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Hani Bawardi

Associate Professor of History

[email protected]

Teaching Areas: Arab American Studies , History , Middle East Studies

Research Areas: Arab American Studies , Immigrants / Immigration

Finn Bell

Assistant Professor of Human Services

[email protected] 313-583-6444

Teaching Areas: Climate Justice , Community Based Evaluation , Food Sovereignty , Macro Social Work , Program Planning , Social Welfare Policy , Social Work , Social Work Theories & Practice , Environmental Studies

Research Areas: Climate Change & Health , Climate Justice , Community Based Research , Community Based Research , Community Development and Organization , Ecojustice Education , Food Policy , Food Sovereignty , Mutual Aid , Oral History , Research Methods

Brian Boggs

Assistant Professor of Policy and Educational Leadership

[email protected] 313-583-6387

Teaching Areas: M.A. in Educational Leadership , Education (Doctorate) , Education Specialist

Research Areas: Education Policy , Educational Leadership , Law , Politics / Political Science , Urban Education

Melissa Bowlin

Associate Professor of Biology

[email protected] 313-593-6419

Teaching Areas: Biological Sciences , Master of Science in Environmental Science

Research Areas: Ecophysiology

Erin Bronstein

Assistant Professor of Social Studies

[email protected] 313-583-5075

Teaching Areas: Multiculturalism in Education , Secondary Certification , Social Studies , Elementary Certification

Research Areas: Cultural and National Narratives in Curriculum Reading , Cultural Studies / History , Curriculum Development , Decision Analysis , History Education , Multicultural Education , Teacher Decision Making , World History

Stein Brunvand

Associate Dean; Director, Graduate Programs; Professor, Educational Technology

[email protected] 313-593-5098

Teaching Areas: Secondary Certification , Elementary Certification , Instructional Design , Instructional Technology , M.A. in Instructional Design and Learning Technologies

Research Areas: Educational Technology , Instructional Design , Learning Technologies , Technology and Teacher Education

Charu Chandra

William E. Stirton Professor, Donald Ross Cowan Endowed Collegiate Professor, Professor, Operations Management

[email protected] 313-593-5258

Teaching Areas: MBA , MS-Business Analytics , MS-Supply Chain Management , BBA , BBA Supply Chain Management

Research Areas: Applied Operations Research , Business Analytics , Data Science , Healthcare informatics , Information Engineering , Supply chain management

Yi-Su Chen

Associate Professor, Operations Management

[email protected] 313-583-6481

Teaching Areas: BBA , BBA Supply Chain Management , MBA , MS-Supply Chain Management

Research Areas: Behavioral Operations Management , Buyer-Supplier Relationship , Supply Network

Danielle DeFauw

Department Chair

[email protected] 313-593-5426

Teaching Areas: Writing , Elementary Certification

Research Areas: Literacy , Pedagogy , Pedagogy and Interventions , PreK-12 Education (Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary) , Service Learning , Writing