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Below is a listing of Catawba faculty and staff who have either been selected or volunteered to be included as an expert in their respective fields of work or research. Members of the media may contact these individuals.
AIR POLLUTION
Dr. John E. Wear, Jr.
Director of Catawba Center for the Environment and Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
AMERICAN POLITICS: Southern politics, state politics, campaigns and elections, bureaucracy, constitutional law
Dr. J. Michael Bitzer
Associate Professor of Political Science; Chair of History & Politics
ART: History of visual style, Southern art and architecture, digital art
Professor David Pulliam
Professor of Theatre Arts
ARTS EDUCATION: Concepts and issues associated with the foundation, development, current trends, and future of arts education
Dr. Stephen Etters
Associate Professor of Music Education
ATHLETICS: Athletic health care & Sports medicine
Robert Casmus
Head Athletic Trainer
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY: Global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, air pollution,
and acid rain
Dr. James Beard
Professor of Chemistry
BIBLE: Biblical studies & theology
Dr. Barry Sang
Professor of Religion
BIOLOGY: Including plant communities and plant identifications, general natural history subjects and organism identifications, wildlife biology, natural areas and conservation issues
Dr. Michael Baranski
Professor of Biology
BRAIN-COMPATIBLE LEARNING
Dr. Cynthia B. Osterhus
Associate Professor of Education and Director of Catawba's Shirley Peeler Ritchie Academy for Teaching
ECONOMics: National economic trends & issues, Southern economic trends & issues
Dr. James Slate
Associate Professor of Economics
CAMBODIA: King Norodom Sihanouk's reign, overthrow, exile and return to power by the U.S.
Dr. Paul Baker
Professor of Mathematics
CAMBODIA: mathematics of the ancient khmer (cambodian) empire
Dr. Paul Baker
Professor of Mathematics
CHEMISTRY: Environmental & organic chemistry
Dr. James Beard
Professor of Chemistry
CHEMISTRY: Analytical chemistry and instrumental methods of analysis
Dr. Mark Sabo
Professor of Chemistry
COFFEE: Origins, history and present-day trends in consumption
Dr. Carl Girelli
Professor of English and Vice President of Student Academic Development
DATABASES AND DATA MINING
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor; Dean of the Ketner School of Business
ECOLOGY: Avian Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Mate Choice, and Species Monitoring (particularly of birds and butterflies)
Dr. Joe Poston
Associate Professor of Biology
ECONOMY: National economic trends & issues, Southern economic trends & issues
Dr. James Slate
Associate Professor of Economics
EDUCATION: Reading and Language Arts Education and Middle School Education
Dr. Lou Wilson Kasias
Professor of Teacher Education
E-COMMERCE
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor; Dean of the Ketner School of Business
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Green design, sustainable community development, watershed protection and land conservation
Dr. John E. Wear Jr.
Director of Catawba Center for the Environment and Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Environmentally friendly energy solutions
Dr. Kenneth Clapp
Senior Vice President, Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Director of Catawba's Lilly Center for Vocation and Values
exotic fare
Dr. J. Michael Wilson
Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE
Dr. Carl Girelli
Vice President for Student Academic Development and Professor of English
freshman student concerns
Dr. Laurel Eason
Leona Fleming Herman Professor of English
GERMANY: Its language and politics
Dr. Kurt Corriher
Professor of Theatre Arts
GERMANY: german culture
Dr. Laurel Eason
Leona Fleming Herman Professor of English
humanities (general)
Dr. Laurel Eason
Leona Fleming Herman Professor of English
INTERNATIONAL MISSION TRIPS
Dr. Paul Baker
Professor of Mathematics
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Dr. Dane Hartgrove
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Dr. Kurt Corriher
Professor of Theatre Arts
LANGUAGE: Linguistics, language planning, bilingualism
Dr. Carl Girelli
Professor of English and Vice President of Student Academic Development
LEADERSHIP
Dr. Michael Bitzer
Associate Professor of Political Science; Chair of History & Politics
LITERATURE: fiction; the history and development of the american short story; 20th century modern and postmodern literature (american); southern literature; composition
Dr. Forrest Anderson
Assitant Professor of English
LITERATURE: Poetry; Native American Literature; 20th Century American and British Literature; the oral tradition
Dr. Janice Fuller
Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence
literature: romantic literature
Dr. Laurel Eason
Leona Fleming Herman Professor of English
LITERATURE: Shakespeare
Dr. Aaron Butler
Assistant Professor of English
LITERATURE: Victorian and Romantic Periods
Dr. David Schroeder
Assistant Professor of English
literature: world literature
Dr. Laurel Eason
Leona Fleming Herman Professor of English
MARKETING: New Product Development Success/Failure Models
Dr. John B. Green, Jr.
Associate Professor of Marketing
MARS: Victorian ideas about the planet
Dr. David Schroeder
Assistant Professor of English
MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Dr. Cynthia B. Osterhus
Associate Professor of Education and Director of Catawba's Shirley Peeler Ritchie Academy for Teaching
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Dr. Nan Zimmerman
Personal Counselor
Motorsports
Dr. James Hand
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Athletic Training Education
MOUNTAIN CULTURE: Customs and food
Cynthia Wittum
Instructor in Communication Arts and Lecturer/Advisor to the student newspaper, The Pioneer
MUSIC: classical music and music history
Dr. Renee McCachren
Professor of Music
MUSIC: Songwriting, blues, jazz, contemporary popular music, music technology, music industry, traditional Japanese music, Japanese culture, world music
Dr. David L. Fish
Professor of Music; Department Chair
MUSICAL THEATRE: Including musical theatre dance and tap dance
Professor Missy Barnes
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
NASA EDUCATOR ASTRONAUTS
Dr. Cynthia B. Osterhus
Associate Professor of Education and Director of Catawba's Shirley Peeler Ritchie Academy for Teaching
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING
Cynthia Wittum
Instructor in Communication Arts and Lecturer/Advisor to the student newspaper, The Pioneer
PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Physical education methodology; youth soccer/sports
Craig Turnbull
Instructor of Physical Education, NCAA Compliance Director and Senior Assistant Athletic Director
Physical Therapy
Dr. James Hand
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Athletic Training Education
Physical training
Dr. James Hand
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Athletic Training Education
POLITICAL SCIENCE/ AMERICAN POLITICS: Southern politics, state politics, campaigns and elections, bureaucracy, constitutional law
Dr. J. Michael Bitzer
Associate Professor of Political Science; Chair of History & Politics
PROGRAMMING
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor; Dean of the Ketner School of Business
PSYCHOLOGY: Biopsychology/Physiological Psychology, Behavioral Pharmacology/Translational Research, Behavior modification, Behavioral statistics, Health Psychology
Dr. Erin Wood
Assistant Professor of Psychology
PSYCHOLOGY: Sex differences (those in cognitive abilities); perceptions of others based on physical appearance
Dr. Sheila Brownlow
Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department
PSYCHOLOGY: The development of friendships and peer relationships; risk factors associated with childhood and youth violence
Dr. Lyn Boulter
Professor of Psychology
RELIGION AND RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
Dr. Barry Sang
Professor of Religion
RUSSIA: How Russian government policies affect Christian mission activities in the country
Dr. Paul L. Baker
Professor of Mathematics
RUSSIA: In matters relating to foreign policy and international politics
Dr. Dane Hartgrove
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
SCIENCE: In literature of the Victorian period and in Science Fiction
Dr. David Schroeder
Assistant Professor of English
social media
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor; Dean of the Ketner School of Business
Dr. Cynthia Wittum
Associate Professor
SOCIOLOGY: Social movements and collective action in the contemporary United States, and motherhood, mothers, and mothering in the contemporary U.S.
Dr. Carla M. Eastis
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of Institutional Research
SOMANTIC AWARENESS AND BODY MECHANICS
Professor Missy Barnes
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Dr. Cynthia B. Osterhus
Associate Professor of Education and Director of Catawba's Shirley Peeler Ritchie Academy for Teaching
sports: Sports in general, Sport Law, Youth Sport, Legal Liability in Sports, and History of Sports
Dr. Tom Appenzeller
Associate Professor and Director of Sport Management
SPorts: Injury Prevention and Injury Treatment
Dr. James Hand
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Athletic Training Education
SPORTS: Sports MEDIA
Professor Tim Moreland
Associate Professor of Communication Arts
SPRAWL: Consequences of urban sprawl
Dr. Sheila Brownlow
Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MEETING FACILITATION
Dr. Stephen R. Hiatt
Professor of Business
STUDENT MEDIA: Advising a student paper
Cynthia Wittum
Instructor in Communication Arts and Lecturer/Advisor to the student newspaper, The Pioneer
THE SOUTH: Southern politics and politicians of the last 100 years.
Dr. J. Michael Bitzer
Associate Professor of Political Science; Chair of History & Politics
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN AND LEADERSHIP
Dr. John E. Wear, Jr.
Director of Catawba Center for the Environment and Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
TEACHER EDUCATION: Science education
Dr. James K. Stringfield
Professor of Education
Dr. Cynthia B. Osterhus
Associate Professor of Education and Director of Catawba's Shirley Peeler Ritchie Academy for Teaching
THEATRE: Theatre in the South, theatre trends and designing for new plays
Professor David Pulliam
Professor of Theatre Arts
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Dr. Dane Hartgrove
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
WHERE SCIENCE AND RELIGION INTERSECT
Dr. Robert Voelker
Adjunct Instructor of Biology
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor; Dean of the Ketner School of Business
WRITING FOR THE WEB
Cynthia Wittum
Instructor in Communication Arts and Lecturer/Advisor to the student newspaper, The Pioneer
WRITING TUTORING
Dr. Aaron Butler
Assistant Professor of English
YOGA
Professor Missy Barnes
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
YOUTH VIOLENCE: Risk factors associated with childhood and youth violence
Dr. Lynn Boulter
Professor of Psychology
