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Jay Bickford

Department: Early Childhood, Elementary and Middle Level Education

Location: 2213 Buzzard

Office Ph: (217)581-7881

E-Mail: jbickford@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Social studies methods, gender expressions in the classroom and social group interactions.

Hobbies: Reading, spending time with family, fishing, coloring with daughter and chess/checkers/monopoly with son.


Melissa Caldwell  

 

Department: English

Location: 3015 Coleman

Office Ph: (217) 581-7481

E-Mail: mcaldwell@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Renaissance literature and philosophy, intellectual history, and literature and ethics.

 

 

Sylvia Carlisle  

 

Department: Mathematics

Location: 3614 Old Main

Office Ph: (217) 581-3214

E-Mail: scarlisle@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Mathematical logic and geometric group theory

Hobbies: Cooking, frisbees, reading and Dr. Who.

 

Anna Cromwell  

 

Department: Music

Location: Doudna

Office Ph: (217) 581-3010

E-Mail: alcromwell@eiu.edu

 

Michael Dobbs  

 

Department: School of Business

Location: 3010 Lumpkin

Office: (217) 581-6925

E-Mail: medobbs@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Corporate strategy, sport management and management pedagogy

Hobbies: Canine frisbee

 

Jacquelyn Frank  

 

Department: Family and Consumer Sciences

Location: 2056 Klehm

Office Ph: (217) 581-7843

E-Mail: jbfrank@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Alzheimer's, care giving, aging prisoners and service-learning.

Hobbies: Glassblowing, travel and theatre.

 

Katie Johnson  

 

Department: Geology/ Geography

Location: Physical Science

Office Ph: (217) 581-2626

E-Mail: kjohnson4@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Paleoclimate, Paleontology, Paleoncology and Geoscience education.

Hobbies:Dogs, biking, movies, music and tennis.

 

Chris Laingen  

 

Department: Geology/Geography

Location: 2420 Physical Science

Office Ph: (217) 581-2999

E-Mail: crlaingen@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Regional and rural biogeography, land use and land cover change.

Hobbies: Fishing, hunting and running.



Ralph Marshall  

 

Department: Educational Leadersgip

Location: Buzzard

Office Ph: (217) 581-2919

E-Mail: rlmarshall@eiu.edu

Research Interests: School finance, Superintendent/ School board relations and transitions from pre K-12 to higher education faulty.

Hobbies: Golf

 

Tena McNamara  

 

Department: Communication Disorders and Sciences

Location: Human Services

Office Ph: (217) 581-2712

E-Mail: tmcnamara@eiu.edu

Research Interests: (Central) Auditory processing, classroom acoustics and school-age language.

Hobbies: Reading and running.

 

Rosemary Onyango  

 

Department: African-American Studies

Location: 3165 Blair

Office Ph: (217) 581-7114

E-Mail: raonyango@eiu.edu

 

Kenneth Reed  

 

Department: Student Teaching

Location: Buzzard

Office Ph: (217) 581-2620

E-Mail: krreed2@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Professional learning communities

Hobbies: Illinois Principals Association, action research and golf.

 

Scott Ronspies  

 

Department: Kinesiology and Sport Studies

Location: 2002 McAfee

Office Ph: (217) 581-7291

E-Mail: sronspies@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Obesity and physical activity/fitness

Hobbies: Fitness, sports, reading and outdoors

 

Jamie Ryan

 

 

Department: Music

Location: Doudna

Office Ph: (217) 581-3010

E-Mail: jvryan@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Music - non-western, specifically music of Cuba, Brazil, and the African diaspora, solo and chamber music for percussion, jazz and rock-n-roll.

Hobbies: Triathlon sports, baseball, dogs (especially mine!), reading (biographies, travel, music writing), going to record stores and my daughter (she's more than a hobby!).


Jane Scheer  

 

Department: Nursing

Location: McAfee

Office Ph: (217) 581-7049

E-Mail: jescheer@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Online education and distance education.

Hobbies: Gardening and fibercrafts.

 

T.M Linda Scholz  

 

Department: Communication Studies

Location: 1814 Coleman

Office Ph: (217) 581-6942

E-Mail: tscholz@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Rhetoric, feminist theory, post-colonial studies, subaltern studies, Latin America and testimonials.

Hobbies: Hiking, different forms of fitness, quality time with family and pets.

 

Jay Stasser  

 

Department: Chemistry

Location: 4440 Life Science

Office Ph: (217) 581-6225

E-Mail: jpstasser@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Biophysics and bioinorganic chemistry.

 

 

Scott Stevens  

 

Department: School of Business

Location: 3605 Lumpkin

Office Ph: (217) 581-6119

E-Mail: crfoy@eiu.edu

 

Dana Stodden  

 

Department: Early Childhood, Elementary and Middle Level Education

Location: 2210 Buzzard

Office Ph: (217) 581-7900

E-Mail: dgstodden@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Reading specialization

Hobbies: Camping, hiking, bicycling and gardening

 

Jennifer Stringfellow  

 

Department: Special Education

Location: Buzzard

Office Ph: (217) 581-5315

E-Mail: jlstringfellow@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Learning and behavioral disabilities, strategies for teaching students with disabilities in all settings, and strategies for promoting and supporting diversity in the classroom instructionally and emotionally.

Hobbies: Reading, films, socializing and music.

 

Jason Waller  

 

Department: Philosophy

Location: 3734 Coleman

Office Ph: (217) 581-3012

E-Mail: jwaller@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Modern philosophy, political philosophy and metaphysics.

Hobbies: Walking, documentaries and reading.

 

Andrew Wheeler  

 

Department: Psychology

Location: Physical Science

Office Ph: (217) 581-2127

E-Mail: amwheeler@eiu.edu

Research Interests: Political psychology - framing effects within political dicourse, judgement and decision making, and causes for violating principles of rationality.

Hobbies: Cooking (Barbecuing, slow cooking with a smoker), fantasy baseball and reading.