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College of Education and Health Professions

Jeff Bonacci

Jeff Bonacci

Email

(479) 575-4112

Expertise Summary

Athletic training education, sports medicine, musculoskeletal injuries, anatomy.

William A. Cochran

William A. Cochran

Email

(501) 623-7700

Expertise Summary

neuropsychology

Robert Costrell

Robert Costrell

Email

(479) 575-5332

Expertise Summary

Teacher pensions, school finance, standards-based reform, education reform, economics, accountability, standards, education policy, public policy, government.

Michael K. Daugherty

Michael K. Daugherty

Email

(479) 575-5119

Expertise Summary

Technological literacy, design problem solving, curricular design.

Mounir Farah

Mounir Farah

Email

(479) 575-4771

Expertise Summary

Middle East countries and cultures, social studies curriculum, social studies curriculum in Middle East.

Jay P. Greene

Jay P. Greene

Email

(479) 575-3172

Expertise Summary

Education policy, including school choice, high school graduation rates, accountability and special education.

Reed Greenwood

Reed Greenwood

Email

(479) 575-3208

Expertise Summary

Arkansas public education, higher education.

Kristin Higgins

Kristin Higgins

Email

(479) 575-3329

Expertise Summary

Counseling children and adolescents, at-risk youth, measurement and evaluation in school counseling, stress and anxiety in children, role and function of school counselors, students with Asperger's Syndrome and school-based needs and issues, ethical and legal aspects of counseling, gender issues in counseling, counseling and human diversity, lifestyle and career development.

Carleton Holt

Carleton Holt

Email

(479) 575-5112

Expertise Summary

School bond and leadership issues.

Ches Jones

Ches Jones

Email

(479) 575-4009

Expertise Summary

injury prevention

Tom Kippenbrock

Tom Kippenbrock

Email

(479) 575-3907

Expertise Summary

Health care; advanced nursing practice; nursing research and education.

Cathy D. Lirgg

Cathy D. Lirgg

Email

(479) 575-6667

Expertise Summary

sport psychology, youth sport, physical education pedagogy

Christopher Lucas

Christopher Lucas

Email

(479) 575-5477

Expertise Summary

History of education, including higher education, teacher education and K-12 education.

Robert Maranto

Robert Maranto

Email

(479) 575-3225

Expertise Summary

Educational leadership, education policy, public administration, public leadership, public personnel policy, government, politics, education reform.

Susan Mayes

Susan Mayes

Email

(479) 575-2859

Expertise Summary

physical education curriculum and teaching styles, ballroom dance

William F. McComas

William F. McComas

Email

(479) 575-7525

Expertise Summary

Science instruction, science teacher preparation, science curriculum issues, philosophy of science and evolution education, science museums and informal education.

Michael T. Miller

Michael T. Miller

Email

(479) 575-3582

Expertise Summary

Academic governance, community colleges, higher education, faculty development.

Merry Moiseichik

Merry Moiseichik

Email

(479) 575-2870

Expertise Summary

recreation and sport law; community development through recreation; recreation administration; playgrounds

Sean Mulvenon

Sean Mulvenon

Email

(479) 575-8727

Expertise Summary

Educational statistics, No Child Left Behind.

Marianne Neighbors

Marianne Neighbors

Email

(479) 575-5873

Expertise Summary

School health, health promotion, medical-surgical nursing, nursing education.

Rebecca Newgent

Rebecca Newgent

Email

(479) 575-7311

Expertise Summary

At-risk children, including peer harassment (bullying), academic problems and sexual abuse; independent evaluation, outcome-based empirical research.

Gretchen Oliver

Gretchen Oliver

Email

(479) 575-4670

Expertise Summary

Athletic training education, biomechanics/exercise science, athletic injury reduction, sports performance enhancement, motion analysis, therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation for athletic injuries, athletic performance and drugs.

Marie Parker

Marie Parker

Email

(479) 575-7418

Expertise Summary

Director of Arkansas A-Plus Schools Network.

Gary Ritter

Gary Ritter

Email

(479) 575-4971

Expertise Summary

Education policy, program evaluation, public policy, research methods in education, school finance, at-risk youth, performance pay.

Barbara Shadden

Barbara Shadden

Email

(479) 575-4917

Expertise Summary

Neurological disorders in adults; communication problems related to stroke, ALS, dementia; augmentative communication technology; gerontology and aging; caregiver stress; impact of impaired communication on sense of self and identity.

Tom E.C. Smith

Tom E.C. Smith

Email

(479) 575-3326

Expertise Summary

Special education: inclusion, legal issues, mental retardation, autism spectrum disorders.

Nan Smith-Blair

Nan Smith-Blair

Email

(479) 575-5877

Expertise Summary

Critical care nursing and physiologic nursing; cardiopulmonary function with special emphasis on diaphragm fatigue and emphysema.

Sandra Stotsky

Sandra Stotsky

Email

(479) 575-7282

Expertise Summary

Design of and standards for teacher education, particularly in English and matematics; teacher licensure tests; alternative routes to licensure; state standards for K-12 in English, language arts and reading; school curriculum issues.

Judith Tavano

Judith Tavano

Email

(479) 575-4282

Expertise Summary

Human resource development and workforce training; managing an inter-generational ‎workforce; inter-generational employee relations in industry and education; ‎marketing training to a multi-generational workforce; recruitment and ‎retention of Generation Y; engaging Generation X; anticipating the Baby Boom ‎exodus, a succession planning imperative.

Samuel Totten

Samuel Totten

Email

(479) 575-6677

Expertise Summary

The Darfur genocide; the Rwandan genocide; post-genocide period; the ‎prevention of and intervention in genocide; genocide education; Holocaust ‎education; process writing; and writing to learn‎.

Michael Wavering

Michael Wavering

Email

(479) 575-4283

Expertise Summary

Science education, teaching of evolution, cognitive development in science.

Brent Thomas Williams

Brent Thomas Williams

Email

(479) 575-8696

Expertise Summary

Evaluation and assessment of learning disabilities and developmental delays; Web accessibility for persons with disabilities; societal and political aspects of disability; Web-based resources for persons with disabilities.

Patrick Wolf

Patrick Wolf

Email

(479) 575-2084

Expertise Summary

School choice, public administration, civic values, education evaluation, special education.