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Experts by Name

The following is a listing of university experts according to topics of their expertise. A cross-referenced listing by topics is also available. Please contact the office of public relations to arrange for one of our experts to speak to your group, or to get their insight on a particular subject.

Names A-D Names E-H Names I-O Names P-Z

	Ahia, Emmanuel, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education	• Legal Issues in the Practice of Psychotherapy • Mental Health of Black Male Inmates • Multicultural Issues in Counseling and Student Development • Multicultural Training for Police Officers
	Amadio, William, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems	• Biological Breakthroughs Using Computers • Computer-Based Information Systems • Database Management Systems • Internet and World Wide Web
	Ambrose, Donald, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Education	• Big-Picture Thinking: How to Recognize and Nurture It • Creative Thinking Strategies for Individuals and Organizations • Current World Trends: Implications for Education and Society • Visual Thinking: Potential and Strategies
	Bahri, Anthony, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics	• Mathematics • Recreational Mathematics
	Baron, Ava, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology	• Women and Work • Women's Rights
	Basham, Rebecca, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English	• Playwriting • Screenwriting
	Bentley, Jerome, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Economics	• Economic Analysis of Aviation Policy • Economic Conditions and Trends • Environmental Economics
	Bidle, Kelly, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology	•Life in Extreme Environments •Microbial Genomes •The Deep Sea •Microbial Molecular Biology
	Bonfield, Edward, Ph.D. Professor of Marketing	• Advertising and Buyer Behavior Relationships • Changing Patterns of Family Decision Making • Consumer Decision Making/Behavior • Image Research • Municipal Marketing • Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Research • Small and Medium Business Marketing
	Borcea, Ciprian, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics	• Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Trigonometry • Linear Perspective and Projective Geometry
	Brown, Donald, M.Ed. Director of Center for Multicultural Affairs and Community Service	• Community Service • Managing Diversity on a College Campus • Multiculturalism • Service Learning
	Brown, Pamela, Ph.D. Professor of Communication and Director of Law & Justice Program	• Cold War Journalism • Cyberspace Law • Freedom of Expression • Media Ethics
	Browne, Kathleen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Geological and Marine Sciences	• Earliest Evidence of Life on Earth • Evolution of Reefs over 3.5 Billion Years • Expected Life Forms on Mars • Living Examples of the Oldest Fossils on Earth • Watershed Protection/Restoration
	Bulgar, Sylvia, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education	•Teaching Fractions •Teaching Mathematics, Grades K-8 •Using Manipulative Materials to Teach Mathematics
	Burgh, Richard, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy	• Law as a Career • Medical Ethics • Philosophical Views on Abortion, Affirmative Action, Animal Rights, Capital Punishment, Environment, Euthanasia, Pornography, Sexual Morality and World Hunger • Philosophy of Law • Punishment (Philosophical Perspective)
	Burnham, Bruce, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry	• Amine-Boranes: Synthesis and Anticancer/Hypolipidemic Activity • Anticancer & Lipid-lowering Effects of Pyrroles • Drugs of Abuse: Structure and Pharmacology • Xenobiotic Metabolism
	Callahan, Thomas, Ph.D. Professor of History and Department Chair	• English History • Medieval Europe
	Carroll, Anne Marie, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance	• Issues in Workers' Compensation Insurance • Medical Malpractice Insurance • Regulation vs. Deregulation of Rates in Workers' Compensation • Regulation of Managed Care Organizations
	Diane Casale-Giannola, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Education	• Adapting Instruction for Students with Special Needs • Co-Teaching: Effective Strategies and Problem Solving for Inclusive Classrooms • Evaluating the Inclusive Classroom: What to look for and how to find it • Meaning of International Experiences for the Professional Development of Educators
	Castagnera, James Ottavio, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Provost	• Celebrated American Trials • Clarence Darrow, Attorney for the Damned
	Chaganti, Radha, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Business Policy and Environment	• Entrepreneurial Leadership and Small Business • Family Businesses • Starting a Small Business in an Urban Setting • Women in Management
	Chen, Feng, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry	• High Temperature Superconductors: Searching for New Materials and Developing New Technologies for Applications • New Developments in Materials Chemistry (Increasing Role of Chemistry in Modern Materials Development)
	Christian, Susan, B.A. Dean of Enrollment	• College Admissions Process • How to Choose a College That’s Right for You • Preparing for College
	Christiansen, Lindsey, M.M. Professor of Voice	• Music of Franz Schubert • What is Art Song? • Women Composers
	Cook, Ronald, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management and Human Resources and Director of the Small Business Institute	• Business Planning • Family Businesses • Impact of Small Business on the Economy • Small Business Institute at Rider University • Small Firm Consulting • Starting a Small Business
	Coopersmith, Lewis, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management Sciences	• Business Forecasting • Design and Implementation of Business and Research Surveys • Project Portfolio Management for Research and Development
	Corman, Hope, Ph.D. Professor of Economics	• Child Health • Economics of Drugs and Crime • Effects of Child Health on Marital Status and Family Structure • Effects of Low Birthweight on Education, Behavior and Health of School-Aged Children • Special Education Costs of Low Birthweight
	Curran, Michael, Ed.D Associate Professor of Undergraduate Education	• Communication in Business (Corporate to Small Business) • Effective Staff Management Techniques (Corporate to Small Business) • Future of Teacher Education • Implementing Current Management Theories (Carnegie, Covey, Blanchard, McGraw) • Violence in Schools
	Cusack, Margaret, M.M.T. Associate Professor of Piano and Voice	• French Opera and Italian Opera • Layman’s Guide to Opera • Operas of Mozart • Operas of Richard Wagner • Operas of Verdi • Nineteenth Century Opera • Twentieth Century Opera
	D’Angelo-Long, Michele, M.A.T. Composition Coordinator	• Plagiarism Concerns in High School and Higher Education
	Dombrowski, Stefan, Ph.D. Professor of School Psychology, Graduate Education	• Impact of Child Abuse and Neglect • IQ Testing/ Learning Disabilities Assessment • Prenatal Brain Development • Relationship between Prenatal Factors and Adverse Psychological/Behavior Development
	Drawbridge, Julie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology	• Animal Development • Cell Adhesion and its Role in Shaping Tissue • Cloning • Human Reproduction • Stem cell Technology
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	Ebo, Bosah, Ph.D. Professor of Communication	• International Communication • Minorities and Women in the Media • Political Communication in Africa • Popular Culture • Public Relations • Race, Class, and Gender Issues
	Eder, Lauren, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems and Department Chair	• Electronic Commerce • Future of Technology in the Home • Heath Care and the Internet • Information Privacy on the Internet • Information Technology
	Fraivillig, Judith, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Graduate Education	• Mathematics Education • Expertise in Teaching • Children's Mathematical Thinking
	Fager, Russell, M.A. Head Men’s Soccer Coach	• The Creative You (Problem Solving and Self-Image) • Group/Team Motivation • Preparing for College
	Gishlick, Herbert, Ph.D. Professor of Economics	• Economic Issues Involving Transportation (Rail, Air and Highway) • Macroeconomics • Regional Economy • Regional Transportation Issues
	Glazer, Susan Mandel, Ed.D. Professor of Education and Director of Reading and Writing Center	• Assessment in Whole Language Classrooms and Clinics • Mainstreaming Children in the Classroom • Teaching Children to Read • Use of Writing to Improve Reading
	Goldberg, Ilene, J.D. Associate Professor of Business Policy and Environment	• Fetal Protection: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Policy • Life, Death, and Liability: Duties of Health Care Providers Regarding Withdrawal of Treatment • Moral, Legal, and Economic Issues Regarding Organ Transplantation
	Goldie, Matthew Boyd, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English	• Creative Writing: Poetry • Medieval English Literature • Post-Colonial Literature
	Goldstein, Marvin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center	• Holocaust Education • Holocaust Issues • Prejudice Reduction
	Goldsworthy, James, Ph.D.	• Music Appreciation • Music History • Music Theory • Performances
	Golski, Stephanie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology	• Aging and the Brain • Brain and Behavior • Drugs and the Brain • Enhancing Memory • Optical Illusions and Other Perceptual Tricks • Sex Difference in the Brain • Skeptical/Critical Thought
	Gowaskie, Joseph, Ph.D. Professor of History	• American Economic History • American Labor History • Current Political and Economic Topics • Race, Class, and Gender in Modern America
	Gutin, Myra, Ph.D. Professor of Communications	• First Ladies of the United States • Interpersonal Communication • Nonverbal Communication • Political Communication
	Haksever, Cengiz, Ph.D. Professor of Management Sciences	• Management of Service Operations • Measuring Efficiency in Service Organizations • Production/Operations Management • Quality Assurance • Total Quality Management
	Hernandez, Sigfredo, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing	• Cooperative Learning • Team Learning
	Husch, Jonathan, Ph.D. Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences	• Geological Hazards (Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Floods and Landslides) • Geological Resources (Oil, Coal, Mineral, Water, and Soil) • Geology Lectures to Secondary School Students • Geology of Mars • Geology of New Jersey • Radon: An Environmental Hazard (In General and in New Jersey) • Trace Metals in the Environment
	Hyatt, Laura, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology	• Biological Invasions – Plants out of Place
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	Janes, Barry, Ph.D. Professor of Communications	• Digital Audio and Video Production • Media Technologies: Educational and Corporate • Multimedia Communication • Radio and Television Broadcasting
	Jivoff, Paul, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology	• Blue Crab Biology and the Impact of Fishing • Invasive Species in the Marine Environment • Jobs in Environmental Sciences: What are they and how do I get one?
	Johnson, Larry, J.D. Associate Dean of Students	• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act • Legal Relationship Between the Student and the University • University Disciplinary Process: Education or Punishment
	Jordan, James, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Conducting	• Group Vocal Techniques • High School Choirs
	Joyner, Rubin, M.Ed. Director of the Educational Opportunity Program	• Leadership • Lobbying/Advocacy • Opportunity Programs
	Kamens, Michele Wilson, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Education	• Special Education: Inclusion • Working with Paraprofessionals • Teacher Collaboration and Communication
	Kamin, Valerie, M.P.H., B.S.N. Director of Student Health Services	• Diets: What Works and Doesn’t Work • Emergency Contraception • How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep • Infections in the 21st Century – What Should we worry about? • Strategies to Stop Smoking
	Karp, Jonathan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology	• Effects of stress on Health and Disease Susceptibility • Stress and the Immune System • Use of Animals in Biomedical Research
	Keenan, David M., M.A. Director of Student Center and Director of International Student Services	• Commuter Services • Event Management • International Education • International Students • Student Leadership Programs • Studying Abroad
	Keenze, Marvin H., M.M. Professor of Voice Pedagogy	• Singing Voice: Structure, Function and Acoustics • Teaching Singing in Today’s World • View of Voice Pedagogy
	Kollar, Marianne, M.Ed. Associate Director of Admissions	• College Admissions Process
	Kornberg, Harvey, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science	• Civil Liberties Issues (Freedoms of Speech, Press, Religion, etc.) • Holocaust Issues • Gentile Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust • Nazism and Anti-Semitism • Role of U.S. Supreme Court in American Politics • U.S. Supreme Court Issues
	Kutcher, Gene, B.A. Administrative Director of the Teaching and Learning Center	• Corporate Fund Raising: Building Partnerships That Get Results • Finding, Cultivating and Selecting Corporate and Foundation Donors • Proposal Writing: Dos and Don’ts
	Lackie, Robert, M.L.I.S. Associate Professor-Librarian	• E-Classroom: Theory and Pedagogy • Faculty Involvement in Residence Life • Internet/Database Research Methods • Invisible, Deep Hidden Web • Staff Development for Librarians • Workshop Facilitation Skills
	Law, Anne, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology	• Child Care Studies • Ethnic and Cultural Influences on Children • Family Issues and Relations (Parenting) • Integration of Race, Class, and Gender in Preschool through College Curricula • Interaction of Children in Various Day Care Settings • Psychology of Gender • Social and Cognitive Development of Children
	Leck, Mary, Ph.D. Professor Emerita of Biology	• Botanist’s View of Oz: Plants and Animals of Australia • Natural History of the Hamilton-Trenton Marshes • Nature for Natives and Nobles • Seed Banks of Freshwater Tidal Wetlands (i.e., Hamilton-Trenton Marshes) • Wildflowers of New Jersey
	LeMasney, John, B.F.A. Instructional Technology Specialist	• Computer Graphics • Media and Content Management • Instructional Technologies
	Lentz, Christine, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior	• International Business and Management
	Loh, Charmen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance	• Corporate Restructuring (Spin-Offs, Sell-Offs, Mergers and Acquisitions) • International Currency Markets • Market Efficiency
	Lorenzet, Steven, Ph.D. Associate Dean, College of Business Administration	• Employee Motivation • Employee Training and Development • Human Resource Management Topics • Leadership Development • Performance Management • Training Evaluation
	Mayo, Ira, M.B.A. Associate Dean of Freshmen	• Being a Freshman • Difference between High School and College • Getting Ready for College • Orientation
	McDonald, Roderick, Ph.D. Professor of History	• African-American History (Particularly Slavery) • Caribbean Region (Economics, History and Politics) • Central America (Economics, History and Politics) • Latin American History • Western/Southern African and Rwandan History
	McMullen, Dorothy, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Accounting	• Audit Committees • Corporate Governance • Fraudulent Financial Reporting
	Mendilow, Jonathan, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science	• Arab Politics • Israeli-Arab Conflict • Israeli Politics • Palestinian Politics
	Millen, Jonathan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Communication	• Conflict-Conflict Resolution • Group Dynamics/Leadership • History/Social Impact of Rock ’n’ Roll • Social Cognition and Perception • Social Construction of Reality
	Mirchandani, Sharon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Music Theory	• Feminist Musicology • Music and Gender • Ruth Crawford Seeger • Women Composers
	Naar, Harry, M.F.A. Professor of Art and Curator of the Art Gallery	• Art Gallery Management • Art History • Studio Art
	Newman, Cynthia, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Marketing	• Marketing Research and Planning for Non-Profit and High Education Institutions • Marketing Positioning and Competitiveness
	Newman, Larry, Ph.D. Dean, College of Business Administration	• Marketing Audits • Marketing Higher Education • Strategic Planning
	Noonan, Kelly, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics	• Long-Term Foster Care Dependence • Impact of Poor Child Health on Family Resources • Impact of Terminating Parental Rights to Foster Care Children
	Oh, Seiwoong, Ph.D. Professor of English	• Asian American Issues • Multi-Cultural Literature • Shakespeare
	Osborne, Anne, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History	• China
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	Persons, Obeua, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Accounting	• Financial Accounting • Financial Statement Analysis • Fraudulent Financial Reporting • Thailand
	Peters, Pearlie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English	• African-American Women Writers (Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, etc.) • Black American Experience: History and Literature • Black American Literature: Folklore and Culture • Black Writers of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard • Catherine Lim, Singapore’s Premiere Writer • Harlem Renaissance (The Arts Movement)
	Phillips, Joel, D.M.A. Professor of Music Theory	• Using Technology in Composing and Teaching Music
	Poteau-Tralie, Mary, Ph.D. Associate Professor of French	• Developing Internet Projects in the Foreign Language Classroom • Motherhood and Infanticide in late 19th century France in Guy de Maupassant's Short Stories • Using Foreign News Programs in the Foreign Language Classroom
	Prober, Larry, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Accounting	• The Balanced Scorecard • Business Valuations • Cost of Capital • Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis
	Procaccino, Drew, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems	• Introduction to Biometrics
	Randall, Maury, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance	• Business and Economic Conditions (Including Interest Rates) • Investment Analysis and Management (Financial Environment)
	Ratner, Mitchell, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance	• International Financial Markets • U.S. Financial Markets and Institutions
	Rife, Jerry, Ph.D. Professor of Music	• Animated Cartoon Music • Film Music: The Music of the Movies • John Philip Sousa: An American Phenomenon • Music of the 20th Century • What is Music?
	Riggs, James, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Biology	• Biology of Human Aging • Infectious Disease Research Findings • Immunology • Language of Biology • Microbiology
	Rosenthal, Deborah, M.F.A. Associate Professor of Fine Arts	• Abstract Art and its Sources • Development and Sources of Speaker's Personal Painting • Various Artists (From Medieval to Modern and More Recent Artists) • Women Artists of the 20th Century
	Rusciano, Frank, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Political Science	• American Politics (Parties and Elections, the Presidency, and Congress) • Media and Politics • Public Opinion: Research Methods • World Opinion and Political Communication
	Salvatore, Anne, Ph.D. Professor of English	• Training Tutors for Writing Centers • Writing Across the Curriculum
	Schleissner, Margaret, Ph.D. Professor of German	• Contemporary German-Jewish Culture • Contemporary Germany • German Women Writers • Medieval German Literature • Medieval Women's Medicine • Women in the Middle Ages
	Schneer, Joy, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of Management and Human Resources	• Career Interruptions • Effects of Employment Gaps on Career Paths of Men and Women MBAs • Family Structure and Careers • Gender Differences in Conflict-Handling Styles • Gender Differences in Income and Career Satisfaction for Mid-Career Managers • Managerial Work Ethic and Loyalty • Women-Friendly Corporate Culture
	Schwartz, Charles, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics	• Elementary/Secondary School Mathematics (Especially Geometry)
	Sethi, Robbie Clipper, Ph.D. Professor of English	• Fiction and Poetry Reading • Creative Writing Workshops in Fiction and Poetry • Writing and Publishing a Book
	Sheats, John, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry	• The Crisis in U.S. Science Education • History of U.S. Space Program • Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers • Organometallic Chemistry • Photosynthesis: How Plants Renew the Atmosphere
	Suk, David, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance	• Corporate Finance and Investment • Corporate Restructuring (Spin-Offs, Sell-Offs, Mergers and Acquisitions) • Insider Trading • Market Efficiency • Mergers and Acquisitions
	Suler, John, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology	• Psychology of Cyberspace • Psychotherapy and Counseling
	Sullivan, John, Ph.D. Professor of American Studies and English	• American Culture and Influence on European Music (Classical and Jazz) • Book Reviewing • Freelance Arts Journalism • Hitchcock
	Taga, Leonore, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Economics	• Economic Reform in Russia
	Thomas-Cottingham, Alison, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology	• HIV Prevention in the African-American Community
	Truchil, Barry, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences	• Bucks County Government • Local Environmental Disputes • Local Government Economics and Politics • Sports in American Society
	Turner, Frederick, Ph.D. Professor of Communications	• Effective Listening • Interpersonal Communication • Nonverbal Communication • Organizational Communication
	Turner, Shirley, M.A. Associate Director of Career Services	• Companies Recruiting on Campus
	Wang, Minmin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Communication	• Chinese Culture and Communication • Gender Differences in Communication • Intercultural Communication: Chinese vs. American
	Warner, Dorothy, M.S. Associate Professor – Librarian	• Assessment of Information Literacy • Health Resources • Government Information • Small Business Resources • Preservation of Government Information
	Weaver, Vickie, M.A. Director of Public Safety	• Employee Counseling Techniques • Principles of Leadership • Security Issues on College Campuses • Self Protection Presentations • Women in the Military
	Yavelow, Jonathan, Ph.D. Professor of Biology	• Breast Cancer • Cell Biology • Diet and Cancer • Upgrading Traditional Biology/Biochemistry Curricula • Using Biotechnology Methodology and Equipment
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