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Experts Guide


Armstrong Atlantic State University is a vibrant center of teaching, research and academic enrichment. This Experts Guide is designed to help the media identify qualified experts from Armstrong Atlantic State University. The subject index reflects the rich gamut of topics and issues discussed, studied, and taught on the Armstrong campus. Please do not hesitate to call Armstrong's Office of Marketing & Communications for assistance.
 

Media Contacts:

Brenda Forbis
Marketing & Communications
912.344.2904
Brenda.Forbis@armstrong.edu
 
 
Mario Incorvaia
Art, Music & Theatre
912.344.3169
Mario.Incorvaia@armstrong.edu
Chad Jackson
Athletics
912.344.3114
Chad.Jackson@armstrong.edu
 


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Feminism

  Womanism/Black Feminism
  Women in the Military
  Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Ph.D, Assistant Professor
   

Fitness

  Cardiopulmonary fitness
  Exercise
  David Lake, Ph.D., Professor
   
  T'ai Chi (health benefits)
  Helen M. Taggart, D.S.N., R.N., C.S., APRN-BC, ACNS-BC, Professor, Head of Nursing
   

Geography

  Cultural geography
  Central Asian issues
  Kazakhstan
  Uzbekistan
  Patrick G. Thomas, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   

Germany

  German history
  Mark Finlay, Ph.D., Professor, Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts
   
  Exile literature
  German-American cultural and historical relations
  German studies
  Intercultural relations and cultural identity
  Language, literature, and culture of the German speaking countries
  Margarete Froelicher-Grundmann, M.Ed., Assistant Professor
   

Healthcare

  Infectious disease epidemiology
  Epidemiology
  History of medicine
  Sociology of medicine
     David P. Adams, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Alternative integrative healing therapies
  Early teen pregnancy
  Intimacy dysfunction counseling
  Midwifery
  Research in male fertility
  Research interest fetal behavioral dynamic 
  Jane Blackwell, Ph.D., C.N.M., Associate Professor
   
  Healthcare reform
  Health policy issues
  Health services management
  Managed care
  Pharmacy/drug issues
  Joey Crosby, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Health fraud
  Herbal medicine
  Medical ethics
  Nutrition
  Spirituality and health
  Supplements
  Weight loss
  Robert LeFavi, Ph.D., Professor
   
  Blood borne pathogen regulation
  Dental radiology
  Infection control
  Nutrition
  Jan Mengle, M.S., Assistant Professor
   
  Bereavement care
  Complementary and alternative practice modalities
  Military medicine
  Palliative and end of life care
  Perioperative nursing
  Psychiatric mental health nursing
  Marilyn O'Mallon, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Professor
   
  Culture and health
  Media and health
  Politics of health
  L.E. Rich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  Public health
  Adolescent health behavior
  Program planning and evaluation
  James (Sandy) Streater, Jr., Ed.D., Professor, Head of Health Sciences
   
  Alternative and complementary medicine
  Cancer-palliative and supportive care
  End-of-life and palliative care
  Healthcare ethics
  Nursing
  Osteoporosis (prevention and management)
  T'ai Chi (health benefits)
  Traditional Chinese medicine
  Helen M. Taggart, D.S.N., RN, CS, ARPM-BC, ACNS-BC, Professor, Head of Nursing
   
  Physical therapy
  Rehabilitation practice
  Anne W. Thompson, Ed.D., PT, Associate Professor
   
  High-risk obstetrics
  Pregnancy and childbirth
  Tonya Tyson, M.S.N., RNC, WHNP, Assistant Professor
   

Healthcare Policy

  Joey Crosby, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Politics of health
  L.E. Rich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  Helen M. Taggart, RN, D.S.N., CS, APRN-BC, ACNS-BC, Professor, Head of Nursing
   

Higher Education

  Adult education
  Patricia Holt, M.Ed., Ed.D., Associate Professor
   
  Hispanic higher education
  Melody Rodriguez, M.Ed., Founder/Director, HOLA program
   

History

  Ancient Near East
  Middle East
  Jason Tatlock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  History of medicine
  David Adams, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Hispanic literature of the United States
  Latin American literature
  Spanish language
  William O. Deaver, Jr., Ph.D., Professor
   
  Everyday life of African Americans on the Georgia coast
  Folk art
  Folklore
  Museums
  Barbara C. Fertig, Ph.D., Professor
   
  Agricultural history
  Environmental history
  German history
  History of science
  History of technology
  Savannah industrial history
  Mark Finlay, Ph.D., Professor, Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts
   
  Diplomatic history
  Latin America
  Michael Hall, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Architectural history
  Colonial and Revolutionary America
  Colonial and Revolutionary Georgia
  Historic preservation
  Savannah history
  Christopher Hendricks, Ph.D., Professor
   
  History of U.S. social welfare
  New Deal and Great Depression history
  Political culture of twentieth century U.S.
  Twentieth century U.S. social history
  June Hopkins, Ph.D., Professor, Department Head of History
   
  Art history
  Medieval
  Renaissance
  Deborah S. Jamieson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  American history
  British colonialism
  Civil war
  Revolutionary war
  John Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  History of ancient Greece and Rome
  History of medieval Spain
  Interaction of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures
  Medieval economic history
  Medieval Europe
  James Todesca, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Chinese history
  Chinese language (Mandarin)
  Early modern Japan
  Sino-U.S. relations
    Hongjie Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   

Honor Systems

  Bill Kelso, M.Ed., Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs
   

Human Rights

  Genocide
  United Nations
  Jason Tatlock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   

International Relations

  Brazil
  G-8 Summit
  Human Rights (Africa and Latin America)
  International Monetary Fund
  World Bank
  World Trade Organization
  Jose da Cruz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   

Information Technology

  Computer ethics
  Computer security
  Information security—hard copy and data
  Organizational information security policy
  Systems analysis and design
  Frank H. Katz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   

Iran

  Hostage crisis (former hostage)
  William Daugherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   

Italy

  Robert LeFavi, Ph.D., Professor
   

Job Placement

  Career development
  Elizabeth Wilson, M.A.Ed., Director of Career Services
   
  Bill Kelso, M.Ed., Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs
   

Latin America

  Civil-military relations
  Human Rights
  Politics
  Jose da Cruz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  Diplomatic history
  Michael Hall, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Latino communities and post-secondary Latino educational programs in Georgia
  Latino affairs
  Melody Rodriguez, M.Ed., Founder/Director, HOLA program
   


Law
 
  Environmental law
  Criminal law
  Hate crimes legislation
  International humanitarian law
  Human rights laws
  Georgia's mandatory sentencing
  Moot court
  Becky Kohler da Cruz, J.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
             

Leadership

  Bill Kelso, M.Ed., Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs
   

Libraries

  Armstrong's archives and special collections
  Academic libraries
  Minis Collection at Lane Library
  Reference works
  Caroline Hopkinson, M.L.S., Reference and Instruction Librarian
   

Linguistics

  Carol P. Jamison, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   

Literature

  English Renaissance
  Christopher Baker, Ph.D., Professor
   
  Dramatic literature
  Modern British and American literature
  Modernism
  Renaissance literature
  Richard A. Bryan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  Irish culture and literature
  Issues of writing and literary interpretation
  Frank M. Clancy, M.A., Assistant Professor
   
  English literature
  Commonwealth and postcolonial writers
  Ecological approaches to literature
  Hans-Georg Erney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  Folklore
  Barbara C. Fertig, Ph.D., Professor
   
  English composition
  English literature and humanities
  Elizabeth Howells, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Adult education and language learning
  Exile literature
  Foreign language education and methodology
  Language, literature, and culture of the German speaking countries
  Margarete Froelicher-Grundmann, M.Ed., Assistant Professor
   
  Medieval literature
  Carol P. Jamison, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  Creative writing
  Journalism
  Poetry
  Tony R. Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  American literature
  Contemporary American poetry
  Creative writing
  Modernism
  James M. Smith, Jr., Ph.D., Professor, Associate Editor of Southern Poetry Review
   
  Modernism
  Nineteenth century British literature
  Women writers
  Teresa Winterhalter, Ph.D., Professor, Coordinator of Women's and Gender Studies program
   

Managed Care

  Joey Crosby, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   

Mathematics

  Algebraic geometry
  Number theory
  Probability (lottery-related questions)
  James N. Brawner, Ph.D., Professor
   
  Algebraic combinatorics
  Tricia Muldoon Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   
  Biostatistics
  Statistics
  Lorrie Hoffman, Ph.D., Professor, Department Head of Mathematics
   
  Combinatorics
  Michael Tiemeyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   

Medical Technology

  Medical microbiology
  Clinical Pathology
  Pharmaceutical drug discovery and development
  Denene Lofland, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   

Middle East

  Intelligence community
  National security
  Middle Eastern relations
  Terrorism/counterterrorism
  William Daugherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor
   
  International economic relations
  Trade
  Daniel Skidmore-Hess, Ph.D., Professor
   
  Israel/Palestine
  Jason Tatlock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
   

Motivation

  Bill Kelso, M.Ed., Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs
   

Music

  Music education in K-12 public schools
  Carol Benton, D.M.A., M.M., Assistant Professor
   
  Baroque choral music
  George F. Root (nineteenth century American composer)
  Holocaust music studies—Terezin concentration camp
  World music—international/folk
  Robert L. Harris, D.M.A., Professor
   
  Percussion
  Jazz
  Music theory
  Music technology
  Stephen Primatic, D.M.A., Associate Professor
   
  Jazz
  Johnny Mercer
  Music theory and composition
  Woodwinds
  Randall E. Reese, D.M.A., Professor
   
  German, French, English, and Italian lyric diction
  German lieder
  Musical theatre
  Vocal pedagogy
  Vocal performance
  Lucinda D. Schultz, D.M.A., Professor
   



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