Admission
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Melanie E. Mirande, M.S., M.A., Director of Operations, Enrollment Management |
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Melody Rodriguez, M.Ed., Founder/Director, HOLA program |
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L. Russell Watjen, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management |
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Adult Learning
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Patricia Coberly, Ed.D., Associate Professor |
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Adult education and language learning |
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Margarete Froelicher-Grundmann, M.Ed., Assistant Professor |
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Africa
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Civil-military relations |
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Human rights |
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Politics |
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Jose da Cruz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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African-American
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1960s |
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African literature |
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African-American literature |
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African-American studies (1865-present) |
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American West |
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Hip hop |
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Political and social movements |
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Kalenda Eaton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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African-American culture on the Georgia coast |
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Barbara C. Fertig, Ph.D., Professor |
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African-American history |
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African-American intellectual history |
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Civil Rights Movement |
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Lowcountry slavery |
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Learotha Williams Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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African-American language (AAL), codeswitching |
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African-American political speech rhetoric |
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African-American theater |
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African Americans in the military |
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Hip hop history, lyrics and rhetoric |
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Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Alternative and Complementary Medicine
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Alternative medicine |
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Traditional Chinese medicine |
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Shelley Conroy, Ph.D., Professor, Dean of the College of Health Professions |
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David Lake, Ph.D., Professor |
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Anatomy
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Cognitive Neuroscience |
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Human Anatomy |
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Research Methods |
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Linda L. Wright, PT, Ph.D., Professor |
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Art
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Advocacy techniques for the arts |
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Computer image manipulation |
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Development of children through their art |
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Technology in art education |
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Tom Cato, Ed.D., Professor, Department Head of Art, Music & Theatre |
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Folk art |
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Barbara C. Fertig, Ph.D., Professor |
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Crafts |
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Rachel Green, M.F.A., Associate Professor |
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Art history |
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Medieval |
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Renaissance |
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Deborah S. Jamieson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Ceramic sculpture |
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Figure sculpture |
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Pottery |
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John G. Jensen, M.F.A., Professor |
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Christian art |
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Robert LeFavi, Ph.D., Professor |
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Asthma
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Asthma education |
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Douglas E. Masini, Ed.D., RPFT, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC, Professor and Head of Respiratory Therapy |
Biology
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Coastal ecology |
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Coastal and marine endangered species |
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Marine ecology |
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Phytoplankton taxonomy and ecology |
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Wetlands Identification and Ecology |
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Charles W. Belin, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Marine biology |
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Sea turtle biology |
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Kathryn Stephenson Craven, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Cell biology |
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Comparative endocrinology |
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Human anatomy and physiology |
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Brett Larson, Ph.D., Professor |
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Endangered plant species |
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Fungi (mycology) |
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Genetics |
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Genic botany |
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Greenhouses |
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Horticulture |
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Microbiology |
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Microscopy: histological techniques |
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Plant identification |
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Plant taxonomy |
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Francis M. Thorne III, Ph.D., Professor |
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Botany
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Francis M. Thorne III, Ph.D., Professor |
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Cancer
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Breast cancer (early detection and mammography) |
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Gloria Strickland, M.H.S., Associate Professor |
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Prostate cancer (education and screening for high risk men) |
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Anita S. Nivens, Ph.D., RN, Associate Professor |
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Career Development
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Melanie E. Mirande, M.S., M.A., Director of Operations, Enrollment Management |
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Barbara S. Myers, MPA, Director of Career Services |
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Central Intelligence Agency
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Covert action |
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Espionage |
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Intelligence community |
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International relations |
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Middle East |
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National security |
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Terrorism and counter terrorism |
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William Daugherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Chemistry
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Biocatalysis |
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Bioorganic chemistry |
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Green chemistry |
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Synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates |
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Brent Feske, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Bioorganic chemistry |
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Inorganic chemistry |
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Environmental chemistry |
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Metalloproteins |
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Nutrients in water systems |
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Oxidative catalysis |
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Will Lynch, Ph.D., Professor, Head of Chemistry and Physics |
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Analysis of environmental pollutants |
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Biomolecule analysis |
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Laboratory instrumentation |
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Remediation of pollutants, protein, enzyme, DNA |
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Delana Nivens, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Heterocyclic chemistry |
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Mechanisitic organic chemistry |
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Organic synthesis |
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Plant biotechnology |
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Richard Wallace, Ph.D., Professor |
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Children
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Bereavement responses |
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Joyce W. Bergin, Ed.D., Professor, Coordinator of Special and Adult Education-- Learning Disabilities |
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Children's literature |
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The Georgia Reading Endorsement |
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Read alouds for children education |
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Reading education diagnosis and remediation |
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Reading education (pre-K through twelfth) |
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Reading in the content areas |
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Margaret Walworth, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Child development |
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Identification of educational disabilities |
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Edward Strauser, Ed.D., Associate Professor |
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Communications
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Communication and communication disorders |
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Dialect use: African-American English |
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Language development |
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Language disorders |
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Speech-language pathology |
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Maya Clark, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Interpersonal communication |
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Nonverbal communication between cultures |
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Organizational communication |
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Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Ph.D, Assistant Professor |
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Children |
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Health care |
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Linguistics |
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Speech language pathology |
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April W. Garrity, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor |
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Community Development
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Patricia Coberly, Ed.D., Associate Professor |
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Communism
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Judaism |
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NAFTA |
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Political parties and elections |
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Religion and Politics |
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Scandinavia |
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Socialism |
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Western Europe |
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Daniel Skidmore-Hess, Ph.D., Professor |
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Computer Science
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Algorithms |
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Computer science |
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Internet/World Wide Web |
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Raymond Greenlaw, Ph.D., Professor |
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Artificial intelligence |
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Data mining |
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Real-time systems |
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Web technologies |
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Kam Fui Lau, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Coordinator of WebBSIT |
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Computer science |
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Distributed systems |
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Human-computer interaction |
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Medical applications for simulation and training |
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Felix Hamza-Lup, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Computer vision |
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Intelligent systems |
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Pattern recognition |
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Signal Processing |
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Lei He, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Computer hardware |
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Control systems |
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Digital design |
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Thomas Murphy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Coordinator of Engineering Studies |
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Digital manipulation |
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Digital photography |
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Graphic design and typography |
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Angela Ryczkowski Horne, M.F.A., Assistant Professor |
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Conflict Resolution
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Alternative dispute resolution |
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John Kraft, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Counseling
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Bereavement counseling |
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Joyce W. Bergin, Ed.D., Professor, Coordinator of Special and Adult Education-- Learning Disabilities |
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Criminal Justice
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International terrorism |
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Middle East and terrorism |
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William Daugherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Law and the legal system |
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Becky K. da Cruz, J.D., Associate Professor |
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Death and Dying
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Bereavement counseling |
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Bereavement responses in children |
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Joyce W. Bergin, Ed.D., Professor, Coordinator of Special and Adult Education-- Learning Disabilities |
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Counseling the terminally ill |
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Hospice |
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Pastoral care |
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Robert LeFavi, Ph.D., Professor |
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Discipline
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Bill Kelso, M.Ed., Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs |
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Distance Learning
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Distance education and E-learning |
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Hassan Aziz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Head of Medical Technology |
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Distance learning |
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Educational technologies |
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Jack Simmons, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Helen M. Taggart, D.S.N., RN, ARPM-BC., Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator for Department of Nursing |
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Teaching online |
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Distance education |
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Online learning |
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Shelley Conroy, Ph.D., Professor, Dean of the College of Health Professions |
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Economics
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Financial markets and institutions |
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Macroeconomics |
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Public finance and choice |
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Regional economics |
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Richard J. Cebula, Ph.D., Professor, Shirley and Philip Solomon Eminent Scholar |
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NAFTA |
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International economic relations |
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Daniel Skidmore-Hess, Ph.D., Professor |
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Consumer behavior |
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Finance |
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Government programs |
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Local economic issues |
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Taxation |
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Richard McGrath, Ph.D., Professor |
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Economic impact analysis |
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Market studies |
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Regional economics |
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Regional economic forecasting |
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Surveying techniques |
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Tourism |
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Mike Toma, Ph.D., Professor, Director of the Center for Regional Analysis |
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Economics of the third world |
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International economics |
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Yassaman Saadatmand, Ph.D., Professor, Head of Economics |
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Education
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Literacy |
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Reading and writing education |
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Urban education |
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Allen Berger, Ed.D.,Temporary Assistant Professor |
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Language and social skills deficits in children and adolescents |
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Learning disabilities in children and adolescents |
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Preparation and training of teachers of special education |
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Special education - teaching exceptional children and adolescents |
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Joyce W. Bergin, Ed.D., Professor, Coordinator of Special and Adult Education— Learning Disabilities |
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Adult reading education |
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Certified educational fund-raiser |
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Diagnostic reading specialist |
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Distance learning |
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Standardized test preparation |
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Webct and Web-enhanced learning |
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Beth A. Childress, M.S., M.A.T., Assistant Professor |
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Adult education |
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Curriculum development |
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Intergenerational literacy |
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Workplace development |
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Patricia Coberly, Ed.D., Associate Professor |
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Nursing and health professions education in China |
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Shelley Conroy, Ph.D., Professor, Dean of the College of Health Professions |
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21st century skills |
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Child development |
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Curriculum and instruction |
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Educational policy |
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Global education |
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Elizabeth O. Crawford, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Instructional Design, Research, and Evaluation |
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John Hobe, Ed.D., Professor, Head of Early Childhood Education |
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Curriculum and instruction |
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Instructional technology |
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Online education |
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Teacher education |
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Jackie Hee-Young Kim, Ed.D., Assistant Professor |
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Scholarship |
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Innovative/cooperative learning |
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David Lake, Ph.D., Professor |
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Middle school |
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Middle school learners |
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Novice teachers (middle school) |
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Stories from 30 years in the classroom (middle schools) |
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Writing and literacy strategies (middle school) |
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Brenda E. Logan, Ed.D., Associate Professor |
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Science Education |
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Life sciences/biology education |
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Michael P. Mahan, Ed.D., Professor, Head of Middle/Secondary Education |
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Curriculum |
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Brain-based pedagogy |
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Methodology |
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Teaching of literacy/reading |
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Linda Ann McCall, Ed.D., Assistant Professor |
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Pre-k through twelfth grade teacher preparation |
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Teacher effective practice |
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Teacher Induction Program |
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Marsha Moore, M.S., Assistant Professor, Director of Teacher Induction |
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Hispanic/Latino education |
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Melody Rodriguez, M.Ed., Founder/Director, HOLA program |
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Inquiry-based science teaching |
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Glenda L. Ogletree, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Classroom management |
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Curriculum |
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Learning styles/Brain hemispheres |
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Preparation and supervision of early childhood education teachers |
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Joan Schwartz, Ed.D., Assistant Professor |
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Child development |
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Troops to Teacher Program |
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Identification of educational disabilities |
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Edward Strauser, Ed.D., Associate Professor |
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Middle grades education |
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Social studies education |
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Patrick G. Thomas, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Children read alouds |
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Children's literature |
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The Georgia Reading Endorsement |
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Reading and content areas |
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Reading education diagnosis and remediation |
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Reading education (pre-K through 12th) |
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Margaret Walworth, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Alternative assessment |
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Graduate teacher education |
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Interdisciplinary instruction |
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Literacy education |
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Standardized testing |
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M. Thomas Worley, Ed.D., Associate Professor |
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Children's literature |
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Collaborative reading strategies |
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Content area reading |
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Reading motivation (all ages) |
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Young adult literature |
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Freya Zipperer, Ed.D., Part-time Instructor |
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Educational Technologies
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Application of computers to the field of education |
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Multimedia |
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Online course development |
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Online learning |
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Web resources for educators |
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Wendy J. Marshall, M.Ed., Assistant Professor, Director of Educational Training Center |
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Distance learning |
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Educational technologies |
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Jack Simmons, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Radiation safety and protection |
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Technology in education |
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Elwin R. Tilson, Ph.D., Professor |
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Environment
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Environmental chemistry |
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Will Lynch, Ph.D., Professor, Head of Chemistry and Physics |
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Ethics
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Bill Kelso, M.Ed., Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs |
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Robert LeFavi, Ph.D., Professor |
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Erik Nordenhaug, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Bioethics and the law |
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Politics of health |
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L.E. Rich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
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Healthcare ethics |
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Helen M. Taggart, D.S.N., RN, ARPM-BC., Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator for Department of Nursing |
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Europe
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European politics and comparative law |
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Paul Fabian Mullen, Ph.D., assistant professor |
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Foreign (German) language education and methodology |
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German exile literature |
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German-American cultural and historical relations |
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German intercultural relations and cultural identity |
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German studies |
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Language, literature, and culture of the German speaking countries |
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Margarete Froelicher-Grundmann, M.Ed., Assistant Professor |
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German history |
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Mark Finlay, Ph.D., Professor, Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts |
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History of medieval Spain |
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Interaction of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures |
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Medieval economic history |
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Medieval Europe |
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James Todesca, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
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Italy |
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Robert LeFavi, Ph.D., Professor |
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Scandinavia |
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Socialism |
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Western Europe |
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Daniel Skidmore-Hess, Ph.D., Professor |
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