Mataka
Jan
Mataka
PhD
Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5684
Courses Taught
CHEM 103, CHEM 211, CHEM 212, CHEM 231, CHEM 232, CHEM 348, CHEM 350, CHEM 353
Research Interests
Medicinal chemistry; pharmacology of neurodegenerative diseases
Education

 B. S., Biochemistry.  Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

M. S., Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Ph. D., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Selected Publications

Paul C. Trippier, Kristing Jansen Labby, Dustin D. Hawker, Jan Mataka, and Richard B. Silverman, “Target- and Mechanism-based Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases:  Strength in Numbers", Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2013, 56(8), 3121-3147

Additional Information

Memberships
American Chemical Society

BBH-212G
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5684
Office Hours
W 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. T R 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Main Campus
Nate Mathews
Nate
Mathews
Associate Professor, Photography; Associate Chairperson
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
Courses Taught
Studio Experiences in Photography
Photography I
Photography II
Digital Manipulation (Photoshop)
Photographic Lighting
Historic And Alternative Photographic Processes
Photography Seminar
Senior Seminar and Exhibition
Research Interests
Photography, Unmanned Arial Vehicles, 3D printing, slip casting, the Cold War, and Brutalist Architecture.
Education

Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Exhibitions

Conglomeration, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois

Selects, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

Annual Silent Auction, The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington D.C.

No Place to Show, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois

Vicinity, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois

Year Nine, Side Street Studio Arts Gallery, Elgin, Illinois

Ersatz, Blackhawk College, Moline Illinois (solo)

Community Art Show, People Made Visible, Gallery 200, West Chicago, Illinois

Midwest Midwinter exhibition,  Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Celebration of Art show, Gallery 200, People Made Visible, West Chicago, Illinois

Midwest SPE Exhibition, Brooks Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Bad News, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Rockford Midwestern Biennial Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois

Nuclear Policy, Grady Gallery, Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois (solo)

Nuclear Policy, Armstrong Gallery, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois (solo)

Ersatz, Visual Art Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois(solo)

Artistic Exploration, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan

Power and Politics, Filter Photo Space, Chicago, Illinois

Re:Place, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois

Room FA 225 A/B/C
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Office Hours
Spring 2024
30 min before/after each class
and Wednesday 10-11 a.m. (Zoom only)
and by appointment
Main Campus
Nancy A. Matthews
Nancy
A.
Matthews
Professor and NEIU/UPI Chapter President
Justice Studies
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4791
Courses Taught
JUST 202 WIP: Justice and Inequality
JUST 338 Introduction to Human Rights
JUST 350 Field Work Seminar
JUST 363 Globalization and the Pursuit of Justice
WGS 312 Women and Global Human Rights
Research Interests
Human rights, gendered violence, social movements
Education

•  Ph.D., Sociology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1989
•  M.A., Sociology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1983
•  B.A., Sociology, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1978

 

 

LWH 4063
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States

(773) 442-4791
Office Hours
Spring 2019: Monday 2pm-3pm; Wednesday 11:15am-12:15pm; Thursday 9:30am-12pm; and by appointment
Main Campus
G. "Max" Maxin IV laughs while wearing a blue shirt and yellow tie.
G. "Max"
Maxin
IV
Instructor
Communication, Media and Theatre
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-2340
Expertise
Lighting Design, Projections Design, Scenic Design, Scenic Painting, Prop Design/Construction, Scenic Construction, Adobe Suite, Qlab, AutoCAD
Courses Taught
CMTT 351: Children's Theatre Workshop (Middle & High School)
CMTT 348: Advanced Stagecraft
CMTT 341: Lighting Design
CMTT 339: Technical Theatre Producion
CMTT 240: Foundations of Theatrical Design
Research Interests
Theatrical Production Design; Digitally Integrated Media in Theatre
Education

M.F.A. Michigan State University (Production Design)

B.A. Ashland University (Scene & Lighting Design)

Background

G. "Max" Maxin IV works also a freelance theatrical designer in Chicago and is one of the co-founders of Another Door Theatre Project. Favorite design credits include: "Gypsy," "Little Women," "Cabaret," "Bare (Another Door)"; "Urinetown" (Jeff Nomination Lighting), "Three Days of Rain," "Next to Normal," (BoHo); "The Nance," "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert," "Angry Fags," "Design for Living," "The Submission," "Book of Merman" (Pride Films & Plays); "First Date" (Royal George); "Spamalot" (Nightblue); "From These Fatal Loins," "Home Before Dark" (The Ruckus), and "Story of a Story" (The Untold Story) (Underscore).

Room F 113
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-2340
Office Hours
Monday: 1-2 p.m. in person and also by appointment any time via Zoom
Main Campus
Anna Mayne Headshot
Anna
Mayne
Applied French horn
Music and Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5900
Courses Taught
Applied Horn
Research Interests
French horn pedagogy and performance
Education

P.D., Roosevelt University, Orchestral Studies
M.M., San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Horn Performance
B.M., Northwestern University, Horn Performance

Background

Originally from El Paso, Texas, hornist Anna Mayne, joined the Northeastern Illinois University faculty in January of 2012. She is a member of the South Bend and Illinois Symphonies, and actively freelances throughout the tri-state area. Ms. Mayne has played with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; the Milwaukee Symphony; the Green Bay Symphony; the Northwest Indiana Symphony; the New Philharmonic Orchestra; Chicago Sinfonietta; Mannheim Steamroller; the Marin Symphony; the El Paso Symphony; El Paso Opera; the Southwest Symphony (NM); Chicago Arts Orchestra; and the Oistrach Orchestra.

An avid chamber musician, she has been a member of the CINCO Brass Quintet since 1998. As a member of CINCO, Ms. Mayne was a semi-finalist at the Carmel, Coleman, and Fischoff National Chamber Music Competitions. In 2003, CINCO was the first ensemble to be invited to take part in the Chicago Chamber Musicians (CCM) Professional Development Program which partnered CINCO with members of CCM on several subscription concerts and live radio broadcasts on WFMT (98.7). CINCO has performed all over Chicago, most notably at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, the Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier, the Rush Hour Concert Series at St. James Cathedral, and the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series at the Chicago Cultural Center. 

Ms. Mayne’s principal teachers include William Barnewitz, Dale Clevenger, Robert Ward, and Gail Williams. She received fellowships to attend the Colorado College Summer Chamber Music Festival; the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival; and the Aspen Music Festival.

Her playing has been critically acclaimed, and she can be heard on several recording labels, including the Arsis label and most notably on Albany Records with the Houston Grand Opera and the New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. In addition to her busy performance schedule, she maintains private horn studios throughout the Chicagoland area. 

Fine Arts, 121
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5900
Office Hours
By appointment only
Main Campus
Maurice McFarlin
Maurice
McFarlin
Jr.
Instructor
Justice Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4790
Courses Taught
JUST 101 Introduction to Social Justice
JUST 201 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
JUST 241 Research Methods in Justice Studies
JUST 318 Gangs in Chicago
JUST 326 Juvenile Justice System
Research Interests
• Gangs in Chicago • Criminal Justice System • Juvenile Justice System
Education

• J.D., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
• M.A., Public Administration, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
• B.A., Criminal Justice, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

Background

Professor McFarlin is currently an attorney in private practice in Chicago, Illinois. He is a former senior trial attorney and municipal prosecutor for the City of Chicago Law Department.

LWH 4079
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States

(773) 442-4790
Office Hours
Fall 2016 Monday and Wednesday 10:25-11:25 a.m., 2:50-3:50 p.m. main campus; Tuesday and Thursday 4;30-5:30 p.m. El Centro.
Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
Main Campus
Nancy McVittie smiles into the camera in a black and white photo.
Nancy
McVittie
Senior Instructor
Communication, Media and Theatre
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5956
Expertise
Mass Media, Film and Television History, Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Media Writing, Academic Writing
Courses Taught
CMTM 467: Special Topics in Film & TV (Hollywood and American Culture)
CMTM 466: Media and Cultural Studies
CMTC 404: Communication Theory
CMTM 390: NEIU Cinematheque
CMTM 376: Television History
CMTM 375: Contemporary Hispanic Cinema
CMTM 374: Special Topics in Film (Teen Movies)
CMTM 371: American Cinema (Origins-1950)
CMTC 305: Writing in Communication, Media and Theatre (WIP)
CMTC 300: Mediated Communication
CMTM 205: Fundamentals of Media Writing
CMTM 265: Mass Media and Society
CMTM 160: Introduction to Cinema
CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication
ZHON 191: Introduction to the Arts
Research Interests
Representations of Aging, American Culture, Social History of Film and Television, Comedy and Camp
Education

Ph.D. Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan (2013)

M.A. Literature and Film, North Carolina State University (2008)

B.A. English and Art, Northern Illinois University (2003)

Selected Publications

Fade to Gray: Aging in American Cinema. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016 (co-authored with Timothy Shary)

“Sending Camp to Kids: When John Waters and Paul Rubens Brought Queer Politics to the Underage Set,” in Coming Out to the Mainstream: New Queer Cinema in the 21st Century. JoAnne C. Juett and David Jones, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.

Room FA 231
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5956
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Also available by appointment.
Main Campus
NEIU logo
Silvana
T
Mederos
Instructor of Spanish
World Languages and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
(777) 442-4755
Courses Taught
SPAN 315 Spanish Culture
Research Interests
Spanish language, culture and literature.
Education

NEIU

Lech Walesa Hall 2035
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(777) 442-4755
Office Hours
Spring 2016: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. or by Appointment.
Main Campus
Chandana Meegoda
Chandana
Meegoda
PhD
Instructor
Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5678
Courses Taught
CHEM 103, CHEM 110, CHEM 211, CHEM 212, CHEM 260, CHEM 261, CHEM 213
Research Interests
Material Science, Spectroscopy and Chemical Instrumentation.
Education

PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

BSc, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Selected Publications

•   C. Meegoda, M. Trenary, M. Mori, S. Otani, “Depth profile of iron in a CaB6 crystal”, Physical Review B 67 (17), 172410 – 172413 (2003).

•   C. Meegoda, Y. Paderno, M. Trenary, “ The nature of surface oxides on magnesium diboride” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp., 689 (Materials for High Temperature Technologies), 151-156 (2002).

•   S. Stefanos, C. Bonner, C. Meegoda, W, Rodriguez, G. Loutts, “Energy levels and optical properties of neodymium-doped barium fluorapatite” J. Appl. Phy. 88(4), 1935-1942 (2000).

•   C. Meegoda, C. E. Bonner, G. Loutts, S. Stefanos, G. Miller, “Raman spectroscopic study of barium fluorapatite”, J. Lumi. 81(2), 101-109 (1999).

•   C. Bonner, C. Chess, C. Meegoda, S. Stefanos, G. Loutts, G. Miller, “Raman spectroscopic study of barium fluorapatite”, Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3610 (Laser Materials Crystal Growth and Nonlinear Materials and Devices), 204-214 (1999).

•   N. Gunawardena, F. Ken, E. Jassen, C. Meegoda, D. Schafer, O. Vostrowsky, H. Bestmann, “Host attractants for red wevill, Rhynchophorus: Identification, electrophysiological activity and laboratory bioassay” J. Chem. Eco., 24(3), 425-437 (1998).

•   G. Loutts, C. Bonner, C. Meegoda, H. Ries, M. A. Noginov, N. Noginov, M. Curley, P. Venkateswarlu, A. Rapaport, M. Bass, “Crystal Growth, spectroscopic characterization and laser performance of a new efficient laser material Nd: Ba5(PO4)3F”, Appl. Phy. Lett. 71(3), 303-305 (1997).

Selected Exhibitions

Shyam Dedaniya and Chandana Meegoda, “The Effect of Temperature on The Distribution of Chlorogenic Acid in Different Anatomical Parts of The Green Coffee Bean”, 71st Annual Pittcon Conference, Chicago, IL (March 2020).

Shyam Dedaniya and Chandana Meegoda, “The Effect of Temperature on The Distribution of Chlorogenic Acid in Different Anatomical Parts of The Green Coffee Bean”, 4th Annual ACS Undergraduate Research Conference, Champaign, IL (November 2019).

Giovani Monterroso and Chandana Meegoda, “Stability Study of Li-Ion Battery Cathode Materials”, NEIU Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, 2016.

Giovani Monterroso and Chandana Meegoda, “Stability Study of Li-Ion Battery Cathode Materials”,  SACNAS National Conference, 2015, Washington DC.

Additional Information

Recent Grants

SCSE Summer Research Grant "Deposition of LiFePO4 Thin Films as Cathode Materials" 2016.

SCSE Summer Research Grant"Spectroscopic Study of Li-Ion Battery Cathode Materials" 2015.

 

Memberships
American Chemical Society

BBH-212F
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5678
Office Hours
W 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. F 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Main Campus
jaime in his office.
Jaime
Mendoza
Instructor, Drawing and Painting
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5474
Expertise
Jaime Mendoza’s paintings and drawings narrate an omnipresent of the self and other who is neither from here nor there.
Courses Taught
Art 170 B Studio Experiences: Painting
Art 170 G Studio Experiences: Drawing
Art 120 Drawing I
Art 220: Drawing II
Art 320: Drawing III
LLAS 109: Latino Art, Thought and Revolution in Chicago
Research Interests
Mendoza’s current research is rooted in Rasquachismo, an attitude and a sensibility, and secondarily a set of formal art qualities. His use of appropriated materials which are borrowed from a day-to-day context, he presents everyday objects as well as references to texts, paintings and drawings. Pompous writings and Utopian constructivist designs are juxtaposed with the trivial awkwardness of frustration, sexual desires, and archaic tropes that demonstrate how the self and other extend beyond their own subjective limits, cannibal versus civilized selves.
Education

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Selected Publications

”Crowning the Selfie King”, Alicia Eler, www.hyperallergic.com

“MASTERS of  Today ‐117 Contemporary Artists,” p.57, Peter Russu.

“La Chamba, Drawings by Jaime Mendoza"

“Hola, mi nombre es Jaime Mendoza,” Mercedes Fernández, La Raza Newspaper.

"Siguiendo Un Sueño" Alberto Guzman,  El Otro Newspaper, Volume 1, No. 11.

“MICA exhibit offers artistic tale of two cities” Glenn McNatt, Baltimore Sun Newspaper.

“Local Artists in INTENSE Exhibition at the Hot House" Kari Lydersen, Street Wise, Issue 6.

Selected Exhibitions

Peeling off the Grey, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois

SHIKAAWA, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas

Hot Buns and Blazing Artists, The Texas Theater, Dallas, Texas

Picturing Immigration, Galeria De La Raza, San Francisco, California

Digital Divide, VU Space - Victoria University, Victoria, Australia

Boston/Chicago, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Additional Information

Visual Artist Award, National Performance Network, New Orleans, LA

Individual Artist Grant, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Houston TX

Artist in Residence, Galería de La Raza, San Francisco, CA

Fellowship, ENLACE Leadership Institute, Chicago, IL

Room LWH 0031
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5474
Office Hours
By appointment.
Main Campus
Lauren Meranda looks into the camera in a black and white image.
Lauren
Meranda
Associate Professor, Graphic Design
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise
Lauren Meranda is a multi-disciplinary designer specializing in work for cultural institutions, social activism, civic engagement, and public memory through experimental media, collaborative storytelling, and interactive design for physical spaces.
Courses Taught
Graphic Design 1
Typography 1
Interactive Design: Web 1
Contemporary Design
Special Topics in Graphic Design
Print Production
Senior Exhibition in Graphic Design
Design in Nature
Research Interests
As a designer and producer of visual culture, Lauren Meranda strives to find means by which to let public memory emerge from the stories of the people it is bound to define. The projects and exhibits she works on seek to empower the individual to participate in the storytelling process and expand public memory to include previously unheard voices. Her exhibits utilize site for the interpretation and continuation of historical narratives by linking research, education, and social engagement into an interactive designed experience. Lauren currently runs Studio Brazen and collaborates with the National Public Housing Museum.
Education

MDes, Graphic Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Fine Art, Visual Communication, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois

Selected Publications

Digesting Constructive Criticism: Practices for Not Becoming the Next Design Fail Meme / Columbia College Career Center ⁄ April 2018

Design Edu Today Podcast Ep. 45 / Featured Interview ⁄ April 2017

Selected Exhibitions

Chicago Design Through the Decades, Art on theMart, Chicago, Illinois

At Home: Ephemeral Monuments to Public Housing Residents, National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Looking Back: Chicago Design Milestones, Chicago Design Archive, Chicago, Illinois

History Lessons: Everyday Objects from Chicago, Public Housing National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Housing as a Human Right: Social Construction, National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: International Poster Exhibition, National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Public School: A Stockyard Institute Exhibition, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois

Back to the Sandbox: Art and Radical Pedagogy, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland

Unfinished Business: 21st Century Home Economics, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Report to the Public: An Untold Story of the Conservative Vice Lords, Art In These Times, Chicago, Illinois

Unfinished Business: Art Education, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Redefining Democracy: Jane Addams and the Hull-House Settlement, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Room FA 252B
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Office Hours
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Main Campus
Chris Merchant
Christopher
R.
Merchant
Associate Professor
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5884
Expertise
Suicidal ideation and depression among adolescents and young adults; identity development in young adulthood
Courses Taught
Abnormal Psychology (Psych 340)
Psychology of Personality (Psych 330)
Senior Seminar
General Psychology
Psychosocial Advocacy for Developmental Maladjustment
The Performative Self (in Science Technology Engineering Arts & Math Curriculum
Research Interests
Identity development among young adults; Depression; Suicidal ideation; Interpersonal connectedness; Internet use; Social networking
Education

Ph.D. from University of Michigan
B.S. in Psychology from Morehouse College

Selected Publications

Erber, M., Rueckert, L., Dykema-Engblade, A., Merchant, C., & Cuevas, L. (2015). Collaborative and active learning strategies promote critical thinking across psychology curriculum. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association-Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Chicago, IL.

Merchant, C., Erber, M., Rueckert, L., Adams, S., & Polyashuk, Y. (2014). Cyber peer-led team learning in a statistics and research methods class. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Teaching of Psychology, Chicago, Illinois, May, 2014.

Ghaziuddin, N, Merchant, C.R., Dopp, R., & King, C.A (2014).  A naturalistic study of suicidal adolescents treated with an SSRI: Suicidal ideation and behavior during 3-month post-hospitalization period.  Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 11, 13-19.

King, C.A., Kerr, D.C., Passrelli, M.N., Ewell-Foster, C., & Merchant, C.R. (2010). One-year follow up of suicidal adolescents: Parent history of mental health problems and time to post-hospitalization attempt, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, DOI 10.1007/s10964-009-9480-2.

Merchant, C.R., Kramer, A., Joe, S., Venkataraman, S., & King, C.A. (2009).  Predictors of multiple suicide attempts among suicidal Black adolescents, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39(2), 115-124.

King, C.A., & Merchant, C.R. (2008).  Social and interpersonal factors relating to adolescent suicidality: A review of the literature, Archives of Suicide Research, 12(3), 181-196.

Room BBH 307 D
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5884
Office Hours
By appointment.
Main Campus
University Center Lake County
Adam Messinger smiles into the camera.
Adam
M.
Messinger
Associate Professor
Justice Studies
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4798
Courses Taught
JUST 101 Introduction to Social Justice
JUST 201 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
JUST 321 Violence Against Women
JUST 345 Practicum in Justice Studies
JUST 348 Research Methods in Justice Studies
JUST 355 LGBTQ Communities & Crime
JUST 393 Independent Study in Social Justice
ZHON 395 Honors Thesis
Research Interests
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Intimate Partner Violence • Teen Dating Violence, Youth Bullying, Child Abuse, & Youth Violence Prevention Programming • Sexual Violence • Gender Identities, Sexualities & Stigma
Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California, 2010
M.A., Sociology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California, 2007
B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, 2005

Selected Publications

PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS

Messinger, A. M. (2017). LGBTQ intimate partner violence: Lessons for policy, practice, and research. University of California Press: Oakland, CA.
[http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520286054]

Messinger, A. M. (2014). Marking 35 years of same-sex intimate partner violence research: Lessons and future directions. In D. Peterson & V. R. Panfil (Eds.) The handbook of LGBT communities, crime, and justice, 65-85. Springer Science + Business Media Publishing: New York.
[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-9188-0_4]

Messinger, A. M., & Roark, J. (In Press). LGBTQ partner violence. In W. S. DeKeseredy, C. Rennison, & A. Hall-Sanchez (Eds.) The Routledge international handbook of violence studies. Routledge: London.

Messinger, A. M., & Roark, J. (In Press). Transgender intimate partner violence and aging. In M. Houlberg (Ed.) Transgender health and aging: Culturally competent care for transgender aging patients. Springer: New York.

Messinger, A. M., & Koon-Magnin, S. (In Press). Sexual violence in LGBTQ communities. In W. O’Donohue, C. Cummings, & P. A. Schewe (Eds.) Handbook of sexual assault prevention. Springer: New York.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Fry, D. A., Messinger, A. M., Rickert, V. I., O'Connor, M. K., Palmetto, N., Lessel, H., & Davidson, L. L. (2014). Adolescent relationship violence: Help-seeking and help-giving behaviors among peers. Journal of Urban Health, 91(2), 320-334.
[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-013-9826-7]

Messinger, A. M. (In Press). Bidirectional same-gender and sexual minority intimate partner violence. Violence and Gender.

Messinger, A. M. (2011). Invisible victims: Same-sex intimate partner violence in the National Violence Against Women Survey. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(11), 2228-2243.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260510383023]

Messinger, A. M. (2012). Teaching content analysis through Harry Potter. Teaching Sociology, 40(4), 360-367.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0092055X12445461]

Messinger, A. M. (2015). Teaching interactionist gender theory through speed dating. Teaching Sociology, 43(2), 154-162.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0092055X14568849]

Messinger, A. M., Birmingham, R. S., DeKeseredy, W. S. (In Press). Perceptions of same-gender and different-gender intimate partner cyber-monitoring. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Messinger, A. M., Davidson, L. L., & Rickert, V.I. (2011). IPV among adolescent reproductive health clinic patients: the role of relationship communication. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(9), 1851-1867.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260510372933]

Messinger, A. M., Fry, D. A., Rickert, V. I., Catallozzi, M., & Davidson, L. L. (2014). Extending Johnson’s intimate partner violence typology: Lessons from an adolescent sample. Violence Against Women, 20(8), 948-971.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1077801214546907]

Messinger, A. M., Nieri, T., Villar, P., & Luengo, M.A. (2012). Acculturation stress and bullying among immigrant youths in Spain. Journal of School Violence, 9(4), 306-322.
[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15388220.2012.706875]

Messinger, A. M., Rickert, V. I., Fry, D., Lessel, H., & Davidson, L.L. (2012). Revisiting the role of communication in adolescent intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 9(4), 306-322. [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260512438276]

Risser, H. J., Messinger, A. M., Fry, D. A., Davidson, L. L., & Schewe, P.A. (2013). Do maternal and paternal mental illness and substance abuse predict treatment outcomes for children exposed to violence? Child Care in Practice, 19(3), 221-236.
[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13575279.2013.785932]

Schewe, P. A., Risser, H. J., & Messinger, A.M. (2013). Safe from the start: Evaluating interventions for children exposed to violence. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 22(1), 67-86.
[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10926771.2013.743945]

Whitton, S. W., Newcomb, M. E., Messinger, A. M., Byck, G., & Mustanski, B. (2016). A longitudinal study of IPV victimization among sexual minority youth. Journal of interpersonal violence, 0886260516646093.
[http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260516646093]

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Coltrane, S., & Messinger, A. M. (2008). Men. In W. A. Darity, Jr. (Ed.) International encyclopedia of the social sciences, 80-82. MacMillian Reference.

Messinger, A. M. (2017). The isolation of transgender, undocumented victims of domestic violence. The Huffington Post.
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58ac56dbe4b029c1d1f88eeb]

Additional Information

My research centers on intimate partner violence (IPV) – psychological, physical, or sexual abuse within romantic and sexual relationships – among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Research has found that LGBTQ individuals are more likely than heterosexuals to experience IPV and its many negative consequences, and yet policies, services, and interventions often overlook this stigmatized population. To help raise awareness about and improve solutions to LGBTQ IPV, I am currently working on several projects:

   o    Co-Editor for what will be amongst the first books published on transgender IPV (est. publication in 2019).
   o    Co-Investigator on a 5-year longitudinal study of the causal pathways leading into and out of healthy and unhealthy sexual minority youth relationships.
   o    Principal Investigator on a multi-city study about peer support for LGBTQ IPV perpetrators.
   o    Co-Principal Investigator on a study about syndemic family violence risk factors and outcomes among LGBTQ and heterosexual-cisgender university students.

I look forward to continuing to serve those who live in what scholars have termed a "double closet": LGBTQ victims silenced not only by fear of their abusers but also by the fear that those who are homophobic and transphobic in society will refuse to help them.

To learn more about this important issue, or if you are interested in future research collaborations, volunteer research positions, speaking engagements, or media interviews, please contact me at my listed University email address.

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Antoinette Mester
Antuanette
Mester
Communication, Media and Theatre
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5385
Expertise
Instructor of Teacher Education Department courses. Retired Chicago Public School Principal. Principal's Coach. Instructional Coach.
Courses Taught
CMTC 317: Organizational Communication
Research Interests
Bilingual Education, Communication
Education

Cambridge Certification from London;  Master's Degrees in ED Leadership:  Type75;  

Master's Degree in Language Arts;  

Master's Degree in Reading;  

Bilingual and ESL endorsed;  Type 03 Teaching Certificate;

Type 04 Certificate: Endorsement in Reading;  

Reading Specialist;  

Additional Teaching Certificate from the University of the West Indies.

Selected Performances

Presenter at International, as well as, at local conferences; ISBE: correcting and reviewing assessments:  Committee revising TAP.

Background

Teacher from 1973 to 1985:  Assistant Principal from 1985 to 1992;  Principal from 1992 to 2012.

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Sophia Mihic
Sophia
Mihic
Professor
Political Science
Philosophy
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5652
Expertise
Political Theory, Anglo-Analytic and Continental Philosophy, Feminist Theory, “Race,” Class, and the Politics of the Legal Order, The History of Political Thought
Courses Taught
ZHON 193 – Honors Introduction to the Social Sciences
PSCI 216 – American National Government
PSCI/PHIL 390 – Classical Political Theory
PSCI/PHIL 390 Modern Political Theory
PSCI 392 – WIP: Contemporary Political Theory
PHIL 345 – Social and Political Philosophy
PSCI 382/PHIL 382 – Marx Seminar
PHIL 389 – Foucault Seminar
PHIL 387 – Arendt Seminar
PSCI 401 – Classics of Political Science
PSCI 491 – Arendt Seminar
Research Interests
Dr. Mihic’s research and teaching focuses on the philosophy of interpretive inquiry in the social sciences, the work of Hannah Arendt, and the structural grounds of order and identity politics in 20th and now 21st century democracies. She also teaches and writes on the history of political thought, literature and political theory and the politics of the legal order. She was a fellow at the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy, Rutgers University—where she was awarded a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation—and a fellow at the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana.
Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2000

M.A., Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1993

B.A., Political Science, University of Florida 1982

Selected Publications

“‘the end was in the beginning’: Melville, Ellison and the Democratic Death of Progress in Typee,” Jason Frank, ed. The Political Companion to Herman Melville, University of Kentucky Press, January 2014

“Interpretation, Political Theory, and the Hegemony of Normative Theorizing,” Becoming Plural: The Political Thought of William E. Connolly, Alan Finlayson, ed., Routledge, October 2009

“Facts, Values and ‘Real’ Numbers: Making Sense In and Of Political Science,” with Stephen G. Engelmann and Elizabeth Rose Wingrove, The Politics of Method in the Human Sciences: Positivism and Its Epistemological Others, George Steinmetz, ed., Duke University Press, 2005

“Neoliberalism and the Jurisprudence of Privacy: An Experiment in Feminist Theorizing,” Feminist Theory, 9(2), August 2008

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Curriculum Vitae
Patrick B. Miller
Patrick
B.
Miller
Professor Emeritus
History
College of Arts and Sciences
Courses Taught
Hist 215: United States History, 1877 to the Present
Hist 329A: African American History and Race Relations to 1865
Hist 329B: African American History and Race Relations Since 1865
Hist 392: Problems in History: Documenting the Civil Rights Movement
Hist 392: Problems in History: Writing and Methods for History Majors
Hist 437: Readings in African American History (Graduate Colloquium)
Race and Ethnicity in 20th Century America (Graduate Seminar)
Race, Ethnicity, Nationality and Citizenship in Comparative Perspective (Honors Seminar; Graduate Colloquium)
Research Interests
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American History, Cultural and Social; African American History and Rae Relations; Ethnicity and Immigration; Citizenship and Identity in Comparative Perspective; Sport History
Education

University of California, Berkeley

History, Ph.D., 1987

Selected Publications

Sport and the Color Line: Black Athletes and Race Relations in Twentieth-Century America (Co-edited with David K. Wiggins) Routledge, 2004.

The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport, (with David K Wiggins), University of Illinois Press, 2003. Runner-up for the 2003 Book Prize awarded by the North American Society for Sport History.

The Sporting World of the Modern South (Edited), University of Illinois Press, 2002.

The Civil Rights Movement Revisited: Critical Perspectives on the Struggle for Racial Equality in the United States (Co-edited with Elisabeth Schäfer-Wünsche and Therese Frey Steffen), LIT Verlag (Hamburg and Münster, Germany and London, UK; Transaction Press, USA, 2001).

(The Playing Fields of American Culture: Athletics and Higher Education, 1850 1945, under contract with Oxford University Press)

“Holding Center Stage: Race Pride and the Extracurriculum at Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the First Half of the Twentieth Century” in Susan Ditto, David Libby, and Paul Spickard, eds., Affect and Power: Essays on Sex, Slavery, Race, and Religion (University of Mississippi Press, 2005)

“Muscular Assimilationism: Sport and the Paradoxes of Racial Reform,” in Race and Sport: The Struggle for Equality On and Off the Field, Charles K. Ross, ed. (University of Mississippi Press, 2004).

“Sport as ‘Interracial Education’: Popular Culture and Civil Rights Strategies in the 1930s and Beyond,” in The Civil Rights Movement Revisited; and as "Before Jackie Robinson: Sport and the Civil Rights Campaign of the 1930s," in Sport and Politics: Proceedings of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport, ISHPES, Budapest, 2002.

“Slouching Toward a New Expediency: College Football and the Color Line during the Great Depression,” American Studies, 40 (Fall 1999)

“The Anatomy of Scientific Racism: Racialist Responses to Black Athletic Achievement,” Journal of Sport History, 25 (Spring 1998), reprinted (abridged) in We Are A People: Narrative and Multiplicity in the Construction of Ethnic Identity, Paul R. Spickard and W. Jeffrey Burroughs, eds. (Temple University Press, 2000); reprinted in Sport and the Color Line; reprinted in David Karen and Robert E. Washington, eds, The Sport and Society Reader (Routledge 2010).

“The Manly, the Moral, and the Proficient: College Sport in the New South,” Journal of Sport History, 24 (Fall 1997); reprinted in The Sporting World of the Modern South

“To ‘Bring the Race Along Rapidly’: Sport, Student Culture, and Educational Mission at Historically Black Colleges during the Interwar Years,” History of Education Quarterly, 35 (Summer 1995); reprinted in The Sporting World of the Modern South

Background

Miller was, most recently, the 2016-2017 J.W. Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies at the University of Helsinki, where he guided courses and presented public lectures on the topics of U.S. Civil Rights and Race Relations. Over the last decade he has offered papers and participated in History Workshops in France, Spain, Poland, Germany, Austria, Israel and Tunisia, as well as Finland.

Currently, he is co-editor of the book series, “The African American Intellectual Heritage,” published by the University of Notre Dame Press. He was a consultant on one of the inaugural exhibits of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in 2016. At NEIU he has served as graduate coordinator and chair of the History Department.

Additional Information

Honors:

J.W. Fulbright Distinguished Bicentennial Chair in American Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, 2016-2017

Distinguished Lectureship Program, Organization of American Historians, 2006-2012

J. William Fulbright Fellowship (Senior Scholar) Universität Bayreuth, Germany (Spring/Summer 2003)

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant: Co-director, NEH Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers: "Sport, Society, and Modern American Culture" (with Steven A. Riess) (Summer 2002)

J. William Fulbright Fellowship, (Senior Scholar) Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany (1998-1999)

Scholar in Residence, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, N.E.H. Fellowship (1992 93)

Spencer Fellowship of the National Academy of Education (1990 91)

Smithsonian Fellowship, National Museum of American History (1990 91)

Office Hours
Retired as of December 2019
Main Campus
Curriculum Vitae
Christie Miller
Christie
Miller
Director of Cultural Events
Music and Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4978
Courses Taught
Music Concepts
Research Interests
Clarinet performance; Arts and Culture curation
Education

M.M., DePaul University, Clarinet Performance
B.M., University of Houston, Clarinet

Background

Christie Miller has performed with many of Chicagoland's finest ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Access Contemporary Music, Chicago Clarinet Ensemble and CUBE. She has also performed as a soloist in Europe and Cuba and has appeared on many broadcasts of WFMT 98.7 FM's "Live from Studio One" program. 

Christie is the Director of the Office of Cultural Events and Director of Community & Professional Education at Northeastern Illinois University and serves as an adjunct instructor teaching in the Department of Music and Dance.

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Dragan Milovanovic
Dragan
Milovanovic
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Justice Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4789
Courses Taught
JUST 241 Research Methods in Justice Studies
JUST 301 Theories of Justice and Social Change
JUST 312 Theories of Criminal Behavior
JUST 313 Prisons and Jails
JUST 336 Postmodern Law and Criminology
JUST 350 Field Work Seminar
Research Interests
Criminology, law, justice studies, jurisprudence, sociology of law, social policy, feminist analysis, and critical race theory.
Education

• Ph.D., School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, 1987
• M.A., School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany, 1979
• M.A., Criminal Justice, John Jay College, City University of New York, 1976
• B.A., Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York, 1974

Selected Publications

A Primer in the Sociology of Law (1988). Albany, New York: Harrow and Heston Publishers.

A Primer in the Sociology of Law (1988). Albany, New York: Harrow and Heston Publishers.

Weberian and Marxian Analysis of Law: Development and Functions of Law in a Capitalist Mode of Production (1989). Aldershot, Hampshire: Gower Publishing Company Ltd.

Weberian and Marxian Analysis of Law: Development and Functions of Law in a Capitalist Mode of Production (1989). Aldershot, Hampshirem, UK: Gower Publishing Ltd.

Postmodern Law and Disorder:  Psychoanalytic Semiotics, Chaos, and Juridic Exegeses (1992). Merseyside, UK: Deborah Charles Publications.

Constitutive Criminology: Beyond Postmodernism (1996).  Co-authored with Keith Henry.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Critical Criminology at the Edge: Postmodern Perspectives, Integrations, and Applications (2002). New York: Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group.

Critical Criminology at the Edge: Postmodern Perspectives, Integrations, and Applications (2002). New York: Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group.

Critical Criminology at the Edge: Postmodern Perspectives, Integrations, and Applications (2002). New York: Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group.

An Introduction to the Sociology of Law (2003).  Monsey, New York: Criminal Justice Press.

Ivory Tower (2008). Chicago: William H. Kelly.

Revolution in Penology (2010)Co-authored with Bruce Arrigo.  Plymouth, UK: Rowman and Littlefield.

Quantum Holographic Criminology: Paradigm Shift in Criminology, Law & Transformative Justice (2014). Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press.

Additional Information

My philosophical interests are in postmodernism, post-structuralism, the Frankfurt school, chaos  theory, complexity theory, catastrophe theory, topology theory, constitutive theory, edgework analysis, and Lacanian psychoanalytic semiotics.

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Office Hours
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Daniel Milsky
Daniel
J.
Milsky
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Advisor
Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5798
Expertise
Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Ecology, Environmental Ethics
Courses Taught
PHIL 213-Ethics
PHIL 214-Medical Ethics
PHIL 215-Business Ethics
PHIL 365-Environmental Ethics
PHIL 362-Philosophy of Law
PHIL 375-Philosophy of Science
Research Interests
Environmental Ethics, Restoration Ecology, Locavorism, Popular Culture and Philosophy
Education

B.A. Philosophy, Union College (Schenectady, New York)

Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Selected Publications

"Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy" (Open Court Press)

"Radiohead and Philosophy" (Open Court Press)

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Denana Miodragovic smiles into the camera while wearing a hat.
Denana
Miodragovic
Ph.D.
Instructor
Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5773
Courses Taught
CHEM 103, CHEM 108, CHEM 110, CHEM 211, CHEM 212, CHEM 261, CHEM 262, CHEM 391, CHEM 316, CHEM 406, CHEM 413
Research Interests
Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry and Bio-Inorganic Chemistry
Education

B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Chemistry (2003), University of Belgrade, Serbia
Doctoral thesis:
“Syntheses and Stereochemistry of Cobalt(III) Complexes with Aromatic Amino Acids”
Adviser: Professor Slobodan Milosavljevic

Postdoctoral studies – Northwestern University, Evanston, USA 
Adviser: Professor Thomas Vincent O’Halloran
Project: Syntheses of inorganic anticancer agents based on the combination of platinum and arsenic drugs

Selected Publications

Miodragović DU, Merlino A, Swindell E, Marzo T., Bogachkov A., Ahn R., Abuhadba S, Ferraro G, Mazar AP, Messori L, and O’Halloran TV, Arsenoplatin-1 is A Dual Pharmacophore Anti-Cancer Agent, JACS, 141 (16) (2019) 6453-6457. View publication.

Miodragović D, Swindell E.P, Waxali Z.S., Bogachkov A., and O’Hallorana T.V., Beyond Cisplatin: Combination Therapy with Arsenic Trioxide, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 496 (2019) 119030. View publication.

Ðenana U.  Miodragović, Jeremy A. Quentzel, Josh W. Kurutz, Charlotte L. Stern, Richard W. Ahn, and Thomas O’Halloran, Robust Structure and Activity of Aqueous Arsenous Acid-Platinum(II) Anticancer Complexes, Angew. Chem. In. Ed, 52 (2013) 10749-10752. View publication.

Swindell, Elden; Hankins, Patrick; Chen, Haimei; Miodragović, Đenana; O'Halloran, Thomas, Anticancer Activity of Small Molecule and Nanoparticulate Arsenic(III) Complexes", Inorg. Chem. (2013), 52, 12292-12 304. View publication.

Minić Dragica M., Sumar-Ristović Maja T., Miodragović Ðenana U., Andjelković Katarina K., Poleti Dejan, Kinetics and mechanism of degradation of Co(II)-N-benzyloxycarbonylglycinato complex, J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 7 (2012) 1167-1176. View publication.

Miodragović  Djenana U., Jovanović Dragoljub, Bogdanović Goran A., Mitić Dragana, Andjelković KatarinaSynthesis and crystal structures of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-aminoacridine tetrachlorozincate(II) monohydrate, J. Serb. Chem. Soc., 75 (2010) 1209-1218.

Sumar-Ristović  Maja T., Minić Dragica M., Poleti Dejan, Miodragović Zoran, Miodragović Ðenana, Andjelkovic Katarina K., Thermal stability and degradation of Co(II), Cd(II), and Zn(II) complexes with N-benzyloxycarbonylglycinato ligand, J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 102 (2010) 83-90. View publication.

Mitić D, Milenković M, Milosavljević S, Gođevac D, Miodragović Z, Anđelković K and Miodragović D., Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of the Co(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) complexes with N-benzyloxycarbonyl-S-phenylalanine, Eur. J. Med. Chem. 44 (2009) 1537-1544. View publication.

Miodragović DU, Mitić DM, Miodragović ZM, Bogdanović GA, Vitnik ŽJ, Vitorović MD, Radulović MD,  Nastasijević BJ, Juranić IO, Andjelković KK,"Syntheses, characterization and antimicrobial activity of the first complexes of Zn(II), Cd(II) and Co(II) with N-benzyloxycarbonylglycine. X-ray crystal structure of the polymeric Cd(II) complex", Inorg. Chim. Acta 361 (2008) 86-94. View publication.

 Mitić M, Miodragović DU, Sladić DS, Vitnik ŽJ, Miodragović ZM, Andjelković KK, Radulović MD, Juranić NO, " Synthesis, NMR, DFT and antimicrobial studies of the Zn(II) complexes with N-benzyloxycarbonyl-S-alanine" J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 73(2008) 813-822.

Miodragović DU, Bogdanović GA, Miodragović ZM, Radulović MD, Novaković SB, Kaluđerović GN,  Kozłowski H, "Interesting coordination abilities of antiulcer drug famotidine and antimicrobial activity of drug and its cobalt(III) complex", J. Inorg. Biochem. 100 (2006) 1568-1574. View publication.

Miodragović ZM, Bogdanović GA, Krajčinović BB, Drakulić BJ, Kusigerski VB, Miodragović DU,  Spasojević VV, Hodžić IM, Juranić IO, "Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of the first copper(II) complex with an (E)-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoato ligand", Inorganic Chemistry Communications  9 (2006) 1173–1177. View publication.

Miodragović DU, Miodragović ZM,  Skala D, Malinar MJ and Minić DM, "Mixed cobalt(III) complexes with aromatic amino acids and diamine. Part V. Thermal investigation of (1,2-diaminoethane)bis(S-tyrosinato)cobalt(III) complex diastereomers", Thermochimica Acta 436 (2005) 90-95. View publication.

Miodragović DU, Vitnik ŽJ, Milosavljević SM, Malinar MJ, and Juranić IO, "NH…π Interactions Stabilize the Most-Hindered Rotamer of the (S)-Tyrosinato Side Group in Bis[(S)-tyrosinato](diamine)cobalt(III) Complexes: An NMR Spectroscopic and DFT Study, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (2005) 3172-3178. View publication.

Miodragović DU, Milosavljević SM, Malinar MJ, Ćelap MB, Todorović N, Juranić N, "Mixed Cobalt(III) complexes with Aromatic amino Acids and Diamine. Part IV. Influence of Noncovalent Intra- and Interligand Interactions on Rotamer Population of the S-phenylalaninato and S-tyrosinato side groups in (1,2-Diaminoethane)bis(S-aminocarboxylato)cobalt(III) Complexes", Enantiomer  7 (2002) 375-382.

Bogdanović GA, Miodragović DU, Malinar MJ, "Mixed cobalt(III) complexes with aromatic amino acids and diamines. III.  Absolute structure of Δ-trans(O)-(1,2-diaminoethane-k2N,N)bis(S-tyrosinato)cobalt(III)chloride tetrahydrate", Acta Cryst. C 58 (2002) 338-340. View publication.

Miodragović DU, Malinar MJ, Milosavljević SM, Zarić SD, Vučelić D, Ćelap MB, "Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of Novel Mono- and Dinuclear Cobalt(III) Complexes containing S-phenylalanine", J. Coord. Chem. 55 (2002) 517-526.

Miodragović DU, Bogdanović GA, Milosavljević SM, Malinar MJ, Ćelap MB, Spasojević-de Bire A, Macura S, Juranić N, "Mixed Cobalt(III) Complexes with Aromatic Amino Acids and Diamine. Part II. Synthesis and Configuration of (1,2-diaminoethane)Bis(L-Tyrosinato)Cobalt(III) Complex Diastereomers. The  Crystal Structure of Δ-C1-Cis(O)-Diastereomer", Enantiomer  6 (2001) 299-308.

Malinar MJ, Miodragović DU, Ćelap MB, Vuković D,  Zakrzewska JS, Vučelić D, "Mixed Cobalt(III)  complexes with S-tyrosine and 1,3-Diaminopropane",  Enantiomer  3 (1998) 349-356.
 
Malinar MJ, Miodragović DU, Ćelap MB, Vuković D, Zakrzewska JS, Vučelić D,  "Mono- and dinuclear cobalt(III) complexes with S-tyrosine", J. Coord. Chem.  42 (1997) 343-351.

 

Selected Exhibitions

PRESENTATIONS

Ninth Annual Student Center for Science Engagement Research Symposium, NEIU, November 16, 2018.

Seventh Annual Student Center for Science Engagement Research Symposium, NEIU, November 18, 2016.

Fifth Annual Research & Creative symposium, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, November 14, 2014.

Northeastern Illinois University Fourth Annual Research & Creative Activity Symposium, Chicago, November, 25, 2013.

SMASH 2012, Providence, Rhode Island, September 9th-12th, 2012.

9th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Wroclaw, Poland, September 2-6, 2008.

2nd European Conference on Chemistry for Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland, September 4-8, 2007.

2nd European Conference on Chemistry for Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland, September 4-8, 2007,

5th ICOSECS, Ohrid, September 10-14, 2006.

1st European Chemistry Congress, Budapest, Hungary, August 27-31, 2006.

X International Symposium on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Szklarska Poreba, Poland, September 20-25, 2005.

X International Symposium on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Szklarska Poreba, Poland, September 20-25, 2005.

4th International Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-East European Countries on Chemical Sciences in Changing Times: Visions, Challenges and Solutions, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, July 18-21, 2004.

7th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, September 21-23, 2004.

7th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, September 21-23, 2004.

Fourth Yugoslav Materials Research Society Conference ²YUCOMAT², Herceg Novi,Yugoslavia, September 10-14, 2001.

5th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, September 2000.

1st International Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-East European Countries, Halkidiki, Greece, June 1-4, 1998.

6th International Conference on Circular Dichroism, Pisa, Italy, September 21-24,1997.

6th International Conference on Circular Dichroism, Pisa, Italy, September 21-24,1997.

 

Background

Professional Experience

Instructor, Northeastern Illinois University (2013-present)

Adjunct Faculty, Northeastern Illinois University (2011-2012)

Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University (2012-present)

Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Wilbur Wright College (2012-2013)

Research Associate, Northwestern University (2009-2011)

Sabbatical, Northwestern University (2008-2009)     

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade (2003-2009)

Additional Information

AWARDS

Instructor Excellence Award 2020

Educational Leave Award 2019

Student Choice Award, NEIU, 2016

Research Award, Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia, 2004

PATENTS

 Miodragovic DU and O’Halloran TV, US Patent No. 10118938, November 6, 2018

Miodragovic DU and O’Halloran TV, US Patent No. 9725475, August 8, 2017.

Miodragovic DU and O’Halloran TV, US Patent No. 9499574, November 22, 2016.

GRANTS (Co-researcher)

1UO1CA151461-01- "Tumor Targeted Nanobins for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast and Ovarian Cancer"  (2009-2011).

W.M. Keck Foundation Grant, "The Inorganic Signature of Life: Signaling Pathways in the Mammalian Oocyte"(2008 - 2009).

Synthesis, characterization and activity of organic and coordination compounds, and their appliance in (bio)nanotechnology (2005-2010).

Synthesis and structure of potentially anti-cancer platinum(IV) complexes and simmilar coordination compounds (2002-2005).

Physico-chemical, structural and biological investigation of complex compounds (2002-2005).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Reviewer for the Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (from 2019)

The representative of Serbia in European Association for Chemical and Molecular Science, Division of Chemistry in Life Sciences (2006-2010)

Peer reviewer for: Inorganica Chimica Acta, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, Bioinorganic Chemistry and Application, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2003-2008)

MEMBERSHIP

American Chemical Society     2010-present

Serbian Chemical Society        2003-2008

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MTWR: 4-5 p.m.
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Anna Mitina
Anna
Mitina
Professor
Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5778
Courses Taught
Math 203, Calculus III
Research Interests
Integro-differential equations on half-axis
Education

1975, B.S. Mathematics, Kharkov State University, Ukraine

1987, Ph.D. Mathematics, Kharkov State University, Ukraine

Additional Information

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By appointment
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Curriculum Vitae
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Noe Mojica
Noe
Mojica
Ph.D, MDiv, MSW
Assistant Professor
Social Work
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5819
Expertise
Bereavement; spirituality; men and masculinities; social work and healthcare; multi-disciplinary collaboration; clinical supervision; direct practice with children, youth and families
Courses Taught
SWK 401: Oppression, Decolonization and Equity in Social Work
SWK 402: Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
SWK 404: Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
SWK 415: Field Practicum I
SWK 416: Field Practicum II
SWK 431: Social Work Practice with Families
SWK 433: Social Work Practice with Children and Youth
SWK 470 Practice with Immigrants and Refugees
SWK 472: Trauma Treatment with Children and Families
SWK 495: Advanced Field Practicum I
SWK 496: Advanced Field Practicum II
Research Interests
Masculinities, caregiving, quality of life and healthcare, creative arts and social work, COVID-19 and minoritized groups.
Education

Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago

M.Div., McCormick Theological Seminary

M.S.W., University of Puerto Rico

B.A., Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico

Selected Publications

Mojica, N. (2015). Fathers are caregivers too: Shifting focus on research with Latino men. Perspectives on Social Work, 11(1), 16-26.

James, K. & Mojica, N. (2008). Supporting grieving children. Children, Adolescents, & Young Adults, (1), 8-11. 

Mojica, N. (2007). Spirituality: Considerations for social work practice. (In Spanish). Revista Análisis, 8 (1), 1-22.

Selected Exhibitions

Mojica, N. (November, 2019). Providing Care to Children with Cancer: Latino Fathers’ Coping and Gender Role Conflict. National Association of Social Work-Illinois Chapter Statewide Conference. Wheeling, IL.

Mojica, N. (July, 2019). Fathering and Masculinity: Men as Caregivers of Children Diagnosed with Cancer. 7th International Colloquium on Men’s Studies and Masculinities. Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.

Mojica, N. (May, 2019). Latino Men, Masculinity and Healthcare. Universidad Complutense. Social Work Faculty. Madrid, Spain.

Mojica, N. (October, 2018). Échale Ganas: Latino Fathering of Children with Cancer. Latino Social Workers' Organization National Social Work Conference. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

Mojica, N. (February, 2018). Panel Discussion: Integrating Theory and Practice. School of Social Service Administration. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Mojica, N. (March, 2014). Men as Caregivers: Latino Fathers and Children with Life Threatening Illness. The American Men’s Studies Association’s Twenty-Second Annual Conference on Men and Masculinities. University of Washington, Tacoma, WA.

Mojica, N. (February, 2014). Loyola University School of Social Work Spring 2014 Teach In: Beyond Borders: The Migration Experience. Hispanic Culture Panel. Chicago, IL.

Mojica, N., & Torres-Kortright, O. (September, 2012). Cultural Competency: Working with Latino/Hispanic Families. Family Services Department Cluster Meeting. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Chicago, IL.

Mojica, N. (April, 2012). Migration, Human Rights and Health Care: Dialogue with Students from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. (Part of Migration Studies Initiatives to Promote Curricular Development and a North American Community). Loyola University Chicago. Chicago, IL.

Mojica, N. (September, 2010). The Empowerment Model and Social Work Practice. Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago. Chicago, IL.

James, K., Torres, N., & Mojica, N. (June, 2008). When “Lo Siento” Is Not Enough: Supporting Grieving Latino Families. 12th Annual Symposium of Children’s Grief. Houston, TX.

Mojica, N. (June, 2008). Understanding the Latin American Worldview and Its Implications for the Grieving Process. Latino Social Workers’ Organization. Chicago, IL.

Mojica, N. (March, 2007). Social Work with Liver and Small Bowel Transplant Patients. Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago. Chicago, IL.

Mojica, N. (1999)- Social Work: A Puerto Rican Perspective. University of Illinois, Chicago Latino Social Workers’ Organization. 

Mojica, N. (February, 1994). Public Policy Against Crime: Citizen Participation in Community Development (Seminar). Centro Internacional de las Realidades Sociales y Desarrollo Social, University of Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5819
Office Hours
By appointment.
El Centro
Main Campus
Cyndi Moran
Cyndi
Moran
Professor, Department Chair
Communication, Media and Theatre
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5977
Courses Taught
CMTM 363: Documentary Film
CMTM 362: Video Production Workshop
CMTM 361: Digital Video Editing
CMTM 360: Advanced Video Production
CMTM 311: Fieldwork in Video Production
CMTM 260: Introduction to Video Production
CMTM 208: Media Laboratory
CMTM 109A: First Year Experience: Chicago On Video: One Pixel at a Time
CMTM 160: Introduction to Cinema
Research Interests
Documentary film, video production and editing
Education

M.F.A. Northwestern University

Background

Cyndi Moran teaches a variety of media production courses includingIntroduction to Video Production, Advanced Video Production, and Digital Video Editing, as well as cinema studies courses, such as Documentary Film and The Art of Film and Video. Her documentary work has been seen on the PBS series P.O.V., and in numerous national and international festivals. She has produced TV segments for WTTW and The Sundance Channel, and she has edited independent documentary productions, television shows, commercials, and programs for artists and not-for-profits.

Room FA 242
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5977
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Also by appointment most days between 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Main Campus
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Sal
Moreno
Instructor, Art + Tech
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise
Sal (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist and performer experimenting with emerging technologies through new media, sound, creative coding, and extended reality (virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality).
Courses Taught
Art + Tech I
Interactive Arts: Web I
Interactive Arts: Web II
Research Interests
My practice focuses on engaging with the performative body in various extended reality (XR) spaces. My works are about the way that different aspects of the body can be utilized, modified, and extended to engage with our evolving relationship with technology. Motion-capture has become a core anchor that weaves together elements of performance, sound, and computer-generated visuals. By integrating motion-capture into live performance, I am able to play and interact with visuals and sounds generated by the body in real-time, creating an exchange that further bridges the physical and the digital realms.
Education

Master of Fine Arts in Art and Technology Studies - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts - University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Selected Exhibitions

BOLT Preview Show, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL.

Midway Art Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL.

Relay Freedom, Co Prosperity, Chicago, IL.

FILE: Electronic Language International Festival, São Paulo, Brazil.

A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Chicago, IL.

Additional Information

BOLT Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Artist Coalition.

Individual Artist Program Grantee, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago.

The Judson-Morrissey Excellence in New Media Award, New Media Caucus.

Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship Nominee

Office Hours
By appointment.
Main Campus
Dr. Morgan smiles into the camera.
Francesca
Morgan
Professor
History
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5609
Expertise
U.S. History since 1800; Family, Gender, and Sexuality
Courses Taught
Hist 214: United States History to 1877
ZHIS 214: Honors United States History to 1877
Hist 215: United States History, 1877 - Present
Hist 300W: The Historian's Craft
Hist 324: The Civil War and Reconstruction Eras, 1848-1877
Hist 326: The U.S. in Depression & World War, 1933-1945
Hist 338: Women in American History
Hist 339A: Sexuality & Intimacy in America
Hist 393: Capstone Seminar in History
Hist 433: Readings in Nineteenth-Century America (Graduate Colloquium)
Hist 443: Seminar in Nineteenth-Century America (Graduate)
Research Interests
The history of genealogy in the United States since 1800.
Education

Columbia University

History, Ph.D., 1998

Selected Publications

"A Nation of Descendants: Politics and the Practice of Genealogy in U.S. History (book). Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2021." https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664781/a-nation-of-descendants/

"'My Furthest-Back Person': Roots and the History of Black Genealogy.”  In Reconsidering Roots: ­Race, Politics, and Memory, edited by Erica L. Ball and Kellie Carter Jackson, 63-79.  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2017.

“A Noble Pursuit?: Bourgeois America’s Uses of Lineage.” In The American Bourgeoisie: Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century, eds. Sven Beckert and Julia Rosenbaum, 135-152. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

“Lineage as Capital: Genealogy in Antebellum New England.” New England Quarterly 83, no. 1 (June 2010): 250-282.

Women and Patriotism in Jim Crow America (book). Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2005.

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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5609
Office Hours
By appointment
Main Campus
Curriculum Vitae