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Eastern New Mexico University
 

2007 ENMU Experts and Speakers Guide

* indicates willing to speak on topic to groups

Administration  
Dr. Bob Vartabedian
Vice President for Academic Affairs
505.562.2312

  • *Our Presidential Library System
  • *The Art of Public Speaking (professional development workshop)
   
College of Business
Dr. Gerry Huybregts
Professor of Management
505.562.2356
  • * International Trade Issues
  • * Foreign Direct Investment
   
Dr. Sue K. Stockly
Assistant Professor of Economics
505.562.2364
  • *Local Economic Development
   
College of Education and Technology
Dr. Joseph D. Di Lella
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
505.562.2040
  • *Student Organizations: Placing Students in Charge
  • *New Mexico Competency Exams: Preparing Students for the Test
  • *TESOL: Distance Education
   
Dr. Terry Ervin
Professor of Agriculture
505.562.2579
  • *Production Economics (topics related to the economics of agricultural production)
  • *Resource Economics (topics related to the economic use of resources)
  • *Economic Entomology (topics related to the economics of pest management)
  • *Economics of the U.S. Leather Industry (topics related to the economic production of hides and their processing into leather)
   
Dr. Caryl Johnson
Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences/Agriculture
505.562.2516
  • *Teaching a General Education Course – Developing Global Communities
   
Jordan I. Kobritz
Assistant Professor of HPE
(Sport Management)
505.562.4435
  • * Sports Business and Legal Issues
   
Timothy McGee
(not actual faculty member in education)
Director of Educational Services, KENW
505.562.2065
  • *Teaching Methods for Videoconference Systems
  • *Instructional Design for Online and Hybrid Systems
  • *Design and Implementation of Hybrid Teaching Systems
   
Dr. Doug Morris
Assistant Professor of Reading
505.562.2207
  • *Critical Literacy
  • *Critical Pedagogy
  • *U.S. Culture of Militarism and Film
   
Dr. Kathleen Pittman
Associate Professor of Reading and Language Arts
505.624.7361
  • *Personality Styles
   
Dr. Cheri L. Quinn
Associate Professor of Educational Studies
505.562.2938
  • *The Changing Social Context of Education
  • *Children in Crisis: The Disruption of Education for Foster Children
  • *Learning in a Wired World
  • *Fostering Healthy Skepticism
   
Dr. Darron L. Smith
Assistant Professor of Animal Science
505.562.2363;
  • *Diet-Induced Alterations in Progesterone Clearance
  • *Utilizing Reproduction Records to Evaluate Management
  • *Successful Dairy Cattle Reproduction
   
College of Fine Arts
Dr. Jean Wozencraft-Ornellas
Professor of Music
505.562.2561
  • “Vocal Production for Speakers and/or Singers (including vocal exercises for the stutterer, and conquering tone-deafness)
  • *History of Music Theatre/Opera
  • *Social and Political Activism on the Music Theatre Stage
  • *Portfolio-based Assessment
   
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Gillian F. Andersen
Instructor of English and Interim Co-Director of the Writing Program
505.562.2335
  • *WebCT and online course development
  • *Technical Communication (includes document design, technical writing, usability testing, report writing and other topics related to the field of technical communication
   
Dr. William Andersen
Associate Professor of Physics
505.562.2355
  • *Resonance
  • *Gravity
  • *Relativity
  • *Physics of Music
   
VK Bussen
Instructor/Coordinator Basic Mathematics
505.562.2892
  • Developmental Education and Developmental Math Education
   
Dr. Donald C. Elder III
Professor of History
505.562.2601
  • *Abraham Lincoln
  • *The Civil War
  • *Baseball
   
Dr. Newton Hilliard
Associate Professor of Chemistry
505.562.2463
  • *Life in Extreme Environments (acid and heat-loving bacteria, life based on novel substrates, metabolism of rocks)
  • *Energy from Renewable Sources
   
Dr. Robert D. Long
Associate Professor of Chemistry
505.562.2496
  • *Organic Chemistry and Synthesis
  • * Nanomaterials
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • Forensic Analysis
  • Science Teacher Education
   
Barbara Palantone
Assistant Professor of Social Work/Field Director
505.562.4510
  • *Child Abuse/Neglect
  • *Adoption and Foster Care Programs
  • *Public Child Welfare
   
Dr. Anthony B. Schroeder
Professor of Communication
505.562.2114
  • *The Need for Media Literacy
  • *Interpersonal Communication Problems within the Family and/or Organization
  • *Communication in a Diverse Environment
  • *Leadership Skills and Communication
   
Dr. Allen R. Stata
Associate Professor and Director Social Work Program
505.562.2504
  • *Social Work
  • *Mental Health
  • Child Welfare/ Child Protective Services
   
Dr. Sue Strickler
Professor of Political Science
505.562.2509
  • *American Government
    • Congress
    • Electoral Behavior
    • Presidency
    • Constitutional Law
    • Public Policy
    • Public Administration
  • *Politics and Ethics
  • *Ethics (general)
  • *Sexual Harassment
  • *Conflict management
  • *Assessment
    • General Education
    • General
    • Online