October 31, 2015
Our Faculty: Research Interests
➼ Dr. Matthew P. Guardino, assistant professor of political science and a former newspaper reporter, investigates and observes the media’s role in shaping public opinion. His most recent book is Influence from Abroad: Foreign Voices, the Media, and U.S. Public Opinion (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
➼ Known as the “gift card guru,” Dr. Daniel R. Horne, professor of marketing and associate dean of faculty and curriculum for the School of Business, specializes in consumer behavior. The media regularly seeks him out for comment, especially during the holiday shopping season.
➼ Dr. Deborah J. Johnson, professor of art history and of women’s studies, presented a paper, “‘Beygency’: Power, Sex, and Subjectivity in the Feminist Politics of Beyoncé (Knowles Carter),” at the Women’s Leadership Conference at Oxford University in England.
➼ Dr. Leo H. Kahane, professor of economics, wrote the book on sports economics — specifically, The Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (Oxford University Press, 2012). Among his published papers is “Returns to Thuggery in the NHL: the Effects of Increased Enforcement.”
➼ Dr. Deborah I. Levine, assistant professor of health policy and management, was featured on CBS News when her research into the diet of portly President William Howard Taft — “Corpulence and Correspondence: President William H. Taft and the Medical Management of Obesity” — was published in a leading medical journal.
➼ Dr. Monica Simal, assistant professor of Spanish and a native of Havana, Cuba, is researching “Cuban cultural journals and intellectuals in the United States.” She is an expert on Caribbean literature, Cuban cultural identity, and Cuban diasporas studies.
➼ Dr. Deirdre G. Snyder, assistant professor of management, studies loneliness in the workplace. Her research has shown that under certain conditions, feeling isolated at work can spark valuable helping behavior. She also researches organizational attachment, ethical decision-making, power, and status.
➼ Ants are the research specialty of Dr. James S. Waters, assistant professor of biology. With students in his lab, he studies how ants communicate, how colonies consume oxygen, and the natural history of the local species. His website is www.lovetheants.org.
