Sources & Experts

Looking for a knowledgeable source who can comment on a newsworthy issue? On the Gettysburg faculty you'll find experts who can speak with authority on a wide range of topics.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Steve James
Molecular genetics and DNA

Biology
Ralph Cavaliere
Marine algae (phycology), terrestrial and aquatic fungus (mycology), mushrooms

Veronique Delesalle
Plant reproduction, ecology, evolution

Civil War Era Studies
Gabor Boritt
Abraham Lincoln

Classics
Carolyn Snively
Death and burial; urbanism in the Roman and Late Antique periods, with a geographical emphasis on Macedonia and the Balkan Peninsula

Computer Science
Todd Neller
Computer game play, design, and history and strategies of board and card games

Economics
Eileen Stillwaggon
Health impact of poverty and economic crisis, economics of AIDS

Jean Fletcher
Women's wages and occupational choices, women in military, division of labor in the home

Education
Judith Brough
Middle-level education, transition to middle school, classroom management techniques, child growth, discipline, and learning

Helenmarie Hofman
Technology and teaching, space exploration, and aerospace education

English
Christopher R. Fee
Medieval studies and drama, Viking studies, British mythology, technology in the humanities classroom, and homelessness and social awareness

Jack Ryan
Film studies, filmmaker John Sayles

Environmental Studies
John Commito
Sea floor ecology, land-use issues, and impact of automobile on American culture

Health Sciences
Dan Drury
Weight training, therapeutic magnetics, cardiovascular exercise, human performance, muscle physiology, and sports performance

Dave Petrie
Physiology, fitness training

History
Michael J. Birkner
19th- and 20th-century America, James Buchanan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Daniel Webster, presidential primaries

Timothy Shannon
Colonial and Revolutionary America, Native American history

Music
John "Buzz" Jones
Jazz history, college bands, composition for wind, jazz and chamber ensembles, and progressive jazz

Physics
Laurence Marschall
Astronomy, including study of young stars and supernovas; Project CLEA (Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy), which develops laboratory exercises that illustrate modern astronomical techniques using digital data and color images

Peter Pella
Nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons programs of North Korea and Iran, and fundamental properties of the neutron

Sharon L. Stephenson
Gender in science and technology, structure of nuclei, nuclear weak force

Political Science
Shirley Anne Warshaw
Presidency, Congress, executive-legislative relations and policy

Psychology
Steve Siviy
Neurobiology of play behavior

Sociology
Charles Emmons
Sociology of science (paranormal), mass media and popular culture, race and ethnic relations, social stratification

Women's Studies
Jean Potuchek
Women's studies, sociology of the family, sociological research methods, gender inequality