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Campus Experts & Areas of Expertise:  

Ruth Capasso, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

• Higher Education Issues
• French Culture

Joel Carbonell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science

• Latin American Politics
• International Political Economy/Development
• International Relations

Lucas Engelhardt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics

• Macroeconomics
• Business Cycles
• Economic Policy
  

Kim Finer, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology

• Infectious Diseases, including H1N1, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Smallpox
• Vaccines and Vaccine Development

Lee Fox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology

• Group Behavior/Dynamics
• Abortion Activism
• Unions and Collective Bargaining
• Leadership

Robert Hamilton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology

• Urban Ecology
• Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
• Pitcher Plants
  
• Wetlands
• Watersheds

Leslie Heaphy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History

• Negro Baseball League
• Women in Sports
• African-American Sporting Pioneers

Erin Hollenbaugh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

• Inappropriate Self-Disclosure
• Drunk Dialing
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Facilitating Relationships through Online Communication

Deborah Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology

• Persuasion and Influence in Advertising
  

Ralph Menning, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History

• Germany
• International Relations
• Middle East Peace Negotiations

Chris Paveloi , M.Ed.
Assistant Director of Career Services

• Matching Students' Majors with the Right Occupations
• How to Prepare for Employment after College
• Current Employment Trends for Northeastern Ohio

Alicia Pieper, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer Studies

• Family Issues and Relationships

Christopher Post, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography

• Demography
• Regional Issues (U.S. and Canada)
• Culture and Landscape
• Monuments and Memorialization
  

Gail Pukys, M.A.
Assistant Director of Financial Aid

• Financial Aid in Higher Education
• College Tuition
• Financial Aid for Ohio Veterans

Carrie Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology

• Evolution and Extinction
• Biogeography
• Paleoecology
• Paleontology
• Crabs, Mudge and Ghost Shrimp Fossils

James Seelye, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History

• American Indian History
• Founding Fathers
• Early American Republic
• Missionary/American Indian Encounters

Tom Sosnowski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History

• Ohio and Stark County History

Mary Southards, M.A.
Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management

• How to Prepare for College
• Regional Issues in Higher Education

Scott Tobias, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies

• Video Games
• Child and Adolescent Development
• Families and Society
• Family Life Education
• Family Policy

Jarrod Tudor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Justice Studies/Political Science

• National Politics
• Financial Markets
  
• Constitutional Law
  
• International Trade
• Supreme Court
  

Lisa Waite, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Communication and Information

• Communication Practices in the Workplace