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Dr. Keith Dromm
Areas of Specialization
- moral theory and applied ethics
- modern and contemporary analytic philosophy, especially Wittgenstein
- philosophy of art
- film
- philosophy of literature
- social, political, and legal philosophy
- philosophy of science
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Dr. Margaret E. Cochran
Areas of Specialization
- applied mathematics, especially linear algebra, ordinary and partial differential equations, difference equations, probability, game theory and graph theory; genetics or population modeling.
- ecology, especially at the level of the individual or population.
- pollination ecology.
- environmental science, especially related to land use, resource use, and remote sensing.
- biology
- anthropology, particularly biological anthropology, foraging theory or sociobiology.
- accounting, CIS, marketing, and business administration
- computer programming
- music
- physics
- psychology
- memes
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Dr. William Housel
Areas of Specialization
- Qualitative methods
- Public policy
- Education
- US History (any)
- Labor history
- Gender
- Race
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Dr. Rondo Keele
Areas of Specialization
- Ancient philosophy
- History of mathematics
- Theology and religion
- Mediaeval Latin
- logic
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Dr. T. Davina McClain
Areas of Specialization
- classics, i.e., some idea or theme from antiquity itself or a topic that relates the classical world to some later idea or movement.
- Education
- Communications, rhetoric
- Psychology
- Historical preservation
- Literature
- Theatre, Dance
- Hospitality, Management, and Tourism
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Dr. Alexei Muravitsky
Areas of Specialization
- Physics
- Pure math
- Logic
- Philosophy of Logic
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Computability Theory
- History of Mathematics
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Dr. James Picht
Areas of Specialization
- Economics (and applications to law, business, and East European/NIS politics and development).
- Computer applications in business.
- Prison gangs.
- Russian literature and the law, economics, culture, and politics of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
- Game theory and public policy.
- Application of science and technology to social issues.
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Dr. Adonay Sissay
Areas of Specialization
- Chemical Physics;
- Computational Chemistry;
- Solid State Chemistry.
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Dr. Richard Bach Jensen
Dr. Rick Jensen is Professor Emeritus of European History at the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University, where he taught for more than 20 years. He previously taught at Northwestern University in Evanston, Southern Illinois University, and Skidmore College. He has published books on 19th century Italian public security policy and on The Battle Against Anarchist Terrorism, 1878-1934: An International History (Cambridge University Press, 2014) based on archival research in a score of archives in Europe, the United States, and Argentina. His recent articles have explored not only the evolving history of 19th and early 20th century terrorism but also the evolving understanding and definition of sub-state terrorism. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Radical Studies. While retired, he continues to write articles and reviews and is open to consulting with LSC students interested in the subject of the history of terrorism.
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Dr. Barnard F. Snowden
Dr. Fraser Snowden is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University, where he taught for more that 35 years. He began teaching in the Louisiana Scholars’ College in 1989 after chairing the committee that developed the original proposal for the Scholars’ College. He specialized in Eastern religious philosophies, philosophy and health care, American philosophy, philosophy of religions, and the Great Books. During his career, Snowden was active on numerous university committees and regularly published articles and papers. He held memberships in Delta Phi Alpha, United Federation of College Teachers, and Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Snowden received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 1994, 2000, and 2004.