Guide to College expertise

College faculty and researchers are experts in a wide variety of fields. For other sources or for College experts in fields not listed below, contact Anitra Budd at 612-626-7486 or budd0018@umn.edu.

If you have trouble reaching a faculty member or researcher, please contact his or her department.

Academic achievement motivation

• Seth Langley, postsecondary teaching and learning

Accountability

• Nicola Alexander, educational policy and administration
• Mark Davison, educational psychology
• Martha Thurlow, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration
• James Ysseldyke, educational psychology

See also:

• Curriculum-based measurement (CBM): Student assessment, ResearchWorks, August 2001
• Team teaching, ResearchWorks, July 2002

Accreditation in higher education

• Darwin Hendel, educational policy and administration
• Mistilina Sato, curriculum and instruction

Achievement gap

• Lesa Covington Clarkson, curriculum and instruction
• Deborah Dillon, curriculum and instruction
• Michael Michlin, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI)
• Arthur Reynolds, child development
• Timothy Sheldon, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI)
• Kyla Wahlstrom, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement
• Blong Xiong, postsecondary teaching and learning

See also: Closing the achievement gap: The promise of community learning, ResearchWorks, March 2007

Adolescents

• Andrew Collins, child development
• David R. Johnson, educational policy and administration; Institute on Community Integration
• Bic Ngo, curriculum and instruction
• Ruth Thomas, curriculum and instruction
• Joyce Walker, youth development educator
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Blong Xiong, postsecondary teaching and learning

adolescent development

• Jodi Dworkin, family social science
• Harold Grotevant, family social science

alcohol use and suicidal behavior in adolescence

• Martha Rueter, family social science

juvenile justice and youth with disabilities

• Pam Stenhjem, Institute on Community Integration

mental illness in adolescents

• Edward Taylor, social work

parenting adolescents

• Jodi Dworkin, family social science
• Martha Rueter, family social science

Adoption

• Harold Grotevant, family social science

international adoption

• Megan Gunnar, child development

Adult development

• Shari Peterson, work and human resource education

Adult education

• Shari Peterson, work and human resource education

adult literacy, workplace literacy, rewriting technical and legal documents in plain language

• Rosemarie Park, work and human resource education

Adventure education / adventure therapy

• Aaron Doering, curriculum and instruction
• Keith Russell, kinesiology

See also: Adventure Learning home page

Affirmative action

• Karen Miksch, postsecondary teaching and learning

Aging

• Daniel F. Detzner, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Jan Hively, Vital Aging Network
• Helen Kivnick, social work
• Hee Yun Lee, social work

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work
• Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, social work
• James Reinardy, social work
• Robert E. Yahnke, postsecondary teaching and learning

aging and disability

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work

aging families

• Marlene Stum, family social science

autonomy and decision making

• James Reinardy, social work

elder mistreatment

• Sonia Davila-Williams, social work
• Hee Yun Lee, social work

financial security in later life

• Marlene Stum, family social science

gay and lesbian aging

• Jean Quam, social work, and senior associate dean for academic affairs, CEHD

lifelong learning

• Jan Hively, Vital Aging Network

• Helen Kivnick, social work

• Robert E. Yahnke, postsecondary teaching and learning

long term care

• Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, social work
• James Reinardy, social work

older women

• Jan McCulloch, family social science

rural older adults

• Jan McCulloch, family social science

vital aging

• Jan Hively, Vital Aging Network

• Helen Kivnick, social work

volunteering

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work
• Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, social work

All-day kindergarten

• Kyla Wahlstrom, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement

American Indian studies

American Indian history

• David L. Ghere, postsecondary teaching and learning

American Indian youth, transition to college

• Jean Ness, Institute on Community Integration
• Dennis Olson, Institute on Community Integration

indigenous ways of knowing and learning

• Mark Bellcourt, Ando-giikendaasowin Native American Math and Science Summer Camp

See also: Expanding the Circle, transition resources for American Indian students

Americans with Disabilities Act

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work
• Pat Salmi, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Joe Timmons, Institute on Community Integration

Artistic creativity

• William Goodman, family social science
• Patricia James, postsecondary teaching and learning

Arts in education / art education

• James Bequette, curriculum and instruction
• Faith Clover, curriculum and instruction
• Deb Ingram, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement

Assessment

• Laurene Christensen, National Center on Educational Outcomes
• Mark Davison, educational psychology
• Deborah Dillon, curriculum and instruction
• Maureen Hawes, North Central Regional Resource Center, Institute on Community Integration
• Frances Lawrenz, educational psychology
• Sheryl Lazarus, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration
• Scott McConnell, educational psychology; Center for Early Education and Development
• Mistilina Sato, curriculum and instruction
• Mike Sharpe, North Central Regional Resource Center, Institute on Community Integration
• Martha Thurlow, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration

curriculum-based measurement (CBM)

• Stanley Deno, educational psychology

progress measurement

• Theodore Christ, educational psychology
• Teri Wallace, Research Institute on Progress Monitoring, Institute on Community Integration

Athletic training

• Karen Swanson, kinesiology

At-risk children/youth

• Nicola Alexander, educational policy and administration
• Sandra Christenson, educational psychology
• Byron Egeland, child development
• Megan Gunnar, child development
• Lori Helman, curriculum and instruction
• Timothy Lensmire, curriculum and instruction
• Ann Masten, child development
• Scott McConnell, educational psychology; Center for Early Education and Development
• Kristen McMaster, educational psychology
• Bic Ngo, curriculum and instruction
• Keith Russell, kinesiology
• Alan Sroufe, child development
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

Attention-deficit disorder, hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

• Jennifer McComas, educational psychology
• Alan Sroufe, child development
• Frank Symons, educational psychology

Autism

• Susan Hupp, educational psychology

Basic skills

• Mark Davison, educational psychology
• Kristen McMaster, educational psychology

Behavioral biology

• Richard Rodgerson, kinesiology

Behavioral disorders

• Jennifer McComas, educational psychology
• Frank Symons, educational psychology

Bilingual education

• Tara Fortune, curriculum and instruction
• Lori Helman, curriculum and instruction
• Diane Tedick, curriculum and instruction
• Constance Walker, curriculum and instruction

Block scheduling

• Carol Freeman, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement

Bullies and aggression

early adolescence

• Anthony Pellegrini, educational psychology

girls

• Nicki Crick, child development

See also: Aggression and bullying in girls, ResearchWorks, December 2002

Business and marketing education

• Judith Lambrecht, work and human resource education

Career and technical education

• Judith Lambrecht, work and human resource education

• Theodore Lewis, work and human resource education

Caregiving

• Pauline Boss, family social science

long term care

• Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, social work
• James Reinardy, social work

Case management / care coordination

• Bob Prouty, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• MJ Gilbert, social work
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

for persons with disabilities

• Brian Abery, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Angela Amado, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Amy Hewitt, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Charlie Lakin, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Sheryl Larson, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Marijo McBride, Institute on Community Integration

Challenging behavior

• Joe Reichle, Center for Early Education and Development
• Frank Symons, educational psychology

Change and resiliency

• Sharon Danes, family social science
• Ann Masten, child development

Child abuse

• Peter Dimock, social work
• Byron Egeland, professor, child development
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Susan Wells, social work

Child care

• Sheri Goldsmith, Child Care Center
• Amy Susman-Stillman, Center for Early Education and Development

• Christopher Watson, Center for Early Education and Development

child care assistance

• Marcie Jefferys, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

Child development

• Ann Masten, child development
• Richard Weinberg, child development

language acquisition and development

• Michael Maratsos, child development
• Susan Rose, educational psychology
• Maria Sera, child development

social, emotional, and motor development

• Richard Rodgerson, kinesiology

Child protection

• Susan Wells, social work

Child psychology

• Andrew Collins, child development
• Megan Gunnar, child development
• Richard Weinberg, child development

See also:

• Parent-Child Project, ResearchWorks, August 2001
• Heady work: Brain research, Link, Winter 2005

Child welfare system

• Sonia Davila-Williams, social work
• Jane Gilgun, social work
• Trude Hendrickson, social work
• C. David Hollister, social work
• Marcie Jefferys, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Ronald Rooney, social work
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Susan Wells, social work

child welfare system and children/parents with disabilities

• Traci LaLiberte, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work

Childhood obesity

• Donald Dengel, kinesiology
• Moira Petit, kinesiology

See also: Saving young hearts, ResearchWorks, January 2006

Children’s literature

• Lee Galda, curriculum and instruction

Citizenship education

• Joan DeJaeghere, educational policy and administration

Classroom management

• Jennifer McComas, educational psychology

Classroom simulations

• David L. Ghere, postsecondary teaching and learning

Coaching

• Jo Ann Buysse, kinesiology
• Stacy Ingraham, kinesiology
• Nicole LaVoi, kinesiology
• Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, kinesiology

Cognitive development

• Canan Karatekin, child development
• Maria Sera, child development
• Kathleen Thomas, child development

perceptual development

• Herbert Pick, Jr., child development
• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology
• Albert Yonas, child development

College students

• Darwin Hendel, educational policy and administration

Community and learning

• Lynn Englund, curriculum and instruction
• Ruth Thomas, curriculum and instruction

Community colleges and two-year postsecondary education

• William Ammentorp, educational policy and administration

Community development

• C. David Hollister, social work
• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work

Community inclusion and persons with disabilities

• Brian Abery, Institute on Community Integration
• Angela Amado, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Charlie Lakin, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Matt Ziegler, Institute on Community Integration

Community organizing

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work
• Megan Morrissey, social work
• James Reinardy, social work

antiracist and cross-class organizing

• Lisa Albrecht, social work

citizen action by families

• William Doherty, family social science

Community outreach / community partnerships

• Lisa Albrecht, social work

• Sara Axtell, family social science
• Heidi Barajas, post secondary teaching and learning and associate dean for outreach and community engagement
• Pam Stenhjem, Institute on Community Integration

Community services for persons with disabilities

• Sheryl Larson, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Bob Prouty, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

Medicaid support for community services

• Amy Hewitt, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Charlie Lakin, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Sheryl Larson, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Bob Prouty, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

Conflict resolution / conflict management

• Patricia Avery, curriculum and instruction
• David W. Johnson, educational psychology
• Roger Johnson, curriculum and instruction
• Mark Umbreit, Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, social work

Consumer-controlled housing and persons with disabilities

• Angela Amado, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Charlie Lakin, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

Community supports

cross-cultural community supports

• Sara Axtell, family social science

cross-cultural community supports and persons with disabilities

• Carol Ely, Institute on Community Integration
• Matt Ziegler, Institute on Community Integration

consumer-directed supports for persons with disabilities

• Amy Hewitt, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Traci LaLiberte, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Sheryl Larson, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Bob Prouty, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

Cooperative learning

• Murray Jensen, postsecondary teaching and learning
• David W. Johnson, educational psychology
• Roger Johnson, curriculum and instruction

See also: Cooperative learning, ResearchWorks, April 2002

Corrections

• Pam Stenhjem, Institute on Community Integration

restorative justice

• Mark Umbreit, Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, social work

Counseling

• Michael Goh, educational psychology
• William Goodman, family social science
• John Romano, educational psychology
• Thomas Skovholt, educational psychology
• Sherri Turner, educational psychology
• Patricia McCarthy Veach, educational psychology

career development (adult)

• William Goodman, family social science
• Sunny Hansen, professor emerita, educational psychology, sunnyssh@umn.edu

counseling student athletes

• LeRoy Gardner, Jr., postsecondary teaching and learning

genetic counseling

• Patricia McCarthy Veach, educational psychology

See also: Genetics at the doctor’s office, ResearchWorks, June 2005

Critical discourse analysis

• Cynthia Lewis, curriculum and instruction

Cultural studies

• Pat Bruch, postsecondary teaching and learning

Curriculum development

• Jo Ann Buysse, kinesiology
• Susan Staats, postsecondary teaching and learning

inquiry learning

• Susan Staats, postsecondary teaching and learning

See also:  Department of Curriculum and Instruction under specific field of study

Deaf/Hard of hearing

• Susan Rose, educational psychology

Death and dying

in African-American families

• William Turner, family social science

life and death health care decisions

• Marlene Stum, family social science

Democratic education

• Timothy Lensmire, curriculum and instruction

Developmental education

• David Arendale, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Mark Davison, educational psychology

• Jeanne L. Higbee, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Cathrine A. Wambach, postsecondary teaching and learning

developmental mathematics education

• Irene Mary Duranczyk, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Susan Staats, postsecondary teaching and learning

Disabilities

• Institute on Community Integration (ICI), see ICI Expertise Guide [.doc]

Disadvantaged populations

• Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, social work

Discipline in K-12 schools

• Jennifer McComas, educational psychology
• Frank Symons, educational psychology

Diversity

• Lisa Albrecht, social work

• Karen Miksch, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Bic Ngo, curriculum and instruction
• Paul Rosenblatt, family social science
• Oliver Williams, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community

Chicano/Latino services

• Sonia Davila-Williams, social work

disability

• Institute on Community Integration (ICI), see ICI Expertise Guide [.doc]

diversity, equity, social justice

• Lisa Albrecht, social work

• Heidi Barajas, post secondary teaching and learning and associate dean for outreach and community engagement
• Cryss Brunner, educational policy and administration
• Joan DeJaeghere, educational policy and administration
• Timothy Lensmire, curriculum and instruction
• J.B. Mayo, Jr., curriculum and instruction
• Dario Menanteau-Horta, social work
• Bic Ngo, curriculum and instruction

See also: Unmasking our true selves, ResearchWorks, January 2007

instructional strategies for diverse learners

• Robin Murie, postsecondary teaching and learning

multicultural, gender-fair education

racial disparities

• Susan Wells, social work

underrepresented student populations in college

• David Arendale, postsecondary teaching and learning

• Seth Langley, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Robin Murie, postsecondary teaching and learning

See also: Quality of life among families of color in Minnesota, Kaleidoscope, Fall 2004

Divorce

• Kathryn Rettig, family social science

Dropout prevention / student engagement

• Sandra Christenson, educational psychology

alternative schools

• Jim Ysseldyke, educational psychology

See also: Leaving schools behind: when students drop out, ResearchWorks, March 2004

Dynamic systems / coordination dynamics

• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology

Early childhood / Early childhood development

attachment, emotional development

• Alan Sroufe, child development

child welfare

• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

early assessment

• Richard Weinberg, child development

infant development

• Amy Susman-Stillman, Center for Early Education and Development

infant growth; parent-infant attachment; moral reasoning development

• Laura Duckett, Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research

infant visual development

• Albert Yonas, child development

policy

• Karen Cadigan, Center for Early Education and Development

preschool / elementary

• Scott McConnell, educational psychology; Center for Early Education and Development

social and physical development

• LaVonne Carlson, child development

See also:

• Involving children in household tasks: Is it worth the effort?, ResearchWorks, September 2002
• IGDIs and Get it, Got it, Go!: Tools for improving children's development, ResearchWorks, July 2003

Early childhood education / early learning

• LaVonne Carlson, child development
• Sheri Goldsmith, Child Care Center
• Susan Hupp, educational psychology

• Scott McConnell, educational psychology; Center for Early Education and Development

Early intervention

• Karen Cadigan, Center for Early Education and Development
• Abi Gewirtz, child development

• Scott McConnell, educational psychology; Center for Early Education and Development
• Kristen McMaster, educational psychology
• Arthur Reynolds, child development
• Christopher Watson, Center for Early Education and Development
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

Ecological psychology

• Anne Pick, child development
• Herbert Pick, Jr., child development
• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology
• Michael Wade, kinesiology
• Albert Yonas, child development

Ecology and distribution of fishes

• Jay T. Hatch, postsecondary teaching and learning

Education systems change and students with disabilities

• Maureen Hawes, North Central Regional Resource Center, Institute on Community Integration
• Mike Sharpe, North Central Regional Resource Center, Institute on Community Integration
• Martha Thurlow, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration

Educational outcomes and students with disabilities

• Jane Krentz, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration
• Sheryl Lazarus, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration
• Kristi Liu, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration
• Martha Thurlow, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration

Educational reform and policy

• Joan DeJaeghere, educational policy and administration
• Arthur Harkins, educational policy and administration
• Jean King, educational policy and administration
• Karen Seashore, educational policy and administration
• Jennifer York-Barr, educational policy and administration

Elementary education and schools

• Roger Johnson, curriculum and instruction

Emergency preparedness and persons with disabilities

• Pat Salmi, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

Emotional and behavioral disorders

• Jennifer McComas, educational psychology

Emotional development

• Alan Sroufe, child development

Employment

of persons with disabilities

• Christine Bremer, Institute on Community Integration
• David R. Johnson, educational policy and administration; Institute on Community Integration

• Joe Timmons, Institute on Community Integration

English education

• Cynthia Lewis, curriculum and instruction

Environmental education

• Fred Finley, curriculum and instruction

Ergonomic design

• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology

ESL (English as a second language)

• Martha Bigelow, curriculum and instruction
• Molly Rojas Collins, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Patricia Eliason, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Renata Fitzpatrick, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Tara Fortune, curriculum and instruction
• Margaret Delehanty Kelly, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Robin Murie, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Kari Smalkoski, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Diane Tedick, curriculum and instruction
• Jill Trites, postsecondary teaching and learning

English language learners with disabilities

• Debra Albus, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration
• Laurene Christensen, National Center on Educational Outcomes
• Kristi Liu, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration

Evaluation and testing

• Michael Baizerman, social work

• Mark Davison, educational psychology
• C. David Hollister, social work
• David R. Johnson, educational policy and administration; Institute on Community Integration
• Frances Lawrenz, educational psychology
• Michael Rodriguez, educational psychology
• Susan Wells, social work
• Stuart Yeh, educational policy and administration

curriculum evaluation

• Cathrine A. Wambach, postsecondary teaching and learning

Evolution-creationism controversy

• Murray Jensen, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Randy Moore, postsecondary teaching and learning

Exercise / sport science

• Donald Dengel, kinesiology
• Mary Jo Kane, kinesiology
• Stacy Ingraham, kinesiology
• Arthur Leon, kinesiology
• Robert Serfass, kinesiology
• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology
• Karen Swanson, kinesiology
• Michael Wade, kinesiology

Extreme sports

• Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, kinesiology

Faculty development

• Sara Axtell, family social science

Faith communities and inclusion of persons with disabilities

• Angela Amado, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

Families

• Daniel F. Detzner, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Paul Rosenblatt, family social science

African-American families

• Priscilla Gibson, social work
• William Turner, family social science
• Oliver Williams, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community

families and health

• William Doherty, family social science

See also: Family meals matter, Kaleidoscope, Spring 2005

family assessment

• Harold Grotevant, family social science
• Jan McCulloch, family social science

family business

• Sharon Danes, family social science
• Paul Rosenblatt, family social science

family decision making

• Kathryn Rettig, family social science
• Catherine Solheim, family social science

• Marlene Stum, family social science
• Virginia Zuiker, family social science

family development

• Jodi Dworkin, family social science

family economics

• Jean Bauer, family social science
• Sharon Danes, family social science
• M. Janice Hogan, family social science
• Kathryn Rettig, family social science

• Catherine Solheim, family social science
• Marlene Stum, family social science
• Virginia Zuiker, family social science

See also: Improving access to food for low-income families, Kaleidoscope, Spring 2005

family of origin

• William Goodman, family social science

family and school partnerships

• Sandra Christenson, educational psychology

family support and disability

• Charlie Lakin, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Marijo McBride, Institute on Community Integration

family values

• Kathryn Rettig, family social science

grief and loss in families

• Paul Rosenblatt, family social science

Hispanic families

• Liz Wieling, family social science

inheritance

• Marlene Stum, family social science

See also: Who gets grandma's yellow pie plate? home page

multicultural/multiracial families

• Paul Rosenblatt, family social science
• Catherine Solheim, family social science

• William Turner, family social science

• Liz Wieling, family social science

rural families

• Jean Bauer, family social science
• Sharon Danes, family social science

• Paul Rosenblatt, family social science

siblings

• Martha Rueter, family social science

Family and consumer sciences education

• Amy Jo Lundell, curriculum and instruction
• Jane Plihal, curriculum and instruction
• Ruth Thomas, curriculum and instruction

Field learning and instruction

• Sonia Davila-Williams, social work
• MJ Gilbert, social work
• Steve Maxwell, social work

Financial literacy / family financial management

• Jean Bauer, family social science
• Sharon Danes, family social science
• Patricia Olson, family social science
• Catherine Solheim, family social science
• Virginia Zuiker, family social science

Forgiveness and healing

• Mark Umbreit, Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, social work

Foreign language education

• Diane Tedick, curriculum and instruction

Future of education

• Arthur Harkins, educational policy and administration

Gait and posture

• Karen Swanson, kinesiology
• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology

Gerontology (see aging)

Gifted and talented students

• Bill Bart, educational psychology

Girls and women in sport

• Mary Jo Kane, kinesiology
• Jo Ann Buysse, kinesiology
• Stacy Ingraham, kinesiology
• Nicole LaVoi, kinesiology
• Karen Swanson, kinesiology
• Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, kinesiology

Graduate education

• Melissa Anderson, educational policy and administration

Graduation standards

• Mark Davison, educational psychology
• Kyla Wahlstrom, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement

Health care

and persons with disabilities

• Brian Abery, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

• Sheryl Larson, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Marijo McBride, Institute on Community Integration

Heart disease prevention and rehabilitation

• Arthur Leon, kinesiology

Higher education and institutional research

• Darwin Hendel, educational policy and administration

Higher education career services/counseling

• Patricia Neiman, student services

See also: Exploratory, Transition, and Career Services

Higher education policy/administration

• David Chapman, educational policy and administration
• Karen Seashore, educational policy and administration

academic access

• David Arendale, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Karen Miksch, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Robin Murie, postsecondary teaching and learning

History of education

• Benjamin M. Jacobs, curriculum and instruction

Homeless children and families

• Abi Gewirtz, child development

• Ann Masten, child development

Human resource development (workplace training and development)

• Kenneth Bartlett, work and human resource education
• Shari Peterson, work and human resource education

Human services

• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

government budgets and human services

• Marcie Jefferys, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

human services management

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work

Human/technology interaction

• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology

Illiteracy, adult

• Rosemarie Park, work and human resource education

Immigration

immigrant education

• Martha Bigelow, curriculum and instruction

immigrant families

• C. David Hollister, social work
• Bic Ngo, curriculum and instruction
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Blong Xiong, postsecondary teaching and learning

mental health of Asian elderly immigrants and refugees

• Hee Yun Lee, social work

social work with immigrants

• C. David Hollister, social work
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

Inclusion

• Susan Hupp, educational psychology

social inclusion of youth and adults with disabilities

• Brian Abery, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Angela Amado, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Matt Ziegler, Institute on Community Integration

inclusion and persons with disabilities

• Institute on Community Integration (ICI), see ICI Expertise Guide [.doc]

See also:

• Including students with disabilities in assessment and accountability systems, ResearchWorks, November 2002

Individualized education plans (IEPs)

• Joe Timmons, Institute on Community Integration

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

• David R. Johnson, educational policy and administration; Institute on Community Integration

Intelligence / IQ

• Bill Bart, educational psychology

Intercultural competence

• Joan DeJaeghere, educational policy and administration
• Michael Paige, educational policy and administration
• Susan Wells, social work

Intergenerational learning

• Marlene Stum, family social science

International education

• David Chapman, educational policy and administration
• Gerald W. Fry, educational policy and administration
• Dario Menanteau-Horta, social work

• Michael Paige, educational policy and administration
• Rosemarie Park, work and human resource education

• Karen Seashore, educational policy and administration

International social development

• C. David Hollister, social work
• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work
• Dario Menanteau-Horta, social work
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

Interpersonal communication

• Tina Frederickson, postsecondary teaching and learning

augmentative and alternative communication

• Joe Reichle, Center for Early Education and Development

Intervention

• Helen Kivnick, social work

Kinship care

• Priscilla Gibson, social work

Language

American sign language

• Susan Rose, educational psychology

classroom discourse

• Susan Staats, postsecondary teaching and learning

English language learners with disabilities

• Debra Albus, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration
• Kristi Liu, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration

English as a Second Language (see ESL)

language acquisition in foreign cultures

• Michael Paige, educational policy and administration

language immersion education

• Tara Fortune, curriculum and instruction
• Diane Tedick, curriculum and instruction

second language acquisition

• Martha Bigelow, curriculum and instruction
• Susan Ranney, curriculum and instruction
• Diane Tedick, curriculum and instruction
• Constance Walker, curriculum and instruction

second languages and cultures /  second languages and culture education

• Martha Bigelow, curriculum and instruction
• Susan Ranney, curriculum and instruction
• Diane Tedick, curriculum and instruction
• Constance Walker, curriculum and instruction

Law

legal issues in postsecondary education

• Karen Miksch, teaching and learning

Leadership

• Brad Greiman, work and human resource education

leadership by persons with disabilities

• Brian Abery, Institute on Community Integration

• Cliff Poetz, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration
• Matt Ziegler, Institute on Community Integration

person-centered planning

• Brian Abery, Institute on Community Integration

• Angela Amado, Institute on Community Integration
• Marijo McBride, Institute on Community Integration
• Matt Ziegler, Institute on Community Integration

women in leadership

• Cryss Brunner, educational policy and administration

Learning communities

• Karen Miksch, teaching and learning

Literacy

• Richard Beach, curriculum and instruction
• Deborah Dillon, curriculum and instruction
• Lori Helman, curriculum and instruction
• Kate Horst, Center for Early Education and Development
• Timothy Lensmire, curriculum and instruction
• Cynthia Lewis, curriculum and instruction
• Scott McConnell, educational psychology; Center for Early Education and Development
• Rosemary Miller, Literacy Initiative
• David O'Brien, curriculum and instruction
• Angela Passe, Center for Early Education and Development

accessible reading assessment for students with disabilities

• Deborah Dillon, curriculum and instruction
• Martha Thurlow, National Center on Educational Outcomes, Institute on Community Integration

critical literacy

• Cynthia Lewis, curriculum and instruction

early elementary, CIERA-school change

• Barbara Taylor, curriculum and instruction

early literacy

• Lori Helman, curriculum and instruction
• Anthony Pellegrini, educational psychology

literacy history

• Tom Reynolds, postsecondary teaching and learning

phonics and whole language

• Lori Helman, curriculum and instruction
• Rosemary Miller, Literacy Initiative
• Jay Samuels, educational psychology

reading / reading difficulties / reading development

• Lori Helman, curriculum and instruction
• Kristen McMaster, educational psychology
• Jay Samuels, educational psychology
• Barbara Taylor, curriculum and instruction

reading fluency

• Jay Samuels, educational psychology

tutoring programs, adults

• Rosemarie Park, work and human resource education

tutoring programs, children

• Rosemary Miller, Literacy Initiative

Marriage and family therapy

• William Doherty, family social science
• William Goodman, family social science
• Trude Hendrickson, social work

• James Maddock, family social science
• Cynthia J. Meyer, family social science
• David H. Olson, family social science

• William Turner, family social science

cross-cultural therapy

• Liz Wieling, family social science

Mathematics education

• Lesa Covington Clarkson, curriculum and instruction
• Kathleen Cramer, curriculum and instruction
• Tamara Moore, curriculum and instruction
• Thomas Post, curriculum and instruction
• Terrence Wyberg, curriculum and instruction

See also: Rationally speaking, it's been a great research project, ResearchWorks, March 2003

Mental health

• Peter Dimock, social work

• MJ Gilbert, social work
• Megan Gunnar, child development
• Pam Stenhjem, Institute on Community Integration

in children

• Edward Taylor, social work
• Christopher Watson, Center for Early Education and Development

Mentoring

• Brad Greiman, work and human resource education

mentoring new teachers

• Lori Helman, curriculum and instruction

Moral and ethical studies

• Muriel Bebeau, educational psychology
• Kathryn Rettig, family social science

• Jay Samuels, educational psychology

Motion sickness

• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology

Motor control

• Jürgen Konczak, kinesiology
• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology
• Michael Wade, kinesiology

movement disorders/perceptual motor development/biomechanics

• Jürgen Konczak, kinesiology
• Karen Swanson, kinesiology

Multicultural, gender-fair education

• Lisa Albrecht, social work

• Heidi Barajas, post secondary teaching and learning and associate dean for outreach and community engagement
• Martha Bigelow, curriculum and instruction
• Joan DeJaeghere, educational policy and administration
• LeRoy Gardner, Jr., postsecondary teaching and learning
• David L. Ghere, postsecondary teaching and learning

• Jane Gilgun, social work
• Jeanne L. Higbee, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Rashné Jahangir, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Timothy Lensmire, curriculum and instruction
• Cynthia Lewis, curriculum and instruction
• J.B. Mayo, Jr., curriculum and instruction
• Patricia McCarthy Veach, educational psychology
• Karen Miksch, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Bic Ngo, curriculum and instruction
• Richard Rodgerson, kinesiology

• Constance Walker, curriculum and instruction

counseling and gender issues

• Sunny Hansen, professor emerita, educational psychology, sunnylsh@umn.edu

gender equity

• Patricia Avery, curriculum and instruction

Myers-Briggs type indicator

• Ann Zweber Werner, educational policy and administration

Nature vs. nurture

• Megan Gunnar, child development

Neighborhood revitalization

• C. David Hollister, social work

Neuroscience

• Megan Gunnar, child development

• Jürgen Konczak, kinesiology
• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology

• Frank Symons, educational psychology
• Kathleen Thomas, child development

Nutrition for health and sports

• Stacy Ingraham, kinesiology
• Arthur Leon, kinesiology

Organizational development

systems change

• Sara Axtell, family social science
• Dario Menanteau-Horta, social work

Organizational theory

• Melissa Anderson, educational policy and administration

Outcome-based education

• Mark Davison, educational psychology

Outdoor education

• Fred Finley, curriculum and instruction
• Roger Johnson, curriculum and instruction
• Keith Russell, kinesiology

Parent education

• Betty Cooke, curriculum and instruction
• Jane Plihal, curriculum and instruction
• Ruth Thomas, curriculum and instruction

Parental leave

• Marcie Jefferys, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

Parenting

• Abi Gewirtz, child development

• Jane Plihal, curriculum and instruction
• Ruth Thomas, curriculum and instruction
• Blong Xiong, postsecondary teaching and learning

fatherhood

• William Doherty, family social science

See also:

• Involving children in household tasks: Is it worth the effort?, ResearchWorks, September 2002

Peer and friendship relationships

• Andrew Collins, child development
• Byron Egeland, child development
• Alan Sroufe, child development

See also:  Parent-Child Project

Perception and action

• Jürgen Konczak, kinesiology
• Anne Pick, child development
• Herbert Pick, Jr., child development
• Thomas Stoffregen, kinesiology
• Michael Wade, kinesiology

visual space perception

• Albert Yonas, child development

Personality development

• David W. Johnson, educational psychology
• Patricia McCarthy Veach, educational psychology

Physical education

• Carol Leitschuh, kinesiology
• Elizabeth Spletzer, kinesiology

Physical therapy

• Karen Swanson, kinesiology

Play

• Richard Rodgerson, kinesiology

Policy analysis and evaluation

• Nicola Alexander, educational policy and administration
• David Chapman, educational policy and administration
• Joan DeJaeghere, educational policy and administration
• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work
• Megan Morrissey, social work

Popular culture in the classroom

• Walt Jacobs, postsecondary teaching and learning
• Thom Swiss, curriculum and instruction

Postsecondary education

postsecondary education and students with disabilities

• Maureen Hawes, North Central Regional Resource Center, Institute on Community Integration
• Jeanne L. Higbee, postsecondary teaching and learning
• David R. Johnson, educational policy and administration; Institute on Community Integration
• Donna Johnson, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, Institute on Community Integration
• Mike Sharpe, North Central Regional Resource Center, Institute on Community Integration

Poverty

• Ann Masten, child development
• C. David Hollister, social work
• Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, social work

families in poverty

• Abi Gewirtz, child development

• Catherine Solheim, family social science

Program evaluation

• David Chapman, educational policy and administration
• Jeffrey Edleson, social work
• Darwin Hendel, educational policy and administration
• C. David Hollister, social work

• Linda Jones, social work
• Jean King, educational policy and administration
• Frances Lawrenz, educational psychology
• Dario Menanteau-Horta, social work

• Karen Seashore, educational policy and administration
• Catherine Solheim, family social science

• Kyla Wahlstrom, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement

quality assurance in human services

• Bob Prouty, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

Psychotherapy and psychopathology

• Peter Dimock, social work

Public policy and advocacy

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work

child welfare policy

• Marcie Jefferys, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare

disabilities

• Sheryl Larson, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration

family policy

• Jean Bauer, family social science
• Marcie Jefferys, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work

• Martha Rueter, family social science

• Catherine Solheim, family social science
• Marlene Stum, family social science
• Esther Wattenberg, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
• Susan Wells, social work
• Shirley Zimmerman, family social science

social policy

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work

• Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, social work

social welfare policy

• Elizabeth Lightfoot, social work
• Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, social work

• Megan Morrissey, social work

Race and education

• Timothy Lensmire, curriculum and instruction

critical whiteness studies

• Timothy Lensmire, curriculum and instruction

Recreation

management

• Kenneth Bartlett, work and human resource education

Reflective practice

• Brad Greiman, work and human resource education

Reluctant and involuntary clients

• Ronald Rooney, social work

Research integrity / scientific integrity

• Melissa Anderson, educational policy and administration