Whittier College
Guide to the Experts
Topic Directory
Drama (see Theater)
Earthquakes
* Brittle Deformation Associated With Faulting
* Pressure Solution Deformation Processes
Jan Vermilye
Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences
(Sabbatical: 2004-05)
Economics
* Social Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)
* California-Mexico Border Economy
Leslie Howard
Professor, Sociology
(Speaks Spanish)
* European Integration
Stephen F. Overturf
The Douglas W. Ferguson Professor of Economics
* Environmental Issues
* Forestry
* Native Americans
Kim C. Thomas
Assistant Professor, Economics
Education
(see also College)
* Integrated Teaching and Learning: Whittier's Liberal Education
Model
* Teaching Spanish: Total Physical Response
Rafael Chabran
Associate Professor, Spanish
Associate Dean
(Speaks Spanish)
* Improving Mathematics Education--Kindergarten through 12th Grade
Sharad Keny
Professor, Mathematics
* Interactive Learning
* Multimedia Courses
* New Technologies in Teaching Physics
Seamus Lagan
Associate Professor, Physics
* Music Education
David J. Muller
Professor, Music
* Language Teaching
Doreen Mary O'Connor-Gomez
Associate Professor, Spanish
(Speaks Spanish)
* Elementary and Early
Childhood Education
* Multicultural Education
* Portfolio Assessment
* Teacher Education
Judith T. Wagner
Professor, Education and Child Development
Director, The Broadoaks School
(Half-time sabbatical: 2004 - 05)
* Social Development in Early Childhood
Anne Sebanc
Assistant Professor, Child Development
Environmental Issues
* Earth & Environmental Sciences
Ralph Y. Komai
Visiting Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
* Environmental Policy
Frederic A. Bergerson
Professor, Political Science; sabbatical 2001-2002
* Threatened, Rare and Endangered Animals
Stephen R. Goldberg
The Roy E. and Marie G. Campbell Professor of Biology
*
Developing Green / Healthy Housing and Landscaping
* Environmental Anthropology
*Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Emelie Olson
Professor Emerita, Anthropology
* Environmental Law
* Environmental Racism
Peter L. Reich
Professor, Law
(Speaks Spanish)
* Environmental Biology of Plants
* Conservation Biology of Puente Hills/Chino Hills
Cheryl Swift
Associate Professor, Biology
* Environmental Economics
Kim C. Thomas
Assistant Professor, Economics
Ethics
*Legal Ethics
Cindy Alberts Carson
Professor, Law
* Bioethics
Judith F. Daar
Associate Professor, Law
* Legal Ethics
Thomas G. Kelch
Professor, Law
* Legal Ethics
Robert S. Wylie
Associate Dean for External Affairs
Whittier Law School
Ethnic
Issues
* Chicano/Latino Studies
* Latinos and Baseball
* Latinos in Higher Education
Rafael
Chabrán
Associate Professor, Spanish
Associate Dean
(Speaks Spanish)
* Native Americans and the Law
Warren H. Cohen
Professor, Law
* Gay and Lesbian Identities in Latino and Latin American
Communities
Gustavo O. Geirola
Associate Professor, Spanish
(Speaks Spanish)
*Economic History of the Agua Caliente
Kim Thomas
Assistant Professor, Economics
*Development of Cultural/Ethnic Attitudes (Pro-Diversity Attitudes
vs. Bigotry) in Children
Judith T. Wagner
Professor, Education and Child Development
Director, Broadoaks Children's School
Europe
* Law of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Michael Bazyler
Professor, Law
* European Integration and Monetary Union
Stephen F. Overturf
Professor Emeritus, Economics
Exercise
* Adaptations of the Muscular, Cardiovascular and Respiratory
Systems to Exercise
* Exercise Prescription
* Fitness Analysis
Patricia Van Oosbree
Assistant Professor, Physical Education
Families
*Adoption Law
Warren H. Cohen
Professor, Law
* Family Law
Deborah L. Forman
Professor, Law
* Family Structure in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Emily Olson
Professor Emerita, Anthropology
* Family Law
Calvin D. Peeler
Assistant Professor, Law
* Child Abuse Prevention
* Child Development and Family Life
* Child Safety Inside and Away from the Home
* Parenting
Judith T. Wagner
Professor, Education and Child Development
Director, The Broadoaks School
(Half-time sabbatical: 2004 - 05)
Film (see Cinema)
Forestry
* Forestry for Local Community Development
Kim C. Thomas
Assistant Professor, Economics
France
*French Law
Calvin D. Peeler
Associate Professor, Law
* Ruins as Motif in French and Francophone Film
Marie-Magdalene Chirol
Associate professor, French
(Speaks French)
Francophone
*Francophone Film
*Francophone Literature
* Ruins as Motif in French and Francophone Film
Marie-Magdalene Chirol
Associate professor, French
(Speaks French)
Gambling
* Gambling and Gaming Law
I. Nelson Rose
Professor, Law
Gangs
* Intergovernmental Relations and Gangs
Frederic A. Bergerson
Professor, Political Science
Gender
* Gender Issues in Literature
Wendy Furman-Adams
Professor, English
* Gender Discrimination
Mary Ellen Gale
Professor, Law
* Gender Differences
Charles T. Hill
Professor, Psychology
* African Women in Development
* Gender Inequality
* Spousal Abuse
* Women in Politics
David Iyam
Associate Professor, Anthropology
* Women and the Law
Patricia Leary
Visiting Assistant Professor, Law
* Gender Systems: Images, Role and Behavior
Emelie Olson
Professor Emerita, Anthropology
* Women and Men in Islam
* Women and Men in Hindu India
Glenn Yocum
The C. Milo Connick Professor of Religious Studies
Genetics
* Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering
* The Role of Genetics and Eugenics in Society
David Bourgaize
The Fletcher Jones Professor of Molecular Genetics
Geology
* Brittle Deformation Associated With Faulting
* Pressure Solution Deformation Processes
Jan Vermilye
Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences
(Sabbatical: 2004-05)
Global Outsourcing
Lana Nino
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Government
* American Government
* Business and Government
* Elections
* Political Participation
* Women in American Politics
Caroline Heldman
Assistant Professor, Political Science
* Anti-Terrorism
* National Security and Civil Liberties
* Patriot Act
Mario Mainero
Director , Academic Success
Whittier Law School
• Latin American
Governments
Deborah Norden
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Health
* Health Law
Judith F. Daar
Professor, Law
* Health Law
Joanne B. Stern
Professor, Law
* Adaptations of the Muscular, Cardiovascular and Respiratory
Systems to Exercise
* Exercise Prescription
* Fitness Analysis
Patricia Van Oosbree
Assistant Professor, Physical Education
History
* History of Science and
Medicine
* History of Encyclopedias
* History of Food
Rafael
Chabrán
Associate Professor, Spanish
Associate Dean
(Speaks Spanish)
*
Legal History
Neil H. Cogan
Vice President for Legal Education and Dean of the Law School
* American Constitutional Convention
Warren H. Cohen
Professor, Law
* History of China
* History of East Asia
* History of Japan
Robert Marks
Professor, History
(Speaks Mandarin)
* 20th Century Women's History
* U.S. History Post-1945
* Women in Social Movements
Laura McEnaney
Associate Professor, History
* History of Books and Printing
* T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")
Phil O'Brien
College Librarian
(Sabbatical: Summer 2004)
* Legal History
Peter. L. Reich
Professor, Law
Human Rights
* International Human Rights
Michael Bazyler
Professor, Law
* International Human Rights
Russel Covey
Assistant Professor, Law
* Human Rights in China
Robert Marks
Professor, History
(Speaks Mandarin)
* Refugees and Human Rights Issues
Michael McBride
Professor, Political Science
* International Human Rights
William Walker
Adjunct Professor, Law
Immigration
* Immigration Law
* Undocumented Aliens
Peter L. Reich
Professor, Law
(Speaks Spanish)
India
* Hare Krishna Culture
* Hindu Temple Culture in South India
* Life at a Jain Pilgrimage Center in South India
* Life in a Hindu Monastery in South India
* Related topics
* Religion and Politics in Contemporary India
* Women and Men in Hindu and Jain India
Glenn Yocum
The C. Milo Connick Professor of Religious Studies
International
Accounting
* International Accounting Standards
Lana Nino
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
International Negotiations
* Conflict in Bosnia and NATO
* Computer Technology to Teach International Negotiations
* Cyprus, the Divided Island
* NATO and NATO Expansion
Joyce Kaufman
Director, Whittier Scholars Program
Professor, Political Science
Islam
* Arab-Israeli Issues
* Islamic Fundamentalism
Hilmi Ibrahim
Professor, Physical Education and Recreation
* Islam in Contemporary Society
* Middle East
* Turkey
Emelie Olson
Professor Emerita, Anthropology
* Women and Men in Islam
* Islam in a Secular State: Turkey
Glenn Yocum
The C. Milo Connick Professor of Religious Studies
(Sabbatical: 2003-04)
Japan
* History
* Related topics
Robert Marks
Professor, History
(Speaks Mandarin)
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