Approved Dissertation Committee Chairs

JIU APPROVED DISSERTATION COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS *
School of Business Dissertation Faculty .............................................................................1
School of Education Dissertation Faculty ...........................................................................5
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DISSERTATION FACULTY
Name
Jason Andress
Elizabeth Asfaw
Email Address
jandress@faculty.jiu.edu
easfaw@faculty.jiu.edu
Chair/Committee
Areas of Interest
Chair or Committee Technology, Computing, Information Security
Chair or Committee Healthcare
Applying quantitative approaches to solving issues in business,
including issues in leadership, productivity, employee
turnover, job satisfaction, operations management, supply
chain management, sustainability, and organizational
behavior.
Management, assurance, finance, auditing, security,
accounting, business administration, government initiatives,
and military related studies
Justin Bateh
jbateh@faculty.jiu.edu
Committee
David Bouvin
dbouvin@faculty.jiu.edu
Committee
Sandra Braxton
sbraxton@faculty.jiu.edu
Chair or Committee
Jacqueline Chestnut
jchestnut@faculty.jiu.edu
Chair or Committee Information security and related disciplines
Emma Cornell
ecornell@faculty.jiu.edu
Committee
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Educational simulations (first year learners), organization
management and the flipped course room (first year learners).
Film studies, media literacy and communication, multicultural
and ethnic literature, cultural studies and diversity,
community development, and grant writing
March 20, 2015
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DISSERTATION FACULTY
Name
Email Address
Tikokie Depoo
tdepoo@faculty.jiu.edu
Bryan Forsyth
bforsyth@faculty.jiu.edu
Ina Freeman
ifreeman@faculty.jiu.edu
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Chair/Committee
Areas of Interest
Leadership in the strategic management arena including
entrepreneurship in the international strategic planning space
with private, public, non-profit and academic
Committee
institutions. Additionally, have theoretical and practical
knowledge in the economics, management, and international
business.
My areas of interest in relation to conducting and reviewing
research at the Doctoral level include leadership to include
global leadership and cultural implications related to the
same. I have a keen interest in anything related to learning
theory and student retention as it relates to education or
corporate training and development. My background includes
a lot of change management and I am interested in working
with people that want to make the Organizational
Development process more effective and efficient. I have a lot
Chair or Committee of background in quality improvement theory and systems and
enjoy working in that realm. I also have an extensive
background in Human Resources and am interested in
anything related to that area of study and practice. In essence,
anything related to education and management or leadership I
can handle and will serve you well as your Chair or Committee
member. I am fine with working either in the qualitative or
quantitative worlds but prefer qualitative. I have a solid track
record of getting students through the dissertation process in
minimum time with little to no revisions. Let’s talk.
International business, consumer psychology, multiple areas
Chair or Committee
of marketing, CSR/sustainability, and the e-environment
March 20, 2015
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DISSERTATION FACULTY
Name
Email Address
Chair/Committee
Areas of Interest
Caroline Howard
choward@faculty.jiu.edu
Information technology )IT) or management field including
strategic IT, E-commerce, cloud computing, information
Chair or Committee
assurance, organizational behavior, strategy, and all
information security areas
Chris Kasch
ckasch@faculty.jiu.edu
Committee
To be published
Leslie Keffel, PhD
lkeffel@faculty.jiu.edu
Committee
International business, management, and change
management
Committee
Digital technology and interdisciplinary program innovation,
compliance reporting, retention, strategic planning,
assessment, curriculum development, communication and
enrollment management
Elnor Kinsella
ekinsella@faculty.jiu.edu
Mary Lind
mlind@faculty.jiu.edu
Michael McGivern
mmcgivern@faculty.jiu.edu
Shawn Murray
smurray1@faculty.jiu.edu
Angie Parker
aparker@faculty.jiu.edu
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Technology impact, information systems (IS), total quality
Chair or Committee management (TQM), systems theory, organizational change,
and project management
Ethics and value based organizations, vision driven
organizations, organizational change
Chair or Committee (measurement/effectiveness of organizational change),
business strategy, project management, operations
management, and team based organization
Cyber Security, Management and Business topics related to
ethics, cyber related governance and business intelligence.
Chair or Committee single concentration topics include PKI, VISA, EPHI, Social
Engineering, Cyber Operations, Insider Threat, Cyber Law and
Business Intelligence
Committee
To be published
March 20, 2015
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DISSERTATION FACULTY
Name
Linda Rogerson
Jamie Thorton
Jose Valdes
Email Address
lrogerson@faculty.jiu.edu
jthorton@faculty.jiu.edu
jvaldes@faculty.jiu.edu
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Chair/Committee
Areas of Interest
Organization development and training, strategic planning,
leadership, program development, program assessment and
Chair or Committee evaluation, instructional design, curriculum development,
human resource development, adult education, grants
management, and program evaluation
Committee
Politics - specifically political theory; composition composition theory and pedagogy; philosophy - particularly
the classical (Greek) period - pre-Socratic and Socratic areas;
art - some focus on theory of art and the way in which society
influences it
Committee
Interested in fundamental management theory and practices,
particularly in information systems. In addition, in the general
topic of leadership, diversity, and cultural contexts. Also,
organizational theory practices and especially organizational
change from the structural, personnel, and cultural
perspectives. An overarching interest is the concept of
business ethics.
March 20, 2015
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DISSERTATION FACULTY
Name
Mohamed Ali
William Armosky
Ashok Banerji
Madeline Becker
Email Address
mali@faculty.jiu.edu
warmosky@faculty.jiu.edu
abanerji@faculty.jiu.edu
mbecker@faculty.jiu.edu
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Chair/Committee
Areas of Interest
Committee
Interested in research in teacher education, learning, teaching
and issues of inclusion, how teachers are supported in schools,
how professional development is delivered and what teachers
actually need for training after years of teaching, writing
ethnographies of students and teachers, proficient in
ethnographic studies and do use both case studies and in-depth
interviews, and am currently involved in a research that uses
mixed methods or data analysis using statistics
Chair or Committee
Mentoring, special education, elementary education, secondary
education, community colleges, and university success topics.
Have done mixed method studies. I am familiar with qualitative
methods using case studies, Delphi research, correlational
research, and descriptive research designs
Chair or Committee
Multimedia technologies, e-leaning and educational technology,
instructional design, information and performance support
systems (PSS), just-in-time skill support, Simulation-based
training, Blended learning, Mobile and emerging technologies in
education, Systems modelling and quantitative research
Chair or Committee
Educational leadership; second language acquisition; diversity; K12 educational pedagogy; special education; and special interest
in institutions of higher learning program evaluation. Qualitative
Methodology and Mixed Methods are two methodological
traditions of interest, including: ethnography; portraiture; auto
ethnography (when appropriate); and any studies involving
heuristic or phenomenology
March 20, 2015
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DISSERTATION FACULTY
Name
Email Address
Chair/Committee
Areas of Interest
Higher Education: university, technical school, community college;
college administration; college teaching; women's higher
education; accreditation; adult education; retention and attrition;
institutional research; online learning; college English; life skills
teaching (including incarcerated youth and adults)
K-12: technology, art education, curriculum design, assessment
music education, teacher accountability and legislation; literacy;
special education; differentiated instruction; first-year teaching,;
service learning; reading comprehension; standardized testing;
retention; co-teaching; language acquisition; student motivation;
curriculum frameworks; fluency; self-esteem; interdisciplinary
education; 21st century schools.
Early Childhood Education
Pamela
Bretschneider
pbretschneider@faculty.jiu.
edu
Chair or Committee
Sally Everts
severts@faculty.jiu.edu
Committee
Tony Goss
dgoss@faculty.jiu.edu
Chair or Committee
Leslie Loughmiller
lloughmiller@faculty.jiu.edu
Committee
Elementary Education Topics: Special Education, Classroom Mgt.,
and possibly Early Childhood Education.
Ali Mageehon
amageehon@faculty.jiu.edu
Chair or Committee
Interests: adult education, literacy, GED, qualitative research,
action research, organizational theory, leadership theory,
service learning, alternative education structures.
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Qualitative studies related to education.
Dr. Goss is interested in helping doctoral students with any topic
within in the field of education. His specific areas of expertise
include assessment of student learning, ELL, instructional
technology/e-learning, and educational reform. He has worked
with past students on a variety of topics, so he is not limited to
these areas. He is well versed in both qualitative and quantitative
research methods with particular expertise in descriptive
research, survey research, case study, and phenomenology.
March 20, 2015
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DISSERTATION FACULTY
Name
Nancy Mims
Email Address
nmims@faculty.jiu.edu
Chair/Committee
Areas of Interest
Chair or Committee
Policy, supervision, leadership/administration and some language
topics.
Lisa Marie Portugal
lportugal@faculty.jiu.edu
Chair or Committee
Dissertation Focus:
Online Education, Adult Education, Higher Education
Management, Teacher Education, Training, Mentoring, Burn-Out,
Best Practices, Strategies, Facilitation & Instructional Techniques,
Coaching, Lived Experiences of Faculty in an Online Teaching
Environment, Qualitative, Phenomenology, Narrative,
Interviewing, At-Risk Learners, Diverse Learners,
Multigenerational Learners, Ability Levels, Learning Styles.
Preferred Methodologies:
Qualitative, Phenomenology, Narrative, Interviewing
Areas of Expertise:
Education, K12, Teacher Education, Higher Education, Diversity,
Diversity Leadership, Technology, Online Education, Online
Learning, Adult Learning, Multiple Intelligences, Ability Levels,
Learning Styles, Curriculum Development, Non-Profit Industry,
Organizational Planning, Women’s Studies, Training and
Development, Leadership Development, Organizational Systems,
and Process Evaluation and Assessment.
Roy Sutton
rsutton@faculty.jiu.edu
Chair or Committee
K-12 Teacher Education, Higher Education Faculty Evaluation, and
Higher Education Online Student Retention
Committee
Interest in: science of learning, how to design instruction that will
optimize learning, especially the online environment; learning
analytics to measure engagement and learning; personal learning
environments that will take learning beyond learner-centered.
Julie Wegner
jwegner1@faculty.jiu.edu
*We appreciate the great work of our faculty. JIU faculty members who normally work with doctoral students, but are not listed above, are likely
working at capacity and cannot accept additional students at this time.
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