Cleveland State University | Faculty Expertise Database

Cleveland State University's Faculty Expertise Database was developed as a service to the CSU community and the general public. In particular, the database is expected to:

increase the public's accessibility to CSU expertise
give business, industry, government, and media representatives access to CSU researchers
foster research collaboration
help students search for faculty advisors
help staff members identify faculty for current and prospective donors
improve contacts with potential research sponsors

Select a method of searching our database:

You can search faculty research profiles by using research interest or expertise keywords. Alternatively, you can search for a particular faculty member's research profile by entering his or her name or department.

Name	Expertise and Interest	Department
Search Results:
Adrienne Gosselin	Literature and Racial Dialogue , Teaching African American Literature , Black Women¿s Studies , Mixed Race Literature and Scholarship , Literature and Learning Models , Public Sphere Pedagogy , Diversity and Inclusion in Arts and Humanities.	Africana Studies
Samantha Baskind	art , art history , Jewish art , American art , modern art , Confederate monuments , Holocaust studies , Jewish studies , comics and graphic novels	Art & Design
Monica Gordon Pershey	grammar , syntax , language , language development , language disorders , literacy , learning disabilities , supervision , developmental disabilities , reading , reading comprehension , writing , assessment , testing , elementary school , school-age , middle school , autism , pragmatic language , pragmatics , narrative , discourse , dyslexia , phonological awareness , speech-language pathology , special needs , special education , child development , African American child	Communication Sciences and Disorders
Frederick Karem (Jeff)	American Literature , Multicultural Studies , African American literature , Latino Literature , Native American Literature. Southern Literature , Latin American Literature , Caribbean Literature	English
James Marino	Shakespeare , 16th and 17th century drama , Early Modern English literature , Theater History , History of the Book , Intellectual Property , Performance Studies , Psychoanalysis , Comedy	English
Julie Townsend	Translingualism , CHAT , activity theory , actor-network theory , multilingualism , English as a second language , screen recordings , first-year writing , critical pedagogy , critical language pedagogy , African American Language , linguistic justice	English
Meshack Owino	Pre-Colonial Africa and Modern Africa , East Africa , Southern Africa , South Africa , Kenya , Military History of Africa , African soldiers in Pre-Colonial , Colonial , and Modern Africa , World War I , World War II , conflicts , African states , ethnicity , ethnic conflicts , politics	History
Jonathan Souther	20th-century U.S. , urban history , U.S. South , public history , digital humanities , African American history , Green Book , suburbs , urban renewal , tourism , historic preservation , New Orleans , Cleveland	History
Tawanda Greer-Medley	Health disparities , Health Care , Racism , African American populations , Neural Correlates of Race-Related Stress , Hypertension , Models of Stress and Coping , Implicit Racial Bias , Provider Racial Biases	School of Education & Counseling
Stacey Diane A Litam	Human trafficking , sex trafficking , human sexuality , asian , AAPI , Asian American , diversity , racism , racial trauma , LGBTQ , clinical counseling	School of Education & Counseling
Annie Jouan-Westlund	Contemporary French Studies , French and Francophone Literature , Cinema Studies , Cultural Studies , Autobiography , Autofiction , Life Writing , Contemporary Fiction.	World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Phillip Wanyerka (Phil)	Mesoamerican Writing Systems , Mesoamerican Archaeology and Prehistory , Classic Maya Civilization , North American Archaeology and Prehistory , Political Organization , Belizean Archaeology and Prehistory	World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures