Experts Directory
Richard C. Richard Baker,Ph.D.,CPA
Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance
Department of Accounting & Finance
Expertise
Earnings announcements and corporate financial reporting by companies; SEC
investigations into suspect accounting practices; fraud, both in the normal
sense and on the Internet; activities of the principal national and international
accounting standards bodies (AICPA, FASB, IASB) and the impact that activities
of these bodies may have on local and regional companies.
Contact
508 999-9243
rbaker@umassd.edu
Eileen Wynne Ball
Associate Professor of Education
Department of Education
Expertise
Elementary, special education
Contact
508 999-8312
eball@umassd.edu
Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D.
Chancellor Professor of Marketing
Department of Marketing and Business Information Systems
Director, Slades Ferry Bank Center for Business Research
Expertise
Business, marketing, retailing, consumer behavior
Contact
508 999-8756 (office)
401 724-5385 (home)
nbarnes@umassd.edu
Clyde W. Barrow, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Director, Center for Policy Analysis
Expertise
Regional economy (Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod); Massachusetts
public policy
Contact
508 999-8943
cbarrow@umassd.edu
Michael Baum, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
Expertise
West European politics
Portuguese politics/contemporary history
the European Union
comparative public policy questions
Co-chairman, Portuguese Studies Group
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard University
Contact
508 999-8996 office
401 861-5079 home
http://www.umassd.edu/1academic/CArtsandSciences/polisci/baum.html
Robert Bento, M.S.
Professor of physics
Department of Physics
Expertise
Meteorology particularly weather forecasting; energy
and environmental matters
Contact
508 999-8483
rbento@umassd.edu
Heidi J. Block, J.D..Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Department of Sociology/Anthropology
Expertise:
Law, Policy, and Society
Sexual Assault
Constitutional Law
Church/state separation, civil rights, women's
rights/gender bias/sexual harassment , abortion politics.
Contact
508 533-0361
hblock@umassd.edu
James Bohn
Visiting Lecturer / Director of Studios
Music Department
Expertise
Music Technology
Music Composition
Contact
508 999-8570
jbohn@umassd.edu
http://www.mp3.com/jbohn
http://www.umassd.edu/music/jbohn
David A. Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Expertise
Acoustics., Engineering Acoustics, Sound and Fiber Optics
Contact
508 999-8479
dbrown@umassd.edu
Eileen Carreiro, M.S.
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry
Department of Medical Laboratory Science
Expertise
Disease, diagnosis and treatment; new laboratory testing
cholesterol testing, diabetes testing; nutrition; non-regulatory prescription
drug issues
Contact
508 999-8213
ecarreiro@umassd.edu
John K.Conboy, Psy.D.
Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Expertise
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder),
child and
family mental health and psychological testing
Contact
508 999-8542
jconboy@umassd.edu
Ron DiPippo,Ph.D.
Chancellor Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean, College of Engineering
Expertise
Geothermal Energy
Geothermal Heat Pumps
Geothermal Power Plants
Electricity Generation
Renewable Energy Technologies
Contact
508 999-8541
http://www.mne.umassd.edu/faculty/ron.html
Nancy M. Dluhy, Ph.D., R.N.
Professor of Institutional Nursing
Expertise
Chronic illnesses;trends in the nursing discipline;
advanced practice nursing
Contact
508 999-8505
ndluhy@umassd.edu
Susan Egan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Expertise
Child development, child psychology, women:
development of gender identity, aggression and victimization in children's peer
groups
Contact
508 999-8624
segan@umassd.edu
Alex J. Fowler, Ph.D.
Asst. professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for Engineering in Medicine, Mass General Hospital
Expertise
Bioengineering/Biotechnology
Contact
508 999-8542
afowler@umassd.edu
Janet L. Freedman, Ed.D.
Professor of Education
Co-director, Center for Jewish Studies
Director, Women's Studies
Expertise
Women's issues, Jewish issues, education
Contact
508 999-8269
jfreedman@umassd.edu
Barbara B. Goldberg, MFA
Associate Professor
Department of Design/Textile Design/Fiber Arts
Expertise
Fiber Art and textile dyeing and printing. Professor
Contact
508 999 8911
bgoldberg@umassd.edu
royal hartigan
Assistant professor of Music
Department of Music
Expertise
World music: Asia, Africa, Americas, Middle East,
Oceania, Europe;
jazz, drumming, African American music, culture, history
Contact
508 999-8752
rhartigan@umassd.edu
http:// www.royalhart.com
Dan Holland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School for Marine Science and Technology
Expertise:
Fisheries economics and management
Contacts:
706 S. Rodney French Blvd.
New Bedford, MA 02744-1221
dholland@umassd.edu
Phone (508) 910-6355
Memory Holloway, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History
Department of Art History
Expertise
20 and 21st century art and exhibitions
Portuguese art and culture
Contact
508 999-8554
mholloway@umassd.edu
Toby E. Huff, Ph.D.
Chancellor Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology/Anthropology
Expertise:
The Muslim-Islamic world (except Palestinian/Israeli
issues)
The Internet and the Muslim- Developing world
Globalization and the Internet
Contact
508 999-8405
thuff@umassd.edu
Gerard M. Koot. Ph.D.
Professor of History
Chairperson, History Department
Director, Master's of Art in Teaching
Expertise
History of the United Kingdom and current affairs
History of the European Union and current affairs
K-12 History and Social Studies Education
History and Social Science MCAS
Contact
508 999-8305 office
508 994 3145 home
gkoot@umassd.edu
Kenneth D. Langley, M.S.
Professor of Textile Science
Department of Textile Science
Expertise
Fiber identification, especially wool and other
animal fibers such as cashmere; related garment labeling issues
Contact
508 999-8199
klangley@umassd.edu
Robert Michael, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Department of History
Expertise
History of anti-Semitism
The Holocaust
World War II
Nazi-German language
Contact
508 999-8379
rmichael@umassd.edu
Geraldine Phipps, Ph.D.
Chancellor Professor of History
Department of History
Expertise:
Russia
Contact
508 999-8303
gphipps@umassd.edu
Timothy P. Shea
Associate Professor of Marketing and Business
Information Systems
Expertise
Distance learning; database management; e-commerce
Contact
508 999-8445
tshea@umassd.edu
Frank Sousa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Portuguese
Director, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture
Department of Portuguese
Expertise
Portuguese literature, language, studies; Luso-American
culture
Contact
508 999-9270
fsousa@umassd.edu
John Twomey, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Department of Foreign Literature and Languages
Expertise
Spanish and Latin American literature; college students academic advising;
study abroad;
status and future of Native American groups in Latin America, specifically Ecuador,
southern Mexico, Peru
Contact
508 999-8761
jtwomey@umassd.edu
Dante Vena, Ph.D.
Professor of Art Education
Department of Art Education
Expertise
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
Gerontology and Art
Early childhood education---The Reggio Emilia Approach
Creativity and art
Contact
508 999-8550
dvena@umassd.edu
Luke Wallin, M.F.A.
Professor of English
Department of English
Expertise
Environmental and community planning;
Politics and ecology of conservation, especially at town or community or regional
scale in southern New England; environmental journalism,
conservation writing, science journalism, environmental
ethics.
Contact
508 999-8393
lwallin@umassd.edu
Robert Waxler, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Department of English
Expertise
Co-founder of "Changing Lives Through Literature"
alternative sentencing program, adopted by Massachusetts
and other state courts nationally. Topics are crime and literature, prison reform,
alternative sentencing, the humanities;
Judaism, Israel
Contact
508 999-8752
rwaxler@umassd.edu
Charles W. White, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Department of English
Expertise
American Literature and Film
Contact
508 999-8285cwhite@umassd.edu
Marguerite L. Zarrillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
Expertise
ITS, intelligent transportation systems; traffic
engineering and congestion management
(Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
are technologies that are the advanced computers,
communications, navigation, sensors, control
systems and information systems that can improve
the safety and efficiency of surfaced transportation
and environmental conditions.
ITS includes four areas:
ATIS-Advanced Traveler Information Systems
such as changeable message signs
ATMS-Advanced Traffic Management Systems:
Traffic centers with video response capabilities as
used in
Electronic Toll Collection (FastLane)
APTS-Advanced Public Transportation Systems such as
smart buses that change a red light to a green like
ARTS-Advanced Rural Transportation System
Contact
508 999-9268
mzarrillo@umassd.edu
Last Updated On: 11/2/05
