Experts List
Below is a listing of Catawba faculty and staff who have either been selected or volunteered to be included as an expert in their respective fields of work or research. Members of the media may contact Chief Communications Officer Tonia Black-Gold at (704) 637-4393 or tblackgo@catawba.edu to facilitate an interview with these experts.
AIR POLLUTION
Dr. John E. Wear, Jr.
Director of Catawba Center for the Environment; Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
ADULT LEARNING / ADULT EDUCATION
Carrie Graham, PhD, LAT, ATC
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training
AMERICAN POLITICS: Southern politics, state politics, campaigns and elections, bureaucracy, constitutional law
Dr. J. Michael Bitzer
Professor of Politics and History
APP DEVELOPMENT AND CODING
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
ART: History of visual style, Southern art and architecture, digital art
Professor David Pulliam
Professor of Theatre Arts
ART HISTORY: Medieval and Rennaissance Italy
Dr. Salvatore Musumeci
Associate Professor of History and Classics; Chair of History Department
BIBLE: Biblical Studies & Theology
Dr. Barry Sang
Professor of Religion / Chair of Religion & Philosophy
CODICOLOGY AND PALEOGRAPHY
Dr. Salvatore Musumeci
Associate Professor of History and Classics; Chair of History Department
COMMUNICATION (General): New Media and Technology; Digital Culture; Video Games and Gamer Culture; Social Media; Media politics; Representations of Race and Gender; Cultural Studies
Dr. Josh Smicker
Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Communication.
COMMUNITY HEALTH: Underserved & Ethic Populations
Dr. Victor Romano
Assistant Professor of Sport & Health Sciences
ECONOMICS: National Economic Trends & Issues, Southern Economic Trends & Issues
Dr. James Slate
Associate Professor of Economics
EUROPEAN HISTORY, HISTORY OF MEDICINE: Classical Antiquity of the Enlightenment
Dr. Salvatore Musumeci
Associate Professor of History and Classics; Chair of History Department
CHRONIC DISEASES: Diabetes, High Cholesterol, Hypertension, Obesity
Dr. Victor Romano
Assistant Professor of Sport & Health Sciences
CLIMATE CHANGE
Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery
College Provost / Professor of Biology
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
DATA MINING, MACHINE LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY WITH DATABASES
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
DATA ANALYTICS, DATA INTEGRATION
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
ECOLOGY: Avian Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Mate Choice, and Species Monitoring (particularly of birds and butterflies)
Dr. Joe Poston
Professor of Biology
ECONOMICS: Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Evolution of Financial Practices, Financial Crises, Mergers & Acquisitions, History of the Corporation and Business, Institutionalist theory, Political Economy
Dr. Eric R. Hake
Professor of Economics
ECONOMY: National Economic Trends & Issues, Southern Economic Trends & Issues
Dr. James Slate
Associate Professor of Economics
E-COMMERCE
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Green design, sustainable community development, watershed protection and land conservation
Dr. John E. Wear, Jr.
Director of Catawba Center for the Environment and Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Environmentally-friendly energy solutions
Dr. Kenneth Clapp
Senior Vice President, Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Director of Catawba's Lilly Center for Vocation and Values
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Dr. Renee A. Just
Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Development (CEED) / Assistant Professor of Business
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, SPECIFICALLY WITH TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
EXERCISE SCIENCE: Movement Disorders
Dr. Victor Romano
Assistant Professor of Sport & Health Sciences
Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Human Performance, Triathlon, Yoga, Wellness Initiatives
Dr. Kimberly Smith
Associate Professor of Exercise Science
EXOTIC FARE
Dr. J. Michael Wilson
Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
FOOD AND WINE: Italy, Spain, France and U.S.
Dr. Salvatore Musumeci
Associate Professor of History and Classics; Chair of History Department
FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION: Haiti , The French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, and Louisiana
Dr. Marie-Odile Langhorne
Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
GENDER STUDIES
Dr. Kerstin Rudolph
Professor of English
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
INTERNET OF THINGS, BEACONS, NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
LEADERSHIP
Dr. Michael Bitzer
Professor of Politics and History
Dr. Renee A. Just
Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Development (CEED) / Assistant Professor of Business
LITERATURE: 19th Century American Literature
Dr. Kerstin Rudolph
Professor of English
LITERATURE: African American Literature
Dr. Kerstin Rudolph
Professor of English
LITERATURE: Fiction; the history and development of the american short story; 20th century modern and postmodern literature (american); southern literature; composition
Dr. Forrest Anderson
Associate Provost; Associate Professor of English
LITERATURE: Shakespeare
Dr. Aaron Butler
Assistant Professor of English
LITERATURE: Victorian and Romantic Periods
Dr. David Schroeder
Assistant Professor of English
MARINE BIOLOGY
Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery
College Provost / Professor of Biology
MARKETING
Dr. Jeffrey Bowe
Dean of Distance and Online Education
MARS: Victorian ideas about the planet
Dr. David Schroeder
Assistant Professor of English
MOTORSPORTS
Dr. James Hand
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training; Director of Athletic Training Education
MUSIC: classical music and music history
Dr. Renee McCachren
Professor of Music
MUSIC: Songwriting, blues, jazz, contemporary popular music, music industry, music technology, music plagiarism, traditional Japanese music, Japanese culture, stage fright, world music
Dr. David L. Fish
Professor of Music
MUSIC: Marching bands, instrumental music, American popular music
Dr. Stephen Etters
Associate Professor of Music Education; Department Chair
MUSIC EDUCATION: New initiatives and concepts and issues associated with the foundation, development, current trends, and future of arts education
Dr. Stephen Etters
Associate Professor of Music Education; Department Chair
PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Physical education methodology; youth soccer/sports
Craig Turnbull
Instructor of Physical Education; NCAA Compliance Director; Senior Assistant Athletic Director
PHYSICAL EDUCATON & HEALTH: Elementary School
Dr. Victor Romano
Assistant Professor of Sport & Health Sciences
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Dr. James Hand
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Athletic Training Education
PHYSICAL TRAINING
Dr. James Hand
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Athletic Training Education
POLITICAL SCIENCE/ AMERICAN POLITICS: Southern politics, state politics, campaigns and elections, bureaucracy, constitutional law
Dr. J. Michael Bitzer
Professor of Politics and History
PROFESSION DEVELOPMENT
Carrie Graham, PhD, LAT, ATC
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training
PROGRAMMING
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
PSYCHOLOGY: Health Psychology, Behavior Modification, Public Health, Biopsychology/Physiological Psychology, Neuroscience, Behavioral Statistics, Translational Research
Dr. Erin Wood
Associate Professor of Psychology
PSYCHOLOGY: Sex differences (those in cognitive abilities); perceptions of others based on physical appearance
Dr. Sheila Brownlow
Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department
RELIGION AND RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
Dr. Barry Sang
Professor of Religion / Chair of Religion & Philosophy
SALES & SALES TRAINING
Dr. Jeffrey Bowe
Dean of Distance and Online Education
SCIENCE: In literature of the Victorian period and in Science Fiction
Dr. David Schroeder
Assistant Professor of English
SOCIAL MEDIA
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
SPORTS: Injury Prevention and Injury Treatment
Dr. James Hand
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Director of Athletic Training Education
SPRAWL: Consequences of urban sprawl
Dr. Sheila Brownlow
Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MEETING FACILITATION
Dr. Stephen R. Hiatt
Professor of Business
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Dr. Renee A. Just
Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Development (CEED) / Assistant Professor of Business
THE SOUTH: Southern politics and politicians of the last 100 years.
Dr. J. Michael Bitzer
Professor of Politics and History
STEM EDUCATION
Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery
College Provost / Professor of Biology
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN AND LEADERSHIP
Dr. John E. Wear, Jr.
Director of Catawba Center for the Environment and Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
TEACHER EDUCATION: Science education
Dr. James K. Stringfield
Professor of Education
THEATRE: Theatre in the South, theatre trends and designing for new plays
Professor David Pulliam
Professor of Theatre Arts
THEATRE: Theatrical Lighting, Technical Directing, Theatrical Space Planning
Christopher D. Zink
Lighting Design and Technical Theatre
TITLE IX: Prevention, Education, and Outreach
Dr. Erin Wood
Associate Professor of Psychology
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Dr. Norris Feeney
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURE (ITALY, 1300-1600)
Dr. Salvatore Musumeci
Associate Professor of History and Classics; Chair of History Department
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Dr. Pamela Thompson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Dr. Renee A. Just
Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Development (CEED) / Assistant Professor of Business
workspace learning
Carrie Graham, PhD, LAT, ATC
Assistant Professor of Athletic Training
WRITING: Tutoring
Dr. Aaron Butler
Assistant Professor of English
WRITING: Popular Fiction, Self-Publishing
Margaret Garrison
Adjunct Professor of English
