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Dr. Marcia Harrison, MU-ADVANCE PI
Professor, Biological Science
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Dr. Harrison is a plant biologist interested in the
effect of environmental stress on plant growth. She
is the former director of the WV State
Science and Engineering Fair and is interested in
supporting all levels of student research.
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Dr. Beverly C. Delidow, MU-ADVANCE Co-PI
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
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 Dr.
Delidow, award winner of The Marshall University
Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award for Junior
Faculty, is a prominent researcher and dedicated
professor in an area of Cancer Biology, and
Neuroscience and Developmental Biology. As a cluster
Coordinator in the Cancer Biology discipline, she
encourages and supervises students for further
research in the field.
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Dr. Elizabeth Murray, MU-ADVANCE Co-PI
Associate Professor, Integrated Science and
Technology
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 Dr. Murray has diverse research interests, including
genetics of endangered species, human genetics
polymorphisms, Arsenic damage to DNA, and DNA aptamers. Dr. Murray promotes
development in the Biotechnology emphasis and
major, and implemented the
introductory course to DNA Cloning at Marshall.
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Dr. Judith A.
Silver, MU-ADVANCE Co-PI
Professor,
Department of Mathematics
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 Dr.
Silver works to improve recruitment strategies to increase the number of STEM
female faculty at Marshall. She contributes to the development
of mathematics teacher education and learning
through a variety of K-12 Math initiatives projects
which include Project MERIT; SEMS
Scholars: A GAME plan for Appalachian Student
Success
and WvEB algebra.
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Dr. Shari Clarke
MU-ADVANCE Administrative
Partner
Vice President, Multicultural Affairs |
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Clarke joined Marshall in June 2008, after
serving as the Associate Vice President for Student
Affairs at Temple University in Philadelphia.
She has an extensive background in encouraging and
promoting diversity in higher education. Dr.
Clarke plans to use her expertise in diversity to
help MU-ADVANCE seek ways to broaden the applicant
pools and to encourage diversity within the faculty
at Marshall.
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Dr. Michelle Douglas
MU-ADVANCE Administrative Partner, Director, Equity Program
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Dr. Michelle Douglas
joined
Marshall as the new Director of Equity Programs in
July 2007. Dr. Douglas was the Director of Cultural
Diversity and Student Activities at the Ashland
Community and Technical College in Ashland,
Kentucky. Dr. Douglas will help MU-ADVANCE continue
the Program’s efforts to encourage search committees
to be equitable and diverse in choosing candidates.
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Dr. Jan I. Fox
MU-ADVANCE
Administrative Partner, Vice President,
Information Technology/Chief Information Officer |
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 Dr. Fox has been making strong
efforts to implement and promote technology in
postsecondary education, Internet2, promotion of
Online College Courses in High School, distance
learning, the state's economic development, the
advancement of a rural health care system, and has
led numerous grant-funded projects on using
information and computing to improve the quality of
education and research in lives of West Virginians.
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Dr. Frances Hensley
MU-ADVANCE Administrative
Partner,
Associate Vice President for Academic
Affairs
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 Dr.
Hensley supervises quality enhancement of curriculum and instruction
in the following areas: the Center for the Advancement of Teaching
and Learning; the Center for Academic Excellence; the Center for
International Programs; University College; the Marshall Plan for
Enhanced Undergraduate Education, the Associate Dean’s Council, and
all academic reporting to the Higher Education Policy Commission of
West Virginia. She also serves as the liaison for eight
undergraduate colleges, providing service to approximately 13,000
students and 400 faculty.
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Ms. Denise Hogsett, MU-ADVANCE Administrative
Partner,
Director of Career Services
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 Denise
Hogsett will facilitate the services provided by the
Dual Career Services Program. Ms. Hogsett has an
M.S. in Communication Disorders and an Executive
M.B.A., both from Marshall University. She has
experience working in human resources, managemen,
and marketing and is dedicated to improving the
recruitment efforts at MU.
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Dr. John Maher, MU-ADVANCE Administrative
Partner,
Vice President for Research
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 Dr. John Maher is the former Director of the
Chemical Alliance Zone, Inc., a nonprofit
organization dedicated to continuing the existence
of the chemical industry in Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam
and Wayne counties. In this role, Dr. Maher was in
charge of economic development. Dr. Maher
contributes to the MU-ADVANCE Faculty Development
Initiatives as the MURC representative to advise us
on research and grant issues.
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Dr. Gayle Ormiston
Provost and Senior Vice President
for Academic Affairs
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 Dr.
Gayle Ormiston was appointed as the new Provost and
Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs in August
2008. Dr. Ormiston served as the Associate
Provost at Kent State for six year, handling Faculty
Affairs and Curriculum. In this role, he was
in charge of many aspects of faculty affairs,
including evaluating and implementing policies and
practices. Dr. Ormiston's experience working
with faculty affairs will help drive the initiatives
of the MU-ADVANCE Program.
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Dr. Sherri
Smith
MU-ADVANCE Administrative Partner,
Executive Director, CATL
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 Dr. Sherri Smith is Executive Director of the Center for
Teaching and Learning (CTL). Dr. Smith is no
stranger to faculty development, as she started the
Service Learning Program at Marshall in 2002. She is
also an Associate Professor of English and Women's
Studies at Marshall. Dr. Smith will help MU-ADVANCE
continue the Program's efforts to enhance faculty
development.
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Heidi Williams
MU-ADVANCE
Program Coordinator
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 Prior to becoming the Program Coordinator for
MU-ADVANCE, Ms. Williams served as the Program
Assistant for the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR). During her four years
in this role, she gained valuable insight as to how
grants are administered.
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College of
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Dr. Tina Cartwright, West Virginia State Climatologist
Assistant Professor, Education
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Dr. Cartwright is an Assistant Professor in the
School of Education. As the 2009 recipient of the
Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia Fellowship Award,
Dr. Cartwright will examine how after school science
programs benefit minority and female students.
She investigates relevant weather and
climate research issues important to the state of
West Virginia. As a member of the
Governor’s Commission on Graduate Studies in STEM,
Dr. Cartwright advocates graduate studies in the
STEM disciplines.
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College of Information
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Dr. Betsy Dulin,
College of Information Technology and Engineering
Professor of Engineering
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Dr. Dulin served as the Dean of the College of Information
and Technology (CITE) from 2002-2006 and again from
2008-2011, taking
a brief hiatus to work at a law firm in Charleston,
WV. In the Summer 2011, Dr. Dulin stepped down
as Dean to redirect her efforts as a full-time
faculty member.
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Dr. Hyoil Han,
College of Information Technology and Engineering
Associate
Professor of Computer Science
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Dr. Han joined
CITE as an Associate Professor of Computer Science
in 2011. Her research areas include developing
algorithms and systems for web semantics, text/data
mining and management, biomedical and healthcare
informatics, and information assurance and security
in distributed computing environments. Her
research focuses on developing theories and building
intelligent systems to 1) understand,
mine, and manage unconventional data types, and 2)
integrate/interchange information securely and
seamlessly for heterogeneous data sources for
semantic interoperabiltiy. Dr. Han currently
teaches Computer Science 1, Algorithm Analysis and
Design, and Senior Project.
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Dr. Kimberly DeTardo-Bora
Associate Professor, Department
of Criminal Justice
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 Dr. DeTardo-Bora
joined the
Department of Criminal Justice in 1999. Since
her arrival, she has taught numerous courses,
including Advanced Criminological Theory, and has
garnered $60,000 in grant funding. Dr. DeTardo-Bora's research
contributions have pertained to campus security
webpages, domestic violence, media depictions of
criminal justice professional women, and much more. More
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Dr.
Angela D. Crews
Professor, Department of Criminal Justice |
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 Dr.
Angela Crews joined MU's Criminal Justice Department
as an Associate Professor. She is currently
writing a book on juvenile delinquency and violence
in the U.S. while also teaching Introduction to
Corrections and Applied Ethics at the undergraduate
level and Criminal Justice Planning at the graduate
level. More information...
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Dr. Kristi Fondren
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology |
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Fondren's research focuses on gender, culture,
environment, and sports/leisure/recreation.
She examines how long-distance hikers develop a
"subculture of place," where ideologies and
practices are combined with strong attachments to
their environment. She also researches how
athletic recruitment can impact the identity of
educational institutions. More information...
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Dr. Donna Sullivan
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
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As a Social Gerontologist, Dr. Sullivan’s current
research explores the productive activities of
seniors. Specifically, she focuses on how the internet
plays a role in their social interaction through
their use of social networking communities.
Her latest activity, the OWL Project, seeks to
initiate a dialog about life and aging between
different generations of Marshall students.
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Dr.
April Fugett-Fuller
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology |
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Dr. April Fugett-Fuller is an Assistant
Professor in the
Department of Psychology at Marshall. Dr. Fugett-Fuller's research interests include reading,
spelling, semantic memory, learning, implicit
memory, psycholinguistics, language processing,
sentence processing, and neighborhood density.
She is currently teaching Psychometrics,
Experimental Psychology, and Behavioral Statistics.
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Dr. Marianna Footo-Linz,
MU-ADVANCE
Mentor, Professor, Department of Psychology |
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Marianna Footo-Linz is a Professor of Psychology and
is the Program Coordinator of the Psy.D. Program at
Marshall. In this role, she is responsible for
a variety of tasks, including student recruitment
and practicum placements. She also serves as a
mentor for Dr. Wendy Williams, a MU-ADVANCE Faculty
Fellow. Dr. Footo-Linz meets weekly with Dr.
Williams to help her navigate through the duties and
procedures of being a junior faculty member.
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Dr. Paige Muellerleile
Assistant Professor, Department
of Psychology
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Dr. Muellerleile's research interests involve understanding people’s
judgments and decision-making processes.
Since joining Marshall University in 2006, she has taught Health Psychology,
Intermediate Statistics, Clinical Research Methods,
Psychometrics, and Psychology of Women and Gender.
Dr. Muellerleile is committed to undergraduate
research serving on several research committees.
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Dr. Jennifer Tiano
Assistant Professor, Department
of Psychology
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 Dr.
Jennifer Tiano is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Psychology. Prior to coming to
Marshall, she was an Assistant Professor of
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at the WVU School
of Medicine, Charleston Division. Her research
employs Parent-Child Interaction Thearapy (PCIT) to
decrease disruptive child behaviors and to improve
parenting skills in Appalachia. Currently, Dr.
Tiano teaches Abnormal Psychology and Personality
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Dr. Anita Walz
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
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Dr. Walz was hired in 2003 as
the department's physical geographer. Her
research interests include landscape ecology,
environmental geography and issues of climate change
all of which are heavily dependent on Geographic
Information System (GIS) and remote sensing tools.
She teaches courses in physical and
environmental geography.
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Dr. Maria Babiuc,
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
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Dr.
Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton,
an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Physics and Physical Sciences,
was awarded a NSF grant for the project “Precise
Computation of Gravitational Waves at Infinity: The
Cauchy-Characteristic Approach.” Her research
involves the development of methods for solving
Einstein equations numerically in a full 3D code to
simulate black hole evolution and to compute the
gravitational waveform emitted by a binary system.
She teaches both undergraduate and graduate Physics
courses. More
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Dr. Xiaojuan "Judy" Fan
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Physical Science |
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Dr.
Xiaojuan "Judy" Fan is an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Physics and Physical Science.
Prior to coming to Marshall, Dr. Fan was a Research
Specialist at the University of California at Santa
Cruz. Her research interests include
photovoltaics and photocatalysis; nanoporous
structure and nanotechnology; and chemical sensing
and biomaterial detection. Currently, Dr. Fan
teaches Conceptual Physics and General Physics. More
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Dr. Nicola “Nicki” LoCascio
Associate Professor, Department of
Biological Sciences
Assistant Director for the Society
of Yeager Scholars |
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 Dr. LoCascio’s research in Science Education
focuses on teaching methodologies, laboratory
experience, and student assessment at the post
secondary level. She monitors curriculum
effectiveness and chairs the the department's
assessment committee. Dr. LoCascio teaches
Principles of Biology, Principles of Genetics and
the Capstone Experience for college seniors. Dr.
LoCascio is the Assistant Director for the Society
of Yeager Scholars.
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Dr. Huong Nguyen
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
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 Dr.
Huong Nguyen is a theoretical physicist who researches quantum
dots, low dimensional systems, and the structures
and physical properties of solids in solid state.
She is also an active researcher of nanophysics and
condensed matter theory. Dr. Nguyen joined the
Department of Physics in 2005, where she currently
teaches Solid State Physics, Electromagnetism, and
Thermodynamics. More information...
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Dr. Elizabeth Niese
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
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 Dr. Elizabeth Niese
has joined the
Department of Mathematics as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Niese’s research area is algebraic combinatorics, for
which she applies combinatorial tools to study algebraic
objects. Her work focuses on symmetric functions,
which lie at the intersection of combinatorics and
representation theory. These functions have
applications, not only to many branches of mathematics,
but also to statistics and quantum physics. One of
Dr. Niese’s goals is to use combinatorics to find and prove
useful factorizations of some of these functions.
Dr. Niese currently teaches Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1.
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Dr. Suzanne Strait,
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
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Dr. Suzanne Strait is currently developing an online
museum of 3D models of Paleocene Eocene fossils,
with funds garnered from the National Science
Foundation. Dr. Strait has led many expeditions to
Wyoming, offering students a chance to experience
field research firsthand.
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Dr. Wendy Trzyna,
Associate
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
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 Dr.
Wendy Trzyna is a microbiologist in the Department of Biological
Sciences. Her research interests include
investigating how
Acanthamoeba,
a single celled eukaryotic microbe, sense and
respond at the molecular level to stress in the
environment. Of particular interest are specific
genes and signaling pathways involved in stress
responses as well as whole genome analyses of
amoebae from diverse environments. She currently
teaches Microbial Genetics.
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Dr. Leslie Frost
Professor, Department of Chemistry |
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Leslie Frost is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Chemistry. Her research focuses
on the use of biological mass spectrometry for the
identification and analysis of peptides and
proteins. Dr. Frost currently teaches
Introduction to Biochemistry, lecture and lab, and
Modern Instrument Methods, at both the undergraduate
and graduate level. More information...
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Dr. Nadja Spitzer
Post-doctoral Associate, Biological Sciences
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 Dr. Nadja Spitzer is
a Post-doctoral Associate in the Department of
Biological Sciences. Her research interests include
the development of cell therapies for disorders of
the nervous system and molecular neurophysiology.
Dr. Spitzer works with Dr. Elmer Price developing
a novel type of adult derived stem cell to
potentially apply to neurobiological disorder
therapies. She currently teaches Human Physiology
and spearheaded the recent Brain Expo held at MU.
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Dr. Bin Wang,
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department
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 Dr. Bin Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department.
She is a biochemist and a specialist in nanobiotechnology.
Her research focuses on RNA structure analysis,
with several interests including the fabrication of
micro-total analysis system to conduct RNA
study, the determination of RNA structure by single
molecule approaches, and the engineering of RNA as
cargo to deliver drugs to target positions within
cells. She is currently involved with teaching
Introduction to Analytical Chemistry laboratory.
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Dr. Laura McCunn
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department
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 Dr. Laura McCunn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at
Marshall. Dr. McCunn’s research interests include the structure,
reactivity, and spectral properties of radicals. She will begin
teaching Principles of Chemistry and its associated lab in the Fall,
and Introduction to Physical Chemistry in the Spring.
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Dr. Bonita Lawrence
Professor, Department of Mathematics |
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 Dr.
Bonita Lawrence, a professor in the Department
of Mathematics, has spent the last several years
research and developing a Differential Analyzer
(DA). The goal of the DA is to improve the
teaching and learning of mathematics. The
project, now complete, involved a research team of
undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and
two mentors. Dr. Lawrence is currently
creating a kit so that high school students can
build their own DA.
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Dr. Anna Mummert
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics |
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Dr. Anna Mummert is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Mathematics. Her research interests
involve smooth dynamical systems, AMS/MOS
classification 37C.
Dr. Mummert is currently teaching Concepts
and Applications of Mathematics and Concepts and
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Dr. Karen Mitchell
Professor, Department of Mathematics |
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Dr.
Karen Mitchell is a Professor in the
Department of Mathematics and a long time advocate
for strengthening math education statewide.
Dr. Mitchell designs innovative methods and
curricula that help teachers at all levels better
educate WV students in Math. Dr. Mitchell currently teaches
Trigonometry, Math Methods and Materials, and the
special topics course the History of Mathematics. She is Chair of the committee
that established the Academic Festival at MU. More information...
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Dr.Evelyn Pupplo-Cody
Professor, Department of Mathematics |
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 Dr.
Evelyn Pupplo-Cody is a professor in, and the
undergraduate advisor for, the Department of
Mathematics. In response to the attrition
rates among STEM students, Dr. Pupplo-Cody is
designing a course to improve student success rates
in advanced mathematical courses. This 8-week
course will focus on mathematical deficiencies among
students who have failed or withdrawn from advanced
Mathematics courses. A pilot course will be
offered during the Fall 2009 semester.
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Dr. Piyali Dasgupta
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology
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 Dr. Piyali Dasgupta's research
examines the effects of nicotine (the active
component of cigarettes) in regulating cellular
responses, such as programmed cell death and cell
growth, in the context of lung cancer. She is
currently
teaching Lung Physiology. More
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Dr. Elaine Hardman
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
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Dr. Elaine Hardman is an Associate Professor of
Biochemistry and Microbiology at the Joan C. Edwards
School of Medicine, and is a research member
of the Nutrition and Cancer Center. She
recently received a grant from the Department of
Defense Breast Cancer Research Program to study the
effects of omega-3 fatty acids on breast cancer
development. Dr. Hardman will present some of
her research as part of the Women's Studies
Colloquium Series on Friday, February 18, from
12-1:00 p.m. in 402 Drinko Library. More information...
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Dr. Susan Jackman
Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
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Dr.
Jackman studies how the immune system communicates
with the body by molecules called cytokines. Disturbances in this communication may
contribute to inappropriate immune responses,
including autoimmunity.
We have found that gene therapy with the
cytokine, interleukin-7, can suppress autoimmune
skin lesions in a mouse model.
In a second area of study, we are
investigating how the bacteria,
Streptococcus
agalactiae, which can cause life-threatening
infections in the neonatal period, is able to
recognize the human cytokine, interleukin-6, and
respond by increasing its expression of
stress/virulence genes.
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Dr. Jung Han Kim
Assistant Professor,
Pharmacology, Physiology, and Toxicology
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 Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Pharmacology, Physiology, and Toxicology at the Joan
C. Edwards School of Medicine. Prior to coming to
Marshall, Dr. Kim was an Assistant Professor of
Nutrition at the University of Tennessee.
Her research examines the molecular basis of an obesity
susceptibility gene,
tabw2,
derived from the TALLYHO mouse model. This model may lead to the
discovery of cellular regulatory pathways to control
obesity.
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Dr. Elsa I. Mangiarua
Professor, Physiology
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Dr. Mangiarua studies oxidative stress in
obesity-associated hypertension and sciatic nerve
compartments associated with the complications of
diabetes.
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Dr. Nalini Santanam
Associate Professor, Pharmacology
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 Dr. Santanam is
a lipid biochemist with interest in Free Radical
Biology. Her research focus is the role of oxidative
stress in chronic diseases. She has ongoing projects
to study the role of oxidative stress in
cardiovascular disease, obesity/diabetes,
endometriosis and cancer.
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Dr. Maria Serrat
Assistant Professor,
Anatomy and Pathology |
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Maria Serrat is an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Anatomy and Pathology.
Her research focuses on the evolution and
plasticity of the mammalian postcranial
skeleton. Her current work investigates
environmental inputs on bone elongation,
specifically how temperature and physical activity
affect limb lengthening. Dr. Serrat is currently
teaching Clinical Gross Anatomy and Embryology at
the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.
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