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Experts and subject matter
Biology
Katrina Porter is an associate teaching professor of Biology. She researches Hypothalamic Neurons in the Regulation of Reproduction in Ewes.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Biology; Anatomy; Physiology
Corporate Communication
Rachel Kaplan is an assistant teaching professor of Corporate Communication. She researches Marketing, Branding, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Connections between Marketing, Opioids, and Death; The Holocaust Tuskegee Experiments and the Lack of Care for the Other; Rhetoric of the Opioid Crisis
Melissa Robinson is an assistant teaching professor of Corporate Communication. She researches Health and Mass Communication.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Advertising; Public Relations; Crisis Communication; Social Media Management
Criminal Justice
LaVarr McBride is an associate teaching professor of Criminal Justice. He has responded to schools throughout the country in the aftermath of a mass shooting and has helped schools understand the precursor behavior of a school shooter and helping schools develop threat management teams.
He also has worked on high profile death penalty and sexual assault cases nationally with crime victims as a consultant. He researches The Impact of Restorative Justice on our Criminal Justice System. He has published two books, “Through the Eyes of a Convict.” And “Standing in the Dark: Hope and struggles for victims of violent crime.”
Contact Information: [email protected]
Phone: 724-430-4240
Topic: Criminal Justice
Engineering
Gerald Angle is an assistant teaching professor of Engineering. His primary areas of interest are Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Machine Design, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topic: A Variety of Engineering Concepts
Nathaniel Bohna is an associate teaching professor of Engineering. His areas of expertise include 3D Modeling, 3D Printing with Additive Manufacturing, Engineering Mechanics (statics, dynamics, strength of materials), more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: 3D Printing; 3D Modeling
Andrzej Gapinski is a professor of Engineering. He researches Information Technology with Computer Networks, System Modeling, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Computer Networks; Cyber-security; Industrial Process Control/Automation
Rasoul Milasi is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering. He researches Adaptive and Nonlinear Control Systems, High-Frequency Power Electronics, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topic: An Overview of Electrical Engineering
Health and Wellness
Andy Hedrick is the basketball coach of Penn State Fayette. He has playing experience at Everett Area High School and Penn State Altoona, where he played in the PSUAC sophomore All Star Game.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topic: Extra-curricular Activities in College
Stephen Oberly III is a kinesiology instructor and athletic director at Penn State Fayette. He researches Biomechanics, The Sociological Impact of Health and Wellness, and more
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topic: The Student Athlete Experience
Human Development and Family Studies
Elaine Barry is an associate professor of Human Development and Family Studies. She researches The Development of Explicit and Implicit Memory in Children, Co-Sleeping and Infant Development, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Studying Adolescents; Child Development; Working with People
Jo Ann Jankoski is an associate professor of Human Development and Family Studies. She researches, Diversity, Trauma, Rural Poverty and Homelessness, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Staying Safe in a Digital World; Awareness of Human Trafficking
Humanities
Lindsey Simon-Jones is an associate professor of English. She researches Medieval Literature.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Humanities: The Quest; Shakespeare; Medieval and Tudor Drama; Freshman Writing
Ginett Pineda is an assistant professor of Spanish. She researches Indigenous Epistemologies on the “Mother Earth” and the Cultural Significance of the Andean People’s Affective Relationship to Native Landscapes and Nature.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Humanities; Latin American History
Information Services and Technology
Joseph Friend is an IT specialist at Penn State Fayette. He has experience as an IT Technician and Instructor.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: IT; Networking; 3D Printing; Laser Cutting and Engraving
Mathematics
Md Istiaq Hossain is an assistant teaching professor of Mathematics. His current research area is in developing mathematical models for interacting species that account for the effects of chemicals on biological organisms due to environmental or human factors.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Mathematical Biology
Nursing
Wendy Edgar is an instructor in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing. She has great experience with Critical Care, Emergency and Urgent Care, with a focus on Pediatric Urgent Care.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Nursing; Healthcare Related Subjects
Melissa Miner is an associate teaching professor of the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing in addition to being the Penn State Fayette Campus Coordinator for Nursing. She researches Adult Medical-Surgical Disorders/Chronic Illnesses, Innovative Curriculum Delivery Techniques, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Nursing; Health; Wellness
Valerie Vanderhoff is an assistant teaching professor of the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing. She researches Effective Communication Techniques, Complimentary Medicine Applications, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Health; Biology
Outreach
Melissa Andrews is the education program coordinator in Penn State Fayette’s Office of Outreach and Continuing Education.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Continuing Education; Non-Credit Classes
Heather Page is the student engagement and outreach librarian in Penn State Fayette’s Library.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topic: Libraries
Physical Therapist Assistant
Pamela Pologruto is an associate teaching professor and the academic coordinator of Clinical Education.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Allied Health Science; Physical Therapy
Stacy Sekely is an associate teaching professor and Physical Therapist Assistant program coordinator.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topics: Healthcare Careers; Exercise Science; Disease Prevention
Physics
Andy Royston is an assistant professor of Physics. He researches Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topic: Undergraduate Research Encounters with Fundamental Physics
Psychology
Aris Karagiorgakis is an assistant teaching professor of Psychology. He researches The Therapeutic Benefits of Coloring and Drawing on Stress, The Psychological and Physiological Benefits of Arts, and more.
Contact Information: [email protected]
Topic: Psychology