Baylor University Experts Available to Comment on 2014 Year-in-Review Topics
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WACO, Texas (Dec. 18, 2014) – Baylor University faculty experts are available to work with media to take a look back at 2014 and discuss a number of key happenings, including the events in Ferguson, Missouri following the death of Michael Brown, the Ebola outbreak, ISIS attacks, legal cases, sports stories, consumer behavior, immigration and events in Ukraine.
Year-in-Review Experts
Lori Baker, Ph.D., forensic anthropologist, associate professor of anthropology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences and director of the Reuniting Families Project
Topics:
• Year in Review: Immigrants dying along the U.S.-Mexico border
• Missing persons database
• Forensic anthropology
CONTACT: Tonya Lewis, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, office: (254) 710-4656, mobile: (254) 644-3301, or email: Tonya Lewis
Bessie Kebaara, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences
Topics
• Year in Review: Ebola virus (pathogenesis or development of the disease)
• Infectious diseases
CONTACT: Tonya Lewis, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, office: (254) 710-4656, mobile: (254) 644-3301, or email: Tonya Lewis
Sergiy Kudelia, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences
Topics:
• Year in Review: Political conflicts in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe
• Democratization, constitutionalism and revolutions
CONTACT: Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, office: (254) 710-3321, mobile: (254) 644-4155, or email: Terry Goodrich
Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences and co-director of Baylor’s Program on Historical Studies of Religion
Topics:
• Year in Review: ISIS and religious conflicts in 2014
• Year in Review: 100th Anniversary of World War I
• The “Authentic War on Christmas”
• Global Christianity
• New and emerging religious movements
CONTACT: Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, office: (254) 710-3321, mobile: (254) 644-4155, or email: Terry Goodrich
Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism, public relations and new media in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences
Topics:
• Year in Review: Ferguson, Missouri media coverage
• Racial stereotyping
• Pros and cons of social media
CONTACT: Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, office: (254) 710-3321, mobile: (254) 644-4155, or email: Terry Goodrich
James Roberts, Ph.D., The Ben H. Williams Professor of Marketing in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business
Topics:
• Year in Review: Consumer behavior
• Cellphone addiction
• Christmas shopping and holiday retail
• Consumerism and happiness (or lack thereof)
CONTACT: Eric Eckert, Baylor Media Communications specialist, office: (254) 710-1964, mobile: (254) 652-0398, or email: Eric M. Eckert
Brian Serr, J.D., Baylor Law School professor
Topics:
• Year in Review: 2014 Supreme Court cases
• Criminal law and procedure
CONTACT: Eric Eckert, Baylor Media Communications specialist, office: (254) 710-1964, mobile: (254) 652-0398, or email: Eric M. Eckert
Kirk Wakefield, Ph.D., the Edwin W. Streetman Professor of Retail Marketing and executive director of the Center for Sports Sponsorship and Sales at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business
Topics:
• Year in Review: Sports, 2014 World Cup, World Series, NFL policies
• Sports marketing and advertising
• Super Bowl advertising
• Cheering for the underdog
• Professional sports and popularity
CONTACT: Eric Eckert, Baylor Media Communications specialist, office: (254) 710-1964, mobile: (254) 652-0398, or email: Eric M. Eckert
For a full list of Baylor experts, visit the Media Communications Faculty Experts site.
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