Faculty Research Interests Related to Culture and/or Diversity

 

Name Department/College Interest
Dawn Doutrich Nursing
  • Cultural competence in nursing
  • Workforce diversity
  • Cross-cultural nursing ethic
Laurie Drapela Criminal Justice
  • Juvenile drug use in the criminal justice system and its disproportionate impact on minorities
Gisela Ernst-Slavit Education
  • Research on literacy and language in classrooms
  • Teacher preparation for multilingual/multicultural settings
Susan Finley Teaching and Learning
  • Homelessness, poverty, and other marginalizing sociocultural events
Candice Goucher History
  • African and African-American history
  • Caribbean studies
Desiree Hellegers English
  • History of homeless women
  • self determination for low income and homeless people
Barry Hewlett Anthropology
  • Cultural diversity among African pygmies
  • Culture, evolution and child development
  • Cultural context of Ebola in Uganda
Jan Jewett Human Development
  • Inclusion of children with disabilities in educational settings
Wendy Dasler Johnson English
  • Gender studies
Randy Kleinhesselink Psychology
  • Cross-cultural psychology
Armando La Guardia Education
  • Multicultural education and diversity in the classroom
Liz LeCuyer-Maus Nursing
  • Stress and coping in high-risk mothers
Jackie McReynolds Human Development
  • Families in poverty
Laurie Mercier History
  • Immigration and thnic identity
Clay Mosher Sociology
  • Race and ethnic relations
Sue Peabody History
  • Political culture of race and slavery in 18th century France
Tahira Probst Psychology
  • Workplace diversity, discrimination, and harassment
Carol Siegel English
  • Modern forms of homophobia
  • Cultural politics of dissident sexualities
David Slavit Mathematics
  • Role of culture in mathematical settings and problems
Suzanne Smith Human Development
  • Grandparents raising grandsons
  • Cross-cultural sudies of fathering
Clare Wilkinson-Weber Anthropology
  • Gender and Indian culture