Experts
Allegheny College faculty and staff with expertise in a wide range of areas are available for media interview requests. Browse or search for an expert below, and please contact the Office of College Relations at (814) 332-2746 or news@allegheny.edu for assistance with finding an expert or scheduling an interview.
Experts with last names starting with A
Experts with last names starting with B
Courtney Bailey
Associate Professor
Department(s): communication arts
Expertise: Current Events, Disability Studies, Feminism, LGBTQ Issues, News Media, Politics, Race in the Media, Sexuality in Media, Social Movements, Visual Culture
Terry Bensel
Professor of Environmental Science
Department(s): Administration, Environmental Science & Sustainability
Expertise: Environmental Issues
Andrew Bloeser
Assistant Professor
Department(s): Political Science
Expertise: Economic Inequality, Political Participation, Politics, Politics and Media, Public Opinion
Kelly Boulton
Sustainability Coordinator
Department(s): Sustainability
Expertise: Climate Neutrality, Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Sustainability, Waste Minimization
Richard Bowden
Professor
Department(s): Environmental Science & Sustainability
Expertise: Acid Rain, Biofuels, Climate Change, Ecotourism, Forest Ecology, Forest Management, Global Warming, Hands-on Environmental Education, Sustainability, Sustainable Forestry, Switchgrass
Laura Branby
Pittsburgh Field Educator & Camp Director
Department(s): Creek Connections
Expertise: Environmental Education, Watershed Studies
Experts with last names starting with C
M Soledad Caballero
Professor of English
Department(s): english, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Expertise: British Romanticism, Interdisciplinary connections between sciences/arts/humanities, Poetry, Travel Writing, Undergraduate education in the Humanities
Beth Choate
Assistant Professor
Department(s): environmental science
Expertise: Insect Biology and Ecology, Sustainable Agriculture
Rodney Clark
Professor
Department(s): Neuroscience, Psychology
Expertise: Drug Use, Social Issues
Catharina Coenen
Professor, Director of Faculty Development
Department(s): biochemistry, biology
Expertise: Plant Biology
Mark Cosdon
Professor
Department(s): Communication Arts and Theater
Expertise: Broadway musicals, Italian Travel, Popular Entertainment, The American Stage
Experts with last names starting with D
Becky Dawson
Assistant Professor
Department(s): biology, Global Health Studies
Expertise: Community Health, Disease Outbreaks, Emerging Infections
Amelia B. Finaret
Assistant Professor
Department(s): Global Health Studies
Expertise: Child Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Economics
Experts with last names starting with E
Lydia Eckstein
Associate Professor
Department(s): Psychology
Expertise: Social Behavior, Violence & Aggression
Experts with last names starting with F
Lauren French
Associate Professor/Chair of Biology
Department(s): biology, Neuroscience
Expertise:
Experts with last names starting with H
D. Alexis Hart
Associate Professor of English, Director of Writing, Director of First Year Experience
Department(s): english, The Learning Commons
Expertise: Peer Tutoring, Undergraduate Research, Veteran Studies, Writing Centers, Writing Studies
Jonathan Helmreich
Emeritus Professor and College Historian
Department(s): history
Expertise: Allegheny History, Meadville History, Small Power Diplomacy
Wilfredo Hernandez
Associate Professor of Spanish
Department(s): Modern and Classical Languages
Expertise: Hispanic Cinema, Latin American Gender and Sexuality Issues, Spanish-American Poetry, Venezuelan Culture
Juvia Heuchert
Professor Emerita
Department(s): Psychology
Expertise: Educational Travel, Psychopathology/Abnormal Behavior, South Africa
Experts with last names starting with K
Wendy Kedzierski
Director
Department(s): Creek Connections
Expertise: Aquatic Ecology, Citizen Science, Creek Connections, Water Quality
Michael Keeley
Professor
Department(s): communication arts
Expertise: Documentary, Film, Television
Shanna Kirschner
Associate Professor
Department(s): Political Science
Expertise: Civil Wars (Syria, South Sudan, etc.), Middle East Affairs, Political Science>Global Conflict
Experts with last names starting with L
Experts with last names starting with M
Shannan Mattiace
Professor
Department(s): international studies, Political Science
Expertise: Latin American Politics, Mexican Politics, Social Movements, U.S. Immigration Policy
Melissa Mencotti
Director of Gift Planning
Department(s): alumni affairs
Expertise: Charity Giving, Gifts, Philanthropy
Experts with last names starting with N
Jane Ellen Nickell
Instructor and Retired Chaplain
Department(s): Religious Studies, Spiritual & Religious Life
Expertise: LGBTQ Inclusion in the United Methodist Church, Religion and Ecology, Religious Diversity in Higher Education
Tomas Nonnenmacher
Professor
Department(s): economics
Expertise: Economic History, New Institutional Economics, Telegraph
Experts with last names starting with P
Eric Pallant
Department Chair, Professor, Christine Nelson Endowed Chair
Department(s): Environmental Science & Sustainability
Expertise: Bread, Bread History, Bread Science, Environmental Education, Green Initiatives, Sourdough Bread, Sourdough Bread History, Sourdough Bread Science, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Water Resources
Kirsten Peterson
Director of Pre-Professional Studies and FS Instructor
Department(s): gateway, Global Health Studies
Expertise: Health Professions, Public Health
Experts with last names starting with R
Laura Reeck
Professor of French and International Studies
Department(s): Modern and Classical Languages
Expertise: Contemporary French Society and Culture, Francophone Postcolonial Studies, Global Learning, Internationalization
Barbara Riess
Professor of Spanish
Department(s): Modern and Classical Languages
Expertise: Cuba, English/Spanish in U.S., Feminism, Spanish Language Learning, Translation
Experts with last names starting with S
Barbara Shaw
Assistant Professor
Department(s): Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Expertise: Gender & Sexuality Studies, Gendered Violence, Global Women's Health, Reproductive Politics, U.S. and Transnational Social Movements
Vesta Silva
Associate Professor & Chair
Department(s): communication arts, Global Health Studies
Expertise: Issues of White Privilege in American Culture, Media Coverage of Health and Illness
Ben Slote
Professor
Department(s): english
Expertise: 19th and 20th Century American Literature an Culture, Journalism and Democracy, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Toni Morrison, Wendell Berry
Experts with last names starting with T
Joe Tompkins
Assistant Professor
Department(s): communication arts
Expertise: Hollywood, Media and Communication Policy, Media and Social Change, Media Economics, Media History
Experts with last names starting with W
Caryl Waggett
Professor, Global Health Studies
Department(s): environmental science, Global Health Studies
Expertise: Environmental Health, Lead Poisoning
Sharon Wesoky
Professor
Department(s): Political Science
Expertise: Chinese Politics, Chinese Society, Women and Gender in China
Linda Wetsell
CFO, Vice President of Finance and Administration
Department(s): Financial Services
Expertise: Annual Financial Reporting, Auditing, Budget, Debt, Insurance
Lisa Whitenack
Associate Professor
Department(s): biology, geology
Expertise: Paleontology, Sharks
Daniel Willey
Professor
Department(s): Physics
Expertise: Science and Art Common Processes, Science and Religion (esp. from History Perspective)
Julie Wilson
Associate Professor
Department(s): Communication Arts and Theater, Community and Justice Studies, Integrative Informatics
Expertise: Celebrity Culture, Community Organizing, Cooperatives, Digital Media, Neoliberalism