Johnson C. Smith University has various faculty members that have expertise in topics ranging from parasitology to the impact of the HBCU. The faculty members below have expressed interest in sharing their expertise.
Name | Department | Keywords | Current Projects | Recent Publications/Presentations | |
Brian Jones | bjones@jcsu.edu | Arts and Letters | Atomic Bomb, American Presidency, Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. History, Cold War | Review of “Eisenhower: A Life.” By Paul Johnson, in The Historian (Forthcoming.) | Review of Uncertain Empire: American History and the Idea of the Cold War. Edited by Joel Isaac and Duncan Bell, in North Carolina Historical Review Vol XCI, No. 4 (October 2014). Review of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, vol. 6: “The Whole World Hangs in the Balance”, January 8, 1947-September 30, 1949. Edited by Larry I. Bland and Mark A. Stoler, in The Journal of American History Vol. 100, No. 4 (March 2014). |
Harriette Richard | Hrichard@jcsu.edu | Social & Behavioral Sciences | body image, breast cancer survivors | Richard, H. Staying the Course Through Reconstructive Surgery. In press. | “Body Image in Breast Cancer Survivors.” Association of Black Psychologists conference, July 2015. |
Jemayne Lavar King | jeking@jcsu.edu | Biddle Institute | Southern Literature, sneaker culture, social media, adult education | Schonbrun, Zach. One Great Shoe. Comp. Jemayne L. King. Seattle: Amazon Digital Services, 2015. Print.
Gilsdorf, Ethan. “Sneaker Jam Hoping to Draw Record Crowds ; More Than Just a Major Convention to Buy and Trade Shoes, Sneaker Jam Celebrates a Mushrooming Culture of Sport Fans, Rap Fashionistas, Skateboarders, and Street Artists.” The Boston Globe (Boston, MA). N.p., 18 Oct. 2014. Web. 4 May 2015. Davis, John. “Bless Their Soles.” The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, NC). 3 Dec. 2014: n. pag. Print. |
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Linette Fox | lfox@jcsu.edu | Business and Economics | Economics Consequences of Land-Use Regulations on Jobs, Families, Communities, and Housing Affordability in Mecklenburg County | ||
M. Todd Coolbaugh | mtcoolbaugh@jcsu.edu | Natural Sciences & Mathematics | corrosion, sensor, surface engineering, analytical chemistry, material science | NSF HBCU-UP Targeted Infusion Project- “Shared Instrumentation Resource Laboratory (SIRL) at Johnson C. Smith Univeristy”
Department of Defense Defense University Research Instrumentation Program- “Electrochemical Workstation for Research on Chemical Surface Modifications and Characterization of Novel Conductive Polymers” |
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Marcella McGowan | mmcgowan@jcsu.edu | Library | Bibliographic Instruction, digital content, academic librarianship, Web 2.0, research methodogy | Work-Student Students and Librarianship Careers Project Passport to Success – Biddle, Institute Freshman Cohort IPAD Skills Development |
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Matthew M. DeForrest | mdeforrest@jcsu.edu | Languages and Literature | W. B. Yeats, Irish Literature, Irish Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkein, British Literature | W.B. Yeats and Time | |
Natasha Wilson | nwilson@jcsu.edu | Athletics | Higher Education, Athletics, academic success, planning, marketing | ||
Patsy R. Camp | pcamp@jcsu.edu | Departmen of Arts and Letters | Writing – composition | ||
Sarah Minslow | sminslow@jcsu.edu | Smith Institute | children’s literature, British Literature (esp. Victorian), human rights, teaching and learning, social justice | “They All Fall Down: Child Soldiers and Children as Weapons in Popular Culture” Children as the Perpetrators of Deadly Violence; Child Soldiers |
“Challenging the Impossibility of Children’s Literature: The Emancipatory Qualities of Edward Lear’s Nonsense” Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature. July 2015. “Considering the Common Core: Literary Fiction is the Heart of the Matter.” RISE: A Children’s Literacy Journal. Spring 2014: Vol.1. Iss.1. 37-40. “Treat Your Chicken-Eating Children ‘Right’: The Conservative Political and Evangelical Values Reinforced in Chick-fil-A’s Classic Stories and Essential Values Series.” Studies in Popular Cultures. (Spring 2016). |
Terza Lima-Neves | Tlneves@jcsu.edu | Social sciences | African diaspora politics, Cape Verdean diaspora politics, gender and development, African women and homeland development, Island nations comparative politics | Political history of Cape Verdean women in the U.S. |