INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER LEARNING
EXPERTS GUIDE
December 2009
Institutions of Higher Learning Experts Guide
The Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Office of Media Relations, Communications and Marketing is pleased to
offer a new, online experts guide to connect members of the media with the Mississippi public universities’ faculty and
administration experts.
The guide is completely searchable from A-Z by subject content. To find an expert, please click on the subject in
the table of contents.
For further information, please contact the director of university relations at the university of your choice.
University Relations Offices
The University of Mississippi
Alcorn State University Jim Ebel
Associate Vice President for University Relations Executive Director of Marketing Communications
Director of University Relations Office: 662-915-1416
Office: 601-877-6130 alford@olemiss.edu
FAX: 601-877-6175
wcason@alcorn.edu Barbara Lago
Director of Media and Public Relations
Delta State University Office: 662-915-5085
Michael Gann FAX: 662-915-5093
Director of Communications and Marketing blago@olemiss.edu
Office: 662-846-4676
FAX: 662-846-4679 The University of Mississippi Medical Center
reddie@deltastate.edu Tom Fortner
Director of Public Affairs
Jackson State University Office: 601-984-1100
Tommiea Jackson FAX: 601-984-1973
Office of Public Information tfortner@pubaffairs.umsmed.edu
Office: 601-979-2272
FAX: 601-979-5833 The University of Southern Mississippi
Tommiea.p.jackson@jsums.edu Jana Bryant
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Mississippi State University Office: 601-266-4497
Maridith Geuder FAX: 601-266-5347
Director of University Relations Jana.bryant@usm.edu
Office: 662-325-3442
FAX: 662-325-3189 USM Gulf Coast
geuderm@ur.msstate.edu Shelia White
Directory of Gulf Coast University Relations
MSU-VET & Agriculture Office: 228-865-4574
Bob Ratliff FAX: 228-865-4502
Director of Public Relations Shelia.white@usm.edu
Office: 662-325-1716
FAX: 662-325-1710 IHL Board Office
bobr@ext.msstate.edu Leah Rupp Smith
Director of Communications
Mississippi University for Women Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Anika Mitchell Perkins Office: 601-432-6333
Director of Public Relations FAX: 601-432-6891
Office: 662-329-7119 lrsmith@ihl.state.ms.us
FAX: 662-329-7123
aperkins@muw.edu
Mississippi Valley State University
Debbie Montgomery
University Relations Director
Office: 662-254-3577
FAX: 662-254-3023
debbiem@mvsu.edu
January 2007 2
January 2007 3
Table of Contents
Accounting ..................................................................................................................................................9
Acoustics ......................................................................................................................................................9
Aerodynamics .............................................................................................................................................9
Aging ............................................................................................................................................................9
Agriculture ................................................................................................................................................10
Air Pollution ..............................................................................................................................................10
Aircraft ......................................................................................................................................................10
Alternative Energy ...................................................................................................................................11
American Drama ......................................................................................................................................11
Animals.......................................................................................................................................................11
Anthropology ............................................................................................................................................11
Aquaculture ..............................................................................................................................................11
Archeology ................................................................................................................................................11
Architecture ..............................................................................................................................................12
Art ..............................................................................................................................................................12
Artificial Intelligence ................................................................................................................................12
Avian Flu, Flu Vaccine .............................................................................................................................12
Athletics .....................................................................................................................................................12
Audiology and Speech Pathology ............................................................................................................13
Aviation .....................................................................................................................................................13
Banking ......................................................................................................................................................13
Bees and Beekeeping ................................................................................................................................13
Behavioral Problems ................................................................................................................................13
Biofuel, Biomass ........................................................................................................................................13
Biology .......................................................................................................................................................14
Biological Science .....................................................................................................................................14
Biomedical .................................................................................................................................................14
Bioterrorism ..............................................................................................................................................14
Blueberries ................................................................................................................................................14
Bobcats ......................................................................................................................................................15
Business .....................................................................................................................................................15
Cambodia ..................................................................................................................................................15
Campus and Student Health Issues ........................................................................................................15
Campus Security and Safety ....................................................................................................................15
Cancer, Drug Discovery ...........................................................................................................................16
Capital Punishment ..................................................................................................................................16
Catfish ........................................................................................................................................................16
Cattle ..........................................................................................................................................................16
Caves ..........................................................................................................................................................16
Chemistry ..................................................................................................................................................16
Child Abuse ...............................................................................................................................................17
Child Development ...................................................................................................................................17
Childhood Obesity ....................................................................................................................................17
Child Nutrition .........................................................................................................................................17
Children .....................................................................................................................................................18
China .........................................................................................................................................................18
Chronic Illness ..........................................................................................................................................18
Civic Literary Projects .............................................................................................................................18
Civil Liberties ...........................................................................................................................................18
Civil Rights Law .......................................................................................................................................18
Civil War ...................................................................................................................................................19
January 2007 4
Clothing .....................................................................................................................................................19
Coastal Sciences ........................................................................................................................................19
Communications .......................................................................................................................................19
Communicative Disorders .......................................................................................................................20
Community Health ...................................................................................................................................20
Composite Materials ................................................................................................................................20
Computational Manufacturing/Design ..................................................................................................20
Computational Simulation .......................................................................................................................20
Computers .................................................................................................................................................20
Conflict Management ...............................................................................................................................21
Corrections ................................................................................................................................................21
Counseling .................................................................................................................................................21
Courts ........................................................................................................................................................21
Creativity ...................................................................................................................................................22
Crime .........................................................................................................................................................22
Criminal Law ............................................................................................................................................22
Crops .........................................................................................................................................................22
Diary ..........................................................................................................................................................22
Death and Dying/End of Life Issues ........................................................................................................22
Delta Heritage and Culture ....................................................................................................................22
Disabilities, Persons with Disabilities .....................................................................................................23
Disasters ....................................................................................................................................................23
Diseases, Malaria and Treatments ..........................................................................................................23
Distance Learning .....................................................................................................................................23
Diversity in Business ................................................................................................................................23
Diversity and Equity ................................................................................................................................23
Drug Enforcement ....................................................................................................................................24
Drugs/Prescription ....................................................................................................................................24
Earthquakes ..............................................................................................................................................24
Eastern Europe .........................................................................................................................................24
Eating Disorders .......................................................................................................................................24
Ecology ......................................................................................................................................................24
Economic Development ............................................................................................................................25
Economics .................................................................................................................................................25
Education ..................................................................................................................................................25
Elections ....................................................................................................................................................28
Electromagnetism .....................................................................................................................................28
Elderly .......................................................................................................................................................28
Emergency Management .........................................................................................................................28
Employment ..............................................................................................................................................28
Energy ........................................................................................................................................................28
Engineering ...............................................................................................................................................28
English .......................................................................................................................................................29
Entomology (Insects & Pets).....................................................................................................................29
Entrepreneurship ....................................................................................................................................30
Environment .............................................................................................................................................30
Ethics .........................................................................................................................................................30
Evolution ...................................................................................................................................................30
Exercise ......................................................................................................................................................30
Family Issues .............................................................................................................................................30
Fantasy Sports ..........................................................................................................................................31
Fashion Merchandising ............................................................................................................................31
Finance ......................................................................................................................................................31
January 2007 5
Fire Ants ....................................................................................................................................................31
Fish .............................................................................................................................................................31
Floral Design/Floristry .............................................................................................................................31
Food/Nutrition .........................................................................................................................................32
Forensic Science ........................................................................................................................................32
Forestry, Forest ........................................................................................................................................32
Free Speech ...............................................................................................................................................32
Fruit ...........................................................................................................................................................32
Gambling, Casinos and Sports Betting ...................................................................................................33
Gangs .........................................................................................................................................................33
Gas Prices ..................................................................................................................................................33
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) .................................................................................................33
Geography .................................................................................................................................................33
Gifted Studies ............................................................................................................................................33
Geology .....................................................................................................................................................33
Government ..............................................................................................................................................33
Greenhouses ..............................................................................................................................................34
Gulf Coast Campus ..................................................................................................................................34
Hazardous Waste ......................................................................................................................................34
Health and Human Sciences ....................................................................................................................34
Health and Physical Education ...............................................................................................................35
Hearing ......................................................................................................................................................35
Heart Study ...............................................................................................................................................35
Helicopters ...............................................................................................................................................35
Herbal Dietary Supplements ...................................................................................................................35
Hermeneutical Research and Writing ....................................................................................................35
Higher Education ....................................................................................................................................35
Highways ...................................................................................................................................................36
History .......................................................................................................................................................36
Homeland Security and Terrorism .........................................................................................................37
Identity Theft ............................................................................................................................................37
Immigration ..............................................................................................................................................37
Infectious Diseases ....................................................................................................................................38
Insecticides/Pesticides ...............................................................................................................................38
Insects ........................................................................................................................................................38
Insurance ...................................................................................................................................................38
International Business .............................................................................................................................38
International Conflict ..............................................................................................................................38
International Economics/Business .........................................................................................................38
International Law .....................................................................................................................................39
International Programs ............................................................................................................................39
International Relations ............................................................................................................................39
International Studies ................................................................................................................................39
International Studies, Politics, Business .................................................................................................39
Internet ......................................................................................................................................................40
Iraq ............................................................................................................................................................40
Islam .........................................................................................................................................................40
Killer Bees (Africanized)...........................................................................................................................40
Labor ..........................................................................................................................................................40
Landscape Architecture ...........................................................................................................................40
Land Mines ...............................................................................................................................................40
Latin American .........................................................................................................................................41
Law ............................................................................................................................................................41
Leadership Development .........................................................................................................................41
January 2007 6
Learning and Memory ............................................................................................................................41
Libraries ....................................................................................................................................................41
Literacy ......................................................................................................................................................42
Literature ..................................................................................................................................................42
Magazines ..................................................................................................................................................43
Management ..............................................................................................................................................43
Management and Information Systems ..................................................................................................43
Manufacturing ..........................................................................................................................................44
Marketing ..................................................................................................................................................44
Marine Sciences ........................................................................................................................................44
Martial Law/State of Emergency ............................................................................................................45
Mass Communications/Media .................................................................................................................45
Mathematics ..............................................................................................................................................45
Meat ...........................................................................................................................................................45
Media ........................................................................................................................................................45
Medical Sociology, Anthropology ...........................................................................................................46
Meteorology/Climatology .........................................................................................................................46
Mexico ........................................................................................................................................................46
Middle East ...............................................................................................................................................46
Mississippi Judicial System .....................................................................................................................46
Multicultural Issues ..................................................................................................................................46
Music ..........................................................................................................................................................46
Mutual Funds ............................................................................................................................................47
Mythology ..................................................................................................................................................47
Native Americans .....................................................................................................................................48
Nursing ......................................................................................................................................................48
Nutrition ....................................................................................................................................................48
Osteoporosis ..............................................................................................................................................48
Other .........................................................................................................................................................49
Pain Management .....................................................................................................................................49
Personality .................................................................................................................................................49
Pesticides ...................................................................................................................................................49
Pharmacy ..................................................................................................................................................49
Physics .......................................................................................................................................................50
Plants, Plant Pathology ............................................................................................................................50
Politics ........................................................................................................................................................50
Political Science/Gaming ..........................................................................................................................50
Pollution ....................................................................................................................................................50
Polymer Science ........................................................................................................................................51
Pop Culture ...............................................................................................................................................51
Poultry .......................................................................................................................................................51
Psychiatric Drugs .....................................................................................................................................51
Psychology .................................................................................................................................................51
Public Health, Rural Health ...................................................................................................................51
Public Policy ..............................................................................................................................................52
Public Relations ........................................................................................................................................52
Public Speaking ........................................................................................................................................52
Race Relations, Civil Rights ....................................................................................................................52
Reading ......................................................................................................................................................52
Recycling ...................................................................................................................................................52
Remote Sensing .........................................................................................................................................53
Research, Commercialization ..................................................................................................................53
Retirement, Pensions ................................................................................................................................53
Rural Issues ...............................................................................................................................................53
January 2007 7
Satellite Imaging .......................................................................................................................................53
School, School Violence ............................................................................................................................54
Science .......................................................................................................................................................54
Science and Technology/Physics .............................................................................................................54
Sculpture ..................................................................................................................................................54
Search and Seizure ...................................................................................................................................54
Securities and Exchange ..........................................................................................................................54
Sexual Harassment Issues, Policies .........................................................................................................54
Sharks ........................................................................................................................................................54
Small Business ...........................................................................................................................................55
Small Towns ..............................................................................................................................................55
Social Work ...............................................................................................................................................55
Social Responsibility in Business .............................................................................................................55
Social Work/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ........................................................................................55
Sociology ....................................................................................................................................................55
South America ..........................................................................................................................................56
Southern Culture ......................................................................................................................................56
Space Law, Weapons ................................................................................................................................56
Spectroscopy .............................................................................................................................................56
Speech .........................................................................................................................................................56
Sports .........................................................................................................................................................56
Sports Management and Event Security ...............................................................................................57
Steroids ......................................................................................................................................................57
Strategic Management .............................................................................................................................57
Stock Market .............................................................................................................................................57
Student Affairs, Enrollment, Scholarships .............................................................................................57
Student Life ...............................................................................................................................................57
Stuttering ...................................................................................................................................................58
Supreme Court, U.S. ................................................................................................................................58
Sustainable Design, Sustainable Development .......................................................................................58
Symphony ..................................................................................................................................................58
Taxation .....................................................................................................................................................58
Taxes ..........................................................................................................................................................58
Teaching/Learning ...................................................................................................................................58
Theater ......................................................................................................................................................59
Transportation ..........................................................................................................................................59
Terror, Terrorism ...................................................................................................................................59
Trees ..........................................................................................................................................................60
Tourism Management ..............................................................................................................................60
Turfgrass ...................................................................................................................................................60
Undergraduate Studies ............................................................................................................................60
United Nations ...........................................................................................................................................60
University Accreditation ..........................................................................................................................60
University Budget and Finance ...............................................................................................................60
Urban Development .................................................................................................................................61
Vegetables ..................................................................................................................................................61
Veterinary Medicine .................................................................................................................................61
Violence ......................................................................................................................................................61
Viral Diseases, Immunology ....................................................................................................................61
Vocational Rehabilitation ........................................................................................................................61
Water .........................................................................................................................................................61
Waterfowl .................................................................................................................................................62
Weather .....................................................................................................................................................62
Weeds .........................................................................................................................................................62
January 2007 8
Weight Control .........................................................................................................................................62
Wetland Ecology and Management ........................................................................................................62
Wildlife ......................................................................................................................................................62
Women, Women’s Issues .........................................................................................................................63
Women Leaders ........................................................................................................................................63
Workforce Development ..........................................................................................................................63
Workforce Education and GED...............................................................................................................63
Workplace Violence .................................................................................................................................63
Writing ......................................................................................................................................................63
Youth .........................................................................................................................................................64
Zoology ......................................................................................................................................................64
January 2007 9
ACCOUNTING AERODYNAMICS
Delta State University Mississippi State University
Accountancy Management Aircraft Icing
Michael Thompson, Ph.D. David Thompson
Professor of Marketing Aerospace Engineering
O: 662-846-4194 H: 662-843-3178 Computational Fluid Dynamics
DSU Box 3122
mthompsn@deltastate.edu David Thompson
Aerospace Engineering
Public Accounting Computational Fluid Dynamics
Billy Morehead, ADB, M.acc. PC Cinnella
Chair, Division of Accountancy, CIS and Aerospace Engineering
Finance Computational Fluid Dynamics
O: 662-846-4183 Mark Janus
DSU Box 3222 Aerospace Engineering
wmorehed@deltastate.edu
University/State Budgeting and
Governmental Accounting AGING
Greg Redlin, M.B.A.
Vice President for Finance and
Administration Delta State University
O: 662-846-4004 Social Work
Kent Wyatt Hall 217 Margaret Tullos, Professor of Social Work
gredlin@deltastate.edu O: 662-846-4369
DSU Box 3172
Jackson State University mtullos@deltastate.edu
Dr. Quinton Booker, Chair
Accounting Department Mississippi State University
Jackson State University Clothing Selection for the Elderly
601-979-2414 Phyllis Miller
qbooker@ccaix.jsums.edu School of Human Sciences
The University of Mississippi
ACOUSTICS Caring for the Elderly
Jo Ann O’Quin
Social Work and Pharmacy Administration
The University of Mississippi 662-915-7199
Henry Bass, Director, National Center for joquin@olemiss.edu
Physical Acoustics
662-915-5840 Aging Process
pabass@olemiss.edu John Matthews
Pharmacology
662-915-5153
pljcm@olemiss.edu
January 2007 10
Bill Burdine
Chickasaw County Extension Service
Vocational, Career, and Technical Education
AGRICULTURE Stephanie King
Research Curriculum Unit
Wheat
Mississippi State University Erick J. Larson
Agricultural Education Programs Plant and Soil Sciences
Kirk Swortzel
School of Human Sciences
Agricultural Policy
Keith H. Coble AIR POLLUTION
Agricultural Economics
Beef cattle nutrition
David G. St. Louis Mississippi State University
South MS Branch Experiment Station Air Pollution Abatement for Cotton Gins
Beef production management Eugene Columbus
David G. St. Louis Ag & Bio Engineering
South MS Branch Experiment Station Air Pollution Policy - Hazardous Air
Corn Pollutants
Bill Burdine Clifford E. George
Chickasaw County Extension Service Chemical Engineering
Corn Treatment and Montering
Erick J. Larson Mark Bricka
Plant and Soil Sciences Chemical Engineering
Cotton Ginning and Kenaf Processing
Eugene Columbus
Ag & Bio Engineering
Dairy Economics, International Trade,
Agricultural Marketing
AIRCRAFT
Bill Herndon
Agricultural Economics
Turfgrass Delta State University
Cade Smith Dr. Tommy Sledge, Chair, Commercial
Appalachian Leadership Honors Prog Aviation
Farm Organization; Relationship to O: 662-846-4238
Communities; Environmental Impacts of DSU Box 3203
Agriculture tsledge@deltastate.edu
Frank Howell
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk Travis E. (Chip) Cooper, Director of Flight
Integration of Science and Agriculture Operations/University Pilot
Kirk Swortzel O: 662-846-6082
School of Human Sciences DSU Box 3203
Rice Production; Soil Fertility tcooper@deltastate.edu
Timothy W. Walker
Delta Research and Extension Center Ray Glascow, Assistant Chief Flight
Row-Crop Production Instructor
Bill Burdine O: 662-846-4238
Chickasaw County Extension Service DSU Box 3203
Sorghum rglascow@deltastate.edu
Erick J. Larson
Plant and Soil Sciences Mississippi State University
Soybean Aircraft Fuels; Airport Planning; Aircraft
Bill Burdine Corrosion
Chickasaw County Extension Service Clifford E. George
Soybean Production and Weed Control Chemical Engineering
Daniel H. Poston Composite Structures, Crashworthiness,
Delta Research and Extension Center Uninhabited Air Vehicles
Sweet Potatoes
January 2007 10
Tony Vizzini Mississippi State University
Aerospace Engineering Beef cattle nutrition
Damage Tolerance of Aging Aircraft David G. St. Louis
Thomas Lacy Jr. South MS Branch Experiment Station
Aerospace Engineering Beef production management
Fatigue and Fracture of Metallic Aircraft David G. St. Louis
Structures South MS Branch Experiment Station
James C. Newman Jr. Waterfowl
Aerospace Engineering Rick Kaminski
Turbomachinery FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries
Mark Janus
Aerospace Engineering
ANTHROPOLOGY
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The University of Southern
Mississippi State University Mississippi
Misc.
Erdem Topsakal James G. Flanagan
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor and Chair, Department of
Bio Oil Anthropology and Sociology
Mark Bricka 601-266-4306
Chemical Engineering James.Flanagan@usm.edu
Energy from Biomass
Clifford E. George
Chemical Engineering
Gasification AQUACULTURE
Mark Bricka
Chemical Engineering
Pyrolysis Mississippi State University
Mark Bricka Aquaculture Food Safety and Processing
Chemical Engineering Douglas L. Marshall
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
Economics of Farm-raised Catfish Production
Terry Hanson
AMERICAN DRAMA Agricultural Economics
Quality, Shelf-life, Safety, Products
Juan L. Silva
The University of Southern Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
Situation and Outlook for the Catfish
Mississippi Industry
Philip C. Kolin Terry Hanson
Professor of English Aricultural Economics
601-266-4319
Philip.Kolin@usm.edu
ARCHEOLOGY
ANIMALS
Mississippi State University
Chickasaw and Mississippi Archaeology
Delta State University Cultural Resource Management
Wildlife Evan Peacock
Dr. Jeff Duguay, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
Biology Middle Eastern
O: 662-846-4242
DSU Box 3262
jduguay@deltastate.edu
January 2007 11
Paul Jacobs Mississippi State University
Philosophy & Religion Art History and Criticism
Mississippi Archaeology Ben Harvey
Janet Rafferty Art
Sociology, & Anthropology Photography
Marita L. Gootee
The University of Mississippi Art
Jay Johnson
Director, Archaeological Research Center Mississippi University for
662-915-7339
sajay@olemiss.edu Women
Dr. Beverly Joyce
Assistant Professor of Art
O: 662-241-7812
ARCHITECTURE bjoyce@muw.edu
Mississippi State University ARTIFICIAL
Historic Preservation/Renovation
Mick Hintz INTELLIGENCE
School of Architecture
Small Town Design
Kimberly A. Brown Mississippi State University
School of Architecture
Image Analysis, Target or Pattern
Recognition, Computer Aided Diagnosis
Systems, Medical Imaging, Remote Sensing
Lori M. Bruce
ART Electrical and Computer Engineering
Delta State University
Art AVIAN FLU, FLU
Pat Brown, M.F.A.
Professor of Art VACCINE
O: 662-846-4725
DSU Box D-2
pbrown@deltastate.edu The University of Mississippi
Eugene M. Kolassa
Art History and Painting Pharmacy Administration
Collier Parker, M.F.A. Office: 662-915-1020, Cell: 622-513-5831
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences mkolassa@olemiss.edu
O: 662-846-4100
DSU Box 3234
cparker@deltastate.edu
Block Printmaking and General Design
ATHLETICS
William Lester, M.F.A.
Chair, Department of Art Delta State University
O: 662-846-4733 H: 662-756-2996 Brad Teague, Athletics Director
DSU Box D-2 O: 662-846-4300
blester@deltastate.edu DSU Box A-3
bteague@deltastate.edu
Computer Art
Allison Melton, B.F.A. Athletic Training
Instructor in Art Tim Colbert, Athletic Trainer and Instructor
O: 662-846-4723 H: 662-226-5849 O: 662-846-4562
DSU Box D-2 DSU Box B-2, Wyatt Hall 108
amelton@deltastate.edu tcolbert@deltastate.edu
January 2007 12
Gerald Jordan, Athletic Trainer and
Instructor
O: 662-846-4280 BANKING
DSU Box A-3, Chadwick-Dickerson
gjordan@deltastate.edu
Mississippi State University
Credit Analysis
Mississippi State University Larry R. White
Intercollegiate Athletic Reform and Academic Finance & Economics
Standards Standards of Practice in Banking
Bradley David Ridpath Larry R. White
Department of Kinesiology Inter- Finance & Economics
collegiate Athletics, Fundraising, Marketing,
Arms Race, Public Relations, Crisis
Management, Diversity Efforts, Title IX The University of Mississippi
Robert H. Zullo Kendall B. Cyree
Department of Kinesiology Finance
662-915-1103
kcyree@bus.olemiss.edu
AUDIOLOGY AND
SPEECH PATHOLOGY BEES AND BEEKEEPING
Delta State University Mississippi State University
Gloria Brister, M.S. Misc.
Chair, Department of Audiology/ Blake Layton
Speech Pathology Entomology and Plant Pathology
O: 662-846-4112
DSU Box 3125
gbrister@deltastate.edu
BEHAVORIAL
PROBLEMS
AVIATION
Mississippi State University
Delta State University Children and Adolescents
Aviation Education Carl John Sheperis
Charles Metcalf, M.C.A.V. Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Instructor in Commercial Aviation Professional Assault Response Training
O: 662-846-6083 H: 662-846-1900 (PART-R)
DSU Box 3203 Kay Brocato
cmetcalf@deltastate.edu Curriculum & Instruction
Commercial Aviation
Tommy Sledge, M.Ed.
Chair and Associate Professor, Commercial BIOFUEL, BIOMASS
Aviation
O: 662-846-4238 H: 662-843-3446
DSU Box 3203
Mississippi State University
tsledge@deltastate.edu Growing, Harvesting and Storing Biomass
Feedstocks
Eugene Columbus
Ag & Bio Engineering
Pyrolysis & Gasificaiton
Mark Bricka
Chemical Engineering
January 2007 13
BIOLOGY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Delta State University Delta State University
John Tiftickjian, Chair, Division of Biological Donald Sudbrink, Ph.D.
and Physical Sciences Assistant Professor of Biology
O: 662-846-4246 O: 662-846-4241 H: 662-334-3396
DSU Box 3262 DSU Box 3262
jtift@deltastate.edu dsudbrnk@deltastate.edu
Nina Baghai-Riding, Ph.D. Jane Stephens, M.S.
Associate Professor of Biology and Part-Time Instructor of Biology
Environmental Sciences O: 662-846-4240 H: 662-742-3681
O: 662-846-4797 H: 662-843-7821 DSU Box 3262
DSU Box 3262 jstephns@deltastate.edu
nbaghai@deltastate.edu
William Katembe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology BIOMEDICAL
O: 662-846-4247 H: 662-843-6466
DSU Box 3262
jkatembe@deltastate.edu Mississippi State University
Blood Pump Analysis and Design
Malcolm McEwen, Ed.D. Greg Burgreen
Director of the Center for Science and Computational Simulation & Design
Environmental Education and Professor of Implantable Antennas
Science Erdem Topsakal
O: 662-846-4248 H: 662-843-5302 Electrical and Computer Engineering
DSU Box 3262 Medical Diagnostic Microdevices
mmcewen@deltastate.edu Adrienne Minerick
Chemical Engineering
Physiology, Anatomy, Cell Biology
Jackson State University John G. Bailey
Biology CVM Clinical Science Department
Dr. Paul Tchounwou
601-979-3321
paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu
BIOTERRORISM
Mississippi State University
Genetics Mississippi State University
Dwayne Wise Detection and Control of Infectious Agents
Biological Sciences Douglas L. Marshall
Microbial Food Quality and Safety Food Sci Nutrition Health Promo
Douglas L. Marshall Food Security Plan
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo Juan L. Silva
Teaching of Science Food Sci Nutrition Health Promo
Burnette Hamil
Curriculum & Instruction
BLUEBERRIES
The University of Southern
Mississippi Mississippi State University
Frank Moore
Postharvest, Processing, Products, Quality,
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
Safety
601-266-4929
Juan L. Silva
Frank.Moore@usm.edu
Food Sci Nutrition Health Promo
January 2007 14
Women in Management
Dr. Janie R. Gregg
Assistant Professor of Management
BOBCATS O: 662-329-7267, H: 662-793-4312
jgregg@muw.edu
Mississippi State University
Biology and Management
Bruce Leopold CAMBODIA
FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries
Mississippi State University
Khmer Rouge/ Educational
BUSINESS Reform/Colonialization/Modernization
Theory
Stephen Cottrell
Mississippi State University International Services Office
Accounting
Edward McGinnis
Research Curriculum Unit
Business in the 21th Century CAMPUS AND STUDENT
Steve Taylor
Vice President for Research HEALTH ISSUES
Collaboration and Virtual Team Design and
Training
Merrill Warkentin Delta State University
Management & Information Systems Bevaline Black, Director of Health
Education Services/FNP
Patti Abraham O: 662-846-4630
Research Curriculum Unit DSU Box 3315
Education bblack@deltastate.edu
Leanne Long
Research Curriculum Unit The University of Southern
Electronic Commerce & Website Design
Merrill Warkentin Mississippi (Administrative)
Management & Information Systems Dr. Virginia Crawford
Employee and Work-related Issues Director, Student Health Services
Steve Taylor 601-266-5390
Vice President for Research Virginia.Crawford@usm.edu
Management; Work teams; Leadership;
Motivation; Feedback;
Allison Pearson
Management & Information Systems
CAMPUS SECURITY AND
Process Re-engineering, Business Process SAFETY
Design
Merrill Warkentin
Management & Information Systems Delta State University
Lynn Buford, Director of Police
Mississippi University for O: 662-846-4155
Women DSU Box 3342
Information Systems lbuford@deltastate.edu
Mr. Scott Tollison
Instructor Management Information Systems The University of Southern
O: 662-329-7164, H: 662-494-6808 Mississippi (Administrative)
stollison@muw.edu
Bob Hopkins
Chief of Operations, University Police
601-266-4986
Bob.Hopkins@usm.edu
January 2007 15
CANCER, DRUG CAVES
DISCOVERY
Mississippi State University
North America, Bahamas, Bermuda, Puerto
The University of Mississippi Rico, Mariana Islands
Dale G. Nagle John E. Mylroie
Pharmacognosy Geosciences
662-915-7143
dnagle@olemiss.edu
Yu-Dong Zhou CHEMISTRY
Pharmacognosy
662-915-1577
ydzhou@olemiss.edu Delta State University
Analytical Chemistry
Charles Smithhart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 662-846-4477
DSU Box 3255
csmithrt@deltastate.edu
The University of Mississippi
Charles J. Williams Inorganic and Organic Material
Law Marcus Steele, Ph.D.
Office 662-915-6887, cell 801-3274 Professor of Chemistry
cjxn@olemiss.edu O: 662-846-4250 H: 662-843-0300
DSU Box 3255
msteele@deltastate.edu
CATFISH Organic Chemistry and Polymer Science
Rie Somlai, Ph.D.
Mississippi State University Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Food safety and processing O: 662-846-4479
Douglas L. Marshall DSU Box 3262
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo asomlai@deltastate.edu
Quality, Shelf-Life, Safety, Products
Juan L. Silva Jackson State University
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo Computational Chemistry
Dr. Jerzy Leszczynski
601-979-2171
jerzy.r.leszczynski@jsums.edu
CATTLE
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University Analytical Chemistry
Beef and Dairy Cattle Production and David Wipf
Marketing Chemistry
Lamar Adams Antioxidants
Walthall County Extension Service Bill Henry
Chemistry
Electrochemistry
David Wipf
Chemistry
Metal Chemistry
January 2007 16
Bill Henry, Chemistry
Microfluidics, Electrophoresis
Gloria Thomas
Chemistry CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy,
Protein Structure
John Young Delta State University
Chemistry Katherine Davis, Assistant Professor of
Organometallic Chemistry Family and Consumer Sciences
Bill Henry, Chemistry O: 662-846-4316
Scanning Probe Microscopy DSU Box 3273
David Wipf kdavis@deltastate.edu
Chemistry
Teaching of Chemistry The University of Mississippi
Burnette Hamil Charlotte Oakley
Curriculum & Instruction Executive Director, National Food Service
Management Institute
The University of Southern 662-915-7658
cboakley@olemiss.edu
Mississippi
John A. Pojman Scott Owens
Professor of Physical Chemistry Health
601-266-5035 662-915-5527
John.Pojman@usm.edu sgowens@olemiss.edu
Mark Loftin
Health, Exercise Science and Recreation
CHILD ABUSE Management
662-915-5526
mloftin@olemiss.edu
Mississippi State University
Attachment-Related Issues
Carl John Sheperis The University of Southern
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Mississippi
Wendy Bounds
The University of Mississippi Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition
Kimberly Shackelford and Food Systems
Social Work 601-266-5091
662-915-1563 Wendy.Bounds@usm.edu
kshackel@olemiss.edu
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
The University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi Charlotte Oakley
Anne Bomba Executive Director, National Food Service
Family and Consumer Sciences Management Institute
662-915-7802 662-915-7658
abomba@olemiss.edu cboakley@olemiss.edu
Laurel Lambert
Family and Consumer Sciences
662-915-7371
lambertl@olemiss.edu
January 2007 17
CHILDREN CHRONIC ILLNESS
Mississippi State University Delta State University
Assessment of Behavior Problems and Acute/Chronic Illness, Family Research and
Psychopathology Spirituality
Carl John Sheperis Vicki Bingham, M.S.N.
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology Assistant Professor of Nursing and
Clothing Selection for Children Coordinator of Academic Programs
Phyllis Miller O: 662-846-4257 H: 662-843-9539
School of Human Sciences DSU Box 3343
vbingham@deltastate.edu
CHINA
CIVIC LITERARY
The University of Mississippi PROJECTS
(language of) Xiaobin Yang
Chinese Language and Literature
662-915-3140
Delta State University
yangxb@olemiss.edu Garry Jennings, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Sciences and Director of
the Madison Center
(language of) Yi Lin
O: 662-846-4107
Modern Languages
DSU Box 3163
662-915-1500
gjenning@deltastate.edu
ylin@olemiss.edu
(politics of) Gang Guo
Political Science CIVIL LIBERTIES
662-915-5419
gg@olemiss.edu
Mississippi State University
(modern history of) Joshua Howard United States Supreme Court
History and International Studies Diane E. Wall,
662-915-5749 Political Science and Public Administration
jhhoward@olemiss.edu
(religion and philosophy of) Laurie Cozad
Philosophy and Religion
662-915-7976
CIVIL RIGHTS LAW
lcozad@olemiss.edu
The University of Mississippi
Michael Waterstone
Law
662-915-6847
michaelw@olemiss.edu
Civil Rights, Race Relations
Susan M. Glisson
Director, William Winter Institute for Racial
Reconciliation
662-915-6727
glisson@olemiss.edu
January 2007 18
Greg Carter
Chief Scientist, Gulf Coast Geospatial Center
Phone: 228-872-4273
CIVIL WAR E-mail: Greg.Carter@usm.edu
Jim Franks
Delta State University Fisheries Biologist, Center for Fisheries
Oral History, Mississippi Agriculture and Phone: 228-872-4273
World War II E-mail: Jim.Franks@usm.edu
Bo Morgan, Chair, Department of History
O: 662-846-4171 Dr. Jay Grimes
DSU Box 3162 Director of Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
bmorgan@deltastate.edu University Provost, Professor
228-872-4273
Mississippi State University Jay.Grimes@usm.edu
Western Theater, U. S. Grant, Vicksburg
Dr. William E. “Bill” Hawkins
Campaign, Jefferson Davis, John C.
Executive Director of GCRL and Professor of
Pemberton
Coastal Sciences
Mike Ballard
228-872-4273
General Library
William.Hawkins@usm.edu
Dr. Richard Heard
CLOTHING Professor of Coastal Sciences
228-872-4273
Richard.Heard@usm.edu
Delta State University
Fashion Merchandising Dr. Jeffrey M. Lotz
Jan Haynes Chair and Professor of Coastal Sciences,
Chair, Division of Family and Consumer Director of the Aquaculture Program
Sciences 228-872-4273
O: 662-846-4322 Jeff.Lotz@usm.edu
DSU Box 3273
jhaynes@deltatstate.edu Harriet Perry
Director, Center for Fisheries Research and
Development
Mississippi State University 228-872-4273
Selection, Care, History, Ethnic Dress, Harriet.Perry@usm.edu
Accessories
Phyllis Miller Dr. Mark Peterson
School of Human Sciences Professor of Coastal Sciences
228-872-4273
Mark.Peterson@usm.edu
COASTAL SCIENCES
The University of Southern COMMUNICATIONS
Mississippi
Coastal Science and Gulf Coast Research Mississippi State University
Laboratory Experts – for all contact Misc.
Linda Skupien John Forde APR
office 228-872-4273, cell 228-806-7718 Communication
Antennas for Wireless Communications
Dr. Marius Brouwer Erdem Topsakal
Professor of Coastal Sciences Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone: 228-872-4273
E-mail: Marius.Brouwer@usm.edu
January 2007 19
COMMUNICATIVE COMPUTATIONAL
DISORDERS SIMULATION
The University of Mississippi Mississippi State University
Carolyn Higdon Misc.
Communicative Disorders Mark Novotny
662-915-5130 Physics & Astronomy
chidgdon@olemiss.edu Combustion
PC Cinnella,
Aerospace Engineering
Computational Electromagnetics
COMMUNITY HEALTH Erdem Topsakal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computational Fluid Dynamics
The University of Southern Mark Janus
Mississippi Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Peter Fos Computational Fluid Dynamics
Professor and Dean, College of Health David Thompson
601-266-4866 Aerospace Engineering
peter.fos@usm.edu Discrete-Event Simulation Modeling and
Analysis
Allen Greenwood
Industrial and Systems Engineering
COMPOSITE MATERIALS Fluid Dynamics
PC Cinnella,
Aerospace Engineering
Mississippi State University Simulation Optimization
Misc. Allen Greenwood
Mark Novotny Industrial and Systems Engineering
Physics & Astronomy
Damage Tolerance of Composite Materials
Thomas Lacy Jr.
Aerospace Engineering COMPUTERS
Structural Integrity, Failure, Damage
Tolerance
Tony Vizzini Delta State University
Aerospace Engineering Darry Hardy
Professor of Computer Information Systems
and Coordinator of Computer Information
System
COMPUTATIONAL O: 662-846-4411
DSU Box 3223
MANUFACTURING/ dhardy@deltatstate.edu
DESIGN
Mississippi State University
CAD for Fashion and Textile Design and
Mississippi State University Merchandising
Computational Design Optimization Phyllis Miller
Mark Janus School of Human Sciences
Aerospace Engineering Collaboration and Virtual Team Design and
Training
January 2007 20
Merrill Warkentin,
Management & Information Systems
Computer Aided Diagnosis Systems for
Medical Imaging, Computer Algorithms for CORRECTIONS
Automated Target Recognition
Lori M. Bruce
Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Mississippi
Computer Forensics David H. McElreath
Dave Dampier Legal Studies
Computer Science and Engineering 662-915-1635
Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization, dhmcel@olemiss.edu
Flow Visualization, Volume Rendering, Image
Processing
Zhanping Liu
GeoResources Institute
COUNSELING
Electronic Commerce & Website Design
Merrill Warkentin Delta State University
Management & Information Systems Empathy Training, Clinical Supervision and
Fast Methods and Memory Compression Counseling
Algorithms Donna Starkey, M.Ed.
Erdem Topsakal Instructor in Counselor Education
Electrical and Computer Engineering O: 662-846-4392
Programming in Excel with VBA Box 3142
Clifford E. George dstarkey@deltastate.edu
Chemical Engineering
Security Management, Auditing, and
Regulatory Compliance Mississippi State University
Merrill Warkentin Career Counseling, College Counseling,
Management & Information Systems Personality Assessment, Critical Thinking
Servers and Networks Julia Porter
David J. Ellis Meridian Division of Education
Research Curriculum Unit Crisis Management, Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder, Anxiety, Supervision, Individuals,
The University of Mississippi Couples, and Families
Pamela Lawhead Carl John Sheperis, Counselor Education &
Computer and Information Science and Ed Psychology
Director, Institute for Advanced Education in School Counseling
Geospatial Sciences Cindy Morgan
Office 662-915-5356, home 662-236-2851 Research Curriculum Unit
lawhead@cs.olemiss.edu
COURTS
CONFLICT
MANAGEMENT Mississippi State University
Misc.
Keith Smith
The University of Southern John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt
United States Supreme Court and Mississippi
Mississippi Judiciary
Elliott A. Pood Diane E. Wall
Dean, College of Arts and Letters Political Science and Public Administration
601-266-4315
Elliot.Pood@usm.edu
January 2007 21
Jack Nowlin
Law
662-915-6855
CREATIVITY jnowlin@olemiss.edu
Ronald J. Rychlak
Mississippi State University Law
Fashion Design 662-915-6841
Phyllis Miller rrychlak@olemiss.edu
School of Human Sciences
CROPS
CRIME
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University Corn, Wheat, Sorghum
Church Burnings; Hate Crimes Erick J. Larson
Frank Howell, Sociology, Anthropology & Plant and Soil Sciences
Social Wk
Computer Forensics
Dave Dampier
Computer Science and Engineering DAIRY
Crime Causation and Control,
Punishment/Corrections, Race
Peter Wood Mississippi State University
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk Dairy Production and Marketing
Sexual Assault Lamar Adams
Leigh Jensen-Crawford Walthall County Extension Service
Vice President for Student Affairs Nutrition and Physiology
Terry R. Smith
Animal & Dairy Science
The University of Mississippi
Cybercrime
Donald R. Mason
Assistant Director, National Center for DEATH AND DYING/END
Justice and Rule of Law (Cybercrime)
662-915-6898
OF LIFE ISSUES
dmason@olemiss.edu
Cybercrime
Mississippi University for
Thomas K. Clancy Women
Director, National Center for Justice and Ms. Janice F. Giallourakis
Rule of Law Assistant Professor of Nursing
662-915-6918 O: 662-329-7369, H: 662-323-6945
tclancy@olemiss.edu jgiallou@muw.edu
CRIMINAL LAW DELTA HERITAGE AND
CULTURE
The University of Mississippi
Matthew Hall Delta State University
Law
Dr. Luther Brown
662-915-6853
Director, Delta Center for Cultural and
mrhall@olemiss.edu
Learning and Professor of Biological Sciences
O: 662-846-4311 H: 662-846-5161
DSU Box 3152
lbrown@deltastate.edu
January 2007 22
Larry Walker
Director, National Center for Natural
Products Research
DISABILITIES, PERSONS 662-915-1005
WITH DISABILITIES ncnpr@olemiss.edu
Mississippi State University DISTANCE LEARNING
Disabilities, Persons with Disabilities
J. Elton Moore
RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision Jackson State University
Employment, Advocacy, Independent Living Adult Professional Development and
Charles Palmer Distance Learning:
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology Gwen Dooley
601-432-6649
gdooley@jsums.edu
DISASTERS
Mississippi State University
Delta State University Pedagogy and Delivery
Leanne Long
Hurricane Katrina
Research Curriculum Unit
Talbort Brooks
Self-Paced Module/Course Development
Director of Interdisciplinary Center for
Julie S. Sexton
Geospatial Information and Instruction
School of Human Sciences
O: 662-846-4520
Teaching MBA Courses
DSU Box 3325
Joe Sullivan
tbrooks@deltastate.edu
Marketing/Quant Analysis/Bus Law
The Blackboard Learning System
Mississippi State University Robin Parker
Hurricane Camille Research Curriculum Unit
Phil Hearn
Office of University Relations
DIVERSITY IN BUSINESS
The University of Mississippi
Disaster Preparedness
Christopher Mullen The University of Southern
Civil Engineering and Director Mississippi
Center for Community Earthquake
Francis Daniel
Preparedness
Assistant Professor of Management and
Office 662-915-5370, home 234-8101
Director of Graduate Academic Services,
cvchris@olemiss.edu
College of Business-Gulf Coast
228-865-4505
Francis.Daniel@usm.edu
DISEASES, MALARIA
AND TREATMENTS
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY
The University of Mississippi
Mitchell Avery Delta State University
Medicinal Chemistry Cultural Diversity, Aging, Grief and Death
Office 662-915-5879, home 662-234-2856 and Dying
mavery@olemiss.edu Margaret Tullos, M.S.W.
Professor of Social Work
O: 662-846-4369 H: 662-843-1358
DSU Box 3172
mtullos@deltastate.edu
January 2007 23
Diversity issues, using language to talk and
write
Marilyn Schultz, Ph.D. EARTHQUAKES
Assistant Professor of English
O: 662-846-4061 H: 662-893-2598
Kethley 219D The University of Mississippi
mschultz@deltastate.edu Christopher L. Mullen
Civil Engineering and Director
Center for Community Earthquake
Mississippi State University Preparedness
Affirmative Action, Diversity Office 662-915-5370, home 662-234-8101
Carson Cook cvchris@olemiss.edu
Office of Diversity and Equity Program
EASTERN EUROPE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT
Mississippi State University
The University of Mississippi Traditional Dress of Bulgaria
Randall M. Corban Phyllis Miller
Legal Studies School of Human Sciences
662-915-7902
rcorban@olemiss.edu
Stephen Mallory EATING DISORDERS
Legal Studies
662- 915-7902
smallory@olemiss.edu The University of Mississippi
Kathy Knight
Family and Consumer Sciences
662-915-5272
DRUGS, PRESCRIPTION kknight@olemiss.edu
Drugs, Prescription
Sandra Bentley
Director, Student Pharmacy ECOLOGY
662-915-5279
sbentley@olemiss.edu
Mississippi State University
Rachel Robinson Aquatic Plants
Pharmacy Practice John D. Madsen
662-915-5276 GeoResources Institute
rrobinso@olemiss.edu Invasive Species
John D. Madsen
Michael Warren GeoResources Institute
Pharmacy Practice Physiological Ecology and Population Ecology
662-915-1050 John Schneider
mwarren@olemiss.edu Entomology and Plant Pathology
Plant Ecology & Wetlands Ecology
Gary N. Ervin
Biological Sciences
January 2007 24
Mississippi State University
Aquaculture Production and Marketing;
ECONOMIC Horticulture Production and Automation;
Seafood Postharvest Processing
DEVELOPMENT Benedict C. Posadas
Coastal Research & Extension Center
Delta State University Medicaid, Health Insurance
Deborah Moore, Director, Center for Humphrey John Costello
Community and Economic Development Social Science Research
O: 662-846-4339
DSU Box 3134
dmoore@deltastate.edu
The University of Mississippi
Economics, anti-trust Laws, Industry
Regulation, Taxes, Energy Markets, Katrina
Community Development
Recovery/coast Rebuilding, Disaster
John Green, Ph.D.
Recovery, Anti-terrorism
Assistant Professor of Sociology and
William F. Shughart II
Community Development
662-915-7579
O: 662-846-4069
shughart@olemiss.edu
Kethley 203C
jgreen@deltastate.edu
The University of Southern
Mississippi State University Mississippi
Economic Development William D. “Bill” Gunther
Phil Hardwick Professor of Economics and Director of the
John C. Stennis Institute of Govt Bureau of Business and Economic Research
(601) 266-5049
William.Gunther@usm.edu
The University of Southern
Mississippi
Ken Malone EDUCATION
Chair of Economic and Workplace
Development
601-266-6067 Delta State University
Ken.Malone@usm.edu Education
Mark Miller, Professor, Department of Susan Lee, M.A.
Economic and Workplace Development Director of Field Experiences
601-266-5911 O: 662-846-4868 H: 662-887-4696
M.M.Miller@usm.edu DSU Box 3121
slee@deltastate.edu
Educational Leadership
ECONOMICS Lynn Varner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and
Jackson State University Instruction
O: 662-846-4382 H: 662-843-4119
Economics, Finance and General Business
DSU Box 3112
Dr. Jean-Claude Asaad
lvarner@deltastate.edu
601-979-4326
jassad@ccaix.jsums.edu
Elementary Education, School Counseling
and Biology and General Science Education
Robie Greene, Ph.D.
Coordinator of SAFE program in Greenville
O: 662-332-8167
rgreene@ghec.org
January 2007 25
Jackson State University Margaret A. Pope
Business Education Curriculum & Instruction
Dr. Cynthina Blackwell Instructional Planning and Delivery
601-979-26678 Cindy Morgan
cblackwe@ccaix.jsums.edu Research Curriculum Unit
Instructional Technology
Continuing Education, Migrant Education Chien Yu
Juette Bingham Instructional Syst & Workforce Devl
601-432-6906 Literacy Education
Education Jeanne Swafford
Dr. Daniel Watkins Curriculum & Instruction
601-979-2351 Literacy/Reading
Margaret A. Pope
Non-Degree Academics Curriculum & Instruction
Carolyn Mack Mathematics Education
601-432-6302 Dana Lea Franz
cmack@jsums.edu Curriculum & Instruction
Middle School Education
Urban Education/Studies Robin Parker
Dr. Zachariah Gaye Research Curriculum Unit
601-979-1140 National Board Certification for School
zachariah.z.gaye@jsums.edu Librarians
Shelley Hemphill Bock
Research Curriculum Unit
Mississippi State University Policy
Vocational Education (Trade and Technical Devon G. Brenner
Programs) Curriculum & Instruction
Scott Kolle Positive Classroom Environments/ Classroom
Research Curriculum Unit Management
Assessment Design Kay Brocato
Donna Carol Gainer Curriculum & Instruction
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology Preservice Education
Assessment Development and Design Leanne Long
Cindy Morgan Research Curriculum Unit
Research Curriculum Unit Professional Development
Business Education Robin Parker
Leanne Long Research Curriculum Unit
Research Curriculum Unit Professional Development for K-12
Career & Technical Education Administrators and Teachers
Leanne Long Sarah Catledge Howard
Research Curriculum Unit Center for Educational Partnerships
Curriculum Development Professional Development of Adults
Linda Coats Julie S. Sexton
Curriculum & Instruction School of Human Sciences
Curriculum Development Professional Learning
Cindy Morgan Leanne Long
Research Curriculum Unit Research Curriculum Unit
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Reading and writing
Robin Parker Devon G. Brenner
Research Curriculum Unit Curriculum & Instruction
Early Childhood Education Rural Early Childhood Care and Education,
Laurie Todd Parent Education, Assessment and Evaluation
Curriculum & Instruction in Early Childhood Education, Professional
Elementary Education Development in Early Care and Education,
Devon G. Brenner Financing of Early Care and Education,
Curriculum & Instruction Welfare Reform
Elementary Education Cathy W. Grace
Curriculum & Instruction
School-Based Agricultural Education
January 2007 26
Jimmy McCully Teacher Education Program and NCATE
Research Curriculum Unit Dr. Barbara J. Moore (also see school
School-Based Assessment curriculum)
Carl John Sheperis Professor of Education
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology O: 662-329-7150
School-Based Assessment and Accountability H: 662-244-7137
Cindy Morgan bmoore@muw.edu
Research Curriculum Unit
Secondary Science Education Nursing Education
Burnette Hamil Sarah Howell
Curriculum & Instruction Assistant Professor, Associate Degree Nursing
Successful Classroom Instruction O: 662-329-7317
Burnette Hamil H: 662-369-9262
Curriculum & Instruction showell@muw.edu
Technology Education
Robin Parker School Curriculum
Research Curriculum Unit Dr. Barbara J. Moore (also see gifted
Technology Education education)
Leanne Long Professor of Education
Research Curriculum Unit Coordinator of Teacher Education Program
Vocational, Career, and Technical and NCATE
Stephanie King O: 662-329-7150
Research Curriculum Unit H: 662-244-7137
Vocational/workforce bmoore@muw.edu
Patti Abraham
Research Curriculum Unit
The University of Mississippi
Elementary Education
Mississippi University for Fannye Love
Women Curriculum and Instructions
Distance Education and the Virtual (662) 915-5908
Classroom flove@olemiss.edu
Kathy D. McShane
Assistant Professor of Nursing Sidney Rowland
O: 662-620-5385 Elementary Education
H: 662-256-8650 662-915-7738
kmcshane@muw.edu srowland@olemiss.edu
Gifted Education Education, Issues (K-12, testing and test
Dr. Barbara G. Hunt scores, school policy and finance, standards)
Professor of Education in Gifted Studies P. Thomas Burnham
O: 662-329-7186 School of Education Dean
H: 662-329-4732 662-915-7063
bhunt@muw.edu tburnham@olemiss.edu
Education and Human Sciences Education, Science
Dr. Suzanne Meriweather Bean William Joseph Sumrall
Director of Graduate Studies Elementary Education
Director of Center for Creative Learning Office 662-915-5310, cell 662-816-8568
O: 662-241-7760 sumrall@olemiss.edu
H: 662-327-6905
sbean@muw.edu Special Education
James Payne
Special Education
662-915-7123
edjp@olemiss.edu
January 2007 27
The University of Southern
Mississippi
Deaf Education EMPLOYMENT
Maureen K. Martin
Director, Dubard School for Language
Disorders, Speech-Language pathologist, Mississippi State University
Teacher of the Deaf Employment for Students/Graduates
601-266-5223 Luther B. Epting
dubard@usm.edu Career Center
ELECTIONS ENERGY
The University of Mississippi Mississippi State University
Presidential Alternative Energy
John M. Bruce Mark Bricka
Political Science Chemical Engineering
662-915-7218 Bioenergy - Biofuels (Biodiesel, Ethanol),
jbruce@olemiss.edu Gasification (Hydrogen)
San Fernando
Ag & Bio Engineering
Fuel cells, hydrogen technology, gas sensitive
ELECTROMAGNETISM materials, catalysis
Qiangu Yan
Chemical Engineering
Mississippi State University Gasoline Prices, Crude Oil Prices and Supply,
Misc. Natural Gas
Erdem Topsakal Rudy Rogers
Electrical and Computer Engineering Chemical Engineering
Power System Security, Power System
Stability, Power System Planning, Artificial
Intelligence and Control Application in
ELDERLY Power, Power Distribution and Transmission
System, Electric Ship Power System
Mississippi University for Anurag Srivastava
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Women Power System Security, Power System
Consumer Behavior/Retirement Decisions Stability, Power System Planning, Artificial
Dr. Anne L. Balazs Intelligence and Control Application in
Interim Dean, College of Business Power, Power Distribution and Transmission
Professor of Marketing System, Electric Ship Power System
O: 662-329-7153 Anurag Srivastava
H: 662-320-9060 Electrical and Computer Engineering
abalazs@muw.edu Thermophotovoltaic Systems
Erdem Topsakal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING
The University of Mississippi Mississippi State University
Charles T. Swann
Aerospace Engineering
Staff Geologist
Mark Janus
Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute
Aerospace Engineering
662-915-7320
cts@mmri.olemiss.edu
January 2007 28
Antennas and Propagation German
Erdem Topsakal Karen Bell, Ph.D.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor of German
Astronautics, Space Mission Design and O: 662-846-4086
Operations DSU Box 3215
Carrie Olsen kbell@deltastate.edu
Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering History of the English Language
Mark Bricka Elizabeth Sarcone, Ph.D.
Chemical Engineering Professor of English
Chemical Engineering; Chemical Plant O: 662-846-4070 H: 662-846-1461
Operations and Safety Kethley 220F
Clifford E. George esarcone@deltastate.edu
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering Jane Austin
Dennis Truax Susan Ford
Civil Engineering Professor of English
Environmental Engineering O: 662-846-4082
Dennis Truax DSU Box 3215
Civil Engineering sford@deltastate.edu
Industrial and Systems
Allen Greenwood Mississippi State University
Industrial and Systems Engineering Technical Writing
Operations Research, Logistics, Optimization John Brocato
Burak Eksioglu Dean of Engineering
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Polymers, Paint, Protective Coatings, and
Corrosion Control
Clifford E. George ENTOMOLOGY
Chemical Engineering
System Design and Testing, Computer
Algorithm Design, Automated Image Analysis Mississippi State University
System Design and Testing Misc.
Lori M. Bruce Blake Layton
Electrical and Computer Engineering Entomology and Plant Pathology
Water Resourse Engineering Apiculture, Pollination
Dennis Truax Clarence H. Collison
Civil Engineering Entomology and Plant Pathology
Cotton Bollworm and Budworm
John Schneider
Entomology and Plant Pathology
ENGLISH Effects of temperature, light, and humidity on
insect ecology
John Schneider
Delta State University Entomology and Plant Pathology
English Language and Writing Forest Entomology
Bonnie Horton, M.A. T. Evan Nebeker
Instructor in English Entomology and Plant Pathology
O: 662-846-4089 Termite biology, ecology, and its control
DSU Box 3215 Jianzhong Sun
bhorton@deltastate.edu Coastal Research & Extension Center
French
Bobbie Parker, B.A. The University of Mississippi
Director of Foreign Language Lab Paul K. Lago
O: 662-846-4092 H: Biology
DSU Box 3215 662-915-7472
bparker@deltastate.edu plago@olemiss.edu
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVOLUTION
Jackson State University The University of Mississippi
Dr. Mary White David Reed
Chair Biology
601-979-2675 662-915-6647
mwhite@ccaix.jsums.edu dreed@olemiss.edu
ENVIRONMENT EXERCISE
Mississippi State University Delta State University
Air and Water Quality Policy and John Alvarez
Management Associate Professor of Health, Physical
Jerry Emison Educaiton and Recreation
Political Science and Public Adm O: 662-846-4564
Environmental Engineering DSU Box B-2
Dennis Truax jalvarez@deltastate.edu
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering Mississippi State University
Mark Bricka Exercise and Strength Training; Endurance
Chemical Engineering Exercise; Weight Loss
Hazardous Waste Joseph Chromiak
Mark Bricka Department of Kinesiology
Chemical Engineering
Hazardous Waste Management
Dennis Truax The University of Mississippi
Civil Engineering Jeffrey Hallam, Director
Potable Water Production and Distribution Center for Health Promotion and Behavior
Dennis Truax 662-915-5140
Civil Engineering jhallam@olemiss.edu
Solid Waste Management
Dennis Truax Mark Loftin
Civil Engineering Health, Exercise Science and Recreation
Wastewater Management Management
Dennis Truax 662-915-5526
Civil Engineering mloftin@olemiss.edu
ETHICS FAMILY ISSUES
Mississippi State University Delta State University
Business Ethics Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy
Michael R. Clifford Thomas Taylor, Ph.D.
Philosophy & Religion Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer
Reformation, Education, Religion, Sciences
James L. Codling O: 662-846-4319 H: 662-843-1699
Curriculum & Instruction DSU Box 3273
ttaylor@deltastate.edu
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Mississippi State University
Divorce, Marital Relationships, Parenting
Carl John Sheperis FINANCE
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Media Violence
Kevin Donald Williams Delta State University
Communication Financial Planning and Short-term Working
Capital
Mississippi University for Billy Moore, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Business
Women O: 662-846-4200
Natural Childbirth DSU Box 3294
Dr. Bonnie Oppenheimer bmoore@deltastate.edu
O: 662-329-7239
H: 662-324-1273
boppen@muw.edu Mississippi State University
Financial Management of the Small Firm
Nutrition/Food Safety Larry R. White
Dr. Rebecca Kelly Finance & Economics
Assistant Professor of Nutrition Real Estate, Treasury Management
O: 662-329-8513 Larry R. White
rkelly@muw.edu Finance & Economics
Working Capital Management
Larry R. White
Finance & Economics, Working Capital
FANTASY SPORTS Management/ Cash Management
The University of Mississippi
Kim R. Beason FIRE ANTS
Park and Recreation Management
662-915-5555
hpbeason@olemiss.edu Mississippi State University
Misc.
Blake Layton
Entomology and Plant Pathology
FASHION
MERCHANDISING
FISH
Delta State University
Janice Haynes, Ph.D. Mississippi State University
Chair, Division of Family and Consumer Processing, Quality, Safety
Sciences Juan L. Silva
O: 662-846-4322 Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
DSU Box 3273
jhaynes@deltastate.edu
FLORAL
Mississippi State University
Fashion DESIGN/FLORISTRY
Phyllis Miller
School of Human Sciences
Mississippi State University
Misc.
James M. DelPrince
Plant and Soil Sciences
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Art of Floristry; History of Floral Design
James M. DelPrince
Plant and Soil Sciences
Postharvest Care and Handling of Fresh FORENSIC SCIENCE
Flowers and Foliage; Church Flowers
Flora McDougald
Plant and Soil Sciences The University of Mississippi
Murrell Godfrey, Director
Forensic Chemistry
FOOD/NUTRITION 662-915-5143
mgodfrey@olemiss.edu
Delta State University
Food Sciences
Edith McMillen, Ph.D. FORESTRY, FOREST
Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer
Sciences
O: 662-846-4318 H: 662-843-6209 Mississippi State University
DSU Box 3273 Forest Health Protection, Southern Pine
emcmilln@deltastate.edu Beetle
T. Evan Nebeker
Katherine Davis, Assistant Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Family and Consumer Sciences Forest Management, Longleaf Pine,
O: 662-846-4316 Landowner Education
DSU Box 3273 Glenn Hughes
kdavis@deltastate.edu Coastal Research & Extension Center
Mississippi State University
Food Access and Food Desserts FREE SPEECH
Troy C. Blanchard
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
Food safety, food processing
Douglas L. Marshall
The University of Mississippi
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo Marc Harrold
Safety, Processing, Quality, Shelf-Life, Visiting Professor and Counsel, National
Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Point Center for Justice and Rule of Law
(HACCP), Catfish, Prawns, Fruits, 662-915-6931
Vegetables, Design, Sanitation mharrold@olemiss.edu
Juan L. Silva
Hlth Promo
FRUIT
The University of Mississippi
Southern Food
John T Edge, Project Coordinator Mississippi State University
Southern Foodways Alliance Processing, Wine, Quality, Postharvest,
662-915-5993 Safety, Products
johnt@olemiss.edu Juan L. Silva
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
January 2007 32
Frank Howell
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
Precision Agriculture
GAMBLING, CASINOS Scott A. Samson
GeoResources Institute
AND SPORTS BETTING
The University of Mississippi GEOGRAPHY
Ronald J. Rychlak
Law
662-915-6841 The University of Southern
rrychlak@olemiss.edu Mississippi
Ken Panton
Dean of the Honors College and Professor of
Geography
GANGS 601-266-4533
Kenneth.Panto@usm.edu
The University of Mississippi
Chester Quarles
Criminal Justice GIFTED STUDIES
662-915-5413
cquarles@olemiss.edu
The University of Southern
Mississippi
Dr. Frances Karnes
GAS PRICES Professor and Director Frances A. Karnes
Center for Gifted Studies
Phone: 601-266-5246
The University of Mississippi E-mail: Frances.Karnes@usm.edu
William F. Shughart II
Economics
662-915-7579
shughart@olemiss.edu GEOLOGY
Mississippi State University
GEOGRAPHIC Petroleum Exploration and Karst Hydrology
Jonathan Harris
INFORMATION SYSTEMS Geosciences
Delta State University
Mark Bonta, Assistant Professor of GOVERNMENT
Geography
O: 662-846-4096
DSU Box 3264 Mississippi State University
mbonta@deltastate.edu Misc.
Keith Smith
Mississippi State University John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt
Misc. Intergovernmental Relations, Federalism,
Scott A. Samson Public Administration, Public Human
GeoResources Institute Resource Management
Misc. Doug Goodman
Keith Smith Political Science and Public Adm
John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt Local (County & Municipal) Government
Demographic, Economic, Environmental Data
January 2007 33
P.C.(Mac) McLaurin Mark Bricka
Center for Governmental Technology Chemical Engineering
Performance Measures
Public Management
Jerry Emison
Political Science and Public Adm HEALTH AND HUMAN
State Government, U.S. National Government
Doug Goodman SCIENCES
Political Science and Public Adm
U.S. Supreme Court and Mississippi
Judiciary Mississippi University for
Diane E. Wall Women
Political Science and Public Adm
Department Chair, Department of Health and
Kinesiology
Professor of Health and Kinesiology
Special Assistant to the President for Planning
GREENHOUSES and Institutional Effectiveness
Dr. Will Peveler
O: 662-329-7179
Mississippi State University H: 205-349-2204
Greenhouse Tomatoes and Other Vegetables, wpeveler@muw.edu
Hydroponics
Rick Snyder Disease and Exercise
Central MS Research & Ext Center Dr. Mark H. Bean
O: 662-329-7225
H: 662-327-6905
GULF COAST CAMPUS mbean@muw.edu
Health Education
Dr. Joyce Yates
The University of Southern Professor of Health Education
Mississippi (Administrative) O: 662-329-7669
Pat Joachim H: 662-258-7195
Associate Provost for Southern Miss Gulf Coast jyates@muw.edu
228-867-8795
Pat.Joachim@usm.edu Physical Education
Ellen Jackson
Instructor, Department of Health and
Kinesiology
HAZARDOUS WASTE O: 662-329-7228
H: 662-327-0210
ejackson@muw.edu
Mississippi State University
Environmental Justice; Spatial Distribution of Golda Vandiver
Hazards Instructor, Department of Health and
Frank Howell Kinesiology
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk O: 662-329-7241
Metal Contaminated Soil, Water, and Air H: 662-328-2218
Mark Bricka gvandiver@muw.edu
Chemical Engineering
Remediation
Mark Bricka
Chemical Engineering
Sampling
January 2007 34
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HELICOPTERS
EDUCATION
Mississippi State University
Crashworthiness, Structural Integrity,
Delta State University Composites
Milton Wilder, Professor of Health, Physical Tony Vizzini
Education and Recreation Aerospace Engineering
O: 662-846-4557
DSU Box B-2
mwilder@deltastate.edu
HERBAL DIETARY
Mississippi State University SUPPLEMENTS
Misc.
Barry Hunt
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo The University of Mississippi
Ikhlas Khan
Pharmaceutics and Assistant Director
National Center for Natural Products
HEARING Research
Office 662-915-7821, home 662-236-7093
ikhan@olemiss.edu
The University of Mississippi
Hearing Aids
Melanie Randle HERMENEUTICAL
Clinical Audiologist
Communicative Disorders RESEARCH AND
662-915-7924
mrandle@olemiss.edu
WRITING
Hearing Loss (related to iPods) Delta State University
Rebecca Lowe Jeannie Gunn, M.S.N., F.N.P.
Clinical Audiologist Instructor in Nursing
Communicative Disorders O: 662-846-4265
662-915-7574 DSU Box 3343
rl1@olemiss.edu jgunn@deltastate.edu
HEART STUDY HIGHER EDUCATION
Jackson State University Mississippi State University
Bio-Medical, Cardiovascular Study, Jackson Academic Integrity/Dishonesty
Heart Study Bill Kibler
Dr. Herman Taylor Vice President for Student Affairs
601-982-1133 Cooperative Education
herman.a.taylor@jsums.edu Luther B. Epting
Career Center
Enrollment Management Issues
Ty Abernathy
Social Science Research
Freshman Year Experience
January 2007 35
Ty Abernathy Jerry Dallas, Ph.D.
Social Science Research Professor of History
Intercollegiate Athletics, Fundraising, O: 662-846-4176 H: 662-843-8982
Marketing, Arms Race, Public Relations, DSU Box 3162
Crisis Management, Diversity Efforts, Title jdallas@deltastate.edu
IX
Robert H. Zullo Miriam Davis, Ph.D.
Department of Kinesiology Associate Professor of History
Recruiting of College Graduates O: 662-846-4174 H: 662-846-3490
Luther B. Epting DSU Box 3162
Career Center mdavis@deltastate.edu
Retention and Graduation Rates
Ty Abernathy James Robinson, Ph.D.
Social Science Research Professor of History
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools O: 662-846-4172 H: 662-843-9664
Accreditation DSU Box 3162
Ray Hayes jrobinsn@deltastate.edu
Vice President for Finance & Admin
University Budgeting, Financing On-Campus U.S. History
Student Residences Gregory Hospodor, Ph.D.
Ray Hayes Assistant Professor of History and
Vice President for Finance & Admin Coordinator of Honors Program
University Operations O: 662-846-4173 H: 662-843-2297
Ray Hayes DSU Box 3162
Vice President for Finance & Admin hospodor@deltastate.edu
Jackson State University
HIGHWAYS African American History
Dr. Alferdteen Harrison
601-979-2055
The University of Mississippi alferdteen.b.harrison@jsums.edu
Maintenance, Design, Construction,
Management
Waheed Uddin, Civil Engineering and Mississippi State University
Director, Center for Advanced Infrastructure American Revolution
Technology Peter Messer
662-915-5363 History
cvuddin@olemiss.edu Ethnic and Historic Dress
Phyllis Miller
School of Human Sciences
Mississippi, Civil War
HISTORY Mike Ballard
General Library
Delta State University Mississippi University for
Chester Morgan, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of History and Professor Women
of History European
O: 662-846-4171 H: 662-846-0883 Dr. Thomas G. Velek (also see international
DSU Box 3162 law/crime)
bmorgan@deltastate.edu Professor of History
Coordinator, International Series
Thomas Boschert, Ph.D. O: 662-329-7389 H: 662-245-1032
Assistant Professor of History tvelek@muw.edu
O: 662-846-4175 H: 662-395-2263
DSU Box 3162
tboschrt@deltastate.edu
January 2007 36
Medieval The University of Mississippi
Dr. Michael Burger Matthew Hall
Professor of History Law
Department Chair, Department of History, 662-915-6853
Political Science, Geography and Paralegal mrhall@olemiss.edu
O: 662-329-7386
H: 662-327-8071 John M. Czarnetzky
mburger@muw.edu Law
662-915-6807
Women’s History johnmc@olemiss.edu
Dr. Bridget Pieschel
Professor of English Ronald J. Rychlak
Director, Southern Women’s Institute Law
O: 662-329-7386 662-915-6841
H: 662-234-4258 rrychlak@olemiss.edu
pieschel@muw.edu
Chester Quarles
The University of Southern Criminal Justice
Mississippi 662-915-5413
cquarles@olemiss.edu
Mike Neiberg
Professor
Timothy W. Nordstrom
601-266-4081
Political Science
michael.neiberg@usm.edu
662-915-7232
tnordstr@olemiss.edu
Deanne Nuwer
Assistant Professor of History
David McElreath
228-867-2633
Legal Studies
Deanne.Nuwer@usm.edu
662-915-1635
dhmcel@olemiss.edu
Stephen Sloan
Assistant Professor of History and Assistant
Randall M. Corban
Director, Center for Oral History and
Legal Studies
Cultural Heritage
662-915-7902
601-266-5606
rcorban@olemiss.edu
stephen.sloan@usm.edu
Andy Wiest
Professor of History IDENTITY THEFT
601-266-5076
andrew.wiest@usm.edu
The University of Mississippi
David Drewrey, Assistant Director
Telecommunications
HOMELAND SECURITY 662-915-5210
AND TERRORISM davidd@olemiss.edu
Mississippi University for
Women IMMIGRATION
Dr. Brian Anderson
Associate Professor of Political Science The University of Mississippi
O: 662-329-7390
Matthew Hall
H:662-338-5449
Law
banderson@muw.edu
615-915-6853
mrhall@olemiss.edu
January 2007 37
Charles Ingene
Marketing
INFECTIOUS DISEASES 662-915-5544
cingene@bus.olemiss.edu
Mississippi State University
Food and Water Safety
Douglas L. Marshall INTERNATIONAL
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
CONFLICT
INSECTICIDES/
The University of Mississippi
PESTICIDES Matthew Hall
Law
Mississippi State University 662-915-6853
Misc. mrhall@olemiss.eud
Blake Layton
Entomology and Plant Pathology John M. Czarnetzky
Law
662-915-6807
johnmc@olemiss.edu
INSECTS
Ronald J. Rychlak
Law
Mississippi State University 662-915-6841
Misc. rrychlak@olemiss.edu
Blake Layton
Entomology and Plant Pathology
INTERNATIONAL
INSURANCE ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
The University of Mississippi Delta State University
Larry Cox
Jamye Long, Instructor in Management
Finance and Robertson Chair of Insurance
O: 662-846-4420
662-915-5475
DSU Box 3275
lcox@bus.olemiss.edu
jlong@deltastate.edu
Farish Percy
Law The University of Southern
662-915-6848 Mississippi
percy@olemiss.edu Farhang Niroomand
Associate Dean of the College of Business and
Professor of Economics and International
Business; editor of The Journal of Current
INTERNATIONAL Research in Global Business
BUSINESS 601-266-5028
Niroomand@cba.usm.edu
The University of Mississippi
Michael Harvey
Global Business/Management
662-915-5820
mharvey@bus.olemiss.edu
January 2007 38
INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
Mississippi University for
Women The University of Southern
International Law/Crime
Dr. Thomas G. Velek (also see history)
Mississippi
Professor of History Tom Lansford
Coordinator, International Series Professor and Assistant Dean for the College
O: 662-329-7389 of Arts and Letters - Gulf Coast
H: 662-245-1032 Ph.D., Old Dominion University
tvelek@muw.edu 228-214-3291
tom.lansford@usm.edu
The University of Mississippi Robert Pauly
Charles H. Brower Assistant Professor of International Policy
Law and Development – Gulf Coast
662-915-6849 228-867-2633
cbrower@olemiss.edu rpauly@excite.com
Ronald J. Rychlak
Law
662-915-6841 INTERNATIONAL
rrychlak@olemiss.edu STUDIES
John M. Czarnetzky
Law The University of Mississippi
662-915-6807 Michael Metcalf
johnmc@olemiss.edu Executive Director
Croft Institute for International Studies
662-915-1500
mmetcalf@olemiss.edu
INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS
INTERNATIONAL
The University of Southern STUDIES, POLITICS,
Susan L. Steen
Director, International Programs BUSINESS
601-266-4344
s.l.steen@usm.edu
Jackson State University
International Customs, Cultures
Dr. Ally Mack
601-979-3791
Amack35781@aol.com
International Exchange Programs,
Partnerships
Pamela Moore
601-979-3795
pameladmooree_jsu@yahoo.com
January 2007 39
Mississippi State University
British History and Culture, International
Relations, American Foriegn Policy,
European Politics, US-European relations
KILLER BEES
William Anthony Hay (Africanized)
INTERNET Mississippi State University
Misc.
Blake Layton
Mississippi State University Entomology and Plant Pathology
Education
Patti Abraham
Research Curriculum Unit
LABOR
IRAQ The University of Mississippi
Labor Law
Paul M. Secunda
The University of Mississippi 662-915-6858
Charles H. Brower psecunda@olemiss.edu
Law
662-915-6849 Labor Unions, Wages
cbrower@olemiss.edu Joseph B. Atkins
Journalism
Ronald J. Rychlak 662-915-5510
Law jbatkins@olemiss.edu
662-915-6841
rrychlak@olemiss.edu
John M. Czarnetzky LANDSCAPE
Law
662-915-6807 ARCHITECTURE
johnmc@olemiss.edu
Mississippi State University
Professional Practice, Parks and Recreation
ISLAM G. Glenn Cook
Landscape Architecture
The University of Mississippi
Mary Thurlkill
Philosophy and Religion LAND MINES
Office 662-915-1367, home 662-281-1908
maryt@olemiss.edu
The University of Mississippi
James Sabatier
National Center for Physical Acoustics
662-915-5404
sabatier@olemiss.edu
January 2007 40
LATIN AMERICA LEARNING AND MEMORY
Mississippi State University Delta State University
Food Systems, Customs, Research/University Language Learning
Organizations James Tomek, Ph.D.
Juan L. Silva, Professor of French
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo O: 662-846-4077 H: 662-846-7136
DSU Box 3215
jtomek@deltastate.edu
LAW Memory and Technology-Assisted
Instructed/Learning
Scott Hutchens, Ph.D.
The University of Mississippi Assistant Professor of Psychology and
Law Enforcement Psychology Program Coordinator
David H. McElreath O: 662-846-4393
Legal Studies DSU Box 3142
662-915-1635 shutchen@deltastate.edu
dhmcel@olemiss.edu
Space Law Mississippi State University
Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, Director Sensory Perceptual Modality Learning Styles
Remote Sensing and Space Law Center Donna Carol Gainer, Counselor Education &
662-915-6877 Ed Psychology
jgabryno@olemiss.edu Visual Learning
Donna Carol Gainer
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
The University of Southern
Mississippi
Robert Harenski
Instructor of Paralegal Studies LIBRARIES
228-669-9730
Harenskilaw@yahoo.com
Delta State University
Ernest W. King Jeff Slagell, Director of Library Services
Associate Professor of Finance/Legal Studies Roberts-LaForge Library 241
Phone: 601-266-5050 O: 662-846-4441
E-mail: Ernest.King@usm.edu jslagell@deltastate.edu
Archives
Emily Erwin, M.A.
LEADERSHIP University Archivist
DSU Box 3137
DEVELOPMENT O: 662-846-4781
eerwin@deltastate.edu
The University of Mississippi Serials Management and ILL Management
William Douglas McQueen, Director, Paula Webb, M.L.I.S.
Leadership Development Program Serials/ILL Librarian, Head of Serials/ILL
Office 662-915-2006, cell 662-701-7511 Department
dmcqueen@olemiss.edu Roberts-LaForge Library 215
O: 662-846-4456
pwebb@deltastate.edu
January 2007 41
Mississippi State University Ibero American Literature
University Archives, Congressional and Benjamin Burgos-Aguilar, Ph.D.
Political Research Center Professor of Spanish
Mike Ballard O: 662-846-4071 H: 662-843-7620
General Library Kethley 219A
bburgos@deltastate.edu
Literature
LITERACY Susan Allen Ford, Ph.D.
Professor of English and Writing Center
Coordinator
Delta State University O: 662-846-4082 H: 662-843-1461
Literacy and Learning Disabilities DSU Box 3215
Maud Kuykendall, Ed.D. sford@deltastate.edu
Assistant Professor of Special Education
Ewing 391E Literature
mkuykn@deltastate.edu Bill Hays, Ph.D.
Professor of English
O: 662-846-4084
DSU Box 3215
LITERATURE whays@deltastate.edu
Literature
Delta State University Dorothy Shawhan, M.A., M.F.A.
Chair, Languages and Literature and
Dorothy Shawhan, Emeritus Professor of English
Professor of English O: 662-846-4076 H: 662-843-7865
O: 662-846-4076 DSU Box 3215
DSU Box 3215 dshawhan@deltastate.edu
dshawhan@deltastate.edu
Literature and Drama
20TH Century American Literature and John Ford, M.A.
Mississippi Writers Assistant Professor of English
Renelda Owen, M.A. O: 662-846-4108 H: 662-843-1461
Instructor in English DSU Box 3215
O: 662-846-4063 jford@deltastate.edu
Kethley 221E
rowen@deltastate.edu
Mississippi University for
British Literature and Service Learning Women
Beverly Moon, Ph.D. Children’s Literature
Assistant Professor of English Dr. Gloria Bunnell
O: 662-846-4091 Associate Professor of English Education
DSU Box 3215 O: 662-329-7172
bmoon@deltastate.edu H: 662-328-7042
gbunnell@muw.edu
Composition and African American
Literature Translation
Georgene Clark, M.S. Mr. Todd Bunnell
Assistant Professor of English Instructor of English
O: 662-846-4078 Director of TESL Certificate Program
DSU Box 3215 O: 662-329-7392
gclark@deltastate.edu H: 662-328-7042
tbunnell@muw.edu
Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg
Associate Professor of English
O: 662-329-7169
kdunk@muw.edu
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The University of Southern
Women’s Literature
Dr. Jane Hinton Mississippi
Professor of English Kenneth Zantow
O: 662-329-7393 Assistant Professor of Management
H: 662-327-6804 228-865-4505
jhinton@muw.edu Ken.Zantow@usm.edu
Dr. Amy Pardo
Assistant Professor of English
O: 662-241-6833
MANAGEMENT AND
H: 205-758-6835 INFORMATION SYSTEMS
apardo@muw.edu
Mississippi State University
Business Model
MAGAZINES J.P. Shim
Management & Information Systems
Collaboration and Virtual Team Design and
The University of Mississippi Training
Samir A. Husni Merrill Warkentin
Chair and Hederman Lecturer Management & Information Systems
Journalism Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
662-915-7147 J.P. Shim
hsamir@olemiss.edu Management & Information Systems
Electronic Commerce & Website Design
Merrill Warkentin
MANAGEMENT Management & Information Systems
Mobile Commerce, Wireless Technologies
Merrill Warkentin
Delta State University Management & Information Systems
Management Multiple Criteria Decision Making
Kimberly M. Dorsey, A.B.D. J.P. Shim
Assistant Professor of Management Management & Information Systems
O: 662-846-4202 Process Re-engineering, Business Process
DSU Box 3275 Design
kdean@deltastate.edu Merrill Warkentin
Management & Information Systems
Security Management, Auditing, and
Jackson State University Regulatory Compliance
Management and Marketing Merrill Warkentin
Dr. J.R. Smith Management & Information Systems
601-979-2534 Streaming Technology, e-Business, Mobile
jrsmith@ccaix.jsums.edu Commerce, Strategic Information Systems
J.P. Shim
Mississippi State University Management & Information Systems
Human Resource Management/Business Wireless Telecommunications
Ethics J.P. Shim
Tim Barnett Management & Information Systems
Management & Information Systems
Project Management The University of Mississippi
Allen Greenwood Management Information Systems (MIS)
Industrial and Systems Engineering Milam W. Aiken
Public Organizations Business
Jerry Emison 662-915-5777
Political Science and Public Adm maiken@bus.olemiss.edu
January 2007 43
Marketing/Sales
William C. Smith
Assistant Professor of Marketing
MANUFACTURING (601) 266-4657
Bill.smith@usm.edu
Mississippi State University
Food Processing, Food Facility Design, Food
Facility Sanitation MARINE SCIENCES
Juan L. Silva
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
The University of Southern
Mississippi
MARKETING Vernon Asper
Professor of Marine Science
228-688-3178
Delta State University Vernon.Asper@usm.edu
Elise Jenkins, Assistant Professor of
Marketing Charlotte Brunner
O: 662-846-4210 Professor of Marine Science
DSU Box 3275 228-688-3402
ejenkins@deltastate.edu Charlotte.Brunner@usm.edu
Mississippi State University Jerald W. Caruthers
Professor of Marine Science
Marketing Education
228-688-7126
Leanne Long
Jerald.Caruthers@usm.edu
Research Curriculum Unit
Visual Merchandising and Store Display
Stephan Howden
Phyllis Miller
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
School of Human Sciences
228-688-5285
Stephan.Howden@usm.edu
Mississippi University for
Women Vladimir Kamenkovich
Professor of Marine Science
Dr. Dee A. Larson
228-688-3091
Associate Professor of Marketing and
Vladimir.Kamenkovich@usm.edu
Management
O: 662-329-7251
Steven Lohrenz
H: 662-324-5717
Professor and Chair, Department of Marine
dlarson@muw.edu
Science
228-688-3179
The University of Southern Steve.Lohrenz@usm.edu
Mississippi Don Redalje
Barry Babin
Professor of Marine Science
Chair of the Department of Management and
228-688-1174
Marketing, Professor of Marketing
Donald.Redalje@usm.edu
601-266-4629
Barry.Babin@usm.edu
Alan Shiller
Professor of Marine Science
Alvin Williams 228-688-1178
Professor of Marketing Alan.Shiller@usm.edu
601-266-4634
Alvin.williams@usm.edu Kevin Yeager
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
228-688-7098
Kevin.Yeager@usm.edu
January 2007 44
Mississippi State University
Statistical Analysis and Theory
Joe Sullivan
MARTIAL LAW/STATE OF Marketing/Quant Analysis/Bus Law
EMERGENCY Statistics; Data Analysis
Jane Harvill
Mathematics & Statistics
The University of Mississippi
Ronald J. Rychlak
Law MEAT
662-915-6841
rrychlak@olemiss.edu.
Mississippi State University
Food Safety
MASS Douglas L. Marshall
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
COMMUNICATIONS/
MEDIA
MEDIA
Mississippi University for
Women Mississippi State University
Mass Communication Theory and Research
Mr. Eric Harlan Animation and Cultural Values
Instructor, Department of Communication Kevin Donald Williams
O: 662-329-7255 Communication
eharlan@muw.edu Cultural Influence of Superheroes
Kevin Donald Williams
Media Effects and Media Literacy Communication
Dr. Marty Hatton Effects of Violent Programming and Games
Department Chair, Department of Kevin Donald Williams
Communication Communication
Associate Professor of Communication Political News Coverage and Campaigns
O: 662-329-7248 Melissa Smith
mhatton@muw.edu Communication
The University of Southern
MATHEMATICS Mississippi
Christopher Campbell
Professor and Director, School of
Delta State University Communication and Journalism
Rose Strahan, Ed.D. 601-266-4258
Chair, Department of Mathematics and christopher.campbell@usm.edu
Professor of Mathematics
O: 662-846-4505 H: 662-843-8123 David R. Davies
DSU Box 3242 Associate Professor and Associate Director,
rstrahan@deltastate.edu School of Communication and Journalism
601-266-6237
Clifton Wingard, Associate Professor of Dave.Davies@usm.edu
Mathematics
O: 662-846-4510
DSU Box 3224
cwingard@deltastate.edu
January 2007 45
John M. Czarnetzky
Law
MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY, 662-915-6807
ANTHROPOLOGY johnmc@olemiss.edu
Ronald J. Rychlak
Mississippi State University Law
Environmental Effects on Health Outcomes 662-915-6841
Frank Howell rrychlak@olemiss.edu
Sociology, Anthropology Social Wk
Medicaid in Mississippi Megan L. Shannon
Lynne Cossman Political Science
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk 662-915-6656
Mortality mshannon@olemiss.edu
Lynne Cossman
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
Physician Labor Force
Lynne Cossman MISSISSIPPI JUDICIAL
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk SYSTEM
METEOROLOGY/ Mississippi State University
CLIMATOLOGY Misc.
Diane E. Wall
Mississippi State University Political Science and Public Adm
Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Hurricanes,
Weather, Forecasting, Atmosphere and Wave
Computer Modeling
Pat Fitzpatrick MULTICULTURAL ISSUES
GeoResources Institute
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Hurricanes
Mike Brown Mississippi State University
Geosciences Curriculum
Severe Weather, Precipitation, and Urban Linda Coats
Heat Islands Curriculum & Instruction
Grady Dixon
Geosciences - Distance Learning
MUSIC
MEXICO
Delta State University
20th Century Piano
Mississippi State University Karen Fosheim, Ph.D.
Traditional Dress of Mexico Associate Professor of Music
Phyllis Miller O: 662-846-4622
School of Human Sciences DSU Box 3256
kfosheim@deltastate.edu
Brass Ensembles
MIDDLE EAST Edward Bahr, Ph.D.
Professor of Music
O: 662-846-4607 H: 662-843-6141
The University of Mississippi Zeigel 107
Timothy W. Nordstrom ebahr@deltastate.edu
Political Science
662-915-7232
tnordstr@olemiss.edu
January 2007 46
Music
Barry Bays, B.M.E. Mississippi University for
Instructor in Music and Director of Blues Women
Band Music and Technology
O: 662-846-4620 H: 662-843-6505 History of Popular Music
Zeigel 207 Dr. Richard Montalto
bbays@deltastate.edu Professor of Music and Music Coordinator
O: 662-329-7203
Music Education H: 662-329-3606
Mark Butler, Ph.D. rmont@muw.edu
Professor of Music
O: 662-846-4619
DSU Box 3247 The University of Mississippi
mbutler@deltastate.edu Blues Music
Gregory Johnson
Piano Pedagogy Blues Curator
Donna Banks, Ph.D. 662-915-7753
Professor of Music gj1@olemiss.edu
O: 662-846-4123
DSU Box 3256 Blues Performer
sbanks@deltastate.edu Adam Gussow
English and Southern studies
Studio Voice 662-915-7333
David Schubert, Ph.D. agussow@olemiss.edu
Chair, Department of Music and Professor of
Music
O: 662-846-4606 H: 662-846-7412
The University of Southern
DSU Box 3256 Mississippi
schubert@deltastate.edu Lawrence M. Panella
Associate Professor of Music and Director of
Jazz Studies
Jackson State University M.M., Northern Illinois University
African-American Music 601.266.5543
Dr. Jimmie James lawrence.panella@usm.edu
601-979-2141
jimmie.james@jsums.edu
Mississippi State University MUTUAL FUNDS
Brass Chamber Music
Michael H. Huff
Music Education The University of Mississippi
Brass Pedagogy Mercer E. Bullard
Michael H. Huff Law
Music Education 662-915-6835
Brass Pedagogy: Trombone, Euphonium mbullard@olemiss.edu
Richard Human Jr.
Music Education
Brass Performance: Trombone
Richard Human Jr.
MYTHOLOGY
Music Education
Trumpet Performance
Michael H. Huff
Mississippi State University
The Superhero as Myth
Music Education
Kevin Donald Williams
Communication
January 2007 47
NATIVE AMERICANS NUTRITION
The University of Mississippi
Southern Tribes Delta State University
Robbie Ethridge Katherine Davis, Assistant Professor of
Southern Studies and Anthropology Family and Consumer Sciences
662-915-7317 O: 662-846-4316
rethridg@olemiss.edu DSU Box 3273
kdavis@deltastate.edu
NURSING Mississippi State University
Childhood and Adolescent Overweight
Brent Fountain
Delta State University Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
Nursing Community
Lizabeth Carlson, D.N.S. Brent Fountain
Acting Dean, School of Nursing and Associate Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
Professor of Nursing Popular Diets, Supplements, Weight Loss
O: 662-846-4265 H: 662-843-4265 Joseph Chromiak
DSU Box 3343 Department of Kinesiology
lcarlson@deltastate.edu
Nursing
The University of Mississippi
Laurel Lambert
Lisa Oswalt, M.S.N.
Dietetics
Instructor in Nursing
662-915-7807
O: 662-846-4259
lambertl@olemiss.edu
DSU Box 3343
loswalt@deltastate.edu
Teresa Carithers
Family and Consumer Sciences
The University of Southern 662-915-7371
Mississippi carither@olemiss.edu
Patsy Anderson
Associate Professor and RN-BSN Advisor
228-865-4517 OSTEOPOROSIS
Patsy.Anderson@usm.edu
Mary Louise Coyne
Professor of Nursing The University of Mississippi
228-865-4517 Mary Allison Ford
Mary.Coyne@usm.edu Health Promotion
662-915-5521
Katherine E. Nugent, director, School of ford@olemiss.edu
Nursing; Associate Dean, College of Health
601-266-6846
Katherine.Nugent@usm.edu
January 2007 48
Phil Hardwick
John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt
Uninhabited/Unmanned Air/Water/Land
OTHER Vehicles
Tony Vizzini
Aerospace Engineering
Mississippi State University
Herbicides
David R. Shaw PAIN MANAGEMENT
GeoResources Institute
History of Science, Technology, Medicine and
Agriculture The University of Mississippi
Alan Marcus Kenneth Sufka
History Psychology and Pharmacology
Industrial Statistical Quality Control and 662-915-7728
Process Monitoring pysufka@olemiss.edu
Joe Sullivan
Marketing/Quant Analysis/Bus Law
Insect Pests
Blake Layton PERSONALITY
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Instructional Technology
Patti Abraham Mississippi State University
Research Curriculum Unit Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Interpretation
Manufacturing Donna Carol Gainer
John M. Usher Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
Mick Hintz
School of Architecture
Mushrooms-fungi
PESTICIDES
Richard E. Baird
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Philanthropy, Charitable Giving Mississippi State University
Dennis A. Prescott Misc.
Vice President for External Affairs David R. Shaw
Philosophy GeoResources Institute
Michael R. Clifford
Philosophy & Religion
Photography
Wendy Karen Roussin
PHARMACY
Communication
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use
Tehnology The University of Mississippi
Burnette Hamil Barbara G. Wells
Curriculum & Instruction School of Pharmacy Dean
Spatial Technologies, Geospatial Technologies 662-915-7265
David R. Shaw wells@olemiss.edu
GeoResources Institute
Statistics, Biostatistics, Cancer Screening
Modelling
Dongfeng Wu
Mathematics & Statistics
Strategic Planning
January 2007 49
The University of Mississippi
Robert D. Brown
Political Science
PHYSICS 662-915-5901
psrbrown@olemiss.edu.
Mississippi State University
Misc. The University of Southern
Mark Novotny Mississippi
Physics & Astronomy
Joseph Parker
Teaching of Physics
Professor
Burnette Hamil
601-266-4310
Curriculum & Instruction
Joe.Parker@usm.edu Vita
Robert Press
PLANTS, PLANT Assistant Professor
601-266-4310
PATHOLOGY bob.press@usm.edu
Delta State University
Plant Biology POLITICAL SCIENCE/
John Tiftickjian, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
GAMING
O: 662-846-4246
DSU Box 3262
jtift@deltastate.edu The University of Southern
Mississippi
Mississippi State University Denise von Herrmann
General and Molecular Plant Virology Associate Professor and Department Chair of
Sead Sabanadzovic Political Science, International Development
Entomology and Plant Pathology and Affairs
Molecular Bacteriology 601-266-4310
Shien Lu Denise.vonherrman@usm.edu
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Mycology-Mushrooms-Fungi
Richard E. Baird
Entomology and Plant Pathology POLLUTION
POLITICS Mississippi State University
Air Quality and Water quality
Jerry Emison
Political Science and Public Adm
Delta State University Engineering and Management
Garry Jennings, Professor of Political Science Dennis Truax
O: 662-846-4107 Civil Engineering
DSU Box 3163 Spatial Distribution of Pollution and Human
Jennings@deltastate.edu Populations
Frank Howell
Mississippi State University Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
Misc. Waste Treatment
Keith Smith Mark Bricka
John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt Chemical Engineering
January 2007 50
Poultry Processing
Yvonne Thaxton
Poultry Science
Poultry Production
Timothy N. Chamblee PhD
POLYMER SCIENCE Poultry Science
Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Professor
Tim Cummings
The University of Southern CVM
Mississippi Pathobiology/Population Med Dep
Robert Lochhead
Professor of Polymer Science, School of
Polymers and High Performance Materials
(601)-266-5945 PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS
Robert.Lochhead@usm.edu
Marek Urban The University of Mississippi
Professor of Polymer Science, Director of the Barbara G. Wells
School of Polymers and High Performance School of Pharmacy Dean
Materials and Director of NSF (National 662-915-7265
Science Foundation) Materials Research wells@olemiss.edu
Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
and National Science Foundation
Industry/University Cooperative Research
Center (I/U CRC) in Coatings PSYCHOLOGY
(601)-266-6454
Marek.Urban@usm.edu
Mississippi State University
Assessment & Diagnosis
POP CULTURE Harrison D. Kane
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Creativity
Donna Carol Gainer
Mississippi State University Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Television as Indicator of Cultural Values Forensic Assessment
Kevin Donald Williams Harrison D. Kane
Communication Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
The Importance of Superheroes Media Psychology
Kevin Donald Williams Kevin Donald Williams
Communication Communication
Media Violence
Kevin Donald Williams
POULTRY Communication
Multicultural Issues in School Psychology
Harrison D. Kane
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Mississippi State University Neuropsychology
Avian Influenza Donna Carol Gainer
Yvonne Thaxton Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Poultry Science Neuropsychology & TBI
Chicken Litter Harrison D. Kane
Mark Bricka Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Chemical Engineering Perception & Sensation
Food qualty and safety Harrison D. Kane
Douglas L. Marshall Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo School-Based Interventions
Poultry Microbiololgy - Food Safety Harrison D. Kane
Yvonne Thaxton Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
Poultry Science
January 2007 51
The University of Southern
Mississippi
Stan A. Kuczaj
Professor and Chair, Department of
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Psychology
601-266- 4179 Delta State University
s.kuczaj@usm.edu Nancy Clark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater
O: 662-846-4075 H: 662-226-7076
PUBLIC HEALTH, RURAL DSU Box 3215
nclark@deltastate.edu
HEALTH
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University Misc.
Misc. John Forde APR
Troy C. Blanchard Communication
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk RADAR
Misc.
Erdem Topsakal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
PUBLIC POLICY
RACE RELATIONS, CIVIL
Delta State University RIGHTS
Residue Analysis and Environmental Public
Policy
Ernest Brothers, M.S.
Instructor in Chemistry and MAMP Site The University of Mississippi
Coordinator Susan M. Glisson, Director
O: 662-846-4496 H: 662-332-9227 William Winter Institute for Racial
DSU Box 3241 Reconciliation
ebrother@deltastate.edu 662-915-6727
glisson@olemiss.edu
Mississippi State University
Misc.
Keith Smith READING
John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt
Environmental Policy
Jerry Emison The University of Mississippi
Political Science and Public Adm Angela S. Raines
Public Process, Environmental Policy Curriculum and Instruction
Doug Goodman 662-915-7625
Political Science and Public Adm araines@olemiss.edu
PUBLIC RELATIONS RECYCLNG
Mississippi State University Mississippi State University
Misc.
Misc.
John Forde APR
Dennis Truax
Communication
Civil Engineering
January 2007 52
REMOTE SENSING RURAL ISSUES
Mississippi State University Mississippi State University
Misc. Misc.
David R. Shaw Keith Smith
GeoResources Institute John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt
Environmental and Natural Resources Migration, Health, and Other Population
Roger King Issues
Dean of Engineering Troy C. Blanchard
Image Analysis, Target Recognition, Feature Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
Extraction, Expert Systems Rural Communities, Demographic and
Lori M. Bruce Economic Patterns, Public Policy
Electrical and Computer Engineering Frank Howell
Precision Agriculture Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
Scott A. Samson
GeoResources Institute
The University of Mississippi SATELLITE IMAGING
Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz
Director, Remote Sensing and Space Law
Center The University of Mississippi
662-915-6877 Gregory Easson, Geology and Geological
jgabryno@olemiss.edu Engineering and Director, UM
Geoinformatics Center
Office 662-915-5995, home 662-238-2824
geasson@olemiss.edu
RESEARCH,
COMMERCIALIZATION SCHOOL, SCHOOL
VIOLENCE
The University of Southern
Mississippi (Administrative) Mississippi State University
Cecil Burge The Impact of the Media on Violence
Vice President for Research and Economic Kevin Donald Williams
Development Communication
601-266-5116
Cecil.Burge@usm.edu The University of Mississippi
Chester Quarles
Criminal Justice
RETIREMENT, PENSIONS 662-915-5413
cquarles@olemiss.edu
The University of Mississippi
Paul M. Secunda
Law
662-915-6858
psecunda@olemiss.edu
January 2007 53
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
SCIENCE
The University of Mississippi
Delta State University Fourth Amendment Issues
Joseph Bentley, Ph.D. Thomas Clancy, Director
Professor of Chemistry National Center for Justice and Rule of Law
O: 662-846-4482 662-915-6918
DSU Box 3262 tclancy@olemiss.edu
jbentley@deltastate.edu
Mississippi University for SECURITIES &
Women
Public Administration and Policy EXCHANGE
Dr. James D. Ward
Associate Professor of Political Science
O: 662-329-7173
The University of Mississippi
jward@muw.edu Mercer E. Bullard
Law
Dr. Lea Helen Evans 662-915-6835
Assistant Professor in the College of mbullard@olemiss.edu
Education and Human Sciences
O: 662-329-7274
H: 662-244-5776
lhevans@muw.edu
SEXUAL HARRASSMENT
ISSUES, POLICIES
Delta State University
SCIENCE AND Sally Paulson, Instructor in Speech
TECHNOLOGY/PHYSICS Communication
O: 662-846-4079
spaulson@deltastate.edu
The University of Southern
Mississippi Mississippi State University
Rex Gandy Sexual Assault
Dean of the College of Science and Leigh Jensen-Crawford
Technology, Professor in the Department of Vice President for Student Affairs
Physics and Astronomy
601-266-4883
Rex.Gandy@usm.edu
SHARKS
SCULPTURE The University of Mississippi
Glenn R. Parsons
Biology
Delta State University 662-915-7479
Ron Koehler, M.F.A. bygrp@olemiss.edu
Professor of Art
O: 662-846-4729 H: 662-846-6271
DSU Box D-2
rkoehler@deltastate.edu
January 2007 54
SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
IN BUSINESS
The University of Mississippi
Doug Gurley, State Director, Small Business
Development Center
The University of Southern
662-915-5001 Mississippi
wgurley@olemiss.edu Elizabeth LaFleur
Professor of Marketing
228-865-4505
Beth.LaFleur@usm.edu
SMALL TOWNS
Mississippi State University SOCIAL WORK/POST
Demographic and Economic Patterns
Frank Howell TRAUMATIC STRESS
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk DISORDER
Economic & Community Development
Phil Hardwick
John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt The University of Southern
Strategic Planning
Phil Hardwick
Mississippi
John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt Raymond M. Scurfield
Associate Professor
601-266-6218
raymond.scurfield@usm.edu
SOCIAL WORK
Delta State University SOCIOLOGY
Social Work and Service Learning
Alinda Sledge, M.S.W.
Chair, Department of Social Work and
Delta State University
Professor of Social Work Sociology of Community and Education
O: 662-846-4408 H: 662-843-3446 Albert Nylander, Ph.D.
DSU Box 3172 Chair, Division of Social Sciences
asledge@deltastate.edu O:662-846-4065 H: 662-846-7894
Kethley 205
anylandr@deltastate.edu
Jackson State University
Social Services Sociology of the Family and Political
Dr. Gwen Prater Sociology
601-432-6828 Mark Routman, Ph.D.
Gwendolyn.s.prater@jsums.edu Professor of Sociology
O: 662-846-4074 H: 662-843-4128
Kethley 203F
Mississippi State University mroutman@deltastate.edu
Ethics
Leigh Jensen-Crawford
Vice President for Student Affairs Mississippi State University
Mentally Ill Offenders and At-Risk Children Criminology, Deviance, and Social Control
Marian Swindell Peter Wood
Meridian Division of Arts & Science Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
January 2007 55
Social Demography, Inequality, and
Community
Troy C. Blanchard
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk SPECTROSCOPY
Social Inequality, Social Change,
Communities, Research Methods
Frank Howell Mississippi State University
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk Spectroscopy in Remote Sensing,
Hypespectral Imaging, Multispectral
Imaging, Automated Spectral Analysis
The University of Southern Lori M. Bruce
Mississippi Electrical and Computer Engineering
Amy Chasteen Miller
Associate Professor
601-266-4306
amy.Chasteen@usm.edu
SPEECH
Delta State University
SOUTH AMERICA Rhetorical Studies
Stephen King, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Speech Communication and
Delta State University Associate Professor of Speech
Mark Bonta, Assistant Professor of O: 662-846-4090
Geography Kethley 220E
O: 662-846-4096 sking@deltastate.edu
DSU Box 3264
mbonta@deltastate.edu
SPORTS
Mississippi State University
Food Systems, Research Institutions
Juan L. Silva Delta State University
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo Sports Medicine
Tim Colbert, M.S.
Director of Athletic Training Education
Program
SOUTHERN CULTURE O: 662-846-4280
DSU Box B-2
tcolbert@deltastate.edu
The University of Mississippi
Charles Reagan Wilson, Director
Center for the Study of Southern Culture Mississippi State University
662-915-5993 Intercollegiate Athletics, Fundraising,
crwilson@olemiss.edu Marketing, Arms Race, Public Relations,
Crisis Management, Diversity Efforts, Title
IX
Robert H. Zullo
SPACE LAW, WEAPONS Department of Kinesiology
Role of Sport in Society, Effects of Playing
The University of Mississippi Sports on Participants, College Sports
Frank Howell
Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, Director, Remote
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk
Sensing and Space Law Center
662-915-6877
jgabryno@olemiss.edu
January 2007 56
SPORTS MANAGEMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS,
AND EVENT SECURITY ENROLLMENT,
SCHOLARSHIPS
The University of Southern
Mississippi Delta State University
Wayne Blansett, Vice President for Student
Dr. Lou Marciani Affairs
Associate Professor of Sport Management; O: 662-846-4150
Director, School of Human Performance and DSU Box 3135
Recreation wblanset@deltastate.edu
601-266-5386
Lou.Marciani@usm.edu
The University of Southern
Mississippi (Administrative)
Joe Paul
STEROIDS Vice President for Student Affairs, Assistant
Professor
Mississippi State University 601-266-5020
Joe.Paul@usm.edu
Effects on the body, steroids and exercise,
health risks
Joseph Chromiak Eddie Holloway
Department of Kinesiology Dean of Students and Assistant Professor of
Psychology (Student Issues)
601-266-6028
Eddie.Holloway@usm.edu
STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT
STUDENT LIFE
The University of Southern
Mississippi Delta State University
Harold Doty Linda Ross, Director of H.L. Nowell Union
Dean of the College of Business and Professor O: 662-846-4666
of Management DSU Box A-2
(601) 266-4659 lross@deltastate.edu
Harold.Doty@usm.edu
Elise Lynn Ervin, Director, Housing
Residence Life
O: 662-846-4151
DSU Box B-3
STOCK MARKET elervin@deltastate.edu
The University of Mississippi Jackson State University
Rodney P. Malone Student Life and Services
Finance Marcus Chaney
662-915-5464 601-979-2329
pmalone@bus.olemiss.edu marcus.a.chanay@jsums.edu
Milan Walker
Business
662-915-7721
walkerm@bus.olemiss.edu
January 2007 57
STUTTERING TAXATION
Mississippi State University
The University of Mississippi Misc.
Gregory Snyder Keith Smith
Communicative Disorders John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt
662-915-1202 Charitable Tax Planning
gsnyder@olemiss.edu Dennis A. Prescott
Vice President for External Affairs
SUPREME COURT, U.S.
TAXES
The University of Mississippi Delta State University
Kyle Duncan Billy Morehead, ABD, M.Acc.
Law Chair, Division of Accountancy, CIS and
662-915-7361 Finance
kyled@olemiss.edu O: 662-846-4183
DSU Box 3222
Jack Nowlin wmorehed@deltastate.edu
Law
662-915-6855
jnowlin@olemiss.edu The University of Mississippi
Taxes
Tonya Flesher
Arthur Andersen Lecturer
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, Accountancy
662-915-5731
SUSTAINABLE actonya@olemiss.edu
DEVELOPMENT
Taxes, Law
Karen Green
Mississippi State University Law
Small Arms Training Range Design 662-915-6820
Mark Bricka kgreen@olemiss.edu
Chemical Engineering
TEACHING/LEARNING
SYMPHONY
Mississippi State University
The University of Southern Misc.
Leanne Long
Mississippi Research Curriculum Unit
Jay Dean 7-12 Technology Education; Web-Based
Director of Orchestral Activities and Learning
Professor of Music Renee' Gammill
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin Research Curriculum Unit
601-266-4001 Instructional Planning in 7-12 Classrooms
jay.dean@usm.edu Kay Brocato
Curriculum & Instruction
Positive Learning Environments/ Classroom
Management
January 2007 58
Kay Brocato
Curriculum & Instruction
Vocational/Workforce Education
Patti Abraham TRANSPORTATION
Research Curriculum Unit
Mississippi State University
The University of Mississippi Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic
Mississippi Teacher Corps Engineering, Intermodal Transportation,
Alternative Teacher Certification Optimizing Road Geometric Design, Highway
Germain McConnell Rail Grade Crossing, Evacuation Studies,
662-915-7382 Traffic Control And Signal Systems
eegm@olemiss.edu (Including Preemption And Priority)
Li Zhang
Civil Engineering
The University of Southern Transportation System Analysis, Traffic
Mississippi Modeling, Traffic Operations, Distributed
Teacher Education Traffic Simulation, Traffic Control
W. (Willie) Lee Pierce Algorithms, Operations Research and
Professor and Dean, College of Education and Dynamic Traffic Assignment
Psychology Work Zone Traffic Studies, Transportation
601-266-4568 Safety, GIS/GPS Application In
W.Pierce@usm.edu Transportation
Technology Education
Steve Yuen
Professor, Department of Technology TERROR, TERRORISM
Education
601-266-4670
Steve.Yuen@usm.edu
The University of Mississippi
Matthew Hall
Law
662-915-6853
THEATER mrhall@olemiss.edu
John M. Czarnetzky
Delta State University Law
David Dallas, Executive Director, Bolonga 662-915-6807
Performing Arts Center johnmc@olemiss.edu
O: 662-846-4625
DSU Box 3213 Ronald J. Rychlak
ddallas@deltastate.edu Law
662-915-6841
rrychlak@olemiss.edu
The University of Southern
Mississippi Chester Quarles
Louis Rackoff Criminal Justice
Department Chair /Associate Professor, 662-915-5413
Department of Theatre and Dance cquarles@olemiss.edu
601-266-4994
Louis.Rackoff@usm.edu Timothy W. Nordstrom
Political Science
662-915-7232
tnordstr@olemiss.edu
David McElreath
Legal Studies
662-915-1635
dhmcel@olemiss.edu
January 2007 59
Freshmen Retention, Orientation
Dr. Evelyn Leggette
601-979-2127
TREES eleggette@ccaix.jsums.edu
Undergraduate Developmental Programs
Mississippi State University Dr. Marie O’Banner-Jackson
Ornamental Horticulture 601-979-2127
Tricia Knight mjackson@jsums.edu
Coastal Research & Extension Center
UNITED NATIONS (U.N.)
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Delta State University The University of Mississippi
Garret Ross, Assistant Professor of John M. Czarnetzky
Management United Nations
O: 662-846-4237 Law
DSU Box 3275 johnmc@olemiss.edu
gross@deltastate.edu 662-915-6807
Ronald J. Rychlak
The University of Southern Law
Mississippi 662-915-6841
Cherylynn Becker rrychlak@olemiss.edu
Chair and Assistant Professor of Tourism
Management
601-266-6511
Cheri.Becker@usm.edu UNIVERSITY
ACCREDITATION
TURFGRASS The University of Southern
Mississippi (Administrative)
Mississippi State University Joan Exline
Lawns, Sod Production, Athletic turf Assistant to the President for Accreditation,
Wayne Wells Articulation and Planning
Plant and Soil Sciences 601-266-6525
Joan.Exline@usm.edu
UNDERGRADUATE
UNIVERSITY BUDGET
STUDIES
AND FINANCE
Jackson State University
Academic Honors, Advanced Education Delta State University
Dr. Maria Harvey Gregg Redlin, M.B.A.
601-979-2107 Vice President, Finance and Administration
mharvey@jsums.edu O: 662-846-4004
Kent Wyatt Hall 217
Admissions gredlin@deltastate.edu
Gloria Smith
601-432-6138
gloria.smith@jsums.edu
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The University of Southern
Mississippi (Administrative)
Joe Morgan VIOLENCE
Chief Financial Officer
601-266-5005
J.Morgan@usm.edu Mississippi State University
Media Violence's Impact on Viewers
Kevin Donald Williams
Communication
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Television/Film and Violence
Kevin Donald Williams
Communication
Mississippi State University Video Games and Violence
Misc. Kevin Donald Williams
Keith Smith Communication
John C. Stennis - Institute of Govt
City Planning
Jerry Emison
Political Science and Public Adm VIRAL DISEASES,
Rural-urban Fringe, Land-use Patterns and
Conflicts
IMMUNIOLOGY
Frank Howell
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk The University of Southern
Mississippi
Bobby L. Middlebrooks
VEGETABLES Professor of Biological Sciences
601-266-4755
bobby.middlebrooks@usm.edu
Mississippi State University
Postharvest, Processing, Products, Quality,
Safety
Juan L. Silva VOCATIONAL
Food Sci Nutrition Hlth Promo
Production, Soils, Organics, Fertility,
REHABILITATION
Varieties, New Crops
Bill Evans Mississippi State University
Truck Crops Branch Exp Station
Disability, Employment, Social Change
Charles Palmer
Counselor Education & Ed Psychology
VETERINARY MEDICINE Vocational Rehabilitation
J. Elton Moore
RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision
Mississippi State University
Companion Animal
Mark Russak
CVM Clinical Science Department
WATER
Informatics and Public Health
Stanley Robertson Mississippi State University
CVM Office of Special Programs
Drinking Water Production
Dennis Truax
Civil Engineering
Drinking Water Treatment and Sampling
Mark Bricka
Chemical Engineering
Freshwater Ecosystem Management
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Todd Tietjen
FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries
Surface Water Protection
Dennis Truax WEIGHT CONTROL
Civil Engineering
Water Quality, Environmental Justice,
Spatial Statistics The University of Mississippi
Frank Howell Scott Owens
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Wk Health
Water Resources, Runoff Water, Surface 662-915-5527
Water, Groundwater, Water Policy sgowens@olemiss.edu
David R. Shaw
GeoResources Institute Mark Loftin
Health, Exercise Science and Recreation
Management
662-915-5526
WATERFOWL mloftin@olemiss.edu
Kathy Knight
Mississippi State University Family and Consumer Science
Misc. 662-915-5277
Rick Kaminski kknight@olemiss.edu
FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries
WEATHER WETLAND ECOLOGY
AND MANAGEMENT
Mississippi State University
Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Mississippi State University
Weather, Forecasting, Atmosphere and Wave Invasive Aquatic Plants
Computer Modeling John D. Madsen
Pat Fitzpatrick GeoResources Institute
GeoResources Institute Wetland Plant Ecology
Gary N. Ervin
Biological Sciences
WEEDS
WILDLIFE
Mississippi State University
Aquatic Plants Delta State University
John D. Madsen, Wildlife Management
GeoResources Institute Jeff Duguay, Ph.D.
Detection and Monitoring of Weeds via Assistant Professor of Wildlife
Remote Sensing, Detection of Weeds in O: 662-846-4242
Imagery of Agricultural Scenes, Detection of Caylor 138
Invasive Weeds in Remotely Sensed Images jduguay@deltastate.edu
(Satellite and Airborne Images)
Lori M. Bruce
Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University
Weed Science Black Bear
David R. Shaw Bruce Leopold
GeoResources Institute FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries
Coyotes
Bruce Leopold
FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries
Foxes
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Bruce Leopold
FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries
Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Bruce Leopold
FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries WOMEN LEADERS
Predators and Predation
Bruce Leopold
FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries The University of Southern
Raccoon Mississippi
Bruce Leopold
Susan Mallon Ross
FWRC - Wildlife and Fisheries
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
Snakes, Amphibians, Reptiles
228-867-2633
Tom Holder
Susan.M.Ross@usm.edu
Biological Sciences
WORKFORCE
WOMEN, WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT
ISSUES
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University Lemond Irvin
In United States: Elections and Judiciary Research Curriculum Unit
Diane E. Wall
Political Science and Public Adm
WORKFORCE
The University of Mississippi EDUCATION AND GED
Women’s Health
Mary Allison Ford
Health Promotion Mississippi State University
662-915-5521 James H. Adams
ford@olemiss.edu Instructional Syst & Workforce Development
Women’s Issues
Mary C. Carruth, Director
Isom Center for Women WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
662-915-5916
carruth@olemiss.edu
The University of Mississippi
The University of Southern Fred J. Dorn
Business
Mississippi 662-915-1569
Jeanne Gillespie fjdorn@bus.olemiss.edu
Associate Professor of Spanish and
Portuguese, Asociate Dean of College of Arts
and Letters
601-266-4964 or 601-266-4315 WRITING
Jeanne.Gillespie@usm.edu
Mississippi State University
Writing
Linda Irby
Writing/Thinking Institute
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YOUTH
Mississippi State University
FFA Programs
Kirk Swortzel
School of Human Sciences Risky Behaviors
ZOOLOGY
Delta State University
Zoology
Barry Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
O: 662-846-4252 H: 662-843-7455
DSU Box 3262
bcampbel@deltastate.edu
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