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Art

Hasaan Kirkland
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Graphics,
  Fine Art consulting, and Curator 
• Recent Research/Published Works: Juried Exhibitions: African America Museum of Nassau County, Hempstead, New York (2004), Appex Museum, Atlanta Georgia (2004), National Center Annex, Montgomery, Alabama (2003), Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex, Dallas, Texas (2003)

Chemistry

Henry F. Russell
Professor of Chemistry

• Area(s) of Research Expertise: Organic and Heterocyclic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis 
• Current Research: Synthesis of Biologically Pertinent Fused, Medium-size Ring Nitrogen Heterocycles via Photolysis of Chloroacetamide Precursors

Research Publications (last 10 years):

• "The Synthesis, Anti-Cancer Screening and Anti-HIV Testing of Halo Melatonin Analogs"  H.F. Russell, G. Mbamalu, R. Ford, Jr., G.M. Phifer, S. Wall-Hill, A.M. Williams and V.Y. Young.  J. Toxical. Biomed. Sci. 1996, 46, 66-78. 
• "Novel Indole-fused, Medium-sized Ring Heterocycles via Chloroacetamide Photochemistry."  John B. Bremner, Henry F. Russell, Brian W. Skelton, and Allan H. White. Heterocycles, 2000, 53(2), 277-290.

Research Presentations at Scientific Meetings
(last 10 years):

• "Synthesis of Indole-Fused 4-Quinolones as Potential Antimicrobial Agents: I."  H.F. Russell, M. Ghobrial, K. Burris, D. Humphrey, D. Johnson and S. McClendon.  47th SE/SW Regional ACS Meeting, Memphis, TN, Nov. 1995.
• "Synthesis of Indole-Fused 4-Quinolones as Potential Antimicrobial Agents: II."  H.F. Russell, M. Ghobrial, T. Alford, T. Ghee, and D. Sullivan.  47th SE/SW Regional ACS Meeting, Memphis, TN, Nov. 1995.
• "Synthesis of Indole-Fused 4-Quinolones as Potential Antimicrobial Agents: III."  H.F. Russell, M. Ghobrial and LaTonya Wright.  Annual NIGMS MBRS-MARC National Symposium, Miami, FL, Nov. 1996.
• “Synthesis of Novel Indole-fused Derivatives Based on Chloroacetamide Photochemistry", John B. Bremner and Henry F. Russell, International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vienna, Austria, August 1-7, 1999; and Australian Highlands Heterocyclic Conference, Bowral, NSW, Australia, Sept. 1999.
• “Novel Indole-fused, Medium-size Ring Heterocycles via Chloroacetamide Photolysis.”  Henry F. Russell and John B. Bremner, 51st SE Regional ACS Meeting, Knoxville, TN, October, 1999.
• “Photolysis of Chloroacetamides Yields New Medium-size Ring Heterocycles Fused to Indole.”  Henry F. Russell and John B. Bremner, National Minority Research Symposium, Washington, DC, Nov. 2000; and Sixth Annual Life and Physical Sciences Research Symposium, NC A&T Univ., Greensboro, NC, 2001.
• “Synthesis of N-[2-(1’H-(3”-methylindol-1”-yl)methy)phenyl]chloroacetamide:  A photolytic Precursor to Novel Fused, Medium-size Ring Heterocycles.”  Fatima S. Neals and Henry F. Russell, National Minority Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2003.
• “Synthesis of N-[(2-(1’H-Benzimidazol-1’-yl)methy)phenyl]chloroacetamide:  A photolytic Precursor to Novel Fused, Medium-size Ring Heterocycles.” Melissa R. Lewis and Henry F. Russell, National Minority Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2003.
• “Synthesis of N-[(2-(1’H-Indazol-1’-yl)methyl)phenyl]chloroacetamide: A precursor to Novel Fused, Medium- Sized Ring Heterocycles”  Sandra V. Ramsey, Henry F. Russell & Jennifer Bushelle-Edghill, National Minority Research Symposium, Dallas, TX, Nov. 2004.
• “Synthesis of Chloroacetamide Precursors for Photolytic Conversion to Novel Fused, Medium-size Ring, Nitrogen Heterocycles.”  Henry F. Russell, Jennifer Bushelle-Edghill, Melissa R. Lewis, Fatima S. Neals, and Sandra V. Ramsey.  55th SE Regional ACS Meeting, Rese

Communications

David Shadinger
Instructor of Public Relations 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Public Relations and Integrated Marketing Communication

Community Development

Dr. Deborah Carter & Dr. Linette Fox

• Area(s) of Expertise: Community Research, Urban Research Group, (Revitalization of Charlotte-area Neighborhoods)

Computer Science

Dr. Magdy Attia, Ph.D.
Director of the Technology Center and Chairman of the Computer Science and Engineering Department

• Area(s) of Expertise: Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technologies, passive millimeter wave imaging, telecommunications and computer networking, electronic systems for Homeland Security Applications and IT consultant.
• Recent Research/Published Works: Have completed the development of a Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging camera, which has a potential to be used for Homeland Security and Aviation safety applications. This project was implemented in collaboration with NASA Gleen Research Center. This is the only camera at US university.

Ying Bai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

• Area(s) of Expertise: Robotics calibration, fuzzy logic control, mix-language programming, Computer architecture, embedded control and accurate measurements.

Textbooks:

• Ying Bai, “Applications Interface Programming Using Multiple Languages – A Windows Programmer’s Guide”, (864 pp: ISBN: 0131003135), Prentice Hall, March 2003;
• Ying Bai,  “Mastering Electronics Via Labs”, (203 pp: ISBN: 1-4107-6908-9), 1stBookLibrary, September 2003;
• Ying Bai,  “Windows Serial Port Programming Handbook ”, (846 pp: ISBN: 0-8493-2213-8), CRC Press LLC, November 2004.
• Ying Bai and Dali Wang, “Improve the Robot Calibration Accuracy Using a Dynamic On-Line Fuzzy Error Mapping System”, IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics – Part B, Vol.34, No.2, April, 2004, pp.1155-1160.
• Ying Bai, Hanqi Zhuang and Zvi. S Roth, “Fuzzy Logic Controller to Suppress    Noises and Coupling Effects in a  Laser Tracking System”, accepted and appeared on IEEE Trans on Control Systems Technology in November 2004.
• Ying Bai, “On the Comparison of Fuzzy Interpolation Techniques for Robotic Position Calibration”, submitted to IEEE Trans. on Instruments and Measurements.
• Hanqi Zhuang, Shui H. Motaghedi, Zvi S. Roth, and Ying Bai, “Calibration of Multi-Beam Laser Tracking Systems”, Journal of Robotics and Computer and Integrated Manufacturing, Vol.19, Issue 4, 2003, pp. 308-315.
• Ying Bai and Hanqi Zhuang, “Modeless Robots Calibration in 3D Workspace with An On-Line Fuzzy Interpolation Technique”, accepted by 2004 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 10-13, 2004, Hague, Netherlands (This paper was invited by the Robotics and Sensing Section).
• Ying Bai and Hanqi Zhuang, “On the Comparison of Model-Based and Modeless Robotic Calibration Based on the Fuzzy Interpolation Technique”, accepted by 2004 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, December 1-3, 2004, Traders Hotel, Singapore.
• Ying Bai and Dali Wang, “On the Comparison of Interpolation Techniques for Robotic Position Compensation”, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington DC, pp. 3384 – 3389.
• Ying Bai and Dali Wang, “Improve the Position Measurement Accuracy Using a Fuzzy Error Interpolation Technique”, Proceedings Of The IEEE 2003 International Symposium On Computational Intelligence For Measurement Systems and Applications.  July 29-31, 2003, Lugano, Switzerland, pp. 227 – 232.
• Ying Bai, Hanqi Zhuang and Zvi S. Roth, “Experiment Study of PUMA Robot Calibration Using a Laser Tracking System”, Proceedings Of The 2003 IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, June 23-25, 2003, pp. 139-144.
• Zhuang, H., Motaghedi, S.H., Roth, Z.V., Bai, Y., “Robot Calibration with Planar Constraints”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Detroit, May 1999,  pp. 805-810.
• Ying Bai, Zvi S Roth, “Design and Implementation of a Fuzzy Logic Controller for a Laser Tracking CMM”, Proceedings of FUZZY’97, International Conference on Fuzzy Logic and Applications, Zichron Yaakov, Israel, May 18-21, 1997. pp.385-390.

Criminal Justice

Catherine Motsinger
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Law enforcement and community policing, drug enforcement, corrections and juvenile delinquency. 
• Recent Research/Published Works: “High Risk Warrant Service (SWAT)” The Forum, 2003, “Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty” The Forum, Nov. 2003.

Culture

Hasaan Kirkland
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Graphics,
  Fine Art consulting, and Curator 
• Recent Research/Published Works: Juried Exhibitions: African America Museum of Nassau County, Hempstead, New York (2004), Appex Museum, Atlanta Georgia (2004), National Center Annex, Montgomery, Alabama (2003), Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex, Dallas, Texas (2003)

Economics

Jordan P. Whitfield
Adjunct Professor of Business & Economics 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Business strategy, business planning, six sigma process improvement, small business management, Chinese Martial Arts of Tai Chi, Hsing l and Ba Gua.

Education

Dr. Bessie Gage

• Area(s) of Expertise: Teaching Methods,  Early Childhood Education, Foundation of Childhood Education, Diversity Issues, Elementary Curriculum

Dr. Eugene Hermitte

• Area(s) of Expertise: Equal Opportunity for Women in College Education

Dr. Joseph Fail

• Area(s) of Expertise: Ecological Education K-3

Dr. Phyllis Dawkins

• Area(s) of Expertise: Physical Education for Students with Disabilities, Learning Across the Curriculum

Bruce Thompson

• Area(s) of Expertise: Music Theory, Choir

Engineering

Dr. Gerald Y. Agbegha

• Area(s) of Expertise: Industrial Engineering

Dr. Magdy Attia

• Area(s) of Expertise: Computer Engineering

Dr. Ying Bai

• Area(s) of Expertise: Robotics calibration, fuzzy logic control, mix-language programming, Computer architecture, embedded control and accurate measurements

English

Donald N. Mager, Ph.D.
Professor of English and Liberal Arts  

• Area(s) of Expertise: Creative writing, poetry translation, gay/lesbian studies, and Shakespeare.

Recent Research/Published Works:

• 2003 The Elegance of the Ungraspable. Charlotte: Main Street Rag Press.2000 “Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935).”
• The Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures: Volume 2: Gay Histories and Cultures. Ed George E. Haggerty. New York: Garland Publishing. 2000.
• “Deathwatch.” Chapter in The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood Ed. James J. Berg and Chris Freeman. Madison Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2000.
• 2001 Good Turns. Charlotte: Main Street Rag Press.1993 “John Bale and Early Tudor Sodomy Discourse.” Queering The Renaissance. Ed. Johnathan Goldberg. Durham Duke Univ. Press, 1993.
• 1995 Glosses: Twenty-four Preludes and Etudes.  St. Andrews Presbyterian College Press.  1995 “Fernando Pessoa (1888-1925).”
• The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader’s Companion to the Writers and Their Works, From Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Claude J. Summers. Henry Holt and Co., 1995. 1997
• “Teaching About Homophobia at a Historically Black University: A Role Play for Undergraduate Students.” With Robert Sulek. Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies That Work. Ed. James T. Sears and Walter L. Williams. New York: Columbia U. Press, 1997.
• 1998 That Which Is Owed To Death. Charlotte, NC: Main Street Rag Press. 1998 Borderings. Monroe, NC Union County Writers Press.
• 1998 Winner of the Union County Writers Press National Chapbook Contest.

Health Issues

Karen Butler
Chair of Health and Human Performance/Associate Professor of Health Education 

• Area(s) of Expertise: HIV/AIDS, Sexual Orientation, and Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Teaching Methods and Materials

Recent Research/Published Works

Consulting

• Holistic Harm Reduction Program, Regional HIV/AIDS Consortium

• Healthy Campuses Technical Assistance Network (HCTAN) United Negro College Fund, Special Programs

Publications

• Butler, K., & Ford, J. (2002). Infusing HIV/AIDS education into teacher education: The JCSU HOPE program. The North Carolina Journal (NCAAHPERD), 38(2), 10-15.
• Butler, K., Jeter, A., & Andrades, R. (2002). SWARMing for a solution: Integrating service learning and peer education into the health education curriculum. American Journal of Health Education, 33, 240-244.
• Butler, K., &  Cooper, J. (2000). Teaching technique: The “Shaqweeta Fake” talk show. Journal of School Health, 70,31-32.
• Butler, K. (1999). Commentary -Neighbors for a smoke-free north side: Evaluation of a community organization approach to promoting smoking cessation among African Americans. Journal of Evidence-based Health Care, 3, 82.
• Butler, K. (1999) Preservice teachers’ knowledge and attitudes regarding gay men and lesbians: The impact of a cognitive intervention. Journal of Health Education, 30, 125-128, 136.
• Butler, K. (1999). Hygeia in a sea of Asclepiuses: Health Promotion and education through a patient’s eyes. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 6, 14-17.

Professional Presentations

• October 23, 2004 Dawkins, P., & Butler, K. “Assessing and Evaluating Learning Communities Outcomes” Miami, Florida Program presented at the HBCU Faculty Development Symposium.

• May 21, 2004 Dawkins, P., Butler, K., Froneberger, B., & Gage, B. “Learning Communities at the Freshman and Upper Levels at Johnson C. Smith University” Seattle, Washington Poster presentation at the Learning Communities and Undergraduate Education Forum National Conference.

• May 14, 2004 Butler, K., & Gibbons, M. “Project Commit to Prevent: Sexual Health Advocacy for Young African Americans" Chicago, Illinois Program presented at the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists’ 36th Annual Conference. 

• October 24, 2003 Butler, K. “Learn It So Well You Can Teach It: Integrating Service Learning and Peer Education into Health Education Courses" Charlotte, North Carolina Program presented at the HBCU Faculty Development Symposium. 

• October 23, 2003 Butler, K., & Dawkins, P. “Healthy Youth Learning Community: Linking Health and Physical Education K-6 Methods Classes” Charlotte, North Carolina Program presented at the HBCU Faculty Development Symposium. 

• June 19, 2003 Butler, K. “Learning to serve and serving to learn: Service learning in health education” Perugia, Italy Program presented at the XIth European Conference on Health Promotion and Education. 

• May 29, 2003 Butler, K. “Sexual orientation 101 and GLBT youth health issues” Charlotte, North Carolina Faculty Development Multicultural Workshop session presented at Johnson C. Smith University.

• April 8, 2003 Butler, K. “HIV/AIDS update and curriculum infusion” Charlotte, North Carolina Faculty Development Discussion Series session presented at Johnson C. Smith University.

• October 4, 2002 Butler, K. & Dawkins, P. “Service learning and learning communities: Increasing health and physical education majors’ involvement with public school students” Charlotte, North Carolina Teaching techniques presented at the 76th Annual Conference of the American School Health Association.

• May 5, 2002 Butler, K. & Perry, J. “The creation of A3: Providing support for black GLBT students” Miami, Florida Program presented at the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists’ 34th Annual Conference. 

• March 12, 2002 Butler, K. “Creativity, justice & desire: Themes in Black feminist thought” Charlotte, North Carolina Faculty Development Discussion Series session presented at Johnson C. Smith University.

• November 10, 2001 Butler, K. “Safer sex bingo” Albuquerque, New Mexico Teaching technique presented at the 75th Annual Conference of the American School Health Association.

• July 18, 2001 Butler, K. “Collaboration between clients and health professionals: Re-visiting Salzburg Seminar #356” Paris, France Paper presented at the XVIIth World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education. 

• May 4, 2001 Butler, K. “Let the games begin: Sex education with seriously fun stuff” San Francisco, California Educational games presented at the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists’ 33rd Annual Conference. 

• March 29, 2001 Butler, K. & Richardson, R. “SWARMing for a solution: Service learning and peer education” San Juan, Puerto Rico Service learning program presented at the World Congress III of Health Professions. 

• February 23, 2001 Butler, K. & Ford, J. “HIV/AIDS curriculum infusion into Health Education and Education” Tuskegee, Alabama Learning laboratory presented at the UNCF HIV/AIDS Orientation and Professional Education Program Orientation Conference.

• October 18, 2000 Butler, K.  “Healthcare needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered youth” Charlotte, North Carolina Invited paper presented at the Presbyterian Healthcare/Novant Health "Many Voices, One Goal: meeting the healthcare needs of our diverse community" conference.

Disability Accommodations

James Cuthbertson

History

Dr. Eugene Hermitte

• Area(s) of Expertise: African History

Dr. Amos Etukudoh

• Area(s) of Expertise: Culture and Revolution in African Fiction, African Art and Religion

Information Technology

Frank Parker

• Area(s) of Expertise: Computer Supported Learning, Use of Technology in Higher Education

Journalism

Cassandra Wynn
Assistant Professor of Journalism

• Area(s) of Expertise: Media Writing, History of Communications, Media Coverage on Minorities 

Law

Daniel Hoffman,Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Public law and American politics; The Constitution

Liberal Arts

Donald N. Mager, Ph.D.
Dean of College and Arts/Sciences 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Creative writing, poetry translation, gay/lesbian studies, and Shakespeare.

Recent Research/Published Works:

• 2003 The Elegance of the Ungraspable. Charlotte: Main Street Rag Press.2000 “Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935).”
• The Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures: Volume 2: Gay Histories and Cultures. Ed George E. Haggerty. New York: Garland Publishing. 2000
• “Deathwatch.” Chapter in The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood Ed. James J. Berg and Chris Freeman. Madison Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2000.
• 2001 Good Turns. Charlotte: Main Street Rag Press.1993 “John Bale and Early Tudor Sodomy Discourse.”
• Queering The Renaissance. Ed. Johnathan Goldberg. Durham Duke Univ. Press, 1993.
• 1995 Glosses: Twenty-four Preludes and Etudes.  St. Andrews Presbyterian College Press. 
• 1995 “Fernando Pessoa (1888-1925).” The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader’s Companion to the Writers and Their Works, From Antiquity to the Present. Ed. Claude J. Summers. Henry Holt and Co., 1995.
• 1997 “Teaching About Homophobia at a Historically Black University: A Role Play for Undergraduate Students.” With Robert Sulek. Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies That Work. Ed. James T. Sears and Walter L. Williams. New York: Columbia U. Press, 1997.
•  1998 That Which Is Owed To Death. Charlotte, NC: Main Street Rag Press. 1998 Borderings. Monroe, NC Union County Writers Press.
•  1998 Winner of the Union County Writers Press National Chapbook Contest.

Marketing

David Shadinger
Instructor of Public Relations 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Public Relations and Integrated Marketing Communication.

Mathematics

Manouchehr Misaghian
Assistant Professor of Mathematics 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Algebra and Number Theory
• Recent Research/Published Works: Representations of Norm one elements group in the Quaternion Algebra, Representations of D^1

Music

Christopher Weise, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Music  

• Area(s) of Expertise: Music Technology, Composition, Theory, Recording, Electro-Acoustic Music (practice and performance).   

Recent Research/Published Work:

• A Mind That Goes Out To Space, for 8-channel tape SEAMUS 2002 National Conference. Premier: Groanings (movements 7-9, for 2-channel tape
• “Here what I See, Sea What Eye Hear” concert, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2002.
• “Experimentalism in the works of Four African-American Composers,” UAPB African-American Composers Symposium; UAPB Dean’s Research Forum (2001).   

Bruce Thompson
Director of Choral Activity/Professor of Voice   

Gregory Thompson
Associate Professor of Music/Coordinator of Music and Fine Arts 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Professional accompanist, vocal literature, and African-American composers

Organizational Development

Political Science

Daniel Hoffman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Public law and American politics 
• Recent Research/Published Works: The Department’s Constitution

Psychology

Ruth L. Greene, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology  

• Area(s) of Expertise: Educational Psychology, aging and adult development, African American health and mental health issues, diversity training and management 

Recent Research/Published Works:

• Greene, R.L. “Depression in an African American and white community sample.” Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, August 2002.
• Davis, B Russell-Pinson, L. Moore, L Shenk, D., Green, R. “lexical richness, routines, and topic initiation in speakers with mid to late Alzheimer’s.” Annual Conference, Gerontological Society of America, November 2003.
• Greene, R.L. “Targeted opportunities for minorities and women in biological and behavioral science.” 46th Annual Convention, Southeastern Psychological Association, March 2001.
• Heaven, P.C.L., Greene, R.L. Stones, C.R., Caputi, P. Levels of Social Dominance Orientation in three societies. Journal of Social Psychology, (2002).
• Heaven, P.C.L. Greene, R.L. Afircan-Americans stereotypes of Whites: Relationship with Social Dominance Orientation, Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Group Identity. Journal of Social Psychology, (2001). 

Harriette W. Richard, Ph.D.
Chair, Psychology Department  

• Area(s) of Expertise: Diversity, Race & Gender, Black Psychology, Pedagogy 

Recent Research/Published Works:

• Fairchild, H., Richard, H., & Whitten, L. (2002). Teaching Black Psychology in the 21st Century. In P. Bronstein & K. Quinna (Eds.), Teaching a psychology of people: Resources for gender and sociocultural awareness (Second Edition). Washington, DC: The American Psychological Association.
• Richard, H. (2001). Racial Identity Growth. In V. Whittlesey (Ed.), Diversity Activities in Psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 155-157.
• Simoni, J., Sexton-Radek, K., Richard, H., & Lundquist, A. (1999). Teaching Diversity: Experiences and Recommendations of American Psychological Association Division 2 Members. Teaching of Psychology, 26(2), 89-95.
• Richard, H. (1997). The teaching of afrocentric values by African-American parents. Western Journal of Black Studies, 21, 42-50.
• Richard, H. W., & Burlew, A.K. (1997). Academic Performance among children with sickle cell disease: Setting Minimum standards for comparison groups, Psychological Reports, 81, 27-34.
• Richard, H.W. (1996) Filmed in Black and White: Teaching Racial Identity at a Predominately White University, Teaching of Psychology, 23(3), 159-161.

Public Relations

David Shadinger
Instructor of Public Relations 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Public Relations and Integrated Marketing Communication

Social Sciences

Catherine Montsinger 
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Law enforcement and community policing, drug enforcement, corrections and juvenile delinquency. 
• Recent Research/Published Works: “High Risk Warrant Service (SWAT)” The Forum, 2003; “Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty” The Forum, Nov. 2003. 

Eugene Hermitte
Associate Professor of History 

• Area(s) of Expertise: African History, World History
• Recent Research/Published Works: Learning Across the Curriculum, Educational Technology, Critical Thinking

• Professional Affiliates/Certifications: Management Council – NCAA Division II; American Historical Association; International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilization

Social Issues

Dr. Deborah Brown-Quick
Associate Professor of Sociology

• Area(s) of Expertise: Race, Class and Gender; Deviant Behavior; Community Economic Development; Community Research; Student Research as Pedagogy
• Recent Research/Published Works: Carter, Deborah, Linette Fox, Thomas Priest and Freda McBride. 2002. “Student Involvement in Community-Based Research”. Metropolitan Universities Journal, Vol.13, 1

Social Work

Dezette C. Johnson
Assistant Professor of Social Work  

• Area(s) of Expertise: School Social Work, domestic violence, teen dating violence                     
• Recent Research/Published Works: Dissertation Topic: Ecological Factors That Influence The Probability of Teen Dating Violence in African American Teen Dating Relationships.

Spanish

Student Affairs

Technology

Dr. Magdy Attia

• Area(s) of Expertise: Video Teleconferencing, Microwave Technology, Electronics and Telecommunications, Information Technology, Infrastructure Planning Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging

Dr. Phyllis Dawkins

• Area(s) of Expertise: Teaching and Learning with Technology 

Frank Parker

• Area(s) of Expertise: Computer Supported Learning, Use of Technology in Higher Education

Visual Theory

Wellness

Tara Lemons Peeples 
Wellness Coordinator 

• Area(s) of Expertise: Nutrition and Dietetics (Health
  and Wellness)