Public Health Faculty

Mary Allen
Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Florida State University
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Areas of expertise:
general microbiology, allied-health microbiology, microbial ecology, microbiology education
Connie Anderson
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. , University of California, Riverside
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Areas of expertise:
Biological anthropology, particularly selection and behavior; the intersection of culture and biology; war and conflict resolution; the role of sports in interracial interactions, identity, and reconciliation; South Africa.
James Buthman
Associate Professor of Political Science & Coordinator of Environment, Sustainability & Society
Ph.D., Northern Arizona University
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Areas of expertise:
Public policy and American government with an emphasis on environmental and energy policy.
Stephanie Carr '06
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines
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Areas of expertise:
geomicrobiology, bioinformatics, subsurface microbiology
Elena Chernyak
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Areas of expertise:
sociology, social work, women’s studies, gender-based violence and inequality, social theories, feminist theories, social psychology, family studies, Soviet/post-Soviet societies.
Carlena Cochi Ficano
Professor of Economics and Business Administration and Accounting Department Chair
Ph.D., Cornell University
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Areas of expertise:
labor economics, applied econometrics, social policy on low income family well-being, the economics of higher education and, most recently, local economic development.
Lisle W. Dalton
Professor of Religious Studies
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara
Areas of expertise:
American religious history, cults and new religions, religion and modern culture, religion and healthcare, religion and science, religion and politics
Joshua Garrett
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Albany Medical College
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Areas of expertise:
anatomy and physiology, cardiovascular physiology, endothelial barrier function, angiogenesis
Kristin Jones
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of Connecticut at Storrs
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Areas of expertise:
Industrial organization, public economics, mathematical economics, environmental economics, law and economics, education policy.
Malissa Kano-White
Chair and Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
MFA, Illinois State University
Areas of expertise:
acting, musical theatre production, playwriting, theatre for young audiences.
William Kowalczyk
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Areas of expertise:
substance use, research methods and statistics, clinical psychology, neuropsychology, health psychology and environmental psychology.
Cherilyn Lacy
Professor of History & Coordinator of Public Health Program
Ph.D., University of Chicago
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Areas of expertise:
Modern Europe, Women and Gender, Medicine and Public Health
Karl Seeley
Associate Professor of Economics and Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Washington
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Areas of expertise:
ecological macroeconomics, environmental economics and economic development, small-scale, sustainable farming and local food-supply issues.
Melonie Walcott
Assistant Professor of Public Health
DrPH, University of Alabama-Birmingham; MPH, University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
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Areas of expertise:
research methods, community health, health promotion, HIV/STI prevention.
Karina Walker
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany
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Areas of expertise:
Spanish peninsular literature: baroque, twentieth, and twenty-first-century narrative, poetry, and film. Spanish cultural studies, women’s, gender and sexuality studies, translation and interpretation.
Justin Wellman
Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology Department
Ph.D., University of Toledo
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Areas of expertise:
social psychology, personality, health psychology, motivation and emotion, experimental statistics.
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