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Africa

Sheila Cosminsky, associate professor of sociology, had a Fulbright fellowship to Kenya and taught in the department of community health, faculty of medicine at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She can discuss:

• African culture
• Child and infant feeding practices in Kenya and Zimbabwe

office = (856) 225-6013
email = cosminsk@crab.rutgers.edu

Wayne Glasker, assistant professor of history, is director of the Rutgers-Camden Afro-American studies program. He can discuss:

• African history

office = (856) 225-6220
email = wglasker@aol.com

Katrina Hazzard-Donald, associate professor of sociology, is the author of the book “Jookin’: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture.” She can discuss:

• African religion in the New World
• Traditional African culture

office = (856) 225-6073
email = hazzard@crab.rutgers.edu

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, professor of political science, is the author of such books as “The International Dimension of Genocide in Rwanda.” He can discuss:

• Rwanda
• Genocide in Africa

office = (856) 225-6082
email = klinghof@crab.rutgers.edu

Art and Culture

John Giannotti is chair of the department of fine arts. He can discuss:

• Sculpture
• Painting

office = (856) 225-6251
email = jjg@camden.rutgers.edu

William Hoffman Jr., professor of art in the department of fine arts. He can discuss:

• Drawing
• Romantic and German expressionistic painting
• Painting techniques
• Camden architecture and historical sites

office = (856) 225-6243
email = wmhoffma@crab.rutgers.edu

Michael Lang, associate professor of urban studies and community planning, is the author of the book “Designing Utopia: The Quest to Realize Ruskin’s Urban Vision.” He can discuss:

• Architectural history

office = (856) 225-6070
email = mlang@crab.rutgers.edu

Olga Moore, professor of art in the department of fine arts. She can discuss:

• Painting
• Textiles, pottery and carpets of North Africa, India and Turkey

office = (856) 225-6244
email = omoore@crab.rutgers.edu

James Rushing, associate professor of German, is the author of the book “Images of Adventure: Yvain in the Visual Arts,” as well as numerous articles and reviews dealing with medieval literature. He can discuss:

• Relationship of literature and the visual arts

office = (856) 225-6125
email = rushing@crab.rutgers.edu

Virginia Steel, director of the Stedman Gallery and Gordon Theatre. She can discuss:

• Arts funding
• Arts organizations
• Arts education
• Value of the arts

office = (856) 225-6606
email = steel@crab.rutgers.edu

Roberta Tarbell, associate professor of art in the department of fine arts, has served as author or editor of a number of books, including “The Emergence of Modern American Sculpture: Innovations of the Early Twentieth Century.” She can discuss:

• Abstract American sculpture
• Art and technology
• Figurative American sculpture
• History of modern art in America
• Walt Whitman and the visual arts
• Women and art

office = (856) 225-6242
email = tarbell@crab.rutgers.edu

Gerald Verbrugghe, associate professor of history, has translated ancient texts including “Berossos and Manetho.” He can discuss:

• Archaeology

office = (856) 225-6071
email = verbrugg@crab.rutgers.edu

Allen Woll, professor of history, is the author of such books as “Black Musical Theatre: From Coontown to Dreamgirls” and “Dictionary of Black Theatre: Broadway, Off-Broadway and Selected Harlem Theatre.” He can discuss:

• Film history
• Black musical theatre
• History of television

office = (856) 225-6671
email = awoll@crab.rutgers.edu

Behavior

Charles Atkinson, health and physical education specialist. He can discuss:

• Anxiety disorder
• Developing physical, emotional and general well-being
• Stress management

office = (856) 225-6199
email = charlesa@crab.rutgers.edu

Edward Cialella, director of athletics department. He can discuss:

• Stress management
• Time management

office = (856) 225-6194
email = cialella@crab.rutgers.edu

Luis Garcia, associate professor of psychology, is the author of “Ethical Issues in Psychology.” He can discuss:

• Human sexuality
• Sexual stereotypes

office = (856) 225-6619
email = lgarcia@crab.rutgers.edu

Ted Goertzel, professor of sociology, is the author of numerous articles and books, including “Turncoats and True Believers: The Dynamics of Political Belief and Disillusionment.” He can discuss:

• Social movements
• Deviant personalities

office = (856) 225-6013
email = goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu

Daniel Hart, professor of psychology, is the author or co-author of numerous chapters, articles and books, including “Morality in Everyday Life: Developmental Perspectives.” He can discuss:

• Developing a sense of self
• Moral development and behavior

office = (856) 225-6515
email = hart@crab.rutgers.edu

Ira Roseman, associate professor of psychology, has written a number of articles and book chapters, including “Cognitive Determinants of Emotions: A Structural Theory” and “Phenomenology, Behavior, and Goals Differentiate Discrete Emotions.” He can discuss:

• Human emotions
• How thought processes affect emotions
• Cross-cultural similarities and differences in emotional response

office = (856) 225-6341
email = roseman@crab.rutgers.edu

Jon Van Til, professor of urban studies, is the author of such books as “Critical Issues in American Philanthropy” and “Mapping the Third Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing Social Economy.” He can discuss:

• Citizen participation
• Voluntarism

office = (856) 225-6223
email = vantil@crab.rutgers.edu

J.W. “Bill” Whitlow Jr., professor of psychology, is consulting editor for the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. He can discuss:

• Memory processes

office = (856) 225-6334
email = bwhitlow@camden.rutgers.edu

Child Development

Myra Bluebond-Langner, professor of anthropology, is the author of the books “In the Shadow of Illness: Parents and Siblings of the Chronically Ill Child,” and “The Private Worlds of Dying Children.” She can discuss:

• Chronically and terminally ill children and their effect on families

office = (856) 225-6073
email = bluebond@crab.rutgers.edu

Stuart Charme, professor of religion, is the author of numerous articles, chapters, reviews, papers and the book “Meaning and Myth in the Study of Lives.” He can discuss:

• Development of children’s religious and ethnic identities

office = (856) 225-6237
email = scharme@crab.rutgers.edu

Sheila Cosminsky, associate professor of sociology, is the author of “Child Feeding Practices in a Rural Area of Zimbabwe” and “Infant Feeding Practices in Rural Kenya.” She can discuss:

• Childbirth
• Health care for children
• Infant feeding practices
• Midwifery

office = (856) 225-6013
email = cosminsk@crab.rutgers.edu

Daniel Hart, professor of psychology, is the author or co-author of numerous chapters, articles and books, including “Morality in Everyday Life: Developmental Perspectives.” He can discuss:

• Developing a sense of self
• Moral development and behavior
• Personality development
• Identity and adolescence

office = (856) 225-6515
email = hart@crab.rutgers.edu

Jon’a Meyer, assistant professor of sociology, is the author of the book “Inaccuracies in Children’s Testimony: Memory, Suggestibility, or Obedience to Authority?” She can discuss:

• Children’s testimony

office = (856) 225-6207
email = jfmeyer@crab.rutgers.edu

Communication

Richard Epstein, assistant professor of English, is the author of various articles on linguistic theory. He can discuss:

• Linguistics

office = (856) 225-6117
email = repstein@crab.rutgers.edu

William Lutz, professor of English, is the author of “Doublespeak” and “The New Doublespeak.” He can discuss:

• Doublespeak
• Language and advertising
• “Spin”

office = (856) 225-6432
email = williamlutz@att.net

James Moffatt, instructor in English. He can discuss:

• Journalism

office = (856) 225-6117

Computers

Beth Adelson, associate professor of psychology. She can discuss:

• Human-computer interaction
• Computer-supported collaborative work
• Educational technology
• Educational software

office = (856) 225-6485
email = adelson@crab.rutgers.edu

Ted Goertzel, professor of sociology. He can discuss:

• The Internet and society

office = (856) 225-6013
email = goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu

Michael Palis, associate professor of computer science, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Computer architecture
• Parallel processing

office = (856) 225-6077
email = palis@crab.rutgers.edu

Michael Redmond, assistant professor of computer science. He can discuss:

• Machine learning applied to criminal justice
• Case-based reasoning

office = (856) 225-6122
email = redmond@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Wood, associate professor of sociology. He can discuss:

• The Internet and society
• Internet as a teaching tool

office = (856) 225-6013
email = wood@crab.rutgers.edu

Crime and Punishment

Drew Humphries, associate professor of sociology, is the author of the book "Crack Mothers: Pregnancy, Drugs and the Media." She can discuss:

• Crack mothers
• Crime trends
• Criminal justice
• Drugs
• Gender and crime
• Police and policing

office = (856) 225-6073
email = humphri@crab.rutgers.edu

William Lutz, professor of English, is the author of “Doublespeak” and “The New Doublespeak.” He can discuss:

• Law and language

office = (856) 225-6432
email = williamlutz@att.net

Jon’a Meyer, assistant professor of sociology, is the author of the book “Inaccuracies in Children’s Testimony: Memory, Suggestibility, or Obedience to Authority,” as well as numerous articles. She can discuss:

• Bias in sentencing
• Children’s testimony
• Community-oriented policing
• Criminal justice
• Infanticide and neonaticide
• Native American legal systems
• Prison industry and reform

office = (856) 225-6207
email = jfmeyer@crab.rutgers.edu

Michael Redmond, assistant professor of computer science, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Machine learning applied to criminal justice

office = (856) 225-6122
email = redmond@crab.rutgers.edu

Michael Wogan, associate professor of psychology, is a clinical psychologist and member of the bar in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He can discuss:

• Psychology and law

office = (856) 225-6089
email = mwogan@crab.rutgers.edu

Diversity

Rodney Carlisle, professor of history. He can discuss:

• African American history
• Twentieth-century American history

office = (856) 225-6071
email = carlisle@crab.rutgers.edu

Wayne Glasker, assistant professor of history, is director of the Rutgers-Camden Afro-American studies program. He can discuss:

• African American history
• Black nationalism
• Civil rights movement
• Multicultural history
• Twentieth-century American history

office = (856) 225-6220
email = wglasker@aol.com

Katrina Hazzard-Donald, associate professor of sociology, is the author of the book “Jookin’: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture.” She can discuss:

• African American culture
• American race relations
• African religion in the New World
• “Hoo-doo” beliefs and practices
• Racial and ethnic relations
• Social dance in African American culture
• Traditional African culture

office = (856) 225-6073
email = hazzard@crab.rutgers.edu

Nancy Hopkins, assistant professor of chemistry, has written a variety of articles. She can discuss:

• Undergraduate science education
• Women and minorities in science

office = (856) 225-6612
email = nh73@crab.rutgers.edu

William Tucker, professor of psychology, is the author of numerous articles, reviews and the book “The Science and Politics of Racial Research.” He can discuss:

• Ethics in science

office = (856) 225-6545
email = btucker@crab.rutgers.edu

• Citizen participation
• Social inequality
• Voluntarism

office = (856) 225-6223
email = vantil@crab.rutgers.edu

• Black musical theatre
• The influence of black composers on white musicals
• Racism on Broadway
• The life of African American composer Eubie Blake

office = (856) 225-6671
email = awoll@crab.rutgers.edu

Economics

Caren Addis, assistant professor of political science, is the author of the book “Taking the Wheel: Auto Parts Firms and the Political Economy of Industrialization in Brazil.” She can discuss:

• Global economy
• The World Bank

office = (856) 225-6084
email = addis@crab.rutgers.edu

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, professor of political science, is the author of numerous books dealing with foreign affairs and an expert in foreign policy. He can discuss:

• Economic sanctions
• Oil trade

office = (856) 225-6082
email = klinghof@crab.rutgers.edu

Jinpeng Ma, assistant professor of economics. He can discuss:

• Microeconomics
• Public economics

office = (856) 225-6025
email = jinpeng@crab.rutgers.edu

Jack Worrall, professor of economics, has authored various articles and serves as associate editor for the Journal of Risk and Insurance and for Insurance: Mathematics and Economics. He can discuss:

• Disability
• Labor economics
• Workers’ compensation insurance

office = (856) 225-6290
email = jworrall@crab.rutgers.edu

Tetsuji Yamada, associate professor of economics, has written numerous articles, papers and books. He can discuss:

• Aging, retirement and health
• Economics of aging
• Health care industry in Japan
• Hospital costs and productivity
• Japanese economy

office = (856) 225-6025
email = ytetsuji@aol.com

Education

Steven G. Darian, associate professor of education, has written various articles and books, including “A Ganges of the Mind : A Journey on the River of Dreams.” He can discuss:

• Applied linguistics
• English as a second language

office = (856) 225-6051
email = darian@crab.rutgers.edu

John Giannotti, professor of art, is chair of the department of fine arts. He can discuss:

• Studying abroad

office = (856) 225-6251
email = jjg@camden.rutgers.edu

Russell Harrison, associate professor of political science. He can discuss:

• School finance in New Jersey

office = (856) 225-6083
email = ruharris@crab.rutgers.edu

Nancy Hopkins, assistant professor of chemistry, has written a variety of articles. She can discuss:

• Undergraduate science education
• Women and minorities in science

office = (856) 225-6612
email = nh73@crab.rutgers.edu

Virginia Steel, director of the Stedman Gallery and Gordon Theatre. She can discuss:

• Arts education
• Value of the arts

office = (856) 225-6606
email = steel@crab.rutgers.edu

William Tucker, professor of psychology, is the author of the award-winning book “The Science and Politics of Racial Research.” He can discuss:

• Intelligence
• Genetics
• Racial differences

office = (856) 225-6545
email = btucker@crab.rutgers.edu

J.W. “Bill” Whitlow Jr., professor of psychology, directs the Science Preparation Alliance of Rutgers and Camden (SPARC) program. SPARC’s goal is to encourage middle and high school students to pursue advanced studies in math and the sciences. He can discuss:

• Cognitive processes
• Psychobiology
• Science education

office = (856) 225-6334
email = bwhitlow@camden.rutgers.edu

Robert Wood, associate professor of sociology. He can discuss:

• Internet as a teaching tool

office = (856) 225-6013
email = wood@crab.rutgers.edu

The Environment

John Dighton, professor of biology, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Forest and soil ecology
• Fungi nutrient cycling
• Pine Barrens

office = (856) 894-8849, ext. 503
email = dighton@crab.rutgers.edu

Sidney Katz, professor of chemistry, is the author of numerous articles, books and reports for municipal, state, federal and international agencies. A New Jersey State Commissioner for Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting, he can discuss:

• Environmental chemistry

office = (856) 225-6142
email = skatz@rutgers.edu

Diane Kelsey McColley, professor of English. She can discuss:

• Ecological issues in literature

office = (856) 225-6557
email = mccolley@crab.rutgers.edu

Ethics

Clifford Brown, associate professor of philosophy. He can discuss:

• Contemporary ethical theory

office = (856) 225-6275

Mary Greipp, professor of nursing, is the author of various articles and papers. She can discuss:

• Clinical ethical decision-making
• Ethics of pain management

office = (856) 225-6226
email = greipp@crab.rutgers.edu

William Tucker, professor of psychology, is the author of numerous articles, reviews and the book “The Science and Politics of Racial Research.” He can discuss:

• Ethics in science

office = (856) 225-6545
email = btucker@crab.rutgers.edu

Film

William Lutz, professor of English. He can discuss:

• Science fiction movies

office = (856) 225-6432
email = williamlutz@att.net

Donald Mull, associate professor of English. He can discuss:

• Italian film

office = (856) 225-6560

English Showalter, professor of French, has written several books and many articles on the French novel of the eighteenth-century, on Albert Camus and on the French director Eric Rohmer. He can discuss:

• French cinema

office = (856) 225-6126
email = showalte@crab.rutgers.edu

Allen Woll, professor of history, is director of the film studies program and the author or co-author of numerous books. He can discuss:

• Film history

office = (856) 225-6671
email = awoll@crab.rutgers.edu

Health

Kathleen Ashton, clinical associate professor of nursing, is the author or co-author of various articles and papers. She can discuss:

• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Professionalism and job stress in nursing
• Women and heart disease

office = (856) 225-6250
email = romeo@camden.rutgers.edu

Charles Atkinson, health and physical education specialist. He can discuss:

• Anxiety disorders, including agoraphobia
• Developing physical, emotional and general well-being
• Exercise techniques
• Stress management

office = (856) 225-6199
email = charlesa@crab.rutgers.edu

Myra Bluebond-Langner, professor of anthropology, is the author of books “In the Shadow of Illness: Parents and Siblings of the Chronically Ill Child,” and “The Private Worlds of Dying Children.” She can discuss:

• Chronically and terminally ill children
• Death and dying

office = (856) 225-6073
email = bluebond@crab.rutgers.edu

Barbara Celia, assistant professor of nursing. She can discuss:

• Coronary artery bypass surgery
• Cultural diversity issues related to health care
• Pain management

office = (856) 225-6250
email = bcelia@crab.rutgers.edu

Edward Cialella, director of the athletics department. He can discuss:

• Nutrition
• Stress management

office = (856) 225-6194
email = cialella@crab.rutgers.edu

Sheila Cosminsky, associate professor of sociology, is the author of “Child Feeding Practices in a Rural Area of Zimbabwe” and “Infant Feeding Practices in Rural Kenya.” She also has published numerous articles on community health in Central America.

• Childbirth
• Health care for children and women
• Health and healing
• Infant feeding practices
• Midwifery

office = (856) 225-6013
email = cosminsk@crab.rutgers.edu

Mary Dougherty, assistant professor of nursing. She can discuss:

• Chronic illness
• Homeless children
• Poverty and homelessness
• Psychiatric nursing
• School nursing

office = (856) 225-6238

Mary Greipp, professor of nursing, is the author of various articles and papers. She can discuss:

• Chronic pain syndrome
• Ethics of pain management

office = (856) 225-6226
email = greipp@crab.rutgers.edu

Margaret Marsh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, is the co-author of the book “The Empty Cradle: Infertility in America from Colonial Times to the Present” and the author of such books as “Suburban Lives” and “Anarchist Women: 1870-1920.” She can discuss:

• Childlessness
• Infertility
• Reproductive technology

office = (856) 225-6097
email = mmarsh@crab.rutgers.edu

Michael Wogan, associate professor of psychology. He can discuss:

• Brain activation

office = (856) 225-6089
email = mwogan@crab.rutgers.edu

Tetsuji Yamada, associate professor of economics, has written numerous articles, papers and books. He can discuss:

• Aging, retirement and health
• Economics of aging
• Health care industry in Japan
• Hospital costs and productivity
• Japanese economy

office = (856) 225-6025
email = ytetsuji@aol.com

History

American History

Rodney Carlisle, professor of history. He can discuss:

• African American history
• Twentieth-century American history

office = (856) 225-6071
email = carlisle@crab.rutgers.edu

Jeffery Dorwart, professor of history, is the author of such books as “Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia” and “Philadelphia Navy Yard.” He can discuss:

• Delaware River history
• New Jersey history
• Sports history, including history of baseball
• Twentieth-century American history

office = (856) 225-6072
email = dorwart@crab.rutgers.edu

Wayne Glasker, assistant professor of history, is director of the Rutgers-Camden Afro-American studies program. He can discuss:

• African American history
• Black nationalism
• Civil rights movement
• Twentieth-century American history

office = (856) 225-6220
email = wglasker@aol.com

• History of women and gender

office = (856) 225-6097
email = mmarsh@crab.rutgers.edu

Joan Wells, associate professor of history. She can discuss:

• Early American national history
• United States political history

office = (856) 225-6075

History (Miscellaneous)

Rodney Carlisle, professor of history. He can discuss:

• Energy history

office = (856) 225-6071
email = carlisle@crab.rutgers.edu

Jeffery Dorwart, professor of history. He can discuss:

• Sports history

office = (856) 225-6072
email = dorwart@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Fishman, professor of history, is the author of such books as “Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia” and “Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century.” He can discuss:

• The New Urbanism
• Urban history

office = (856) 225-6075
email = fishman@crab.rutgers.edu

Wayne Glasker, assistant professor of history, is director of the Rutgers-Camden Afro-American studies program. He can discuss:

• Multicultural history

office = (856) 225-6220
email = wglasker@aol.com

Janet Golden, associate professor of history, is the author of the book “A Social History of Wet Nursing: From Breast to Bottle.” She is currently writing a cultural history of fetal alcohol syndrome. She can discuss:

• Medical history

office = (856) 225-6080
email = jgolden@crab.rutgers.edu

Andrew Lees, professor of history, is the author of various articles. He can discuss:

• Urban history, especially of Germany

office = (856) 225-6149
email = alees@camden.rutgers.edu

Allen Woll, professor of history, is director of the film studies program and the author or co-author of numerous books. He can discuss:

• Film history
• History of television

office = (856) 225-6671
email = awoll@crab.rutgers.edu

Military History

Rodney Carlisle, professor of history. He can discuss:

• Maritime history
• Naval technology research and development
• Nuclear history

office = (856) 225-6071
email = carlisle@crab.rutgers.edu

Jeffery Dorwart, professor of history, is the author of is the author of such books as “Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia” and “Philadelphia Navy Yard.” He can discuss:

• Diplomatic history
• Military history
• Naval history
• World War II

office = (856) 225-6072
email = dorwart@crab.rutgers.edu

International Studies

Caren Addis, assistant professor of political science, is the author of numerous papers, articles and the book “Taking the Wheel: Auto Parts Firms and the Political Economy of Industrialization in Brazil.” She can discuss:

• Brazil
• Economic and political development in developing countries
• International politics

office = (856) 225-6084
email = addis@crab.rutgers.edu

Laurie Bernstein, associate professor of history, is the author of numerous articles and the book “Sonia’s Daughters: Prostitutes and Their Regulation in Imperial Russia.” She can discuss:

• Prostitution in Imperialist Russia
• History of adoption law in Soviet Russia
• Russian history

office = (856) 225-6069
email = lbernste@crab.rutgers.edu

Stuart Charme, professor of religion, is the author of numerous articles, chapters, reviews and papers. He can discuss:

• Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

office = (856) 225-6237
email = scharme@crab.rutgers.edu

Sheila Cosminsky, professor of sociology, has published numerous articles on community health in Central America. She can discuss:

• Latin American culture

office = (856) 225-6013
email = cosminsk@crab.rutgers.edu

Steven G. Darian, associate professor of education, has written various articles and books, including “A Ganges of the Mind : A Journey on the River of Dreams.” He can discuss:

• Cultural and economic development in Central Asia
• Indian culture

office = (856) 225-6051
email = darian@crab.rutgers.edu

James Dunn, associate professor of political science, has written numerous articles and the book “Miles to Go: European and American Transportation Policies.” He can discuss:

• European politics, especially France and Germany

office = (856) 225-6084
email = jadunn@crab.rutgers.edu

Christopher Fitter, assistant professor of English. He can discuss:

• Seventeenth-century English politics

office = (856) 225-6554
email = fitter@crab.rutgers.edu

Wayne Glasker, assistant professor of history, is director of the Rutgers-Camden Afro-American studies program. He can discuss:

• Africa

office = (856) 225-6220
email = wglasker@aol.com

Ted Goertzel, professor of sociology. He can discuss:

• Brazilian politics and culture

office = (856) 225-6013
email = goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu

Xiao-Bin Ji, assistant professor of history. He can discuss:

• Chinese history and culture

office = (856) 225-6072
email = xiaoji@crab.rutgers.edu

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, professor of political science, is the author of numerous books dealing with foreign affairs and an expert in foreign policy. He can discuss:

• Africa
• China
• Economic sanctions
• The Middle East
• Russia

office = (856) 225-6082
email = klinghof@crab.rutgers.edu

Andrew Lees, professor of history, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• England
• Germany
• Modern European cultural history

office = (856) 225-6149
email = alees@camden.rutgers.edu

Timothy Martin, associate professor of English, has published extensively on James Joyce. He is the author of the book “Joyce and Wagner: A Study of Influence” and co-editor of “Joyce in Context.” He can discuss:

• Irish literature (in particular, James Joyce)

office = (856) 225-6121
email = timartin@crab.rutgers.edu

Alfonso Montelongo, assistant professor of Spanish. He can discuss:

• Mexican current events
• Mexican history
• Mexican literature

office = (856) 225-6115
email = montelon@crab.rutgers.edu

Gerald Verbrugghe, associate professor of history, has translated ancient texts including “Berossos and Manetho.” He can discuss:

• Ancient history
• Archaeology

office = (856) 225-6071
email = verbrugg@crab.rutgers.edu

Allen Woll, professor of history, is the author of various books including “A Functional Past: Politics and History in Nineteenth Century Chile.” He can discuss:

• Latin American history

office = (856) 225-6671
email = awoll@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Wood, associate professor of sociology, is the author of numerous articles and co-editor of the book “Tourism, Ethnicity and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies.” He can discuss:

• Development and change in the Third World
• Japanese society
• Tourism in Asian and Pacific societies

office = (856) 225-6013
email = wood@crab.rutgers.edu

Jack Worrall, professor of economics, is past president of the Federation of Irish-American Societies of the Delaware Valley. He can discuss:

• The Irish in America

office = (856) 225-6290
email = jworrall@crab.rutgers.edu

Literature

American Literature

Betsy Bowden, professor of English. She can discuss:

• Mark Twain

office = (856) 225-6560

Tyler Hoffman, assistant professor of English, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature and culture
• Emily Dickinson
• Robert Frost
• Walt Whitman

office = (856) 225-6554
email = tbhlhh@crab.rutgers.edu

Donald Mull, associate professor of English, is the author of the book “Henry James’ Sublime Economy.” He can discuss:

• Nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature and culture
• Henry James
• Thomas Pynchon

office = (856) 225-6560

Geoffrey Sill, associate professor of English, is the author of the books “Walt Whitman and the Visual Arts,” and “Walt Whitman of Mickle Street.” He can discuss:

• Walt Whitman

office = (856) 225-6129
email = sill@crab.rutgers.edu

Carol Singley, associate professor of English, is the author of the book “Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit” and co-editor of “Anxious Power: Reading, Writing and Ambivalence in Narrative by Women” and “The Calvinist Roots of the Modern Era.” She can discuss:

• Nineteenth and early twentieth century American literature
• Walt Whitman
• Literature by women

office = (856) 225-6629
email = singley@crab.rutgers.edu

British Literature

Betsy Bowden, professor of English, is the author of such books as “Chaucer Aloud: The Varieties of Textual Interpretation” and “Listeners’ Guide to Medieval English: A Discography.” She can discuss:

• William Blake
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Folklore

office = (856) 225-6560

Christopher Fitter, assistant professor of English, is the author of the book “Poetry, Space, Landscape,” and numerous articles on Shakespeare. He can discuss:

• William Shakespeare
• Seventeenth-century literature and politics

office = (856) 225-6554
email = fitter@crab.rutgers.edu

Rafey Habib, associate professor of English, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Modern British literature

office = (856) 225-6310
email = mhabib@crab.rutgers.edu

William Lutz, professor of English. He can discuss:

• Nineteenth-century British literature

office = (856) 225-6432
email = williamlutz@att.net

Diane Kelsey McColley, professor of English, is the author of such books as “Poetry and Music in Seventeenth Century England” and “A Gust for Paradise: Milton’s Eden and the Visual Arts.” She can discuss:

• Seventeenth-century poetry
• John Milton
• Ecological issues in literature

office = (856) 225-6557
email = mccolley@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Ryan, professor of English, is the author of the book “The Romantic Reformation: Religious Politics in English Literature 1789-1824.” He can discuss:

• British Romanticism
• Religion in literature

office = (856) 225-6557
email = rmryan@crab.rutgers.edu

Geoffrey Sill, associate professor of English, is the author of the book “Defoe and the Idea of Fiction.” He can discuss:

• Daniel Defoe
• Literature and passion

office = (856) 225-6129
email = sill@crab.rutgers.edu

Creative Writing and Fiction

William Lutz, professor of English. He can discuss:

• Science fiction

office = (856) 225-6432
email = williamlutz@att.net

Lisa Zeidner, professor of English, is a novelist and poet. She can discuss:

• Contemporary fiction and poetry
• Creative writing

office = (856) 225-6490
email = zeidner@crab.rutgers.edu

International Literature

Christine Cosentino-Dougherty, professor of German, is the author of numerous articles, reviews and books. She can discuss:

• Literature of the German Democratic Republic
• German Expressionism
• Literature in a unified Germany

office = (856) 225-6125
email = cdougher@crab.rutgers.edu

Rafey Habib, associate professor of English, has published translations of Urdu poetry. He can discuss:

• Urdu and Islamic literature

office = (856) 225-6310
email = mhabib@crab.rutgers.edu

• Irish literature (in particular, James Joyce)

office = (856) 225-6121
email = timartin@crab.rutgers.edu

Alfonso Montelongo, assistant professor of Spanish. He can discuss:

• Mexican literature
• Twentieth-century Latin American literature

office = (856) 225-6115
email = montelon@crab.rutgers.edu

• Medieval literature

office = (856) 225-6125
email = rushing@crab.rutgers.edu

• French literature, especially the novel
• the Enlightenment period
• the Existentialists
• French cinema
• the salons

office = (856) 225-6126
email = showalte@crab.rutgers.edu

Poetry

Tyler Hoffman, assistant professor of English. He can discuss:

• American poetry and culture

office = (856) 225-6554
email = tbhlhh@crab.rutgers.edu

Lisa Zeidner, professor of English, is a poet and novelist. She can discuss:

• Contemporary poetry

office = (856) 225-6490
email = zeidner@crab.rutgers.edu

Math

Yuchung Wang, associate professor of mathematics. He can discuss:

• Statistics

office = (856) 225-6087
email = yuwang@rci.rutgers.edu

The Millennium

• Social movements
• Alienation from modern society
• Conspiracy theories
• Mass belief systems and psychology

office = (856) 225-6013
email = goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu

Hugh White, professor of religion at Rutgers-Camden, is the author of the book “Narration and Discourse in the Book of Genesis” and of various articles. He can discuss:

• Millennial issues
• History of the apocalypse

office = (856) 225-6123
email = hwhite@crab.rutgers.edu

Music

Julianne Baird, associate professor of music in the department of fine arts, has released more than 80 recordings. She can discuss:

• Early music
• Music in the novels of Jane Austen

office = (856) 225-6539
email = jbaird@crab.rutgers.edu

Betsy Bowden, professor of English, is the author of “Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob Dylan.” She can discuss:

• Bob Dylan

office = (856) 225-6560

Davis “Jerry” Jerome, professor of music in the department of fine arts, is the conductor and music director of the Mozart Orchestra, an ensemble specializing in music of the late 18th century. He can discuss:

• Mozart

office = (856) 225-6239
email = wdj@crab.rutgers.edu

Timothy Martin, associate professor of English, is the author of the book “Joyce and Wagner: A Study of Influence.” He can discuss:

• Music and literature
• Richard Wagner and James Joyce
• “Ulysses” as an operatic novel

office = (856) 225-6121
email = timartin@crab.rutgers.edu

Joseph Schiavo, assistant instructor of music in the department of fine arts. He can discuss:

• Twentieth-century music (excluding pop, rock, country and jazz)
• Modern and postmodern music
• Music after 1945

office = (856) 225-6539
email = schiavo@crab.rutgers.edu

• Black musical theatre
• The influence of black composers on white musicals
• Racism on Broadway
• The life of African American composer Eubie Blake

office = (856) 225-6671
email = awoll@crab.rutgers.edu

New Jersey

John Dighton, professor of biology, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Forest and soil ecology
• Fungi nutrient cycling
• Pine Barrens

office = (856) 894-8849, ext. 503
email = dighton@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Fishman, professor of history, is the author of such books as “Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia” and “Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century.” He can discuss:

• Future of South Jersey and the Delaware Valley
• Sprawl
• Suburbs

office = (856) 225-6075
email = fishman@crab.rutgers.edu

Ted Goertzel, professor of sociology. He can discuss:

• Welfare reform in New Jersey

office = (856) 225-6013
email = goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu

Russell Harrison, associate professor of political science, is the author or co-author of such articles as “School Finance and Inequality in New Jersey.” He can discuss:

• State and local government, especially issues of zoning; professionalizing the public sector
• School finance

office = (856) 225-6083
email = ruharris@crab.rutgers.edu

Tyler Hoffman, assistant professor of English, is co-director of the Walt Whitman program in American studies. He can discuss:

• Walt Whitman in Camden

office = (856) 225-6554
email = tbhlhh@crab.rutgers.edu

William Hoffman Jr., professor of art in the department of fine arts. He can discuss:

• Camden architecture and historical sites

office = (856) 225-6243
email = wmhoffma@crab.rutgers.edu

Michael Lang, associate professor of urban studies and community planning, is the author of the book “Designing Utopia: The Quest to Realize Ruskin’s Urban Vision.” He can discuss:

• History and design of Camden, especially the Fairview section

office = (856) 225-6070
email = mlang@crab.rutgers.edu

Geoffrey Sill, associate professor of English, is the author of the books “Walt Whitman and the Visual Arts,” and “Walt Whitman of Mickle Street.” He can discuss:

• Walt Whitman in Camden

office = (856) 225-6129
email = sill@crab.rutgers.edu

Carol Singley, associate professor of English, serves on the boards of the Walt Whitman Association and Camden’s Walt Whitman House. She can discuss:

• Walt Whitman in Camden

office = (856) 225-6629
email = singley@crab.rutgers.edu

Alan Tarr, director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies and professor of political science, is the author of numerous articles and eight books, including “Understanding State Constitutions.” He has served as a constitutional consultant in Russia, South Africa and Cyprus. He can discuss:

• Comparative constitutionalism
• Constitutional law
• Courts
• New Jersey’s constitution

office = (856) 225-6084, ext. 43
email = tarr@crab.rutgers.edu

Political Science

Rodney Carlisle, professor of history. He can discuss:

• Nuclear history

office = (856) 225-6071
email = carlisle@crab.rutgers.edu

James Dunn, associate professor of political science, is the author or co-author of such articles as “Reinventing Amtrak: The Politics of Survival.” He can discuss:

• Highways, public transit and regional transportation planning
• European politics, especially France and Germany

office = (856) 225-6084
email = jadunn@crab.rutgers.edu

• Health care reform
• Polling
• Social movements
• Welfare reform

office = (856) 225-6013
email = goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu

Richard Harris, associate professor of political science, is the author of such books as “Politics of Regulatory Change” and “Remaking American Politics.” He can discuss:

• American politics and public policy
• Business and government relations
• Congress
• Environmental policy

office = (856) 225-6082, ext. 24
email = raharris@crab.rutgers.edu

Russell Harrison, associate professor of political science, is the author or co-author of such articles as “School Finance and Inequality in New Jersey.” He can discuss:

• State and local government, especially issues of zoning
• Professionalizing the public sector

office = (856) 225-6083
email = ruharris@crab.rutgers.edu

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, professor of political science, is the author of such books as “The Soviet Union and International Oil Politics” and “The International Dimension of Genocide in Rwanda.” He can discuss:

• Economic sanctions
• Genocide in Rwanda
• Politics of oil
• Russian government

office = (856) 225-6082
email = klinghof@crab.rutgers.edu

Andrew Lees, professor of history. He can discuss:

• Modern British politics

office = (856) 225-6149
email = alees@camden.rutgers.edu

William Lutz, professor of English, is the author of “Doublespeak” and “The New Doublespeak.” He can discuss:

• Political rhetoric (“spin”)

office = (856) 225-6432
email = williamlutz@att.net

• Human emotions
• How thought processes affect emotions
• Cross-cultural similarities and differences in emotional response

office = (856) 225-6341
email = roseman@crab.rutgers.edu

• Comparative constitutionalism
• Constitutional law
• Courts
• New Jersey’s constitution

office = (856) 225-6084, ext. 43
email = tarr@crab.rutgers.edu

Joan Wells, associate professor of history. She can discuss:

• United States political history

office = (856) 225-6075

Popular Culture

Betsy Bowden, professor of English, is the author of “Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob Dylan.” She can discuss:

• Bob Dylan
• Folklore

office = (856) 225-6560

Edward Cialella, director of the athletics department. He can discuss:

• Gambling
• Recreation and leisure

office = (856) 225-6194
email = cialella@crab.rutgers.edu

Allen Woll, professor of history, is director of the film studies program and the author or co-author of numerous books. He can discuss:

• American popular culture
• Film history
• History of television
• Musical theatre

office = (856) 225-6671
email = awoll@crab.rutgers.edu

Psychology and Social Work

Ann Abbott, associate dean, school of social work. She can discuss:

• Social work educators’ vulnerability to malpractice suits
• Social work malpractice and risk management issues
• Social work values and ethics

office = (856) 225-6345
email = aabbott@camden.rutgers.edu

Beth Adelson, associate professor of psychology. She can discuss:

• Cognitive psychology
• Cognitive science

office = (856) 225-6485
email = adelson@crab.rutgers.edu

Stuart Charme, professor of religion, is the author of numerous articles, chapters, reviews and papers. He can discuss:

• Development of children’s religious and ethnic identities
• Psychology of religion
• Psychoanalysis and religion

office = (856) 225-6237
email = scharme@crab.rutgers.edu

Luis Garcia, associate professor of psychology, is the author of “Ethical Issues in Psychology.” He can discuss:

• Human sexuality
• Sexual stereotypes

office = (856) 225-6619
email = lgarcia@crab.rutgers.edu

Daniel Hart, professor of psychology, is the author or co-author of numerous chapters, articles and books, including “Morality in Everyday Life: Developmental Perspectives.” He can discuss:

• Developing a sense of self
• Moral development and behavior
• Personality development
• Identity and adolescence

office = (856) 225-6515
email = hart@crab.rutgers.edu

Dorothy Mandelbaum, associate professor of psychology, is the author of such books as “Work, Marriage and Motherhood: The Career Persistence of Female Physicians.” She can discuss:

• Career development
• Educational psychology
• Human development
• Psychology of women

office = (856) 225-6434

• Human emotions
• How thought processes affect emotions
• Cross-cultural similarities and differences in emotional response

office = (856) 225-6341
email = roseman@crab.rutgers.edu

William Tucker, professor of psychology, is the author of numerous articles, reviews and the book “The Science and Politics of Racial Research.” He can discuss:

• Intelligence
• Genetics
• Racial differences

office = (856) 225-6545
email = btucker@crab.rutgers.edu

• Cognitive processes
• Evolution of memory
• Implicit memory
• Psychobiology

office = (856) 225-6334
email = bwhitlow@camden.rutgers.edu

Religion and Philosophy

Frank Blood, associate professor of physics, is the author of various articles. He can discuss:

• Relation of physics to religion and philosophy

office = (856) 225-6294
email = blood@crab.rutgers.edu

Stuart Charme, professor of religion, is the author of numerous articles, chapters, reviews and papers. He can discuss:

• Development of children’s religious and ethnic identities
• Gender issues in contemporary Jewish life
• History of Judaism and Jewish thought
• Jewish-Christian relations
• Psychology of religion
• Psychoanalysis and religion
• Religious cults and brainwashing
• Jean-Paul Sartre
• Women’s roles in religion

office = (856) 225-6237
email = scharme@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Fishman, professor of history, is the author of such books as “Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia” and “Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century.” He can discuss:

• History of utopian thought

office = (856) 225-6075
email = fishman@crab.rutgers.edu

• Cults
• Mass belief systems and psychology

office = (856) 225-6013
email = goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu

Katrina Hazzard-Donald, associate professor of sociology, is a Yoruba priestess. She can discuss:

• African religion in the New World
• “Hoo-doo” beliefs and practices

office = (856) 225-6073
email = hazzard@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Ryan, professor of English, authored the book “The Romantic Reformation: Religious Politics in English Literature 1789-1824 .” He can discuss:

• Religion in literature

office = (856) 225-6557
email = rmryan@crab.rutgers.edu

Hugh White, professor of religion, is the author of the book “Narration and Discourse in the Book of Genesis” and of various articles. He can discuss:

• The Bible
• Cults
• History of the apocalypse
• Image of the businessman in western religion
• Millennial issues
• Sacred architecture: east to west

office = (856) 225-6123
email = hwhite@crab.rutgers.edu

Science

Georgia Arbuckle, associate professor of chemistry, has written numerous articles. She can discuss:

• Conducting polymers
• Electroactive materials
• Electrochemistry
• Inorganic chemistry

office = (856) 225-6333
email = arbuckle@crab.rutgers.edu

Frank Blood, associate professor of physics, is the author of various articles. He can discuss:

• Relation of physics to religion and philosophy

office = (856) 225-6294
email = blood@crab.rutgers.edu

Luke Burke, professor of chemistry, is the author of numerous articles and papers. He can discuss:

• Drug design by computer
• Organic chemistry
• Molecular modeling
• Molecular physics

office = (856) 225-6158
email = burke@crab.rutgers.edu

E. Roger Cowley, professor of physics, has written numerous papers and articles. He can discuss:

• Computers in physics
• Solid-state physics

office = (856) 225-6293
email = cowley@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Evans, associate professor of botany, is the author of various articles and editor of “The Bulletin,” published by the New Jersey Academy of Science. He can discuss:

• Fungal growth and development
• Physiology and biochemistry of spore germination

office = (856) 225-6338
email = revans@crab.rutgers.edu

John Gagliardi, associate professor of physics. He can discuss:

• Biophysics
• Energy (fossil fuels, nuclear, solar and energy conservation)

office = (856) 225-6159
email = gagliard@crab.rutgers.edu

Nancy Hopkins, assistant professor of chemistry, has written a variety of articles. She can discuss:

• Biochemical research involving enzymes
• Undergraduate science education
• Women and minorities in science

office = (856) 225-6612
email = nh73@crab.rutgers.edu

• Analytical chemistry
• Environmental chemistry
• Radiochemistry and radiation chemistry
• Trace element nutrition
• Trace element toxicology

office = (856) 225-6142
email = skatz@rutgers.edu

Hsin-yi Lee, professor of zoology, has written numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Chick embryos
• Primordial germ cells

office = (856) 225-6151
email = hsin-yi@crab.rutgers.edu

Joseph Martin, associate professor of biology, is the author of various articles and papers. He can discuss:

• Hypnotics
• Neurosteroids
• Sedatives
• Sleep regulation
• Thyroid hormones

office = (856) 225-6165
email = jomartin@crab.rutgers.edu

Paul Mazur, associate professor of physics. He can discuss:

• Solid-state physics

office = (856) 225-6292

William Saidel, associate professor of biology, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Evolution of nervous system
• Fish auditory nervous system and behavior
• Fish behavior and relationship to nervous system
• Neuroscience
• Vision and visual processing

office = (856) 225-6336
email = saidel@crab.rutgers.edu

William Tucker, professor of psychology, is the author of numerous articles, reviews and the book “The Science and Politics of Racial Research.” He can discuss:

• Ethics in science

office = (856) 225-6545
email = btucker@crab.rutgers.edu

Society

Katrina Hazzard-Donald, associate professor of sociology, is the author of the book “Jookin’: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture.” She can discuss:

• African-American culture
• American race relations
• “Hoo-doo” beliefs and practices
• Racial and ethnic relations
• Social dance in African-American culture

office = (856) 225-6073
email = hazzard@crab.rutgers.edu

Wayne Glasker, assistant professor of history, is director of the Rutgers-Camden Afro-American studies program. He can discuss:

• Civil Rights movement

office = (856) 225-6220
email = wglasker@aol.com

• Cults
• Social movements
• Welfare reform

office = (856) 225-6013
email = goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu

• Citizen participation
• Social inequality
• Voluntarism

office = (856) 225-6223
email = vantil@crab.rutgers.edu

Robert Wood, associate professor of sociology. He can discuss:

• Social stratification

office = (856) 225-6013
email = wood@crab.rutgers.edu

Sports

Charles Atkinson, health and physical education specialist. He can discuss:

• Developing physical, emotional and general well-being
• Exercise techniques

office = (856) 225-6199
email = charlesa@crab.rutgers.edu

Edward Cialella, director of the athletics department, has studied the impact of casino gambling in Atlantic City and throughout New Jersey. He can discuss:

• Gambling
• Recreation and leisure

office = (856) 225-6194
email = cialella@crab.rutgers.edu

Jeffery Dorwart, professor of history. He can discuss:

• Sports history, including history of baseball

office = (856) 225-6072
email = dorwart@crab.rutgers.edu

Transportation

James Dunn, associate professor of political science, is the author or co-author of such articles as “Reinventing Amtrak: The Politics of Survival” as well as the books “Miles to Go: European and American Transportation Policies” and “Driving Forces: The Automobile, Its Enemies and the Politics of Mobility.” He can discuss:

• Amtrak, high speed rail in the United States, Europe and Japan
• The automobile, transportation and the environment
• Highways, public transit and regional transportation planning

office = (856) 225-6084
email = jadunn@crab.rutgers.edu

Urban Studies

Robert Fishman, professor of history, is the author of such books as “Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia” and “Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century.” He can discuss:

• History of city planning
• The New Urbanism
• Sprawl
• Suburbs
• Urban history

office = (856) 225-6075
email = fishman@crab.rutgers.edu

Michael Lang, associate professor of urban studies and community planning, is the author of the book “Designing Utopia: The Quest to Realize Ruskin’s Urban Vision.” He can discuss:

• Urban design
• Urban planning
• Urban renewal

office = (856) 225-6070
email = mlang@crab.rutgers.edu

Andrew Lees, professor of history, is the author of numerous articles. He can discuss:

• Attitudes toward cities in Europe and America
• Urban history

office = (856) 225-6149
email = alees@camden.rutgers.edu

Women’s Issues

Kathleen Ashton, clinical associate professor of nursing, is the author or co-author of various articles and papers. She can discuss:

• Women and heart disease

office = (856) 225-6250
email = romeo@camden.rutgers.edu

Laurie Bernstein, associate professor of history, is the author of numerous articles and the book “Sonia’s Daughters: Prostitutes and Their Regulation in Imperial Russia.” She can discuss:

• European women’s history

office = (856) 225-6069
email = lbernste@crab.rutgers.edu

Stuart Charme, professor of religion, is the author of numerous articles, chapters, reviews and papers. He can discuss:

• Gender issues in contemporary Jewish life
• Women’s roles in religion

office = (856) 225-6237
email = scharme@crab.rutgers.edu

Sheila Cosminsky, associate professor of sociology, has studied midwifery, childbirth, infant feeding practices and other issues relating to women and child health care. She can discuss:

• Women’s studies

office = (856) 225-6013
email = cosminsk@crab.rutgers.edu

Janet Golden, associate professor of history, is the author of the book “A Social History of Wet Nursing: From Breast to Bottle.” Currently writing a cultural history of fetal alcohol syndrome, she also co-edited “Mothers and Motherhood: Readings in American History.” She can discuss:

• Women’s history, including mothers and mothering

office = (856) 225-6080
email = jgolden@crab.rutgers.edu

Nancy Hopkins, assistant professor of chemistry. She can discuss:

• Women in science

office = (856) 225-6612
email = nh73@crab.rutgers.edu

Drew Humphries, associate professor of sociology, is the author of the book "Crack Mothers: Pregnancy, Drugs and the Media." She can discuss:

• Crack mothers
• Gender and crime

office = (856) 225-6073
email = humphri@crab.rutgers.edu

Dorothy Mandelbaum, associate professor of psychology, is the author of such books as “Work, Marriage and Motherhood: The Career Persistence of Female Physicians.” She can discuss:

• Psychology of women

office = (856) 225-6434

• History of women and gender

office = (856) 225-6097
email = mmarsh@crab.rutgers.edu

• Literature by women
• Women’s studies

office = (856) 225-6629
email = singley@crab.rutgers.edu