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Ross Brownson
 Professor

A leading expert in chronic disease prevention and an expert in the area of applied epidemiology, Ross Brownson is regarded as one of the great intellectual, educational, and practice leaders in the field of evidence-based public health.

Expertise: Chronic disease prevention, evidence-based public health, policy effects on physical activity and obesity

Direct contact: 314-362-9641
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rbrownson@wustl.edu

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Renee Cunningham-Williams
 visiting associate professor of social work

Cunningham-Williams' expertise centers on the comorbidity of mental health disorders, particularly those relating to behavioral addictions, risk taking, and antisocial behaviors.

Expertise: gambling addiction, substance abuse, risk taking, antisocial behaviors, crisis intervention

Direct contact: (314) 935-4563
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williamsr@wustl.edu

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F. Brett Drake
 Associate Professor of Social Work

Brett Drake's scholarship focuses on issues in child welfare including initial assessment, reporting, prevention, and child protective interventions. He is particularly interested in studying early intervention in cases of child maltreatment and understanding linkages between environmental factors, ...

Expertise: at-risk children, child abuse and neglect, child protective services, child welfare, early intervention in maltreatment, environmental factors on abuse and neglect, substance abuse

Media assistance: (314) 935-5251 / jessica_martin@wustl.edu

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Tonya Edmond
 Associate Professor of Social Work

Tonya Edmond's research and teaching interests include violence against women and practice effectiveness. Her current projects involve examining the theoretical and intervention preferences of domestic violence and sexual assault service providers, the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) ...

Expertise: violence against women, sexual assault, domestic abuse, trauma, practice effectiveness, women's studies, direct pratice

Direct contact: (314) 935-8131
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tee1@gwbmail.wustl.edu

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Clifton Emery
 Assistant Professor

Clif Emery's is available to speak about domestic violence and its effects on children, quantitative methods and social theory. Among his current projects are secondary data analysis of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods data and research on domestic violence in South Korea. ...

Expertise: Effects of domestic violence on children, deviance, trauma, causes of domestic violence

Direct contact: 314-935-7954
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cemery@wustl.edu

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Stanley Finger
 Professor of Psychology in Arts & Sciences

Finger's research examines the history of neuroscience, especially the relationship between brain and behavior as perceived by scientists in earlier time periods. He is interested in the history of treatments and recovery from brain damage. He recently completed a book dealing with neuroscientists ...

Expertise: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, multiple sclerosis, origins of neuroscience, history of the brain sciences

Direct contact: (314) 935-6513
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sfinger@artsci.wustl.edu

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William H. Gass
 Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities

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| William H. Gass |

Expertise: Literary criticism, writing, philosophy

Media assistance: (314) 935-5235 / nschoenherr@wustl.edu

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Alan Glass
 Director of Student Health and Counseling

Dr. Glass joined the staff of Student Health and Counseling in January, 2004. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, he completed a pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He practiced emergency medicine for several years before entering the field of college heath. ...

Expertise: student health, men's health, sexual health, leadership education, mental health

Direct contact: (314) 935-9626
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alan_glass@aismail.wustl.edu

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Steven Gunn
 Associate Professor of Law

Gunn, an expert on American Indian law, has extensive experience in public interest litigation and has written numerous articles on Indian law and on the intersection of poverty and law and economics. Prior to becoming a professor, Gunn was a staff attorney for the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the ...

Expertise: American Indian law, Federal Indian law, tribal courts, tribal law

Direct contact: (314) 935-6413
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sjgunn@wulaw.wustl.edu

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Debra Haire-Joshu
 Professor

Debra Haire-Joshu is an internationally renowned scholar of health behavior who develops population wide interventions to reduce obesity and prevent diabetes, particularly among underserved youth.

Expertise: Health policy, obesity and diabetes prevention in underserved populations, public health

Direct contact: 314-362-9554
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djoshu@wustl.edu

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Melissa Jonson-Reid
 Associate Professor of Social Work


Expertise: domestic violence, family violence, child abuse and neglect, public school system, child welfare system outcomes, social work evaluation and practice

Direct contact: (314) 935-4953
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jonsonrd@wustl.edu

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Peter J. Kastor
 Associate Professor of History in Arts & Sciences


Expertise: The American presidency, role of the vice president, American political institutions, the Founding Fathers, federal governance and governing foreign peoples, American foreign policy in 19th century, early American republic, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-7663
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pjkastor@wustl.edu

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Hillel J. Kieval
 Chair of history and the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought in Arts & Sciences

Professor Kieval's work focuses on transformations in Jewish culture and society in East Central Europe (Austria-Hungary, Germany and Poland) from the Enlightenment to the Second World War; more specifically, on the effects of modernization projects, ethnic and national struggles, social conflict, ...

Expertise: Jewish culture in East Central Europe, antisemitism on Jewish life, Jewish-Gentile relations, linguistic, cultural and communal affiliations among Jews, Jewish society in Bohemia, Jewish experience in Czech lands, …

Direct contact: 314-935-5426
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hkieval@wustl.edu

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David T. Konig
 Professor of History and Professor of Law

David Konig teaches colonial American history and civilization. His research interests include the development of constitutional and legal institutions in early America, Anglo-American legal history and American culture studies.

Expertise: Early America, Anglo-American legal history, American culture studies, colonial American history and civilization, constitutional origins in revolutionary America, constitutional law, the Bill of Rights, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-5459
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konig@wustl.edu

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Steven Krantz
 Professor and Chair of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences

Steven G. Krantz, Ph.D., is professor and chair of mathematics. He received the Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1974. Several complex variables; harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, geometry, interpolation of operators, complex function theory, and real analysis are among his specialties. ...

Expertise: harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, geometry, interpolation of operators, complex function theory

Media assistance: (314) 935-5272 / dlutz@wustl.edu

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Matthew Kreuter
 Professor

Matt Kreuter is a leading national public health expert in the field of health communications.

Expertise: Health communication, cancer prevention and control, health disparities

Direct contact: 314-935-3701
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mkreuter@wustl.edu

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Edward Lawlor
 Dean and the William E. Gordon Professor

Edward Lawlor is a nationally-recognized expert in healthcare policy, particularly in the areas of medical indigence, health-care reform and administration, and policy for the aged and poor.
His groundbreaking work in Medicare policy is recognized for its originality and insightful analysis. Lawlor's ...

Expertise: health care policy, medical indigence, health care reform, health care administration, policy for the aged, policy for poor, Medicare

Direct contact: (314) 935-6693
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elawlor@wustl.edu

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Gregory Magarian
 Professor of law

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Magarian is a leading expert in the areas of election law, the electoral system, free speech, the First Amendment and constitutional law. He is the author of a number of articles including the forthcoming "Substantive Media Regulation in Three Dimensions" (George Washington Law Review).

Expertise: election law, First Amendment, third parties, free speech, law and religion, church-state law, media regulation, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-3394
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gpmagarian@wulaw.wustl.edu

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Monica Matthieu
 Research Assistant Professor

Matthieu's expertise centers on mental health services. She is available to discuss suicide prevention, mental health in the aftermath of disasters, the mental health impact of trauma as well as the mental health of veterans. Her current research focuses on provider and organizational change required ...

Expertise: mental health services, trauma, veterans, suicide prevention and disaster
mental health

Direct contact: 314-935-7516
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mmatthieu@wustl.edu

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Amanda Moore McBride
 Assistant Professor of Social Work

Amanda Moore McBride specializes in civic engagement and civic service, which is a type of long-term, intensive volunteering. She researches inclusive definitions and measurement of civic engagement, international service and global citizenship, youth service as youth development, and the relationship ...

Expertise: civic engagement, civic service, social development, asset development, qualitative field methods and analysis, international and comparative research

Direct contact: (314) 935-9778
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ammcbride@wustl.edu

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