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This directory is designed to provide media, who wish to
add depth or clarification to their stories, a list of
experts. To locate one of our APSU experts, type in the topic
below. If you are unable to find the appropriate expert,
please contact Melony Leazer,
Office of Public Relations and Marketing,
(931) 221-7459.
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Roy L. Baker
Assistant professor of management
Phone:
(931) 221-7575
Email:
bakerrl@apsu.edu
Topic:
Labor relations, leadership and management, U.S. auto industry, issues relating to Americans with disabilities, power chairs, spirituality and education |
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Andrew Barrass
Assistant professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-6489
Email:
barrassa@apsu.edu
Topic:
Animal behavior, bat behavior, bioacoustics (animal sounds), frog/toad mating systems and acoustics/calling behavior, wetland/watershed restoration |
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Dewey A. Browder
Professor and chair of history and philosophy
Phone:
(931) 221-7924
Email:
browderd@apsu.edu
Topic:
German-American relations, Holocaust, modern Germany, military affairs, military history |
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Willodean D.S. Burton
Professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-7778
Email:
burtonw@apsu.edu
Topic:
Ecotoxicology, human anatomy and physiology |
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Tamira Cole
Records clerk, Registrar's Office
Phone:
(931) 221-7150
Email:
colet@apsu.edu
Topic:
Campus leadership, fraternity and sorority life, student organizations, community service, shopping, traveling |
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Ed Dickson
Coach, APSU tennis
Phone:
(931) 221-6161
Email:
dicksone@apsu.edu
Topic:
Tennis |
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Jill Eichhorn
Associate professor of women's studies
Phone:
(931) 221-6314
Email:
eichhornje@apsu.edu
Topic:
Women writers, academic discipline of women's studies, women's history, gender, violence against women |
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Patricia Ferrier
Assistant professor of communication
Phone:
(931) 221-1001
Email:
ferrierp@apsu.edu
Topic:
Diversity issues in journalism, First Amendment issues, journalism history, media ethics, news reporting and editing, newspapers, student media, privacy rights |
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Christos Frentzos
Assistant professor of history
Phone:
(931) 221-7945
Email:
frentzosc@apsu.edu
Topic:
Cold War, Korean War, Vietnam War, unconventional warfare |
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Moniqueka Gold
Associate professor of education
Phone:
(931) 221-7518
Email:
goldm@apsu.edu
Topic:
Disabilities and African-Americans, albinism, visual impairment; and special education |
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Steven W. Hamilton
Professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-7783
Email:
hamiltonsw@apsu.edu
Topic:
Entomology, aquatic biology |
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B. Christopher Hardin
Assistant professor of theater and dance
Phone:
(931) 221-6439
Email:
hardinb@apsu.edu
Topic:
Absurdist theater, acting history, avant garde and experimental theater, drama of Euripides, musical theater (history and performance), plays of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee and Tennessee Williams, Shakespeare in performance, stage dialects, Stephen Sondheim, voice and movement |
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Brian J. Hock
Assistant professor of psychology
Phone:
(931) 221-1045
Email:
hockb@apsu.edu
Topic:
Animal behavior, wildlife rehabilitation, Alzheimer's disease, amnesia, learning and memory, scuba diving |
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Melony A. Jones
Communication specialist
Phone:
(931) 221-7868
Email:
jonesma@apsu.edu
Topic:
News reporting and editing, newspage design, newspapers, open government (sunshine laws) |
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David Kanervo
Professor and chair of political science and sociology
Phone:
(931) 221-7581
Email:
kanervod@apsu.edu
Topic:
American politics |
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Phillip R. Kemmerly
Professor of geosciences
Phone:
(931) 221-7471
Email:
kemmerlyp@apsu.edu
Topic:
Earthquakes, groundwater issues, sinkholes |
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Thomas King
Professor of music
Phone:
(931) 221-7648
Email:
kingt@apsu.edu
Topic:
Performance anxiety remedies, European travel, genealogy, opera, German language and translation |
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Sherry Koontz-Howell
Secretary
Phone:
(931) 221-7378
Email:
koontzs@apsu.edu
Topic:
Reptiles (native and non-native) |
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Jeff Lebkuecher
Professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-6249
Email:
lebkuecherj@apsu.edu
Topic:
Algae ecology, plant ecology, botany, plant physiology |
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Sarah Lundin-Schiller
Associate professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-6335
Email:
schillers@apsu.edu
Topic:
Endocrinology and endocrine disruption, eukaryotic cell biology |
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Sergei A. Markov
Assistant professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-7440
Email:
markovs@apsu.edu
Topic:
Russian culture, Russian language and translation production of biofuels by microorganisms (biohydrogen, biodiesel) and reactors |
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Francis Massinon
Professor of music
Phone:
(931) 221-7770
Email:
massinonf@apsu.edu
Topic:
Military music of the Third Reich, Medieval and Renaissance European armor, European and American antique metal toy soldiers, military toys of the Third Reich |
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David G. Nelson
Assistant professor of history
Phone:
(931) 221-7920
Email:
nelsond@apsu.edu
Topic:
Japanese culture, samurai thought and culture, Japanese language and translation, early modern Japanese crime and punishment, East Asian history |
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Tom O'Connor
Assistant professor/program manager of Criminal Justice/Homeland Security program
Phone:
(931) 221-1477
Email:
oconnort@apsu.edu
Topic:
Internet security, homeland security, terrorism, criminal justice, criminology |
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Jerry Plummer
Assistant professor of economics
Phone:
(931) 221-6222
Email:
plummerj@apsu.edu
Topic:
African-American banking, personal budgeting and finance, insurance history in the South, economics, general taxation, state budgeting and economics, Internet security, World Wide Web, commercial radio broadcasting and production, international broadcasters, shortwave radio |
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Norbert Puszkar
Assistant professor of German
Phone:
(931) 221-6391
Email:
puszkarn@apsu.edu
Topic:
German culture, German literature, German language and translation |
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Jeanie Randall
Associate professor of English
Phone:
(931) 221-7212
Email:
randallj@apsu.edu
Topic:
Arthurian legend, composition, Elizabethan drama, Jane Austen, holistic scoring, medieval literature, women's equality issues |
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William (Bill) Rayburn
Associate professor and director of School of Business
Phone:
(931) 221-7675
Email:
rayburnw@apsu.edu
Topic:
Business strategy, strategic planning, technology and change, Ella Fitzgerald |
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Michelle Rogers
Biology instructor
Phone:
(931) 221-6480
Email:
rogersm@apsu.edu
Topic:
Environmental education, water quality education, biology education |
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Betsie Rothermel
Assistant professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-7774
Email:
rothermelb@apsu.edu
Topic:
Amphibian ecology, human impact on nongamewildlife, conservation biology |
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Perry M. Scanlan
Assistant professor of clinical microbiology
Phone:
(931) 221-6495
Email:
scanlanp@apsu.edu
Topic:
Medical technology, bioterrorism, infectious diseases, mycology (fungi), virology (herpes virology), microbiology (bacteria), MRSA, medical technology |
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Joe Schiller
Associate professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-7249
Email:
schillerj@apsu.edu
Topic:
Aquatic ecology, behavioral ecology of skinks, effects of coal mining on stream ecology, water quality, renewable energy, water quality assessment |
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A. Floyd Scott
Professor of biology
Phone:
(931) 221-7776
Email:
scotta@apsu.edu
Topic:
Amphibians and reptiles of Tennessee |
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Gregory Singleton
Dean of students
Phone:
(931) 221-7341
Email:
singletong@apsu.edu
Topic:
Code of student conduct and university discipline, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), fraternity and sorority life |
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Linda A. Sitton
Director, TECTA
Phone:
(931) 221-7308
Email:
sittonl@apsu.edu
Topic:
Administrator credentialing, child care administration, child care issues, early childhood research, funding for early childhood education degrees, high quality child care, national standards for child care, Tennessee's prekindergarten collaboration, birth to age 8 issues, |
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Philenese Slaughter
Assistant professor/instruction librarian
Phone:
(931) 221-7741
Email:
slaughterp@apsu.edu
Topic:
Native American culture |
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David R. Snyder
Assistant professor of history
Phone:
(931) 221-7923
Email:
snyderdr@apsu.edu
Topic:
Military history |
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Taylor P. Stevenson
Assistant professor of economics
Phone:
(931) 221-7565
Email:
stevensont@apsu.edu
Topic:
Regulation, economics, public policy |
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Stephen A. Truhon
Assistant professor of psychology
Phone:
(931) 221-6333
Email:
truhons@apsu.edu
Topic:
Child, adolescent and adult development, military psychology, equal opportunity |
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Minoa Uffelman
Assistant professor of history
Phone:
(931) 221-7704
Email:
uffelmanm@apsu.edu
Topic:
Southern history, Southern women, Tennessee history, women's history |
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David Michael von Palko
Professor of communication, director of broadcast and cable operations
Phone:
(931) 221-6364
Email:
vonpalkod@apsu.edu
Topic:
Media criticism, media culture, media law, constitutional law, copyright, First Amendment issues |
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Jeff Walton
Help Desk manager, Office of Information Technology
Phone:
(931) 221-6312
Email:
waltonj@apsu.edu
Topic:
Choosing the right computer, computer maintenance, computer repair, Nissan 300ZX automobiles |
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Timothy Winters
Professor of classics
Phone:
(931) 221-7118
Email:
winterst@apsu.edu
Topic:
Archaeology (classical, ancient Greece and Rome), ancient Greek and Roman literature, Greek language and translation, Latin language and translation |
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Mary Lou Witherspoon
Professor of mathematics
Phone:
(931) 221-1005
Email:
witherspoonm@apsu.edu
Topic:
K-12 mathematics |
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