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
Zihan Lin	Urban green space , Geospatial methods , Human health , Environmental change	Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Chandrasekhar Kothapalli (Chandra Kothapalli)	Biomechanics and mechanobiology , Stem Cells , mesenchymal , embryonic , human , rat , mice , Regenerative medicine , Tissue engineering , Microfluidics , Nanotechnology , Biomedicine , Soft materials , Toxicology , Produce safety and food chemistry	Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Yan Xu	Clinical and Preclinical Pharmacokinetics , Analytical Method Development for Drugs and Metabolites , Lipidomic Profiling and Quantitation of Biomarkers of Human Diseases , Metabolic Flux Analysis of Biochemical Pathways , Metabolomics of Multicomponent Formulations , Mass Spectrometry , Liquid and Gas Chromatography , Enzyme Immunoassay , Capillary Electrophoresis , and Electroanalytical Techniques	Chemistry
Stacey Diane A Litam	Human trafficking , sex trafficking , human sexuality , asian , AAPI , Asian American , diversity , racism , racial trauma , LGBTQ , clinical counseling	Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning
Rachel Lovell	Gender-based violence , violence , victimization , sexual assault , rape , sexual assault kits , rape kits , domestic violence , intimate partner violence , human trafficking , machine learning , natural language processing , sexual offenders , serial sexual offenders , offending typology , gun violence , evaluation , program evaluation , community-based research , applied research , quantitative , qualitative , methodology , forensic intelligence , DNA , NIBIN , prosecution	Criminology and Sociology
Katherine Clonan-Roy (Katie)	Education , Adolescent Development , Positive Youth Development , Gender , Sexuality , Girlhood , Resistance , Resilience , Critical Consciousness , Ethnography , Qualitative Research Methods	Curriculum & Foundations
Aditi Singh	Generative AI , Large Language Model , Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning , Computer Vision , Human-Robot Interaction	Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Brooke Conti	Milton , Donne , Shakespeare , Spenser , Thomas Browne , Renaissance , Reformation , Autobiography , Polemic , Nostalgia , English Civil War , Sexuality and Gender	English
Shelley Rose	history , Germany , Europe , gender , transnational , peace , protest movements , digital humanities , communities of practice	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
Sharen Bakke	User Acceptance of Technology , Privacy and IT Use , Designing User Interfaces , Human Factors and IT	Information Systems
Benjamin Baran (Ben)	leadership , organizational behavior , organizational change , refugee employment , human resources , human resource management , strategic human resource management	Management
Vickie Gallagher	Organizational Behavior , Organizational Change , Organizational Diagnosis and Employee Engagement Surveys , Sustainability , Corporate Culture , Refugee Employment , Stressor-Strain Relationships , Abusive Supervision , Perceptions of Politics , Social Influence , Impression Management , Political Skill , Person-Organization Fit , Psychological Contract Violations , Organizational Identification , Human Resources	Management
Daozhou Gao	Disease dynamics , epidemic patch model , basic reproduction number , vector-borne disease , disease prevalence , mathematical modeling , human movement , population abundance , behavior change.	Mathematics and Statistics
Karla Reese	quality of life , sexual health , sexuality and intimacy , occupational justice , occupational therapy , inflammatory bowel disease	Occupational Therapy
Jennifer Soros (Jenn)	Sexuality & intimacy , occupational justice	Occupational Therapy
Todd Nelson	Memory Politics , Russia , Ukraine , Stalin , Genocide , Human Rights	Political Science
Kimberly Fuller (Kim)	LGBTQ+ , clinical mental health , family acceptance , relationships , human sexuality , sex therapy	Social Work
George Tsagaris	Human sex trafficking , developmental disabilities , juvenile justice , cultural diversity , curriculum design.	Social Work
Aviva Vincent (Aviva Vincent)	Human Animal Interaction , Veterinary Social Work , Oxytocin , Animal-Assisted Interactions , Equine Assisted Services , Diversity Equity and Inclusion , Participatory Action Research	Social Work
James Moore (James)	Islam and world religions in social studies courses , race , ethnicity , and national identity , global issues , world hunger , human trafficking education , Female Genital Mutilation[FGM] , pandemics and social studies implications , population , and human rights education , interdisciplinary social studies education , civic education , civility in public discourse , the First Amendment and social studies education	Teacher Education