Speakers Bureau Topics

Accounting
Sandra S. Lang, Ph.D., CPA, Associate Professor of Accounting; Chair, School of Business
  • Preventing and Detecting Fraud
 
Art and Creativity
Dr. Phillip Wilhelm, Assistant Professor of Music Education; Coordinator for Music Education
  • Scrapbooking
  • Debt Reduction
  • Organization Structures
  • Time Management
 
Business and Entrepreneurship
 Michael Ashcraft, Associate Part-Time Professor
  • Business Development
  • Small Business - Start-Up, Financing and Marketing, Obstacles, Resources
 
Rick Fields, CPA, Associate Part Time Professor
  • Business and Personal Budgeting and Financial Models
  • Business Process and Procedure Development
  • Business Strategic Planning

Communication
Dr. William Haskins, Ph.D., Professor of Speech Communication
  • Freedom of Speech
  • Organizational Communication
  • Public Speaking
  • Team Building
 
Peter Will, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
  • Technical Writing
 
Computer Science and Information Systems
James Feher, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Computing
 
Kian Pokorny, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Computing
  • Uncertainty Methods with Small Data Sets
 
Economics
Frank Spreng, MBA, Ph.D., J.D., Professor of Economics; Director of the MBA Program
  • General Economic Conditions (employment, inflation, tax policy, current economy)
  • Economic Loss in Personal Injury and Death Cases
  • Law and Economics
 
Education
Dr. J. Alan Alewine, Associate Professor of Mathematics; University 101 Coordinator http://www.mckendree.edu/facultystaff.aspx?id=27
  • “12-Step Program for Lecture-hall-ics “
  • Making Groups Work
 
Tom Jewett, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education
  • Survival Tactics for Teachers
  • School Law for Teachers
 
Timothy Richards, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education
  • Secondary Education
 
Nancy Stewart, Instructor of Education
  • Writing Fiction
  • Writing Children’s Books
 
Julie Tonsing-Meyer, Program Coordinator, Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant
  • Technology in the Classroom
 
Environment, Conservation, Ecology
Dr. Michele (Mickey) Schutzenhofer, Assistant Professor
  • “Alien Invasion,” Causes and Concerns (invasive species)
  • Backyard Conservation (reconciliation ecology, rain gardens, invasive species)
  • Native Plants and Wildflowers
 
History, Politics, Government
Ann Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science
  • “All Hell Broke Loose“- American Race Riots from the Progressive Era Through World War II
  • “Illinoistown” - The Cultural History of East St. Louis
  • American Politics and Government
 
Brian Frederking, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science
  • United National Security Council
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Foreign Policies of the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France
  • International Politics
 
Tom Jewett, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education
  • “Mr. Jefferson Remembers”
 
Literature, Writing and Film
Brenda Boudreau, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, Director of Gender Studies
  • Contemporary American Literature
  • Women’s Literature
  • Gender and Ethnic Literature
  • Film Studies
 
Management
Peter Will, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
  • Product Development
  • Research and Technology
 
Marketing
Dr. Roger Smalley, Associate Professor of Marketing
  • Advertising
  • Consumer / Buyer Psychology
  • Marketing / Business Strategy
 
Music
Dr. Phillip Wilhelm, Assistant Professor of Music Education; Coordinator for Music Education
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Ecuadorian Music and Education
  • Sight-Singing Methods
 
Nursing, Health and Wellness
Dr. Sharon Beasley, RN, CNE, Nursing Division Chair, Associate Professor http://www.mckendree.edu/facultystaff.aspx?id=158
 
Dr. Martha McDonald, Associate Professor of Nursing; Coordinator of Nursing Programs, Southern Illinois
  • Community CPR
  • General Health Issues
 
Dr. Suzette Sewell Scheuermann, RN, Ph.D.
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Sleep Hygiene
  • Circadian Rhythm
 
Janice Wiegmann, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nursing
  • Family Health Issues
  • Rural Health Issues
 
Psychology / Personal Improvement and Development
Tami Eggleston, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Psychology
  • Human Sexuality
  • Sports Psychology
  • Teaching Psychology
 
Religion and Theology
Dr. Duane Olson, Associate Professor of Religion
  • Contemporary Issues in Christianity
  • History of Religion
  • Religions of the World
 
Social and Cultural Issues
Brenda Boudreau, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, Director of Gender Studies
  • Women’s Studies
  • Feminism
 
Neil Quisenberry, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Criminal Justice and Criminological Theory
  • Hate Crimes
  • Juvenile Delinquency
 
Fitness, Recreation, Athletics
Michael Harrison, Jr., Assistant Football Coach, Resident Director