A Guide to Faculty/Staff Media Sources and Speakers
UW-Eau Claire's Experts Directory provides an online list of campus experts who can comment to the media on various topics and issues and who may be willing to speak to service and professional groups.
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| Carney, Michael | Teaching: guided inquiry, collaborative learning, science writing heuristic. Chemistry: inorganic chemistry, industrial chemical processes, catalysis, plastics, polymers, polymer synthesis, polymer properties, sustainable polymers, renewable polymers, polymer recycling. Strategic partnerships: workforce innovation, economic development, external partnerships and collaborations, strategic alignment, academic program development. |
| Crothers, Mickey | Topics related to clinical psychology; mental health and mental illness; trauma; grief and bereavement; life-threatening illness; skills for coping with anxiety and depression; strengthening relationships; communication skills; positive psychology; burnout among mental health professionals. Keywords: psychology; mental health; mental illness; trauma; PTSD; posttraumatic stress; grief; bereavement; life-threatening illness; coping skills; anxiety; depression; communication; relationships; positive psychology; burnout.
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| DaCosta, Maria | Pacific Asia economic issues, China's economic reform |
| Evans, Matthew | Campus expert in the use of student response systems (clickers). Also teaches a distance running class to students and community members culminating in the running of a half or full marathon.
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| Jewell, Matt | Superconducting materials and magnets; failure analysis; economic development; small business innovative research grants. Keywords: metallurgy, superconductors, fracture.
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| Leibham, Mary Beth | Educational and developmental psychology. Research interests focus broadly on child and adolescent development, and more specifically on academic motivation, parent involvement/over-parenting, classroom anxiety, and teacher and peer attitudes toward students with disabilities. Teaches courses in child psychology, adolescent development, educational psychology and exceptional children. Able to provide suggestions for helping families and children continue to develop the social and emotional skills necessary for navigating the current challenges of social distancing and school closures due to COVID-19.
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| Majstorovic, Steven | ethnicity: conflict, politics, identity (Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, Balkans, United States, Africa, Asia); conflict resolution; Eastern and Western European politics; Russian politics |
| Mann, John W.W. | American Indian history, history of the American West, public history, historic preservation |
| Markgraf, Jill | Academic library leadership and administration, library advocacy, library science, information literacy, applied improvisation (using elements of improv in professional development), open educational resources (OER) and scholarly publishing, copyright. |
| Matthews, Douglas B. | Alcohol use and misuse; adolescent substance use; substance use in the aged population; faculty-student collaborative research. Keywords: alcohol; cannabis.
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| McEllistrem, Laurel | Materials and chemical analysis and characterization of bulk and trace components; materials failure analysis, outreach to industrial clients needing access to university facilities and expertise. |
| Meiers, Sonja | Family health and family nursing; the influence of the health experience on and with families; how family health influences individual health and the influence of individual health on family health; family as a social determinant of health; and community-based participatory research methods. Keywords: nursing; substance use disorder; chronic illness; international nursing; family nursing; and family health.
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| Miller, Robin | Fake news, information literacy, digital literacy, research, government documents, and assessment of student learning. Keywords: library, libraries.
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| Miller, Jessica S. | France, French, linguistics, pronunciation, multilingualism, bilingualism, academic integrity, translators, proficiency, language acquisition. |
| Mitchell, Nora | plant evolution and hybridization, botany, population genetics, phylogenetics, biodiversity. Keywords: plants, hybridization, evolution, botany, population genetics, phylogenetics. |
| Muehlenkamp, Jennifer | suicide, self-injury, therapy (dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing), clinical psychology |
| Sipress, Mort | election campaigns in the USA today; voter suppression or protection against fraud in the USA. Keywords: elections, voting.
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| Wiggins, Matthew | sport and exercise psychology, exercise and cancer recovery |