ASU Faculty Research
Professor Molly Allison (Nursing):
Cardiovascular Disease (especially in rural populations)
Professor Loren Ammerman (Biology):
Bats of Big Bend National Park and the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande, bats natural history (where they roost, what they eat, their seasonal occurrence) and also on changing distributions and how the invasion of exotic plant species might affect the bat community.
Professor Bonnie Amos (Biology):
Rare plants in West Texas: the reproductive biology/pollination biology/population dynamics of a threatened species of cactus that is only found in Big Bend National Park; the big pod Bonamia, another rare plant found along the Rio Grande River; the reproductive biology of a rare plant in the Edwards Plateau and the reintroduction of an endangered plant species found in only three Texas counties
Professor Katie Artnak (Nursing):
Ethics: End of life planning
Professor Jeff Boone (Communications):
Media related issues in the Borderlands
Professor Ann Bullion-Mears (Education):
Children’s literature of the Borderlands
Professor David Carter (Chemistry and BioChemistry):
Applications of chemistry in the old west; mining and ore processing presence, locating and use of other minerals (e.g., sulfur and salt peter for gun powder); methods of treating wood, leather, dyes; medicines
Professor Karen Cody (Modern Languages):
Professor Terry Dalrymple (English):
Texas Fiction, Texas music
Professor Arnoldo deLeon (History):
Chicano history, the Borderlands up to 1848, minorities in the West
Professor Michael Dixon (Biology):
Big Bend bats and biology.
Professor Bob Dowler (Biology):
The mammalian fauna of both Texas and Mexico; conservation and wildlife management in these areas
Professor Gloria Duarte (English):
Professor Linda Ferguson (Nursing):
Type II diabetes in Hispanic children
Professor Julie Gates (English):
Young adult Mexican-American lit; cultural awareness in certification
Professor Leigh Harbin (English):
Texas and Borderland films
Professor Mary Ellen Hartje (English):
Magic realism
Professor Jim Hindman (History):
(a) Northern Mexico and the Texas-Mexican border during the Mexican Revolutionary period, 1880's - 1920's,
(b) the U.S. - Mexican border and
(c) immigration issues
Professor Linda Kornasky (English):
Two women writers from Texas and/or the Borderlands--Mary Austin and Dorothy Scarborough; Texas and San Angelo popular culture, especially regional identity and overlapping/competing Southern and Western pop iconography.
Professor Terry Maxwell (Biology):
The fauna of Texas and the Southwest; terrestrial vertebrates (e.g. amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) and most specifically with birds.
Professor Lana Marlowe (Communications):
Rhetoric of silence- uncovering erased histories- Tulsa Race Riot; Oral Histories; Vernacular Discourse- everyday language, local communities; Women's autobiography; Texas Criminal Justice System- women, counter-narratives, and acceptance; Southern sensibilities and critical thinking; Motherhood rhetoric- poverty, mommy track, feminization of poverty; Qualitative methods in communication
Professor Leslie Mayrand (Nursing):
Childhood obesity
Professor John Nicholson: (Communications):
Nicknames and naming practices among Anglo and Hispanic
Professor Rod Reed (Agriculture/Animal Science):
Forage-livestock systems; economic/ornamental plants in semi-arid and arid environments
Professor William Renforth (Management and Marketing):
Cross border retailing; NAFTA and related trade issues with Mexico
Professor Mary Sanders (Education):
Academic and cognitive assessment of k-12 students who are from the borderlands and Texas
Professor Joe Satterfield (Geology):
Geologic mapping of small parts of Trans-Pecos Texas and the San Angelo area:a) testing plate tectonic models explaining the geologic history of Trans-Pecos Texasb) mapping the distribution and origin of volcanic rocks in the Davis Mountainsc) documenting the locations of active faults in Big Bend National Park and the Davis Mountainsd) making detailed geologic maps that show the locations of different rock types and faultse) correlating and establishing the timing of folds caused by plate tectonic and igneous processes in Big Bend National Parkf) making a geologic map of the San Angelo State Park area
Professor Jeff Schonberg (English):
Linguistic, rhetorical, or anthropological/archeologica
Professor John Wegner (English):
Professor Susan Wilkinson (Nursing):
Cardiovascular Disease (especially women)