Name: Dr. Laura C. Ornelas   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Psychology   Describe your research in about 200 words. The Ornelas lab investigates the neurobiology of traumatic stress and alcohol use disorders. Dr. Ornelas has a K99/R00 Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Award through the NIAAA that focuses on […] Read More

Name: Dr. Sarah Percival   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Math and Statistics   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research is in the area of applied topology, also known as topological data analysis (TDA), studying both theoretical and applied problems in the field. As collections of data grow in size, it is […] Read More

Name: Dr. Whitley Atkins   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research interests are primarily focused on hydration and thermoregulation and therefore, the prevention of heat related illnesses in sport, physical activity, and occupational work.   What’s the most interesting thing you […] Read More

Name:Dr. Amy Brass Title:Assistant Professor Department:Teacher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Describe your research in about 200 words.I am a mathematics teacher educator who looks at interdisciplinary connections with mathematics and citizenship. My research explores how can mathematics and mathematics education can be used to help learners of all ages to become informed, engaged, and empowered community members. […] Read More

Name: Dr. Xiaorong Liu   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research focuses on the development and application of accurate and high-throughput computational methods to effectively guide the design of drug molecules, biologics, and functional proteins. Computational tools such as docking and machine […] Read More

Name: Dr. Jen Stacy Title: Assistant Professor Department: Individual, Family, & Community Education   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research examines relationships between multilingual families and schools through a critical ethnographic lens. By looking at the cultural practices of family outreach, my work captures schools’ perceptions of families and how those perceptions […] Read More

Name: Dr. Ursula Moffitt   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Dr. Ursula Moffitt, Educational Psychology; Individual, Family, and Community Education   Describe your research in about 200 words: Trained in cultural, developmental, and educational psychology, I take our inequitable society as a starting point for all my work, focusing in particular on white supremacy, patriarchy, […] Read More

Name:Dr. Jordan DeBrine Title:Assistant Professor Department:Special Education Describe your research in about 200 words.My research interests focus on increasing the generality of behavioral intervention amongst clients who engage in severe problem behavior, empirical integration of client choice and autonomy within behavioral assessment and treatment, and the application of behavior analytic practices to increase client safety and inclusivity across […] Read More

Name:Dr. Xiaoxuan Qu Title:Assistant Professor Department:Individual, Family, & Community Education Describe your research in about 200 words.I am a counselor educator and completed my Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Syracuse University. My research revolves around counselor education, training, and andragogy. In particular, I study the phenomena of constructing and developing professional identity and theoretical orientation to […] Read More

Name: Dr. Tomek Falkowski   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Honors College   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am an applied ecologist who takes an interdisciplinary lens to study socioecological systems, thereby understanding how we can restore reciprocal relationships between ecological and human communities, for the benefit of both. My research spans […] Read More

Name: Dr. Cortny Stark   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Individual, Family, & Community Education   Describe your research in about 200 words. Research really is “me-search”! All of my areas of interest are close to home in some way, and I consistently utilize qualitative methods to allow the voices of participants to describe the […] Read More