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Speakers
Bureau
This guide is
designed to assist
civic organizations and educational institutions in locating faculty and staff experts who are available to discuss a variety of subjects.
To use this guide,
consult the
listings below. If you find one or more names there, you then have the option of clicking on the names to find out more about the person and how to make contact. Approach the speaker you are interested in directly,
for availability, schedule and other terms. If you cannot reach the speaker by e-mail or phone,
if you are unsure whom you would like to invite, or if you wish to discuss your
requirements, please contact the UNC Asheville Public Information Office at 828/251-6526 or
news@unca.edu.
Anthropology
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Art History
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Asheville & Western North Carolina
- Appalachian Writers -
Gwen Ashburn,
gashburn@unca.edu
828/251-6410
- Asheville History -
Kevan Frazier,
kfrazier@unca.edu
828/251-6512
- Geology
of the Asheville Region -
Bill Miller,
jwmiller@unca.edu
828/232-5182
- Nearby Nuclear Activities to the North, South, East, and West of Asheville -
Dot Sulock,
dsulock@unca.edu
828/232-5196
- My Experiences on Asheville's Urban Trail 1991- 2001 -
Dan Millspaugh,
dmillspa@unca.edu
828/251-6877
- Radioactive Waste Disposal - a Really Hot
Topic - Dot Sulock,
dsulock@unca.edu 828/232-5196
- Remarkable Women of Asheville -
Gwen Ashburn,
gashburn@unca.edu
828/251-6410
- The Thomas Wolfe Angel: a
Brief History and Documentation of the Pack Square Sculpture -
Dan Millspaugh,
dmillspa@unca.edu
828/251-6877
- History of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park -
Dan Pierce,
dpierce@unca.edu
828/232-2996
- Southern and Southern Appalachian History -
Dan Pierce,
dpierce@unca.edu
828/232-2996
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Communications
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Crime
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Disabilities Studies
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Economics
- Economic Loss Due to Injury, Death or Loss of Property -
Shirley Browning,
browning@unca.edu
828/251-6549
- Environmental Economics: Policy, Taxes, Surcharges, Regulations -
Shirley Browning,
browning@unca.edu
828/251-6549
- Fiscal Policy -
Shirley Browning,
browning@unca.edu
828/251-6549
- Inflation -
Shirley Browning,
browning@unca.edu
828/251-6549
- International Trade: Protectionism, Free Trade, Tariffs -
Shirley Browning,
browning@unca.edu
828/251-6549
- Personal Finance: Budgeting and Planning -
Shirley Browning,
browning@unca.edu
828/251-6549
- The Federal Reserve -
Shirley Browning,
browning@unca.edu
828/251-6549
- Unemployment -
Shirley Browning,
browning@unca.edu
828/251-6549
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Environment
- Geology
of the Asheville Region - Bill Miller, jwmiller@unca.edu
828/232-5182
- Is Producing Genetically Altered Anthrax and Plague Really Wise? -
Dot Sulock,
dsulock@unca.edu
828/232-5196
- Lead Exposure and Its Effects -
Steven Patch,
patch@unca.edu
828/232-5194
- Mining
and Extraction of Metals -
Bill Miller,
jwmiller@unca.edu
828/232-5182
- Our
Disappearing Beaches -
Bill Miller,
jwmiller@unca.edu
828/232-5182
- Population and the Environment -
Afaf Omer,
aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- Radioactive Waste Disposal: a Really Hot Topic -
Dot Sulock,
dsulock@unca.edu
828/232-5196
- Savannah River Site: What Next? -
Dot Sulock,
dsulock@unca.edu
828/232-5196
- Hot Topics in Radioactivity:
Discussion of the Sources and Effects of Radiation in our Environment -
Katherine Whatley,
whatley@unca.edu
828/251-6470
- The
Not-So-Solid Earth: Plate Tectonics -
Bill Miller,
jwmiller@unca.edu
828/232-5182
- Volcanoes
- Bill Miller,
jwmiller@unca.edu
828/232-5182
- Water Monitoring -
Steven Patch,
patch@unca.edu
828/232-5194
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Ethics
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Family & Child Development
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Fine Arts
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Gender Studies
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Health Issues
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Higher Education
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History
- African American History -
Sarah Judson,
sjudson@unca.edu
828/251-6297
- Ancient World (Especially Greece) -
Sophie Mills,
smills@unca.edu
828/251-6296
- Any
Topic in Recent Western or World Civilizations (since 1500) -
Bill Spellman,
spellman@unca.edu
828/251-6505
- Asheville History -
Kevan Frazier,
kfrazier@unca.edu
828/251-6512
- History of the English Language -
Gwen Ashburn,
gashburn@unca.edu
828/251-6410
- Hitler and the Jews: The Holocaust -
Ted Uldricks,
uldricks@unca.edu
828/251-6620
- Hitler's Rise and the Nature of Nazism -
Ted Uldricks,
uldricks@unca.edu
828/251-6620
- Pearl Harbor: Anatomy of a Disaster - with slides and sound recordings -
Ted Uldricks,
uldricks@unca.edu
828/251-6620
- The Victorians -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- U.S. Civil Rights Movement -
Sarah Judson,
sjudson@unca.edu
828/251-6297
- U.S. Women's History -
Sarah Judson,
sjudson@unca.edu
828/251-6297
- History of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park -
Dan Pierce,
dpierce@bulldog.unca.edu
828/232-2996
- Southern and Southern Appalachian History -
Dan Pierce,
dpierce@bulldog.unca.edu
828/232-2996
- History of Stock Car Racing -
Dan Pierce,
dpierce@bulldog.unca.edu
828/232-2996
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Humanities
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Human Rights
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Information Technology
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International Studies
- African-Americans and U.S. Politics -
Dwight Mullen,
dbmullen@unca.edu
828/251-6816
- African Societies and Cultures -
Afaf Omer, aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- Britain: The Lands and Their People -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- British Culture -
Sophie Mills,
smills@unca.edu
828/251-6296
- British Politics -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- Chinese in Taiwan, Republic of China -
Alex Huang,
ahuang@unca.edu
828/232-5157
- Colonial Politics in Africa -
Dwight Mullen,
dbmullen@unca.edu
828/251-6816
- Galicia: A Spanish Matriarchy? -
Heidi Kelley,
hkelley@unca.edu
828/251-6980
- Global Migration -
Bill Spellman,
spellman@unca.edu
828/251-6505
- Higher Education in Britain -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- How America Looks from Abroad -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- Immigration and Migrant Cultures -
Afaf Omer, aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- Immigration Law and Policy -
Mark Gibney,
mgibney@unca.edu
828/250-3870
- India and Pakistan -
Bill Spellman,
spellman@unca.edu
828/251-6505
- International Law -
Mark Gibney,
mgibney@unca.edu
828/250-3870
- International Trade: Protectionism, Free Trade, Tariffs -
Shirley Browning,
browning@bulldog.unca.edu
828/251-6549
- Modern Britain -
Sophie Mills,
smills@unca.edu
828/251-6296
- Neocolonialism and Change in Africa -
John Wood, jwood@unca.edu 828/251-6977
- Peace Corps -
Randy Booker,
booker@unca.edu
828/251-6269
- Peoples and Cultures of Southern Europe -
Heidi Kelley,
hkelley@unca.edu
828/251-6980
- Regional Politics in Africa: Central Africa -
Dwight Mullen,
dbmullen@unca.edu
828/251-6816
- Regional Politics in Africa: Southern Africa -
Dwight Mullen,
dbmullen@unca.edu
828/251-6816
- Regional Politics in Africa: East Africa -
Dwight Mullen,
dbmullen@unca.edu
828/251-6816
- Regionalism in Europe -
Heidi Kelley,
hkelley@unca.edu
828/251-6980
- Reparations, Africans and African-Americans -
Dwight Mullen,
dbmullen@unca.edu
828/251-6816
- Regional Politics in Africa: West Africa -
Dwight Mullen,
dbmullen@unca.edu
828/251-6816
- The Mass Media in Britain -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- The Middle East -
Afaf Omer, aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- Women of Latin America -
Alice Weldon,
aweldon@unca.edu
828/251-6285
- Bolivia -
Alice Weldon,
aweldon@unca.edu
828/251-6285
- US-Mexico Border issues -
Alice Weldon,
aweldon@unca.edu
828/251-6285
- Maquiladoras, Zapatistas -
Alice Weldon,
aweldon@unca.edu
828/251-6285
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Languages
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Literature & Language
- 19th and 20th Century Fiction Writers, various -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- African American Literature -
Deborah James,
djames@unca.edu
828/251-6581
- American Humorists -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- Anglo-American Cultural Contrasts -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- Appalachian Writers -
Gwen Ashburn,
gashburn@unca.edu
828/251-6410
- Creative Writing -
Rick Chess, rchess@unca.edu
828/251-6576
- Dialect Variation -
Gwen Ashburn,
gashburn@unca.edu
828/251-6410
- Dramatic Literature -
Deborah James,
djames@unca.edu
828/251-6581
- Gender Issues in Fairy Tales -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/251-6960
- Journaling -
Deborah James,
djames@unca.edu
828/251-6581
- Latest Trends in Children's Literature -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/251-6960
- Literature Circles Adolescent Literature - Latest Trends -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/251-6960
- Teaching Shakespeare's Plays -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/251-6960
- Dickens, His Life and Work (with slides) -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- Midrash and Contemporary Poetry -
Rick Chess, rchess@unca.edu
828/251-6576
- Multicultural Children's Literature -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/251-6960
- Teaching Writing -
Deborah James,
djames@unca.edu
828/251-6581
- The Art of Reading Poetry -
Rick Chess, rchess@unca.edu
828/251-6576
- The Creative Process -
Rick Chess, rchess@unca.edu
828/251-6576
- The Holocaust in Literature -
Rick Chess, rchess@unca.edu
828/251-6576
- The Jewish Presence in American Poetry -
Rick Chess, rchess@unca.edu
828/251-6576
- The Nature of Myth -
Merritt Moseley,
moseley@unca.edu
828/251-6583
- Myth in Our Lives -
Peg Downes,
downes@unca.edu
828/251-6577
- William Blake and His World -
Peg Downes,
downes@unca.edu
828/251-6577
- The History of the English Language -
Peg Downes,
downes@unca.edu
828/251-6577
- Understanding Latin America through Literature -
Alice Weldon,
aweldon@unca.edu
828/251-6285
- Spanish Language Instruction and Service Learning -
Alice Weldon,
aweldon@unca.edu
828/251-6285
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Mathematics
Older Adults
- Creativity in Aging -
Denise Snodgrass,
snodgras@unca.edu
828/251-6188
- Creativity in Later Life -
Ron Manheimer,
rmanheim@unca.edu 828/232-5180
- Developing Educational Programs for Older Adults -
Ron Manheimer,
rmanheimer@unca.edu
828/232-5180
- Leadership Programs for Older Adults -
Denise Snodgrass,
snodgras@unca.edu
828/251-6188
- Lifelong Learning and Art -
Mark Sidelnick,
sidelnic@bulldog.unca.edu
828/251-6960
- Older Adult Education -
Denise Snodgrass,
snodgras@unca.edu
828/251-6188
- Philosophical Issues in Aging:
Theories of Life-Development into Old Age and the Conflict of Values often
Involved -
Ron Manheimer,
rmanheim@unca.edu
828/232-5180
- Programs of the N.C. Center for Creative Retirement -
Denise Snodgrass,
snodgras@unca.edu
828/251-6188
- Retirement -
Ron Manheimer,
rmanheim@unca.edu
828/232-5180
- Starting Programs for Older Adults -
Denise Snodgrass,
snodgras@unca.edu
828/251-6188
- The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement: current programs and future plans -
Ron Manheimer,
rmanheim@unca.edu
828/232-5180
- Using Older
Volunteers - Denise Snodgrass,
snodgras@unca.edu
828/251-6188
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Personal Growth
- Assertiveness Training -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Basics of Supervision -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Communication Skills and Active Listening -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Creativity Grids:
An Exciting, Systematic Method for Brainstorming, Problem Solving,
Imagining and Inventing -
Ron Manheimer,
rmanheim@unca.edu
828/232-5180
- Customer Service -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Decision Making -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Goal Setting -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Leadership Development -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Mrs. Administrator: Working Moms in Leadership Roles -
Peg Downes,
downes@unca.edu
828/251-6577
- Productive Meetings -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Project Retrospectives:
Methods for Team Members to Evaluate a Project
in Order to Capture what they, and the Organization, Learned and what they
can do Better the Next Time - Mary Lynn
Manns,
manns@bulldog.unca.edu
828/251-6858
- Knowledge Management -
Mary Lynn Manns, manns@bulldog.unca.edu
828/251-6858
- Study Skills -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Team Building and Group Dynamics -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
- Time Management -
Nancy Williams,
nwilliam@unca.edu
828/250-2353
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Philosophy
- Philosophy in Autobiography:
The Lives of Philosophers, Ancient and Modern, as they Lived out their
Ideas -
Ron Manheimer,
rmanheim@unca.edu
828/232-5180
- The Mind of Kierkegaard:
Understanding the Thought of this Powerful and Enigmatic Danish
Philosopher and Religious Thinker -
Ron Manheimer,
rmanheim@unca.edu
828/232-5180
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Psychology
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Religion
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Research
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Sciences
- Artificial Intelligence -
Rebecca Bruce,
rbruce@bulldog.unca.edu
828/232-2275
- Women in Computer Science -
Rebecca Bruce,
rbruce@bulldog.unca.edu
828/232-2275
- Processing Human Language on a Computer (i.e., Natural Language Processing) -
Rebecca Bruce,
rbruce@bulldog.unca.edu
828/232-2275
- Computational Linguistics -
Rebecca Bruce,
rbruce@bulldog.unca.edu
828/232-2275
- Astronomy -
Randy Booker,
booker@unca.edu
828/251-6269
- Physics -
Randy Booker,
booker@unca.edu
828/251-6269
- Global Climate -
Alex Huang,
ahuang@unca.edu
828/232-5157
- Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and Tornadoes -
Alex Huang,
ahuang@unca.edu
828/232-5157
- Lasers -
Randy Booker,
booker@unca.edu
828/251-6269
- The Weather Machine -
Alex Huang,
ahuang@unca.edu
828/232-5157
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Secondary Education
- Art Education, K-12 -
Mark Sidelnick,
sidelnic@unca.edu
828/251-6960
- Building Collaborations: How to Build a Partnership between Public Schools and the Community -
Sandra Byrd,
sbyrd@unca.edu
828/251-6959
- Children's Art -
Mark Sidelnick,
sidelnic@bulldog.unca.edu
828/251-6960
- Gender Issues in Fairy Tales -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/250-6960
- How to Administer and Implement a Middle School Tutorial Program: Collaboration Between University, Public Schools, and Community Agencies -
Sandra Byrd,
sbyrd@unca.edu
828/251-6959
- Literature Circles Adolescent Literature: Latest Trends -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/250-6960
- Middle School and Secondary School Instructional Theory and Methods of Teaching -
Jim McGlinn,
mcglinn@unca.edu
828/250-6960
- New Models for Staff Development in Multiculturalism -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/250-6960
- Social Studies and Middle Grades Education -
Sandra Byrd,
sbyrd@unca.edu
828/251-6959
- The Partners in
Learning© Project - Sandra Byrd,
sbyrd@unca.edu
828/251-6959
- Tutoring students -
Deborah James,
djames@unca.edu
828/251-6581
- Use of Storytelling in the Elementary Classroom -
Jeanne McGlinn,
jmcglinn@unca.edu
828/250-6960
- WebQuest Design for the K-12 Classroom -
Jim McGlinn,
mcglinn@unca.edu
828/251-6961
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Sports
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UNC
Asheville
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U.S. Politics
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Women's
Studies
- African Women -
Afaf Omer, aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- Body Image in Women -
Melissa Himelein,
himelein@unca.edu
828/251-6834
- Feminism and Third World Women -
Afaf Omer, aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- Remarkable Women of Asheville -
Gwen Ashburn,
gashburn@unca.edu
828/251-6410
- Third World Women -
Afaf Omer, aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- U.S. Women's History -
Sarah Judson,
sjudson@unca.edu
828/251-6297
- Women in Computer Science -
Rebecca Bruce,
rbruce@bulldog.unca.edu
828/232-2275
- Women in Islam -
Afaf Omer, aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- Women's Human Rights -
Afaf Omer, aomer@unca.edu 828/251-6979
- Mrs. Administrator: Working Moms in Leadership Roles -
Peg Downes,
downes@unca.edu
828/251-6577
- Women of Latin America -
Alice Weldon,
aweldon@unca.edu
828/251-6285
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