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.
AIR POLLUTION | Dr. John E. Wear, Jr. |
AMERICAN POLITICS: Southern politics, state politics, campaigns and elections, bureaucracy, constitutional law | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
APP DEVELOPMENT AND CODING | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
ART: History of visual style, Southern art and architecture, digital art | Professor David Pulliam |
ECONOMICS: National Economic Trends & Issues, Southern Economic Trends & Issues | Dr. James Slate |
CLIMATE CHANGE | Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery |
COMPUTER SCIENCE | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
DATA MINING, MACHINE LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY WITH DATABASES | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
DATA ANALYTICS, DATA INTEGRATION | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
ECOLOGY: Avian Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Mate Choice, and Species Monitoring (particularly of birds and butterflies) | Dr. Joe Poston |
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 |
ECONOMY: National Economic Trends & Issues, Southern Economic Trends & Issues | Dr. James Slate |
E-COMMERCE | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Green design, sustainable community development, watershed protection and land conservation | Dr. John E. Wear, Jr. |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, SPECIFICALLY WITH TECHNOLOGY | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
EXOTIC FARE | Dr. J. Michael Wilson |
GENDER STUDIES | Dr. Kerstin Rudolph |
INFORMATION SYSTEMS | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
INTERNET OF THINGS, BEACONS, NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
LEADERSHIP | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
LITERATURE: 19th Century American Literature | Dr. Kerstin Rudolph |
LITERATURE: African American Literature | Dr. Kerstin Rudolph |
MARINE BIOLOGY | Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery |
MOTORSPORTS | Dr. James Hand |
MUSIC: classical music and music history | Dr. Renee McCachren |
PHYSICAL THERAPY | Dr. James Hand |
PHYSICAL TRAINING | Dr. James Hand |
POLITICAL SCIENCE/ AMERICAN POLITICS: Southern politics, state politics, campaigns and elections, bureaucracy, constitutional law | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
PROGRAMMING | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
PSYCHOLOGY: Sex differences (those in cognitive abilities); perceptions of others based on physical appearance | Dr. Sheila Brownlow |
RELIGION AND RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD | Dr. Barry Sang |
SOCIAL MEDIA | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
SPORTS: Injury Prevention and Injury Treatment | Dr. James Hand |
SPRAWL: Consequences of urban sprawl | Dr. Sheila Brownlow |
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MEETING FACILITATION | Dr. Stephen R. Hiatt |
THE SOUTH: Southern politics and politicians of the last 100 years | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
STEM EDUCATION | Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery |
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN AND LEADERSHIP | Dr. John E. Wear, Jr. |
THEATRE: Theatre in the South, theatre trends and designing for new plays | Professor David Pulliam |
THEATRE: Theatrical Lighting, Technical Directing, Theatrical Space Planning | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | Dr. Norris Feeney |
WOMEN IN BUSINESS | Dr. Pamela Thompson |