James Madison University – Faculty Experts for Members of the Media
A list of faculty experts on other topics is available here.
Media Contact: Ginny Cramer, cramervm@jmu.edu
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Name
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Research Area
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How to speak to COVID-19
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John Almarode
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Science of learning
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- K-12 homeschool/virtual learning
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Brad Barnett
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Financial Aid
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- Impact on COVID-19-related layoffs and pay cuts on financial aid in higher education
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Chris Berndsen
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Biochemistry
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- Adapted teaching so students are studying various aspects of COVID-19
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Rebecca Brannon
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History
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- The history of pandemics and what they can teach about how societies change long-term in response to pandemics, both positive and negative.
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Audrey Burnett
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Infectious diseases
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- How the virus infects human cells
- Treatment
- Prevention and control
- Using the pandemic as an online case study assignment
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Lennie Echterling
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Resilience and thriving
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- Need to stay connected to others and how to accomplish that during social distancing
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Lori Gano-Overway
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Coaching Education
Exercise Science
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- Keeping kids active
- How coaches can work remotely with athletes
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Zachary Gochenour
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Political economy
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- Local impact to Harrisonburg
- Impact of stimulus bills being passed on the financial system, the country and individuals
- How to get the economy back on track
- The lasting impacts we will experience
- Effect on the job market for college graduates
- Effect on specific communities (ex: immigrant community)
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Michele Kielty
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Counseling and mindfulness
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- Techniques, strategies for dealing with stress and anxiety.
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Michael J. Klein
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Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication
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- The conceptualization of disease through language
- Media coverage of COVID
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Melissa Lubin
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Professional & Continuing Education
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- Understanding, adapting and leveraging your work and life preferences for working remotely and virtually
- Tapping into aspects of your emotional intelligence to adopt new behaviors
- Using the principles and processes of adult learning to adapt to new modes of working and living
- Using the principles of adult learning and a coach approach to help others adapt and adopt to a new way of being
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Cathryn Molloy
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Rhetoric of health and medicine, mental health rhetoric
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- impact of race, class, and/or gender on health outcomes
- how to speak to care providers when they judge your symptoms to be "in your head" and refuse to test you.
- how stigma relates to COVD-19 care
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Diane Wilcox
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Instructional technology, instructional design, visual literacy
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- understanding online learning for JMU faculty
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