MESA STATE COLLEGE
FACULTY & STAFF
SPEAKERS BUREAU AND EXPERTS GUIDE
ACCOUNTING
James Buckley, Professor of Accounting
Expertise: Financial accounting and auditing
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
David Rogers, Professor of Accounting, Department Head
of Accounting and Information
Technology
Expertise: Cost accounting; managerial accounting; any accounting
topic
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
Dr. Geoffrey Gurka, Associate Professor of Accounting
Expertise: Accounting; individual income taxation
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Scott Aker, Lecturer of Speech
Expertise: Speech and debate; state and local government
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Michael Gizzi, Associate Professor of Political Science
Expertise: Constitutional law and civil liberties; American presidency;
American political thought; politics of cyberspace; media and
politics
Media: Program presentation
Dr. John Redifer, Professor of Political Science
Expertise: Colorado government; environmental policy
Media: Program presentation
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Dr. Andrew Gordon, Associate Professor of Spanish
Expertise: American Sign Language; education of the deaf; careers
in translations and interpreting
Media: Program presentation
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY -
TRANSPORTATION
Gary Looft, Instructor of Applied Technology
-Transportation, WCCC
Tilman M. Bishop Campus
Expertise: Automotive technology; diesel technology; automotive
and diesel engine machining; advanced automotive engine performance;
electronic diesel engine controls; industrial safety
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
ATHLETICS
James Buchan, Head Coach, Soccer
Expertise: Soccer
Media: Program Presentation
Rusty Crick, Head Coach, Volleyball
Expertise: Volleyball
Media: Program Presentation
Chris Hanks, Head Coach, Baseball
Expertise: Baseball
Media: Program Presentation
Jim Heaps, Head Men's Basketball Coach
Expertise: Basketball
Media: Program Presentation
Dr. Gig Leadbetter, Professor of Human Performance and
Wellness;
Head Coach, Cross Country
Expertise: Cross Country (See Health and Wellness for additional
topics)
Media: Program Presentation
Kristin Mort, Head Coach, Softball
Expertise: Softball
Media: Program Presentation
Joe Ramunno, Head Coach, Football
Expertise: Football
Media: Program Presentation
Robert Ryan, Head Athletic Trainer
Expertise: First aid, sports injuries
Media: Program Presentation
BIOLOGY
Dr. Bruce Bauerle, Professor of Biology
Expertise: Plants; fisheries; ecology; survival; whales; adventures
in Antarctica; the coral reefs; Alaska; the rain forests; Australia
and New Zealand; cruise ships and ecology tours
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Steve Werman, Professor of Biology, Department Head
of Biological Sciences
Expertise: Molecular genetics - recombinant DNA; biology of amphibians
and reptiles
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Aparna Palmer, Associate Professor of Biology
Expertise: Marine biology; DNA sequencing; invertebrate zoology
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Forbes Davidson, Associate Professor of Biology
Expertise: Whirling disease; cellular communication
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Gary McCallister, Professor of Biology
Expertise: "Artificial Life: Computers and Life;" "Living
Together: The Other Unifying Principle of Biology;" mosquito
control and vector biology; "Race and Racism: The Biological
View;" "Solar Solution: Deforestation, Pollution and
Hunger;" "The Arts and Science Connection: How the Arts
Create the Scientific Mind;" "Brain and Mind: An Owners
Manual;" "Mosquito Control to Fit your Town: Why It's
Important and How to do it Right"
Media: Program presentation
BROADCASTING / JOURNALISM
Laurena Mayne Davis, Lecturer in Mass Communications
Expertise: Writing and editing for newspaper and magazine; advising
student publications
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
Byron Evers, Associate Professor of Mass Communications
Expertise: Photojournalism; desktop publishing; interviewing;
news writing; feature writing; journalism ethics; First Amendment;
libel; finding internet web sites for journalists and gathering
information on the internet
Media: Program presentation
Regis Tucci, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications
Expertise: Broadcasting; journalism; mass communications; public
relations; international communications
Media: Program presentation
BUSINESS
Dr. Tim Hatten, Associate Professor of Business Administration
Expertise: Small business management; entrepreneurship (new venture
creation); marketing; business planning
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
Dr. John Knappenberger, Professor of Business Administration
Expertise: Business management; communications; human relations;
personal finances; stock market; languages; total quality management
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
Dr. Jerry Moorman, Professor of Business Administration,
Director of Graduate Programs
Expertise: Marketing; entrepreneurship
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
CHEMISTRY
Dr. Craig Dodson, Professor of Chemistry
Expertise: Environmental chemistry; natural products chemistry;
basic chemical equipment and instrumentation; laboratory development
Media: Program presentation
COMMUNICATIONS
Dr. John Knappenberger, Professor of Business Administration
Expertise: Business management; communications; human relations;
personal finances; stock market; languages; total quality management
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
Dr. Forbes Davidson, Associate Professor of Biology
Expertise: Whirling disease; cellular communication
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Pat Schutz, Assistant Professor of Business Administration/Management
Expertise: Human resource management; general management; communications;
ethics; human relations; employee relations; organizational culture/structure
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
/ EDUCATION
Dr. Gary McCallister, Professor of Biology
Expertise: "Artificial Life: Computers and Life;" "Living
Together: The Other Unifying Principle of Biology;" mosquito
control and vector biology; "Race and Racism: The Biological
View;" "Solar Solution: Deforestation, Pollution and
Hunger;" "The Arts and Science Connection: How the Arts
Create the Scientific Mind;" "Brain and Mind: An Owners
Manual;" "Mosquito Control to Fit your Town: Why It's
Important and How to do it Right"
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Chad Grabow, Professor of Computer Information Systems
Expertise: Business computer applications; computer education
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
Dr. Donald Carpenter, Associate Professor of Computer
Information Systems
Expertise: Corporate planning for information technology; information
requirements determination; database design; e-commerce and web
design; data communications and network design and management;
managing and motivating computer personnel; staffing IT functions;
work design to enhance meaningfulness of work and improve motivation
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
CONSTITUTIONAL
LAW
Byron Evers, Associate Professor of Mass Communications
Expertise: Photojournalism; desktop publishing; interviewing;
news writing; feature writing; journalism ethics; First Amendment;
libel; finding internet web sites for journalists and gathering
information on the internet
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Michael Gizzi, Associate Professor of Political Science
Expertise: Constitutional law and civil liberties; American presidency;
American political thought; politics of cyberspace; media and
politics
Media: Program presentation
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
Dr. Mary Zimmerer, Professor of Business
School of Business and Professional Studies
Expertise: Team learning techniques; learning styles and teaching
to different styles; Cooperative Education Internships; small
business management and accounting
Media: Print, TV, Radio, Program Presentation
CURRENT EVENTS
Dr. Tim Casey, Associate Professor of Political Science
Expertise: Current world events; international relations
Media: Program presentation
DNA
Dr. Aparna Palmer, Associate Professor of Biology
Expertise: Marine biology; DNA sequencing; invertebrate zoology
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Denise McKenney, Professor of Biology
Expertise: "The Kitchen Laboratory: Isolate DNA from Food;"
edible microbiology
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Steve Werman, Professor of Biology, Department Head
of Biological Sciences
Expertise: Molecular genetics - recombinant DNA; biology of amphibians
and reptiles
Media: Program presentation
DANCE
Ann Sanders, Associate Professor of Dance
Expertise: Workshops in dance
Media: Program presentation
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Dr. Gene Starbuck, Professor of Sociology, Department
Head of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Expertise: Alternative views of domestic violence
Media: Program presentation
ECOLOGY
Dr. Tamera Minnick, Associate Professor of Environmental Science
Expertise: Climate change, Natural Resources, Invasive Species, Restoration Ecology, Plant Ecology
Media: print, tv, radio, program presentation
EDUCATION
Dr. Janine Rider, Professor of English
Expertise: Shakespeare; contemporary writers; women writers; issues
in teacher education; liberal arts in the 21st century
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Cathy Barkley, Director of the Center for Teacher
Education, Professor of Mathematics
Expertise: Mathematics education K-12; mathematics of the Maya;
ethnomathematics topics; solstice markers of the Anasazi/Fremont;
Ute beadwork designs
Media: Program presentation
Deborah K Snider, Coordinator of Internship Placement
and Pre-Admissions Advising, Department of Teacher Education,
and Art Methods Instructor
Expertise: Arts management; creativity and creative problem solving;
art education
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
Dr. Amy Rushneck, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education,
Secondary Licensure Program Coordinator
Expertise: Literacy; visual/media studies; multicultural education;
curriculum theory; interdisciplinary studies; gifted and talented
education
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
ELECTRONICS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Gordon Koch, Lecturer of Electronics and Telecommunications,
WCCC
Tilman M. Bishop Campus
Expertise: CISCO Academy; electronics technology
Media: Program presentation
ENVIRONMENT
Dr. Tamera Minnick, Associate Professor of Environmental Science
Expertise: Climate change, Natural Resources, Invasive Species, Restoration Ecology, Plant Ecology
Media: print, tv, radio, program presentation
Dr. Russ Walker, Professor of Environmental Restoration
Expertise: "Sins of the Past: Cleaning Up Our Hazardous Waste
Sites"
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Steve Schulte, Professor of History
Expertise: American Indian history; American western history;
environmental history of the American west
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Gigi Richard, Assistant Professor of Geology
Expertise: Surface water hydrology; water resources; human impacts
on river systems; environmental river mechanics/applied fluvial
geomorphology; GPS/GIS applications
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
ETHICS
Dr. Susan Becker, Associate Professor of Psychology
Expertise: Stress management; ethical issues
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Pat Schutz, Assistant Professor of Business Administration/Management
Expertise: Management; communications; ethics; human relations;
human resource management; employee relations; organizational
culture/structure
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
EVOLUTION
Dr. Clare Boulanger, Professor of Anthropology
Expertise: Peoples of Borneo; human evolution; islands of Southeast
Asia
Media: Program presentation
Dr. Tony Schountz, Associate Professor of Biology
Expertise: Hantavirus disease; immunology; genetics and biotechnology;
evolution and science education
Media: Program presentation
FINANCIAL AID
Curt Martin, Director of Financial Aid
Expertise: Financial aid and paying for college
Media: Program presentation
FINE ARTS
Carolyn Quinn-Hensley, Associate Professor of Graphic
Arts
Expertise: Fine art conservation; graphic design; constructed
paintings
Media: Program presentation
Deborah K Snider, Coordinator of Internship Placement
and Pre-Admissions Advising, Department of Teacher Education,
and Art Methods Instructor
Expertise: Arts management; creativity and creative problem solving;
art education
Media: Print; tv; radio; program presentation
Susan Jandries-Claffey, Professor of Art
Expertise: Watercolor demos; critiques; art history
Media: Program presentation
Vern Mosher, Professor of Art
Expertise: Demonstrations; bronze and process; ceramics; bronze
liaison projects
Media: Program presentation
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