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Elizabethtown College Experts

Anabaptist and Pietist Studies (Amish)
Conrad Kanagy
Donald Kraybill
Stephen Scott

Art
Milt Friedly

Biology
Diane Bridge – evolution and genetics, particularly in marine biology
Jane Cavender – genetics, cancer research
Jonathon Coren – human genome project
Ron Laughlin – plant ecology, environmental monitoring (at nuclear plants), aquatic and terrestrial surveys, environmental impact studies
Thomas Murray – phosphorus and water quality in temperate lakes, lake respiration and biogeochemical cycles, acid rain, lake eutrophication

Business
Ed Chung– corporate social responsibility, marketing
Bryan Greenberg - marketing, media, film
Sean Melvin – cyberlaw, international law, copyright law
Sanjay Paul – globalization, trade policy, international trade
Thomas Scheiding- labor economics, economics of science, history of economic thought
Hossein Varamini – finance, international business

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Gary Hoffman - theoretical chemistry (electronic structure theory)
Charles D. Schaeffer Jr. –  organometallic chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Communications
Tamara Gillis media literacy, civic journalism, change management, impact of new media
Robert Moore –  civic journalism, technology, international communications

Computer Science
Joseph Wunderlich advanced computer architectures, random number theory

Computer Engineering
Joseph Wunderlich robotics, machine intelligence (including neural networks)

Education
Elizabeth Coyle – school violence prevention, bullying
Susan Pitcher
Juan Toro
Mimi Staulters
Rachel Finley-Bowman
James Wile
Kathleen Kennedy Blouch
Carroll Tyminski
special education, inclusion of children with special needs, early childhood practicum and student teaching

English
David Downing –  C.S. Lewis
Mark Harman - German and Irish literature
Carmine T. Sarracino – Walt Whitman, Civil War poetry
Matthew Skillen
Kimberly VanEsveld Adams 19th-century women writers, particularly Harriet Beecher Stowe

Family-owned Businesses
Mary Beth Matteo

Financial Aid
Elizabeth McCloud

German
Mark Harman – Franz Kafka, German literature, translation

Higher Education
Ted Long – strategic planning

History

David Kenley– Asian history, Chinese history
Thomas Winpenny – Pennsylvania history, American business, industry, 19th- and 20th-century technology

Japanese
Mahua Bhattacharya

Linguistics
Kurt Barnada – Spanish linguistics

Mathematics
James Hughes knot theory, topology (geometry of position)
Gabriela Sanchis – history of mathematics
Steve Soltys

Music
Karendra Devroop
Matt Fritz – vocal performance, conducting, Medieval and Renaissance music
James Haines music theory/composition

Music Therapy
Gene Behrens clinical training and supervision, curriculum development, emotional responses and music
James Haines

Occupational Therapy
Chris Achenbach pediatric occupational therapy, Dysfunction of Sensory Integration
Nancy Carlson – pediatric occupational therapy, children with Autism
Dan Panchik – adult rehabilitation

Peace and Conflict Studies
Michael Long

Philosophy
Michael Silberstein philosophy of physics and philosophy of cognitive neuroscience, emergentism

Physics and Engineering
Kurt DeGoedebiomechanics, modeling dynamic systems
Roy Hoffer - Recognized expert in civil and criminal courts in  Forensics and Fire Investigation; expertise in energy conservation technologies.

Political Science
Paul Gottfried – multiculturalism, conservatism, Marxism
April Kelly-Woessner public opinion, political behavior, survey research, statistics
E. Fletcher McClellan U.S. elections, public administration, popular culture and American politics, U.S. presidency
Wayne A. Selcher international relations, Latin American politics and foreign policy, American foreign policy
W. Wesley McDonald American conservatism, Russell Kirk

Psychology
Catherine Lemley – visual imagery
Amanda Price learning and memory ability
Elizabeth Rider – children’s language, motor and cognitive development, spatial cognition
John Teske nonverbal behavior, environmental psychology and social cognition

Religious Studies
Christina Bucher biblical studies, the Hebrew Bible
Jeffrey Long – Sanskrit, South and East Asian religious and philosophical traditions, mythology through J.R.R. Tolkien
Michael Long – Martin Luther King Jr.

Science in Motion Program
Marla Jones - science resources for school districts

Social Work
Vivian R. Bergel mental health, homelessness, geriatric social work, women’s issues, service-learning
Thomas Bowersox child welfare, social policy
Susan Mapp child welfare, poverty
Margaret L. McFarlandadult day care, home health care, medical social work, geriatric care management, agency administration, corporate eldercare, Alzheimer’s Disease

Sociology-Anthropology
Conrad L. Kanagy Old Order Amish society and culture
Michelle Kozimor-King– population and global issues; urbanization/suburbanization; work and family issues; welfare
Robert Wheelersburg – Artic studies, Scandinavia, terrorism response

Women and Gender Studies
Kimberly VanEsveld Adams feminist theory
Mahua Bhattacharya



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