The Rev. Lesley M. Adams

Spiritual Guidance
Areas of Specialization:

• Public Prayer in a Multi-faith Setting
• Contemplative Prayer and Guided Meditation
• Social Justice

Etin Anwar

Gender and Islam
Areas of Specialization:

• Islam
• Gender and Sexuality in Asia
• Sufi Philosophy
• Women in Islam

A.E. Ted Aub III

Award Winning Sculptor
Areas of Specialization:

• Architectural Studies
• Italian Art History
• Sculpture

Lara C.W. Blanchard

Asian Studies - Art History
Areas of Specialization:

• Asian Studies and Art History
• Text-Image Relationships
• Gender and Painting in Chinese Culture
• Chinese Theories of Pictorial Representation

Meghan Brown

Biological Limnologist; Aquatic Life in the Finger and Great Lakes
Areas of Specialization:

• Exotic Species Biology
• Zooplankton Ecology
• Biological Limnology

Patrick M. Collins

Drama in Education
Areas of Specialization:

• Theatre and Drama in Education
• Youth Theatre
• Literature in the Elementary School Curriculum

David W. Craig

Alcohol Abuse Prevention
Areas of Specialization:

• Alcohol Abuse Prevention on College Campuses and in Secondary Schools
• Late Night Blood Alcohol Concentrations of College Students
• Electronic Media for Alcohol Abuse Prevention
• Student-Athletes and Alcohol Consumption
• Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Alcohol

Donna Davenport

Dance and Dance Education
Areas of Specialization:

• Modern Dance Performance
• Choreography
• Interdisciplinary Education

Christine de Denus

Inorganic Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:

• Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers: Synthesis Characterization and Electrochemical Investigations

Iva E. Deutchman

Modern American Conservatism; Women, Media and Politics
Areas of Specialization:

• Media and politics
• American political behavior and institutions
• Political psychology and socialization

Michael Dobkowski

Terrorism and Genocide
Areas of Specialization:

• The Holocaust
• The American Jewish Experience
• Terrorism
• Genocide
• Jewish Thought
• Antisemitism

Thomas Drennen

Economics and Environment
Areas of Specialization:

• Energy Use and Climate Change
• Energy Efficiency
• Electricity production costs
• The U.S. and China's Environmental Policy
• Climate Change Policy
• Gas Prices, Oil Prices
• Hydrogen as an Energy Source
• Nuclear power economics and policy
• Chinese energy demand

Kevin Dunn

Studies in African Politics - Foreign Relations
Areas of Specialization:

• Uganda, Rwanda, and the Congo (formerly Zaire)
• American Foreign Policy
• African Politics
• International Relations-Theory and Practice

Lester Friedman

American Cinema
Areas of Specialization:

• Steven Spielberg
• Post-World War II American and British cinema
• Multiculturalism (American Jewish identity)
• Cultures of medicine and media

John Halfman

Environmental Studies
Areas of Specialization:

• Geolimnology
• Water Quality
• Paleoclimatology
• Hydrogeochemistry

Jack D. Harris

Vietnam - Service Learning
Areas of Specialization:

• Vietnamese Culture and Society
• Community-Based Service Learning
• Men's Studies/Gender Studies
• Strategic Management and Technology Issues in Municipal

Susan Henking

Religious Studies / Homosexuality and Religion
Areas of Specialization:

• Religion and Homosexuality
• Psychology of Religion
• Religious Studies Pedagogy/Religion and Higher Education
• Feminism and Religion
• American Religion
• Religion and Social Theory

Russ Hess

Wellness, Recreational Facility Management
Areas of Specialization:

• Fitness
• Strength and Conditioning for Athletes
• Corporate and Hospital-based Adult Wellness/Fitness
• Fitness and Wellness Centers in the Private Sector
• Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Clifton Hood

Urban Culture and Social History
Areas of Specialization:

• New York City
• The Elites
• Mass Transit/Subways
• Historical Memory

Jonathan Iuzzini

Social Psychology
Areas of Specialization:

• Affirmative action and diversity in organizations
• Racial and ethnic group relations
• Mass school violence

Cedric Johnson

American Politics/ Inequality
Areas of Specialization:

• Racial Politics
• Urban Politics
• Social Policy
• Political Economy

Julie Newman Kingery

Psychology
Areas of Specialization:

• Anxiety in children and adolescents
• Middle school transition
• Peer relationships

Neil Laird

Meteorology and Oceanography
Areas of Specialization:

• Mesoscale (Regional) Meteorology
• Lake-Effect Snow Storms
• Precipitation Physics
• Undergraduate Education: Mentorship of Scientific and Interdisciplinary Research
• Atmosphere-Lake Interactions

Steven Lee

Just War Theory - Ethics
Areas of Specialization:

• Critical Thinking
• Applied Ethics
• Social and Political Philosophy

DeWayne Lucas

Partisanship in the House-Electoral Politics
Areas of Specialization:

• The House of Representatives
• Partisan Polarization
• Factionalism in Congressional Politics
• Federal Electoral Politics

Helen McCabe

Autism and Disability in China
Areas of Specialization:

• Children with autism and families in China
• Education for children with autism in the U.S. and China
• Social change, civil society, and disability in China

Jo Beth Mertens

Foreign Economies
Areas of Specialization:

• Tax Policy
• Economic Policy in Developing Countries
• Tax Reform in Transition Economies
• Regional Economic Development

Alejandra Molina

Latin American Literature - Migrant Workers

David Ost

Eastern European Politics and Labor Relations
Areas of Specialization:

• Labor Relations in Eastern Europe
• Russian-East European Relations
• Intra-European Rivalry and Cooperation
• East European Politics and Society
• American-East European Relations

H. Wesley Perkins

Alcohol Abuse Prevention
Areas of Specialization:

• Adolescent/Adult Development
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention on College Campuses
• Youth Risk Behaviors and Bullying in Secondary Schools
• Assessment Research in School and Community Settings
• Forgiveness, Spirituality, and Well-Being in the Life Course

Susan Pliner

Disability, Race and Education
Areas of Specialization:

• Universal instructional design for teaching and learning
• Multicultural and social justice education
• History of disability and disability studies
• College student learning and development

Craig Rimmerman

Gay Rights - Youth Activism - The Presidency
Areas of Specialization:

• Youth Activism, College Students' Voting Habits, Voter Apathy, and Civic Indifference
• Gays in the Military, Civil Rights for Gays and Lesbians, AIDS in Public Policy, and Gays and Lesbians and the Christian Right
• The American Presidency, and the Dangerous Expansion of Presidential Power

Linda Robertson

Media and Society
Areas of Specialization:

• Media and Politics
• War Propaganda
• Pop Culture and Value Formation
• Feminist Rhetoric

James Ryan

Biologist
Areas of Specialization:

• Mammalian Biodiversity in Africa
• The Evolution of Bat Visual Systems
• Coastal Forest Conservation in Ghana
• Madagascar’s Rainforest Mammals
• Water Quality Research on Seneca Lake Watersheds
• Hero Shrew of Uganda’s Impenetrable Forest

Charles Temple

Educating Teachers, Children's Literature
Areas of Specialization:

• Education
• Children's Literature
• Peace Studies
• Teaching Teachers at the College Level
• Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking

Michael Tinkler

Medieval Art and Architecture / Home Schooling
Areas of Specialization:

• Women and Medieval Art
• Latin
• Art and Architecture of the Carolingian Period (around A.D. 800)
• Classics
• Art and Architecture of Islam