Experts for the media by topic
Accounting
Aging
Anxiety
Autism
Business
Career Development
Chemistry-Physics
Child Abuse and Neglect
Areas of expertise:
child welfare, child abuse and neglect, sibling abuse, school social work, family violence, social policy issues, family relationships, parent-child relationships, marital relationships, community-based research, bullying, school violence, conflict resolution, anti-violence education
Communicative Disorders
Consumer Culture
Dance
Depression
Diversity
Areas of expertise:
study abroad, intercultural learning, preparing students to function effectively in global society
Areas of expertise:
race and ethnicity, Asian Americans, education topics (especially higher education)
Areas of expertise:
female body dissatisfaction (wrote book on subject), female beauty, how women are portrayed in the media
Divorce
Areas of expertise:
child welfare, child abuse and neglect, sibling abuse, school social work, family violence, social policy issues, family relationships, parent-child relationships, marital relationships, community-based research, bullying, school violence, conflict resolution, anti-violence education
Education Issues
Areas of expertise:
Autism Spectrum Disorder, early language and literacy, child communicative disorders
Areas of expertise:
race and ethnicity, Asian Americans, education topics (especially higher education)
Areas of expertise:
elections and voting behavior, women and politics, politics of legalized gambling, lotteries/gambling funding education, morality and social policy
Areas of expertise:
child welfare, child abuse and neglect, sibling abuse, school social work, family violence, social policy issues, family relationships, parent-child relationships, marital relationships, community-based research, bullying, school violence, conflict resolution, anti-violence education
Violence and Stalking
Areas of expertise:
child welfare, child abuse and neglect, sibling abuse, school social work, family violence, social policy issues, family relationships, parent-child relationships, marital relationships, community-based research, bullying, school violence, conflict resolution, anti-violence education
Finance-Investing
Foreign Affairs
Areas of expertise:
U.S. foreign policy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, immigration, Latin America, Middle East
Gambling
Health Issues
Areas of expertise:
nursing, critical care nursing, cardiovascular nursing, women and cardiovascular disease, nursing research, nursing leadership/management, leadership
Areas of expertise:
nursing shortage, nursing burnout, nursing education, published extensively in the areas of obesity, pregnancy, perinatal loss and mothering
History
Areas of expertise:
American history, religious history, American religion, specifically American Protestant evangelicals and evangelical missions
Lottery
Personal Relationships
Areas of expertise:
child welfare, child abuse and neglect, sibling abuse, school social work, family violence, social policy issues, family relationships, parent-child relationships, marital relationships, community-based research, bullying, school violence, conflict resolution, anti-violence education
Social and News Media
Areas of expertise:
Mass media and gender (particularly masculinity in American media culture), consumer culture, hyper-consumption
Areas of expertise:
female body dissatisfaction (wrote book on subject), female beauty, how women are portrayed in the media
Mental Health
Music
Nurses-Nursing
Areas of expertise:
nursing, critical care nursing, cardiovascular nursing, women and cardiovascular disease, nursing research, nursing leadership/management, leadership
Areas of expertise:
nursing shortage, nursing burnout, nursing education, published extensively in the areas of obesity, pregnancy, perinatal loss and mothering
Politics
Areas of expertise:
American democracy, law, the presidency, constitution, civil liberties, public administration
Areas of expertise:
U.S. foreign policy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, immigration, Latin America, Middle East
Pop Culture
Areas of expertise:
Mass media and gender (particularly masculinity in American media culture), consumer culture, hyper-consumption
Areas of expertise:
female body dissatisfaction (wrote book on subject), female beauty, how women are portrayed in the media
Areas of expertise:
classical vocal music and opera, vocal diction, has spoken to who the best singers are on American Idol
Psychology
Areas of expertise:
stereotyping and prejudice, media, gender, race/ethnicity, social class, public’s fascination with reality television, standardized testing, rape myths, rape blame
Areas of expertise:
clinical psychology, therapy, brain injury, anxiety (co-authored book on subject), post traumatic stress disorder, sexual assault, stress, anxiety disorders, learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder, neuropsychology, psychotherapy and rehabilitation, depression
Religion-Spirituality
Social Work and Gerontology
Areas of expertise:
child welfare, child abuse and neglect, sibling abuse, school social work, family violence, social policy issues, family relationships, parent-child relationships, marital relationships, community-based research, bullying, school violence, conflict resolution, anti-violence education
Study Abroad
Taxes
Theatre
Gender and Womens Studies
Areas of expertise:
stereotyping and prejudice, media, gender, race/ethnicity, social class, public’s fascination with reality television, standardized testing, rape myths, rape blame