The African American Studies Curriculum & Programs
  • Impact of fatherlessness on African American boys & men
  • History of confinement of African Americans

Lauren Haldeman
Associate Professor, Nutrition
PhD University of Connecticut
(336) 256-0311, lahaldem@uncg.edu

  • Food Insecurity Among Low income Audiences
  • Community Based Nutrition Education and Health Outcomes
  • Community Engaged Research in Nutrition

William Hamilton
Assistant Professor, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Division of Continual Learning
PhD Tulane University
(336) 315-7028, bill_hamilton@uncg.edu

  • Global Terrorism, Political Violence, and Radical Orthodoxies
  • Human Rights
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Latin American Political and Intellectual History

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

Sherrill W. Hayes
Assistant Professor, Conflict & Peace Studies
PhD Newcastle University, Great Britain
(336) 908-0462, swhayes@uncg.edu

  • Resolving Family, Community, and Organizational Disputes
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Developing Peace in your Family, Neighborhood, and/or Organization

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

Carol W. Jordan
Lecturer, Human Development & Family Studies
Doctoral Candidate, Specialized Education Services
MEd The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 558-3651, cwjordan@uncg.edu

  • Inclusion of children with disabilities
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Family Professional Partnerships

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

  • University and Community Partnerships for Civic Impact
  • How Our Talk Can Shape a Vision of Hope in the Community
  • Social Capital in Greensboro
  • Community Reconciliation - Possibilities and Obstacles
  • Participatory Budgeting in the U.S.
  • Preemptive Democracy--Citizen Coalitions for Community Change

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

  • Ethics and Social Work
  • Internships at the Master's Level
  • Intergenerational Topics Between Elders and Young People
  • How Policy Affects Programs

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

Elizabeth Keathley
Associate Professor, Music Studies
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies
PhD Stony Brook University
(336) 334-5911, elkeathl@uncg.edu

  • Women/Gender/Sexuality and Music
  • Music History, Especially Modern (20th Century)
  • Mexican/Mexican-American Popular Music

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

Etsuko Kinefuchi
Assistant 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

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

Robin Roberta Lane
Lecturer, Parent-Child Nursing
MPP-Materna-Child Health The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 312-8802, robin_lane@uncg.edu

  • Health Care Reform
  • Pediatric Health Care

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 TV
  • Digital Media Use, Including Mobile Phones and the Internet
  • Online Journalism, Citizen Journalism, and Civic Engagement
  • Environment and Health Volunteer Work

Lisa Levenstein
Assistant 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
Assistant 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 Counseling Approaches

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
Center for Business & Economic Research
EdD North Carolina State University
(336) 256-1061, 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

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
  • Ethics and Genetics
  • Social and Political Philosophy

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

  • Social Justice and Community Outreach design projects
  • Utilizing millennial generation volunteerism as a platform for advocacy through design
  • Design in Mexico
  • Design in Ghana

George F. Michel
Professor, Psychology
PhD Rutgers University
(336) 256-0021, gfmichel@uncg.edu

  • Your first nine months set the stage for your next ninety years
  • How socioeconomic factors can influence someone's development
  • How infants educate themselves
  • How the hand teaches the brain to talk

Mary Y. Morgan
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
Women's & Gender Studies
PhD University of Missouri
(336) 256-0096, mymorgan@uncg.edu

  • Photovoice

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

Arndt Niebisch
Assistant Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Johns Hopkins University
(443) 604-1752, a_niebis@uncg.edu

  • Media and Society
  • Science, Technology and Culture
  • Culture of Modernity
  • Information Society

Marion O'Brien
Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
Director, Family Research Center
PhD The University of Kansas
(336) 256-0527, m_obrien@uncg.edu

  • Childcare
  • Autism & Families - How Families Respond to a Diagnosis of Autism & How Professionals Can Help in Their Adjustment

Fatih Oguz
Assistant Professor, Library & Information Studies
PhD University of North Texas
(336) 334-3676, f_oguz@uncg.edu

  • Digital Libraries
  • Institutional Repositories
  • Communities of Practice
  • Social Media

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

  • American Sign Language as a Foreign Language
  • Deaf Culture

Jay Poole
Visiting Assistant Professor, Social work
PhD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 334-4097, kjpoole@uncg.edu

  • Social Work with Older Adults
  • Sexual and Gender Identities
  • Mental Health and Social Work

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.
Lecturer, Public Health Education
MD Bowman Gray School of Medicine
(336) 641-8415, wrobins@co.guilford.nc.us

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

Christina Rodriguez
Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD University of Florida
(336) 256-8538, c_rodriguez@uncg.edu

  • Child Abuse, Child Physical Abuse
  • Clinical Child Psychology

Hephzibah Roskelly
Professor, English
Affiliated Faculty, Women's and Gender Studies
PhD University of Louisville
(336) 545-0371, roskellh@uncg.edu

  • Emerson, Hawthorne, Toni Morrison, Jane Addams, Louisa May Alcott
  • The Importance of Stories
  • Mystery Fiction
  • Women and Peace

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

  • Community Inclusion
  • Inclusive Volunteering
  • Serving People With Disabilities in Community Recreation & Sports
  • Working with Parents who Have Children with Disabilities

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

  • Immigration
  • Housing
  • Globalization
  • Program Evaluation

Cody Sipe
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
PhD Purdue University
(336) 334-3274, clsipe@uncg.edu

  • Ageism: "Cultivating a Positive Aging Culture in an Anti-Aging World"
  • Fitness: "The Best Exercise Programs for Maximum Health and Longevity"
  • Fall Prevention: "No More Falls: Strategies that Work"
  • Health: "Exercise for the Prevention and Treatment of (specify disease here)"

J. David Smith
Professor Emeritus, Specialized Education Services
EdD Columbia University
(336) 334-3738, jdsmi24@uncg.edu

  • Disability Rights and History
  • Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

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

  • Women's Health
  • Violence Against Women
  • Breastfeeding, Motherhood and Work

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

  • Religion and Social Issues
  • Issues in Higher Education

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

  • Parent-Adolescent Relationships
  • Family Dynamics and Child Development, Immigrant and Refugee Families
  • Adolescent Developlment

Amanda E. Tanner
Assistant Professor, Public Health Education
PhD Indiana University
(336) 334-5389, aetanner@uncg.edu

  • Teen Pregnancy
  • Contraception

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 Engagement in health programs
  • Grant Writing for Community programs
  • Evaluation of School-based and Community programs
  • Improving Access to care for Underserved Populations
  • Evaluation of Global Health Programs

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
Assistant 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

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

  • "Life After Death Row" - Wrongful Convictions & the Death Penalty

Jacquelyn White
Professor, Psychology
Interim Associate Dean for Research, College of Arts & Sciences
PhD Kent State University
(336) 256-0014, jwwhite@uncg.edu

  • Violence Against Women
  • Gender Issues

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

  • Health Related to Minority and Immigrant Elders
  • Long-term Care
  • Dementia Caregivers
  • International Aging

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