Experts List

The University of the Incarnate Word is blessed to have within its ranks numerous experts in various fields of study. Listed are Faculty and Staff members who are willing to engage the media in their respective areas of expertise. Please remember to first contact our Media and Public Relations Manager Michael Valdés at michael.valdes@uiwtx.edu or (210) 422-4052 if you would like to speak to a specific UIW expert.

Expert List

  • Dr. Javier Clavere, Dean
    • Liberal arts education
    • Semiotics
    • Music/piano

Language

  • Dr. Gabriel Saxton-Ruiz, Professor of Modern Languages (Spanish)
    • Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture
    • Political Violence in Peru
    • Trilingual English, Spanish and French
  • Dr. Michael Tallon, Professor of Modern Languages (Spanish), Chair
    • Learning a foreign language
    • Foreign language education and anxiety
    • Spanish as a heritage language
    • Close-up magic

Art

  • Adam Mulder, Associate Professor of Art (Sculpture), Chair
    • Sculpture
  • Miguel Cortinas, Assistant Professor of Art and Chair
    • Painting and drawing
    • Prints
  • Kathy Vargas, Professor of Art (Photography)
    • Photography

Music

  • Dr. Cathy Befi-Hensel, Assistant Professor of Music (Music Therapy), program coordinator
    • Music therapy and music therapy pedagogy
    • Interdisciplinary rehabilitative treatment
    • Neurologic Music Therapy for wellness
  • Dr. Andrew Bergmann, Assistant Professor of Music (Music Industry Studies), program coordinator
    • Popular music, jazz
    • Music production, music industry
  • Dr. Orit Eylon, Professor of Music, Chair from Fall 2024-
    • Singing and vocal health
    • Pedagogy
    • Fluent in Hebrew
  • William Gokelman, Professor of Music and Chair through Spring 2024
    • Choral music and piano
    • Liturgical music
  • Dr. Kevin Salfen, Professor of Music and Associate Dean of CHASS
    • Music history
    • Composition
    • Japanese music and theater
  • Nieves Villaseñor, Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Bands; Coordinator of Music Education
    • Band and community music-making
    • Music education

Theatre Arts

  • Ashleigh Poteat, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
    • Costume design
  • Mark Stringham, Professor of Theatre Arts and Chair
    • Acting, directing
    • Albanian theatre
  • Justin Bennett, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
    • Theatre technology and design
  • Christopher McCollum, Instructor of Theatre Arts
    • Scenic design
    • Speaks fluent German

Humanities

  • Dr. Paul Lewis, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair
    • Social and political philosophy
    • Ethics and justice
  • Dr. Benjamin Miele, Associate Professor of English
    • Shakespeare and Renaissance literature and culture
    • Classics (Latin and Greek)
    • Sustainability
  • Dr. Michael Romero, Director of the Pastoral Institute
    • Pastoral Ministry
    • Catholic Social Teaching
    • Catholic Intellectual Tradition
  • Dr. Tanja Stampfl, Professor of English, Chair
    • World Literature
    • Post-Colonial Theory and Literature
    • Motherhood Studies
  • Dr. Mourad Takawi, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
    • Islamic and early Christian studies
    • Christian-Muslim relations
    • Interreligious dialogue

Social Sciences

  • Dr. Georgen Guerrero, Professor of Criminal Justice, Chair
    • Art Crimes
    • Incarcerated Populations
    • Criminology
    • Juvenile Justice
  • Dr. Lydia Andrade, Professor of Political Science, Chair
    • American Politics, U.S. presidency
    • Women in politics
    • U.S. foreign policy
  • Dr. John Kainer, Professor of Sociology and Chair
    • Sociology of food
    • Sociology of religion
  • Dr. Brandon Metroka, Associate Professor of Political Science, Pre-Law Advisor
    • Judicial behavior, freedom of expression
    • LGBTQ+ rights
  • Dr. Teresa Partridge, Associate Professor of Psychology
    • Infant/child development
    • Social evaluation and stereotype development
  • Dr. Rachel Walker, Professor Psychology, Chair
    • Animal behavior
    • Learning, cognition, and technology

History

  • Dr. Lopita Nath, Associate Professor of History and Chair; Coordinator of Asian Studies Program
    • World and Asian history and politics
    • Migration and refugees
    • Human rights
    • Speaks Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Nepali and basic Arabic
  • Dr. Michelle Tabit, Professor of History
    • Women’s and U.S. History
    • Popular Culture

Expert List

  • Dr. Denise Staudt, Dean & Professor of Education
    • Elementary education
    • Assessment
    • Accreditation
    • Higher Education Administration
  • Dr. Stephanie Grote Garcia, Professor of Education
    • Elementary Education
    • Literacy for grades K-6
  • Dr. Authur Hernandez, Professor of Education
    • Policy Development and Strategy Planning
    • Instructional Systems Development
    • Program Evaluation
    • Community Health Program Planning
    • AI
  • Dr. Ann David, Associate Professor of Education
    • Censorship/book bans, book challenges, particularly in public schools
    • Stories of teachers experiencing censorship and book challenges
    • Partnerships among intellectual freedom organizations (National Council of Teachers of English, American Library Association, PEN America, National Coalition Against Censorship)
    • Legislation (Texas and national) implementing limits on books selections, restricting topics in curriculum, parental oversight of curriculum, and similar
    • Book choice and the research-base for diverse reading selections in middle and high school (NOT teaching kids how to read, ie phonics/Science of Reading)
    • Teachers being pushed out of teaching, related to fear of retaliation discussing race, sexual orientation, gender identification, or a host of other topics
    • Teaching topics that have become politically charged, like race, class, sexual orientation, and gender identification
    • Teaching of English language arts and reading
    • Teaching of writing
  • Dr. Elda Martinez, Professor of Education & Director of Teacher Education
    • Elementary education
    • Teacher preparation
    • Special education
  • Dr. Norman St. Clair, Professor of Education
    • Qualitative Research Designs
    • Grounded Theory
    • Basic Interpretive Designs
    • Code to Theory
    • Ethnography
    • Phenomenology
    • Case Study
    • Narrative Research
    • Action Research (teacher researcher, educational, practitioner action research)
    • Design Based Research
    • Content Analysis
    • Autoethnography
    • Constructivist Inquiry
    • Hy-flex Teaching Modality
  • Dr. Ashley Love, Assistant Professor of Education
    • Public Health
    • Epidemiology; Disaster Management
    • Program Evaluation
    • Healthcare; Education for Healthcare Professionals
    • Telehealth
    • Higher Education – Online/Distance/Hybrid/Hyflex
    • Minority Aging & Quality of Life Across the Lifespan
    • Community Well-Being; Nutrition; Mental Health
    • Interdisciplinary & Interfaith Collaboration
    • Military Life & Military Health
  • Dr. Stephanie Grote Garcia, Professor of Education
    • Literacy for grades K-6
  • Dr. Chunling Niu, Assistant Professor of Education
    • Measurement, Assessment, and Program Evaluation Theories & Methods
    • Advanced Quantitative and Psychometric Methods, such as IRT, Rasch modeling, Multilevel & Multivariate SEM, Bayesian Modeling, Social Network Analysis, & Psychological Network Analysis, etc.
    • Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis Methods, such as Text Mining, Topic Modeling, & Sentiment Analysis
    • Advanced Data Science and Data Mining Techniques
    • Applied Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
    • Survey Research Methods
    • Interdisciplinary Research Methods
    • Innovative Methodological Design in Research & Evaluation
    • Child Welfare & Social Work
    • Trauma & Self-Care
    • Educational Equity for English Language Learners
    • Language Learning Motivation
    • Intercultural Sensitivity & Competence
    • Culturally Responsive Evaluation
    • Teacher Education & Performance Assessments
    • Mentor and Mentoring Effectiveness
    • Educational Technologies & Andragogy
    • Mental & Behavioral Health
    • Strategic Leadership, Decision-Making, and Game Theory
    • Programing Languages
      • R
      • Python
      • Html
      • JavaScript
      • Css
      • STATA
      • MPlus
      • Winsteps Rasch
      • Facets Rasch
      • C++

Expert List

  • Dr. Jeannie Scott, Dean
    • Business School Programs
  • Dr. Taylor Collins, Department Chair for Economics, Management, & General Business, Assistant
    • Professor of Economics
    • Economic Forecasting
    • Business Economics
    • Finance
    • Internships
  • Dr. Trish Driskill, Graduate Director, Associate Professor of Accounting
    • Accounting
    • Ethics
    • Personal finance
  • Dr. Timothy Griesdorn, Associate Professor of Finance
    • Personal financial planning
    • Consumer decision making
    • Family finance
    • Capital budgeting
  • Dr. Jose F. Moreno, Department Chair for Finance, Marketing, & International Business, Professor of Finance
    • Finance
    • Banking
    • International Business
    • Business Economics
    • Bilingual Spanish
  • Dr. Scott Roberts, Professor of Marketing
    • Marketing
    • Consumer behavior
  • Dr. Alicia Rodriguez de Rubio, Undergraduate Director, Professor of Finance
    • Personal financial planning
    • Hispanics as consumers of financial services
    • UIW Finance Lab
    • Bilingual Spanish
  • Dr. David Vequist, Professor of Business Management and Director of the Center for Medical Tourism
    • Medical Tourism/Retirement Tourism
    • Management/Strategy, Generational Trends
  • Dr. Chris Nesser, MHA Director, Associate Professor of Healthcare Administration
    • Healthcare Administration
    • Healthcare Policy
  • Dr. Lynn Downs, Associate Professor of Healthcare Administration
    • Healthcare Administration
    • Healthcare Policy
    • Veteran Affairs

Expert List

  • Dr. Carlos Garcia, Dean
    • STEM workforce development
    • Implementing emerging technologies
    • Ozone air pollution impact on human vision
    • Central nervous inflammation due to diabetes
  • Dr. Zhanbo Yang, Associate Dean and Professor of Mathematics
    • General Topology
    • Mathematical Modelling
    • General Systems Theory
    • Leadership
    • Data Analysis
    • Undergraduate research

Mathematics and Statistics

  • Dr. Lale Asik, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
    • Mathematical Modeling
    • Applied Dynamical Systems
    • Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
    • Ecological Stoichiometry
    • Population Dynamics
    • Theoretical Ecology
    • Ecotoxicology
    • Mathematical Epidemiology
    • Data Science
    • Data Analysis
    • Undergraduate research
  • Dr. Ummugul Bulut, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
    • Stochastic differential equations
    • Mathematical biology
    • Epidemic models
    • Developing and testing computational methods for applied mathematical problems
    • Undergraduate mathematics education
    • Undergraduate research
  • Dr. Jake Hammons, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
    • Developmental Mathematics
    • Mathematics Education
    • Undergraduate research
    • Teacher Preparation
    • Student Study Habits
    • Math Club
  • Dr. Rafiul Islam, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
    • Mathematical Epidemiology
    • Mathematical Modeling
    • Machine Learning
    • Social Network Modeling
    • Autonomous Driver Behavior Models
    • Data Science
    • Data Analytics
    • Undergraduate research
  • Dr. Wah-Kwan Ku, Associate Professor of Mathematics
    • Applied Statistics
    • Differential Geometry
    • Data science
    • Undergraduate research
  • Marissa Mascorro, Instructor of Mathematics
    • Developmental Mathematics
    • Mathematics Education
    • Student Study Habits
    • Mentoring
  • Dr. Amanda Rakowitz, Senior Instructor of Mathematics
    • Developmental Mathematics
    • Mathematics Placement
    • Mathematics Education
    • Student Study Habits
    • Mentoring
  • Dr. Scott Smith, Associate Professor of Mathematics
    • New Statistical Distributions,
    • Modeling and Experimental Research
    • Data Science
    • Undergraduate research
  • Dr. Suleyman Tek, Professor of Mathematics
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Differential geometry of integrable partial differential equations
    • Soliton surfaces
    • The geometry of biomembranes
    • Mathematical modeling of biological systems
    • Optimization in petroleum engineering
    • Undergraduate mathematics education
    • Leadership
    • Mentoring
    • Math Club
    • Texas Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America
    • Mathematics Circle
    • Math Alliance
    • Undergraduate research

Biology

  • Dr. Veronica G. Martinez Acosta, Professor of Biology
    • Developmental biology
    • Nervous system development
    • Regeneration
    • Stem cell biology
  • Dr. Bridget Ford, Associate Professor of Biology
    • Human physiology and endocrinology
    • Diabetic complications
    • Molecular mechanisms of diabetic nephropathy
  • Dr. Lindsey Barron, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
    • Isolation of novel compounds from fungi with chemotherapeutic properties
    • Developing novel drugs against Ewing’s sarcoma and ovarian cancer cell lines
  • Dr. Marieke Burleson, Associate Professor of Biology
    • SPOP mutations in prostate cancers
    • Screenings for chemotherapeutic agents
    • Reproductive biology and genetics
  • Dr. Alex Martinez, Associate Professor of Biology
    • Parkinson’s disease known as L-DOPA induced dyskinesia
    • Neurophysiology
  • Dr. Christopher Pierce, Associate Professor of Biology and Department Chair
    • Medical mycology
    • Antifungal drug development research
  • Dr. David Starkey, Associate Professor of Biology
    • Patterns of distribution in the softshell turtle, Apalone mutica
  • Dr. Ana Vallor, Associate Professor of Biology
    • Tiny Earth: Crowdsourcing for antimicrobial drug discovery
    • Discovery of new antimicrobial compounds produced by South Texas soil microorganisms

Chemistry

  •   Dr. Rafael Adrian, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
    • Coordination Chemistry
    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • Infrared spectroscopy
  • Dr. Rachell Booth, Professor of Biochemistry
    • Biochemistry
    • Protein Expression and characterization
    • Biochemistry Education
  • Dr. Alakananda Ray Chaudhuri, Professor of Chemistry
    • Analytical chemistry
    • Chemistry education
  • Dr. Julian Davis, Professor of Organic Chemistry
    • Supportive and inclusive pedagogy in organic chemistry
    • Student engagement, retention, and success
    • Advising and mentoring undergraduates
    • NSF scholarship grant management
    • Supporting students in their first-year experience
    • Environmental issues
  • Dr. Charles S. Fermaintt, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
    • Biochemistry
    • Mechanism of Drug Action
    • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Dr. Ashok Khanal, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
    • Chemical Synthesis
    • Green Synthesis/Chromatography free synthesis
    • Surface Chemistry
    • Chemical Education
  • Dr. Brian McBurnett, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
    • Inorganic chemistry
    • Science of Art
  • Dr. Allison Myers, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
    • Analytical Chemistry
    • Forensic Science

Engineering

  • Dr. Sreedevi Ande, Professor and Department Chair
    • Materials Engineering
    • Characterization of metals and materials
    • Contamination and remediation
    • UIW Engineering club advisor
  • Dr. Javier Arjona-Baez, Professor
    • Structural Optimization
    • Mechanical Design
    • Mechanical Vibrations
    • Finite Element Analysis
  • Dr. Okan Caglayan, Associate Professor of Engineering
    • Digital Signal Processing with Statistical Pattern Recognition
    • Internet of Things (IoT)
    • Applied Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Dr. Michael Frye, Associate Professor of Engineering
    • Autonomous control
    • Aerospace engineering
    • Engineering management
    • Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) Lab
  • Dr. Nicolas J. Hendrichs, Associate Professor of Engineering
    • Materials Engineering
    • Materials Selection
    • Fabrication Processes
  • Daniel Potter, UIW Sustainability Operations and Solar House Project Manager
    • Solar House
    • Sustainability
    • Big Belly waste and recycling station

Computer Information Systems and Cybersecurity

  • Meerna Ammari, Instructor of Computer Information Systems
    • Computer Networks & Telecommunications
    • Operating Systems & Scripting
    • Hardware & System Software
    • UIW-Women in Cyber Security advisor
  • Dr. Marta del Rio, Visiting Professor of Computer Information Systems
    • User Experience Design
    • Interface Design
    • Programming Languages
    • Information Systems
  • Gonzalo De La Torre Parra, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems
    • Data Driven Intrusion Detection Systems
    • Distributed Security Systems
    • Generative AI for Code Vulnerability Detection
    • Applied Deep Learning
    • Data Analytics

Nutrition

  • Dr. Joseph Bonilla, Associate Professor of Nutrition
    • Food and nutrition in disease
    • Hunger and food safety
  • Dr. Heather Frazier, Associate Professor of Nutrition
    • Dietetic education
    • Emotional intelligence in dietetics
    • Burnout among program directors in dietetics
  • Dr. Beth Senne-Duff, Associate Professor of Nutrition
    • Obesity
    • Diets
    • General and child nutrition
    • Nutrition supplements
  • Dr. Neeta Singh, Associate Professor of Nutrition
    • Nutrition and management
    • Computer science
    • International nutrition issues

Physics

  • Dr. Shree Nair, Associate Professor of Physics
    • Laser Physics
  • Dr. Rosa Cardenas, Associate Professor of Physics
    • Superconducting materials
    • Ultracold environments (3K)
    • Nuclear magnetic resonance applications

Environmental Science and Meteorology

  • Dr. John Hooker, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
    • Environmental Sustainability
    • Climate change
  • Dr. Vinay Kumar, Assistant Professor of Meteorology
    • Climate models
    • Hurricanes and cyclones
    • Tropical meteorology
    • Fog

Expert List

  • Dr. Sharon Welkey, Dean and Associate Professor
    • Graphic Design
  • Michael Clayton, Professor
    • Web design (Front-End)
    • Interactive design
    • User Interface design
    • Motion graphics
    • Sketchnoting / Visual notetaking
  • Doris Palmeros, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Graphic Design
    • Print Design
    • Branding
    • Typography
    • Art Direction
  • Teresa Treviño, Professor
    • Infographics
    • Print Design
    • Branding
    • Typography
    • Art Direction

3D Animation & Game Design

  • Adam Watkins, Professor and Program Coordinator of 3D Game Animation and Game Design
    • Animation
    • Animation history
    • 3D animation
    • Video games
    • 3D video games
    • Mobile games
    • Game development
    • Game design
    • Character design
    • Augmented reality
    • Oculus rift
    • Virtual reality

Communication Arts

  • Dr. Darlene Carbajal, Associate Professor, Communication Arts
    • Multimedia, design, and production
    • New Media
    • Convergent Media
    • Service-learning as experiential-learning
    • Pedagogical approaches for teaching the whole person
    • Pedagogical approaches that align with the Mission of the University of the Incarnate Word
  • Dr. Trey Guinn, Associate Professor & Director of Communication Arts
    • Executive Presence
    • Presentational Effectiveness
    • Public Speaking
    • Professional Communication Skills
    • Interpersonal Communication
    • Personal Relationships
    • Organizational and Group Dynamics
    • Leadership Training & Development
  • Dr. Zazil Reyes Garcia, Associate Professor of Communication Arts
    • Latina/o/x Communication Studies
    • Women's & Gender Studies
    • Media Studies
    • Rhetorical Criticism
  • Michael Mercer, Senior Instructor of Communication Arts and Logos Student Newspaper Advisor
    • Journalism
    • Diversity of media
    • Media ethics
    • Mainstreaming coverage

Fashion Management

  • Dr. Melinda Adams, Professor of Fashion Management and Director of Program
    • Textile art
    • Sustainability in Fashion
    • Global Economics of Fashion
    • Technical Packages
  • Dr. Lalon Alexander, Assistant Professor
    • Fashion Design
    • Costume Design
    • Hand Embroidery
    • Fashion Illustration

Interior Design

  • Dr. Diana Allison, Program Director and Associate Professor of Interior Design
    • Interior design
    • Business Interior design
    • Interior color and materials
    • Place attachment
    • Space Planning
    • Creating Perspectives
    • Aging in place and aging on the farm
    • Environment and behavior
    • Student engagement in learning
  • Adam Nash, Associate Professor of Interior Design
    • Interior design for vulnerable populations
    • Healthcare interior design
    • Interior design for human well-being
    • Building codes & accessibility standards
    • Environment and behavior
  • Judy Ruvuna, Assistant Professor of Interior Design
    • Architectural Design - Residential
    • Historic Preservation
    • Textiles
    • Sustainability
    • AutoCAD, Revit, and SketchUp.

Expert List

  • Dr. David F. Maize, Dean and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Over-the-counter drugs
    • Pulmonary drugs
  • Dr. Anita Mosley, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Dr. Cheryl Horlen, Assistant Dean and Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Professor of of Pharmacy Practice
  • Dr. Sushma Ramsinghani, Assistant Dean, Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Science of cancer research
    • DNA damage and repair
    • Polymetabolism
  • Dr. Amy Diepenbrock, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
  • Dr. Mathew Garber, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
    • Pharmacy Informatics
    • Pharmacy Administration
    • Military Pharmacy
    • Leadership
    • Customer Service
    • Government Contracting
  • Dr. Helmut Gottlieb, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Opioid control of cardiovascular and renal function
  • Dr. Tina C. Beck, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
    • Pharmacy
  • Dr. Joshua Knebel, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
    • Opioid Addiction
    • Drug-related overdose management;
    • Naloxone reversal kits
    • Anxiety and depression treatment
    • Role of psychiatric pharmacists in patient care teams
  • Dr. James Nile Barnes
    • Opioid use
    • Immunizations
  • Dr. Rebeca Lopez, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
    • Pharmacy – speaks Spanish
  • Dr. Kathleen Lusk, Professor of Pharmacy Practice
    • Cardiovascular
  • Dr. Paige Parsons, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
    • Diabetes
  • Dr. Meera Shah, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • • Infectious Disease
  • Dr. Sarah Bergman, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
    • ICU
  • Dr. Helen Smith, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Genomics
    • Environmental effects of drugs

Pharmacy Library

  • Linda Levy, Librarian
    • Medical/drug resources

Expert List

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  • Dr. Osman Ozturgut, Associate Provost, Strategic Outreach and Partnerships and Dean, School of Professional Studies
    • Graduateeducation
    • Highereducation
    • Internationaldevelopment
    • Politics, economics, culture, society, education inChina
    • Cross-culturalissues
    • Government, higher education, and industrycollaboration
    • Internationalorganizations
    • Immigration
    • Acculturation
    • Internationalstudents
    • Internationaleducation
    • Culture
    • Culturalcompetency
    • Evaluation
    • Triple HelixProgram
  • Dr. Jessica Parra, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Program Development
    • Undergraduate and Graduate education
    • Higher education
    • Student affairs and services
    • Higher education admissions and advising
    • Tutoring services
    • Military students, Veterans, and dependents
    • Community outreach and partnerships
    • Professional learners in higher education
  • Dr. John Pham, Dean & Chief Academic Officer
    • Family & Osteopathic Medicine
    • Medical Education
  • Dr. Earlanda Williams, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
    • Human Anatomy
    • Medical Education
  • Dr. Michael Mohr, Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education
    • Family & Osteopathic Medicine
    • Graduate Medical Education
  • Dr. David Garza, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
    • Family & Osteopathic Medicine
  • Dr. Steve Mifflin, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation
    • Research
    • Physiology/Pharmacology
  • Dr. Adam Ratner, Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives
    • Radiology
    • Business of Medicine
  • Dr. Douglas Warden, Assistant Dean of Medical Education
    • Pathology
    • Medical Education
  • Ms. Andrea Cyterski, Associate Dean of Enrollment and External Affairs
    • Admissions
    • Recruitment
  • Ms. Rachel Bingham, Senior Director of Professional Development
    • Accreditation
    • Professional Development

Expert List

  • Dr. Stephen Goffar, Dean
    • Orthopedic physical therapy
    • Teaching and learning in adults
  • Dr. Scott Shaffer
    • Neuromuscular assessment
    • Injury Screening
  • Dr. Marcie Campbell
    • Grants
    • Pediatrics
    • Special needs
    • Parenting
    • Adoption, Chinese adoption
    • trauma, school-based practice
    • School-based practice
  • Dr. Joseph Hernandez
    • Athlete healthcare and safety
  • Dr. Dustin Hardwick
    • Kinesiology
  • Motor learning
    • Shoulder mechanics/pain
  • Dr. Erika Salazar Alaniz
    • Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
    • Neuromuscular rehabilitation
  • Dr. Matthew Walk
    • Physical therapy
    • Musculoskeletal health care
    • Pain and pain management
    • Alternatives to medication
    • Simulation in education
  • Dr. Monica Clark
    • Acute care OT
    • Neurological Treatment (ICU and telemetry)
    • Early mobility oncology
    • Leadership and management
  • Dr. Chad Jackson
    • Professional formation
    • Leadership
  • Dr. Reid Fisher
    • Athletic training profession
    • Running gait
    • Sports medicine integration with Military
  • Dr. Jessica Maxwell
    • Ergonomics
  • Dr. Susan Smith
    • Pediatric physical therapy
    • Child development
    • Foster care
  • Dr. Debora Kaliski
    • Anatomy
    • Anatomy education
    • Neuroscience