Dr. Erica Altomare

Associate Professor of Psychology

Licensed Psychologist, Certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapist

Stress Management

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Parenting Techniques

Coping with Mental Illness

Workshops - related to above topics.

Email:  altomar@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4430

Melanie O. Anderson

 Associate Professor of Business

Auditing

Computer Security

Accounting Software

Entrepreneurship Education

Finance

Presentations:

Czech Republic

Web Page Accessibility

DRIPS & DPP—Dividend Reinvestment & Direct Purchase Plan

Weakest Link (Credit Card Management)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Basic Investments)

SAFE—fraud awareness

Email:  moanders@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4415

Cynthia Andes

Assistant Professor of Humanities and English

Women’s Literature - Life Passages

Poetry - Short Stories

Watercolor Painting

Art Quilting

Dumpster Diving

Writing Your Memories - In Poetry or Prose

Published children’s educational materials for Drake Well Museum.

Email:  andes@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4453

Dr. Phillip D. Atteberry

Associate Professor of English

Mentoring (esp. Big Brothers/Big Sisters)

Detective & Mystery Fiction

American Popular Music, Jazz

Commonwealth Speaker, Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Published numerous short stories and articles on literature and American popular music.

Presentations:

The Music of World War II

Bing Crosby and the American Popular Song

Frank Sinatra and the Great American Songbook

Irving Berlin:  The Melody Lingers On

Benny Goodman and the Swing Era

General information, contact UPT Office of Public Relations, 814-827-4429.  Commonwealth Speaker information, contact Nick Gilewicz, Pennsylvania Humanities Council, 800-462-0442.

Dr. Mary E. Aukerman

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Nursing Education Programs & Issues - Legal Implications And Applications

Nursing Shortage - Projections & Solutions

Presentations:

Nursing Management

Leadership Skills

Critical Thinking

Benefits Of Tai Chi for the Elderly

Email:  aukerman@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4515

Dr. Paul R. Bouthellier

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

and Computer Science

Computer Programming

Mathematics, Statistics

Engineering

Published Works:

Signal Enhancement via Kalman Filtering

A Finite Dimensional Parameterization of Linear Time-Varying Systems

Using Actionscript to Study the Stability of Time-Varying ARMA Models

Modeling Geometric Objects Using Java

The Stability of Time-Varying State-Space Systems: A Generalization of the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem

Email:  pbouthe@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4432

Dr. Diana G. Browning

Associate Professor of Classics and Humanities

Greek Mythology/Greek Tragedy/Homer

Ancient Greek and Romans

Early Christianity/Church

Egyptians/Mesopotamians/Ancient India/China

Art – Especially Ancient

Presentations:

Here Be Heroes - Convocation Address (Aug. 2003)

Royal Tombs at Ur

The Iliad as Anti-Epic

Tragic Madness in Sophocles’ Ajax

Email:  browning@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4443

Mary Ann Caton

Assistant Professor of History and Political Science

U.S. History

Growing Heritage Roses

Email:  mab7@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4444

Christopher J. Coat

Assistant Professor of Biology

Ironman Triathlon (swim-bike-run)

Ecology (Avian)

Secondary Science Education

Email:  cjcoat@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4437

Joseph Croskey

Part-time  Faculty

Microsoft Office

Retention - Student Success

Service Learning

Diversity - including Black History, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender

Travel – Asia, Africa, Europe, Central and South America

Exercise – Weight Lifting, Running

Presentation:  Service Learning at LaRoche College

Email:  croskey2@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4457

Dr. Saeed M. Dubas

Associate Professor of Mathematics

and Engineering

Computer Aided Design

Numerical Analysis

Jogging

Published Works:

“Numerical Studies of Steady, Viscous, Incompressible Flow in a Channel with a Step”

“A High Order Scheme for the Driven Cavity Problem”

“Some Difficulties in Predicting New Product Trial Using Concept Test Scores”

Presentations:

“A Pragmatic Approach to Integrating Scholarship for the Future Faculty”

“Implicit, Continuously Differentiable Runge - Kuta Formulas of Order Four and Five”

Email:  dubasis@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-5672

Dr. Ping Furlan

Associate Professor of Chemistry

General Chemistry

Analytical/Polymer/Organic Chemistry

Nano Science/Technology

Gifted Program/Summer Enrichment Program

Service Learning/Students in ACS

Published Works/Presentations:

“An Open-Ended Student Project:  Building a High Power yet Simple Household Electrochemical Cell”

“Chemistry, Poetry and Artistic Illustration – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching and Promoting Chemistry”

“Computation and Molecular Visualization in General Chemistry Laboratories using CAChe Software”

“FTIR Analysis of Mouse Urine Urea Using IR Cards”

“An On-Campus Celebration of National Chemistry Week”

“Hydrogenated Polybutandiene Morphology and Its Effects on Small Molecule Diffusion”

“Angular Characterization of Polymer Surfaces by FT-IR ATR Dichroism with Rotatable Truncated Hemispheric Crystal”

Email:  furlan@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4425

Dr. Mary A. Hall

Associate Professor of English

Business Writing

Professional Writing

Published essays pertaining to field of communication

Email:  mahall@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4416

Dr. James R. Henderson

Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy

Philosophy of Science - Particularly Physics

Philosophy of Mathematics

Evolution/Creationism Debate

Logic

History of Science

Published Works:

“Bayesian Meets Frequentist: A Marriage Made in California.” Probability is the Very Guide of Life

Presentations:

“Propensities and the Two Varieties of Occult Qualities”

“The How Does It Know Problem and the Two-Slit Experiment”

“A Realist’s Concerns with Bohm’s Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics”

Email:  henderso@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4456

Dr. Herbert W. Kitson

Professor of English

Poetry – Creative Writing

Playwriting/Drama

French - Translation, Conversation

Published Works:

Soliloquies of the Poor Man

Letters to Annie

Prayers of the Infirm: A Tragicomedy (produced as part of the Pitt Spotlight Series)

On the Way to Where: Satori Poems

Slow Watch For Children/Fast Watch For Adults

Various Articles on writing

146 Poems in various journals

Email:  hk3@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4433

Dr. Richard P. Mulcahy

Professor of History and Political Science

U.S. Labor History

Healthcare Delivery

McCarthyism & Civil Liberties

Published Works:

“A Social Contract for the Coal Fields”

Section Co-editor for “Healthcare”

“Healthcare in the Coal Fields”

“Robert Colodny and the Pittsburgh Renaissance”

Email:  rmulcahy@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4410

John Mumford

Executive Director of Enrollment Management

College Admissions

Paying for College

Management/Supervisory Training & Development

Management Consulting

Email:  mumford@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4409

Jeffrey Schneider

Executive Director of Student/Judicial Affairs

Judicial Affairs

Campus Policing

Criminal Justice System

Student Services

Legal Issues in Higher Education

Email:  jschneid@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4469

Louise Schwabenbauer

Instructor of Nursing

Variety of Nursing Subjects

Various Aspects of Mental Health

Various Aspects of Substance Abuse

Presentations:

Skin Cancer Awareness

Breast Cancer

Email:  lschwabe@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4434

Dr. William A. Shields

President of the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville

Leadership and Management Theory

Organizational Behavior

Trustee and Board Development

The College Presidency

Development and Fundraising

Numerous publications and presentations on the above areas of expertise.

Email:  was14@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4447

Karen Sumoske

Instructor of Nursing

Cardiac Care – Heart Disease

Hospice

Needlework

Aerobics

Presentations:

Go Red for Women (AHA)

Hospice

Email:  sumoske@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4426

Dr. Nancy Barsic Tress

Associate Professor of Biology

Biochemistry

Genetics

Photography

Youth Sports Coaching

Herbal Remedies

Published Works:

The 3’-Nontranslated Region of Rat Renal Glutaminase MRNA Contains a pH-Responsive Element

Presentations:

Nutrition & Wellness

Effects of Estrogen

The Biology of Cancer

Email:  ntress@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4412

Dr. Linda A. Winkler

Vice President for Academic Affairs

Professor of Anthropology and Biology

Global Health/Community Health Issues

International AIDS Epidemic

East Africa

Disease & Epidemiology (Public Health)

Published Works:

Adelina, Children’s HIV/AIDS education book in Swahili

Nyakahanga Hospital: Serving the World in Tanzania

Monitoring health, genetic diversity, movement, and fission-fusion social patterns in a New World monkey (Alouatta palliate)

Presentations:

Community Health in Rural Tanzania: Partnering Medical Anthropology, Public Health, and Service Learning

Global Problems, Global Solutions

Email:  lawupt@pitt.edu

Phone:  814-827-4436