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This listing is primarily designed as a resource for news media reporters and editors who need an expert for comment or information on a news item. Because some faculty have expertise in more than one topic, they are listed under multiple headings. To contact UALR experts, please contact the UALR Office of Communications at (501) 569-3194.

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Advertising

DR. JAMES A. (JIM) KARRH, assistant professor, Marketing and Advertising. Topics: Advertising; Marketing and Marketing Practices; Public Opinion Polling and Surveys.

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Africa

DR. MICHAEL ANDA, chair and associate professor, Political Science. Subjects: Africa, Comparative Politics and International Relations.

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Aging - Advocacy for Aged

DR. TERRY TREVINO-RICHARD, professor, department chair, Sociology-Anthropology-Grerontology.

DR. MARK KRAIN, professor, Gerontology. Subjects: Services To The Elderly; Myths and Realities of Aging; Aging And Social Policy; The Modern Family: Change and Challenge; Health Care to the Elderly; Medicare.

PERRY G. THOMPSON, Professor of Gerontology and Social Work. Subjects: Normal Aging; How to live to be ; Aging in your future; Pre-retirement planning (social aspects).

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Agricultural History

DR. C. FRED WILLIAMS, professor, History.

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AIDS

DR. THOMAS J. LYNCH, associate dean/professor, Biology. Subjects: AIDS; Cell Biology; Microbiology. One of first professors in the country to teach a credit course on AIDS.

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Americans With Disabilities Act

DR. WILLIAM H. JACOBSON, professor, Rehabilitation Department, Subjects: Rehabilitation, blindness, low vision, visual impairment, orientation and mobility for the blind, barriers for the blind, special education, Americans with Disabilities Act, hypnosis and hypnotherapy, distance education (experience as teacher using DL) E-mail whjacobson@ualr.edu.

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American West

DR. C. FRED WILLIAMS, professor, History.

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Ancient History

DR. EDWARD M. ANSON, professor and chairperson of History. Subjects: Ancient Greek and Roman History .

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Archaeology

Dr. MARK J. HARTMANN, assistant professor, Anthropology. E-Mail mshartmann@ualr.edu

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Architectural History

DR. FLOYD MARTIN, professor, Art Department. Subjects: art, architectural history, silent movies, American film 1915-45. E-mail fwmartin@ualr.edu

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Arkansas History

DR. C. FRED WILLIAMS, professor, History Department. E-mail cfwilliams@ualr.edu

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Art

DR. FLOYD MARTIN, professor, Art Department. Subjects: art, architectural history, silent movies, American film 1915-45. E-mail fwmartin@ualr.edu

DR. J. W. WIGGINS, Dean/associate professor, Chemistry, Subjects: Native American Art; Canadian Inuit Art.

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Asbestos Abatement

DR. PHYLLIS MOORE, professor, Biology. Former director of state Department of Pollution Control and Ecology. E-mail pjmoore@ualr.edu

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Baby Boom Echo

DR. KATHY K. FRANKLIN, asst. professor, Higher Education Administration. E-Mail kkfranklin@ualr.edu

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Blindness

DR. WILLIAM H. JACOBSON, professor, Rehabilitation Department, Subjects: Rehabilitation, blindness, low vision, visual impairment, orientation and mobility for the blind, barriers for the blind, special education, Americans with Disabilities Act, hypnosis and hypnotherapy, distance education (experience as teacher using DL) E-mail whjacobson@ualr.edu

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Board Management

DR. JERRY STEVENSON, associate vice chamcellor, Provost's Office.

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Botany

DR. JAMES H. PECK, professor, Biology. Subjects: Botany; Ferns; Endangered Species; Flora of Arkansas; Forest Management; Wetland Management. Currently on off-campus duty assignment

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Broadcasting

DR. DAVD GUERRA, Radio-Television-Film

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Business Conditions - Economic Forecasts

DR. MARVUN DOBSON, Institute for Economic Advancement

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Cancer

DR. THEA SIRIA SPATZ, CHES; Professor; Health Sciences program. Subjects: Women's cancer detection; Concepts of Health Education; Controversial Issues in Health Education; Mental Health; Drug Education. E-mail tsspatz@ualr.edu

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Career Trends

C. Michael Wingfield, LCSW, Director, Counseling and Career Planning Services, E-Mail cmwingfield@ualr.edu Topics: Career Trends, Counseling issues

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Cell Biology

DR. THOMAS J. LYNCH, associate dean/professor, Biology. Subjects: AIDS; Cell Biology; Microbiology. One of first professors in the country to teach a credit course on AIDS.

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Census - Arkansas and National Data

SARAH G. BRESHEARS, director, Arkansas State Data Center. E-mail sgbreshears@ualr.edu

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Chemistry

DR. JERRY A. DARSEY, professor, Chemistry. Subjects: Applying Neural Network Simulations to Chemical and Physical Systems; Conformational Properties of Polymeric Systems. E-mail jadarsey@ualr.edu

DR. TITO VISWANATHAN, professor, Chemistry Department. Subjects: Polymer Chemistry.

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Child Behavior

DR. KEITH B. RUNION, associate professor, Department of Educational Leadership. Subjects: child behavior

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Child Language Acquisition/Disorders

DR. PRISCILLA NELLUM DAVIS, professor, Audiology and Speech Pathology.

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Children's Literature

DR. TORAN ISOM, instructor, Rhetoric and Writing. .

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Chromatography

DR. KEITH HUDSON, Professor, Applied Science and Chemistry. Director, GIT (Research Institute). Performs research on rocket fuels and hybrid rocket for NASA, directs rocket lab where test firings are done. Experience with military solid rockets, small arms and their propellants, combustion processes including waste disposal and power generation furnaces. Other technical areas include: spectroscopy, chromatography, Infrared (IR) systems.

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City Planning

JIM LYNCH, senior research specialist, Institute of Government. . Subjects: City Planning; Voting Rights; Reapportionment Issues; State and Local Finance and Tax Issues.

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Civil War

DR. CARL MONEYHON, professor, History. . Subjects: Civil War; Reconstruction; Southern History.

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Colonial History

DR. JOHANNA MILLER LEWIS, associate professor, assistant coordinator of Public History Program, History Department.

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Combustion Processes

DR. KEITH HUDSON, Professor, Applied Science and Chemistry. Director, GIT (Research Institute). Performs research on rocket fuels and hybrid rocket for NASA, directs rocket lab where test firings are done. Experience with military solid rockets, small arms and their propellants, combustion processes including waste disposal and power generation furnaces. Other technical areas include: spectroscopy, chromatography, Infrared (IR) systems.

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Communication - Intercultural

DR. GERALD W. DRISKILL, associate professor, Speech Communication Department.Subjects: Organizational Culture, Intercultural Communication, Day Care Communication, Managerial Communication. E-mail gwdriskill@ualr.edu

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Communication - Managerial

DR. GERALD W. DRISKILL, associate professor, Speech Communication Department.Subjects: Organizational Culture, Intercultural Communication, Day Care Communication, Managerial Communication. E-mail gwdriskill@ualr.edu

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Communication - Multicultural Population

DR. PRISCILLA NELLUM DAVIS, professor, Audiology and Speech Pathology. .

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Community Organizing

JUDITH FAUST, instructor, School of Social Work. Subjects: meeting facilitation, nonprofit organization development and planning, community organizing, social welfare policy. E-mail: jkfaust@ualr.edu

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Computers in the Arts

HANS STIRITZ, research assistant, music technology, also composer/music producer for Musikhaus. Web page http://www.musikhaus.com Subjects: Commercial Music, Technology/Computers in the Arts, Music for Film and Video, Music and Sound Recording Arts. E-mail hans@musikhaus.com

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Computer Crime

DR. JAMES W. GOLDEN, associate professor, Criminal Justice Dept. Subjects: police, la enforcement, computer crime, crime analysis. E-mail jwgolden@ualr.edu

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Computers in Education

DR. MIKE HEMPHILL, associate professor, chair, Speech Communication, Subjects: Computers in Education; Managerial Communication; Public Speaking, Sexual Harassment.

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Corrections - Prisons

DR. MARY L. PARKER, professor, Criminal Justice. Subjects: Community-Based Corrections; Institutional Corrections; Juvenile Justice; Women in Criminal Justice. E-mail: mlparker@ualr.edu

DR. CHARLES CHASTAIN, Criminal Justice Department. Subjects: Constitutional Law, police and law enforcement issues, corrections, parole. E-mail cdchastain@ualr.edu

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Counseling

C. Michael Wingfield, LCSW, Director, Counseling and Career Planning Service E-Mail cmwingfield@ualr.edu Topics: Career Trends, Counseling issues

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Cowboys

DR. C. FRED WILLIAMS, professor, History. Subjects: American West.

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Crime

DR. JEFFERY T. WALKER, associate professor, Criminal Justice. . Subjects: Policing; Use of Deadly Force by Police; Crime and Criminal Behavior.

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Crime Analysis

DR. JAMES W. GOLDEN, associate professor, Criminal Justice Dept. Subjects: police, law enforcement, computer crime, crime analysis. E-mail jwgolden@ualr.edu

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Criminal Justice

DR. CHARLES CHASTAIN, Criminal Justice Department. Subjects: Constitutional Law, police and law enforcement issues, corrections, parole. E-mail cdchastain@ualr.edu

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Criminal Sentencing

DR. MARY L. PARKER, professor, Criminal Justice. Subjects: Community-Based Corrections; Institutional Corrections; Juvenile Justice; Women in Criminal Justice. E-mail: mlparker@ualr.edu

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Dance

DOT CALLANEN-GRAVETT, associate professor, Theatre Arts/Dance.

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Day Care Communication

DR. GERALD W. DRISKILL, associate professor, Speech Communication Department.Subjects: Organizational Culture, Intercultural Communication, Day Care Communication, Managerial Communication. E-mail gwdriskill@ualr.edu

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Deafness and Sign Language

LINDA K. STAUFFER, assistant professor, Interpreter Education Program; . Subjects: Deafness; Sign Language Interpreting.

GAIL SIDDELL JOHNSON, Staff, mother of hearing impaired child. Subject: Oral Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. E-mail gpsiddell@ualr.edu

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Disabilities, Education of Children with

DR. MARY D. HENDRICKS, assistant professor, Education, . Subjects: Early Intervention Instructional Strategies for Young Children with Disabilities; Assessing Young Children.

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Disabilities, Education of Disabled

DR. WILLIAM L. GEIGER, professor, Teacher Education/. Subjects: Educating Students With Severe Disabilities/Developmental Disabilities; Educational and Social Policy for Persons With Disabilities; Teacher Education in Special Education.

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Distance Learning/Education

DR. WILLIAM H. JACOBSON, professor, Rehabilitation Department, Subjects: Rehabilitation, blindness, low vision, visual impairment, orientation and mobility for the blind, barriers for the blind, special education, Americans with Disabilities Act, hypnosis and hypnotherapy, distance education (experience as teacher using DL) E-mail whjacobson@ualr.edu.

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Disability Studies

Daniel Holland, Ph.D.,M.P.H. - Dept. of Psychology - dcholland@ualr.edu

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Domestic Violence

DR. NANCY HARM, assistant professor, Social Work, . Subjects: Domestic Violence; Female Offenders.

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Drug Education

DR. THEA SIRIA SPATZ, CHES; Professor; Health Sciences program. Subjects: Women's cancer detection; Concepts of Health Education; Controversial Issues in Health Education; Mental Health; Drug Education. tsspatz@ualr.edu

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Earthquakes

DR. HAYDAR AL-SHUKRI, director Earthquake Center/Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer.

DR. JEFFREY B. CONNELLY, associate professor and chair, Department of Earth Sciences. E-Mail: jbconnelly@ualr.edu. Topics: geology, geologic hazards, earthquakes.

ROBERT E. LEMMER, Instructor, Earth Science Department, Subjects: Earthquakes, paleoseismology, landslides, groundwater and groundwater contamination, environmental geology, engineering geology, solid waste management [former solid waste division (ADEQ) geology supervisor].

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Ebonics

DR. PRISCILLA NELLUM DAVIS, professor, Audiology and Speech Pathology.

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Economics

DR. JOHN C. PICKETT, professor, Economics. Subjects: Current Economic Issues; Statistics; Forecasting; Impact of Economic Policy

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Economic Development

DR. ASHVIN VIBHAKAR, Director, Institute for Economic Advancement,

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Economic Forecasting

DR. MARVIN DODSON, Institute for Economic Advancement. .

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Education

DR. ANGELA M. SEWALL, dean. College of Education

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Education Reform

DR. BARBARA STANFORD, assistant professor, teacher education. E-Mail BLSTANFORD@ualr.edu. Topics. Secondary education. Education reform. Conflict management in schools. Multicultural education.

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Elderly - Health Care

DR. MARK KRAIN, professor, Gerontology. . Subjects: Services To The Elderly; Myths and Realities of Aging; Aging And Social Policy; The Modern Family: Change and Challenge; Health Care to the Elderly; Medicare.

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Electric Vehicles

M. DAVID LUNEAU, JR., P.E., assistant professor, Engineering Technology. Engineering Technology and Applied Sciences Building. Subjects: Electric vehicles; has led student team that has won world titles in Solar Splash, annual collegiate solar boat competition.

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Electronics

CHUCK HANCOCK, associate research assistant, Electronics, Engineering Technology.

M. DAVID LUNEAU, JR., P.E., assistant professor, Engineering Technology. Subjects: Electronics, Motors, Energy Conservation, Solar Power.E-mail mdluneau@ualr.edu

DR. STEVEN MENHART, Associate Professor, Engineering Technology (Electronics). E-mail: sxmenhart@ualr.edu. Topics: Electronics, Power Electronics, Power Systems, Motors, Semiconductor devices.

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Endangered Species (Plants)

DR. JAMES H. PECK, professor, Biology. . Subjects: Botany; Ferns; Endangered Species; Flora of Arkansas; Forest Management; Wetland Management.

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Energy Conservation

M. DAVID LUNEAU, JR., P.E., assistant professor, Engineering Technology. Subjects: Electronics, Motors, Energy Conservation, Solar Power. E-mail mdluneau@ualr.edu

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Ethnic Violence

Daniel Holland, Ph.D.,M.P.H. - Dept. of Psychology - dcholland@ualr.edu

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Ethnography

DR. ANDREA W. HERRMANN, associate professor, Rhetoric & Writing. . Subjects: Qualitative Methods of Research (incl. ethnography), Composition Theory, Applied Linguistics, Methods of Teaching Writing, Literary Non-Fiction.

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Ethnopolitical Conflict

Daniel Holland, Ph.D.,M.P.H. - Dept. of Psychology - dcholland@ualr.edu

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Exercise

BENNIE F. PRINCE, adjunct instructor, Leisure Science. E-Mail bfprince@ualr.edu. Topics: Sports administration and research in exercise. science.

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Female Offenders

DR. NANCY HARM, assistant professor, Social Work. Subjects: Domestic Violence; Female Offenders.

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Ferns

DR. JAMES H. PECK, professor, Biology. Subjects: Botany; Ferns; Endangered Species;.

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Film

DR. STEVE ANDERSON, professor, English. E-Mail: wsanderson@ualr.edu. Topics: Film, Vietnam, science fiction, classical mythology.

DR. MARC H. ARNOLD, associate professor, Rhetoric and Writing. Subjects: Film; Theatre; Writing for Impact.

ALLISON DENMAN HOLLAND, director, University Writing Center. Subjects: Movies, Silent Films, Preservation of Old Movies.

DR. FLOYD MARTIN, professor, Art Department. Subjects: art, architectural history, silent movies, American film 1915-45. E-mail fwmartin@ualr.edu

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Film Music

HANS STIRITZ, part-time research assistant, music technology, also composer/music producer for Musikhaus Subjects: Commercial Music, Technology/Computers in the Arts, Music for Film and Video, Music and Sound Recording Arts. E-mail hans@musikhaus.com. Web page http://www.musikhaus.com

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Fine Arts

DR. FLOYD MARTIN, professor, Art Department. Subjects: art, architectural history, silent movies, American film 1915-45. E-mail fwmartin@ualr.edu

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First Amendment

RICHARD J. PELTZ, instructor of law, Law School. Subjects: First Amendment: Free Speech & Press, Freedom of Information/Access to Government, Media Law (especially student media).

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Forensic Anthropology

Dr. MARK J. HARTMANN, assistant professor, Anthropology. E-Mail mshartmann@ualr.edu Topics: Archaeology, Human evolution, Primatology, Forensic Anthropology.

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Forest Management

DR. JAMES H. PECK, professor, Biology. ; Forest Management; Wetland Management.

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Freedom of Information

RICHARD J. PELTZ, instructor of law, Law School. Subjects: First Amendment: Free Speech & Press, Freedom of Information/Access to Government, Media Law (especially student media).

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Gender Communication

DR. LINDA PLEDGER, Speech Communication .

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Geology

DR. JEFFREY B. CONNELLY, associate professor and chair, Department of Earth Sciences. E-Mail: jbconnelly@ualr.edu. Topics: geology, geologic hazards, earthquakes.

WILLIAM. JAY SIMS, lecturer, Earth Science Department. Subjects: Physical and Historical Geology, floodplain management and mitigation, stratigraphy, and structure. Email: wjsims@ualr.edu

ROBERT E. LEMMER, Instructor, Earth Science Department, Subjects: Earthquakes, paleoseismology, landslides, groundwater and groundwater contamination, environmental geology, engineering geology, solid waste management [former solid waste division (ADEQ) geology supervisor].

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Gerontology

DR. MARK KRAIN, professor, Gerontology. . Subjects: Services To The Elderly; Myths and Realities of Aging; Aging And Social Policy; The Modern Family: Change and Challenge; Health Care to the Elderly; Medicare. E-mail makrain@ualr.edu

ROBERT FLYNN CORWYN, research associate, Center for Appl;ied Studies in Education. Subjects: Poverty and Social; Stratification, Delinquent Behavior, gerontology and the life course. E-mail rbflynn@ualr.edu

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Gifted Education

DR. ANN E. ROBINSON, professor, Gifted Programs

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Government Agency Reorganization

DR. ROBY D. ROBERTSON, director, Arkansas Institute of Government, .

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Ground Water

ROBERT E. LEMMER, Instructor, Earth Science Department, Subjects: Earthquakes, paleoseismology, landslides, groundwater and groundwater contamination, environmental geology, engineering geology, solid waste management [former solid waste division (ADEQ) geology supervisor].

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Guitar

MICHAEL CARENBAUER, Associate professor, Music, E-Mail mgcarenbauer@ualr.edu Topics: Guitar, especially classical and jazz.

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Handicapped Student Accommodations

DR. WILLIAM H. JACOBSON, professor, Rehabilitation Department, Subjects: Rehabilitation, blindness, low vision, visual impairment, orientation and mobility for the blind, barriers for the blind, special education, Americans with Disabilities Act, hypnosis and hypnotherapy, distance education (experience as teacher using DL) E-mail whjacobson@ualr.edu.

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Healing and Writing

DR. CHARLES M. ANDERSON, Graduate coordinator, Department of Rhetoric and Writing. Subjects: He is the author of a new book on how writing about traumatic experiences has a healing effect.

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Health Psychology

Daniel Holland, Ph.D.,M.P.H. - Dept. of Psychology - dcholland@ualr.edu

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Higher Education

DR. GARY CHAMBERLIN, professor, College of Education, former UA System administrator.

DR. KATHY K. FRANKLIN, asst. professor, Higher Education Administration. E-Mail kkfranklin@ualr.edu Topics: Higher education administration, college student satisfaction, higher education accountability and assessment, institutional effectiveness, history of higher education.

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Hispanics

DR. TERRY TREVINO-RICHARD, professor, chair, Sociology-Anthropology-Gerontology.

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Historic Preservation

DR. STEPHEN L. RECKEN, associate professor, History. Subjects: 20th Century U.S. History; U.S. Popular Culture Museums; Museum Studies; Historic Preservation.

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Human Evolution

Dr. MARK J. HARTMANN, assistant professor, Anthropology. E-Mail mshartmann@ualr.edu Topics: Archaeology, Human evolution, Primatology, Forensic Anthropology.

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Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy

DR. WILLIAM H. JACOBSON, professor, Rehabilitation Department, Subjects: Rehabilitation, blindness, low vision, visual impairment, orientation and mobility for the blind, barriers for the blind, special education, Americans with Disabilities Act, hypnosis and hypnotherapy, distance education (experience as teacher using DL) E-mail whjacobson@ualr.edu.

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Immunology

DR. DALE V. FERGUSON, professor, Biology.

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Infrared (IR) Systems

DR. KEITH HUDSON, Professor, Applied Science and Chemistry. Director, GIT (Research Institute). Performs research on rocket fuels and hybrid rocket for NASA, directs rocket lab where test firings are done. Experience with military solid rockets, small arms and their propellants, combustion processes including waste disposal and power generation furnaces. Other technical areas include: spectroscopy, chromatography, Infrared (IR) systems.

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Inuit Art

DR. J. W. WIGGINS, Dean/associate professor, Chemistry, Subjects: Native American Art; Canadian Inuit Art.

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Juvenile Justice

DR. MARY L. PARKER, professor, Criminal Justice. Subjects: Community-Based Corrections; Institutional Corrections; Juvenile Justice; Women in Criminal Justice. E-mail: mlparker@ualr.edu

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Labor Unions, Labor Law

JIM NICKELS, associate professor, College of Business Administration, former dierector of Labor Education Program.

DIANE THOMAS-HOLLADAY, director, Labor Education Program.

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Law - Constitutional Law

JOHN M. DIPIPPA, professor, School of Law.

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Law - International

PHILIP D. OLIVER, professor, School of Law.

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Law - Legal Ethics

JOHN M. DIPIPPA, professor, School of Law.

DR. CHARLES CHASTAIN, Criminal Justice Department. Subjects: Constitutional Law, police and law enforcement issues, corrections, parole. E-mail cdchastain@ualr.edu

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Law - Media

RICHARD J. PELTZ, instructor of law, Law School. Subjects: First Amendment: Free Speech & Press, Freedom of Information/Access to Government, Media Law (especially student media).

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Law - Taxation

PHILIP D. OLIVER, professor, School of Law.

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Law - Torts

PHILIP D. OLIVER, professor, School of Law.

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Law and Religion

JOHN M. DIPIPPA, professor, School of Law.

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Lead-Based Paint

DR. PHYLLIS MOORE, professor, Biology. Former director of state Department of Pollution Control and Ecology.

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Linguistics

DR. ANDREA W. HERRMANN, associate professor, Rhetoric & Writing.

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Literacy Training

DR. JAMES PARINS, professor, English Department. Initiated in the 1980s the UALR Literacy Corps, using college students as literacy tutors

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Literature - 17th Century American

DR. ZABELLE STODOLA, professor, English Department. .

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Local Government

HUGH H. EARNEST, Research Associate, Institute of Government. E Mail: hhearnest@ualr.edu. Topics: Public Policy Issues (local government), Urban Planning, Solid Waste Management Regional Consolidation

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Managerial Communication

DR. MIKE HEMPHILL, associate professor, chair, Speech Communication,

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Marketing

DR. JAMES A. (JIM) KARRH, assistant professor, Marketing and Advertising. Topics: Advertising; Marketing and Marketing Practices; Public Opinion Polling and Surveys.

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Math

DR. XIU YE, assistant professor, Mathematics..

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Medical Microbiology

DR. DALE V. FERGUSON, professor, Biology. . Subjects: Immunology; Medical Microbiology.

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Meditation and Health

Daniel Holland, Ph.D.,M.P.H. - Dept. of Psychology - dcholland@ualr.edu

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Meeting Facilitation

JUDITH FAUST, instructor, School of Social Work. Subjects: meeting facilitation, nonprofit organization development and planning, community organizing, social welfare policy. E-mail: jkfaust@ualr.edu

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Mental Health

DR. THEA SIRIA SPATZ, CHES; Professor; Health Sciences program. Subjects: Women's cancer detection; Concepts of Health Education; Controversial Issues in Health Education; Mental Health; Drug Education. tsspatz@ualr.edu

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Microbiology

DR. THOMAS J. LYNCH, associate dean/professor, Biology. Subjects: AIDS; Cell Biology; Microbiology. One of first professors in the country to teach a credit course on AIDS.

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Micronesia

DR. JULIANA FLINN, professor, Anthropology. Lived there, did research on people, education impact.

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Motors

M. DAVID LUNEAU, JR., P.E., assistant professor, Engineering Technology. Subjects: Electronics, Motors, Energy Conservation, Solar Power.E-mail mdluneau@ualr.edu

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Museum Studies

DR. STEPHEN L. RECKEN, associate professor, History. Subjects: 20th Century U.S. History; U.S. Popular Culture Museums; Museum Studies; Historic Preservation

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Museums

DR. JOHANNA MILLER LEWIS, associate professor, assistant coordinator of Public History Program, History Department.

Music - Accompaniment

MRS. TRUDY KINCADE, lecturer, Music Department. Subjects: Accompanying; Children's piano lessons; Harpsichord; Equestrian trail riding & trail maintenance/building. E-mail:gckincade1@ualr.edu or gcktrudy@aol.com

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Music - American

DR. LINDA HOLZER, assistant professor, Music Department. E-Mail lrholzer@ualr.edu

Dr. ROLF GROESBECK, assistant professor, Music Dept. Subjects: music-ethnomusicology, world musics, South Asian studies, India, percussion, American vernacular music (jazz, popular music etc.), music history/musicology. Email: ragroesbeck@ualr.edu

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Music - Choral

DR. RAY W. MOORE, professor, Music Department. Subject: Choral Music and Choral Music Education. e-mail: rwmoore@ualr.edu

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Music - Film

HANS STIRITZ, part-time research assistant, music technology, also composer/music producer for Musikhaus Subjects: Commercial Music, Technology/Computers in the Arts, Music for Film and Video, Music and Sound Recording Arts. E-mail hans@musikhaus.com. Web page http://www.musikhaus.com

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Music - Guitar

MICHAEL CARENBAUER, Associate professor, Music, E-Mail mgcarenbauer@ualr.edu Topics: Guitar, especially classical and jazz.

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Music - Harpsichord

MRS. TRUDY KINCADE, lecturer, Music Department. Subjects: Accompanying; Children's piano lessons; Harpsichord; Equestrian trail riding & trail maintenance/building. E-mail:gckincade1@ualr.edu or gcktrudy@aol.com

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Music - Piano

DR. LINDA HOLZER, assistant professor, Music Department Topics: classical piano performances (solo & chamber music), injury prevention in piano technique, the piano etude in the Romantic era, piano pedagogy, teaching contemporary art music, Women Composers. E-Mail lrholzer@ualr.edu

MARTHA ANN EDWARDS, Instructor, Music Department, Coordinator of Piano Classes Subject:: Piano classes. E-mail mae1@worldnet.att.net

MRS. TRUDY KINCADE, lecturer, Music Department. Subjects: Accompanying; Children's piano lessons; Harpsichord; Equestrian trail riding & trail maintenance/building. E-mail:gckincade1@ualr.edu or gcktrudy@aol.com

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Music - Public School

DR. VICTOR ELLSWORTH, associate professor, Chairperson Division of Performance Studies: Public school music. E-mail evellsworth@ualr.edu

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Music Technology and MIDI

HANS STIRITZ, part-time research assistant, music technology, also composer/music producer for Musikhaus Subjects: Commercial Music, Technology/Computers in the Arts, Music for Film and Video, Music and Sound Recording Arts. E-mail hans@musikhaus.com. Web page http://www.musikhaus.com

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Music - World

Dr. ROLF GROESBECK, assistant professor, Music Dept. Subjects:music--ethnomusicology, world musics, South Asian studies, India, percussion, American vernacular music (jazz, popular music etc.), music history/musicology. Email: ragroesbeck@ualr.edu

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Mythology

DR. STEVE ANDERSON, professor, English, E-Mail: wsanderson@ualr.edu Topics: Film, Vietnam, science fiction, classical mythology

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Native American Art

DR. J. W. WIGGINS, Dean/associate professor, Chemistry. Subjects: Native American Art; Canadian Inuit Art.

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Native American Press

DR. JAMES PARINS, professor, English., co-director of Native American Press Archives, one of largest collections of Native American publications in the world.

DR. DANIEL LITTLEFIELD, professor, English, author of sevberal books on Native Americans, including "Seminole Burning," and co-director of the Native American Press Archives.

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Nonprofit Organizations

JUDITH FAUST, instructor, School of Social Work. Subjects: meeting facilitation, nonprofit organization development and planning, community organizing, social welfare policy. E-mail: jkfaust@ualr.edu

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Opinion Polls, Marketing Research

DR. CONWAY RUCKS, associate professor, Marketing.

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Organizational Change

DR. JERRY STEVENSON, professor, associate vice chancellor, Provost's Office.

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Organizational Culture

DR. GERALD W. DRISKILL, associate professor, Speech Communication Department.Subjects: Organizational Culture, Intercultural Communication, Day Care Communication, Managerial Communication. E-mail gwdriskill@ualr.edu

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Pacific Islands

DR. JULIANA FLINN, professor, Anthropology. Lived in and did research in Micronesia.

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Parenting

DR. KEITH B. RUNION, associate professor, Educational Leadership -Counseling.

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Philosophy

DR. JAN THOMAS, associate professor, Philosophy and Liberal Studies. Subjects: truth theory, knowledge theory, philosophy and literature. E-mail jlthomas@ualr.edu

DR. ANDREW ESHELMAN, assistant professor, Philosophy and Liberal Studies. Subjects: free will, philosophy of religion. E-mail aseshleman@ualr.edu

DR. RICHARD FROTHINGHAM, emeritus professor, Philosophy and Liberal Studies. Subjects: Greek philosophy

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Piano

DR. LINDA HOLZER, assistant professor, Music Department Topics: classical piano performances (solo & chamber music), injury prevention in piano technique, the piano etude in the Romantic era, piano pedagogy, teaching contemporary art music, Women Composers. E-Mail lrholzer@ualr.edu

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Police Issues

DR. JEFFERY T. WALKER, associate professor, Criminal Justice. Subjects: Policing; Use of Deadly Force by Police; Crime and Criminal Behavior.

DR. DEBORAH LAUFERSWEILER-DWYER, associate professor, Criminal Justice Dept. Subjects: police, law enforcement, serial crimes, profiling suspects, critical incident debriefing (stress situations), victim rights. E-mail dlaiferswei@ualr.edu

DR. JAMES W. GOLDEN, associate professor, Criminal Justice Dept. Subjects: police, law enforcement, computer crime, crime analysis. E-mail jwgolden@ualr.edu

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Political Communications

DR. MIKE HEMPHILL, associate professor, chair, Speech Communication.

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Politics, U.S., Arkansas

DR. ANN V. CLEMMER, Instructor, Political Science.

DR. ART ENGLISH, Professor of Political Science, Subjects: American Politics, Arkansas Politics, Public Law, State and Local govt. Frequent commentator on political events on American politics and Arkansas government.

DR. ROBY D. ROBERTSON, director, Arkansas Institute of Government. Subjects: State Government and Politics and Ark. Govt. and Politics; Reorganization of Government Agencies; Reinventing Govt., Volunteerism and Community Service.

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Pollution Control Administration

DR. PHYLLIS MOORE, professor, Biology. Former director of state Department of Pollution Control and Ecology.

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Polymers

DR. TITO VISWANATHAN, professor, Chemistry. Has several research projects in progress, including work for NASA. Invented a flame-retardant insulation.

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Poverty and Social Stratification

ROBERT FLYNN CORWYN, research associate, Center for Research on Teaching and Learning. Subjects: Poverty and Social; Stratification, Delinquent Behavior, gerontology and the life course. E-mail rbflynn@ualr.edu

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Power Systems

DR. STEVEN MENHART, Associate Professor, Engineering Technology (Electronics). E-mail: sxmenhart@ualr.edu. Topics: Electronics, Power Electronics, Power Systems, Motors, Semiconductor devices.

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Primatology

Dr. MARK J. HARTMANN, assistant professor, Anthropology. E-Mail mshartmann@ualr.edu

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Prejudice Reduction

DR. TERRY TREVINO-RICHARD, professor, Sociology Department

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Profiling Criminal Suspects

DR. DEBORAH LAUFERSWEILER-DWYER, associate professor, Criminal Justice Dept. Subjects: police, law enforcement, serial crimes, profiling suspects, critical incident debriefing (stress situations), victim rights. E-mail dlaiferswei@ualr.edu

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Psychiatric Nursing

CATHERINE CHRISTIE, associate professor, Nursing. Subjects: Psychiatric Nursing.

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Public Opinion Polling and Surveys

DR. JAMES A. (JIM) KARRH, assistant professor, Marketing and Advertising. Topics: Advertising; Marketing and Marketing Practices; Public Opinion Polling and Surveys.

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Public Personnel Policy

Dr. JERRY STEVENSON, professor, associate vice chancellor, Provost's Office.

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Public Speaking

DR. MIKE HEMPHILL, associate professor, Speech Communication.

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Quality Control

DR. ALAN M. JOHNSON, professor, Mathematics and Statistics.

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Race and Ethnic Relations

DR. TERRY TREVINO-RICHARD, professor, Sociology.

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Real Estate

DR. BRUCE LINDEMAN, professor, Economics & Finance. Teaches televised course.

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Reapportionment Issues

JIM LYNCH, senior research specialist, Institute of Government.

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Reconstruction, post-Civil War

DR. CARL MONEYHON, professor, History.

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Recording (Sound, Music)

HANS STIRITZ, research assistant, music technology, also composer/music producer for Musikhaus. E-mail hans@musikhaus.com. Web page http://www.musikhaus.com

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Regional Consolidation

HUGH H. EARNEST, Research Associate, Institute of Government. E-Mail:hhearnest@ualr.edu.

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Refugee Mental Health

Daniel Holland, Ph.D.,M.P.H. - Dept. of Psychology - dcholland@ualr.edu

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Reinventing Government

DR. ROBY D. ROBERTSON, director, Arkansas Institute of Government.

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Religion

DR. ANDREW ESHELMAN, assistant professor, Philosophy and Liberal Studies. Subjects: free will, philosophy of religion. E-mail aseshleman@ualr.edu

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Risk Analysis

DR. ALAN M. JOHNSON, professor, Mathematics and Statistics.

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Robotics

DR. GARY ANDERSON, Applied Sciences

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Rockets

DR. KEITH HUDSON, Professor, Applied Science and Chemistry. Director, GIT (Research Institute). Performs research on rocket fuels and hybrid rocket for NASA, directs rocket lab where test firings are done. Experience with military solid rockets, small arms and their propellants, combustion processes including waste disposal and power generation furnaces. Other technical areas include: spectroscopy, chromatography, Infrared (IR) systems.

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School Counseling

DR. KEITH B. RUNION, associate professor, Educational Leadership - Counseling.

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Science Fiction

DR. STEVE ANDERSON, professor, English. E-Mail: wsanderson@ualr.edu

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Semiconducting Devices

DR. STEVEN MENHART, Associate Professor, Engineering Technology (Electronics), (501) 569-8225. E-mail: sxmenhart@ualr.edu

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Serial Crimes

DR. DEBORAH LAUFERSWEILER-DWYER, associate professor, Criminal Justice Dept. Subjects: police, law enforcement, serial crimes, profiling suspects, critical incident debriefing (stress situations), victim rights. E-mail dlaiferswei@ualr.edu

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Small Arms

DR. KEITH HUDSON, Professor, Applied Science and Chemistry. Director, GIT (Research Institute). Performs research on rocket fuels and hybrid rocket for NASA, directs rocket lab where test firings are done. Experience with military solid rockets, small arms and their propellants, combustion processes including waste disposal and power generation furnaces. Other technical areas include: spectroscopy, chromatography, Infrared (IR) systems.

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Small Business Issues

JANET NYE, director, Arkansas Small Business Development Center.

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Social Welfare Policy

JUDITH FAUST, instructor, School of Social Work. Subjects: meeting facilitation, nonprofit organization development and planning, community organizing, social welfare policy. E-mail: jkfaust@ualr.edu

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Solar Power

M. DAVID LUNEAU, JR., P.E., assistant professor, Engineering Technology. Subjects: Electronics, Motors, Energy Conservation, Solar Power.E-mail mdluneau@ualr.edu

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Solid Waste Management

HUGH H. EARNEST, Research Associate, Institute of Government 501 569-8549. E Mail:hhearnest@ualr.edu

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Southern History

DR. CARL MONEYHON, professor, History.

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Space Shuttle Program

M. DAVID LUNEAU, JR., P.E., assistant professor, Engineering Technology. Worked in space shuttle program in area of rendezvous navigation. E-mail mdluneau@ualr.edu

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Spectroscopy

DR. TITO VISWANATHAN, professor, Chemistry.

DR. KEITH HUDSON, Professor, Applied Science and Chemistry. Director, GIT (Research Institute). Performs research on rocket fuels and hybrid rocket for NASA, directs rocket lab where test firings are done. Experience with military solid rockets, small arms and their propellants, combustion processes including waste disposal and power generation furnaces. Other technical areas include: spectroscopy, chromatography, Infrared (IR) systems.

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Sports Administration

BENNIE F. PRINCE, adjunct instructor, Leisure Science. E-Mail bfprince@ualr.edu.

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State and Local Government

DR ART ENGLISH, Professor of Political Science. Frequent commentator on political events on American politics and Arkansas government.

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State Government

DR. ROBY D. ROBERTSON, director, Arkansas Institute of Government.

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Statistics

DR. ALAN M. JOHNSON, professor, Mathematics and Statistics.

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Stocks, Bonds, Markets

DR. ANDREW TERRY, associate professor, Finance.

DR. ASHVIN VIBHAKAR, Director, Institute for Economic Advancement.

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Stress

DR. DEBORAH LAUFERSWEILER-DWYER, associate professor, Criminal Justice Dept. Subjects: police, law enforcement, serial crimes, profiling suspects, critical incident debriefing (stress situations), victim rights. E-mail dlaiferswei@ualr.edu

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Substance Abuse

DR. THEA SIRIA SPATZ, CHES; Professor; Health Sciences program. Subjects: Women's cancer detection; Concepts of Health Education; Controversial Issues in Health Education; Mental Health; Drug Education. tsspatz@ualr.edu

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Suicide

DR. ALAN MARKS, associate professor, Gerontology.

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Systems Analysis

DR. YUPO CHAN, chair, Dept. of Systems Analysis,formerly with Air Force Institute of Technology. Subjects: Systems analysis and Transportation Systems

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Taxes - Legislation and Regulations

MICHAEL WATTS, CPA, MBA, JD, assistant professor, Accounting & Taxation.

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Taxes - State and Local

JIM LYNCH, senior research specialist, Institute of Government.

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Texas Republican History

DR. CARL MONEYHON, professor, History.

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Theater

THOMAS HEIMAN, assistant professor, Theater and Dance. Subjects: general theatre, special effects, theatre and concert lighting, scenic design, computing in the arts, 3d graphics and faux painting effects.

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Twentieth Century History

DR. STEPHEN L. RECKEN, associate professor, History.

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U.S. Supreme Court

JOHN M. DIPIPPA, professor, School of Law.

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Urban Planning

HUGH H. EARNEST, Research Associate, Institute of Government. E Mail:hhearnest@ualr.edu

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Urban Policy

DR. DAVID SINK, Public Administration, Arkansas Institute of Government, . Subjects: Urban Public Policy and Evaluation; Urban Governance

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Victim Rights

DR. DEBORAH LAUFERSWEILER-DWYER, associate professor, Criminal Justice Dept. Subjects: police, law enforcement, serial crimes, profiling suspects, critical incident debriefing (stress situations), victim rights. E-mail dlaiferswei@ualr.edu

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Vietnam War

DR. STEVE ANDERSON, professor, English, E-Mail: wsanderson@ualr.edu

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Volunteerism and Community Service

DR. ROBY D. ROBERTSON, director, Arkansas Institute of Government.

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Voting Rights

JIM LYNCH, senior research specialist, Institute of Government.

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Wetlands Management

DR. JAMES H. PECK, professor, Biology.

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Women Composers

DR. LINDA HOLZER, assistant professor, Music Department Topics: classical piano performances (solo & chamber music), injury prevention in piano technique, the piano etude in the Romantic era, piano pedagogy, teaching contemporary art music, Women Composers. E-Mail lrholzer@ualr.edu

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Women in Criminal Justice

DR. MARY L. PARKER, professor, Criminal Justice.

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Women Writers - Early American

DR. ZABELLE STODOLA, professor, English.

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Women's History

DR. JOHANNA MILLER LEWIS, associate professor, assistant coordinator of Public History Program, History Department.

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World Wide Web

TERESA (TERRE) McLENDON, research specialist, Arkansas Institute for Economic Advancement.

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Writing

DR. STEVE ANDERSON, associate professor, English. - DR. ANDREA W. HERRMANN, associate professor, Rhetoric & Writing. Subject: Literary Non-Fiction.

DR. MARC H. ARNOLD, associate professor, Rhetoric and Writing,

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Youth Entrepreneurship

LAURA CREASEY FINE, assistant state director, Arkansas Small Business Development Center.

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Youth Violence

DR. DAVID SINK, associate professor, Public Administration, Arkansas Institute of Government.

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