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:
Conor McLennan	word recognition , speech , language , perception , memory , cognitive , psychology , aging , password security , bilingual , bilingualism , cognition , life span , lifespan	College Arts and Sciences, Dean's Office
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
James Joyce (Jim)	Psychology of film , short film , feature films , genre , storytelling , video , film , production , post-production , nature films , fiction , story	Film and Media Arts
Judith Ausherman (judy)	Integrative Approaches to Teaching Using School Gardens , Health and Academic Achievement , Health Literacy , Health Education , Comprehensive School Health Education Instruction , Coordinated School Health Program	Health Sciences and Human Perform
Tak Ching Lam (Eddie T. C. Lam)	Service Quality , Scale Development , Fan Psychology , Exploratory Factor Analysis , Confirmatory Factor Analysis	Management
Deborah Layman	music therapy , therapeutic function of music , flipped learning , self-regulated learning , reflective practice , goal setting , competency-based evaluation and supervision , autism , neurodevelopment , complex trauma , educational psychology	Music Therapy
Kristen Pataki	aquatic therapy , adapted aquatic program , pediatrics , adapted leisure , play-based intervention , development , addressing mental health needs of children and youth in schools , thematic play and children with hearing impairment , storybook reading , engagement	Occupational Therapy
Blair Baker	Response to racial discrimination , racial battle fatigue , racial equity in schools	Psychology
Colleen McMahon (Dr. McMahon)	School psychology , applied behavior analysis , school-based interventions	Psychology
Shereen Naser	Behavioral Data for Decision Making in Multi Tiered Systems of Support , Racial Disparities in School Discipline , School Facilitation of Student Identity Development , Equitable School Practice.	Psychology
Kathleen Reardon	psychology , clinical psychology , psychopathology , abnormal psychology , developmental psychopathology , personality , temperament , personality pathology , personality disorders , aggression , violence , risk taking , relational aggression , emotion regulation , emotion dysregulation , interpersonal problems , social skills , externalizing behaviors , leadership , open science , meta science , measure development , research methods	Psychology
Albert Smith	cognitive psychology , autobiographical memory , word perception , contingency learning , survey methodology , epidemiologic surveys , dietary intake methodology , cognitive psychology as applied to public health issues , open science , research methods.	Psychology
Linda Francis	Sociology of Emotions , Social Psychology , Mental Health , Medical Sociology , formal and informal caregiving , stress , grief , affect and cognition , patient-provider interaction	Public Affairs and Education, Dean's Office
Paula Chan	Special education , disability , school to prison pipeline , employment accommodations , disability law , transition to adulthood , student teachers , positive behavior interventions , applied behavior analysis	School of Education & Counseling
Jeremy Genovese (Jeremy)	behavioral learning theory , behavior genetics , individual differences , intentional communities Esperanto evolutionary psychology , personality theory , somatotypes , psychometrics , memory , memory improvement	School of Education & Counseling
Karla Hamlen Mansour (Karla Hamlen)	Video games , digital games , learning strategies in games , creativity , ethics in technology , Children's media , children's television , Computer Science education , quantitative methods , statistics , research methods , media psychology	School of Education & Counseling
Cassandra Hinger (Casey)	racial allyship , antiracism , multicultural training , social justice , intersectionality , psychometrics , Counseling Psychology training	School of Education & Counseling
Dakota King-White	Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Pre-K to 12 Education , Children of Incarcerated Parents , School Counseling in the 21st Century , Trauma-Informed Care in Pre-K-12 Schools	School of Education & Counseling
Julia Phillips	Clinical Supervision , Professional Issues in Psychology , Research Training , Diversity , Equity , Inclusion , Justice , LGBT Issues	School of Education & Counseling
Roland Pourdavood (Professor Roland G. Pourdavood)	Teacher's Dialogue , Teacher's Reflection , Constructivism , Mathematics Reform , School Transformation , Teacher Change	School of Education & Counseling
Graham Stead	Career psychology , Vocational psychology , Quantitative research , Meta-Analysis , Social constructionism , Critical psychology , Psychometrics.	School of Education & Counseling
Adam Voight	Youth development , urban education , schools , social context , school climate , community psychology , civic engagement , education research , adolescence , youth participatory action research	School of Education & Counseling
Christopher Mallett	juvenile justice , school-to-prison pipeline , special education , learning disabilities , mental health , maltreatment , adolescence , trauma , detention , incarceration , delinquency , ' trauma-informed care , racial and ethnic disparities , school dropout , disproportionate minority contact , LGBTQ+	Social Work