Faculty Experts
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Minorities
Allen B. Ballard
Professor
Department of History
Department of Africana Studies
African-American history, Civil War history, Soviet history
Abbe Herzig
Abbe Herzig
Educational Theory and Practice
Women in science; women in mathematics; minorities in science; people of color in science; mathematics education; diversity equity in education; postgraduate education; statistics in the media; statistical literacy
Michael K. Hill
Chair
Department of English
Race studies; "whiteness", U.S. minority relations; civil society; history of democracy; relation between "print culture" (the novel) and politics
Hayward Derrick Horton
Professor
Sociology; Health Policy, Management, and Behavior
Demography; race and ethnicity; rural sociology
Janine Jurkowski
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior
Health disparities/minority health; Latino health; community based public health; disability
Lee A. McElroy
VP for Athletic Administration
Department of Athletics and Recreation
NCAA Division I athletics; NCAA governance; race and equity in sports
Maurice Thornton
Lecturer
Department of Africana Studies
Affirmative action programs; African and African American history; the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.; black history; the African and African American family
