Faculty Experts
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Popular Culture
Nicholas Conway
Lecturer
Department of Music
Hip hop music and culture (emceeing, disc jockeying, break dancing, graffiti art)
Gordon G. Gallup Jr.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Evolution and behavior; human reproductive competition; biology of interpersonal attraction; semen chemistry and behavior; brain evolution; voice attractiveness; body morphology and behavior; yawning; grip strength; kissing; paternal assurance tactics
Janell Hobson
Assistant Professor
Department of Women's Studies
Women's studies; race relations; gender relations; black history month; women's history month; film; media; popular culture
William Husson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Popular culture; children, youth, and media; news; mass media effects; film; work; internships
Richard W. Lachmann
Professor
Department of Sociology
Sociology of culture; popular culture; political sociology; war and terrorism; fiscal crises; U.S. decline; military spending
Walter E. Little
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Cultures; diversity; economics; indigenous peoples of the Americas; language; Latin America; popular culture; tourism; urban
George Robinson
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Botany; forest ecology; watershed ecology; disease ecology; biological conservation; ecological restoration; invasive plant species; science of fall color; origins of chocolate; Campus Environmental Task Force
Jennifer Stromer-Galley
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Internet and politics, presidential campaigns, political blogging, political deliberation and dialogue, public opinion
Mary B. Valentis
Visiting Associate Professor
Department of English
Mythology and gender studies; cultural studies; interpersonal relationships
