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

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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:
Zihan Lin	Urban green space , Geospatial methods , Human health , Environmental change	Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Kevin Mueller	plants , soils , ecosystem services , forests , grasslands , urban ecology , climate change , land management , pollution , sustainability	Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Bernard Walton (Michael)	Amphibians , Biodiversity , Climate Change , Community Ecology , Ecology , Ecological Physiology , Ecosystems , Environment , Environmental Physiology , Evolution , Food Webs , Forests , Herpetology , Salamanders , Soil , Streams , Trophic Interactions , Urban Ecology	Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Julie Wolin	aquatic ecology , diatom ecology , urban ecology , wetland ecology , Great Lakes ecosystems , nutrient enrichment , paleolimnology , long-term climate change	Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
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
Wendy Green	Health professions education , transformational learning , organizational culture , diversity , social-identity based affinity groups , communities of practice , qualitative research.	Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning
Catherine Hansman	adult learners , communities of practice , context based learning , mentoring , health professions education	Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning
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	Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning
Philip Manning (Phil)	Social Theory , History of Ideas , Qualitative Research , Ethnography , Cybersecurity , Higher Education Research Funding.	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
Anne Galletta	Qualitative Research Methods , Critical Social Theory , Participatory Action Research , Ethics , Reflexivity , and Qualitative Research , Educational Policy , History of U.S. Education , Equity in Education , Teacher Development and Preparation	Curriculum & Foundations
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	Curriculum & Foundations
Selma Koc (Koç)	Immersive education , online learning , generative AI , blended learning , curriculum development , technology integration in K-12 and higher education , assessment in online learning , mobile computing , technology planning	Curriculum & Foundations
Adam Voight	Youth development , urban education , schools , social context , school climate , community psychology , civic engagement , education research , adolescence , youth participatory action research	Curriculum & Foundations
Lih-Ching Wang	technology integration , teacher education , eLearning , Chinese language instruction	Curriculum & Foundations
Kuzey Yilmaz	Public Economics , Economics of Education , Urban Economics	Economics
Lili Dong	Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems , MEMS , Control Systems , Electronic Printing , and Engineering Education.	Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Nigamanth Sridhar (Nigamanth)	Software Engineering , Distributed Systems , Wireless Sensor Networks , Software Components , Programming Languages , Object-Oriented Systems , Formal Reasoning Methods , Concurrent Systems , Engineering Education , Computer Science Education.	Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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
Colleen Walsh	Cultural and medical anthropology , ethnography and lived experience , urban and community health , social capital and social networks , community gardens and community-based health interventions , access to nutritious food , health disparities , social determinants of health , racism as a determinant of health , culture and health care , medicine	Health Sciences and Human Perform
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
Alan Weinstein	Adult Entertainment Regulation , Affirmative Action Government Contracting , City Planning , Freedom of Speech , Freedom of Religion , First Amendment , Land Use Regulation , Local and State Government , Historic Preservation Law , Property , Torts , Urban Planning , Zoning	Law
Ashutosh Dixit	Electronic Commerce , International Marketing , Marketing Education , Market Evolution , Competition , Pricing , Intelligent Agent Technologies.	Marketing
John Holcomb	Statistics , Measurement error , design of experiments , statistical education , hunger , nutrition , regression , anova , statistical consulting	Mathematics and Statistics
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
Carol Olszewski	competency , evaluation , instructor characteristics , music therapy , music perception , cochlear implants , electroacoustic , adult learning and development , faculty socialization , development and educational training of clinician professors , structure of the academy	Music Therapy
Adebimpe Adedipe (Bimpe Adedipe)	Interprofessional Education Gerontology Hospice Community Nursing Oncology	Nursing
Maureen Mitchell	Retention of expert and novice practitioners , nursing academic leadership , Disasters impact on health of populations and emergency aid workers , Health policy and the media , Impact of health policy and programs on vulnerable and at-risk populations , Urban health issues , Community health planning , use and design of technology in education and nursing practice	Nursing
Wendy Sarver	Nursing Education , Leadership , Management , Hospital Systems , Evidence Based Practice	Nursing
Kelle DeBoth Foust (Kelle DeBoth Foust)	autism , sensory processing , sensory integration , multisensory processing , neurophysiology , interprofessional education , child development , fine motor skills , community programs , technology and disabilities	Occupational Therapy
Barbara Milliken	Veterans , Environment. Spirituality , Mental Health , OT in the Correctional System , Transitional Reintegration Programs , Empathy , Grief and Loss , Interprofessional Education	Occupational Therapy
Jane Keehan (Jane )	Health Policy , Administration and Management , Health Literacy , Health Care for Underserved Populations , Emotional Intelligence , DPT Education Population Health	Physical Therapy
Karen McIntyre	Scholarship of teaching and learning , clinical education , student experience	Physical Therapy
Jessica Bickel	STM , AFM , scanning probe microscopy , semiconductors , magnetism , nanoparticles , self-assembly , Physics Education Research , PER	Physics
Petru Fodor	Microfludics , microreactors , computational fluid dynamics , nanofabrication , electron microscopy , image processing , applied physics , physics and science education.	Physics
Andrew Resnick	Mechanosensation , Physics , Optics , Imaging , Spectroscopy , remote sensing , electrophysiology , Physiology , cell biology , epithelial tissue , microgravity , complex fluids , soft matter , laser tweezers , fluid mechanics , electro-optics , cell culture , live cell imaging , biophysics , continuum mechanics , confocal microscopy , STEM education , Optical trapping , Microscopy , Polarimetry , Cystic Fibrosis , Polycystic Kidney Disease , Primary Cilium , Fourier Optics	Physics
Joanna Ganning	Shrinking cities , legacy cities , redevelopment , urban development , urban decline , spatial econometrics , economic development , planning , place-based development , GIS	Public Affairs and Education, Dean's Office
Cynthia Hovland	Death and Dying , Grief and Loss , Aging , Interprofessional Education and Practice , Caregiving , Family Caregiving , Alzheimer's Disease , Dementia , Health Care , Spirituality , Preparedness for Death	Social Work
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
Mamadou Seck (Mamadou)	Juvenile Justice , Juvenile Delinquency Social work education , and curriculum. Developmental Disability Mental health Program Evaluation Group Work Education Group Work Practice	Social Work
Mary Frances Buckley (Molly)	Adolescent literacy , digital literacy , critical literacy , teacher education , English education	Teacher Education
Paula Chan	Special education , disability , school to prison pipeline , employment accommodations , disability law , transition to adulthood , student teachers , positive behavior interventions , applied behavior analysis	Teacher Education
Joanne Goodell	Diversity , equity , inclusive teaching , educational reform , secondary mathematics education , teacher education , self-study , professional development , women in engineering , qualitative methods , mixed methods , assessment , achievement , teacher leaders , critical incident , reflective practice , teacher identity , teacher turnover , pre-service teachers , teacher induction , STEM teaching , faculty development	Teacher Education
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
Rebecca Odom-Bartel (Becky)	Computer Science Education , Pre-service education , Research Practitioner Partnerships , Mixed-Methods Research , Computer Science in Secondary Education	Teacher Education
John Schaefer	Intellectual and developmental disabilities , severe disabilities , inclusion , peer-mediated intervention , peer-support , evidence-based practice in teacher education.	Teacher Education
Patrick Wachira	Teacher Education , Mathematics , Technology , Culturally Responsive Pedagogy , Equitable teaching , Socio-constructivism , Mathematical Discourse	Teacher Education
Karl Wheatley	Motivation Early childhood education Curriculum Educational reform & policy Democratic education Constructivism Teacher efficacy Teacher beliefs Nontraditional education Homeschooling , Unschooling	Teacher Education
Amanda Yurick	Reading , early reading intervention , urban education , learning disabilities , behavior disorders , quantitative research	Teacher Education
Roland Anglin	Theories of Public Management , Urban and Regional Development , Contemporary Issues in Community and Economic Development , Sustainable Development Policy in the United States , Poverty in the United States , Managing Natural Disasters	Urban Studies
Jeffrey Bowen (Jeffrey)	Leadership , Nonprofit Management , Fundraising , Grant Writing , Proposal & Program Development , Public Relations , Community Relations , Urban Organizations , Arts Organizations , Governance , Trusteeship , Boards of Directors , Board Development & Training , Nonprofit Governance , Collaborative Partnerships , Volunteerism , Volunteer Management , Project Management , Arts Management , Diversity , Equity , Inclusion , Justice & Accessibility , DEIJA	Urban Studies
Ronnie Dunn	Urban and social policy , racial profiling , racial inequality , the criminal justice system , issues affecting children and families living in urban areas , minority populations and the urban poor	Urban Studies
W Keating	Housing policy and law , urban and neighborhood development , land use law , suburbs , race and housing	Urban Studies
Wendy Kellogg	watershed governance , networks , urban resilience , environmental land planning , urban sustainability , urban planning , local land use regulation , evaluation of collaborative planning processes	Urban Studies
Brian Mikelbank	Urban Geography	Urban Studies
Meghan Rubado	urban politics , environmental policy , public administration , interlocal collaboration , local service provision	Urban Studies
Stephanie Ryberg (Stephanie)	Historic Preservation , Community Development , Neighborhood Revitalization , Neighborhood Planning , Urban Revitalization , Preservation Planning , Main Street , Rehabilitation Tax Credits , Planning History , Qualitative Methods , Case Studies	Urban Studies
J Rosie Tighe (Rosie)	housing policy , race , neighborhood revitalization , inequality , shrinking cities , urban decline , fair housing , public opinion , survey research , qualitative research , poverty , land use , community development , urban politics , social justice , equity , legacy cities , NIMBY	Urban Studies