Experts List
Below is a listing of Catawba faculty and staff who have either been selected or volunteered to be included as an expert in their respective fields of work or research.
| AIR POLLUTION | Dr. John E. Wear, Jr. |
| AMERICAN POLITICS: Southern politics, state politics, campaigns and elections, bureaucracy, constitutional law | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
| APP DEVELOPMENT AND CODING | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| ART: History of visual style, Southern art and architecture, digital art | Professor David Pulliam |
| BIBLE: Biblical Studies & Theology | Dr. Barry Sang |
| COMMUNICATION (General): New Media and Technology; Digital Culture; Video Games and Gamer Culture; Social Media; Media politics; Representations of Race and Gender; Cultural Studies | Dr. Josh Smicker |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH: Underserved & Ethnic Populations | Dr. Victor Romano |
| ECONOMICS: National Economic Trends & Issues, Southern Economic Trends & Issues | Dr. James Slate |
| CHRONIC DISEASES: Diabetes, High Cholesterol, Hypertension, Obesity | Dr. Victor Romano |
| CLIMATE CHANGE | Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| DATA MINING, MACHINE LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY WITH DATABASES | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| DATA ANALYTICS, DATA INTEGRATION | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| ECOLOGY: Avian Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Mate Choice, and Species Monitoring (particularly of birds and butterflies) | Dr. Joe Poston |
| ECONOMICS: Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Evolution of Financial Practices, Financial Crises, Mergers & Acquisitions, History of the Corporation and Business, Institutionalist theory, Political Economy | Dr. Eric R. Hake |
| ECONOMY: National Economic Trends & Issues, Southern Economic Trends & Issues | Dr. James Slate |
| E-COMMERCE | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Green design, sustainable community development, watershed protection and land conservation | Dr. John E. Wear, Jr. |
| ENTREPRENEURSHIP, SPECIFICALLY WITH TECHNOLOGY | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| EXERCISE SCIENCE: Movement Disorders | Dr. Victor Romano |
| EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY, EXERCISE SCIENCE, HUMAN PERFORMANCE, TRIATHLON, YOGA, WELLNESS INITIATIVES | Dr. Kimberly Smith |
| EXOTIC FARE | Dr. J. Michael Wilson |
| GENDER STUDIES | Dr. Kerstin Rudolph |
| INFORMATION SYSTEMS | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| INTERNET OF THINGS, BEACONS, NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| LEADERSHIP | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
| LITERATURE: 19th Century American Literature | Dr. Kerstin Rudolph |
| LITERATURE: African American Literature | Dr. Kerstin Rudolph |
| LITERATURE: Fiction; the history and development of the American short story; 20th century modern and postmodern literature (American); southern literature; composition | Dr. Forrest Anderson |
| LITERATURE: Shakespeare | Dr. Aaron Butler |
| MARINE BIOLOGY | Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery |
| MOTORSPORTS | Dr. James Hand |
| MUSIC: classical music and music history | Dr. Renee McCachren |
| MUSIC: Songwriting, blues, jazz, contemporary popular music, music industry, music technology, music plagiarism, traditional Japanese music, Japanese culture, stage fright, world music | Dr. David L. Fish |
| MUSIC: Marching bands, instrumental music, American popular music | Dr. Stephen Etters |
| MUSIC EDUCATION: New initiatives and concepts and issues associated with the foundation, development, current trends, and future of arts education | Dr. Stephen Etters |
| PHYSICAL EDUCATON & HEALTH: Elementary School | Dr. Victor Romano |
| PHYSICAL THERAPY | Dr. James Hand |
| PHYSICAL TRAINING | Dr. James Hand |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE/ AMERICAN POLITICS: Southern politics, state politics, campaigns and elections, bureaucracy, constitutional law | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
| PROGRAMMING | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| PSYCHOLOGY: Health Psychology, Behavior Modification, Public Health, Biopsychology/Physiological Psychology, Neuroscience, Behavioral Statistics, Translational Research | Dr. Erin Wood |
| PSYCHOLOGY: Sex differences (those in cognitive abilities); perceptions of others based on physical appearance | Dr. Sheila Brownlow |
| RELIGION AND RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD | Dr. Barry Sang |
| SOCIAL MEDIA | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| SPORTS: Injury Prevention and Injury Treatment | Dr. James Hand |
| SPRAWL: Consequences of urban sprawl | Dr. Sheila Brownlow |
| STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MEETING FACILITATION | Dr. Stephen R. Hiatt |
| THE SOUTH: Southern politics and politicians of the last 100 years | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
| STEM EDUCATION | Dr. Constance Rogers-Lowery |
| SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN AND LEADERSHIP | Dr. John E. Wear, Jr. |
| THEATRE: Theatre in the South, theatre trends and designing for new plays | Professor David Pulliam |
| THEATRE: Theatrical Lighting, Technical Directing, Theatrical Space Planning | Dr. J. Michael Bitzer |
| TITLE IX: Prevention, Education, and Outreach | Dr. Erin Wood |
| U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | Dr. Norris Feeney |
| WOMEN IN BUSINESS | Dr. Pamela Thompson |
| WRITING: Tutoring | Dr. Aaron Butler |
