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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Timothy P. Brackenbury, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Brackenbury received his Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Kansas Intercampus Program,
Kansas City in 1992. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in August 2001.
Dr. Brackenbury’s interests are in the areas of speech and language development in children with and without impairments.
His research is focused on how children acquire new words and the initial representations that they create when they first
encounter new words. The goals of this research are to increase our knowledge regarding the ease at which children acquire
new words and improve our ability to identify children with language impairments. Dr. Brackenbury’s clinical experiences
have centered on preschool age children with developmental disabilities, including deafness and visual impairments.
Dr. Brackenbury has been a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association since June 1991. He received the Certificate
of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in October 1992.
Elizabeth I. Burroughs, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Burroughs received her Bachelor of Science degree in Audiology and Speech Science from Purdue University. She received
her Master of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology and Ph.D. in Speech Pathology from the University of Iowa. Dr. Burroughs
completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is a member
of and is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Dr. Burroughs’ primary areas of interest in research and teaching include the psychosocial aspects of communication disorders,
evidence based practice in speech-language pathology, pediatric language disorders, and counseling. Recently, she has examined
the extent to which children with limited intelligibility of speech exhibit social skills deficits and/or behavior problems.
Roger D. Colcord, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Colcord received his Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Therapy in 1974 and his Master of Science degree
in Speech Pathology in 1976 from Purdue University. In 1984, he received his Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern
University.
From 1976-1978, Dr. Colcord was a speech pathologist at the Speech and Hearing Center, Jacksonville, Florida, where he worked
primarily with clients exhibiting stuttering and voice disorders. Since 1982, he has been on the faculty in the Department
of Communication Disorders at Bowling Green State University. His primary areas of interest include fluency and fluency disorders,
normal and disordered speech/voice production, and infusion of science into the academic and clinical education of students
in communication sciences and disorders. Dr. Colcord is a board recognized specialist (initial cadre) and specialist mentor
(initial cadre) in fluency disorders.
Donald S. Cooper, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Cooper received his Bachelor of Art degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Harvard College in 1962, graduating
Magna Cum Laude. He received his Master of Art degree in Speech Pathology in 1981 from the University of Iowa. He received
his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1971 from Harvard University.
Dr. Cooper’s research areas have shifted with time. His early linguistic training is reflected in his publications in Slavic
philology and a study and translation of the Testament of Abraham published by the Society of Biblical Literature. Subsequently,
however, he shifted his focus to the study of the area which connects linguistic and speech processing in the central nervous
system to the movements which produce the sounds of speech. This area is the neuromuscular physiology of the head and neck,
particularly of the larynx. In this area he has focused on topics such as experimental studies of the contractile characteristics
of muscles, their resistance to fatigue and its metabolic basis in the specialization of muscle oxidative metabolism. He
has also studied the effects of their surgical reinnervation on their contractile characteristics, and their maturation and
aging as reflected in histochemical and histological studies. He has also carried out specialized studies of the methodology
of techniques for monitoring muscle activity by means of electromyography and the study of intramuscular hydrostatic pressures.
Since several of these investigations have required research on animal models which have no spoken language, their relevance
to the study of speech can reasonably be questioned. For this reason, Dr. Cooper has also turned on the one hand to the study
of nonlinguistic activities which are universal across species such as swallowing, in which the structures of the head and
neck must likewise coordinate with the respiratory system, and on the other hand to the study of biological scaling, examining
the effects of species size on the function of the neuromuscular system. His recent study, “Normalization across Species
of Laryngeal Physiology” (2001) gives an overview of these considerations.
Dr. Cooper has applied his linguistic training not only in establishing international scientific contacts, but also in a series
of publications devoted to the study of the history of the physiological and acoustic aspects of speech over the past three
thousand years.
Laura C. Dilley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders and Assistant Professor of Psychology -- Dual appointment in the College
of Arts and Sciences
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Dr. Dilley received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1997 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a major in Brain
and Cognitive Sciences and a minor in Linguistics. In 2004, she received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.
From 2004 until the present, Dr. Dilley has been working at The Ohio State University in the Department of Psychology as a
post-doctoral research associate. Job duties there include training and supervision of undergraduate and graduate students
and designing and conducting psycholinguistic experiments. Prior to The Ohio State University, Dr. Dilley worked with the
MIT Speech Communication Group from 1992-2004 designing and carrying out experiments and studies.
Dr. Dilley has done research in many areas with interests in areas such as processing and representation of intonational and
tonal characteristics of speech, cognitive representation of phonetic variants, word segmentation by infants and adults, voice
quality variation, speech rhythm, and auditory perceptual processing of speech and music.
John W. Folkins, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Folkins’ research is related primarily to the control of speech movements. It draws from a diverse range of disciplines,
including physiology, acoustics, aerodynamics, mechanical engineering, linguistics, experimental psychology, and otolaryngology.
Although the principal concern is with understanding the processes used by adults who speak normally, some of the theoretical
principles and experimental techniques have been applied to speech of those who manifest disorders, specifically individuals
who stutter, are deaf, have a repaired cleft palate, or are neurologically impaired.
Perhaps Dr. Folkins’ most important work is in the first paper he published (Folkins and Abbs, 1975). This paper is now a
classic and has been reprinted in a collection of the most important articles in speech production (Kent, R. Speech Production, New York, Acoustical Society of America, 1991). The primary finding is that lip movements for speech are modified while
they are being made based on changes in the movement of other speech structures. This finding has been replicated a number
of times during the past 25 years by investigators using a variety of techniques, including Folkins and Abbs (1977), and Folkins
and Zimmermann (1982).
Dr. Folkins’ second most important area of research concerns the analysis of the basic units used by the perceptual-motor
system in the organization and control of speech movements. This work spanned a number of years and was summarized in Folkins
and Bleile (1990). This article received the Editor’s Award for the article of highest merit published in the Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders that year. This research examines the interaction between theories and the units used in the development and characterization
of the theories across a number of different disciplines. These perspectives are then used to examine the candidates for
speech motor units (e.g., the phoneme, the phone, or nonlinguistic units such as movements or sound), and to show the pervasive
effects of unit choice on the examination and understanding of speech motor impairments.
Rodney M. Gabel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Gabel received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1992 and his Master of Science degree in 1994 from Bowling Green State
University. In 1999, he earned his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. He worked as an assistant professor at
the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point during 1999-2001. At BGSU, he has taught the introductory course in CDIS at the
undergraduate level and graduate coursework in diagnostics and stuttering. Dr. Gabel also has extensive experience in treating
people who stutter.
In the past year, Dr. Gabel has initiated training and clinical programs in stuttering. As a part of this program, Dr. Gabel
has established a consulting network with several school districts and medical facilities in the area. As a part of this
network, Dr. Gabel provides in-services and other types of educational opportunities for practicing speech language pathologists.
Also, as part of this service program, Dr. Gabel has established an intensive clinic for adolescents and adults who stutter.
These clinics were developed to provide a high level of clinical service and training for graduate students in CDIS. Research
on the effectiveness of the first three years of this clinical and training program is in progress, as is a proposal for external
funding.
Dr. Gabel’s primary area of research is the psychosocial and handicapping aspects of stuttering and its treatment. He has
completed and is still in the process of completing several projects related to the attitudes that individuals have toward
people who stutter and their perceptions of career choices for people who stutter. He has presented multiple papers at national
and international conferences and has published several articles all dealing with stuttering and other fluency disorders.
Additionally, he has directed a number of student research projects, also dealing with stuttering.
Alexander M. Goberman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Goberman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995 from the University of Connecticut, with a double major in Communication
Sciences and Language, Linguistics, and Communication. In 1997, he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of
Connecticut, with a major in Communication Sciences/Speech-Language Pathology. In 2000, he received his Ph.D. at the University
of Connecticut, with an emphasis on Speech Science, Motor Speech Disorders, and Phonetics.
Dr. Goberman’s research focuses primarily on inferring physiological and neurological functioning from acoustic analysis of
speech and voice. Dr. Goberman’s recent research includes analyzing the speech and voice characteristics in individuals with
idiopathic Parkinson Disease (PD). Specifically, he has examined medicine-related, fatigue-related, and anxiety-related speech
and voice changes, in addition to the correlation between speech and non-speech motor variability across medication cycles
in PD.
Dr. Goberman’s work has more recently focused on inferring Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk in healthy newborn infants
through acoustic analysis of the newborn cry. This current work has examined the effect of infant positioning, and there
are plans to continue related studies in collaboration with Wood County Hospital.
Lynne E. Hewitt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Hewitt received her Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating Summa Cum Laude and with distinction in all subjects, from Cornell
University in 1980, double-majoring in linguistics and English. She received her Master degree in Communicative Disorders
and Sciences in 1987 from the State University of New York at Buffalo and her Ph.D. in 1994 from the same institution. Her
academic honors include election to Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to coming to Bowling Green State University, Dr. Hewitt taught
for five years in the Department of Communicative Disorders at Penn State. She has received a New Investigator Award from
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Research Foundation. In 2002, she was one of only three persons in Ohio to receive the
newly created designation of Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language, from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Dr. Hewitt’s primary research interests and expertise lie in the area of child language development and disorders, with a
particular interest in the relationship between language and cognition. She has had extensive training in linguistics and
linguistic approaches to the analysis of developmental data. Her interests include discourse analysis, developmental pragmatics,
communicative competence in autism, and research on efficacy of language intervention using single subject designs. Recent
research projects include: language sample analysis of kindergarten children with and without specific language impairment
(in collaboration with colleagues at Penn State and Harvard University); a language intervention efficacy study for a child
with autism; development of a proposal to investigate receptive prosody in autism. She presents frequently at national conferences
on her research.
Lauren A. Katz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Lauren Katz received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University. In 1995, she received a
Masters of Science in Communication Disorders from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. In
2004, she received a doctorate in Special Education from the University of Michigan. Dr. Katz also spent one year as a Postdoctoral
Research Fellow at the University of Michigan where she directed a statewide study of professional development in reading
for first-grade teachers in struggling schools in Michigan.
Prior to pursuing her doctorate, Dr. Katz worked as a speech-language pathologist in two public middle schools in Montgomery
County, Maryland. She also served as a speech-language pathologist at the Lab School of Washington in Washington, D.C. where
she worked with students with language-based learning disabilities.
Dr. Katz’s primary research interests are in morphological awareness, vocabulary development, and reading achievement in children
with and without language and learning disabilities. For her dissertation study, she examined the contributions of morphological
awareness to reading comprehension in fourth and sixth graders. Currently, Dr. Katz is analyzing data to examine the effectiveness
of an intervention designed to promote language and reading skills in elementary students with language and reading difficulties.
She is also studying the knowledge and practices of teachers and school-based speech-language pathologists working with struggling
readers and writers in kindergarten through 12th grade. Finally, Dr. Katz continues to work with colleagues from the University of Michigan analyzing and reporting on data
collected from a study of professional development in reading.
Linda Petrosino, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Disorders and Dean
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Dr. Petrosino received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Speech Pathology from Ithaca College in 1977,
1978 respectively. In 1983, she received a Ph.D. degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Ohio University. She has been
a member of the Communication Disorders faculty at BGSU since 1986, and she has served as the Department Chair from 1989-2002;
and was appointed Dean of the College August 1, 2002.
Dr. Petrosino has conducted an active research program with her collaborators for over 20 years in the area of lingual sensory
system response using vibrotactile stimulation and psychophysical procedures. Another branch of research has involved the
study of the auditory system’s response to various complex auditory stimuli.
Additionally, Dr. Petrosino has broad teaching and research interests in voice disorders, speech production and speech acoustics,
psychosocial factors of communication disorders and professional issues. Her clinical teaching focuses on adults with voice
disorders. Recently, Dr. Petrosino has focused on student development issues through facilitating professional involvement
and she has developed a model for state organizations.
Ron Scherer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Scherer received his bachelor of science degree in Mathematics from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, in 1968, and his
master of arts degree from Indiana University in 1972. In 1981, he received his Ph.D. in Speech Science from the University
of Iowa.
Dr. Scherer’s primary interests are in voice and speech science, with research publications mostly in aerodynamics, mechanics,
acoustics, and methodological issues in voice production and assessment. He has made extensive use of laryngeal models.
His interests range from pathological voice problems to the characteristics of the elite vocal performer, with the goal of
understanding how best to help people achieve better voice production. He enjoys collaborating with other voice professionals
(in speech-language pathology, engineering, physics, medicine, music, theatre, and public speaking) for research, educational,
and public awareness purposes.
Dr. Scherer’s current research includes a National Institute of Health grant “Aerodynamic and Acoustic Models of Phonation”,
involving BGSU, the University of Toledo, Purdue University, and the University of Cincinnati. This research uses physical
and computer models to study the air pressures, airflows, vocal fold motion, and the acoustic generation of sound during phonation.
Larry H. Small, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Small received his Bachelor of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and his Master of Science degree
in Audiology from Kent State University in 1977. He received his Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science in 1984 from Ohio University.
In 1978, he joined the faculty of the University of Nebraska Medical Center as a clinical audiologist. He also was the director
of the audiology clinic at Ohio University from 1983 to 1984.
Since coming to BGSU in 1984, Dr. Small’s research has focused primarily on auditory and visual perception of adults. Most
recently his interests have focused on the acoustic differences of male and female alaryngeal speakers. Another recent area
of study is the auditory processing capabilities of college-aged students. In 1999, Allyn and Bacon recently published the
second edition of Dr. Small’s textbook entitled, Fundamentals of phonetics: A practical guide for students (2005 copyright).
CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM
Michael E. Buerger, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Buerger held academic posts at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Penn State University, and Northeastern University
prior to coming to Bowling Green. Between university appointments he has been a Visiting Fellow at the National Institute
of Justice (NIJ), Director of the Minneapolis Office of the Crime Control Institute, and the Research Director for the Jersey
City (NJ) Police Department. On an exchange program with An Garda Siochana, the Republic of Ireland’s national police force,
he conducted a study of the Garda’s promotional system. In addition, he was a member of the Urban Institute site visit teams
that evaluated the Title 1 program putting “100,000 cops on the street.” He is a charter member of the Futures Working Group
(FWG), a collaborative agreement between Police Futurists International and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In addition
to the Doctorate in Criminal Justice from Rutgers (1993), he holds Master’s degrees in Liberal Studies (Dartmouth 1985), and
in Criminal Justice (Rutgers 1987).
Dr. Buerger’s academic career began after nine years as a police officer in New Hampshire, so his interests lie in the areas
of police organizations and operations. His publications include contributions to the literature on community policing and
problem-oriented policing. Those works include his dissertation on the Repeat Call Address Policing problem-solving team
in Minneapolis, published articles on the community role and changes in the police officers’ role in community policing, and
pieces on rural applications of community policing.
Dr. Buerger has recently published three papers on racial profiling, and is co-author of a FWG “white paper” on Augmented
Reality (AR) systems for police use. Additional works in progress include the role of privacy in the face of technological
advances, the future of police operations within a global economy, and the evolving role of the police intelligence mission
in the wake of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
Beyond the academic interests for which he is paid, Dr. Buerger secretly nourishes a fascination with the emergence of the
written word (a Master’s thesis on the political interpretation of Sumerian cuneiform literature), sword and sorcery fantasy
writers of the late 19th and early 20th century, science fiction television series, modern evolution of Celtic music, and super-hero comic books… all of which will
no doubt bring him to some dismal end.
Melissa W. Burek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Melissa Burek attended Florida State University for her undergraduate degree. She received a Bachelor of Science degree
in Criminology in 1993. She attended graduate school at the University of Cincinnati where she received her Master of Science
degree in 1996 and her Ph.D. in 2002 both in Criminal Justice.
Dr. Burek’s research projects include examining AFDC’s replacement program, Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), as well
as other government benefit programs in relation to crime. She is also interested in exploring the structural covariates
of crime in relation to their influences on index offenses versus less serious crimes. Other areas of research concern the
quality of jobs in relation to offending, religiosity and victimization, racial biases in jury selection, the structural environment
of college campuses as it relates to the impact of drinking and deviant behaviors of college students, and using multivariate
statistical procedures with nominal and ordinal data.
Dr. Burek teaches Research Methods, Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice, and Juvenile Justice Subsystems at the undergraduate
level. At the graduate level, she teaches Seminar in Contemporary Juvenile Justice and Criminal Justice Policy Analysis.
She has recently published papers in the Journal of Crime and Justice, Criminal Justice Policy Review, and Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society. In addition, she serves as the Secretary for the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, Book Review Editor for the Journal of Crime and Justice, and Deputy Editor of ACJS Now, Co-Advisor of the Criminal Justice Organization on campus.
Christopher S. Dunn, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Dean
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Dr. Dunn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Colgate University (1969), and a Master of Science
and Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Albany (1970, 1974). He was appointed Associate Dean
of the College of Health and Human Services on August 1, 2003. Previously, Dr. Dunn had been Director of the BGSU Research
Services Office (now SPAR) from 1984 to 1993. Dr. Dunn returned to BGSU from the University of Michigan, where he was Director
of the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (1993-2003).
Dr. Dunn’s research and publications have focused on the use of criminal justice information and statistical systems for the
study of delinquency prediction error, minority over-representation, desistance from crime, public policy about punishment,
and the spatial characteristics of crime. Dr. Dunn is currently involved in four active research projects: (1) co-occurrence
of family violence (spouse assault, child abuse, and sibling assault) in the same households; (2) trends and patterns of post
9/11 anti-Islamic hate crime; (3) what can be learned about violence prevention from the decline in homicide from 1993-2000
as a “natural experiment”; and (4) evaluation of HIV prevention programs. Students are always welcome members of Dr. Dunn’s
research team. Dr. Dunn teaches courses in research methods, justice information systems, and violence in the name of religion.
In 2001, Dr. Dunn was honored by his graduate school faculty as an outstanding alumnus for his work in providing public access
to criminal justice data.
Jefferson E. Holcomb, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Holcomb attended Auburn University for his undergraduate degree and after an internship with an Alabama District Court
judge, received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Criminology in 1991. Following graduation, Dr. Holcomb worked as a probation
and parole officer for the state of Florida during which time he carried out court investigations and was responsible for
the supervision of felony offenders in the community. He attended graduate school at Florida State University where he received
his Master of Science degree in 1995 and his Ph.D. in 2000, both in Criminology, from the School of Criminology and Criminal
Justice.
During graduate school, Dr. Holcomb taught courses on probation and parole, criminal justice, and interdisciplinary courses
addressing issues of crime and punishment in the humanities. In addition, Dr. Holcomb worked with a group-counseling program
for prisoners with a history of domestic violence. His dissertation was an empirical and historical analysis of the use of
executive clemency in Ohio during the 20th century.
Current research projects focus on the relationship between political and social factors and the use of various forms of discretion
such as executive clemency and good time credits for prisoners. Recently, he has published several studies on the use of
the death penalty in Ohio. Dr. Holcomb teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on research methods and ethics, as well
as undergraduate courses on crime prevention and community supervision.
William R. King, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Department of Human Services
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Dr. King received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from UMASS Lowell in 1992, his Master of Science degree
in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati in 1993, and his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice also from the University
of Cincinnati in 1998. His research interests generally involve studying police organizations, often within a theoretical
and quantitative framework. His publications have investigated the adoption of innovations by police agencies, the creation
and disbanding of small police agencies, the nature of organizational hierarchy, resistance to change over long time-spans,
and the civilianization of police agencies. He has also published in the area of police “dumping” (of troublesome persons),
controlling police officer discretion, and ethnically specific community corrections.
During 2005-06 Dr. King worked on a crime reduction effort in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. King worked
as part of a team of researchers headed by George Mason University. He observed and trained homicide detectives, and consulted
extensively with the nation’s forensic crime lab and the Ministry of National Security.
Dr. King has also given invited presentations to the National Academy of Sciences (2002), and served as a consultant and site
visitor (during 1999-2002) for two federally funded studies of community policing in the US.
Steven Lab, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Criminal Justice and Chair of the Department of Human Services
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Dr. Lab received his Ph.D. from Florida State University in Criminology in 1982. He has been a member of the Criminal Justice
faculty at BGSU since 1987.
Dr. Lab is a nationally recognized expert in the area of crime prevention and is the author of “Crime Prevention: Approaches,
Practices and Evaluations” (5th Ed). His research interests also include juvenile delinquency, school crime, and victims of crime. He is the author of
over three dozen articles or book chapters, and author or editor of 5 books. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Crime and Justice.
Dr. Lab is a regular consultant for the National Institute of Justice on research and funding activities in the areas of crime
prevention, community policing, school crime, gang behavior and interventions, and police partnerships to address crime.
He is currently leading an effort to develop a 5-year strategic plan to direct NIJ funding in the area of crime prevention.
Dr. Lab is a Past President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and has served in many other capacities for ACJS,
the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, the Ohio Council of Criminal Justice Educators, and the Police Section of ACJS.
John C. Liederbach, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Liederbach received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Bowling Green State University in 1990, a Master of
Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati in 1995 and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University
of Cincinnati in 2002.
Dr. Liederbach worked previously as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North
Texas.
His primary research interest is in police behavior, with a secondary interest in white collar crime. In the area of policing,
his publications have focused on describing the behavior of police officers across different types of communities, racial
profiling, police use of force, police patrol allocation and deployment, and the processing of citizen complaints against
the police. In area of white collar crime, he has published articles concerning the deviant behavior of medical doctors, and
changes in the socio-legal control of medical crimes.
Dr Liederbach’s teaching interests include policing, research methods, white collar and corporate crime, and policy analysis.
Marian R. Williams, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Williams received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Georgia in
1993. She received her Master of Science degree in Criminology in 1995 and her Ph.D. in Criminology in 1998 from Florida
State University. Prior to coming to BGSU, Dr. Williams was an instructor at Florida State University, a research assistant
and a text editor for a private research firm in Tallahassee, Florida, and a reporter, editor, and announcer for WUGA-FM in
Athens, Georgia.
At BGSU, Dr. Williams has taught courses on the Criminal Courts, Criminal Procedure, and Race/Class/Gender. She has published
articles dealing with issues such as racial bias in the implementation of the death penalty and the effect of attorney type,
race, gender, and social class on sentencing outcomes. Dr. Williams has collaborated with BGSU faculty from other departments
as well as faculty from other institutions on projects and articles dealing with domestic and gender violence.
Primary research interests include the criminal courts, criminal law and procedure, the death penalty, and race, class, and
gender issues in the administration of justice.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Chris Keil, Ph.D., CIH, Associate Professor, Environmental Health
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Dr. Keil received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences in 1994. He has been a member of the Environmental Health faculty at BGSU since 1994. His primary research interests
are in the area of environmental exposure assessment. This includes the mathematical modeling of indoor and outdoor air pollutant
release rates that produce those concentrations. Other areas of exposure assessment research that Dr. Keil has worked on
include: the characterizing ventilation systems and indoor air pollution transport; assessing and modeling community and occupational
noise exposure; and environmental analytical methods.
Recently Dr. Keil has been applying his exposure assessment expertise in Ethiopia. His projects there include traffic contributions
to ambient air pollution levels and airborne exposure to particulate matter in poorly ventilated rural homes due to the burning
of biomass.
Dr. Keil is also actively involved in science teaching reform and research. He has been involved for three years in NSF funded
science teaching projects with the Toledo Public Schools, grades K- 6. He is also the Principle Investigator of the Project
EXCITE, a seven year $1.8 million NIH project to use Environmental Health Science as an integrating context for interdisciplinary
teaching in grades 5–9. Research questions being addressed by Project EXCITE include improvement in students’ scientific
process skills and environmental health literacy as well as the effect of professional development on teachers’ beliefs about
pedagogy and the learning environment. Dr. Keil also serves as a consultant for science curriculum development.
Gary Silverman, D.Env., Professor and Director of Environmental Health Program
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Dr. Silverman received his D.Env. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in Environmental Science and Engineering
in 1983, a Master of Science degree in Wildland Resource Science from the University of California, Berkley, in 1976, and
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Claremont Men’s College in 1974. He has been director of the Environmental Health
program at BGSU since 1986.
Dr. Silverman’s professional interests focus on a variety of aspects of environmental problem solving. A technical interest
involves non-point source pollution of aquatic ecosystems and development of preventative and remedial mitigation techniques.
Drinking water quality is also of interest, primarily from the perspective of risk assessment and economic trade-offs. Recently
he has become involved regionally with sanitarians in developing methods to help rural residents better manage their on-site
septic systems.
Environmental health science education also is a primary component of Dr. Silverman’s work. He has developed an international
network for long distance learning, with students from several countries working collaboratively to understand one another’s
perspective on global scale environmental issues. He has been Chair of the National Environmental Health Science and Protection
Accreditation Council and has had an opportunity to influence standards for preparation of environmental health professionals.
He also remains active in developing outcome measures for graduates of undergraduate programs in environmental health, and
is working on incorporating these measures into accreditation standards.
GERONTOLOGY PROGRAM
Nancy A. Orel, Ph.D., L.P.C., Associate Professor and Director of Gerontology
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Dr. Orel received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Bowling Green State University in 1978. She received her
Master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling in 1983 from the University of Toledo and in 1999 she received her Ph.D. in Counselor
Education from the University of Toledo. Prior to joining the faculty at Bowling Green State University, she was the Executive
Director of the Washtenaw County Council on Aging and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gerontology at Lourdes College.
Dr. Orel’s professional background includes over 16 years of clinical experience working with older adults. As a licensed
professional counselor, she provided mental health services for older adults who reside in long term care facilities. As a
member of Harbor Behavioral Healthcare’s Governing Board of Directors, she remains professionally active in the mental health
field.
Dr. Orel’s research and the publications of that research have focused on intergenerational relationships within diverse family
structures (e.g., multigenerational caregiving families, grandparent headed families) and the needs and concerns of vulnerable
populations of older adults (i.e., Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender [LGBT] elders; older adults with HIV/AIDS).
In 2004, Dr. Orel was honored with the 2004-2005 Clyde R. Willis Faculty Development Award. The award is presented to a College
faculty member whose accomplishments best represent “a strong, balanced performance in teaching, scholarship and service with
particular emphasis on major accomplishments in research
Charles D. Stelle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Gerontology, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Stelle received his Bachelor of Science in Studies in Aging in 1994 and his Master of Science in Administration of Aging
Organizations in 1996 from the University of North Texas. He received his doctorate in Family Studies with an emphasis in
aging families from the University of Connecticut in 2000. Dr. Stelle has received certificates for training in gerontology
from both the University of North Texas and the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Stelle was an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University before joining the gerontology faculty at Bowling Green State
University in the fall of 2005. Dr. Stelle’s research has previously focused on aging and social support and familial relationships.
Dr. Stelle’s current research interests include issues of older men and masculinity, social roles and transitions in later-life
individuals and families, social support networks of midlife and aging adults, alcohol abuse in the older adult population,
patterns of grief and adaptation to bereavement, post-traumatic growth, hospice and end-of-life care, and the experience of
death as both an individual and familial transition.
Wendy K. Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Gerontology, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Watson received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston in 1990. She then received her Master of Science
degree from Texas Tech University in 2000 and finally her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Texas Tech University
in 2006.
Dr. Watson’s dissertation explored the issues of dating, sexual decision-making, sexuality and remarriage for women in their
sixties and seventies. She has had a number of publications and professional presentations. She has also served as a mentor,
a student representative, an article reviewer and as a faculty representative of a selection committee.
Dr. Watson has held a variety of positions in university settings. As a Graduate student, Dr. Watson served as a Guest Lecturer
at Texas Tech University. From 1999-2004 she was a Teaching Assistant at Texas Tech University, and a Graduate Assistant
from 2004-2005. Starting in Spring of 2006, Dr. Watson was an Instructor of Family and Consumer Science at Bowling Green
State University.
Dr. Watson is a member of the National Council on Family Relations, the Society for the Study of Human Development, the American
Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AND ALLIED HEALTH
Judy Adams, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical Technology, Department of Public and Allied Health
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Dr. Adams received her Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University in Biological Sciences in 1979. She has been a member of
the Medical Technology faculty at BGSU since 1979. Her teaching includes Immunology and Immunohematology, Forensic Laboratory
Testing, and HIV/AIDS Education.
Dr. Adams’ primary research interests are in the area of HIV/AIDS, with an emphasis on school-based education programs concerning
prevention of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Adams and colleagues in the college participate in evaluation studies of state agency HIV/AIDS
programs through the Ohio Department of Health. Dr. Adams also collaborates with researchers at OSU and public school educators
studying obesity, nutrition, and exercise in middle school aged students.
Robert Harr, M.S., MT (ASCP), Associate Professor and Director of Medical Technology and Director of Applied Health Science and Chair of Public and Allied
Health Department
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Mr. Harr received his Bachelor of Science degree from Kent State University in 1971 and Master of Science degree in Pathology
from Ohio State University in 1976. He taught at the University of Maryland at Baltimore before coming to BGSU in 1983.
His teaching and research interests relate to the area of Clinical Chemistry.
Mr. Harr’s research interests have been in the areas of high-performance liquid chromatography and image analysis. He has
developed several HPLC methods of analysis and continues to be interested in bioseparations by HPLC. Additionally, Mr. Harr
is working on computer assisted instruction programs and has authored three computerized review programs.
Roudabeh Jamasbi, Ph.D., Professor, Medical Technology, Department of Public and Allied Health
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Dr. Jamasbi received her Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in Microbiology-Immunology in 1974. She has been a member
of the Medical Technology faculty at BGSU since 1981. Her primary research interests are in two areas: cancer immunology
and clinical microbiology.
In her cancer research program, Dr. Jamasbi is interested in preparing reagents such as monoclonal antibodies for early detection
of cancer. She is also involved in identifying different receptors associated with transformation of cancer cells.
Her microbiology research involves development of rapid methods for identification of nosocomial infections by determining
both phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of some of these microorganisms.
L. Fleming Fallon, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Dr.P.H., Professor and Director of Public Health, Department of Public and Allied Health
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Dr. Fallon is the Associate Director of the Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health. His research interests include occupational
medicine, management, ethics, environmental health hazards and polypharmacy. Prior to joining the Bowling Green faculty in
1997, he served as a hospital epidemiologist. He has previously taught at the Columbia University School of Public Health
and Slippery Rock State University. He is a licensed Health Officer (NJ).
Since 1995, Dr. Fallon has written a weekly column entitled Health Thoughts, which appears in newspapers in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Dr. Fallon received his MD degree from St. Georges University School
of Medicine and his DrPH in Environmental Health Science from Columbia University School of Public Health.
Hailu Kassa, M.S.O.H., M.P.H., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Public Health, Department of Public and Allied Health
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Dr. Kassa, a native of Ethiopia, earned his Ph.D. in biological sciences from Bowling Green State University in 1982. Soon
afterwards, he returned to his country and worked in various capacities in the Ministry of Agriculture. After returning to
the United States in 1990, he held various positions, including senior research Associate, assistant professor, and registered
sanitarian. At that time he enrolled at the Medical College of Ohio as a part-time graduate student and received the Master
of Occupational Health (MSOH) and the Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees from the institution. Dr. Kassa's research interests
include environmental lead assessment, commercial food safety, and potential impact of wildlife on health.
Hans Schmalzried, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Public Health, Department of Public and Allied Health
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Dr. Hans Schmalzried received his Bachelor of Education from the University of Toledo in 1978. He received a Masters of Science
in Education of Public Health in 1982. Dr. Schmalzried earned his doctoral degree in public health administration from the
University of Toledo in 1990. He is a 1996-1997 graduate of the Centers for Disease Control and University of California
Public Health Leadership Institute.
Prior to coming to BGSU as a fulltime faculty member in 2005, Dr. Schmalzried served concurrently (1987-2005) as Health Commissioner
for two county health districts (Fulton County and Henry County, Ohio). While there, he led a staff of over 85 providing
both traditional public health services and innovative programs including Home Health, Hospice, a regional dental center,
and a mobile migrant medical services project. Prior to being a health commissioner, Dr Schmalzried spent seven years (1980-1987)
with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), first as an Environmental Scientist and then as a Certified Environmental
Engineer.
Dr. Schmalzried’s research is in applied public health administration. His research interests include health officer succession
planning, perceptions about confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), and local public health financing issues. He is a
member of the board of directors for the National Public Health Foundation. He has been a Registered Sanitarian in the State
of Ohio for over 20 years.
SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
Peggy Adams, M.S.W., Field Coordinator and Instructor, Social Work, Department of Human Services
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Peggy Adams received her Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work from Bowling Green State University in 1981, and her Master
of Science degree in Social Work in 1987 from Michigan State University.
Peggy has been a clinical social worker for over 20 years. She has worked primarily with children and families in the mental
health system, but also has had experience with oncology, HIV/AIDS, and elderly clients. She has served as a clinical supervisor
at Connecting Point, Inc. and as a psychiatric social worker at Medical College of Ohio Kobacker Center and the East Center
for Community Mental Health. Most recently, she has taught and assisted with the development of the social work program at
Owens Community College.
Judy A. Kiser, M.S.W., LISW, LPCC, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Department of Human Services
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After receiving her undergraduate degree in Sociology from Bowling Green State University and her Master of Science degree
in Social Work from the University of Michigan, Ms. Kiser worked in family practice, child welfare, and mental health before
joining the faculty in 1975. With a long record of service in the Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers,
her primary interests are in professional ethics, strategic planning, and worker safety.
Glenn Shields, D.S.W., Associate Professor and Director of Social Work, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Shields received his D.S.W. from Tulane University in Social Work in 1987. He has been a member of the Social Work faculty
at BGSU since 1990. His primary research interests are family violence, violence directed toward human service providers,
and program evaluation.
Maria A. S. Spence, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Social Work, Department of Human Services
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Dr. Spence received her Bachelor of Art degree in Psychology from Norfolk State University in 1990. She received both her
Master of Science degree and her Ph.D. in Social Work from The Ohio State University in 1993 and 2000. Dr. Spence was part
of the Psy Chi Honor Society and was recognized in Who’s Who Among Colleges and Universities while at Norfolk State University.
Before completing her doctoral studies and entering the academy as an assistant professor, Dr. Spence served as the Clinical
Director of Forward Motion, a rehabilitation counseling and training facility and as a rehabilitation Counselor for several
years. She has devoted much of her career to preparing individuals who were diagnosed with significant mental disabilities
for reentry into the workforces. Her dissertation is entitled, “Successful Vocational Rehabilitation for Persons with Significant
Mental Disabilities: A Logistic Regression Analysis.” Dr. Spence’s research focus has broadened to include: borderline personality
disorder as related to intimate relationships; engaging methods for teaching social work students social welfare policy analysis.
Her research interests also include; social injustice and homelessness among female heads of households with children; education
as a self-sufficiency mechanism for female heads of households; aging and ethnicity as related to the LGBT population; social
alienation of the LGBT elderly.
Dr. Spence is also an active community advocate. She serves as chair of the legislative committee for the Ohio Chapter of
National Association of Social Workers; and was elected to seat on the board of the Alzheimer’s Association, Northwest Ohio
Chapter.
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