Faculty Research Directory

Discover DSU researchers and explore their work. Click “Research Profile” to view a faculty’s Research Profile page.

Researchers are listed in alphabetical order.

CAST - College of Agriculture, Science & Technology
WCHBS - Wesley College of Health & Behavioral Sciences
CHESS - College of Humanities, Education & Social Sciences
COB - College of Business

Erika Allen

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Lecturer I

WCHBS

✉ eallen [at] desu.edu

Nina Anderson

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Lecturer II

WCHBS

✉ nanderson [at] desu.edu

Chanelle Acheamfour

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Associate Professor

CAST

✉ cacheamfour [at] desu.edu

John Balzarini

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Associate Professor

CHESS

✉ jbalzarini [at] desu.edu

Carla Becker

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Assistant Professor

CHESS

✉ cbecker [at] desu.edu

Brody Bluemel

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Associate Professor & Chair of Languages and Literatures

CHESS

✉ bbluemel [at] desu.edu

Jason Bourke

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Assistant Professor of Political Science

CHESS

✉ jbourke [at] desu.edu

Jo Anne Clendaniel

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Lecturer II

WCHBS

✉ joclendan [at] desu.edu

Dorothy Dillard

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Director, Center for Neighborhood Revitalization & Research

CHESS

✉ ddillard [at] desu.edu

Damayanthie Eluwawalage

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Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology

CAST

✉ deluwawalage [at] desu.edu

Joseph Fees

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Associate Professor

CHESS

✉ jfees [at] desu.edu

Chetanath Gautam

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Associate Professor

CHESS

✉ cgautam [at] desu.edu

Xuanren Goodman Wang

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Assistant Professor

CHESS

✉ xsgoodman [at] desu.edu

Christopher M. Heckscher

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Professor of Environmental Science & Ecology

CAST

✉ checkscher [at] desu.edu

M. Shahidul Islam

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Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

CAST

✉ sislam [at] desu.edu

Rachel Juergensen

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Assistant Professor

CHESS

✉ rjuergensen [at] desu.edu

Gaynelle E. Kahigian

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Lecturer II

WCHBS

✉ gkahigian [at] desu.edu

Y. Hwan Kim

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Professor

CAST

✉ yhkim [at] desu.edu

Keun K. Kim

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Professor

CHESS

✉ keunkim [at] desu.edu

Hakeem O. Lawal

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Professor & Vice Chair

CAST

✉ hlawal [at] desu.edu

Jung-lim Lee

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Professor

CAST

✉ jlee [at] desu.edu

Jinjie Liu

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Professor

CAST

✉ jliu [at] desu.edu

Dawn Lott

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Professor of Applied Mathematics

CAST

✉ dlott [at] desu.edu

Qi Lu

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Associate Professor

CAST

✉ qilu [at] desu.edu

Aristides Marcano Olaizola

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Professor

CAST

✉ amarcano [at] desu.edu

Jelenny Marquez

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Adjunct Professor

WCHBS

✉ jmarquez [at] desu.edu

Robert B. Marsteller

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Assistant Professor

CHESS

✉ rmarsteller [at] desu.edu

Mark Mattesi

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Assistant Professor

WCHBS

✉ mmattesi [at] desu.edu

Sabrina McGary

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Department Chair

CAST

✉ smcgary [at] desu.edu

Dennis McIntosh

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Professor & Extension Specialist - Aquaculture

CAST

✉ dmcintosh [at] desu.edu

Kalpaltha Melmaiee

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Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources

CAST

✉ kmelmaiee [at] desu.edu

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Cynthia Newton

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Director of BBHAC

WCHBS

✉ cnewton [at] desu.edu

A. Myrna Nurse

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Professor

CHESS

✉ mnurse [at] desu.edu

Akwasi P. Osei

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Professor

CHESS

✉ aosei [at] desu.edu

Erin M. Perchiniak

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Associate Professor

CAST

✉ eperchiniak [at] desu.edu

Richard D. Phillips

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Professor

CHESS

✉ rphillips [at] desu.edu

Rachel Pulverman

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Professor

WCHBS

✉ rpulverman [at] desu.edu

Michelle Ratcliff

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Assistant Professor

WCHBS

✉ mratcliff [at] desu.edu

Shelley Rouser

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Department Chair, Associate Professor

CHESS

✉ srouser [at] desu.edu

Pietro Sasso

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Associate Professor, Department of Education

CHESS

✉ psasso [at] desu.edu

Alexa Silver

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Professor

CHESS

✉ asilver [at] desu.edu

Sigrid Smith

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Associate Professor, Biostatistician, Department of Ag. & Natural Resources

CAST

✉ ssmith [at] desu.edu

Chase Stratton

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Assistant Professor

CAST

✉ cstratton [at] desu.edu

Jianli Sun

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Associate Professor

CAST

✉ jianlisun [at] desu.edu

Matthew Tanzy

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Associate Professor

CAST

✉ mtanzy [at] desu.edu

Kevina Vulvinec

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Professor, Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources

CAST

✉ kvulinec [at] desu.edu

Qi Quan (Josh) Wang

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Professor, Department of Chemistry

CAST

✉ qwang [at] desu.edu

Yanfeng Yue

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Associate Professor

CAST

✉ yyue [at] desu.edu

Zahid Zamir

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Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration

COB

✉ zzamir [at] desu.edu

Yi Zhang

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Assistant Professor, English

CHESS

✉ yzhang [at] desu.edu