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NamePositionContactArea(s) of Expertise
Abelson, Geoff Professor Contact special education; autism and related disabilities; respite care; discrepancy in identification and service delivery of special education to females.
Achterberg, Cheryl Dean Contact nutrition education; contact person for information about the College of Human Sciences specifically, and generally for similar colleges across the country.
Alekel, D. Lee Associate Professor Contact dietary and physical activity related factors that impact the physical health, particularly osteoporosis prevention, of mid-life women; reducing overall disease risk and promoting women's health with a focus on the effect of soy isoflavones on bone, body composition, menopausal symptoms, and cardiovascular health of women; ethnic differences in bone density, body composition, dietary intake, and disease risk.
Alsbury, Tom Assistant Professor Contact school organizational governance; the superintendency; school board; school reform; school consolidation.
Anderson, Dean Professor Contact sociology of sport; exercise adherence; violence and aggression in sport; racial and gender issues relating to sport; sport spectator consumption behavior; wellness and health promotion.
Anderson, Jean Senior Clinician Contact dietetic internship; adult education; distance education.
Andre, Thomas Professor and Chair, Curriculum and Instruction Contact educational psychology; curriculum for high ability students; beliefs and gender stereotypes; use of simulations for teaching; science instruction and learning; constructivist instruction; using technology to teach science; student self-esteem.
Andreotti, Alejandro Adjunct Assistant Professor Contact mathematics education.
Arendt, Susan W. Assistant Professor Contact leadership and leadership behaviors in students and professionals; hospitality management education and learning strategies.
Baker, Janice Assistant Professor Contact choreographic process that includes the dancer; dance for special populations; creative uses of dance for healthy living; multi-cultural dance sharing; ballet, tap, jazz, social dance, creative dance for all ages.
Barclay, Sally Clinician Contact wellness; nutrition education; community nutrition; weight management; clinical dietetics.
Bassler, Eunice Senior Lecturer Contact nutrition education and counseling; eating disorders.
Beattie, Sam Assistant Professor Contact food safety; food science and processing; quality and safety issues for food processors; sanitation; organic food processing; agricultural and food molds and fungi.
Birt, Diane Distinguished Professor Contact dietary prevention of cancer with plant constituents and the availability of dietary plant constituents in humans; role of excessive caloric intake and cancer; botanical dietary supplements, bioactivity and toxicity of Echinacea and Hypericum.
Bloedel, James Professor Contact public health; characteristics, functions and dysfunctions of the cerebellum and nervous system; motor control systems and deficits; animal care and storage; neurobiology training programs.
Bloom, Leslie Associate Professor Contact curriculum theory; qualitative methodologies; women's studies and feminist theory; feminist research methodologies; social justice and education.
Blount, Jackie Professor Contact history of American education; social foundations of education; teacher education; history of educational administrative leadership and gender; history of women and the superintendency; history of gender roles and sexuality in school employment.
Blumenfeld, Warren J. Assistant Professor Contact multicultural education; special education; educational psychology; social identities (race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, socioeconomic class, religion, physical and mental abilities) and the ways in which they affect educational outcomes; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues in education; gender fair education; intergroup relations; school bullying; African American and Jewish American relations.
Boylston, Terri Associate Professor Contact effects of processing and storage on lipid and flavor composition of foods.
Brehm-Stecher, Byron Assistant Professor Contact food safety and biosecurity; rapid molecular detection of food borne pathogens and food spoilage organisms; flow cytometry and other single cell analytical methods; biomimetics; multicomponent antimicrobial systems for use in foods, on food contact surfaces or in environmental applications.
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