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Adoption, history of

• Carp, E. Wayne - Professor of History, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History

African Art

• Sobania, Neal - Executive Director of the Wang Center

African history and culture

American childhoods and families, history of

• Carp, E. Wayne - Professor of History, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History

Astronomy

• Rush, Dana - Lecturer

• Starkovich, Steven - Acting Provost, Dean of Graduate Studies

Biological conservation

• Teska, William, Professor of Biology

Body image

• Hacker, Colleen - Professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education

British politics

Canadian politics

• Grosvenor, Peter - Associate Professor of Political Science

Christianity, history of

• Torvend, Samuel - Associate Professor of Religion

Classroom management

• Leitz, Paula - Associate Professor of Education

Diet and exercise

• McConnell, Karen - Associate Dean of MSWE, director of Physical Education

e-commerce

• Lee, Chung-Shing, Associate Professor of Technology and Innovative Management, director ePLU

East Africa

• Sobania, Neal - Executive Director of the Wang Center

East-west literary/cultural influence studies

• Manfredi, Paul - Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, department chair

Eating disorders

• McConnell, Karen - Associate Dean of MSWE, director of Physical Education

Ecology of mammals

• Teska, William, Professor of Biology

Economics

• Reiman, Mark - Associate Professor of Economics

Employment issues

• Gibson, Linda - Professor of Business

Environmental Literature

Environmental Writing

• Bergman, Charles - Professor of English

Ethiopia

• Sobania, Neal - Executive Director of the Wang Center

European politics

• Grosvenor, Peter - Associate Professor of Political Science

Exercise and health

• Evans, Anthony - Professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education, director of Exercise Science

Family business

• Pratt, Catherine - Associate Dean of the School of Business

Galapagos Islands

• Teska, William, Professor of Biology

Gay-lesbian issues in America

• Kraig, Beth - Professor of History, department chair

Global Education

• Sobania, Neal - Executive Director of the Wang Center

Health Economics

• Travis, Karen - Associate Professor of Economics

Holocaust

• Ericksen, Robert - Professor of History, Kurt Mayer Professor of Holocaust Studies

Inclusion

• Reisberg, Leon - Professor of Education, Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education

International relations

• Grosvenor, Peter - Associate Professor of Political Science

Kenya

• Sobania, Neal - Executive Director of the Wang Center

Learning disabilities

• Reisberg, Leon - Professor of Education, Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education

Living with geological hazards

• Foley, Duncan - Professor of Geosciences, department chair

Marketing strategy

Meeting facilitation (from focus groups to board strategies)

• Brock, James - Dean of the School of Business

Medieval Christianity in Rome

• Torvend, Samuel - Associate Professor of Religion

Modern Chinese literature

• Manfredi, Paul - Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, department chair

Modern Europe

Modern Germany

• Ericksen, Robert - Professor of History, Kurt Mayer Professor of Holocaust Studies

Nanofabrication

• Louie, Rich - Associate Professor of Physics

NW Coast Cultures

• Klein, Laura - Professor of Anthropology

Northwest Coast Native American cultures

• Huelsbeck, David - Professor of Anthropology

Organic Chemistry

• Fryhle, Craig - Professor of Chemistry, department chair

Orphanages, history of

• Carp, E. Wayne - Professor of History, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History

Prehistoric archaeology

• Huelsbeck, David - Professor of Anthropology

Remedial reading grades 3-8

• Leitz, Paula - Associate Professor of Education

Sealed adoption records controversy

• Carp, E. Wayne - Professor of History, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History

Shakespeare

• Bergman, Charles - Professor of English  

Sports psychology

• Hacker, Colleen - Professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education

Sustainable development

Technology in business

• Albers, James - Faculty fellow, School of Business

Thin film deposition

• Louie, Rich - Associate Professor of Physics
  

Tropical Ecology

• Teska, William, Professor of Biology

Vacuum techniques

• Louie, Rich - Associate Professor of Physics

Western Civilization

• Ericksen, Robert - Professor of History, Kurt Mayer Professor of Holocaust Studies

Women in sports

• Hacker, Colleen - Professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education