Speaker List For Organizations
2004-2005
Dr. Cindy Atha-Weldon, Psychology Advisor/Adjunct Professor; 321 Life Science, atha@uta.edu
Topics: Perspective-Taking to Increase Cognitive Flexibility, Creativity & Problem Solving
John Bassler, Director, MSMR program; 202 Business Building, 272-2340, bassler@uta.edu
Topic: Careers in marketing research
Suzanne Baldon, Secretary, Sociology/Anthropology; 430 University Hall, 272-2661, sbaldon@uta.edu
Topic: Forensic Art: Reconstruction of Facial, Appearance on a skull
Greg Bateson, Peer Education Specialist; 207 Health Center, 272-2716, bateson@uta.edu
Topics: STDs, HIV, contraception, healthy relationships, substance abuse, alcohol, general sexuality, sexual orientation and gender identification, depression, diversity, healthy lifestyle choices
Marjie Barrett, Associate Professor, Social Work; 112C Social Work Building, 272-3954 barrett@uta.edu
Topics: anything child/family related, mental health, substance abuse, women’s issues
Suzanne Beckett, Faculty Support, Center for Distance Ed.; 215 Nanofab, 272-3698, suzanne@distance.uta.edu
Topics: Ending anti-gay bias, diversity
Carter S. Bedford, Assist. Dir., Student Governance & Organizations; Lower Level UC, 272-2293, cbedford@uta.edu
Topics: Event planning, marketing, recruitment & retention
Cynthia Bing, Assoc. Dir., Counseling Services; 216 Davis Hall, 272-3671, cynthia.bing@uta.edu
Topics: Myers Briggs Type Indicator, study skills, stress management, time management, choosing college majors
Donna Capps, Head Women’s Basketball Coach; Gilstrap Athletic Center, 272-7165, dacapps@uta.edu
Topics: Involvement in the women’s basketball program, promoting university spirit, creating new traditions, Lady Mav Basketball
Pete Carlon, Director of Athletics; Gilstrap Athletic Center, 272-5039, carlon@uta.edu
Topic: Intercollegiate athletics issues, information on our athletics program and/or teams
Jeanneane Cline, Clinical Instructor, Nursing; Pickard Hall, 272-2776, jcline@uta.edu
Topics: Holistic health care, healing touch, therapeutic communication, other psychiatric and chemical dependency topics
Scott Cross, Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach; Gilstrap Athletic Center, 272-5752 Scross@uta.edu
Topic: Promoting UTA athletics
Donna Darovich, Public Affairs Director; Davis Hall, 272-2761, darovich@uta.edu
Alan Davis, Associate Professor, Electrical Eng.; 542 Nedderman Hall, 272-3495, adavis@uta.edu Topic: Basis for ethics
Jerold A. Edmondson, Professor, Linguistics; 126 Hammond Hall, 272-5816 or 272-3153, edmondson@uta.edu
Topic: Language Endangerment: why so many languages are dying, Acrobatic sound in exotic languages: a larynoscopic view
Susan English, Associate Director, Student Activities; Lower Level, U.C., 272-2963, english@uta.edu
Topics: Campus Event programming, business etiquette, teambuilding and synergy, leadership development
Vickie Fickling, Administrative Clerk, Admissions; 110 Davis Hall, 272-5472, fickling@uta.edu
Topics: anything related to the Philippines
Debbie Garcia, Academic Advisor; Gilstrap Athletic Center, 272-2047, ranee@uta.edu
Topics: Academic policies/issues, athletics, NCAA
Lloyd Goodman, Director, Student Publications; Lower Level, UC, 272-3661, lloydg@uta.edu
Topics: How to get your information in the Shorthorn and the new UTA student magazine
Kyle Graves, Professor/Academic Advisor, Kinesology; 112 PE Building, 272-7290, kgraves@uta.edu
Topics: Strength training, sports nutrition
Jennifer Gray, Assistant Professor of Nursing; 625 Pickard Hall, 272-2776 jgray@uta.edu
Topics: HIV/AIDS prevention, any HIV/AIDS topic, “Leadership Begins with Me”
Frank Groenteman, ARRI/TMAC; Box 19045, 817-307-0614, fgroente@arri.uta.edu
Topics: How to get a patent, starting your own business, how to be a business consultant
Cindy Hack, Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Coordinator, 272-2106, hack@uta.edu
Topics: Equal opportunity, preventing discrimination and sexual harassment, compliance ethics
Dianne Hengst, Director, Office of Students with Disabilities; UC, Lower Level, 272-3364, dianne@uta.edu
Topics: Anything related to disabilities, learning disabilities or psychiatric disorders
Fred Henry, Asst. Dean of Students and Director of Multicultural Services; Lower Level, UC, 272-2099 fhenry@uta.edu
Topics: Leadership, diversity, importance of student organizations
Kimshi Hickman, Coordinator, Career Services; Davis Hall, 272-2932, kimshi@uta.edu
Topics: Business etiquette, dining etiquette, resume writing, interviewing skills, choosing a major
Patricia Hopkins, Lecturer Foreign Languages; 222 Hammond Hall, 272-5508 or 272-3161 Topic: The creation of an internal self monitoring test to assess Spanish capability, which could result in a lowering of dropping or failing Spanish classes
Suzan Kardong-Edgren, Nursing, Director of BSN Program; 649 Pickard Hall, sedgren@uta.edu
Topics: Running your first marathon, health in college (what you don't know can last a lifetime), why choose Nursing over Physician Assistant
Janette Keen, Counselor, Counseling Services; Davis Hall, 272-6107, keen@uta.edu
Topic: anything
Connie Lorick, Assistant Director, Assessment; 201 Davis Hall, 272-2944, connie@uta.edu
Topics: Credit by exam opportunities: CLEP, DANTES, Advanced Standing; Information on taking national and state tests: TASP, GRE, GMAT, Millers Analogy Test
Mary Mabry, Parking Office Manager, UTA Police, 272-3907, mabry@uta.edu
Topics: date rape, sexual assault, how to be a support person when a sexual assault happens on campus, how crime affects more than just the victim
Catherine Mantegami, Education Specialist, Center for Distance Education, Nanofab Building, 272-7181, Catherine@distance.uta.edu
Topics: Information about online courses and programs offered through the Center for Distance Education and how to get started in these classes.
Dr. Charles McDowell, Director, Modern Languages, 272-2388, mcdowell@uta.edu
Topics: Anything about Russia (language, government, politics, travel)
Susan McKee, Attorney for Students, Lower Level, University Center - Dean of Student's Suite, 272-3771 Topics: Legal topics of general interest, consumer protection issues
Lisa Nagy, Assistant Director of Campus Recreation; Activities Building, 272-3277, nagy@uta.edu
Topic: Campus recreation services
Becky Nielson, Management, COBA; 228 Business Building, 272-3865, rneilson@uta.edu
Topic: Human Resource Management, Leadership
Shelli Ogburn, Public Affairs, Health Services; 211 Health Center, 272-2626, Shelli@uta.edu
Topics: Health Center services, student insurance
Pat O’Neill, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Dean of Students; Davis Hall, 272-6080, pat@uta.edu
Topic: Presenting Your Best Self on Application Forms
Dr. Anne G. Perry, English Department; 101 Carlisle Hall, 817-272-2692 Topic: Possibility of World Peace - a Bahai Perspective, Embracing Diversity, Women and Art, Religion and Art - Convergences and Problems, International Diplomacy: Sarah Farmer and the 1905 Portsmouth Peace Treaty
Craig Powell, Director, Environmental Health and Safety Office, 500 Summit Ave., 272-2185 Topics: Environmental and recycling issues on campus
Gerald Saxon, Associate Director, Library/History; 6th Floor Library, 272-5318, Saxon@uta.edu
Topics: Local and Texas history, UTA history, oral history methods, what we can learn from historical maps/archives
Dennis Reinhartz, Professor of History; 248 University Hall, 272-2907, dprein@uta.edu
Topics: Russian and East Europe, Eurasia, and maps
Kerri Ressl, Assistant Director, Alumni Association; 109 Campus Center, 272-2594, kressl@uta.edu
Topics: History of UTA, writing a mission statement, resume writing/preparing a portfolio for PR and advertising majors, leadership styles
Seth Ressl, Program Coordinator, Student Activities; Lower Level, UC, 272-2963, seth@uta.edu
Topics: Volunteering/community service, teambuilding, marketing/event planning
Jerry Rodnitzky, Professor of History; 343 University Hall, 272-2850, Jerry.rodnitzky@uta.edu
Topics: America in the 1960’s, the Women’s Liberation Movement, protest music
Kenneth M. Roemer, Professor of English; 405 Carlisle, 272-2729, roemer@uta.edu
Topics: American Indian Literature, Utopian Literature, own book about personal experience in western Japan
Bryan Sims, Associate Director, Environmental Health and Safety, 272-7000, cbs@uta.edu
Topics: Building maintenance and renovation
Jeff Sorensen, Director, Student Governance & Organizations; Lower Level, UC, 272-2293, Jsorensen@uta.edu
Topics: Officer transition, benefits of student organization leadership, what’s next after student organization leadership, good stuff for organization officers to know now
Emily Spence-Diehl, Social Work Assistant Professor, 301F Social Work, 272-6199, emilysd@uta.edu
Topics: Stalking, victimization, collaboration, program development, grant writing
Gary Spurr, University Archivist, Library; 272-7511, spurr@uta.edu
Topics: The University Archives, Texas Labor Archives, special collections, history of UTA
Melissa Stewart, Learning Specialist, SOAR; 130 Hammond Hall, 272-2617, melissas@uta.edu Topic: Academic success
Gary Stidham, Baptist Student Ministry Director; 414 S. West St., 817-277-4195, utabsm@juno.com
Topics: Ethics & integrity, decision making, the spiritual life
Gina Thames, Clinical Instructor, Nursing; Pickard Hall, 272-2776, thames01@swbell.net
Topics: Critical care nursing, ventilator-associated pneumonia, hemodynamics, and pharmacology
Josh Thompson, Lecturer, School of Education; 500 Hammond Hall, 272-2264, joshthompson@uta.edu
Topic: Fathers in family life
Lisa Thompson, Dir., Upward Bound Program; 706 Carlisle Hall, lthompson@uta.edu
Topic: College preparation for high school students
Stephanie Thompson, Coordinator of Special Events, ARRI; 272-5961, sthomp@arri.uta.edu
Topics: Engineering, robotics and manufacturing
Rhonda Triana, Counselor, Counseling Services; 216 Davis Hall, 272-3417, triana@uta.edu
Topics: time management, stress management, healthy dating relationships, date rape awareness
Diane Walker, Director, Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action, 272-2106, walker@uta.edu
Topics: Equal opportunity and employment education, preventing sexual harassment, UTA policies
Terry Wang, Coordinator, Information Services, 216 Library, 272-7521, twang@uta.edu
Topics: library resources and services, leadership, diversity issues, job search and interview skills
Jamie Williams, Associate Director, Office of Student Governance & Organizations, Lower Level, UC, 272-2293, robin@uta.edu
Topics: Ethics, teambuilding, setting goals, effective meetings, marketing
Tommy Wingfield, Assistant to Dir. for Marketing & External Relations, Library; 611 G Library, 272-2658, wingfield@uta.edu
Topic: Events the library sponsors, Technology Fair, Focus on the Faculty
Bob Wright, Director, Office of Public Affairs, 413 Davis Hall, 272-5364, bobwright@uta.edu
Topic: How to get press coverage for your event
Robert Young, Professor & Chair, Sociology and Anthropology; 430 University Hall, 272-3203, bob.young@uta.edu
Topic: Attitudes toward the death penalty
Craig Zemmin, Residence Life & Conference Housing Director, UC, 272-2791, zemmin@uta.edu
Topics: Organization behavior/success, career planning