Experts Guide

Carlos Salgado
Professor
757-823-8909
carlos@nsu.edu
Expertise: Particle Astrophysics, Rapid Response Robotic Telescope (RRRT), Gamma-ray Burst, Blazars, Supernova, Near Earth Objects (NEO)

Howard Duncan
Professor
757-823-8940
hbduncan@nsu.edu
Expertise: Pre-med, Clinical Parasitology, Health Careers, Cancer & Disparities

Josephine Stanley-Brown
Instructor
757-823-2535
jsbrown@nsu.edu
Expertise: Business in Higher Education

Isaac O. Osunmakinde
Associate Professor
757-823-9449
ioosunmakinde@nsu.edu
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Cyber-Intelligence, Internet-of-Things

Khadijah O. Miller
Professor/ Department Head
757-823-2864
komiller@nsu.edu
Expertise: African American Studies, Women’s Studies, Black Women’s History/Studies, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development

E Arnold Modlin, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Geography
757-823-9457
eamodlin@nsu.edu
Expertise: Cultural and Social Geography, Plantation Museums, Critical Analysis of Tourism, Qualitative Research Methods

Cassandra Newby-Alexander
Professor
757-823-2268
clnewby-alexander@nsu.edu
Expertise: Black History, Slavery, Civil War, Race, Portsmouth's Black History, History of Public Schools in Hampton Roads

Stephanie Richmond
Assistant Professor
757-823-9073
sjrichmond@nsu.edu
Expertise: Women's History, Abolition of slavery (Britain and US), Women's rights, Pre-Civil War American History, Digital Humanities

Kathleen S. Thomas
Associate Professor, Exercise Science
757-823-8652
ksthomas@nsu.edu
Expertise: Athletic Injuries, Kinesiology, Exercise, Physical Activity

Cynthia B. Burwell
Professor, Director NSU Center of Excellence in Minority Health Disparities
757-823-9494
cburwell@nsu.edu
Expertise: General Health, Sexual Health, Health Disparities, Adolescent Health, Faith Based Health- Health Ministry

Geoffroy de Laforcade
Associate Professor
757-823-2080
gdelaforcade@nsu.edu
Expertise: Latin America, Cuba, South Africa

Elizabeth D. Dungee-Anderson
Professor
757-823-2694
eddungee-anderson@nsu.edu
Expertise: PTSD, Childhood Trauma, Intergenerational Trauma, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Adult and Childhood Attachment Disorders

Kirsten Swedburg Ericksen
Associate Professor
757-823-8296
ksericksen@nsu.edu
Expertise: Community Engagement, Well-being, Trauma-Informed Curriculum Development, Educational High-Impact Practices

Bershell Jackson-Nevels
Assistant Professor
757-823-9236
bjnevels@nsu.edu
Expertise: Providing comprehensive support and interventions for diverse populations, including historically underserved and disenfranchised youth, veterans, and individuals with HIV/AIDS, and in the arena of School Social Work.

Stephenie Howard
Assistant Professor
757-823-8299 
swhoward@nsu.edu
Expertise: Domestic Violence, Child Welfare.

Jill Comess
Food Science & Nutrition Program Director
757-823-8216
jcomess@nsu.edu
Expertise: Diet, Nutrition, Supplements

Sam Dorsey
Professor
757-823-8359
sbdorsey@nsu.edu
Expertise: Music History, Classical Guitar

Anthony Stockard
Director of Theatre/Associate Professor
757-823-2897
amstockard@nsu.edu
Expertise: Theatre, Stage Production, Direction, Acting, Stage Design, Actors Guilds, etc.

Wendy Hinton
Chair – Physics Department
757-823-2275
whinton@nsu.edu
Expertise: High Altitude Ballooning, Amateur Radio Technician Class License, etc.

Vina Punjabi
Professor
757-823-2472
vapunjabi@nsu.edu
Expertise: Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics, Proton Elastic Form Factory, Polarimeter and Calorimeter Particle Detectors, etc.

Carlos Salgado
Professor
757-823-8909
carlos@nsu.edu
Expertise: Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics, Meson Spectroscopy, etc.

Scott Debb
Assistant Professor
757-823-8943
smdebb@nsu.edu
Expertise: Community Mental Health, Social Justice, Conflict Studies, Cyber Security

Ernestine Duncan
Associate Prof/Dept. Chair
757-823-8310
eduncan@nsu.edu
Expertise: Mental health, Women's issues

Andrew S. Franklin
Assistant Professor
757-823-2241
asfranklin@nsu.edu
Expertise: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Desideria Hacker
Assistant Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research
757-823-2893
dshacker@nsu.edu
Expertise: HIV/AIDS, Pro-choice Project

Cassandra Newby-Alexander
Professor
757-823-2268
clnewby-alexander@nsu.edu
Expertise: History, Civil Rights Issues, Civil Rights Movement

Colita Fairfax
Associate Professor/Honors College
757-823-9593
cnfairfax@nsu.edu
Expertise:  Social Justice and Cultural Studies

Viola V. Vaughan-Eden
Professor & PhD Program Director
757-823-8773
vvaughan-eden@nsu.edu
Expertise: Child Abuse & Neglect, Forensic Social Work, Social Justice Issues, Trauma-Informed Care, Child & Family Welfare

Carray Banks, Jr.
Assoc. Professor
757-823-8712
cbanks@nsu.edu
Expertise: Gates Millennium Scholarship; STEM Opportunities; Sports & the Intercollegiate Experience

Munir Sulaiman
Instructor
757-823-8089
msulaiman@nsu.edu
Expertise: Micro Electronic Devices

E Arnold Modlin, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Geography
757-823-9457
eamodlin@nsu.edu
Expertise: Socially-Responsible Tourism, Museums and Museum Studies, Tourism, Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. South and the Caribbean, Social Memory and Tourism

Women's Issues

Colita Fairfax
Associate Professor/Honors College
757-823-9593
cnfairfax@nsu.edu
Expertise: Social Issues, Marriage, Community and Community Development, Social History, Social Policy, Social Justice and Cultural Studies

Khadijah Miller
Professor / Department Head
757-823-2864
komiller@nsu.edu
Expertise: Interdisciplinary Studies, African American Studies, Women’s Studies, Black Women’s History/Studies, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development

Solomon R. Isekeije
Professor, Director Fine Arts Division
757-823-8844
srisekeije@nsu.edu
Expertise: Visual Arts, Community Art Engagement, Creative Research/Grantsmanship, Environmental Justice and Cultural Art Programming.