WILLIAM WALKER (844-5771; walkewf@mail.auburn.edu) Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Chief academic officer, responsible for development, maintenance and interpretation of university academic standards; chairs Promotion and Tenure Committee and Curriculum Committee, which involves monitoring development of university's programs of instruction.
WAYNE ALDERMAN (844-4030; waldermn@business.auburn. edu) Dean, Business. Former head, School of Accountancy; can speak on auditing and financial reporting.
SARAH STANWICK (844-6205; sstanwik@business.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Accountancy. Developed standards for businesses to account for environmental expenditures and investments.
RICHARD TABOR (844-5340; rtabor@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor and Director, Accountancy. Qualified to speak on all general aspects of accounting.
(Also see Taxes, Business)
ART CHAPPELKA (844-1047; cappel@forestry.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Forestry. Works with acid rain project.
GRAEME LOCKABY (844-1054; lockabg@mail.auburn.edu) Alumni Professor, Forestry. Heads AU research team studying effects of acid rain and other pollutants on Alabama's pine forests. Has conducted controlled tests at campus experiment station as part of 13-state study by U.S. Forest Service.
(Also see Environment, Forestry and Water Pollution.)
DANIEL LaROCQUE (844-6616/887-7106; larocd@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Theatre. A professional actor since 1981 with membership in Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists; can speak on acting in theatre, film and television.
(Also see Theatre.)
JAMES GOLSON (844-6428; golsojp@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Vice President, Enrollment Management. Can give statistical information on enrollment/admission issues at AU.
ALEXANDER VAZSONYI (844-4091; vazsonyi@humsci.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies. Studies adolescent development and problem behaviors, delinquent behavior and delinquency. While at the University of Arizona, he directed a violence prevention evaluation study on 4,500 elementary school children.
(See Children/Childcare.)
AVERY ABERNETHY (844-2458/887-3514; avery@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Marketing. Can speak on marketing, advertising, public relations, couponing, sales promotion, personal selling, general marketing and management.
MICHAEL LATOUR (844-2462/821-5655; mlatour@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Marketing. Can speak on wide range of advertising issues, including emotionally arousing advertising.
HERBERT ROTFELD (844-2459/ 826-8535; rotfeld@business.auburn.edu) Professor, Marketing. Can discuss advertising, business regulation and higher education.
(Also see Marketing.)
RONALD BARRETT (844-4874/821-8775; rbarrett@eng.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering. Has developed and successfully flown first completely solid-state model aircraft that does not need traditional wing flaps and other moving parts for guidance. Plane uses adaptive materials capable of reshaping themselves in flight.
(See Space)
DEBRA ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT (844-4794; armstde@mail.auburn.edu) Executive Director, AU Office of Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity.
(Also see African-American Issues and Discrimination.)
ANTHONY GADZEY (844-5370; gadzeat@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Political Science. Expert in political economy of sub-Sahara Africa.
JAMES C. BROWN (844-4184; brownjc@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant to the President/Minority Advancement. Can speak on wide range of minority issues, including student/faculty/staff recruitment and retainment.
KEENAN GRENELL (844-6151; grenekd@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Political Science and ROBERT HEBERT (844-2927; heberrf@mail.auburn.edu) Russell Foundation Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Economics. Co-founded program in 1993 to help minority small businesses be competitive. Each year, the African-American Entrepreneurship Summit brings together nationally respected businessmen, successful small business entrepreneurs and academicians to strengthen minority businesses.
(Also see Affirmative Action and Discrimination.)
MARY BURKHART (844-5165; maryb@uce.auburn.edu) Associate Director, Outreach Program Office. State Elderhostel director. Provides administrative support to Auburn University Academy of Lifelong Learners (AUALL).
TIN-MAN LAU (844-2364; lautinm@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Industrial Design, and BRET SMITH (844-2364; smithbh@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Industrial Design. Specialize in design of products and living environments for the elderly.
(Also see Health/Health Care and Housing/Interiors.)
JOHN ADRIAN (844/5625; jadrian@ag.auburn.edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Can speak on agribusiness management and land values.
JAMES BAIER (844-3552; jwbaier@eng.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Agricultural Engineering. Can speak on irrigation design and methane collection from landfills.
CONNER BAILEY (844-5632/826-6844; cbailey@ag.auburn.edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Researches problems of renewable resource management with special reference to tropical fisheries and coastal resource systems.
HOWARD CLONTS (844-4132/887-3919; hclonts@ag.auburn.edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Specializes in research in natural resource use and development; economics of water use in aquaculture, hunting, recreation and tourism development.
WILLIAM GOODMAN (844-5633/896-2680; wgoodman@acenet.auburn.edu) Extension Economist and Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Specializes in natural resource economics.
CURTIS JOLLY (844-5613/705-8607; cjolly@ag.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics. Authority on African markets and Caribbean development.
LAVAUGHN JOHNSON (844-5602/821-6757; jljohnso@ag.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Well-versed in all aspects of farm economy, agricultural finance and farm policy.
ROBERT NELSON (844-5621/745-2348; rnelson@ag.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Can speak on risk and risk perceptions in agriculture; economics of aquaculture.
C. ROBERT TAYLOR (844-5606/887-6078; rtaylor@ag.auburn.edu) Alfa/Alabama Farm Bureau Eminent Scholar in Agriculture and Public Policy. Co-author of The Economics of Production; developed computer model used by USDA to analyze impact of policy changes on agricultural economy.
(Also see Agriculture and Fisheries.)
JOHN BLAKE (844-2640; jblake@acesag.auburn.edu) Associate Professor and Extension Poultry Scientist, Poultry Science. Can speak on international agriculture, ostrich and emu production, poultry science careers, poultry nutrition and poultry production.
DAVID BRANSBY (844-3935; dbransby@acesag.auburn.edu) Alumni Professor, Agronomy and Soils. Authority on bioenergy, biofuels, energy crops, global climate changes and crop variety testing.
ROBERT EBEL (844-3012; rcebel@acesag.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Horticulture. Can speak on problems related to fruit tree industry.
DALLAS HARTZOG (334/693-2010; dhartzog@acesag.auburn.edu) Extension Agronomist, Agronomy and Soils. Can speak on peanut production and trends.
JEFFREY HIGGINS (844-3977; jhiggins@acesag.auburn.edu) Turfgrass Specialist, Agronomy. Authority on turfgrass management, weed control and disease control.
DAVID HIMELRICK (844-3042/742-9939; dhimelrl@acenet.auburn.edu) Professor, Horticulture. Expert in commercial and home fruit production.
LAVAUGHN JOHNSON (844-5602/205-825-5824; jljohson@acesag.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Can speak on a variety of agricultural policy issues.
CURTIS JOLLY (844-5613/705-0089; cjolly@acesag.auburn.edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Can speak on international trade of agriculture and the marketing of agricultural products in developing countries.
ROY ROBERSON (844-4877; rroberso@ag.auburn.edu) Assistant Director and Head of Research Information, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. Can identify specialties and credentials of all agricultural researchers.
DENNIS SHANNON (844-3963; dshannon@acesag.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Agronomy and Soils. Can speak on soil conservation and cropping. He coordinates research activities with AU and Haiti and has worked for AU in Haiti, the Congo and Nigeria.
ROBERT VOITLE (844-3204; rvoitle@ag.auburn.edu) Associate Dean, Agriculture. Can discuss enrollment and employment trends in agriculture.
JOHN WILHOIT (844-3574; jwilhoit@eng.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Agricultural Engineering. Excellent source of information on land application of organic solid wastes such as poultry litter, animal logging and agricultural machine design and operation and low capital timber harvesting alternatives.
(Also see Agricultural Economics, Animal and Dairy Science, Botany, Crops/Crop Management, Fisheries and Horticulture.)
JOHN ADRIAN (844/5625; jadrian@ag.auburn.edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Can speak on agribusiness management and land values.
JAMES BAIER (844-3552; jwbaier@eng.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Agricultural Engineering. Can speak on irrigation design and methane collection from landfills.
CONNER BAILEY (844-5632/826-6844; cbailey@ag.auburn. edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Researches problems of renewable resource management with special reference to tropical fisheries and coastal resource systems.
HOWARD CLONTS (844-4132/887-3919; hclonts@ag.auburn. edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology; specializes in research in natural resource use and development: economics of water use in aquaculture, hunting, recreation and tourism development.
WILLIAM GOODMAN (844-5633/896-2680; wgoodman@acenet.auburn.edu) Extension economist and associate Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Specializes in natural resource economics.
CURTIS JOLLY (844-5613/705-8607; cjolly@ag.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics. Authority on African markets and Caribbean development.
LAVAUGHN JOHNSON (844-5602/821-6757; jljohnso@ag. auburn.edu) Professor and head of Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Well-versed in all aspects of farm economy, agricultural finance and farm policy.
ROBERT NELSON (844-5621/745-2348; rnelson@ag.auburn. edu) Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics. Can speak on risk and risk perceptions in agriculture; economics of aquaculture.
C. ROBERT TAYLOR (844-5606/887-6078; rtaylor@ag.auburn.edu) Alfa/Alabama Farm Bureau Eminent Scholar in Agriculture and Public Policy. Co-author of The Economics of Production; developed computer model used by U.S. Department of Agriculture to analyze impact of policy changes on agricultural economy.
(Also see Agriculture and Fisheries.)
(See Soils.)
RICHARD WEISS (844-2666/826-1832; weissrc@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Pathobiology, Scott-Ritchey Research Laboratories in College of Veterinary Medicine. Researches leukemia virus in cats, which has similarities to the AIDS virus in humans.
(Also see Disease, Drugs/Drug Therapy and Health/Health Care.)
(See Aviation)
WAYNE FLYNT (844-6650/821-5825) Distinguished University Professor, History. Author of books on state's economic development, social history of South and history of city of Montgomery; considered top expert on Southern history, culture and education reform.
BERT HITCHCOCK JR. (844-9058/821-3180; hitchwb@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, English. Authority on Alabama authors.
JAMES LONG (844-2911/826-6490; jlong@business.auburn.edu) Professor, Economics. Has testified before Congressional committee in support of a flat tax; author of several books; well-versed on Alabama's state tax reform efforts.
(Also see History, South and Literature.)
ROBERT CHAMBERS (844-4827/821-0762; chambers@eng.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Chemical Engineering. Research specializes in novel technology for rapidly lowering alcohol-potential for countering DUI problems.
JALIE TUCKER (844-4412; tuckeja@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Psychology, and RUDOLPH VUCHINICH (844-6493/826-6835; vuchire@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Psychology. Studying with support from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse environmental factors that cause some alcoholics to seek help while enabling others to successfully recover without treatment.
(Also see Disease, Drugs/Drug Therapy and Health/Health Care.)
ROLAND DUTE (844-1646; roland.r.dute@ag.auburn.edu) Professor, Botany and Microbiology. Pollen expert.
(Also see Disease and Health/Health Care.)
ROBERT KEITH (844-3273; rkeith@humsci.auburn.edu) Professor, Nutrition and Food Science. Studied steroid-using weight lifters in Alabama and Georgia and says the drug is easy to obtain. A good source on fitness in general.
MICHAEL REINKE (844-8347/826-3397; reinckm@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Clinical Pharmacy. Director of Drug Information Services; his studies reveal psychological side effects of steroid use are more common than physical side effects.
(Also see Drugs/Drug Therapy and Health/Health Care.)
WERNER BERGEN, (844-1523/502-4826; wbergen@acesag.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Animal and Dairy Sciences. Can speak on biotechnology in animal agriculture, agriculture in general and animal agriculture.
DALE COLEMAN (844-1512/257-3554; dcoleman@ag.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Animal and Dairy Sciences. Works in reproductive livestock management.
KEITH CUMMINS (844-1510; kcummins@acesag.auburn.edu) Professor, Animal and Dairy Science. Can speak on dairy productions, animal nutrition, dog nutrition, animal rights and animal warfare.
CYNTHIA ANN MCCALL (844-1556; cmccall@ads.auburn.edu) Extension Specialist and Associate Professor, Animal and Dairy Science. Expert on horse management, production, behavior and training; and domestic animal behavior.
RUSSELL BRIAN MUNTIFERING (844-1533; rmuntife@acesag.auburn.edu) Professor, Animal and Dairy Sciences. Can speak on animal nutrition, nutritional ecology and nutritional biochemistry.
LISA KRIESE-ANDERSON (844-1561; lkriese@acesag.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor and Extension Animal Scientist, Animal and Dairy Sciences. Can speak on beef cattle breeding and beef cattle ultrasound.
TIMOTHY OSBORN (844-1547/826-0133; tosborn@ag.auburn. edu) Instructor, Animal and Dairy Science. Specializes in livestock selection and evaluation and animal nutrition, namely ruminants.
JERRY VAN DYKE (844-1564; jvandyke@acesag.auburn.edu) Associate Professor and Extension Animal Scientist, Animal and Dairy Sciences. Can speak on beef cattle.
(Also see Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.)
BRUCE LEDFORD (844-4460; ledfobr@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership & Technology. Teaches courses in educational technology; applies expertise to producing television documentaries on Appalachian craftsmen and artists, primarily in North Carolina, for PBS and other venues. Also an authority on subliminal persuasion.
(See Fisheries.)
ROBERT ADERHOLDT (844-5384/821-4868; aderhrw@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Building Science. Has done studies on how to make buildings more energy efficient.
GAINES BLACKWELL (844-4516/821-9038; blackgt@mail.auburn.edu) Alumni Professor, Architecture. Able to discuss history of architecture and interiors; relationship between designers and builders; English country architecture.
REBECCA BURLESON (844-5385; burlerc@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Building Science. Authority on construction labor utilization and training, and labor and employment issues in construction.
BRIAN LAHAIE (844-5448/887-6418; lahaibj@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Architecture. Specializes in landscape architecture; use of native plants in landscape and computers in landscape design; can also discuss environmental ethics; consultant to Alabama Department of Transportation.
NORBERT LECHNER (844-5378/821-4484; lechnnm@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Building Science. Expert on energy-efficient buildings; solar building design and lighting.
CLARK LUNDELL (844-2369/821-5399; lundece@mail.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Industrial Design. Overall expert on concept, design and feasibility of product design. A registered architect, he can also talk about the future of design and the evolution of the basilican church architecture form.
SAMUEL MOCKBEE (334-624-4484/601-859-7538; mockbsa@mail.auburn.edu) Professor and Director, AU's Rural Studio in Greensboro, Ala. Mockbee has directed AU students at the Hale County studio since it was established in 1993. Each quarter architecture students learn the 'how-to' of architecture while helping indigent Alabamians. Students have built homes for the elderly, made repairs to hundreds of homes for safer living conditions for residents, built playgrounds and even designed and built a chapel from recycled tires.
BEHZAD NAKHJAVAN (844-5441; nakhjbb@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Architecture. Authority on moderate income housing and lighting.
D.K. RUTH (844-4285/821-9860; ruthden@mail.auburn.edu) Interim Dean and Professor, Architecture. Able to discuss building design by topic; financial institutions, residential, medical; also specializes in renovation and restoration. Also co-founded AU's Rural Design Studio in Greensboro, Ala., which sends AU architecture students for one quarter to impoverished area to build houses, repair homes for the needy.
JACK WILLIAMS (844-6757; willi44@mail.auburn.edu) Professor and Chair, Landscape Architecture. Can speak on landscape architecture, urban design and affordable housing.
PAUL ZORR (844-5435; zorrpau@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Architecture. Able to discuss architectural detailing; high-rise buildings.
(Also see Aging, Design, Construction and Housing.)
MARK GRAHAM (844-3377; grahamm@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Art. Can speak on ancient civilizations, art theory and criticism, ancient American art and archeology and pre-Colombian art of Mexico.
MARILYN LAUFER (844-4373; laufema@mail.auburn.edu) Adjunct faculty, Art. Can speak on 20th century American art and photography and museums of the next century.
DOUGLAS OLSON (844-3374/887-7470; olsondj@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Art. Can speak on fine art and photography of the American West and American Civil War.
MARK PRICE (844-3391/749-5408; pricems@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Art. For more than 20 years, his work has appeared in selected exhibitions. Can speak on fine arts in general, the representation of the human figure in paint, photography and drawing and Chicago artist and Alabama native artist Roger Brown. Well versed in aspects of contemporary art and issue of censorship in arts.
CONNER BAILEY (844-5632)/826-6844; cbailey@ag.auburn.edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Specializes in current events and social change in Southeast Asia.
See Geology.
MICHAEL BOZACK (844-4264/749-5163; bozack@physics.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Physics. Knowledge of astronomy and experience in operation of large astronomical observatory.
J.M. WERSINGER (844-4223/887-9547; wersing@magneto.physics.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Physics. Knowledge of astronomy.
JAMES GUNDLACH (844-4031/257-4178; gundljh@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Sociology. Has conducted study of relationship between home team losses and increases in violence in NFL cities.
DAVID HOUSEL (844-4750/887-7618; houseda@mail.auburn.edu) Director, Athletics Department. Former sports information director and still an excellent source on AU athletics and history of athletics.
SANDRA NEWKIRK (84491452/749-4986; newkisb@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance. Served as AU's Women's Athletic Director (1967-74); Women's Intramural Director (1966-75) and first Volleyball Coach (1967-80). Can speak on the start of women's athletics at AU.
KENT PARTRIDGE (844-9800/826-1034; partrjk@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Athletics Director for sports media relations.
BETTY DEMENT (844-1134/821-9388; dement@alumni.auburn.edu) Associate Vice President, Alumni, Development and University Relations.
MIKE JERNIGAN (844-1163/821-8625; jernigan@alumni.auburn.edu) Editor, Auburn Magazine. Also can talk about Auburn's "License to Learn" specialty car tag program for scholarships.
HENRY BURDG (844-4659; hburdg@business.auburn.edu) Director, Auburn Technical Assistance Center. Expert on airports, airport planning and business management.
ROBERT JAKEMAN (844-6634; jakemrj@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, History. Expert on World War II flight training at Tuskegee; role of archives and history in society.
DAVID LEWIS (844-4360/826-2041; lewiswd@mail.auburn.edu) Distinguished University Professor, History. Head of aviation history section. Author of two books and other works on aviation history. Considered an expert on World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker.
STEPHEN MCFARLAND (844-6640/821-8789; mcfarsl@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, History. An on camera source for history of flight series on cable TV's Discover Channel; has also written extensively on aviation history.
ROBERT RIPLEY, (844-6845/821-1826; rripley@eng.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering. Primarily interested in major airlines and airline operations management as well as regional airline operations and management. Particularly interested in aviation and aerospace law. Can also discuss aviation human factor areas, cockpit resource management and crew interaction.
WILLIAM TRIMBLE (844-6636/887-7373; trimbwf@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, History. Authority on early days of naval aircraft industry.
(Also see Technology, History of.)
(See Business)
L. PAUL WAGGONER (844-5325; waggolp@mail.auburn.edu) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Biological Detection Systems. Major research areas include canine olfactory detection, psychophysics and experimental analysis of behavior. Can speak on canine detection, sensory systems and explosive and drug detection.
DANIEL PARSONS (844-8336/887-3760; parsodl@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Pharmacal Sciences, or WILLIAM RAVIS (844-4037/887-9921; raviswr@mail.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Pharmacal Sciences. Extensive testing of compound that could replace blood during times of critical need, such as war.
(Also see Disease, Drugs/Drug Therapy, Health/Healthcare and Pharmacy.)
WILLIAM BUSKIST (844-6491; buskiwf@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Psychology. Authority on personal interactions, including body language.
(Also see Psychology.)
ROBERT BOYD (844-1626; boydrob@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Botany/Microbiology. Has studied effect of clear-cutting on endangered species for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; also consults on projects dealing with rare plants.
ALFRED BROWN (844-1661/887-5201; abrown@ag.auburn.edu) Professor and Chair, Botany/Microbiology. Consultant in microbiology to several major corporations.
ROLAND DUTE (844-1646; roland.r.dute@ag.auburn.edu) Professor, Botany/Microbiology. Studies premature flower loss in soybeans, which can affect yield of crop important in Alabama.
ROBERT LOCY (844-1623/887-2898; locyrob@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Botany/Microbiology. Director, Cell Science Center. Has testified before Congress on water preservation issues.
BRENT NIELSEN (844-1671/742-9259; nielsbl@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Botany/Microbiology. Research specializes in plant genetic engineering and biological nitrogen fixation.
NARENDRA SINGH (844-1667; singhna@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Botany-Microbiology. Has conducted research and published articles on genetics of tobacco plant.
(Also see Agriculture and Horticulture.)
WAYNE ALDERMAN (844-4030; alderman@business.auburn.edu) SouthTrust Professor and Dean, Business. Can speak on auditing, financial accounting, accounting information systems as well as broad range business and business education topics.
RICHARD AULT (844-2919/821-2071; rault@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Economics. Teaches price theory courses and researches how government policy affects economy.
JAMES BARTH (844-5344; jbarth@business.auburn.edu) Professor and Lowder Eminent Scholar in Finance. One of nation's top experts on financial institutions; former chief economist for federal Office of Thrift Supervision, the government agency that oversees the savings and loan industry; well-versed on S&L and banking problems; widely quoted by national media and frequently testifies before Congress.
HENRY BURDG (844-4659/821-5052; hburdg@business.auburn.edu) Director, Auburn Technical Assistance Center. Outreach unit contracts with business and industry in providing technical and management assistance; also can speak on airport development.
HOUSTON H. CARR (844-6522; houston@business.auburn.edu) Professor, Management. Author of two books on management concepts - The Management of Telecommunications and The Management of End User Computing and has 21 years experience in developing computer-based and telecommunications (voice, e-mail, data, networks) systems.
KERMIT DAVIS (844-6510; davis@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Management. Can speak on employee compensation, employee selection and organizational utility of human resource management.
ROBERT EKELUND (844-2929/821-1404; rekelund@business. auburn.edu) Professor and Lowder Eminent Scholar in Economics. Author of several books, including Economics, which has been adopted as a text at several major universities; can discuss a wide range of economic topics, including government regulation of business and trade; expert on cable television industry.
ROGER GARRISON (844-2920/826-7416; rgarrisn@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Economics. Says stock market crash of 1987 could happen again with underlying cause federal budget deficit problem no closer to being resolved.
HUGH GUFFEY (844-2475; hguffey@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Marketing. Authority on business matters.
JAMES HARRIS (844-2454; jharris@auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Marketing. Authority on business ethics. Well-versed on ethical issues in business.
STANLEY HARRIS (844-6519; harris@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Management. Has conducted research on evolving changes in company loyalty by and to employees in today's business climate.
ROBERT HEBERT (844-2927/887-8787; rhebert@business.auburn.edu) Russell Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Economics. Conducts studies of entrepreneurs and trends in new business creation; heads AU Entrepreneur-in-Residence program. He also co-established AU's African American Entrepreneurship Summit and can discuss the status of black-owned businesses in Alabama.
JOHN JAHERA (844-5344/887-7968; jjahera@business.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Finance. Extensive research on takeovers; has done major research on effects of anti-takeover laws on value of stocks.
DAVID KASERMAN (844-4910/826-3833; dkasermn@business.auburn.edu) Torchmark Professor, Economics. Expert on utility regulation, especially telecommunications industry; has testified before numerous state utility regulatory agencies; can also direct reporters to authorities in various branches of economics.
KIM KUERTEN (844-4853; kuerten@business.auburn.edu) Assistant Director, MBA program. Can speak on entrepreneurship and MBA programs.
JAMES LONG (844-2911/826-6490; jlong@business.auburn.edu) Professor, Economics. Has testified before Congressional committee in support of a flat tax; author of several books; well-versed on Alabama's state tax reform efforts.
ROBERT NIEBUHR (844-4071; niebuhr@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor and Head, Management. Can speak on corporate strategy, leadership and sexual harassment.
WILLIAM PUGH (844-3009; bpugh@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Finance. Economic planner for then-Gov. Bob Graham of Florida from 1982-85; knowledgeable in government and business finance.
CHETAN SANKAR (844-6504; sankacs@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Management. Can speak on engineering and telecommunications management.
CHARLES SNYDER (844-6515/821-9773; synder@business.auburn.edu) Professor, Management. Specializes in information systems and technology; computer-based systems; telecommunications; executive information systems; and information resource management.
(Also see Agricultural Economics, Accounting, Business Technology, Economics, International Business, Labor Relations and Tourism.)
ROBERT EKELUND (844-2929/821-1404; rekelund@business. auburn.edu) Professor and Lowder Eminent Scholar in Economics. Expert on regulation of the cable TV industry.
(Also see Television.)
WILLIAM BRAWNER (844-5045/821-2184; brawnwr@vetmed. auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Radiology. Uses radiology on large and small animals in treatment of cancer; involved in wide range of work with small animals; veterinary radiology program is most extensive in Southeast.
RALPH HENDERSON (844-4690/821-1581; hendera@vetmed. auburn.edu) Professor, Small Animal Surgery and Medicine. Using experimental hyperthermia treatment to attack tumors with localized heat.
WAYNE FLYNT (844-6633/821-5825) Distinguished University Professor, History. Has researched link between cancer and poverty in Deep South.
(Also see Disease, Drugs/Drug Therapy, Health/Health Care, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine and Radon Gas.)
(See Population)
EUGENE CLOTHIAUX (844-4253/821-3190; clothej@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Physics and CHARLES NEELY (844-6960/887-9065; neelywc@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Chemistry. Key players in major Army contract to study chemical warfare.
VINCE CAMMARATA (844-6962/826-8843; cammavi@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Chemistry. Has conducted solar energy research; specialty and research interests include thin films, electrochemistry and analytical chemistry.
HOWARD HARGIS (844-4043/887-9087; hargijh@mail.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Chemistry. Can direct reporters to appropriate faculty experts.
PETER LIVANT (844-6949/887-9717; livanpd@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Chemistry. Conducted research for Comprehensive Cancer Center of Medical Center at University of Alabama Birmingham; interested in investigation of protein structures; including research in area of oxygenated steroids.
GERMAN MILLS (844-6974; millsge@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Chemistry. Specializes in preparation and characterization of quantum size particles including photocatalysis, ultrasound induced chemistry and radiation chemistry.
CURTIS SHANNON (844-6964; cshannon@ducvax.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Chemistry. Specializes in vibrational spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy and electrochemistry.
S.D. WORLEY (844-6980/821-4528; worlesd@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Chemistry. Former research chemist for NASA and Office for Naval Research; research interest and specializes in water purification and disinfection, catalyst and surface chemistry.
MARILYN BRADBARD (844-4151/821-2207; mbradbar@humsci.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Human Development and Family Studies. Nationally recognized expert on daycare issues; has conducted numerous studies on children's daycare and on working mothers.
MONA EL-SHEIKH (844-6490; elshemm@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Psychology. Can speak on the effects of marital conflict and anger on children.
SAREEN GROPPER (844-3271; sgropper@humsci.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science. Studies nutritional issues affecting infants and pregnant women; has evaluated various foods to determine which are best for infants with the genetic disorders of phenylketonuria and galactosemia.
JUDITH LECHNER (844-3053/821-4484; lechnjv@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Education. Can speak on children's literature; multicultural literature; non-fiction, especially science literature for children.
JACQUELYN MIZE (844-3232; mizejac@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies. Studies focus on children's peer relationships and social skill training with preschool children; also studies parent-child relationships and children's well-being.
MARILYN READ (844-1334; mread@humsci.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Consumer Affairs. Owns an interior design firm for residential and commercial spaces, she can speak on space and gender issues as well as children's physical environments.
STEPHEN SANDERS, (844-1471; sandesw@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance. Can speak on young children and physical education. Author of the book, Designing Preschool Movement Programs, and has conducted research on developmentally appropriate physical education practices for children.
LINDA SILVERN (844-4696; lsilvern@humsci.auburn.edu) Director, AU's Early Learning Center, and Instructor, Human Development and Family Studies. Can speak on literacy development in preschool and curriculum development.
CHARLOTTE SUTTON (844-6507; csutton@business.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Management. Has conducted studies on company on-site child care and its impact on employees.
ALEXANDER VAZSONYI (844-4091; vazsonyi@humsci.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies. Studies adolescent development and problem behaviors, delinquent behavior and delinquency. While at the University of Arizona, he directed a violence prevention evaluation study on 4,500 elementary school children.
(Also see Women/Women's Issues and Family Issues.)
PAUL JUNGNICKEL (844-8358; jungnpw@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Dean, Pharmacy. Major research areas include drug therapy for cholesterol and educational issues in pharmacy. He can also speak on cholesterol management, cardiac risk prevention, stomach ulcers and pharmacy education.
RAY HACKETT (844-4460; hackera@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology. A former private college vice president; teaches courses drawn from experience in finance and administration.
SUSAN BRINSON (844-2762; brinssl@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Communication. Expert on media law, history of radio and media history.
MARY HELEN BROWN (844-2727; brownm8@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor and Chair, Communication. Good overall source on communication issues; can point reporters to faculty experts in department.
SUSAN FILLIPPELI (844-2751/821-2819; fillise@mail.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Communication. Can speak on political communication, especially political debates and political advertising; role of media in politics; and commentary on speeches and addresses.
GEORGE PLASKETES (844-2760; plaskgm@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Communication. An authority on pop culture and popular music, written several books on Elvis. Teaches radio and television courses.
RIC SMITH, (844-2757; smithrw@mail.auburn.edu) Instructor, Communication. Adviser, Eagle Eye, AU's student-operated campus newscast; and to WEGL, the student-run campus radio station. Can speak on media law and broadcast management.
(Also see Advertising, Marketing, Newspapers, Political Science and Television.)
WILLIAM BAIRD (844-6799; bairdwe@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Curriculum and Teaching. Can discuss use of computers in high school science and related technology.
KAI CHANG (844-6310; kchang@eng.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering. Can speak about computer supported cooperative work, and software testing.
JAMES CROSS II (844-6315/887-6255; cross@eng.auburn.edu) Associate Professor and Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. Specializes in software and reverse engineering. Major research areas include software visualization, development environments and object-oriented development.
BILL FELKEY (844-8360/887-8079; felkebg@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Pharmacy Care Systems. Can talk about technology and computer software in the health care field.
VICTOR NELSON (844-1849; nelson@eng.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering. Serves as a consultant to several electronics and computer manufacturers, he can speak on computer system design, microprocessors and the testing of electronic devices and systems.
(Also see Electronics, Engineering and Internet.)
LENDA JO ANDERSON (844-3789; 1anderso@humsci.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Consumer Affairs. Studies have focused on expanding market for Alabama textile and apparel goods; developed new ways to link producers with retailers; has also studied consumer preferences of clothing styles.
EVELYN BRANNON (844-6457/887-6561; ebrannon@humsci.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Consumer Affairs. Written articles and produced videos on concept of home-based businesses; former editor of Decorating and Craft Ideas magazine; knowledgeable in many areas of apparel industry from textile design and production to advertising and marketing.
DOROTHY CAVENDER (844-4790/887-8865; dcavende@humsci.auburn.edu) Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Human Sciences. Can discuss academic programs in the College of Human Sciences.
SANDRA FORSYTHE (844-6458/821-6510; sforsyth@humsci. auburn.edu) Professor, Consumer Affairs. Specializes in clothing and first impressions, fashion retailing, consumer trends and purchase behavior.
PEGGY HSIEH (844-2211/887-3612; phsieh@humsci.auburn.edu) Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Science. Focuses on food safety issues for seafood and meat products; also well versed in retail practices of meat and seafood industries and fraudulent consumer practices, such as false labeling. She has developed new monoclonal antibodies that can accurately determine different types of meat and cooking temperature of commercial food products and her work is being tested by two European and two U.S. bio-technology companies for possible marketing in the food safety industry.
CAROL WARFIELD (844-1329/821-6234; cwarfiel@humsci.auburn.edu) Professor and Head, Consumer Affairs. Works extensively with textile, apparel and manufacturing industry and can speak about textile and apparel industry in Alabama and Southeast.
(Also see Food/Food Science.)
THEODORE BECKER (844-5370; becketl@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Political Science. Cited by professionals as pioneer in studies of political impact of federal court decisions.
(Also see Political Science.)
BARRY BURKHART (844-6476/821-2894; burkhbr@mail.auburn.edu) Professor, Psychology. Director of Clinical Psychology Program; nationally recognized expert on issues concerning sexual assault and criminal abnormalities. Primary on-screen source for ABC documentary, "Men, Sex and Rape".
JOHN DUNKELBERGER (844-5623/887-5989; jdunkelb@ag.auburn.edu) Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Has studied reported and unreported crimes; also has researched issue of rural crime.
JAMES GUNDLACH (844-4031/257-4178; gundljh@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Sociology. Studies how gun sales affect murder and suicide rate in cities; also did research on connection between country music and rock music on suicide rates. He also examines trends and populations.
GREG KOWALSKI (844-2825/887-7136; kowalgs@mail.auburn.edu) Professor and Chair, Sociology. Studies factors relating to rape, especially date rape; also studies murder and suicide rates by state and region and can give comparisons for trends.
THOMAS PETEE (844-2821; peeteta@mail.auburn.edu) Associate Professor, Sociology. Studies how impact on informal sanctions, such as withdrawing friendship from someone who has committed crime, affects or determines criminal or deviant behavior.
(Also see Gun Control, Homocide, Sociology and Violence.)
AUSTIN HAGAN (844-5503/742-9932; ahagan@acenet.auburn.edu) Plant Pathology. Can discuss general topics dealing with disease control in field crops, use of pesticides on variety of crops and can estimate crop loss assessment.
DAVID WEAVER (844-3982/821-7540; dweaveer@agaces.auburn.edu) Professor, Agronomy and Soils. Research involves genetics resistance in soybeans, breeding for nematode resistance in soybeans, soybean production management and management and breeding for double-cropped soybeans.
(Also see Agriculture and Horticulture.)
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