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Media Guide.
These Monmouth College faculty and staff members who are noted experts in their field are available for interviews by members of the media or for speaking at local meetings. We encourage anybody to call them when they need help. The area code for all numbers is 309.

The following topics are included in this guide:

Animal Behavior
Kenneth Cramer
Professor of Biology
457-2394

Ancient Civilizations
Thomas Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
Rome and Greece

Archaeology
Thomas Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
General archaeology; archaeology of classical Greek and Roman sites

Art and Architecture
Thomas Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
Greece and Rome; Classical tradition in Western art

Astronomy
Rajkumar Ambrose
Professor of Physics
457-2355

Atomic Physics
Rajkumar Ambrose
Professor of Physics
457-2355
Electron-atom collisions

Blues Music
Richard Johnston
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2182
The Blues; Blues harmonica

Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388

Business and Finance
Richard Johnston
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2182
Pension funds; stock and bond market history; financial planning; stock analysis; asset allocation

Lee McGaan
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts
457-2155
Communication in organizations; decision making

Michael Connell
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2156
American beverage industry; Pepsi; Coke; Anheuser-Busch

Central America and South America
Kenneth Cramer
Professor of Biology
457-2394
Chile, Costa Rica, Panama; natural resources and conservation issues

Steve Buban
Professor of Sociology
457-2185

William Urban
Morgan Professor History and International Studies
457-2388
Mexico

Susan Holm
Dorothy Donald Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
457-2150
Mexico; the Mexican state of Chiapas; Guatemala

Communication and Language
Lee McGaan
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts
457-2155
Political and campaign communication; organizational communication; advertising analysis

Computers
Doug Rankin
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts 457-2104
Computer Aided Design; CAD for theater sets

Cosmology
Rajkumar Ambrose
Professor of Physics
457-2355
Cosmology and creation

Ecology and Environmental Issues
Kenneth Cramer
Professor of Biology
457-2394

Economics and Finance
Richard Johnston
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2182
Pension funds; stock and bond market history; financial planning; stock analysis; asset allocation

Rod Lemon
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2181
U.S. economy, Monmouth economy

Education
Thomas Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
Teaching Latin; teaching Modern Foreign Languages; standards for teaching foreign languages in the United States; member of Illinois Board of Education advisory committee on foreign language education

Europe
-General Issues
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388
Medieval Europe; the Baltics; Russia; the Crusades; Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia

Simon Cordery
Associate Professor of History
457-2208
Modern Europe; European social history

-Baltic states
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388
Editor of the Journal of Baltic Studies

-Great Britain
Simon Cordery
Associate Professor of History
457-2208
19th and 20th century British history; British politics and culture; sports history; British railroad history and practice

-Italy
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388

Thomas Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371

-Russia
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388

-Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Croatia
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388

Evolution
Kenneth Cramer
Professor of Biology
457-2394

First Ladies
Stacy Cordery
Professor of History
457-2372

Furniture Restoration
Michael Connell
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2156

History
-American
Richard Johnston
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2182
History of stock and bond markets

Stacy Cordery
Professor of History
457-2372
The Roosevelts; elites in the U.S.

-British
Simon Cordery
Associate Professor of History
457-2208
19th and 20th century British history; British politics and culture; sports history

-European
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388
Medieval Europe; the Baltics; Russia; the Crusades; Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia

Simon Cordery
Associate Professor of History
457-2208
Modern Europe; European social history

-Monmouth College
Stacy Cordery
Professor of History
457-2372
Curator of Monmouth College archives

Jeff Rankin
Director of College Communications
457-2314

William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388

-City of Monmouth
Jeff Rankin
Director of College Communications
457-2314

International Politics and Issues
Steve Buban
Professor of Sociology
457-2185

William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388
Mexico

Susan Holm
Dorothy Donald Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
457-2150
Mexico; the Mexican state of Chiapas; Guatemala

-Europe
William Urban
Morgan Professor History and International Studies
457-2388
Baltic countries: Russia; the former Yugoslavia

-Mideast
Susan Holm
Dorothy Donald Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
457-2150
Turkey and Cyprus

Latin
Tom Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
Latin in the Modern World

Tom Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
Latin Language and Literature

Law
Michael Connell
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2156
Attorney; tort reform

Lee McGaan
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts
457-2155
Intellectual property

Literature
-American
Mary Barnes Bruce
Professor of English
457-2183

-African
Mary Barnes Bruce
Professor of English
457-2183

Tom Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
West African oral literature

Susan Holm
Dorothy Donald Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
457-2150
Spanish; Spanish women writers

Spanish-American
Susan Holm
Dorothy Donald Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
457-2150
Spanish-American writers; Spanish-American women writers; Mexico and the state of Chiapas

Media Studies
Lee McGaan
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts
457-2155
Effects of media on individuals and society; violence and television; censorship and the First Amendment; bias and the news; advertising; intellectual property

Monmouth, Illinois
Rod Lemon
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2181
The Monmouth economy

William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388
History of Monmouth College; Wyatt Earp

Mythology
Tom Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
Classical mythology; classical mythology in cartoons; world mythology; theories of mythology; classical mythology in Western art

Old House Renovation
Doug Rankin
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts
457-2104

Outdoors
Kenneth Cramer
Professor of Biology
457-2394
Bicycling; camping; hiking; canoeing

Personal Finance and Investments
Richard Johnston
Professor of Political Economy and Commerce
457-2182

Philosophy
Lee McGaan
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts
457-2155
Critical thinking; Libertarian political thought; civil liberties

Kenneth Cramer
Professor of Biology
457-2394
Agnosticism and atheism

Politics and Political Campaigns (U.S.)
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388
U.S. military affairs; U.S. foreign relations

Lee McGaan
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts
457-2155
Political communication; the media and politics; Libertarian political thought; civil liberties

Railroads
Simon Cordery
Associate Professor of History
457-2208
American and British railroad history and practice

Sports and Society
Simon Cordery
Associate Professor of History
457-2208
History of sports; soccer

Theater
Doug Rankin
Professor of Speech, Communication and Theater Arts
457-2104
Computer-aided set design

Thomas Sienkewicz
Capron Professor of Classics
457-2371
Greek tragedy

Theology and Religion
Rajkumar Ambrose
Professor of Physics
457-2355
Religion and science

Kenneth Cramer
Professor of Biology
457-2394
Science and religion

U.S. Presidents
Stacy Cordery
Professor of History
457-2372
The Roosevelts; First Ladies

Women’s Studies
Stacy Cordery
Professor of History
457-2372
Women’s history

Susan Holm
Dorothy Donald Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
457-2150
Feminist and women’s issues; women and women’s roles in Turkey and Cyprus

Writing
Mary Barnes Bruce
Professor of English
457-2183

Wyatt Earp
William Urban
Morgan Professor of History and International Studies
457-2388

 
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