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Expert Topics

46 topics were found.

• Accounting

  Larry Walther
  Financial Reporting

• Art and Art History

  Ingrid M. Furniss
  East Asian art, Early Chinese archaeology, Archaeology of music, Indian art

  Marilyn Jolly
  painting, two-dimensional art (drawing, printmaking), organic gardening, garden design

  Michelle Murillo
  Painting, Drawing, Printmaking including Woodcut,Silkscreen, Litnography, Intaglio and Digital Media

  Rene West
  Historic Photographic Processes, Alternative Photographic Processes, Digital Technology,

• Bioengineering

  Kyfai T. Nguyen
  tissue engineering, cellular engineering, nanoparticles for drug delivery, biodegradable stents

  Liping Tang
  Tissue engineering, biomaterial, biocompatibility, stem cells, and drug delivery

• Business and Industry

  Rebecca Neilson
  human resources, active Army reservist

• Children and Family

  Denise Collins
  child growth and development, parenting

• Communications and Media

  James A. Collins
  Visual Communications, Graphic Design, Art Direction, Photography, 3_D Design, Painting

  Sasha Grant
  corporate/organizational identity, internal and external organizational communication, corporate/managerial communication, organizational storytelling, corporate ethics and values

  Lael Morgan
  writing/publishing, frontier history, Alaska, Texas, Montana, Maine, and the South Seas, benefits of high school journalism for disadvantaged students, distance education

  Lara Zwarun
  alcohol advertising, advertising regulation and self regulation, controversial/"vice" marketing (tobacco, kids' foods), violence on television, media ownership and consolidation, media effects in general, commuication law/policy

• Computers and Computer Science

  Gutemberg B. Guerra-Filho
  Sensory-motor intelligence, sensory-motor linquistics, multimodal cognition, computer vision, computer graphics, humanoid robotics, data mining/machine learning, semantic multimedia, geographical information system, spatial databases, computational geometry, operational research, combinatorial optimization

  Chengkai Li
  Databases, Web data management, data mining, information retrieval

• Crime

  Rhonda R. Dobbs
  gender and crime, theories of crime, victimization, fear of crime

• Criminology & Criminal Justice

  Randall Butler
  Native American policing, restorative justice, criminal procedure, police training, Navajo juvenile delinquency. hobbies: spelunking old mines, museum model buildings.

  Karel Carpenter
  Terrorism-Bioterrorism, Epidemiological Investigation, Domestic Preparedness, Terrorism Response, Emergency Response Certification

  Alejandro Del Carmen
  racial profiling, use of force, policing, immigration issues related to crime and crime patterns

  Shannon K. Fowler
  prison sexual assault, community violence

  John J. Rodriguez
  Gangs, Transnationalism, Immigration, Human Trafficking

  Robert A. Sarver III
  crime and the media, drug use and abuse

  Caryl L. Segal
  online education, quality matters in educational content

• Curriculum and Instruction

  Diana Bernshausen
  teacher recruitment and retention training, teacher and administrator resiliency, administrator training in "change process" and "lead teacher" training, Understanding by Design training, science methods training, curriculum design and alignment to TEKS, TAKS, Standards, congenital heart disease fundraising for research

  Joohi Lee
  early mathematics, school achievement of children of immigrants, rollerblade, snowboarding

  Judy Trotti
  Literacy, ESL, Gifted and Talented, Mathematics, reading, music, violin

• Economics

  C Y. Choi
  open economy macroeconomics (monetary policy), international finance (exchange rate movements), time series econometrics

  Jeffrey S. DeSimone
  education, health, labor and politics in economics

  Michael R. Ward
  Economics of regulation and policy, anti-trust, utility regulation, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals

• Education

  Matthew J. Basham
  Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Executive Leadership, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Entrepreneurialism, Technology Law, Computer Science, Workforce Development, Technology Education

  Shelley Blackburn-Harris
  effective teaching, mentoring, student achievement. hobby -- home improvement

  Ronald Caloss
  public school finance, bond elections, dressing for the interview, resumes and interviewing, dealing with the media, unwritten rules for leadership, reaching out and making a difference

  Ann Cavallo
  science teaching and learning at all levels, impact of science learning on underserved or underrepresented groups (minorities, women), impact of technology on students' science learning, psychological aspects of student learning, examining students' scientific reasoning abilities

  Dannielle J. Davis
  Faculty Retention, Minority Students

  Thomas J. Graca
  education law and policy (public school and higher education), especially First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and Human Resources

  Kenneth W. Greene
  public school district administration. former superintendent of three Texas public school districts

  Nancy L. Hadaway
  adolescent literacy, children's and young adult literature, English as a second language, online instruction

  R. Jon Leffingwell
  stress management, reduction of anxiety, increasing pro-social behavior in schools. Hobbies -- architecture, tennis and Dixieland jazz.

  Sarah K. McMahan
  preservice teaching mentoring, professional development, school partnerships, social studies education

  David Stader
  K-12 campus and district leadership, school safety, rights of sexual minority students in K-12 schools

  Joy L. Wiggins
  feminist theory in qualitative research in mostly narrative and poetic transcription of data, multicultural education and multicultural children's literature, using technology in higher education classroom including blogging and online distance education/learning, social action in K-12 classroom, preservice teacher education, English/language arts teaching in middle schools. hobbies: running, bicycling, rock climbing, spinning

• Engineering

  Gutemberg B. Guerra-Filho
  Sensory-motor intelligence, sensory-motor linguistics, multimodal cognition, computer vision, computer graphics, humanoid robotics, data mining/machine learning, semantic multimedia, geographical information system, spatial databases, computational geomentry, operational research, combinatorial optimization

  John W. Priest
  product development, manufacturing, knowledge engineering and management, design for manufacturing, micro fabrication, meso fabrication, process development

• Engineering, Civil

  Stephen P. Mattingly
  transportation planning, traveler behavior, aggregate& disaggregate statistical modeling & analysis, decision and risk analysis, operations research/logistics/ network optimization, transport emissions, intelligent transportation systems

  John A. McEnery
  Hydrology, hydraulics, water resources, river flow, flood mitigation, flood plain management, contaminant, transport in streams, numerical and physical modeling of fluid flow, applied fluid mechanics, water distribution

  Mohammad Najafi
  Construction management, asset management and construction and renewal of infractructures (pipeline construction, pipeline renewal), trenchless technology

  Guillermo Ramirez
  Structural Analysis, design of concrete structures, building and bridge design, design of advanced composite structures, nondestructive evaluation, health monitoring of structures, field testing of large structures, engineering mechanics, finite element analysis, repair and retrofit of sturctures and solid modeling of structures Hobbies: Digital imaging, wine collecting

  Melanie Sattler
  Emissions measurement, air quality modeling, and air pollution control technologies (photocatalytic oxidation, adsorption, biofiltration).

  Nur Yazdani
  structural engineering, concrete/timber bridge design, evaluation and rehabilitation; infrastructure disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery; concrete properties, coastal infrastructure and building codes; and eningeering education

• Engineering, Electrical

  J. C. Chiao
  medical devices, microelectromechanical system (MEMS), optics, optical networks, pain management, radio frequency identification (RFID), medical implants, microfluidics, wireless, microwaves, and millimeterwaves, quasi-optics

  Wei-Jen Lee
  Utility deregulation, renewable energy, load forecasting, power quality, distribution automation and demand side management, power systems analysis, on line real time equipment diagnostic and prognostic system, microcomputer based instrument for power systems monitoring, measurement, control, and protection

• Engineering, Environmental

  Sheik Imrhan
  Workplace Environment, Environmental Health and Safety

• Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems

  Victoria Chen
  Engineering statistics, design of experiments, statistical modeling, dynamic programming, ballet/contemporary dance

  H. W. Corley
  mathematics, modeling, statistics, optimization

  Brian Huff
  Robotics and Automation, Autonomous Systems, Systems Modeling, Discrete Event Simulation, Enterprice Analysis and Design, Time-based Competition

  Seoung B. Kim
  Data mining and pattern recognition in biomedical signal, engineering statistics, statistical process control techniques for quality improvement

• Engineering, Mechanical

  Wen S. Chan
  Mechanics of composite structures, fracture mechanics, damage tolerance and durability analysis, structural analysis, finite element analysis, structural design, aerospace structures

  Frank K. Lu
  Gasdynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, detonation, combustion, shock waves, blast waves, aerospace engineering, energy conversion

  Hyejin Moon
  Micro and nanofluidics, biomems and bionems, surface and interfacial phenomena, micro-medical devices, micro and nano manufacturing

• Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace

  Atilla Dogan
  Flight Dynamics and Control, Nonlinear Flight Simulation, Aircraft Escape Maneuvers in Microburst with Turbulence, Automatic Transmissin Modeling and Control, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Vortex Effect Modeling, Modeling and Control of Formation Flight, Probabilistic Path Planning, Modeling and Control of Aerial Refueling for UAVs, Human Factor Modeling

  Bumsoo Han
  Biotransport Phenomena, Thermofluid Science, Tissue Engineering, Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy

  Yaling Liu
  Biomechanics, Micro/Nanofluidics, Micro/Nanoscale System Simulation, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Solid Mechanics, Nanotechnology

  S. M. You
  Boiling Heat Transfer, Thermal Management of Microelectronics

• English

  Stacy Alaimo
  Multicultural literatures, 20th Century Literature of the U.S., Environment Literature, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice,

  Wendy B. Faris
  Modern and Contemporary British, French, and Latin American fiction; modern literature and painting; magical realism, the Bloomsbury Group, Carlos Fuentes

  Mary French
  Composition Pedagogy,Technical and Professional Writing in Workplace, Writing-to-Learn, Writing Assessment, Service Learning, Communicative Interaction

  Neill Matheson
  Nineteenth-century American Literature; American Fiction

• Environmental Sustainability

  Jeff Howard
  Environmental affairs and policy, urban affairs, environmental planning

• Finance

  Luke Sparvero
  finance and real estate

  Peggy E. Swanson
  Foreign Exchange Markets, iShares and Country Funds, International Portfolio Diversification

• Fitness

  William Coari
  fitness, academic advising

  Cynthia A. Trowbridge
  physical medicine and rehabilitation of orthopedic injuries, athletic training, treatment of acute and chronic injuries, strength and conditioning

• Foreign Languages and Literatures

  Beth S. Wright
  French paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries, novels of Sir Walter Scott, art

• Health

  John Buckwalter
  Kinesiology, Youth Sports, Exercise Science, Fitness, Cardiovascular Physiology, Blood Pressure Control, Autonomic Nervous System

• History

  Thomas Adam
  German history and politics, German-American relations and history, migration, museums, social welfare, philanthropy

  Elisabeth A. Cawthon
  British legal and constitutional history, including history of the monarchy and Parliament; medical and legal history, especially coroners' inquests and forensic psychiatry. hobbies: preparation of meals from old English cookbooks.

  Robert Fairbanks
  U.S. Urban History, History of D-FW with emphasis on planning history, history of public housing and political history

  Joyce S. Goldberg
  U.S. foreign relations

  George N. Green
  U.S. labor history, U.S. political history, 20th century Texas history

  Stephen Maizlish
  U.S. Civil War, U.S. political history

  Douglas W. Richmond
  Mexico, Spain and Portugal, World War II

  Jerry Rodnitzky
  America in the 1960s, especially student activism, women's liberation, protest songs and counter-culturalism approaches to change. Also, history as presented in films.

• Hurricane Katrina

  Robert K. Whelan
  disaster administration issue, evacuees, economic development

• Information Systems and Operations Management

  R C. Baker
  quality control

  Frazier Greg
  operations management, inventory management, project management

  Eakin Mark
  general statistical methodolgy, visual basic for applications

  M. K. Raja
  information technology, information systems, software engineering, systems design, information security, computer forensics, cyber crime

• Kinesiology

  Larry Nelson
  Physical Education, Dance Education, Service-Learning in Teacher Education, Resiliency & At-Risk Youth, Adventure & Outdoor Education

• Law

  John V. Dowdy
  Probate and Wills, Mediation, Scuba Diving

• Linguistics

  Winnie W. Or
  Discourse Analysis, Sociocultural Linguistics, Business Discourse, Chinese Linguistics/Discourse Analysis

• Literature

  Stacy Alaimo
  Multicultural literatures, 20th Century Literature of the U.S., Environment Literature, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice

• Management

  Myrtle P. Bell
  Diversity, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Heterosexism, Age, Appearnae Discrimination, Human Resources, Gardening, Plants

  Wendy Casper
  Work and nonwork interface, Training and development, Employee Motivation, Organizxational Behavior, Human resource management

  James Lavelle
  Effects of layoffs on supervisors (those who remain), fairness in organizations, helping behavior (going above and beyond formal requirements of job), employee commitment, and employee-organization relationships

  James C. Quick
  Executive health; Leadership and followership; Ethics, character and personal integrity; Preventive stress management; Psychological well being; Work/life balance; Job burnout and stress; Human behavior at work; running; badminton

• Marketing

  Elten Briggs
  services marketing

  Gary Lacefield
  mortgage compliance, business finance, conflict resolution and mediation

  Sudha Mani
  Alliances & Networks, New Product Development, International Market Entry

• Materials Science and Engineering

  Michael Jin
  solar energy, solar cell materials and devices, renewable energy

  Choong-Un Kim
  microelectronic devices and processing, thin film materials, physical metallurgy, failure analysis and reliability assessments

  Efstathios "Stathis" I. Meletis
  surface engineering, thin films, surface treatments, materials

• Mexican-American Issues

  Roberto R. Trevino
  Mexican American History, Latino religious history

• Music

  Daniel Cavanagh
  Assistant Director-Jazz Studies, Composition, Improvisation, Jazz Ensemble Direction

  Sergio Espinosa
  String Education, Orchestra Conductor, International Baccalaureate Organization Music Chief Examiner 2001-06

  Clifton Evans
  orchestra, conducting, orchestral literature

  Ronald Montgomery
  Vocal Performance

  James E. Myers
  Early childhood music, Church music, Guitar, Praise and worship music

• Nursing

  Cheryl Anderson
  Family Violence, Workplace Violence, Teen Pregnancy, Maternal-child Health

  Joy D. Baker
  Nursing Admin. and Leadership, Perioperative Nursing, Meaning-Making Relative to Relocation Transitions in Life

  Donelle M. Barnes
  Refugees, especially Cuban and Bosnian refugees, Hispanic populations and health disparities

  Kathryn M. Daniel
  Nurse Practioner practice in long term care, care of the frail elderly, estimation of renal function in the ambulatory elderly

  Sharolyn Dihigo
  Colicky Babies, Learning Disabilities

  Christopher Fowler
  Acute & Clinical Care Nursing, Solid Organ Transplantation, Hepatology & Liver Disease

  Linda J. Marshall
  microbiology, photography, gardening

  Bethany McClean
  School Health

  Patricia Newcomb
  General Pediatrics, Childhood Health Promotion, Childhood Asthma, Childhood Immunizations, Pediatric Primary Care, Genomics in Patient Care, Pottery

  Diane Snow
  Addictions, co-occuring disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorder/PTSD, Adult ADHD, Neurobiology, Genetics of addiction, bipolar disorder

• Philosophy

  Charles C. Chiasson
  Ancient Greek language and literature, including mythology

  Harry P. Reeder
  phenomenology, critical thinking, modern philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of language

• Politics

  Jill Clark
  Horizontal Federalism, Policy Diffusion and Re-Invention

  Brent E. Sasley
  Middle East politics, Israeli and Turkey politics and foreign policy, foreign policy analysis, international secuirty and conflict, Caspian Sea energy politics

  Allan Saxe
  state and local government, American national government, civil liberties, politics and cinema, Arlington city politics

  Roslyn Simowitz
  international politics, quantitative studies of international politics, philosophy of science

• Real Estate

  Andrew Hansz
  Real Estate Finance

  Darren K. Hayunga
  Real Estate, Spatial Statistics

  Steve E. Isbell
  Real Estate Developer

• Social Work

  Ski Hunter
  Lesbian and gay issues

  Richard D. Schoech
  human services administration, community practice and technology; social work administration, community practice and technology

• Sociology and Anthropology

  Robert Kunovich
  National Identity and Nationalism, Prejudice, Statistics

• Sports

  Mark D. Ricard
  applied sport biomechanics, biomechanics of injury and rehabilitation, EMG force-fatigue relationship

• Theater

  Brandi Andrade
  American Women's History, Theatre History, Feminist Theatre, Acting, Producing, Dramaturgy

  Joe Chapa
  Theatrical Combat, Children's Theatre, Children's Literature

  Andrew C. Gaupp
  nonprofit arts management, acting, directing

  Michelle Harvey
  Scene design, Painting, Properties, Photography, Art and Rendering, Computer Graphics and Drafting, Hand Drafting

• Urban Politics

  Robert K. Whelan
  and Baseball, Sports and Economic Development

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