Expert’s Guide

UMKC experts are frequently consulted by local, regional and national media to comment on matters that are making headlines. Our faculty and staff, drawing on their extensive research and knowledge, can provide insight into an issue or trend, helping your audience better understand the story.

Please select from the options on the left to begin your search or contact a member of the UMKC Public Relations staff.

 

Featured Experts:

Health Care Reform


 Professor Jack Fincham

Dept. of Pharmacy Practice and Administration

Areas of Expertise:

Health Care Systems, Health Policy, Health Economy, Public Health
Click here to contact Prof. Fincham


Professor Arif Ahmed

Dept. of Health Administration

Areas of Expertise:

Public Access to Health Care, Employee Health Benefits, Public Finance of Health Services
Click here to contact Prof. Ahmed

 

Career Development


Greg Hayes, Director

UMKC Career Services

Areas of Expertise:

Career Development, Minority Relations, Faculty Development and Mentoring
Click here to contact Greg Hayes

 

 

Criminology

Alex Holsinger

Professor Alex Holsinger

Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Areas of Expertise:

Community Corrections; Juvenile Delinquency; Criminology Theory and Statistics

Click here to contact Professor Holsinger

Ken Novak

Professor Ken Novak

Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Areas of Expertise:

Policing in America; Police Officer Behavior; Racial Profiling; Gun Violence; Violence Reduction

Click here to contact Professor Novak

 

Hate Crimes

Assistant Professor Toya Like

Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Areas of Expertise:

Victimization among Minority and Disadvantaged Groups; City, Neighborhood and Individual Level Risks for Victimization

Click here to contact Professor Like

 

Political Issues

Max Skidmore

Professor Max Skidmore

Dept. of Political Science

Areas of Expertise:

Ideologies; American Political Thought; The Presidency; Social Security Policies

Click here to contact Professor Skidmore

Elizabeth Miller

Professor Elizabeth Miller

Dept. of Political Science

Areas of Expertise:

Political Psychology; Public Opinion; Political Behavior; Campaigns & Elections

Click here to contact Professor Miller

Dale Neuman

Professor Dale Neuman

Dept. of Political Science

Areas of Expertise:

American Politics; Elections; Public Opinion; Voting Behavior; Political Representation

Click here to contact Professor Neuman

Sustainability

Syed Hasan

Professor Syed Hasan

Dept. of Geosciences

Areas of Expertise:

Engineering, Environmental Geology and Health; Underground Space; Waste Management

Click here to contact Professor Hasan

Deborah O'Bannon

Professor Deborah O'Bannon

School of Computing & Engineering

Areas of Expertise:

Water Quality; Sewage Control; Environmentally-Friendly Solutions; Effects of Pollution

Click here to contact Professor O'Bannon

Jimmy Adegoke

Professor Jimmy Adegoke

Dept. of Geosciences

Areas of Expertise:

Land Surface-Climate Interactions; Satellite Remote Sensing; Regional Climate Modeling; Climate Change

Click here to contact Professor Adegoke

Syed Hasan

Associate Professor Caroline Davies

Director of Environmental Studies Program
Dept. of Geosciences

Areas of Expertise:

Climate Change; Air Quality; Human/Landscape Relationships

Click here to contact Professor Davies

Associate Professor Michael Frisch

Dept. of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design
Areas of Expertise:
Design and Development; Regional Economic Impact; Urban Redevelopment
Click here to contact Professor Frisch

Assistant Professor Jacob Wagner

Dept. of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design
Areas of Expertise:
Historic Preservation; New Orleans;  Urban Redevelopment and Renewal

Click here to contact Professor Wagner

The Economy

James I. Sturgeon

Prof. James Sturgeon

Dept. of Economics

Areas of Expertise:

Institutional Economics; Industrial Organization; Political Economy

Click here to contact Professor Sturgeon

Dean Vorst

Professor Karen Vorst

Dept. of Economics

Areas of Expertise:

Banking and Financial Markets; U.S. and European Economies

Click here to contact Professor Vorst

L. Randall Wray

Prof. Randall Wray

Dept. of Economics

Areas of Expertise:

Orthodox Monetary Policy and Alternatives; Full Employment Policy

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Professor Bill Black

Dept. of Economics, School of Law

 Areas of Expertise:

White-Collar Crime; Public Finance; Antitrust; Law and Economics

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International Relations

Carla Klausner

Professor Carla Klausner

Dept. of History

Areas of Expertise:

Islam; Middle East; Israel; Arab-Israeli Conflict

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  Dennis Merrill

Professor Dennis Merrill

Dept. of History

Areas of Expertise:

U.S. Foreign Relations; Latin America; International Tourism

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