All Faculty Experts
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Roger Achille, J.D.
Professor, College of Business
Expertise: organized labor; labor law; employment law; unions; contract negotiation; arbitration; mediation; human resources
Paul Bagdan, Ph.D., CHE
Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: customer service; guest services; tipping elimination
Jacquelyn E. Bowser, Ph.D., DVM, DACVIM-LA
Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: equine internal medicine; veterinary sciences; equine anatomy; equine physiology; equine infectious diseases; equine neonatology; equine genetics; pulmonary & cardiovascular research
Matthew Britt, ’19 M.Ed., CEC
Assistant Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: culinary science; Latin American cuisine; seafood; sensory analysis; snout to tail cooking; sustainability
Tim Brown, CHE
Associate Instructor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: chocolate; classic French pastry; cookies and petit fours; pies and tarts
Michael Budziszek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: biochemistry; biology; botany; chemistry; environmental sciences; genetics; molecular biology; nutrigenomics; organic chemistry; sustainability; targeted gene transformation
Heather Cosimini '11 Ed.D.
Associate Professor, John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: individual, group, career, and health and wellness counseling; crisis intervention; domestic violence and sexual assault response
Elizabeth Covino, CHE
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: bar and bat mitzvah planning; concert tour management; event management; wedding planning
Kara J. Cucinotta '09, RD, CNSC, LDN
Assistant Professor, College of Health & Wellness
Expertise: reproductive health and nutrition; childhood weight management; eating disorders; nutritional considerations in cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and gastrointestinal health; dietetics; medical nutrition therapy, integrative and functional nutrition
Katie Davin, CHSE
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: convention sales and services; hospitality marketing; hospitality trends; hotel trends; travel trends
Kevin DeJesus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: geography; ISIS; Middle Eastern culture
TJ Delle Donne '04, '07, CEC
Assistant Dean and Associate Instructor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: conscious cuisine; food trends; food writing; menu development; molecular gastronomy
Mari Dias, '03 Ed.D.
Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: bereavement support; counseling psychology; counseling theory; emotional intelligence; grief support; social sciences; trauma; suicide; accidental overdose
Brenda K. Eckler, CHE, CMP
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: event protocol and etiquette; flag etiquette; weddings; funerals; dedications and memorials; academic events; inaugurations; parades
Lee Esckilsen, CVE
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: venue management; public assembly; ticket operations; tournaments; venue safety and security
Andrew Fraser, CHE
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: trade shows; conventions; event management; facility operations; promotions; ticketing; athletic administration; sport management
Joan Geller
Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: advanced business communication; communication in the workplace; presentation skills; public speaking; special occasion speeches
Jonathan Harris
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering & Design
Expertise: community identity; complete streets; industrial design; liveable communities; transit; urban design
Debbie Howarth, Ed.D., CHME, CHDM
Assistant Dean, College of Business
Expertise: sales, marketing, digital marketing, hospitality marketing, hotel management & operations
Tim Howes
Associate Professor, College of Business
Expertise: behavioral finance; business consulting; business strategy; company strategy; economics; employee recruitment; franchising; marketing strategy; retail; stock market
Stacey Kite, ’92, ’94 M.S.
Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: bullying; cyberbullying; education; Internet predators
Elizabeth A. Klingbeil, Ph.D., RDN, LDN
Assistant Professor | Nutrition & Dietetics | College of Health and Wellness
Expertise: nutrition; gut-brain axis; dietetics; gut microbiota; gut health; feeding behavior; satiety signaling; medical nutrition therapy; fiber intake; intermittent fasting; weight management; bariatric nutrition therapy; critical care nutrition; gastrointestinal neurophysiology
Bryan Lavin, ’11 MBA, CHE
Assistant Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: destination marketing; economic impact; emerging technologies; millennials tourism; tourism infrastructure; travel trends
Dean Lavornia, ’00, ’01 M.Ed., CEPC
Associate Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: baking and pastry; gluten free; healthy desserts
Branden Lewis, Ed.D., ’04, ’06 MBA, CEC
Associate Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: food trends; plant based cuisine; social media; Southeast Asian cuisine; wellness and sustainability
Nicholas Makris, ’94, ’98 MBA, CHE
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: food service management; leadership
Michael D. Makuch '03, '05 M.A.T., CEC
Director, Ecolab Center for Culinary Science | Associate Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: culinary nutrition; culinary medicine; community nutrition; culinary education, spa cuisine; applied nutrition; recipe modification
Susan Marshall, Ed.D., CHE, CFSM
Assistant Dean, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: academic outcomes; cost control; culinary education; food service financial systems; human resources; menu planning; restaurant management
Diane McCrohan
Associate Professor, College of Business
Expertise: retail; brick and mortar stores; online shopping; omni-channel vs multichannel retailing; sustainability in retail and fashion industry; fast fashion; millennial men; NFL gender differences
Stacy Mirabello '05, CEPC
Associate Instructor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: farm-to-table desserts; seasonal desserts; whole grain baking and pastry goods; dietary restrictions
Richard Miscovich, ’07 MBA
Associate Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: baking; baking and pastry; hearth bread; oven building; pastry; wood fired ovens
Barbara Norris
Associate Professor, College of Business
Expertise: personal tax returns; small business tax returns; QuickBooks acounting software; financial, managerial and intermediate acoutning; internal audit; IRS
Neath Pal
Instructor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: Asian foods and cooking; culinary competitions; New England ingredients
Elizabeth Panciera '09, '11, CHE
Assistant Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: event management; corporate teambuilding; sponsorship; meeting management; risk management
Jennifer Parisi, CHE
Instructor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: luxury service; front-of-the house (FOH) operations; dining and beverage service; catering and banquet operations; hospitality sales
Harry Peemoeller
Senior Instructor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: artisan bread baking; artistic bread design; european whole grain and sourdough bread; international bread competitions; viennoiserie
Jennifer D. Pereira, ’11 MBA, DipWSET, Cicerone, BJCP National Beer Judge, CWE
Associate Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: beer; wine; spirits; brewing; beer judging; food pairing; beer history
Linda Pettine, ’04 M.A.T., CHE, CSE, CSS
Associate Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: beverage operations; cognac; fine dining; mixology; spirits; wine
Jonathan Poyourow '03, RD, LD, CSCS
Associate Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: athletic performance cuisine; culinary nutrition; military fitness nutrition
Louis Pullano, CHE
Associate Professor and Faculty Athletics Representative, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: athletics coaching; athletics event management; sports recreation leadership and management; venue operations and management
Kristen Regine, ’94
Professor, College of Business
Expertise: retail; consumer spending; big box chains; consumer behavior; customer service; marketing; social media; black friday
Peter Reinhart
Chef on Assignment, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: artisan breads; gluten-free baking; pizza; sugar-free baking; whole grains
Tiffany Rhodes, CHE
Assistant Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: Sustainable tourism; adventure travel; volunteer tourism; ecotourism; overtourism
Lynn Robinson
Vice President of Student Academic & Financial Services
Expertise: financial aid; financial literacy; retention rates; student loans; veteran benefits
Samantha Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Health & Wellness
Expertise: epidemiology; behavioral health; infectious disease; injury and violence
Michael J. Sabitoni '90, '92, CHE
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: beverage; food; guest services; quality assurance; restaurant trends; travel trends
Matthew Samel, Ph.D., '92, '98, CHE, FMP
Professor, College of Hospitality Management and College of Online Education
Expertise: private club management and culture; human resources, employee recruiting and retention; food and beverage cost controls
Diane Santurri, ’09 M.Ed.
Associate Professor, College of Engineering & Design
Expertise: emerging technologies; iPhone; social media; technology trends; smart toys
Jaime Davis Schick '07, ’19 M.Ed., CEPC
Assistant Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: modern plated desserts, ice cream; sorbet, neo-classic desserts, savory sweet desserts; molecular techniques
Todd Seyfarth '01
Associate Professor, College of Health & Wellness
Expertise: athletic performance cuisine; general nutrition; spa cuisine; sports nutrition
Alana Sherrill
Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: american literature; Appalachian poetry; composition; ecocriticism; multi ethnic poets; North Carolina poets; pedagogy; place studies; poetry
Adam Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: conflict analysis; consumer finance; health care reform; political economy; regulation
Douglas Stuchel, ’91, ’08 M.A.T., CHE
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: food service operations; food service trends; sustainability; technology
Piyavan Sukalakamala, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: food service management; private club management; sensory evaluation
Paul Sylvestre, Ph.D.
Professor, departmnet chair, Criminal Justice, John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: policing; cumulative stress in policing; police training; law enforcement work-life balance; criminal justice ethics; corrections; law enforcement; criminology; comparative criminal justice
Donald Taylor
Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Expertise: adolescent behavioral deviance; family and domestic violence; individual and family therapy
Nicholas Tella
Director of Information Security, Information Technology
Adjunct Faculty, College of Engineering & Design
Expertise: compliance and enforcement; computer crimes; cybersecurity; information security; investigations; identity fraud
Magnus Thorsson, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Business
Expertise: entrepreneurship; cannabis; sustainability; climate change; consumer motivations
Paul Ullucci Jr., PhD, PT, DPT, ATC, SCS, CSCS
Associate Dean and Associate Professor, College of Health & Wellness
Expertise: Concussions; whiplash injuries; chronic headache; TMJ; spine, manual therapy, and injury prevention; workers' compensation
Brian Van Gyzen, ’05 MBA, CHE
Assistant Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: food and beverage operations and management; food and beverage pairing; mixology
Julie Viscardi-Smalley, CHE
Assistant Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise:music industry; entertainment industry; concert production; tour management; music trends; event management; concert production; analysis of popular music; music theory; music history
Rex N. Warren, Ph.D., CPA, CHE
Associate Professor, College of Hospitality Management
Expertise: finance and accounting; strategic planning; revenue management; Six Sigma; organizational behavior and capability
Brian Warrener, CHE
Associate Professor, College of Business
Expertise: food and beverage operations and management, tipping and the tipped wage, responsible beverage service, service theory and delivery, hiring for success, operations and supply chain management
Rollie Wesen, ’14 M.Ed., ’19 Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Food Innovation & Technology
Expertise: cheese; classical and regional French cuisines; culinary pedagogy; food allergies; food science; French cuisine history; Italian cuisine; local and seasonal cuisine; snout to tail cooking