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Staff and Faculty at Marymount University have a wide array of content area expertises. Below you will find a list of some of the areas of interest they specialize in. These lists are not exhaustive. If you are interested in requesting an expert for a project related to a topic area not on the list below, please contact us with some information about what you are researching and we will help you find an appropriate contact if available.
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Marymount University professors are ready to offer insights into how the novel coronavirus is impacting areas of public health, nursing, politics, psychology, learning from home and other topics.
College of Health and Education
College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology
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United States health care system and policy: Donald Lavanty
Areas of Expertise by Topic Area
Faculty Experts by College
College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology
| Name | Title | Area of Expertise |
| Virginia Bianco-Mathis | Professor of Management | Organizational development, Executive coaching, HR consulting |
| Linda Christie | Associate Professor of Management | Strategic management, Organizational development, Gallup StrengthsFinder |
| Moira Denson | Associate Professor of Interior Design | Impact of design on health and well-being, Design process, Universal design |
| Joe Eulberg | Assistant Professor of Management | HR management, HR strategy, Performance management, People analytics |
| Nathan Green | Assistant Professor of Information Technology | Natural language processing, Machine learning, Game design, E-sports |
| Donald Lavanty | Professor of Law | Health care law, U.S. health care system and policy |
| Diane Murphy | Professor of Information Technology | Data science, Health care informatics, Cybersecurity, IT workforce development, IT entrepreneurship, STEM education |
| Carlo Ninassi | Assistant Professor of Management | Strategic management, Innovation, Strategic planning, Business studio methodology |
| Mary Proenza | Assistant Professor of Fine Arts | Printmaking, Painting, Drawing, Color theory |
| Donna Schaeffer | Professor of Information Technology | Security and privacy of electronic documents, IT ethics |
| Carly Speranza | Assistant Professor of Management | Organizational change and transformation, Cross-cultural collaboration, Expatriate leadership, Organizational trust |
College of Health and Education
| Name | Title | Area of Expertise |
| Skye Donovan | Associate Professor of Physical Therapy | Community-based learning, Global mission experiences & advancing practice through service, Go Baby Go!, Mobility and movement-related research, design & technology |
| Gwendolyn Francavillo | Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance | Global health and culture, Health psychology, Holistic stress management |
| Theresa Gaffney | Visiting Faculty of Nursing | Patient safety |
| Clara Hauth | Associate Professor of Special Education/Education | Special education and teacher preparation, Emotional/behavioral disorders and learning disabilities, Program evaluation in special education |
| Ana Lado |
Professor of Education | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) |
| Maureen Moriarty | Associate Professor of Nursing | Post-traumatic headache & headache disorders, Headache education for primary care practitioners, Medication-assisted treatment, Prescription opioid addiction |
| Julie Ries | Professor of Physical Therapy | Rehabilitation for older adults with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease |
| Rita Wong | Associate Vice President for Research | Falls prevention, Healthy aging |
College of Science and Humanities
| Name | Title | Area of Expertise |
| Mark Benbow | Associate Professor of History and Politics | Woodrow Wilson, Prohibition and the brewing industry, History of the Washington, D.C., area, Arlington history |
| Eric Bubar | Associate Professor of Biology and Physical Sciences | 3D printing and upper limb assistive devices |
| Camille Buckner | Professor of Psychology | Gender, stereotypes & discrimination |
| Daniel Corrigan | Assistant Professor of Philosophy | Business ethics, Cyberethics, Corporate responsibility and human rights |
| Ariane Economos | Associate Professor of Philosophy | Animals, ethics and the environment, Medieval science and philosophy |
| Amanda Farrell | Associate Professor of Criminal Justice | Policing, Policy intersections with gender, race and class, Forensics |
| Brian Flanagan | Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | Liturgical/sacramental theology, Ecumenism |
| Cassandra Good | Assistant Professor of History and Politics | George Washington and his descendants, Gender relationships among the Colonial elite |
| Leigh Johnson | Associate Professor of Literature and Languages | Mexican-American/Chicano literature, Motherwork and literary activism |
| Holly Karapetkova | Professor of Literature and Languages | Twentieth-century poetry, Poetry in performance, Contemporary creative writing & theory, Children’s literature, Digital storytelling |
| Delario Lindsey | Continuing Instructor, Sociology | Urban & community development, Urban inequality |
| Megan McFarlane | Assistant Professor of Communication | Media studies, Women’s and gender studies, Rhetoric, U.S. military and policies related to gender (maternity, sexual assault) |
| Linda Millis | Assistant Professor of Forensics and Legal Psychology | Cybersecurity, Psychology and intelligence agencies, Contemporary terrorism |
| Todd Rimkus | Professor of Biology and Physical Sciences | Environmental science, Marine biology, Turtle egg physiology |
| Margaret Tseng | Professor of History and Politics | Lame duck presidents, Unilateral powers, Minority politics |
