JCU Expert Finder
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Bonnie Gunzenhauser, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
- Academic program development
- General education reform
- Literature and culture of England’s 18th century
Dr. Rebecca Drenovsky
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
- Plant adaptation to unusual soil types
- Ecology of arid land plants
- Traits associated with plant invasiveness
- Student retention and success
- Environmental and evolutionary constraints on plant nutrient conservation
Mike Andelbradt
Assistant Vice President for Enrollment and Director of Admission
- Navigating the college search
- Scheduling effective college visits
- Interpreting financial aid awards
- Writing college essays
Dr. Jacob Beiting
Assistant Professor
- Strength and conditioning for athletes
- Talent identification in sport
- Assessment and monitoring of athletes
- Training based on physical maturation
- Biomechanics of baseball
Noah Bickart, Ph.D.
Assoc Professor/Mandel Chair
- Religion
- Judaism
- Israel/Palestine
- Bible
- Rock & Roll
Rev. Jim Bretzke, S.J.
Professor
- Roman Catholic moral theology
- Catholic Church in the Post-Vatican II world
- East Asia Christianity
- Catholic sexual ethics
- Bioethics
Evil showed its face at Minneapolis church. What can priests say to comfort the faithful?
USA TODAY, Aug. 2025
Article
Will we see the first-ever American pope? How USA's image could come into play
USA TODAY, May 2025
Article
Christians use Hallow app's Pray40 challenge among other traditional ways to grow closer to God as Lent begins
Fox News, March 2025
Article
Chrystal Bruce, Ph.D.
Professor
- Leadership development for women in STEM
- Grant management for faculty
- STEM retention and persistence strategies
- STEM faculty retention and persistence strategies
- Research grant and manuscript writing strategies
Melissa Cole
Dean of the College of Health
- Healthcare Leadership & Academic Partnerships
- The Future of Healthcare Education
- Workforce Innovation & Pipeline Development
- AI
- Innovation & Future of Care Delivery
- Leading Change
Almabrok Essa
Assistant Professor
- AI Machine Vision
- EEG: Brain Machine Interface (BCI)
- VR/AR: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
- Remote Sensing
Thomas Frazier, Ph.D.
Professor
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Neuropsychiatric disorders
- Healthcare measure development
- Behavioral intervention
Katie Knoll-Frey
Associate Professor
- Incarceration and other forms of Punishment
- Bail Reform
- Understanding Criminal Offending
- Crime Trends
- Policing
- Courts and Sentencing
- Victimization
- Public Perceptions of Criminal Justice
Emily Haggerty
Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Strategy, Innovation, and Operations
- Undergraduate & Transfer Student Recruitment
- Admissions Data Management & Analytics
- Campus Visit & Event Planning
- Slate CRM Implementation & Optimization
Edward Hahnenberg, Ph.D.
Professor; Jack and Mary Jane Breen Chair in Catholic Systematic Theology
- Catholic Church in the U.S.
- Theology of Ministry
- Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)
- Liturgy and Sacraments
- Catholic Ritual
- Catholic Higher Education
Matthew Hands
Visiting Assistant Professor
- Teacher Recruitment
- Teacher Retention & Attrition
- Classroom Assessment
- Elementary Education
- Instructional Design
- Curriculum Design
Julia Karolle-Berg, Ph.D.
Professor
- Humanities/Humanities Education
- Early 20th-century German-language literature
- Crime and detective fiction
- Literary representations of the Holocaust
Anne Kugler, Ph.D.
Professor/Chair
- History of Europe from 1500 to 1850
- History of aging in Europe
- History of medicine from the ancient world to 1800
Philip Metres, Ph.D.
Professor
- Poetry
- Creative Writing
- Peacebuilding
- Arts and Social Change
- Israel/Palestine
Martina Moore
Assistant Professor/Chair
- Leadership Development
- Executive Coaching
- Program Development
- Organizational Growth
- Personal Growth and Empowerment
Tom Pace
Associate Professor
- Writing Instruction and its History
- Professional and business writing
- Writing Program Administration
- The Beatles
- Popular culture and Generation X
Bernard Prusak
Professor
- Bioethics
- Business ethics
- Catholic social thought
- Organizational ethics
- Socially responsible investment
Mark Sheldon
Associate Professor
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain
- Greenhouse Gas Tracking and Reporting
- Accounting Information Systems
- Assurance
Matthew Wooters, S.J.
Assistant Director Campus Ministry
- Mental Health
- Community building
- Discernment
- Accompanying young people
- Athletics + Chaplaincy
Ahead of the Curve: How One University Is Silencing the Noise to Amplify Connection
U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 2026
Article
Yinglu Wu
Professor
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Analytics
- Marketing Technology
- Social Media Marketing
- User-Generated Content
Sean Zhang
Associate Professor
- Personal Financial Planning
- Financial Literacy
- Behavioral Finance
- Corporate Finance
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