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EMU's media relations staff will respond to reporter queries as quickly as possible and help to facilitate interviews with faculty and staff regarding their areas of expertise. Contact marketing@emu.edu or 540-432-4211 with questions and for further assistance.

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David Berry

Assistant Professor, Music

Expert in:

Music and meaning
Career in the arts
Faith and art

David Brubaker

Dean, School of Social Sciences and Professions

Expert in:

Organizational change
Mediation and consulting
Organizational leadership

Steve Cessna

Professor of Biochemistry

Expert in:

plants
science education
undergraduate college student retention
biomolecules (proteins, enzymes, DNA, fat, carbs, fibers, scents and pigments)
Plants and other organisms responses to extreme environments

A. Kate Clark

Assistant Professor, Nursing

Expert in:

Community/Public Health Nursing
Immigrant/Refugee Health
Community Health Workers

Stefano Colafranceschi

Assistant Professor, Math Sciences

Expert in:

Technology
Energy
Space Exploration
Software

Jayne Docherty

Executive Director CJP

Expert in:

Curriculum for peace & justice education
Negotiation -- including anything related to Waco negotiations (it does still come up)
CJP

Deanna Durham

Assistant Professor, Applied Social Sciences

Expert in:

RacIal history and my whiteness
Intersectionality, race, gender, class
Gender in the 21st century
Multiple narratives in the Shenandoah Valley

Kathy Evans

Associate Professor, Education

Expert in:

Restorative Justice in Education (RJE)
School Discipline/Pipeline to Prison
Student Engagement and Motivation
Justice and Equity in Education
Special Education

Marci Frederick

Library Director, Library

Expert in:

the place of computer algorithms in our society (also related to social justice)
preaching

Ryan Good

Assistant Professor, Applied Social Sciences

Expert in:

Community development
Urban geography
Geography of race and poverty
Schools and communities
Neighborhood politics and identity

Doug Graber Neufeld

Professor, Biology

Expert in:

Climate Change, Effects on communities in Africa
Climate Change, Anabaptist perspectives
Water Quality in the Shenandoah Valley
Providing clean water in Kenya

Julia Halterman

Assistant Professor of Biology

Expert in:

Anatomy
Physiology
Molecular Biology
Professional health careers

Nancy Heisey

Professor, Bible and Religion

Expert in:

How we got the Bible
New Testament book studies
Early Christian conflicts and what we can learn from them
Early Christian models of faithfulness: martyrdom, monasticism, miracles

Jenni Holsinger

Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Applied Social Sciences

Expert in:

Racial/ethnic segregation
Environmental issues in urban contexts

Steven Johnson

Professor, Visual and Communication Arts

Expert in:

Conservation and Nature Photography
Vernal pools and photography
Salamanders and photography
Underwater photography in rivers, streams and pools

Tara Kishbaugh

Dean, School of Science, Engineering, Art and Nursing

Expert in:

Chemistry
Sociocultural nature of teaching and learning
Mentoring

Leah Kratz

Department of Business and Leadership

Expert in:

Accounting

Jim Leaman

Associate Professor, Business and Economics

Expert in:

Ecological Economics
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Sustainable Housing
Climate Change & Renewable Energy

Joohyun Lee

Assistant Professor, Business & Leadership

Expert in:

Recreation Management
Sport Management
Marketing

Katie Mansfield

STAR Trainer

Expert in:

Trauma Awareness and Resilience
Arts-Based, Embodied Learning

Margo McIntire

Program Coordinator, Leadership & Organizational Management Program

Expert in:

Certified MBTI Facilitator

Andrew Miller

Instructor, Business and Leadership

Expert in:

Leadership
Followership
Strategy of Human Capital
Goal Assessment
Organizational Culture

Gloria Rhodes

Associate Professor, Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

Expert in:

Community and Conflict Analysis
Conflict Competency for Leaders
Conflict Resolution/Conflict Transformation
Peacebuilding Practice
Mennonite perspectives on Peace and Justice

Kristopher Schmidt

Assistant Professor of Biology

Expert in:

Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Immunology

Timothy Seidel

Assistant Professor, Applied Social Sciences

Expert in:

politics, peacebuilding, and development
nonviolence and resistance
Middle East studies (Palestine-Israel focus)
postcolonial and critical theory
interfaith engagement

Matthew Siderhurst

Professor, Chemistry

Expert in:

Insects
Agriculture
Organic chemistry
Invasive species
Coffee

Cathy Smeltzer Erb

Professor, Teacher Education

Expert in:

Teaching and Learning
Teacher Development
Self Care for Teachers
Instructional Strategies
Equitable Instruction

Carolyn Stauffer

Associate Professor, Applied Social Sciences

Expert in:

Sexual Harm
Domestic Violence
GBV and IPV Trauma
Identity and Sexual Violence

Paul Yoder

Assistant Professor, Education

Expert in:

Professional calling, faith and vocation
Addressing the teacher shortage
Teaching immigrant students

Jim Yoder

Professor, Biology

Expert in:

Ecology/Conservation Biology
Stream restoration
Indigenous cultures and sustainability
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