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cOLLEGE FACULTY LIAiSON PROGRAM

The OURI College Faculty Liaisons serve as ambassadors for college efforts for the Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (URI) initiative. One faculty member per college will be selected by the college in coordination with OURI to serve in this capacity for 2 years (Fall-Summer). The anticipated time commitment for this appointment is 3-5 hours per week (including monthly meetings), with most of the responsibilities taking place during the fall and spring semesters.

Faculty Liaisons 2024-2025

Evan Bennett A and L

Faculty Member: Evan Bennett
Email address: ebennett@fau.edu
College: Arts and Letters
Research Interests: Environmental history, Maritime and coastal history, Labor History, Â̲èÖ±²¥ History
M. Escaleras BUS

Faculty Member: Monica Escaleras
Email address: mescaler@fau.edu
College: Business
Research Interests: Development Economics, Economics of Public Policy, Macroeconomics, Political Economy
S. Darling EDU

Faculty Member: Sharon M. Darling
Email address: sdarlin4@fau.edu
College: Education
Research Interests: Early childhood/Early childhood special education, Curriculum, Behavior, and addressing the needs of children and families with and without special needs within inclusive environments
ENG_liaison Faculty Member: Fred Bloetscher
Email address: fbloetsc@fau.edu
College: Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Water and Wastewater Technology; Groundwater Wells; Flow and Contaminant Transport; Wastewater Disposal Practices and Risk Assessment; Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management; Environmental Engineering; Utility Management and Finance
FAUHS Liaison headshot Faculty Member: Tricia Meredith
Email address: tmeredi1@fau.edu
College: FAU High School
Research Interests: The anatomy, physiology, and behavior related to the
sense of smell of sharks and their relatives; how undergraduate research and inquiry-based learning impacts early college/dual enrollment students
Dr. Erik Duboué Faculty Member: Erik Duboué
Email address: eduboue@fau.eduÌý
College: Honors College
Research Interests: Molecular genetics; brain perceives, processes, and responds to changes in the environment
MED Liaison headshot Faculty Member: Ceylan Isgor
Email address: cisgor@health.fau.edu
College: Medicine
Research Interests: Animal Models of Seizure Susceptibility; Neuromorphological behavioral and molecular consequences of chronic, variable stress during peripubertal-juvenile period in rats; Animal models for individual differences in the novelty-seeking or risk-taking behavior; Gonadal and adrenal steroid regulation of the novel estrogen receptor beta in stress relevant brain nuclei
Lenny Chiang Hanisko

Faculty Member: Lenny Chiang Hanisko
Email address: lchiangh@health.fau.edu
College: Nursing
Research Interests: Polypharmacy issues among ethnically diverse populations; aging and gerontological issues; cultural diversity

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SCI_Liaison Faculty Member: Tobin Hindle
Email address: thindle@fau.edu
College: Science
Research Interests: Human-Environmental Interactions, Ecological Regeneration, Strategies to integrate, Science, Society and Nature, Geographical Information Science, eLearning
Science Liaison Faculty Member: Diana Mitsova
Email address: dmitsova@fau.edu
College: Science
Research Interests: Geographic information systems, Spatial and Statistical Analysis, Sustainable Urban Planning, Impact of Urban Development on Ecosystems and other Environmentally sensitive areas
Gabriel T Cesar, Ph.D. Faculty Member: Gabriel Cesar
Email address: cesarg@fau.eduÌý
College: Social Work and Criminal Justice
Research Interests: In the areas of violence, juvenile justice, youth development, intersection of social work and criminology