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College of Business
Management
Dr. Michael B. Hargis, assistant professor of management
Mhargis@uca.edu
Topics: Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, and Management
Dr. John Bratton, professor of insurance and risk management
JBratton@uca.edu
Topics: Property/Liability Insurance and Risk Management
Dr. Don Bradley III, professor of marketing and executive director of Small Business Advancement National Center
DonB@uca.edu
Topics: Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Retailing, Marketing, Non-Profit Management and Marketing. Economy Development, Banking, Small Business Public Policy
College of Education
Dr. Diana G. Pounder, dean of College of Education
DianaP@uca.edu
Topic: Educational Leadership
Debbie Barnes, assistant dean, College of Education
debbieb@uca.edu
Topics: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Path-wise, Praxis III, and Teacher Education.
Mara Jane Cawein, National Board Certified Teacher, clinical instructor
marac@uca.edu
Topic: National Board Certification for Teachers
Dr. Nancy P. Gallavan, professor, Master of Arts in Teaching
Department of Teaching and Learning; and Master of Arts in Teaching Program
Ngallavan@uca.edu
Topics: Performance-Based Assessments, Cultural Competence, Social Studies Education, and Reflectivity
Dr. Mark J. Cooper, L.P.C., professor, Department of Early childhood and Special Education
Director of Mashburn Center for Learning
mcooper@uca.edu
Topics: Guidance and Management for Preschool Through Elementary Grades, Promoting Positive Behaviors and Demoting Negative Behaviors, and Building Hope Among Struggling Learners
Dr. Terri Hebert, assistant professor, Department of Teaching & Learning
TerriH@uca.edu
Topics: Technology Integration, Differentiated Instruction, and Children's Literature and Science Integration
Dr. Tammy Benson, associate professor, Master of Arts in Teaching
Chair for the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education
tammyb@uca.edu
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Behavior Management, Reading Instruction, and Assessment
Marilyn A. Friga, instructor , Department of Teaching & Learning
Mfriga@uca.edu
Topics: National Board Certified Teacher Social Studies, AR Licensed Middle/Secondary Social Studies Teacher, Praxis III Assessor, and Path-wise Trainer and Supervisor Pre-Service Interns
Dr. Gary Bunn, assistant professor, Department of Teaching & Learning
Program Coordinator, Master of Arts in Teaching
GaryB@uca.edu
Topics: Leadership Development, Motivation, Effective Teaching Strategies, and Professional Development Topics
Heather Fisher, clinical instructor, Master's of Arts in Teaching
Hfisher@uca.edu
Topics: Digital writer's workshop, effective online instruction, and utilizing technology
Dr. Patty Phelps, Director of Instructional Development Center, Department of Teaching & Learning
PATTYP@uca.edu
Topics: Instructional Improvement, Teacher Leadership, and Classroom Management (middle/secondary level)
Dr. Donna Wake, assistant professor, Department of Teaching & Learning
Dwake@uca.edu
Topics: Digital Storytelling, Writing Process, Writing for Different Audiences, Writing Craftsmanship, and Media Literacy
Patricia Kohler-Evans, associate professor, Early Childhood and Special Education �
Topics: Inclusive strategies, instructional facilitation (coaching), strategic instruction model (SIM)
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Art History
Dr. Reinaldo ('Dito') Morales Jr, assistant professor, Art History
rmorales@uca.edu
Topics: Pre-Columbian Art (art in the Americas before AD 1500), Prehistoric Art, Rock Art ('pictographs', 'petroglyphs', cave painting), and Indigenous Arts of Brazil
Mass Communication and Theatre
John Gale, associate professor and chair, Department of Mass communication and Theatre Department
jgale@uca.edu
Topics: Copyright, Freedom of the Press, Privacy, and Free Press - Fair Trial.
Music
Dr. Ryan Fisher, assistant professor of music education, Department of Music
RFISHER@uca.edu
Topics: Choral Music, Music Education, Choral Music Education, Orff-Schulwerk Method of Early Childhood Music Education
Izzy Getzov, assistant professor of music, Department of Music
Music director of the Conway Symphony Orchestra
israelg@uca.edu
Topics: General Music and Orchestral Music
Christian Carichner, assistant professor of music, Department of Music
Ccarichner@uca.edu
Topics: Art Entrepreneurship, Arts Injury Prevention and Recovery, Marching Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, and General Music
Dr. Jeffery Jarvis, associate professor, chair of the Department of Music
jarvisj@uca.edu
Topics: General Music, Music and Society, and Music and Human Development
Communication
Dr. James W. Hikins, professor and chair, Department of Communication
Jhikins@uca.edu
Topics: Human Response to Disaster and Political Communication
Dr. Alma O. Corley, assistant professor, Department of Communication
Acorley@uca.edu
Topics: Public Relations
Dr. Amy Hawkins Amy, assistant professor of public relations, Department of Communication
aamy@uca.edu
Topics: organizational leadership, organizational culture, public relations management, public relations campaigns, communication ethics, communication training and coaching
College of Health and Behavioral Science
Family & Consumer Services
Dr. Nina Roofe, instructor of nutrition, Department of Family & Consumer Services
NRoofe@uca.edu
Topics: Pediatric Nutrition, Pediatric Obesity, Parenting Premature Infants, Nutrition and Autism, and Service Learning.
Dr. James Guinee, instructor, Department of Health Sciences
JamesG@uca.edu
Topics: Communication and Conflict Resolution, Dream Interpretation, Ethics, Supervision and Training, Religious Issues and Mental Health, and all Mental Health Topics
Addiction
Lisa Ray, MS, LADAC, CCS, clinical instructor II, Department of Health Sciences
LRay@uca.edu
Topics: Addiction, Treatment and Prevention, Alcohol, Tobacco, other Drugs and Gambling
Nursing
Julie Meaux, PhD, RN-C, CNE , associate professor, Department of Nursing
JulieM@uca.edu
Topic: Attention Deficit Disorder
Barbara Williams, PhD, RN, chairman, Department of Nursing
BGWilliams@uca.edu
Topics: Nursing Workforce and Nurse Educator Shortage
Physical Therapy
Steve Forbush, PhD, PT, assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy
SForbush@uca.edu
Topic: Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Lorrie George-Paschal, Ph.D., OTR/L, ATP, associate professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
LorrieG@uca.edu
Topics: Aging in Place, assisted technologies for education, vision, cognition, mobility and environmental control
Dr. David Stearns, assistant professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Neuroscience, gross anatomy and pathology
Dstearns@uca.edu
Topics: Medical terminology, alternative medicine, understanding your doctor and navigating the heath care system
Speech-Language Pathology
Dr. Brent Gregg, assistant professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology
BGregg@uca.edu
Topic: Stuttering
Dr. Kim McCullough, associate professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Kmccullo@uca.edu
Topics: Communication Impairments Caused by Stroke, Brain Injury and Dementia
Dr. Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, assistant professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology
MJCHidecker@uca.edu
Topics: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Cerebral Palsy and Communication, Autism, Evidence-Based Practice, Epidemiology in Communication Disorders, Hearing Loss and Prevention, and World Health Organization International Classification of Function, Disability and Health.
Dr. Susan Moss-Logan, associate professor and co-director, Communication Sciences & Disorders Doctoral Program Consortium
SusanML@uca.edu
Topic: Childhood Apraxia
Jeff Adams, clinical instructor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology
JAdams@uca.edu
Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr. Dee Lance, associate professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology
DLance@uca.edu
Topics: Language Development and Disorders and Reading Impairment
Dr. Gary McCullough, associate professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology
GMccullough@uca.edu
Topics: Voice and swallowing disorders
Kinesiology and Physical Education
Steve Tucker, PhD, ATC, assistant professor, Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education
Stucker@uca.edu
Topic: Mechanism, Treatment and Prevention of Chronic Shoulder Injuries
Steve Hornor, MA, LAT/ATC, Assistant Athletic Trainer/ Clinical I Instructor
SHornor@uca.edu
Topics: Athletic Trainers in the Secondary School Setting, Injury Management, and Specialized Taping Techniques.
College of Liberal Arts
Political Science
Dr. Gary Wekkin, professor, Department of Political Science
GaryW@uca.edu
Topics: U.S. Government & Politics, American Presidency, Politics of Presidential Selection, Interest Groups & Money in Politics, Political Parties & Electoral Problems, Political Behavior and Campaign Management
History
Dr. Kenneth C. Barnes, Chair, professor of history
KennethB@uca.edu
Topics: 19th-century Arkansas, 20th-century Germany ,and the Reformation
Dr. Lorien Foote, associate professor, Department of History
lfoote@uca.edu
Topics: The American Civil War and Reconstruction
Dr. Roger Pauly, associate professor, Department of History
Rpauly@uca.edu
Topic: World History, Historical Leadership, Faulkner County, Military History
Philosophy and Religion
Dr. Jesse Butler, assistant professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
JButler@uca.edu
Topics: Self-Knowledge, Mind and Consciousness, Language and Thought
Dr. Clayton Crockett, associate professor, director of religious studies
ClaytonC@uca.edu
Topics: Modern and Contemporary Western Religious Thought, Postmodernism, and Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Dr. Jim Deitrick, associate professor, Director, Humanities and World Cultures Institute
Deitrick@uca.edu
Topics: Comparative Religious Ethics, Asian Philosophy and Religion, and Religion in the US
Dr. Charles W. Harvey, professor and chair of Department of Philosophy and Religion
CharlesH@uca.edu
Topics: Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Philosophy of Art
Dr. Jacob Held, assistant professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
JMHeld@uca.edu
Topics: Philosophy and Pop Culture, Theories of Punishment, Marx and Marxism, Pornography and Legal Theory.
Ms. Tanya Jeffcoat, instructor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
TJeffcoat@uca.edu
Topics: Classical American Pragmatism, especially John Dewey, Philosophy and Diversity, and Philosophy of Food
Dr. Peter J. Mehl, professor, associate dean, College of Liberal Arts
PeterM@uca.edu
Topics: Ethics and Liberal Arts Education
Dr. Benjamin Rider, assistant professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
BRider@uca.edu
Topics: Happiness and the Good Life, the Ethics of Death, and Longevity
Dr. Jim Shelton, professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion
JShelton@uca.edu
Topics: Logic (e.g., reasoning, fallacies and scientific method), Evolution and Creation Science, and Parapsychology.
Phillip Spivey, lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Religion
PSpivey@uca.edu
Topics: Judaism, World Religions, and History of Western Philosophy
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Biology
Dr. Ben Cash, professor and chair of biology
WBCash@uca.edu
Topics: Behavioral and Physiological Ecology, Wetland Ecology, Amphibian and Reptile Biology
Chemistry
Dr. Patrick Desrochers, professor, Department of Chemistry
PatrickD@uca.edu
Topics: Chemistry of Metals, including biochemistry of metals, metals in the environment and bacterial enzymes, Alternative Fuels, including hydrogen preparation and storage, and Metal catalysts for Industrial Processes.
Dr. Karen Steelman, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry
KSteel@uca.edu
Topic: Archaeological Chemistry
Dr. Faith Yarberry, visiting assistant professor, Department of Chemistry
FYarberry@uca.edu
Topic: Chemistry Demonstrations for K-12 Students
Computer Science
Dr. Chenyi Hu, professor and chairperson, Department of Computer Science
CHu@uca.edu
Topics: Computing is Cool and Fun, Computer Science in the Core Curriculum for K-14, Starting Programming with Game in Python, Interval Computing and Application, Knowledge Processing with Interval Methods
Mathematics
Dr. George Bratton, associate professor, Department of Mathematics
GeorgeB@uca.edu
Topic: Mathematics Education/Statistics
Dr. Linda Griffith, professor, Department of Mathematics
LindaG@uca.edu
Topic: Mathematics Education
Dr. Damber Singh Tomer, associate professor, Department of Mathematics
DSTomer@uca.edu
Topic: Hinduism/Vedic mathematics
UCA Police Department
Advancement
Topic: Alumni Relations, Fundraising, Donor Relations, and Board Managament.
Academic Advising
Dr. Bob Reising, Academic Success Center Supervisor
Rreising@uca.edu