Following is a sampling, by topic, of 顶级国产视频 faculty and administrators 鈥� leading experts in their fields鈥攚ho serve as experienced and articulate resources on timely topics for journalists in several media.
To connect with these and other expert sources at 顶级国产视频, contact the Office of Media Relations, at 1-508-793-7554; 1-508-365-8736. We also will help locate relevant student and administrative sources. A complete faculty directory听is also available.
Politics 鈥� elections, reform, POTUS, SCOTUS
, author of听Sex, Politics, & Putin: Political Legitimacy in Russia听鈥� Globalization and accountability, social movements, gender politics, patriotism and militarism, and state-building in the post-communist region. Recent coverage:听听(Huffington Post)
Political scientist听听鈥� American political behavior, political parties, campaigns and elections, interest groups, political participation, and political theory. Editor: 鈥溾�� (University of Michigan Press) and author of 鈥溾�� (University of Michigan Press). Recent:听
, associate professor of political science 鈥� Expertise in security studies and policy (national, international, and human security). Recent activity: Presented 鈥淣ew Decade, New Dilemmas? The National Security Implications of COVID-19鈥� at the Worcester World Affairs Council, March 10, 2020. Author of 鈥溾�� (Routledge 2019) featured on the .
Political scientist听听鈥� Latino politics, immigrant socialization and participation, immigration policy, and identity politics in the U.S., with a focus on the influence of race, class, and gender. Recent coverage:听听(Providence Journal)
COVID-19
Biology
, professor of biology (microbial ecologist) expertise in viruses, created for Worcester, Mass. 听Featured in (顶级国产视频Now), Professor Nathan Ahlgren makes face shields.
Economy
, professor of economics
Education, learning loss, summer slide
Professor of Practice, Adam Institute for Urban Education and School Practice. Quoted in 鈥溾�� (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Feminist writer
, research professor in the听Sustainability and Social Justice (formerly IDCE) Department听and affiliate faculty in the听Political Science听and听Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies听departments. Author of 鈥溾�� and 鈥溾�� (Women鈥檚 International League for Peace & Freedom)
Film, movies (future of)
, lecturer in screen studies in the Visual and Performing Arts Department
Generations (Emerging Adults, Established Adults, Reimagining Adulthood)
, senior research scholar. Quoted in (Yahoo! Finance) and 鈥溾�� (The Washington Post).
Management, remote work
, professor of management, 顶级国产视频鈥檚 School of Management. 听Quoted in 鈥淲orking from home 鈥� strategies for success鈥� (Worcester Business Journal) and 鈥溾�� (Ragan.com)
Men鈥檚 mental health (depression and anxiety), men鈥檚 help-seeking
, professor of psychology, director of the . Author of 鈥�.鈥� 听Quoted in (Wall Street Journal), interviewed for 鈥淯nderstanding How Anxiety Might Be Different For Men鈥� On Point (WBUR).
Mental health (general, children), telehealth
Nadia Ward, M.Ed, Ph.D., director of the听Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise
Parenting
, professor of psychology, parenting during a pandemic, motivational development in children and adolescents. Author, 鈥淧ressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids: Dealing With Competition While Raising a Successful Child鈥� 鈥� Recent coverage: 鈥溾�� (Yahoo! News)
Psychology (developmental)
, professor, Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology. Expertise in developmental and learning sciences, liberal education, engaged learning in the age of online delivery. 鈥� Recent coverage (Chronicle of Higher Education) and (In a Special Report, 鈥�2018 Innovators: 6 Programs to Change Classroom Culture,鈥� Chronicle of Higher Education).
, assistant professor, Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology. Quoted in 鈥溾�� (Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.)
Zoom, job interviews over videoconference
, professor of theatre
Syria, Middle East 鈥� war, policy, history, refugees
听鈥� Non-state military actors, the politics of the Middle East, mass violence and civilian protection, new media, propaganda, and political mobilization. Recent coverage:听听(Washington Post)
听鈥� American diplomatic history, U.S. relations with the Middle East, U.S. response to radical Islam between the 1967 Six Day War and the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Recent Coverage:听听(Al Jazeera English)
听鈥斕齊efugees and forced migrants, especially refugees in urban areas in the Middle East and Africa; population displacement and mobility; gender, diaspora, and citizenship; anthropology of ethnicity and race; transnational Islam; Arab League states鈥� immigration and naturalisation policies; music and migration; Muslim Arab Sudanese diaspora. Recent coverage:听听(New York Times)
Wildfires, drought
鈥� Drought, terrestrial ecosystem ecology, ecosystem-climate interactions, global environmental change; energy-water-carbon exchanges. Recent coverage:听听(New York Times);听(NPR On Point)
听鈥� Bark beetle outbreaks, disturbance ecology, landscape change, mountain forest ecosystems. Recent coverage:听(Christian Science Monitor)
听鈥� Geographer specializing in landscape ecology, fire ecology, optical remote sensing and GIScience. Recent coverage:听听Worcester Telegram (Opinion)
Latin American politics
, associate professor and director of Latin American and Latinx Studies. Expertise in labor politics, the politics of social welfare resource distribution, the New Left and populism in Latin America, with specific focus on Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Current research focuses on democratization and political participation in Latin America. He teaches courses on Latin-American politics, U.S.-Latin American relations, comparative environmental politics, and democratic theory. Recent coverage:听
International security, power politics, European Union/Brexit, North Korea
, associate professor. Expertise in international security (not only traditional 鈥榞uns and bombs鈥� and power politics), negotiation and mediation (conflict management and resolution in general), humanitarian crisis, terrorism, climate change, foreign policy (U.S. and European) and European affairs, North Korea. Recent coverage:听
Emerging adulthood, 鈥渂oomerang children,鈥� millennials and career
, developer of the theory of emerging adulthood (on development from age 18鈥�29) 鈥� Media uses in adolescence; responses to cigarette advertising. Author: 鈥淕etting to 30: A Parent鈥檚 Guide to the Twentysomething Years鈥� (Workman Publishing 2014); 鈥淲hen Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up?鈥� (May 2013). Director, . Recent coverage:听听(New York Times);听 (Time Magazine);听(New York Times);听听(The Today Show)
Climate Change/Land Use/Energy Technologies/GIS
听鈥� Geographic information systems, remote sensing, and cartography; director, 顶级国产视频 Labs; Earth Modeling blog. Recent coverage:听Charting the Earth鈥檚 health听(Boston Globe)
听鈥� Permafrost thaw on river biogeochemistry; impacts of sea ice variability; co-PI of听, and听. Recent coverage:听(WGBH TV)
听鈥� Research scientist focusing on ethics and public policy, with an emphasis on environmental discourse, human-animal relations, and participatory governance. Recent coverage:听听(The Conversation);听听(Oregon Public Broadcasting);听听(Yakima Herald)
Holocaust and Genocide
听鈥� Holocaust history; the relation of war, genocide, and society with long-term traditions of political culture of Central Europe; the problem of locating the Holocaust and Nazi Germany in the social and cultural history of the 20th century.听Director, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.听Author of 鈥溾�� (Yale University Press)
Parenting
鈥� Gay/lesbian parenting; adoption; the transition to parenthood; work-family issues; family diversity; gender. Author: 鈥淟esbian and gay parents and their children: Research on the family life cycle.鈥� Recent coverage:听听(Huffington Post);听听(New York Times Magazine)
听鈥� Motivational development in children and adolescents. Author: 鈥淧ressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids: Dealing With Competition While Raising a Successful Child鈥� 鈥� Recent coverage:听听(Huffington Post),听听(Huffington Post)
Relationships
听鈥� Director, Center for Couples and Family Research. Author: 鈥溾�� and 鈥�.鈥�- Recent coverage:听,听听(Wall Street Journal)
听鈥� research focuses on relationships between parents and adult children in later life as well as marriage, expertise on mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relations, caregiving. Author: 鈥溾�澨齛nd 鈥淭he Daughter-in-Law Rules鈥� (Newsblaze.com). Recent coverage:听(Worcester Telegram)
Biology
鈥� Evolutionary biology/ecology of mushroom-forming fungi and relatives; uses of phylogenetic trees for studying the evolution of morphological and ecological characters. Recent coverage: 鈥楧eath Angel鈥� Mushrooms Poison Mother, Son (WCVB-TV CH5 Boston)
Physics
听鈥� A broad range of non-equilibrium phenomena, granular materials, and biological physics. Active Matter: Recent coverage:听听(Fox News)
听鈥� low-temperature experimentalist working in lower-dimensional materials in very high magnetic fields. Agosta and his students developed a pulsed magnetic field lab where experiments are performed in the highest magnetic fields available at any U.S. university. Agosta, as CEO of MachFlow Energy Inc.,听 received a grant of $1 million from the Department of Energy. Recent coverage:听(Worcester Telegram)