Complete Speakers Bureau

Listed alphabetically by last name.

If you'd like to have a member of the Speakers Bureau speak to your organization, contact Laura Hanna at (817) 531-4498 or lhanna@txwes.edu.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Dr. Elizabeth Alexander Associate Professor of History

Office Phone: (817) 531-4920

Home Phone: (817) 645-4787

Email: ealexander@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: breast cancer awareness (survivor), Southern antebellum history, women's history

 

Dr. Bruce Benz Professor of Biology and Biology Department Chair

Office Phone: (817) 531-4895

Email: bbenz@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: biology, conservation biology, curriculum assessment, ethnobotany and economic botany, history and evolution of corn (maize), the origin of agriculture, science education, the Sixth Extinction, Texas protected natural areas

Dr. Jerome M. Bierschenk

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music and Choral Director   

Office phone: (817) 531-4217                     

Cell phone: 817-713-4536            

Email: jbierschenk@txwes.edu    

Areas of Expertise: choral and instrumental music education, choral and instrumental conducting
 

Joe Brown Professor of Theatre Arts/Speech

Office Phone: (817) 531-4976

Home Phone: (817) 457-1651

Pager: (817) 667-2179

Email: jbrown@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: animal rescue, architecture, costume design, design theory, directing, HIV/AIDS education/awareness, lighting design, Live Theatre League, prop design, scene design, theatre

 

Dr. Mary Anne Clark Professor of Biology

Office Phone: (817) 531-4896

Email: mclark@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: bioinformatics, genetics, molecular evolution, using musical analogies to understand gene and protein structure (www.geneticmusic.org)

 

Dr. Kay L. Colley Assistant Professor of Mass Communication

Office Phone: (817) 531-4255

Cell Phone: (682) 551-3662

Email: kcolley@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: public relations; social media; newspapers; crisis communications; freedom of information; student publications; student press freedom; international communications; magazines; newspapers with a particular focus on community newspapers; media bias; media relations in higher education; science communications; medical communications; diversity education; the role of higher education in a democracy

 

Dr. Aileen Curtin Associate Professor of Education

Office Phone: (817) 531-4960

Home Phone: (817) 485-0894

Cell Phone: (817) 714-6444

Email: ecurtin@txwes.edu

          profcurtin@sbcglobal.net

Areas of Expertise: education, immigrant education, Irish language and culture

Dr. Bobby Deaton Professor of Physics

Office Phone: (817) 531-4887

Email: bdeaton@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: fossils, geology, global plate tectonics, physical geology, physics, solid state physics, superconductivity

 

Dr. Jeffrey DeLotto Professor of English

Office Phone: (817) 531-4909

Email: jdelotto@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: composing application/cover letters; reading literature aloud; teaching 19th century British literature and Shakespeare; writing, teaching and reading creative nonfiction; writing, teaching and reading poetry

 

Dr. Michael Ellison Director of Graduate Counseling Programs and Director of Counseling Center

Office Phone: (817) 531-7565

Email: mellison@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: graduate counseling programs; licensing professional counselors (LPC); school counselors

 

Dr. Bryan English Director of Bands/Jazz Studies

Office Phone: (817) 531-4971

Cell Phone: (817) 845-4005

Email: benglish@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: brass playing, contemporary church music, instrumental music (including bands, orchestra, big band), jazz history, jazz music, music, music history, music education in Texas

Dr. John Fisher Professor of Music and Department Chair

Office Phone: (817) 531-4978

Home Phone: (817) 292-8598

Cell Phone: (817) 966-4962

Email: jfisher@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: 19th century music, chamber music, ear training, music history, music theory, piano, travel to Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, Galapagos Islands, Australia/New Zealand

 

Dr. Allen Henderson Professor of Psychology, University Provost and Senior Vice President

Office Phone: (817) 531-4405  

Email: ahenderson@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: attitude and behavior change, group processes, prevention of risk behavior, psychology, social development, social and environmental psychology, social influence and persuasion

 

Dr. Lisa Hensley Assistant Professor of Psychology

Office Phone: (817) 531-5821

Email: lhensley@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: child development, child maltreatment, eating disorders/body image

Dr. Sara Horsfall Associate Professor of Sociology

Office Phone: (817) 531-4264

Email: shorsfall@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: sociology of family/gender issues, Polytechnic Heights community development and history, sociology of music/cultural trends, sociology of religion/religion and science, international cultures and religions

 

Vivian Kindsfather Visiting Professor of Business

Office Phone: (817) 531-7592

Email: vkindsfather@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: communication, interviewing/career counseling, professional image

 

Dr. R.G. (Bob) Landolt Professor of Chemistry

Office Phone: (817) 531-5890

Email: rlandolt@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: energy issues, environmental science, organic chemistry, pollution, science for citizens

Dr. Carlos A. Martinez Dean of the School of Education

Office Phone: (817) 531-4959

Home Phone: (817) 370-8889

Cell Phone: (817) 714-8619

Email: cmartinez@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: bilingual education, education, education legislation, education policy, English as a second language, language, linguistics, multicultural education, teacher education

 

Dr. Brenda T. Matthews Professor of History, Social Sciences Department Chair

Office Phone: (817) 531-4916

Home Phone: (254) 693-5317

Email: btmatthews@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: agricultural politics, cultural anthropology, civil disobedience, civil rights, Chicanas/Chicanos, Cold War, education, European colonialism, family issues, gender studies, globalization, history, Holocaust, internships, labor, Latin America/Latin American, liberal arts colleges, Karl Marx, Mexico/Mexican, nationalism, politics, social movements, U.S. history, WPA arts projects

 

Dr. Bruce A. McDonald Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion

Office Phone: (817) 531-4827

Home Phone: (817) 451-3282

Email: bmcdonald@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: general church history, tensions in the Holy Land (Israel)

 

Dr. Ron McManus Bebensee University Scholar and Professor of Religion and Psychology

Office Phone: (817) 531-4915

Home Phone: (817) 589-1275

Email: rmcmanus@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: bioethics (medical ethics), marriage and family therapy, Old and New Testament, world religions

Dr. Jane C. Moore Professor of Mathematics, Math and Computer Science Department Chair

Office Phone: (817) 531-4882

Email: jamoore@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: bachelor of science in math and computer science degrees offered at Texas Wesleyan, calculus, Expanding Your Horizons Conference, math secondary education certification program at Texas Wesleyan, mathematics, matrix theory, ordinary differential equations, science and math programs for middle school and high school students, TexPREP, topology, Upward Bound Math and Science Program

 

Dr. Douglas M. Nancarrow Professor of Speech Communication

Office Phone: (817) 531-7594 

Cell Phone: (817) 727-2375

Email: dnancarrow@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: camping, decision-making within an organization, intercultural and international small group and organizational communication, kayaking, outdoor equipment selection, outdoors cooking, strengthening the communication processes throughout an organization, strengthening interpersonal skills of sales associates who work directly with customers on the floor

 

Dr. Stacia Dunn Neeley Associate Professor of English, Writing Internship Coordinator

Office Phone: (817) 531-4907

Cell Phone: (817) 229-3842

Email:sneeley@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: advanced grammar (stylistics and editing), cultural studies, discourse analysis, feminist rhetorical theory, general editor of Aries: a journal of creative expression (national literary magazine published by Texas Wesleyan), history of rhetoric, interdisciplinarity (incorporating social scientific research methods into the field of composition studies), professional writing, service learning, writing consultant, writing studies/composition theory

 

Dr. Kalpana Pai Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance

Office Phone: (817) 531-4844

Email: kpai@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: academic performance in Texas schools, economics of education, microeconomics

 

Dr. Sue Passmore Professor of Education

Office Phone: (817) 531-4954

Home Phone: (817) 469-8159

Email: spassmore@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: gardening, teaching children

Dr. Al Peters Professor of Kinesiology

Office Phone: (817) 531-4964

Email: apeters@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: rare book, maps, art and documents collecting

 

Dr. Katherine Prater Associate Professor of Chemistry

Office Phone: (817) 531-4233

Email: kprater@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: chemistry, environmental science, physical chemistry

 

Dr. Pamela D. Rast Professor of Kinesiology, Kinesiology Department Chair, Program Director of Kinesiology Athletic Training

Office Phone: (817) 531-4876

Cell Phone: (817) 683-6992
Email: prast@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: health and wellness, first aid/CPR/AED/Bloodborne Pathogen Instructor (American Red Cross), SCUBA, sports medicine (athletic and physical activity related injury/illness), stress management, workplace ergonomics

 

Dr. Patsy J. Robles-Goodwin             

Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education and Director of ESL/Bilingual Program

Office phone: (817) 531-4963            

Home phone: (972) 390-9001           

Cell phone: (972) 741-0786               

Email: problesgoodwin@txwes.edu                

Areas of Expertise: early childhood education, bilingual/ESL education, educational issues affecting Latino students

 

Dr. Ibrahim H. Salih Professor of Political Science

Office Phone: (817) 531-4922

Home Phone: (817) 531-0654

Email: isalih@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: American presidency, American presidential campaigns and elections, the Cold War, democratic theory, developing countries, ethnic conflict and politics, globalization, history and political crisis in Middle East, international affairs and politics, especially Cyprus, Islamic society, Israeli fiction, nationalism, politics, religion, U.S. Constitution, U.S. foreign policy

 

Dr. Carl Smeller Assistant Professor of English

Office Phone: (817) 531-4924

Email: csmeller@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: 19th century American literature

 

Dr. Thomas Smith Professor of Marketing and Mass Communication

Office Phone: (817) 531-4843

Home Phone: (817) 909-9661

Email: tsmith@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: advertising, marketing, promotion

 

Dr. Jesse J. Sowell, Jr. Professor of Religion and Philosophy

Office Phone: (817) 531-4914

Home Phone: (972) 845-6054

Cell Phone: (817) 996-2373

Email: jsowell@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: ethics, Methodist and Wesleyan history, Ireland, Islam, philosophy, religion, Scotland, Tudor and Stuart England, Wales

 

Dr. Lorrie Webb

Assistant Professor of Education

Office phone: (817) 295-8046                              

Cell phone: (469) 964-1118               

Email: clwebb@txwes.edu                 

Areas of Expertise: education, technology, integrated instruction, Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner), TRIBES (Jeanne Gibbs, Positive Discipline in the Classroom (Jane Nelson), Highly Effective Teaching (HET) (Susan Kovalik), Six Traits of Writing
 

Dr. R.J. Wilson Professor of Education

Office Phone: (817) 531-4952

Email: rjwilson@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: environmental education, science education

 

Dr. Yukong Zhang Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Office Phone: (817) 531-4885

Email: yzhang@txwes.edu

Areas of Expertise: analysis of algorithms and data structures, data mining, database systems, e-commerce web development, general computer science, programming in C/C++ and Java

 
 
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