Experts Guide
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Expert Topics
Accounting- Art and Art History
Rene West
Historic Photographic Processes, Alternative Photographic Processes, Digital Technology
Michelle Murillo
Painting, Drawing, Printmaking including Woodcut,Silkscreen, Lithography, Intaglio and Digital Media
Marilyn Jolly
painting, two-dimensional art (drawing, printmaking), organic gardening, garden design
Ingrid M. Furniss
East Asian art, Early Chinese archaeology, Archaeology of music, Indian art
- Business and Industry
- Children and Family
- Communications and Media
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, communication law/policy
James A. Collins
Visual Communications, Graphic Design, Art Direction, Photography, 3_D Design, Painting
Lael Morgan
writing/publishing, frontier history, Alaska, Texas, Montana, Maine, and the South Seas, benefits of high school journalism for disadvantaged students, distance education
Sasha Grant
corporate/organizational identity, internal and external organizational communication, corporate/managerial communication, organizational storytelling, corporate ethics and values
- Computers and Computer Science
Matthew Wright
Internet and network security and privacy, sensor network security, anonymous communications, intrusion detection
Chengkai Li
Databases, Web data management, data mining, information retrieval
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 geometry, operational research, combinatorial optimization
- Crime
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
Robert A. Sarver, III
crime and the media, drug use and abuse
Caryl L. Segal
online education, quality matters in educational content
John J. Rodriguez
Gangs, Transnationalism, Immigration, Human Trafficking
Karel Carpenter
Terrorism-Bioterrorism, Epidemiological Investigation, Domestic Preparedness, Terrorism Response, Emergency Response Certification
Randall Butler
Native American policing, restorative justice, criminal procedure, police training, Navajo juvenile delinquency
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
- Curriculum and Instruction
Judy Trotti
Literacy, ESL, Gifted and Talented, Mathematics
Joohi Lee
early mathematics, school achievement of children of immigrants
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
- Earthquakes
- Economics
- Education
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
David Stader
K-12 campus and district leadership, school safety, rights of sexual minority students in K-12 schools
Matthew J. Basham
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Executive Leadership, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Entrepreneurialism, Technology Law, Computer Science, Workforce Development, Technology Education
Dannielle J. Davis
Faculty Retention, Minority Students
Shelley Blackburn-Harris
effective teaching, mentoring, student achievement
R. Jon Leffingwell
stress management, reduction of anxiety, increasing pro-social behavior in schools
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
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
Sarah K. McMahan
preservice teaching mentoring, professional development, school partnerships, social studies education
Nancy L. Hadaway
adolescent literacy, children's and young adult literature, English as a second language, online instruction
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
- Engineering, Biomedical
- Engineering, Civil
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 engineering education
Melanie Sattler
Emissions measurement, air quality modeling, and air pollution control technologies (photocatalytic oxidation, adsorption, biofiltration)
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 structures and solid modeling of structures
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
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
Mohammad Najafi
Construction management, asset management and construction and renewal of infrastructures (pipeline construction, pipeline renewal), trenchless technology
Shih-Ho Chao
Fiber reinforced concrete, Prestressed Concrete, Reinforced concrete, Self-consolidating concrete, Performance of reinforced concrete and Steel Structures under Earthquake Loads, Seismic Design of Structures, Large-Scale Structural Testing
- Engineering, Electrical
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
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
- Engineering, Environmental
- Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems
John W. Priest
product development, manufacturing, knowledge engineering and management, design for manufacturing, micro fabrication, meso fabrication, process development
Brian Huff
Robotics and Automation, Autonomous Systems, Systems Modeling, Discrete Event Simulation, Enterprise Analysis and Design, Time-based Competition
Victoria Chen
Engineering statistics, design of experiments, statistical modeling, dynamic programming
H.W. Corley
mathematics, modeling, statistics, optimization
Seoung B. Kim
Data mining and pattern recognition in biomedical signal, engineering statistics, statistical process control techniques for quality improvement
- Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace
S.M. You
Boiling Heat Transfer, Thermal Management of Microelectronics
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
Wen S. Chan
Mechanics of composite structures, fracture mechanics, damage tolerance and durability analysis, structural analysis, finite element analysis, structural design, aerospace structures
Yaling Liu
Biomechanics, Micro/Nanofluidics, Micro/Nanoscale System Simulation, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Solid Mechanics, Nanotechnology
Bumsoo Han
Biotransport Phenomena, Thermofluid Science, Tissue Engineering, Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy
Atilla Dogan
Flight Dynamics and Control, Nonlinear Flight Simulation, Aircraft Escape Maneuvers in Microburst with Turbulence, Automatic Transmission 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
Haiying Huang
Structural Health Monitoring, Sensor Technologies
- English
Neill Matheson
Nineteenth-century American Literature; American Fiction
Mary French
Composition Pedagogy,Technical and Professional Writing in Workplace, Writing-to-Learn, Writing Assessment, Service Learning, Communicative Interaction
Wendy B. Faris
Modern and Contemporary British, French, and Latin American fiction; modern literature and painting; magical realism, the Bloomsbury Group, Carlos Fuentes
Stacy Alaimo
Multicultural literatures, 20th Century Literature of the U.S., Environment Literature, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice
- Finance and Real Estate
- Fitness
- Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Health
- Hurricanes
- Information Systems and Operations Management
- Kinesiology
- Law
- Linguistics
- Marketing
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mexican-American Issues
- Music
- Nursing
Diane Snow
Addictions, co-occurring disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorder/PTSD, Adult ADHD, Neurobiology, Genetics of addiction, bipolar disorder
Donelle Barnes
Refugees, especially Cuban and Bosnian refugees, Hispanic populations and health disparities
Kathryn M. Daniel
Nurse Practitioner practice in long term care, care of the frail elderly, estimation of renal function in the ambulatory elderly
Joy D. Baker
Nursing Admin. and Leadership, Perioperative Nursing, Meaning-Making Relative to Relocation Transitions in Life
Patricia Newcomb
General Pediatrics, Childhood Health Promotion, Childhood Asthma, Childhood Immunizations, Pediatric Primary Care, Genomics in Patient Care
Sharolyn Dihigo
Colicky Babies, Learning Disabilities
Cheryl Anderson
Family Violence, Workplace Violence, Teen Pregnancy, Maternal-child Health
Linda Marshall
microbiology
Bethany McClean
school health
Christopher Fowler
Acute & Clinical Care Nursing, Solid Organ Transplantation, Hepatology & Liver Disease
- Philosophy
- Politics
Brent E. Sasley
Middle East politics, Israeli and Turkey politics and foreign policy, foreign policy analysis, international security and conflict, Caspian Sea energy politics
Roslyn Simowitz
international politics, quantitative studies of international politics, philosophy of science
Allan Saxe
state and local government, American national government, civil liberties, politics and cinema, Arlington city politics
Jill Clark
Horizontal Federalism, Policy Diffusion and Re-Invention
- Social Work
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Sports
- Theater
Brandi Andrade
American Women's History, Theatre History, Feminist Theatre, Acting, Producing, Dramaturgy
Andrew C. Gaupp
nonprofit arts management, acting, directing
Joe Chapa
Theatrical Combat, Children's Theatre, Children's Literature
Michelle Harvey
Scene design, Painting, Properties, Photography, Art and Rendering, Computer Graphics and Drafting, Hand Drafting
- Urban Studies
