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STARK MEDIA EXPERTS & AREAS OF EXPERTISE

 
Joel Carbonell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Political Science
jcarbon2@kent.edu

  • Latin American Politics
  • International Political Economy/Development
  • International Relations

 
Lucas Engelhardt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Economics
lengelha@kent.edu

  • Macroeconomics
  • Business Cycles
  • Economic Policy

 
Robert Hamilton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
rhamilt6@kent.edu

  • Urban Ecology
  • Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
  • Pitcher Plants
  • Wetlands
  • Watersheds

 
Leslie Heaphy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History
lheaphy@kent.edu

  • Negro Baseball League
  • Women in Sports
  • African-American Sporting Pioneers

 
Erin Hollenbaugh, Ph.D.
Professor, Communication Studies
ehollen2@kent.edu

  • Privacy Concerns on the Internet
  • Social Media (Facebook, blogging)
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Facilitating Relationships through Online Communication

 
Ralph Menning, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, History
rmenning@kent.edu

  • Germany
  • International Relations
  • Middle East Peace Negotiations

 
Deepraj Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Professor, Economics
dmukherj@kent.edu

  • Macroeconomics
  • Global Economic Issues
  • Emerging Country Economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)

 
Chris Paveloi, M.Ed.
Assistant Director, Career Services
cpaveloi@kent.edu

  • Matching Students' Majors with the Right Occupations
  • How to Prepare for Employment after College
  • Current Employment Trends for Northeastern Ohio

 
Christopher Post, Ph.D.
Professor, Geography & Environmental Studies
cpost2@kent.edu

  • Demography
  • Regional Issues (U.S. and Canada)
  • Culture and Landscape
  • Monuments and Memorialization

 
Carrie Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Professor, Geology & Earth Sciences
cschweit@kent.edu

  • Evolution and Extinction
  • Biogeography
  • Paleoecology
  • Paleontology
  • Crabs, Mudge and Ghost Shrimp Fossils

 
Scott Tobias, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Science
stobias4@kent.edu

  • Video Games
  • Child and Adolescent Development
  • Families and Society
  • Family Life Education
  • Family Policy

 
Lisa Waite, M.A.
Senior Lecturer, Communication Studies
lawaite@kent.edu

  • Communication Practices in the Workplace
  • Stage Fright and Performance Phobias
  • Counterculture Communication