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Language Studies

* Translation of Chinese Poetry into English
* Translation of Spanish Poetry into English
Tony Barnstone
Associate Professor, English

* Teaching Spanish: Total Physical Response
* Spanish-Language Newspapers and Periodicals
Rafael
Chabrán
Associate Professor, Spanish

Associate Dean

(speaks Spanish)

* Language Teaching
* Spanish
Doreen Mary O'Connor-Gomez
Associate Professor, Spanish

(Speaks Spanish)

Latin America

* Critical Theory
* Cultural Studies in Latin America
* 20th Century Spanish American Theater
* Trends in Latin American Theater and Performance
Gustavo O. Geirola
Associate Professor, Spanish

(Speaks Spanish)

•  Argentina
•  Latin American Political Systems
•  Venezuela
Deborah Norden

Assistant Professor, Political Science

Law

* Criminal Law
* Comparative Legal Systems
* International Law
Michael Bazyler
Professor, Law

* Interviewing Children in a Forensic Setting
Lorinda B. Camparo
Associate Professor, Psychology

* Archaeology and the Law
* Arts and the Law
* Contracts
* Copyright Law
* Legal Ethics
* Real Property
Cindy Alberts Carson
Professor, Law

* Community Property
* Legal Analysis
* Civil Trial Advocacy
Richard E. Cates
Adjunct Professor, Law


* Civil Procedure
* Constitutional Law
* Federal Courts
* Law and Philosophy
Neil H. Cogan
Vice President for Legal Education and Dean of the Law School

* Contracts
* American Constitutional Convention
* Legal Process
* Native Americans and the Law
Warren H. Cohen
Professor, Law

* Evidence
* Federal Income Tax
* Estate and Gift Tax
* Corporate Tax
Debra Cohen-Whelan
Professor, Law


* Criminal Law
* Criminal Procedure
Russel Covey
Assistant Professor, Law

* Health Law
* Property
* Surrogate Mother Contracts
Judith F. Daar
Professor, Law

* Criminal Procedure
* Family Law
* Torts
Deborah L. Forman
Professor, Law

* Community Property
* Employment Law
* Labor Law
* Wills
Gail F. Frommer
Professor, Law

* Commercial Transactions
* Contracts
Howard W. Foss
Professor, Law

* Legal Skills
Andrea Susnir-Funk
Professor, Law
Director, Legal Skills

* Constitutional Law
* First Amendment Issues
* Employment Discrimination Against Women
* Sexual Harassment of Women
* Civil Rights
Mary Ellen Gale
Professor, Law


* Legal Research and Writing
* Juvenile Dependency Appeals
Jacquelyn E. Gentry
Legal Skills Instructor

* Computers and the Law
* Corporations
* Intellectual Property
* Patents
* White Collar Crime
Richard S. Gruner
Professor, Law

* Civil Procedure
* Constitutional Law
* Evidence
* Federal Courts
* Government Contracts
Elwood B. Hain, Jr.
Professor, Law

* Admiralty Law
* Agency
* Legal Bibliography
J. Denny Haythorn
Professor, Law


* Civil Procedure
* Community Property
* Criminal Law
* Criminal Procedure
* Evidence
* Torts
John Heilman
Visiting Professor, Law

* Animal Law
* Bankruptcy
* Commercial Transactions
* Contracts
* Professional Responsibility
Thomas G. Kelch
Professor, Law


* Legal Skills
* Skills Component in Professional Responsibility
Christine Kelton
Assistant Director, Legal Writing
Legal Skills Instructor

* Criminal Procedure
* Torts
* Women and the Law
Patricia Leary
Professor, Law


* Law Practice Theory and Economics
* Legal Education Issues
Mario Mainero
Director, Academic Success
Whittier Law School

* Constitutional Law
* The Legal Process
* Administrative Law
* Public Law
* Judicial Politics: Process and Behavior
John H. Neu
Associate Professor, Political Science and Business Administration
Adjunct Professor, Law

* White Collar Crime
* Antitrust and Trade Regulation
* Consumer Law
Thomas A. Papageorge
Adjunct Professor, Law

* Juvenile Justice
* Child Abuse and Neglect
* Trial Advocacy
William W. Patton
Director, Legal Policy Clinic

Whittier Law School
Professor, Law

* Contracts
* Comparative Legal System
* Family Law
Calvin D. Peeler
Associate Professor, Law

* Constitutional Law
* Corporations
* Religion and Law
* Securities Regulations
William R. Phelps, Jr.
Associate Professor, Law

* Environmental Law
* Immigration Law
* Legal History of California and the Southwest
* Lottery
* Property
Peter L. Reich
Professor, Law

(Speaks Spanish)

* Gambling and Gaming Law
* Civil Procedure
* Legal Remedies
I. Nelson Rose
Professor, Law


* Intellectual Property Legal Skills
* Legal Skills
Nancy Tetreault
Legal Skills Instructor
Whittier Law School

* Administrative Law
* Criminal Law
* The Legal Process
* Local Government Law
David M. Treiman
Professor, Law

* Constitutional Law
* Federal Courts
* Unfair Trade Practices
David S. Welkowitz
Professor, Law


* Judicial Ethics
* Welfare and Poverty Policy

Robert S. Wylie
Associate Dean for External Affairs
Whittier Law School

Lawrence, T.E. ("Lawrence of Arabia")

* Related Topics
Phil O'Brien

Libraries

* Serials Management
* The Jessamyn West Collection at Whittier College
* The Richard M. Nixon Collection at Whittier College
Joseph Dmohowski
Serials, Science and Special Collections Librarian

* The John Greenleaf Whittier Collection at Whittier College
* The Richard M. Nixon Collection at Whittier College
* The Jessamyn West Collection at Whittier College
Phil O'Brien
College Librarian

(Sabbatical: Summer 2004)

Literature

* 19th-Century American Literature
* Literary Theory
Charles S. Adams
Professor, English
(Sabbatical: Fall 2004)

* 20th Century American Literature
Tony Barnstone
Associate Professor, English

* Literature and Science in Spain and Latin America
Rafael
Chabrán
Associate Professor, Spanish
Associate Dean

(Speaks Spanish)

* Ruins as Motif in French Literature
Marie-Magdalene Chirol
Associate professor, French
(Speaks French)

* The Jessamyn West Collection at Whittier College
Joseph Dmohowski
Serials, Science and Special Collections Librarian

* English Renaissance
* Gender Issues in Literature
* Literature and the Visual Arts
* Medieval and 18th-Century Literature
* John Milton
* Theological Issues in Literature
Wendy Furman-Adams
Professor, English

* Critical Theory
* Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature
* Spanish American Literature (20th Century)
Gustavo O. Geirola
Associate Professor, Spanish

(Speaks Spanish)

* Latin American Women Writers
* Contemporary Spanish (Peninsular) Literature
* Literature of Golden Age Spain
Doreen Mary O'Connor-Gomez
Assistant Professor, Spanish Language and Literature

(Speaks Spanish)

* Twentieth Century Literature
* Black British Literature
* Contemporary British Literature
* Postmodernism
David Ian Paddy
Assistant Professor, English

* Southern Fiction
* Humor in Literature
Joseph L. Price
Professor, Religious Studies

Management (see Business)

Mathematics

* Group Theory
* Mathematical Software
Abi Fattahi
Professor, Mathematics

(Speaks Persian)

* Algebra, Algebraic Groups
* Improving Mathematics Education--Kindergarten through 12th Grade
Sharad Keny
Associate Professor, Mathematics
(Speaks Marathi and Hindi)


Media

* Spanish-Language Newspapers and Periodicals
Rafael
Chabrán
Associate Professor, Spanish
Associate Dean

(Speaks Spanish)

* Media Coverage of Politics
Caroline Heldman
Assistant Professor, Political Science

Medicine

* History of Medicine in Spain and Mexico
* History of Science and Medicine
* Medicinal plants
Rafael
Chabrán
Associate Professor, Spanish
Associate Dean

(Speaks Spanish)

*Hospital Practices and Policies for Denying Life-Sustaining Treatment
* Medical Ethics
* Patient Autonomy vs. a Physician's Professional Conscience
Judith F. Daar
Associate Professor, Law

* Health Law
* Law and Medicine
Joanne Stern
Professor, Law

Mexico

* California-Mexico Border Issues
* Border Culture
* Border Economy
Leslie Howard
Professor, Sociology

(Speaks Spanish)

* The United States-Mexico Border
Peter L. Reich
Professor, Law

(Speaks Spanish)

Middle East

* Arab-Israeli Issues
* Islamic Fundamentalism
Hilmi Ibrahim
Professor, Physical Education and Recreation

* Cyprus: The Divided Island
Joyce Kaufman
Professor, Political Science
Director, Whittier Scholars Program

* Daily Life in Turkish Villages
* Cultural Identity in Turkey
* Muslim Saints' Shrines in Turkey
* Turkey
Emelie Olson
Professor Emerita, Anthropology

* Islam in a Secular State: Turkey
* Women and Men in Islam
Glenn Yocum
The C. Milo Connick Professor of Religious Studies

Military

* Arms Control and Military Policy
Frederic A. Bergerson
Professor, Political Science

* Government Contracts
Elwood B. Hain, Jr.
Professor, Law


• Civil-Military Relations
• Military Insurrection
•  Peacekeeping

Deborah Norden
Assistant Professor, Political Science

Music

* Early Music Education
* Music Technology
* Piano Performance
Stephen Cook
Assistant Professor, Music

* Musical Theater
* Choral Music
Stephen Gothold
Professor Emeritus, Music
(Speaks German)

* Music of Latin America
* Music of Africa
* African-American Music History
* American Popular Music
* Music of Cuba
* Music of Latin America
Danilo Lozano
Assistant Professor, Music

(Speaks Spanish)

* Music Performance
* Music Education
David J. Muller
Professor, Music

Muslim Practice

* Islam in the Daily Lives of Muslims
* Muslim Women at Home, at Shrines and in the Mosque
Emelie Olson
Professor Emerita, Anthropology

Nafta (North American Free Trade Agreement)

* NAFTA and U.S., Canadian and Mexican Relationships
Leslie Howard
Professor, Sociology

(Speaks Spanish)

Native Americans

* Native Americans and the Law
Warren H. Cohen
Professor, Law

* Economic History of the Agua Caliente
Kim C. Thomas
Assistant Professor, Economics

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

* Conflict in Bosnia and NATO
Joyce Kaufman
Director, Whittier Scholars Program
Professor, Political Science

Nixon, Richard M.

* The Career of Richard M. Nixon
* The Richard M. Nixon Collection at Whittier College
Joseph Dmohowski
Serials, Science and Special Collections Librarian

* The Richard M. Nixon Collection at Whittier College
Phil O'Brien
College Librarian

Parenting

* Related Topics
Judith T. Wagner
Professor, Education and Child Development
Director, Broadoaks Children's School

(Half-time sabbatical: 2004 - 05)

Philosophy

* Law and Philosophy
Neil H. Cogan
Vice President for Legal Education and Dean of the Law School

* Chinese Thought
* Ancient Greek Philosophy
* 19th-Century Philosophy
* Problems of Skepticism
Paul Kjellberg
Associate Professor, Philosophy

(Speaks Mandarin and German)

Physics

* Computers In Physics
* New Technologies In Teaching Physics
Seamus Lagan
Associate Professor, Physics

Plants

* Environmental Biology Of Plants
* Conservation Biology Of Puente Hills/Chino Hills
Cheryl Swift
Associate Professor, Biology

Poetry

* Contemporary American Poetry
* Contemporary Chinese Underground Poetry
* Modernist Poetry
* Translation of Chinese Poetry into English
* Translation of Spanish Poetry into English
* William Carlos Williams
Tony Barnstone
Associate Professor, English

Politics

* American Politics
* Arms Control and Military Policy
* Congress and the Presidency
* Education and Citizen Participation
* Environmental Policy
* Intergovernmental Relations and Interorganizational Rivalry
* Organizational Theory and Bureaucratic Politics
* Public Policy and Administration
Frederic A. Bergerson
Professor, Political Science

* American Constitutional Convention
* California Law
* Native Americans and the Law
Warren H. Cohen
Professor, Law

* The Career of Richard M. Nixon
Joseph Dmohowski
Serials, Science and Special Collections Librarian


* California Politics and Government
* American Politics and Government
* The Electoral Process
* Political Parties and Pressure Groups
Richard B. Harvey
Professor Emeritus, Political Science


* American Government
* Business and Government
* Elections
* Political Participation
* Political Consumerism
* Women in American Politics

Caroline Heldman
Assistant Professor, Political Science

* Social Effects of NAFTA
* California-Mexico Border Issues
Leslie Howard
Professor, Sociology

(Speaks Spanish)


* Anti-Terrorism
* National Security and Civil Liberties
* Patriot Act
Mario Mainero
Director, Academic Success
Whittier Law School

* The Former Soviet Union
* Refugees and Human Rights Issues
* United Nations
* United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Michael McBride
Professor, Political Science

* African Politics - Nigeria, Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa
John H. Neu
Associate Professor, Political Science and Business Administration
Adjunct Professor, Law

(Sabbatical: January and Spring 2004)

* Civil-Military Relations
* Democratization
* Latin American Political Systems
* Political Violence
Deborah Norden

Assistant Professor, Political Science

* Religion and Politics in Contemporary India
Glenn Yocum
The C. Milo Connick Professor of Religious Studies

(Sabbatical:2003-04)

Psychology

* Life satisfaction and happiness
Charles T. Hill
Professor, Psychology


*Abnormal Psychology
*Adult ADHD* Adult Psychopathology
* Community Psychology
* Individual and Group Psychotherapy
* Personality Psychology
* Psychological Assessment
* Psychology of Women
Ayesha Shaikh
Assistant Professor, Psychology


Quakers

* Whittier College's Quaker Heritage
* John Greenleaf Whittier
* The Jessamyn West Collection at Whittier College
* The John Greenleaf Whittier Collection at Whittier College
Phil O'Brien
College Librarian

Refugees

* International Human Rights
Michael Bazyler
Professor, Law

* Refugees and Human Rights Issues
* The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Michael McBride
Professor, Political Science

Relationships

* Dating and Breakups
* Marriage and Divorce
* Friendship
* Sex in Relationships
* Gender Differences
Charles T. Hill
Professor, Psychology


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