CLARION UNIVERSITY EXPERTS & RESOURCE GUIDE

All the faculty members listed in this guide have expressed their willingness to discuss the designated subjects.  Contact information is listed under the speaker's name, and all speakers can be contacted through University Relations at (814) 393-2334 or by emailing tschott@clarion.edu or rwilshire@clarion.edu. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Accounting

Art

Biology

Business

Career Planning

Communication

Composition

Cultural Diversity

Disabilities

Domestic Violence

Education

Economics

Entomology

Ethics

Folklore

Foreign Film/Language

Forensic Science

Gender Issues

Geography

Geology

Health

History

Humanities

Law

Leadership

Library Science

Literature

Mathematics

Music

Philosophy

Sports/Physical Education

Taxes

Technology

Theatre

 

 

ACCOUNTING
  • Accounting - Financial, Bookeeping, Cost, Management
  • Taxes - Business, Individual

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 Dr. Anthony Grenci
Professor of Accountancy
agrenci@clarion.edu
(814) 393-2608

ART
  • Artists' Rights
  • Business of Art
 LeGene Quesenberry
Professor, Finance
lquesenberry@clarion.edu
  • Modern Art History
  • Renaissance Art History
  • Pornography

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 Joe Thomas
Associate Professor, Art
thomas@clarion.edu

BIOLOGY
  • Genomics and Post-Genomics
 William Barnes
Professor, Biology
(814) 393-2559 or barnes@clarion.edu
  • General Insect/Arthropod Identification
  • Aquatic Biology
 Andrew C. Keth
Assistant Professor, Biology
(814) 393-1734 or aketh@clarion.edu
  • Forest Wetland Ecology
  • Conservation Science
  • Plant/Animal Interactions

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 Chuck Williams
Associate Professor, Biology
cwilliams@clarion.edu

BUSINESS
  • Small Business Management
  • Location Planning
  • Community/Strategic Planning

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 Kevin J. Roth
Associate Professor, Administrative Sciences
(814) 393-2055 or kroth@clarion.edu

CAREER PLANNING
  • Why Clarion University is Better Than Harvard
 William Barnes
Professor, Biology
(814) 393-2559 or barnes@clarion.edu
  • Career Exploration & Planning

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 James Kole
Associate Professor, Academic Support Services
jkole@clarion.edu

COMMUNICATION
  • Communicating with the Developmentally Delayed
  • Argumentative Communication
  • Stuttering
 Judith E. Janes
Instructor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
(814) 393-2326
  • Stroke-Related Communication Disorders
  • Communication Problems in Dementia
  • Accent Reduction
 Janis M. Jarecki-Liu
Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
(814) 393-2581
jjareckiliu@clarion.edu
  • Communication Skills for Managing Conflict
  • Business and Professional Communication
  • Listening and Communicating Effectively
 Myrna Kuehn
Professor, Speech Communication
(814) 393-2286 or kuehn@clarion.edu
  • How to Speak in Public Without Fear

 

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 Kristin L. Marshall
Associate Professor, Speech Communication & Theatre
(814) 393-2478 or
marshall@clarion.edu

COMPOSITION
  • Improving Writing Ability
 Kathryn Graham
Professor, English
(814) 393-2587 or
(724) 867-6575
  • 19th Century Composition
  • Composition Theory
  • Writing Centers
  • Writing Classes

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 Kathleen A. Welsch
Assistant Professor, English
(814) 393-2156

CULTURAL DIVERSITY
  • Cultural Diversity
 Stevan A. McCrory
Assistant Professor, Educational Opportunities Program
(814) 393-1878 or smccrory@clarion.edu

DISABILITIES
  • Dysphasia (Swallowing Disorders)
  • Stuttering
 Judith E. Janes
Instructor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
(814) 393-2326
  • Teaching Children Who Find Reading Difficult
 JoAnn Dugan
Assistant Professor, Education
(814) 393-1639 or jdugan@clarion.edu
  • Severe Disabilities
 Pam Gent
Associate Professor, Special Education & Rehabilitation
(814) 393-2051 or gent@clarion.edu
  • Including Children with Special Needs in Child Care/Preschool/Elementary Settings

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 LouAnn Humphrey
Assistant Professor, Education
(814) 393-2591

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
  • Domestic Violence

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 Michael J. Antkowiak
Instructor, Finance
(814) 432-3289

ECONOMICS
  • Economic & Business Forecasting
  • British Economic History
  • Experimental Methods in Economic Education

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 Rod D. Raehsler
Associate Professor, Economics
(814) 393-2630 or raehsler@clarion.edu

EDUCATION
  • Use of Technology in the Classroom
 Donna Ashcraft
Associate Professor, Psychology
(814) 393-2295 or ashcraft@clarion.edu
  • College Study Skills
 Karen Bingham
Assistant Professor, Academic Support
(814) 393-1874 or kbingham@clarion.edu
  • Mathematics Education
  • Gifted & Talented Students
  • Motivating the Unmotivated
 Dip N. Bhattacharya
Professor, Mathematics
(814) 393-2592 or
(814) 226-6951 or bhattach@clarion.edu
  • Child Development

 

Barrie A. Brancato
Associate Professor, Education
(814) 393-2497 or
bbrancato@clarion.edu 
  • Mathematics Education
  • Quantitative Literacy
 R. Elaine Carbone
Associate Professor, Mathematics
ecarbone@clarion.edu
  • Techniques in the Clinical Supervision of Teachers
  • Character Education
 Nanci L. Donato
Instructor, Education
ndonato@mail.clarion.edu
  • Children's Literature & Reader's Response Approaches
  • Reading/Writing Connections 
  • Teaching Children Who Find Reading Difficult
 JoAnn Dugan
Assistant Professor, Education
(814) 393-1639 or jdugan@clarion.edu  
  • Constructivist Teaching in Math and Science
  • Electronic Portfolios
 Vickie Harry
Associate Professor, Education
  • Including Children with Special Needs in Child Care/Preschool/Elementary Settings
  • Building Parent/Teacher Relationships
 LouAnn Humphrey
Assistant Professor, Education
(814) 393-2591
  • Teaching
  • Educational Issues
  • Assessment
  • Early Childhood Philosophy
 Gerri Jenny
Instructor, Education
(814) 393-2518 or gjenny@clarion.edu
  • School Library Instruction & Management
  • Information Literacy
 Patricia Liotta-Kolencik
Instructor, Education
  • Direct Instruction Reading & Mathematics
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Transition
 Richard Sabousky
Assistant Professor, Special Education & Rehabilitative Sciences
(814) 393-1241 or sabousky@clarion.edu 
  • Distance Education
 Martha M. Smith
Associate Professor, Library Science
(856) 672-0504 or msmith@infoethics.org 
  • Parent Education/Training
  • Legal Issues/Regulations
  • Assessments

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 Lisa Turner
Assistant Professor, Special Education & Rehabilitative Sciences
(814) 393-2589 or lturner@clarion.edu 

ENTOMOLOGY
  • Entomology
  • Aquatic Entomology
  • Systematis

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 Steve Harris
Professor, Biology
(814) 393-2273 or harris@clarion.edu

ENVIRONMENT
  • Stream Restoration From Acid Mine Drainage

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 Peter Dalby
Professor, Biology
(814) 393-2164

ETHICS
  • Ethics
  • Applied Ethics
 Jamie Phillips
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
(814) 393-2391 or jphillips@clarion.edu
  • Information Ethics
  • Bio-Information Ethics

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 Martha M. Smith
Associate Professor, Library Science
(856) 672-0504 or msmith@infoethics.org 

FOLKLORE
  • Folklore
  • Urban Legends
  • Personal Experience Narratives

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 Elizabeth MacDaniel
Assistant Professor, English
macdanie@clarion.edu

FOREIGN FILM/LANGUAGES
  • German & French Film
  • German & French Language, Literature, Culture

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 Eleanor ter Horst
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages
(814) 393-2494 or eterhorst@clarion.edu

FORENSIC SCIENCE
  • Forensic Science

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 Andrew C. Keth
Assistant Professor, Biology
(814) 393-1734 or aketh@clarion.edu 

GENDER ISSUES
  • Gender Issues
 Donna Ashcraft
Associate Professor, Psychology
(814) 393-1870 or ashcraft@clarion.edu 
  • Women Writers
  • Lives of Victorian Women
 Kathryn Graham
Professor, English
(814) 393-2587 or
(724) 867-6575
  • Gender Equity Issues in Math, Science & Technology
 Vickie Harry
Associate Professor, Education
(814) 393-1868 or vharry@clarion.edu
  • Women's History
  • Women's Issues

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 Kristin L. Marshall
Associate Professor, Speech Communication & Theatre
(814) 393-2478 or marshall@clarion.edu

GEOLOGY
  • Hydrogeology
  • Stratigraphy/Sedimentary Geology
  • Structural Geology/Tectonics

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 Paul Ryberg
Associate Professor
(814) 393-2718

GEOGRAPHY
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Egyptian Geography

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 Yasser Ayad
Assistant Professor, AGES
(814) 393-2990 or yayad@clarion.edu

HEALTH
  • Human Sexuality
 Donna Ashcraft
Associate Professor, Psychology
(814) 393-1870 or ashcraft@clarion.edu 
  • Alcohol Abuse

 

 Karen Bingham
Assistant Professor, Academic Support
(814) 393-1874 or kbingham@clarion.edu
  • Living with a Child with Diabetes
 R. Elaine Carbone
Associate Professor, Mathematics
ecarbone@clarion.edu 
  • Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Substance Abuse
 Ray Feroz
Professor, Special Education & Rehabilitative Sciences
(814) 393-2052 or rferoz@mail.clarion.edu
  • AIDS/HIV
  • HIV/AIDS Treatment
  • AIDS Curriculum
 Ginger Kamauoha
Educator, Northwest Rural AIDS Alliance
gkamauoha@clarion.edu
  • AIDS
  • HIV/AIDS & Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse
  • Mental Illness
 Mark L. Kilwein
Assistant Professor, Special Education & Rehabilitative Sciences
(814) 393-2486 or mklwein@clarion.edu
  • Recreation
  • Physical Fitness
 Doug Knepp
Instructor, Health & Physical Education
(814) 393-1667 or dknepp@clarion.edu
  • Stress Management
  • Hatha Yoga
 James Kole
Associate Professor, Academic Support Services
jkole@clarion.edu
  • Adolescent Health
  • Stress Management & Relaxation
  • Diet & Weight Management
  • Tobacco
 Rebecca Leas
Professor, Health & Physical Education
(814) 393-1955 or leas@clarion.edu
  • Emotional Intelligence 
 Stevan A. McCrory
Assistant Professor, Educational Opportunities Program
(814) 393-1878 or
smccrory@clarion.edu 
  • Early Childhood
  • Nutrition
  • Motor Development & Learning
 Nancy Sayre
Professor, Education
(814) 393-2209
  • Stress Management
  • Wellness/Healthy Lifestyle
  • Combating Compassion Fatigue/Burnout

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 Jane Fox Tarr
Assistant Professor, Nursing
(814) 226-4467 or jtarr@clarion.edu

HISTORY
  • Egyptian Culture
 Yasser Ayad
Assistant Professor, AGES
(814) 393-2990 or yayad@clarion.edu 
  • Musical Styles, 18th to 20th Centuries
  • History of Opera
  • History of the Violin Family
 Jaropolk Lassowsky
Associate Professor, Music
jlassiwsky@clarion.edu
  • The Holocaust
  • Hidden Children
 Melissa Marks
Instructor, Education
mmarks@clarion.edu
  • Ottoman Empire & Turkey
 James T. Maccaferri
Associate Professor, Library Sciences
(814) 393-1854 or jmaccaferri@clarion.edu
  • sThe Sixties in America

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 Joe Thomas
Associate Professor, Art
thomas@clarion.edu 

HUMANITIES
  • Humanities
  • TQM
  • Vision

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 Jim Blake
Professor, Speech Communication &  Theatre
(814) 393-2477 or xblake@csonline.net

LAW
  • Criminal Law
  • Family Law
 Michael J. Antkowiak
Instructor, Finance
(814) 432-3289
  • Business Law

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 LeGene Quesenberry
Professor, Finance
lquesenberry@clarionl.edu  

LEADERSHIP
  • Meeting Management
  • Parliamentary Procedure
  • Leadership Exercises/Development in Form
  • Ice Breakers/Team Building
  • Goal Setting
 Diana Anderson-Brush
Higher Education Administration
(814) 393-1865 or anderson@clarion.edu
  • 5 Keys to Success
  • 10 Most Important Decisions You'll Make in Your Life
 Norbert A. Baschnagel
Associate Professor, Health & Physical Education
(814) 226-5098 or nbaschnagel@clarion.edu 
  • Leadership in Schools
  • Professional Development
 Barrie A. Brancato
Associate Professor, Education
(814) 393-2497 or bbrancato@clarion.edu 
  • Team Building
  • Leadership
 Ray Feroz
Professor, Special Education & Rehabilitative Sciences
(814) 393-2052 or rferoz@mail.clarion.edu
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Choices
 Ron L. Righter
Athletics
(814) 393-2458 or rrighter@clarion.edu
  • Cataloging & Classification
  • Bibliographic Control
  • Preservation & Conservation of Library Materials

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 James T. Maccaferri
Associate Professor, Library Sciences
(814) 393-1854 or jmaccaferri@clarion.edu

LIBRARY SCIENCE
  • Cataloging & Classification/Bibliographical Control
  • Preservation & Conservation of Library Materials

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 James T. Maccaferri
Associate Professor, Library Science
(814) 393-1854 or jmaccaferri@clarion.edu 

LITERATURE
  • Children's Literature
 JoAnn Dugan
Assistant Professor, Education
(814) 393-1639 or jdugan@clarion.edu 
  • Women Writers
 Kathryn Graham
Professor, English
(814) 393-2587 or 
(724) 867-6575
  • Shakespeare
  • Dramatic Literature of All Periods
 Ralph Leary
Professor, English
leary@clarion.edu 
  • Folklore
  • Urban Legends
  • Personal Experience Narratives

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 Elizabeth MacDaniel
Assistant Professor, English
macdanie@clarion.edu

MATHEMATICS
  • Mathematics
  • Chess & Mathematics
  • Magic & Mathematics

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 Dip N. Bhattacharya
Professor, Mathematics
(814) 393-2592 or
(814) 226-6151 or bhattach@clarion.edu

MUSIC
  • Musical Styles, 18th to 20th Centuries
  • History of Opera
  • History of the Violin Family
 Jaropolk Lassowsky
Associate Professor, Music
jlassiwsky@clarion.edu
  • Mountain or Hammered Dulcimers

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 Sally Ringland
Associate Professor, Mathematics Department
(814) 226-5674 or ringland@clarion.edu 

PHILOSOPHY 
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Theory of Knowledge

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 Jamie Phillips
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
(814) 393-2391 or jphillips@clarion.edu 

POLITICS
  • Presidency/Presidential Rhetoric
  • Political Parties & Election
  • Media & Politics
  • Human Rights/The Civil Rights Movement
  • Politics & Film

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 Kevan M. Yenerall
Assistant Professor, Political Science
(814) 393-1897 or kyenerall@clarion.edu

SPORTS/PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Basketball Clinic
  • Tennis Clinic
  • Golf Clinic
  • Fitness for Life
 Norbert A. Baschnagel
Associate Professor, Health & Physical Education
(814) 226-5098 or nbaschnagel@clarion.edu 
  • Athletic Coaching Educatioin
  • Sport Psychology

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 Dick Taylor
Professor, Health & Physical Education
(814) 393-2454 or rtaylor@clarion.edu

TAXES
  • Taxation

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 Jeff Eicher
Professor, Finance
(814) 393-2644 or eicher@clarion.edu 

TECHNOLOGY
  • Information Literacy
  • Internet Searching
  • Web Page Design

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 Basil D. Martin
Assistant Professor, Library
(814) 393-2303 or
(814) 393-1841

THEATRE
  • Theatre
  • Shakespeare
  • Dramatic Literature of All Periods

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Ralph Leary
Professor, English
leary@clarion.edu 

ALL SPEAKERS CAN BE CONTACTED BY CALLING 
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS AT (814) 393-2334

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