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Faculty Experts

Name	College	Department	Research & Teaching Interests	Contact Link
Fehlbaum, Amanda	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	Humanities Social Sciences	Adolescence, Body and Embodiment, Deviance, Family, Feminism, Gender and Sexuality, Health and Medical Sociology, Media and Culture, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of the Life Course, Stratification	Contact
Sumell, AJ Joseph	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Economics Education, Environmental Economics, Housing Economics, Microeconomics, Public Policy, Sports Economics, Urban Economics	Contact
Fluker, Amy Laurel	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	Humanities Social Sciences	American Civil War, Civil War Memory, History of Ohio and the Midwest, History of Warfare and Society, Nineteenth Century U.S. History, U.S. History to 1877, Women's History, the American Civil War	Contact
Marculetiu, Alina	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	Experiential learning, Innovative pedagogical approaches, Operations management, Project management, Supply chain analytics, Supply chain management, Supply chain disruptions and uncertainty, Sustainability drivers and barriers, Sustainable supply chain management, Teaching case studies, Triple Bottom Line	Contact
Koren, Alan Thomas	Bitonte College of Health and Human Services	Graduate Studies in Health Rehabilitation Sciences	Concussion Management, Secondary School Athletic Trainers, Sports Neurology, Sports Related Concussions, Work-Life Balance	Contact
Park, Byung-Wook	College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Rayen School of Engineering	Bioelectronics, Chemical Engineering Principles, Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering, Engineered biohybrid materials, Measurements and Instrumentation, Microrobots, Multifunctional hydrogels, Principles of Biomedical Engineering, Unit Operation Laboratory	Contact
Jackson Leftwich, Cryshanna A	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	Humanities Social Sciences	African American Politics, American Government, American Public Policy and Analysis, Public Administration, Public Budgeting, Public Management, Research Methods, anti-racism, cultural competence, public policy and gender equality, social equity	Contact
Barzak, Christopher Michael	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	English World Languages	Creative writing, Revisionist and adaptive writing, creative nonfiction, fabulist literature, fantasy, fiction writing, folklore, gothic fiction, magical realism, mythology, nature and environmental writing, poetry writing, speculative fiction, surrealism, the fairy tale, writing about place	Contact
Cooper, Chet R	College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Chemical Biological Sciences	antimicrobial activities of nanoparticles, fungal biology, fungal morphogenesis, fungal pathogenesis, medical mycology, microbiology, wastewater epidemiology	Contact
Jackson, Carrie Rae	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	Psychological Sciences Counseling	Educational assessment, Post-secondary transition, autism, autism spectrum disorder, behavior analysis, equity and inclusion, neuropsychology, psychometrics, social justice, training of school psychologists	Contact
Saenger, Christina	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing, Williamson College of Business Administration	Advertising Promotions, Consumer Behavior, Interactive Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Research, Marketing Strategy, Social Media, cognitive processing of product and brand information, consumer behavior in a social world, consumers' use of brands in identity construction and expression	Contact
Guyo, Dessalegn Negeri	Bitonte College of Health and Human Services	Social Work	Business skills in social work, Generalist social work with Larger groups and Communities, Immigration and adaptation, Indigenous knowledge, Integrated foundations, International Social work, Oppression and Cultural competence, Practice evaluations, Social Research Methods/Statistics, Social Work Foundation Practices II, Trauma Informed Care, adoption, child protection, community Development, implicit bias and its management, indigenous adoption practices, indigenous knowledge, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder child protection networks and practices, social policy, social policy development and analysis, social work groups, social work practice with immigrants, social work teaching and practices, women's roles and statuses in agro-industry	Contact
Congdon, Eleanor A	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	Humanities Social Sciences	Airforce History, American Church Architecture from Civil War to WWI through the work of Henry Martyn Congdon, American History, Asia to 1500 including the Silk Road, Church architecture between 1850 and 1922, Europe in General, European specifically, Francesco di Marco Datini, Great Britain specifically, Greek and Roman History, History of textiles and paper, Medieval History, Medieval Mediterranean, Medieval Mediterranean History, Medieval Middle East including Islamic regimes, Pharonic Egypt, Venetian merchants in Syria in the 1480s, World History, World History in General, agricultural history, economic history, history of technology, maritime history, researching MIA American crew and craft, the merchant of Prato	Contact
Boczkowska, Ewelina	Cliffe College of Creative Arts	Dana School of Music University Theatre	American Music, Chopin, European Cinema, Film Music, Music and Culture, Music and Memory, Music in the Sixties, Polish Cinema, Polish Émigré Composers, Popular American Music, Research in Music, The Beatles, Western Art Music	Contact
Herman McMillan, Emily Rae	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	Psychological Sciences Counseling	Counseling Children Adolescents, Counseling Theories, Diagnosis Treatment for Children Adolescents, Field Experience Supervision, Group Counseling, Guided Group Counseling, Human Growth Development, Orientation Ethics for School Counseling, School Counseling Program Development	Contact
Yu, George	College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Computer Science, Information, Engineering Technology	Big Data, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Data Management, Data Science	Contact
Wright, Jessie Christine	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Audit Committees, Auditing, Auditing Theory and Practice, Auditing and Fraud Investigation, Financial Accounting, Fraud, Fraud Models and Accounting Education, Managerial Accounting	Contact
Hinz, Jessi Danielle	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	Grief-Work Interface, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Listening, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development and Growth, Positive Relationships at Work	Contact
Sperry, Dana Dana	Cliffe College of Creative Arts	Art	2D Animation, Audio Walks, Creative Strategies, Expressive Forms of Data Visualizations, Video	Contact
Protivnak, Jake John	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	Psychological Sciences Counseling	Adolescents, Counseling Internship, Counseling Interventions for Children, Counseling Methods, Counseling Practicum II, Counselor Education and Supervision Issues, Field Experience Supervision, Transition-Aged Youth	Contact
Palardy, Joseph	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	AI in Business, Applied Machine Learning in Economics and Finance, Economics of Education, Inflation Expectations, Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Predictive Modelling, Time Series Econometrics	Contact
Forbes, Joanna Rae	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	human resources, leadership, management, marketing, organizational behavior, training and development	Contact
Wyant, Karla A	Bitonte College of Health and Human Services	Social Work	advocacy, communities, cultural competence, cultural diversity, curriculum development, ethics, higher education, hospice, impacts on student outcomes and success, medical social work, methods, online education, organizations, program administration, program development, seminar, social work education, social work licensure, social work with the aged, virtual instruction	Contact
Choo, Kyosung	College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Rayen School of Engineering	Additive and advanced manufacturing, Electronics cooling, Energy efficiency of data centers and buildings, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Two-phase flow	Contact
Fowler, Kendra	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	Marketing Management, Retailing, Services Marketing, advertising, retailing, services marketing	Contact
Pleva, Kimberly Marie	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	Compensation Performance Appraisal, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Management, Organizational Behavior, Recruiting Selection, Training Development	Contact
Dewberry, Laura	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	Business Communication, Foundations of Business, Nonprofit Leadership	Contact
Augustine, Connie Constance	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Accounting Ethics, Excel, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Nonprofit financial stability, Payroll Accounting Taxation, QuickBooks, Taxation, earnings management), financial accounting (statement of cash flows, managerial accounting (management accounting systems, quality reporting), taxation	Contact
Bagley, Morgan C	Bitonte College of Health and Human Services	Graduate Studies in Health Rehabilitation Sciences	ACL Return to play, patellar tendon, point of care diagnostic ultrasound	Contact
Chung, Miri	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	Consumer Behavior, Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Digital Marketing, Machine Learning, Text Mining	Contact
Villano, Michael Christopher	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Business Finance, Cost/Managerial Accounting, Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced Financial Reporting	Contact
Nelson, Michelle	Cliffe College of Creative Arts	Art	Children Book Illustration, Design Layout, Expressive Design, Font Design, Grid, Illustration, Illustration through the Graphic Design Curriculum, Logo and Branding, Packaging, Professional Practice and the Classroom, Social Activism, Typeface Development, Typography	Contact
Grubb, Max V	Williamson College of Business Administration	Communication	Communication Studies, Communication and International Development, Journalism, Media Business (Strategic Media Management), Media History, Multimedia	Contact
Vopat, Mark C	Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education	Humanities Social Sciences	AI and Ethics, Applied Ethics, Business Ethics, Children's Rights, Ethics, Intersection of religion and social and political thought, Social and Political Philosophy	Contact
Landgraff, Nancy	Bitonte College of Health and Human Services	Graduate Studies in Health Rehabilitation Sciences	Interprofessional Education, Physical Therapy basic skills, Stroke rehabilitation, leadership, outcomes assessment, population health, professionalism	Contact
Ross, Omar Alphonso	Bitonte College of Health and Human Services	Graduate Studies in Health Rehabilitation Sciences	Manually Resisted Exercise, Orthopedics, Outpatient, Physical Therapy Anatomy Instruction, Portable Ultrasound (POCUS), Sports Medicine	Contact
Genc, Omer F	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Export/Import, Foreign Direct Investment, Global Strategy, Innovation, International Business, International Marketing, International Trade, Internationalization of firms, Mergers and Acquisitions, Small and medium sized enterprises, Strategic Management	Contact
Woodlock, Peter David	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Accounting and Finance with emphasis on valuing private equity	Contact
Bateman, Patrick J	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	computer-mediated communications, dynamic interactions between people and technologies, individuals' use of interactive and social-technical systems (e.g, management and leadership, management of information systems and technology, organizational use of interactive and social-technical systems, social media in consumer processes, social media use by and within business, social media), technology adoption	Contact
Gilliland, Robert A	College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Computer Science, Information, Engineering Technology	Cybersecurity, Digital Twin, Information Security, Internet of Things (IoT), Networking, Programming and Problem Solving, Risk Management	Contact
Zhang, Rongyao Gloria	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	CEO Compensation, CEO traits, CSR, advanced financial analysis, behavioral finance, corporate finance, corporate governance, financial analysis and valuation, financial market and institutions, international finance, international financial management, investments, portfolio management, supply chain management	Contact
Citrak, Susan	College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Chemical Biological Sciences	General Chemistry Series, Inorganic Chemistry, Instrumental Chemistry, Ionic Liquids, Metal Organic Coordination Polymers, Metal Organic Frameworks, Metal-Substituted Aluminophosphates, Porous Liquids	Contact
Jenyk, Sarah Elizabeth	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Income Inequality, Innovative Teaching Methods in Economic Education, Personal Financial Literacy, Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, Survey of Economics	Contact
Giraldo, Sebastian	Cliffe College of Creative Arts	Art	B2B Experience Design, Branding, Context Analysis, Contextual Inquiry, Design Problem-Solving, Graphic Design, Industry Collaboration, Interactive Design, Problem-Solving, SaaS Experience Design, Software for design, Technology Integration in Design, UI/UX Design, Usability Testing, User Experience (UX), User Needs Analysis, User-Centric Design, Visual Design	Contact
Moldovan, Stefan I	College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Rayen School of Engineering	Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Current research interests are in the fields of hypersonics, Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Senior Design, combustion, computational modeling, renewable energy, wind tunnel testing	Contact
Blank, Sheila Marie	Bitonte College of Health and Human Services	Centofanti School of Nursing	Autism Spectrum Disorder, Contemporary Nursing, Graduate Capstone, Infant Mortality, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, School Nursing, Service Learning	Contact
Ovaska, Tomi P	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Behavioral Economics, Comparative Economic Systems, Economic Growth, International Trade, Public Finance Political Economy	Contact
Borra, Vamsi	College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	Rayen School of Engineering	3D electronics, CdTe Photovoltaics, Condensed matter physics-related research, Controlled whisker growth, Electronic materials, Embedded systems, Flexible electronics, Reliability testing, Thin-film fabrication and characterization	Contact
Yang, Xiaolou	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Banking and financial liquidity, Business Finance, CEO compensation and Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Credit analysis, Financial Analysis	Contact
Uppal, Yogesh	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	Big Data, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Development Economics, Health Care Analytics, Predictive modelling, Public Economics, Applied Econometrics	Contact
Wang, Ying	Williamson College of Business Administration	Management Marketing	advertising and public relations, consumer behaviors and new technologies, cross-cultural marketing communication, digital marketing, luxury brands and CSR, marketing communications, marketing concepts and practices, mobile marketing/advertising, social media marketing	Contact
Zhang, Yiyang	Williamson College of Business Administration	Lariccia School of Accounting Finance	ERP system implementation, Accounting Information System, Asset Pricing, Audit Quality, Auditor litigation , Business intelligence systems implementation. Blockchain, Corporate Governance, Cost of capital, Data Analytics, Database Managment, ESG, Earnings Management, Financial Disclosure, Financial accounting, IT Capability, Intermediate accounting, Mergers Acquisitions, XBRL	Contact