LEARN Center Collaborative Research Network at UW-Whitewater
Sorted by Name or Sorted by Departments
*Preferred Methodologies (e.g. quantitive, qualitative, critical, etc.)
**Special Skills (e.g. statistical analysis, editing, etc.)
Name | Department | E-mail Address | Campus Phone | Research Topics/Areas of Interest | Preferred Methodologies* | Special Skills** |
Leon Arriola | Mathematical and Computer Sciences | arriolal@uww.edu | 5163 | Applied mathematics: modeling/simulation of the spread of epidemics, sensitivity analysis, graph theory, dynamical systems: discrete & continuous | Mathematica, MATLAB, LaTeX | |
Ray Baus | Communication | bausr@uww.edu | 1062 | Health (e.g., care giving; public health; social support; safer sex) Cross-cultural Communication (e.g., language learning acquisition; intercultural willingness to communicate) Conflict Resolution (e.g., couples’ conflict management; dialectic tension management strategies) |
I am familiar with both qualitative and quantitative research | I am proficient in quantitative methods; including SPSS package |
Ron Berger | Sociology | bergerr@uww.edu | 1133 | Disabled athletes, Holocaust survivors, law-violating adolescent peer groups, memoir as qualitative inquiry | Qualitative | Editing, publishing experience |
Bob Benjamin | Deparment of Physics | benjamir@uww.edu | 5114 | Physics, Fluid dynamics, Computational physics and numerical modelling. | Numerical simulation, Video analysis, Experimental physics | Unix/Linux experience, Numerical methods, Grant writing (NASA/NSF) |
Prajukti Bhattacharyya | Geography and Geology | bhattacj@uww.edu | 5257 | Deformation mechanisms of solid materials, including, but not limited to rocks, experimental and/or field based studies of deformation, 3D strain analyses, microstructures, geological mapping, petrology, pedagogical research, effective science teaching techniques, class demonstrations and/or innovative lab assignments in geological sciences | Quantitative, experimental, analytical | Polarized optical microscopy, Computer graphics |
Scott Bradley | Communicative Disorders | bradleys@uww.edu | 5202 | Hearing, acoustics, occupational hearing conservation | Open to a number of paradigms | Technical skills in topics of interest. |
Jo Ellen Burkholder | Women’s Studies/ Anthropology |
burkholj@uww.edu | 5776 | Cultural heritage and heritage preservation, social archaeology, iconography, ceramic and textile production | Qualitative and quantitative methods, interested in geospatial analysis | Interview and participant observation studies, stratigraphic excavation, pedestrian survey, writing for popular audience (e.g. reference work), speak Spanish |
Catherine Chan | Biology | chanc@uww.edu | 5133 | Calcium signaling in plants (structure function analysis, mutagenesis, protein, purification, plant physiology in response to changes in external stimuli) | Qualitative | Plant physiology, molecular biology, protein expression |
William Chandler | Curriculum & Instruction | chandleb@uww.edu | 5438 | Art education; alternative education; emancipatory pedagogy; learning environment; architecture of Antoni Gaudi | Qualitative | Good collaborator; Can walk for 500 miles |
Sang D. Choi | Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health | chois@uww.edu | 1641 | Occupational Safety and Health; Industrial Ergonomics; Work and Measurement and Design; Product Design/Evaluation | Quantitative | Statistical analysis, research/experimental design |
Richard G. Cummings | Accounting | cummingr@uww.edu | 3936 | Tax Accounting and Public Policy Implications, financial accounting, accounting education | Open to any | Great sense of humor! |
Simone DeVore | Special Education | devores@uww.edu | 5808 | Early childhood programming and childcare issues | All are needed depending on project focus | Interviewing and dimensional analysis (grounded theory). |
Ruiying Ding | Communicative Disorders | dingr@uww.edu | 5201 | Swallow physiology changes in various patient groups, surface EMG of muscle groups during swallowing, electrical stimulation of muscles during swallowing | Quantitative | Use of EMG technique |
Thomas Drucker | Mathematical and Computer Sciences | druckert@uww.edu | 5173 | History and philosophy of mathematics, statistics and logic religion and science | Writing in a non-quantitative way about quantitative disciplines | Statistics |
Sheila Feay-Shaw | Curriculum & Instruction | feayshas@uww.edu | 1341 | Music Teaching and Pedagogy, World Music and Cultural Studies, White privilidge as it relates to teacher candidates. | Qualitative Research including Ethnography | Editing, Writing, Proofreading |
Ann Garvin | HPERC | garvina@uww.edu | 5644 | Hybrid of exercise physiology and psychology, Primarily the effects of exercise on anxiety, mood, depression, stress, and disordered eating. Also anaerobic and aerobic excessive, acute and chronic .Physiological measurements of oxygen consumption during exercise and at rest(metabolism), muscle biopsy, blood analysis (insulin and carbohydrate utilization, blood pressure, and lactate analysis) | Quantitative | Research design and analysis, Registered Nurse, more invasive research that may involve blood work |
Anne Hamilton | Political Science | hamiltoa@uww.edu | 1214 | The relationship between culture and politics; regional areas of interest include Europe (Russia in particular) and Latin America (Argentina in particular). | Qualitative, but I'm open to various methodological approaches. | |
Chris Henige | Art History | henigec@uww.edu | 5565 | Medieval Art and Architecture, Monasticism, Art of the Ancient Southwest | No preference | Computer/ web/ database/ editing. |
Jeff Heriot | Music Department | herriotj@uww.edu | 1424 | Music composition. Interested in collaborating with artists, dancers, musicians, filmmakers or multimedia artists. | NA | Electronic equipments, Recording, Sound manipulation |
Paul House | Chemistry | housep@uww.edu | 1551 | Biomolecule structure, enzyme structure/function, green/environmental chemistry. | No Preference | Variety of spectroscopies, vacuum systems, protein expression and purification |
Richard Jazdzewski | UHCS | jazdzewr@uww.edu | 1305 | College student mental health, psychology, human development. | Quantitative | |
Thomas Kim Hixson | Communication | HixsonT@uww.edu | 1906 | Advertising, Promotion, Advertising and Media effects, Sport and Entertainment Promotion and Marketing | Quantitative | Editing, Lit Reviews, Survey Construction, Statistical Analysis |
Joseph Hogan | Languages and Literatures | hoganj@uww.edu | 5048 | Cross-cultural autobiography and autobiographies of mental illness, focusing on issues of identity, agency, and the rhetoric of self-representation. | Critical and Qualitative | Editing, Critical Analysis |
Linda Holmes | Accounting | holmesl@uww.edu | 5451 | Critical thinking and learning, environmental reporting, laws/economy/ quality of life, historically black colleges and universities. |
Empirical studies | I have taken about 24 hours of statistics including time series and econometrics. |
Paul House | Chemistry | housep@uww.edu | 1551 | Biomolecule structure, enzyme structure/function, green/environmental chemistry | No Preference | Variety of spectroscopies, vacuum systems, protein expression and purification |
Maxwell Hsu | Marketing | hsum@uww.edu | 5471 | Business related or business education related | Quantitative | Statistical analysis using SPSS or SAS (particularly, structural equation modeling) |
Teresa Huerta | Curriculum & Instruction | huertat@uww.edu | 5798 | Qualitative | Ethnographic Research | |
James Jaffe | History | jaffej@uww.edu | 1103 | Industrial relations, ADR | Open | Historical analysis; critical reading; legal/historical background. |
Richard Jazdzewski | UHCS | jazdzewr@uww.edu | 1305 | College student mental health, psychology, human development | Quantitative | |
Cristy Jefson | HPERC | jefsonc@uww.edu | 1966 | Comprehensive School Health Education: Sexuality/Parenting Education and the adolescent; Consumer Health (marketing and health information); Substance Use & Abuse (Tobacco prevention education programs) | Qualitative | Working within public school systems (specifically, urban districts) with teachers, students, parents and administrators to implement comprehensive school health education programs, Editing |
Therese Kennedy | Recreation Sports and Facilities | kennedyt@uww.edu | 1145 | Student issues/ retention/ behaviors/ athletics/ socialization | Qualitative | Not statistical. Common sense approach? |
Susan Kidd | Curriculum & Instruction | kidds@uww.edu | 5814 | Interested in Math Education | Qualitative or Quantitative Methodologies | |
Ann Knabe | Communication | thinkPR@wi.rr.com | 5068 | Distance learning, collaborative learning, public relations, learning theory applied to college classroom. | I am open | Maybe editing? |
Jim Larson | Psychology | larsonj@uww.edu | 5412 | School violence/youth violence, anger/aggression interventions, school discipline | Quantitative | Know APA style well and reasonably good editor |
Robert Leitheiser | Management/MCS | leitheir@uww.edu | 1468 | Information System Analysis & Design | Quantitative and Qualitative | IT analysis and design methodologies; programming; statistical analysis |
Mark Lencho | Languages and Literatures | lenchom@uww.edu | 5062 | Linguistics (syntax, Slovak) and SoTL (grading, assessment, student-teacher interaction, student evaluations), Literature (Vonnegut and Pirsig), and US Foreign Policy (Noam Chomsky) | No Preference | Some proficiency in Slovak, comprehensive familiarity with works of Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Pirsig, and Noam Chomsky. |
Elena Levy-Navarro | Languages and Literatures | levye@uww.edu | 5047 | Fat studies (the construction of the fat and thin bodies respectively both in early and late modernity), Early Modern Cultural and Literary Studies, History of Sexuality, including especially considerations of alternatives to our modern heterosexual regime, Queer theory, Shakespeare | Beside being humanistic, broadly conceived, is constructionist in nature | Beside being humanistic, broadly conceived, is constructionist in nature |
Dr. Guoli Liang | HPERC | liangg@uww.edu | 1369 | Education, Pedagogy, Technology | Quantitative, Qualitative, Critical | Statistical Analysis |
Beth L. Lueck | Languages and Literatures | lueckb@uww.edu | 5054 | 19th-Century American women writers, especially Harriet Beecher Stowe & E.D.E.N. Southworth | Critical and Historical | No particular special skills |
Paula Mohan | Political Science | mohanp@uww.edu | 5772 | Tribal-state relations, ethnicity and its impact on politics, media and political communication, democratic theory and participation, philosophy of technology, | Qualitative and Quantitative | I am proficient in statistical analysis and well-read in contemporary critical theory. |
William T. Mickelson | Mathematics and Computer Science | mickelsw@uww.edu | 5169 | Robustness/ performance of statistical tests and procedures; statistics education; measurement; program evaluation |
Mixed Methods | I’m an applied statistician with over 20 years of academic and industry consulting experience. Special skills include: Experimental/Research design; multivariate statistical methods; robust/non-parametric statistical methods; making difficult statistical concepts/methods accessible & understandable; |
Barbara S. Monfils | Communication | monfilsb@uww.edu | 1055 | International & Intercultural Communication, Communication Technology, African Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean folklore | Qualitative and Quantitative | Computer consultant on SPSS(mainframe version), Reading knowledge in Spanish and French |
Leda Nath | Sociology | nathl@uww.edu | 1125 | Work and occupations, social psychology, and teaching (SoTL) topics | Quantitative, esp experimental and survey design | Statistical analysis, esp SPSS |
Hien Nguyen | Mathematical and Computer Sciences | nguyenh@uww.edu | 5170 | User Modeling, Information Retrieval, Collaborative Filtering, Human Factors | Quantitative, Qualitative | Programming Languages (Java, C) |
Don Norman | Counselor Education | normand@uww.edu | 5424 | Attitude toward difficult client populations, enhancing student learning via use of actors/clients in the classroom, personal/professional growth issues, teacher mentoring | Quantitative | ??? |
Jo Ann Oravec | Business Education/ Computer & Network Administration |
oravecj@uww.edu | 5578 | Knowledge management, computer supported cooperative work, philosophy of science, creativity, women's studies, privacy and surveillance, interactive toys and games, anything pertaining to science, technology and society | Online survey development, Collaborative filtering/recommended system design, Critical theory/ethno methodologies, Web log analysis, Historical analysis | |
K. Praveen Parboteeah | Management | parbotek@uww.edu | 3971 | Interface between social institutions and individual behavior; ethics; technology and innovation management; international management | Quantitative | SPSS, Hierarchical Linear Modeling |
Barb Penington | Communication | peningtb@uww.edu | 1983 | Listening, family communication, cross cultural communication | Qualitative, but can do quantitative as well | |
P.B. Poormantd> | Psychology | poormanp@uww.edu | 5418 | Women's mental health; abuse trauma, aftermath, perceptions; resilience; lesbian issues; pedagogy of empathy | Quantitative, Qualitative; mixed design | SPSS; Qualitative analysis; focus group interviewing |
Penny Portman | HPERC | portmanp@uww.edu | 5643 | Gender equity | Any | Editing |
Asif Rasheed | Chemistry | rasheeda@uww.edu | 5267 | Polymer blends, polymer nanocomposites, characterization, carbon nanotubes | No Preference | Blends and nanocomposites processing and characterization |
Linda Reid | Finance/Business Law | reidl@uww.edu | 5458 | Law, especially commercial, both US and International, Bankruptcy and debtor,creditor relations, Irish history and law | Qualitative, Critical | Writing, Editing, Online legal research, Harvard Blue Book |
David Remmele | Accounting | remmeled@uww.edu | 5464 | Finance, accounting | Open | Excel expert. |
Ann Riall | Special Education | rialla@uww.edu | 5809 | Home visits for infants and toddlers with disabilities; comparing recommended practice with realities of the field | Qualitative | Editing, writing, quantitative research design, knowledge of literature in this area. |
Diana Rogers-Adkinson | Special Education | rogersad@uww.edu | 4847 | Language ability and children with behavior problems, cultural interactions with disability, juvenile corrections | Quantitative | Editing, design |
Liz Roth | Art | liz@lizroth.com | 1043 | History of art materials, art, art history, the computer and art | Actually, I'd love to talk with a geologist, and/or a physical chemist and design a science/art course regarding the manufacture and history of art materials. | Visual formal analysis, esthetic skills, painting, preinmaking (etching, relief, lithography) and graphic design. |
Ellie Schemenauer | Women's Studies | schemene@uww.edu | 2872 | Gender and international relations, operating logics of the security state, human rights, feminist pedagogy, the local/global nexus, identity, postcoloniality | Qualitative methods, discourse analysis, interpretation | Editing, theory |
Wallace Sherlock | Curriculum & Instruction | sherlocw@uww.edu | 1831 | Foreign Language, ESL, Bilingual Pedagogy, Russian Language and Literature, Comparative Education | ||
Mark Skidmore | Economics | skidmorm@uww.edu | 1354 | Public sector economics, Economic development, Economics of natural disasters | Quantitative | Econometrics/statistics, skills in working with time series/cross section data |
Peter Smudde | Communication | smuddep@uww.edu | 5049 | Applying theories of rhetoric and of organizations to the practice and management of public relations; industry analysis relations and communication of corporate performance (financial, product/service development, etc.); performance measurements for public relations. | Critical analysis; Combining criticism with quantitative/ qualitative methods) |
Editing, document design, discourse conventions, 15 years professional experience in industry and consulting. |
Dan Stalder | Psychology | stalderd@uww.edu | 5419 | Social psychology and personality; more specifically, cognitive dissonance theory, social comparison theory, attribution theory, and the traits attributional complexity and need for closure; interest in applying the above topics/theories to interpersonal relationships, education, and politics; working on some theoretical papers within some of the above topics/theoreies and the topic of helping behavior (specifically the "bystander effect"); also has done research on the effectiveness of certain teaching strategies | Quantitative | M.S. in Mathematics, statistical training through introductory multivariate analysis, training in scale construction |
Anne D'Antonio Stinson | Curriculum & Instruction | stinsona@uww.edu | 1973 | Literacy, especially adolescent & adult Literacy; alternative education programs; plurlaism in education; curriculum | Qualitative | Excellent writer; Works and plays well with others |
Shannon Stuart | Special Education | stuarts@uww.edu | 4877 | Adolescent females, special education, career development and methods | Editing | |
Louise Tourigny | Management Department | tourignl@uww.edu | 5735 | Leadership and ethnics (fundamental research in American Presidency), Occupational Mental Health (stress, burnout, depression) among nurses and other occupational groups, Occupation mental health of women, Coping, absence,turnover, and withdrawal behavior, Workplace deviance and workplace romance, Mentoring, Emotion and cognition, Populations studied: nurses in China, Japan, Canada, and other countries, employees in airline in Japan and China (now U.S.) | Quanitative (SPSS, test of mediating, moderating, and direct versus indirect effects), Critical, Grounded theory | Conceptual development, Writing, Data analysis |
Tony Truog | Ed Foundations | truogt@uww.edu | 5421 | Measurement/ assessment/ research/ teaching/ chairperson | Quantitative but will do qualitative or a combination | Statistics/research |
John Valadez | Political Science | valadezj@uww.edu | 1676 | Ethnic Politics, Movies and Politics and Urban Government | Qualitative and Critical | Critical analysis of movies and relating them to politics |
David Van Doren | Counselor Education | vandored@uww.edu | 1035 | Trauma, Alcohol and other drugs, Counseling effectiveness | Good listener. | |
Rebecca Wagner Oettinger | Music/ World of the Arts | oettingr@uww.edu | 2874 | Music as propaganda, Reformation history, sixteenth-century Germany, music as an educational tool, religious history | Qualitative, critical, historical | Music editing, textual editing |
Hongxia Wang | Occupational & Environmental Safety & Health | wangh@uww.edu | 1208 | Indoor air quality, bioaerosol assessment in occupational settings | Quantitative | Industrial hygiene instrumentation |
David Welsch | Economics | welschd@uww.edu | 4715 | Education Policy Research (Mostly K-12), Public Finance, Public Policy, Public Sector Economics, Econometrics, Applied Statistics (willing to work on many interesting applied statistics projects) | Quantitative | Statistical analysis, econometrics, large database management |
Lynn Wellman | Communication | wellmanl@uww.edu | 5066 | Communication and aging, gender and family and nonverbal communication | Both qualitative and quantitative | Writing/editing. |
Olivia Yang | Curriculum & Instruction | yang0@uww.edu | 5823 | Implementing inquiry strategies into sciences classes and understanding cultural differences on motivation in learning science | Quantitative method or mixed method | Statistical analysis |
L. Roger Yin | Business Education/ Computer End-User Technology |
yinl@uww.edu | 5476 | Active learning and performance strategies (ALPS), technology-enhanced formative assessment, curricular design/redesign in professional training, technology education, and medical education. | Hybrid of quantitative and qualitative methods to form triangulation. | Computer-based and Web-enhanced teaching and training. Multimedia production. |
John Zbikowski | Curriculum & Instruction | zbikowsj@uww.edu | 4860 | Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction, Use of Information and Communication Technology in Teachin, Staff Development for Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education | Survey Research, Ethnographic Interviewing and Participant Observation |