Faculty by department

Anthropology

Faulkingham, Ralph PhD; West Africa; rural development

Harper, Krista PhD; Azores Islands, Hungary, Portugal; health issues of Romani (Gypsy), environmental health

Hemment, Julie PhD; Russia; Civil society, women’s rights

Krause, Elizabeth PhD; Italy, Spain, Palau, Marshall Islands; Reproductive health policy

Leidy-Sievert, Lynnette PhD; Mexico, Slovenia, Paraguay, Bangladesh; Women’s health, menopause

Perez, Ventura PhD; Mexico; interpersonal and institutional forms of violence

Botany

Craker, Lyle PhD; China, Iran; effects of genotype and micro-environment of phytochemical expression in medicinal herbs and plants.

Communication

Carbaugh, Donal PhD; Russia, Finland; cultural discourse analysis, cultural identity, cross-cultural inquiry

Chakravartty, Paula PhD; India, Brazil; mass media, development, education, employment

Hanson, Jarice PhD; Thailand; new information technologies; media and human rights; communication for sustainable social change

Servaes, Jan PhD; Thailand; communication for sustainable social change

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reckhow, David, PhD; Iran; water treatment, water quality

Communication Disorders

Baran, Jane PhD; Communication Disorders

Zaretsky, Elena PhD; Communication Disorders; Russia; Language acquisition, language comprehension

Economics

Ash, Michael PhD; South Africa, Ghana, Russia; Environment, Health, Health Disparities

Boyce, James PhD; Bangladesh, Philippines, Africa, El Salvador; Post-conflict economic recovery, Development, Peacebuilding, and the Environment

Epstein, Gerald PhD; South Africa, Ghana; economic development

Pollin, Robert PhD; South Africa; economic development

Education

Berger, Joe PhD; Malawi, Afghanistan; Organizational leadership in higher education

Hartwell, Ash PhD; Education; Egypt, Botswana, Lesotho, Uganda, Ghana, Afghanistan, Malawi, South Africa; education policy, formal and non-formal education

Smith, Cristine EdD; Education; Nepal, Latin America, India; literacy, adult and non-formal education, women’s health & literacy

Environmental Sciences

Lanza, Guy PhD; Environmental Sciences; Vietnam, Thailand; water quality

Entomology

Rich, Stephen PhD; Sudan, Cameroon, Uganda, Cote-d’Ivoire, Congo, Nigeria, Brazil; Malaria (Plasmodium falciparum in Africa), zoonotic and arthropod vector borne diseases

Food Science

Shetty, Kalidas, PhD; India, Nepal, China, Argentina, Brazil, Russia; food systems, mechanism of chemoprevention by phenolic phytochemicals through redox modulated biochemical pathways

Geography

Graham, Julie PhD; Asia Pacific region; economic development

Hafner, James PhD; Thailand, Philippines; political ecology of development, resource management and migration.

Languages

Lennox, Sara PhD; German; African diaspora

Rothstein, Robert; Russian, Polish; Russian literature

Legal Studies

Rifkin, Janet, JD; Middle East; conflict resolution

Management

Butterfield, D. Anthony PhD; South Africa; Leadership

Calas, Marta PhD; Puerto Rico; Post-colonialism, globalization

Giacobbe-Miller, Jane PhD; China; cross-cultural values, human resource management

Mangaliso, Mzamo PhD; South Africa; Leadership

Marx, Robert PhD; Greece, Turkey, South Africa, Tunisia; Leadership

Microbiology

Blanchard, Jeffrey PhD; Microbiology; influence of global climate change on populations of marine cyanobacteria

Riley, Margaret PhD; Biology; Microbial evoluation, anti-bacterial resistance

Natural Resources Conservation

Schweik, Charles PhD; Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda, Vietnam, and Brazil; GIS, environmental management and policy

Nutrition

Carbone, Elena PhD; Puerto Rico, South Africa; Nutrition, Community-Based Participatory Research, Cancer

Ronnenberg, Alayne ScD; Congo, China, Russia, Peru, Bangladesh; biomarkers of health status (esp. vitamin D and other micronutrients), particularly as they relate to reproductive health (pregnancy, fertility, PMS, etc.) and infectious diseases (TB, HIV)

Political Science

Sonia Alvarez PhD; Latin America, Brazil; Mexico; government & polics

Hird, John PhD; Public Policy, Environmental policy

Robinson, Dean PhD; Political Science; Caribbean; health inequalities, race & health

Psychology

Tropp, Linda PhD; Psychology; Israel, Palestine; ethnic relations, ethnic violence

Public Health

Anker, Martha PhD; Biostatistics; India, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, Uganda, Zambia; Global surveillance and response systems for infectious diseases, Dengue fever, Sex, gender and infectious diseases

Buchanan, David DrPH; Public Health; Russia, China, South Africa, Iran, Ghana, Vietnam, Afghanistan; Research Ethics, Community-based Participatory Research

Foulkes, Andrea ScD; Biostatistics; South Africa; Biostatistics

Gerber, Daniel MPH, EdD, CHES; Public Health Education; Phillipines, Bangladesh, Afghanistan; Training, Popular Education

Gillum, Tameka PhD; Public Health Education; Violence, Cross cultural competence

Gubrium, Aline PhD; Public health education; Iran, Indonesia; Women’s Health, Reproductive Health, Qualitative Research

Kostecki, Paul PhD; Environmental Health; Kuwait, Iran; soil contamination

Pekow, Penelope PhD; Biostatistics; South Africa, Tonga; Biostatistics, Research Methods

Rodriguez-Monguio, Rosa PhD; Latin America, South America; TRIPP agreement, comparative health systems

Rogers, Christine PhD; Environmental health; Environmental Health, air-borne infectious diseases, asthma

Stanek, Edward PhD; Biostatistics; Mexico, Egypt, Kenya, Brazil, Argentina; Biostatistics

Resource Economics

Caswell, Julie, PhD; Italy, Poland, Brazil, Spain food systems, hunger

Regional Planning

Brabec, Elizabeth PhD; conservation planning for sustainable development

Pader, Ellen PhD; Mexico; housing policy & design

Taupier, Richard PhD; Russian, Mongolia, Central Asia, India and South Himalayan Rim; Regional development, environmental management and economics, regional sustainability, geographic information systems and cultural sustainability

Sociology

Anderton, Douglas PhD; Demography; Thailand, Finland, China; population studies, statistics, environmental health and policy.

Misra, Joya PhD; globalization of carework, gender and Human resource development

Schalet, Amy PhD; reproductive health, sexuality & culture

Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Black, Samuel PhD; Kenya, Belgium; Molecular basis for control of African Trypanosomiasis and Equine Laminitis

Translation Center

Gentzler, Edwin PhD; Director of the Translation Center; Brazil, Italy; translation theory


Director:
David Buchanan, DrPH
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