Jonathan D. Blake, is a professor of computer science and is the chairperson of the Department of Computer Science and Interactive Digital Design. He conducts research in bioinformatics/computational biology, computer science education and computer literacy and has published in The Journal of Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges and The Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics.

He received his MS and PhD From Northwestern University and a BSE from Princeton University. Blake teaches computer science courses across the undergraduate curriculum. Prior to coming to Quinnipiac, Blake was an assistant professor of computer science at Tennessee Technological University and completed a Sloan Foundation/Department of Energy postdoctoral research fellowship in computational biology at the University of California, San Francisco.

To reach Blake, please call 203-582-8539 or e-mail him at jonathan.blake@quinnipiac.edu.

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Aileen Dever, associate professor of Spanish, is available to discuss language acquisition, bilingualism and writing fiction.

She has a BS from Western Connecticut State University in English, secondary education, an MA in Spanish from Middlebury College and a PhD in Spanish and Latin American literatures from the University of Connecticut. She has published books on famous foster and adopted children, two Hispanic poets and a collection of short stories.

To reach Dever, please call 203-582-8500 or e-mail her at aileen.dever@quinnipiac.edu.

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Sean Duffy, chairperson of political science, is available to discuss nationalism and sovereignty, the problems deriving from divided societies and failed states, topics dealing with the international economy and international security, U.S. foreign policy and issues related to development and developing countries.

Duffy received his PhD from Yale University, an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a BA from Brown University. Duffy teaches undergraduate courses in international relations, U.S. foreign policy and the international political economy. Prior to receiving his PhD, Duffy was an information analyst at the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C.

To reach Duffy, please call 203-582-8324 or e-mail him at sean.duffy@quinnipiac.edu.

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Greg Garvey is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Interactive Digital Design. In published papers and presentations his work explores the impact of the “post human,” virtual worlds, social networking and video games on identity and subjectivity. He also designs interactive computer-based installations and computer graphic images, which have exhibited in the United States, Canada and Europe. His work has been written about in publications such as Wired magazine, National Geographic, the Face and the London Daily Telegraph. He is a frequent contributor to ACM-SIGGRAPH; the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts; and the International Symposium for Electronic Art.

He has a master of science in visual studies from MIT and a master of fine arts from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT from 1983-85. From 1999-2001 he was visiting fellow in the arts at Quinnipiac. He was an associate artist of the Digital Media Center for the Arts at Yale University during 2000-01.

To reach Garvey, please call 203-582-8389 or e-mail him at greg.garvey@quinnipiac.edu

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Hillary J. Haldane, assistant professor of anthropology, is available to discuss ethnographic and qualitative methodology, feminist theory, indigenous politics and rights, and violence against women, particularly human trafficking and family violence.

Haldane received her MA and PhD in anthropology from the University of California at Santa Barbara, her Diploma of Arts in anthropology from the University of Otago, and a bachelor's degree in anthropology from San Diego State University.

To reach Haldane, e-mail hillary.haldane@quinnipiac.edu or call 203-582-3822.

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Pattie Belle Hastings is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Interactive Digital Design.

Her creative work deals specifically with the feminist issues of women/gender and technology. Her art and design research projects include subjects such as cyborg theory, gender and genetics, artists' books, Marshall McLuhan, and the creative use of mobile devices. Her art has been exhibited internationally. She has won grants, awards and fellowships from corporations, foundations and public agencies for her books, art and design.

Her work has been published in books and journals such as Domain Errors! Cyberfeminist Practices, Art Journal, and Adobe Acrobat Master Class. Her work has been featured in publications such as MacWorld magazine, the Boston Globe, Art New England, Art Papers, the Washington Post and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She holds a BA from the Atlanta College of Art and an MFA from Vermont College.

Hastings spent the 2008-09 academic year at the University of Oslo in Norway on a Fulbright Scholar fellowship. She spent the year researching and creating interactive experiences for mobile devices.

To reach Hastings, e-mail pattiebelle.hastings@quinnipiac.edu or call 203-582-8450.

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Ron Heiferman is a professor of history and director of the minor in Asian Studies. He has also taught at Connecticut College and the City University of New York. Heiferman was educated at Yale and New York University.

Heiferman has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books and essays, including “Flying Tigers” (New York: Ballantine, 1971), “World War II” (London: Hamlyn, 1972), “Wars of the Twentieth Century” (London: Hamlyn, 1974), “The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan” (New York: Military Press, 1981) and the “Rand-McNally Encyclopedia of World II” (New York: Rand-McNally, 1978).

Heiferman has been the recipient of several fellowships and awards. He was a Yale-Lilly Fellow in 1978 and has been awarded five National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowships: Duke University (1974), University of Chicago (1977), Stanford University (1980), Harvard University (1987) and the University of Texas (1991).

Heiferman has traveled extensively in the Baltic, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Russia, Western Europe, Central and South America, the Pacific Northwest and the Antarctic. He has led tours and lectured for Lindblad Travel, National Geographic, the Archives of American Art/Smithsonian Institution, Cunard Line, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, Oceania Cruise Line, Orient Line, Paquet Cruises, RCCL, Royal Cruise Line and Seabourn in such diverse places as Antarctica, Cambodia, China, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Tibet, Vietnam, Russia, Scandanavia, Alaska, the Panama Canal and the Caribbean.

Heiferman's work has been mentioned or reviewed in The Times Literary Supplement, The Economist, Choice and The Atlantic. He has also been featured on radio and television, including CPTV and C-SPAN.

To reach Heiferman, please call 203-582-8754 or e-mail him at ronald.heiferman@quinnipiac.edu

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William Jellison is an assistant professor of psychology. His research focuses on issues related to the gay and bisexual community, as well as understanding the perpetuation of sexual prejudice (homophobia) among heterosexual men.

Jellison earned his PhD at Michigan State University in 2004. His work has been published in top social psychology and interdisciplinary journals, and he has presented at national conferences, including the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Jellison currently serves on the Liberal Arts Diversity Committee at Quinnipiac and is the faculty adviser for the gay, lesbian and straight student group (G.L.A.S.S.) on campus.

To reach Jellison, please call 203-582-3724 or e-mail william.jellison@quinnipiac.edu.

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Scott L. McLean, professor of political science, is available to discuss national and state political issues. His current research focuses on the history of American nationalism and trends in political participation.

McLean earned his PhD from Rutgers University and a BA from Whitman College. McLean teaches courses in political thought, elections/campaigns, public opinion and public policy. He is co-editor of "Social Capital: Critical Perspectives on Community" and "Bowling Alone" (NYU Press 2002). He has published articles in Public Perspective and New Political Science. His most recent publication is "The War on Terrorism and the New Patriotism," in "The Politics of Terrorism" (Northeastern University Press, 2003). McLean is an expert in public opinion, political parties, elections and immigration policy.

To reach McLean, please call 203-582-8686 or e-mail him at scott.mclean@quinnipiac.edu.

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Michael Nabel is a professor of mathematics. He received a BS in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MS in physics from Trinity College and a PhD in operations research and statistics from New York University. He teaches courses in both mathematics and in physics and does consulting in the areas of probability and statistics and in mathematical modeling. His major areas of interest are in experimental design and mathematical magic. He has been a keynote speaker for many national organizations, including Sigma Xi, NCTM, ASA and ACS. His lecture on mathematical magic presents mathematical concepts using entertaining magic effects. Nabel is also a member of the Society of American Magicians and the Physic Entertainers Association and has been practicing magic for more than 50 years.

To reach Nabel, please call 203-582-8560 or e-mail him at Michael.Nabel@quinnipiac.edu.

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Noelle O'Connor, adjunct assistant professor in the department of visual and performing arts, is available to discuss art, museums and artists. O'Connor received her BA from the University of California at Berkeley and her MA from Columbia University. She spent more than 20 years working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and she currently lectures at the Newport Art Museum in Newport, RI.

Her articles have been published in the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, the Journal of the International Snuff Bottle Society, Zoogoer, Pacific Reader, the Book Mark, the Post Review and the Mystic River Press.

O'Connor is also a Connecticut Master Gardener, a Connecticut-certified Tree Warden and URI Master Composter and Recycler.

She can be reached at noelle.o'connor@quinnipiac.edu.

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Jennifer S. Sacco, an assistant professor of political science, is available to discuss gender and American politics. Her current research is centered on the ways candidates present themselves in relation to their families to voters, and the public's response.

Sacco received her MA and PhD from Rutgers University in New Jersey. She earned a BA in political science and women's studies at Denison University in Ohio. Prior to coming to Quinnipiac, Sacco was an instructor at Rutgers, where she taught political science, women's studies and writing.

To reach Sacco, call 203-582-8972 or e-mail jennifer.sacco@quinnipiac.edu.

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Robert A. Smart is the chair of the English department and director of the Writing Program. Specific areas of expertise and scholarship include writing/composition, writing across the curriculum, Irish Studies, postcolonial studies, Gothic literature in Ireland and America, and cultural studies. Smart is also available to talk about modern Irish politics and culture, language and the evolution of modern English.

He received a PhD in comparative literature and an MA in comparative literature and rhetoric from the University of Utah and a BA from the University of Maine in English and history. His publications include books on writing ("Direct From the Disciplines" and "The Nonfiction Novel"), essays on Irish Studies (in Caliban, Postcolonial Text, Ireland’s Great Hunger and History Ireland) and essays on Gothic literature (in "Money: Lure, Lore and Liquidity"). He is the founding editor of The Writing Teacher (National Poetry Foundation).

Smart has won Faculty Member of the Year at Bradford College and at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, received a Sears-Roebuck Teaching Award in 1981 and held the Dorothy Bell Endowed Chair in Writing at Bradford College for 16 years before coming to Quinnipiac 2000.

To reach Smart, please call 203-582-3325 or e-mail him at robert.smart@quinnipiac.edu

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Tricia L. Thelen, associate professor of theater, is available to discuss theatrical hand drafting, theatrical model making, scenic art, scenic design for theater, costume design for theater, shop power tools and hand tools (safety and use), puppet construction, and painting techniques in acrylics.

She holds a BA from Tennessee Temple University and an MFA from the University of Cincinnati.

To reach Thelen, e-mail her at tricia.thelen@quinnipiac.edu

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David A. Valone is an assistant professor of history and the director of cultural affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences.

His research specializations include the history of modern science and Western medicine as well as the history of Ireland and Britain in the nineteenth century, particularly the period before and after "the Great Hunger" of the 1840s.

He is also interested in the history of popular culture, especially the the history of rock music.

He has published widely on issues in the history of the physical, biological and social sciences as well as the history of birth control, abortion, cloning and population control. He is the co-editor of "Ireland's Great Hunger: Silence, Memory, and Commemoration."

To reach Valone, call 203-582-5269 or e-mail david.valone@quinnipiac.edu.

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Melissa F. Weiner, an assistant professor of sociology, is available to discuss race and ethnicity, education, social protest and protest movements, popular culture, and immigration.

Weiner received her PhD from University of Minnesota. She earned both a BA in sociology and a BS in journalism at Boston University. Prior to coming to Quinnipiac, Weiner was an instructor at the University of Minnesota. Her forthcoming book, "Racism, Resistance, and Education: Jewish and Black Challenges to New York City's Public Schools," will be published by Rutgers University Press in 2010. She also co-authored a chapter, "Bridging the Theoretical Gap: The Diasporized Hybrid in Sociological Theory" in the book, Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations (Keri E. Iyall Smith and Patricia Leavy, eds, Brill Publishers, 2008).

Weiner's work has also appeared in Social Problems, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Contemporary Sociology, Teachers College Record, City and Community, The Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society, and is forthcoming in The Sociological Quarterly and The Encyclopedia of Jim Crow.

Weiner also has experience writing policy papers for research institutions, political candidates, political office holders and as an expert witness.

To reach Weiner, please call 203-582-5355 or e-mail mfweiner@quinnipiac.edu.