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Research by UWF Professor Uncovers How Our Brains Stay Ready

A University of West Florida Department of Mathematics and Statistics professor’s brain research was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications. Dr. Shusen Pu’s study focused on the prefrontal cortex, a key area of the...
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UWF Alumni, Community Advocates Stephen and Mona Wright Gift $500,000 to Establish New Institute

UWF alumni, community advocates Stephen and Mona Wright gift $500,000 to establish new institute
23-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UWF collaborates with world-renowned journalist to launch HeirStory

UWF Usha Kundu, MD College of Health recently partnered with journalist and entrepreneur Dustin Plantholt on a new HeirStory business. Students in the UWF College of Health and UWF Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering will help develop a...
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UWF Center for Cybersecurity earns prestigious CompTIA award

Congratulations to UWF Center for Cybersecurity for receiving the Pathways Champion Award: Cybersecurity Award at the CompTIA Partner Summit!
12-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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UWF Center for Cybersecurity participates in White House cybersecurity roundtable

Last week, UWF Center for Cybersecurity participated in The White House's Good-Paying Cyber Jobs for Veterans and Military Spouses Workshop, highlighting the center's CyberSkills2Work program.
6-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UWF awarded $320,210 to help students understand and prepare applications for security clearance

The Florida Defense Support Task Force awarded UWF $320,210 to develop a pilot program that helps students prepare security clearance applications and understand the process of applying for a security clearance.
29-Jul-2024 10:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UWF STEM Scholars Program receives INSIGHT into Diversity Magazine Inspiring Programs in STEM award

The UWF STEM Scholars Program, in the Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering, has been named a recipient of the Insight Into Diversity magazine 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award.
18-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UWF earns highest marks in University history in key Board of Governors’ metrics

UWF displayed a strong performance in metrics measuring retention, median wages upon graduation and high-impact practices in the Florida Board of Governors 2023-24 performance-based funding model.
28-Jun-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Dr. R. Wesley Farr available for interviews on Syphilis

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University of West Florida Expert Available to Share New Research Published on Deepwater Horizon Spill

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SCIENCE

Lisa Waidner, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Bioinformatics,Biology,Biotechnology,Genetic Engineering,Marine Science,Microbiology,Molecular Biology

LIFE

Adam Blood, PhD

Instructor of Communication

Keywords:
Communication,Public Speaking,Rhetoric

LIFE

Adam Cayton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Government Department

Keywords:
American Politics,institutional change,Representation

SCIENCE

Alexis Janosik, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Biology,environmental DNA,Molecular ecology

LIFE

Alfred G. Cuzán, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor

Keywords:
American Politics,Political Science

Alison Green, Ph.D.

Associate Dean and Associate Professor

Keywords:
Hospitality Industry,Hotel Administration

SCIENCE

Allysha Winburn, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
biological anthropology,Forensic Anthropology,skeletal aging

Amy Mitchell-Cook, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Dysfunction,Maritime History

SCIENCE, LIFE

Andrea Mraz Nelson, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor and Dean's Fellow for High Impact Practices

Keywords:
Gerontology,Psychology

SCIENCE

Anthony Pinto, M.S.

Lecturer and CAE Fellow

Keywords:
Computer Science,Cybersecurity

SCIENCE

April Holmes, MA

Faculty Research Associate

Keywords:
Archeology,Demography,GIS mapping

LIFE

April Schantz, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Psychology,research methods,team dynamics

SCIENCE

Ashok Srinivasan, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Computer Science,parallel computing

LIFE, BUSINESS

Ata Atadil, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Consumer Behavior,Hospitality Management,Tourism

LIFE

Athena Du Pre, PhD

Distinguished University Professor

Keywords:
Communication,Healthcare,Leadership,strategic communication,workplace dynamics

LIFE

Barbara Larson, PhD

Professor of Modern European Art

Keywords:
art,Dysfunction,History,Modern Art

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Barbara White, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Accounting,Economics,Taxes

SCIENCE

Barbara Albrecht, BS

Coastal Communities Coordinator

Keywords:
Marine Biology

SCIENCE

Bill Huth, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Resource economics

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Bob Kimball, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Management,Marketing,Sales

LIFE

Brian Crisher, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
International Conflict,Military,Political Science,Politics

SCIENCE, LIFE, BUSINESS

Brian Elzweig, JD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Business Law,financial regulation,securities law

SCIENCE

Brian Hood, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Logic

SCIENCE

Caroline Sangeetha, PhD

Lecturer

Keywords:
Computer Science,Cybersecurity,digital forensics,Electrical Engineering

LIFE

Carrie Fonder, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Health,Mental,Mixed Media,sculpting

LIFE, BUSINESS

Charlie Penrod, PhD

Interim Chair, Associate Professor of Legal Studies

Keywords:
Business Law,Copyright Law,Cybercrime,Legal Studies

LIFE

Chris Fenner, PhD

Instructor

Keywords:
Advertising,Communication,Pedagogy,Public Relations

SCIENCE, LIFE

Christopher Atkinson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Emergency Management,Public Policy

MEDICAL

Crystal Bennett, PhD

Director and Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice

Keywords:
dance medicine ,Nursing,nursing research,Physical Function

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Cynthia Smith-Peters, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Pharmacology

LIFE

Daniel Miller, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
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Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Community Health,Global Health,Public Health

LIFE

David Strohmetz , PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Psychology,Social Psychology

LIFE

David Ramsey, Ph.D

Chair and Associate Professor, Government Department

Keywords:
Constitutional Law,Political philosophy

MEDICAL, SCIENCE, LIFE

Debra Vinci, PhD

Department Chair

Keywords:
Community Health,Dietitian,Health Promotion,healthy lifestyles,Nutrition

SCIENCE

Della Scott-Ireton, PhD

Associate Director

Keywords:
Archaeology,History,Maritime Archaeology

SCIENCE, LIFE

Derek Morgan, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
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SCIENCE, LIFE

Dr. Keri Fogle, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Students With Disabilities

SCIENCE

Elizabeth Benchley, Ph.D.

Director

Keywords:
Anthropology,Archaeology

SCIENCE, LIFE

Eman El-Sheikh, Ph.D

Director of the Center for Cybersecurity and Professor of Computer Science

Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence,Computer Science,Cybersecurity,Cybersecurity Education,Machine Learning

LIFE

Erin Stone, Ph.D.

Chair and Associate Professor

Keywords:
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SCIENCE

Ezhil Kalaimanna, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Cybersecurity,Cybersecurity Education

LIFE, BUSINESS

Gil Fried, PhD

Chair

Keywords:
Business Law,employment law

BUSINESS

Gregory Prescott, DBA

Chair of Accounting & Finance and Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Accounting,Business,Finance,Financial Literacy

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Gregory Steele, PhD

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Keywords:
Public Health

Gregory D Cook, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Archaeology,Maritime Archaeology

SCIENCE

Guillermo Francia III, Ph.D.

Director, Research and Innovation

Keywords:
Computer Science,Machine Learning,Mechanical Engineering

SCIENCE

Guy Garrett, MS, MBA

Associate Director, Technology and Training

Keywords:
Cybersecurity,Online Safety,TikTok

SCIENCE, LIFE

Hakki Sevil, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Mechanical Engineering,Robotics,systems analysis

SCIENCE, LIFE

Haris Alibasic, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Public Administration Program Coordinator

Keywords:
Economic Development,Public Policy,Sustainable Development

SCIENCE, LIFE

Hasan Buker, Ph.D.

Chair and Associate Professor

Keywords:
Criminal Justice,Homeland Security,Juvenile Delinquency,Law Enforcement

LIFE

Heather Riddell, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Communication,Public Relations,Social Media

BUSINESS

Howard Reddy, LL.M.

Vice President for University Advancement

Keywords:
Alumni Relations,Executive Leadership,Fundraising,public media

LIFE

Jacob Shively, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Foreign Policy,International Affairs,International Relations,Terrorism

MEDICAL

James Arruda, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
neuropsychologist,Psychology

LIFE

Jamin Wells, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
History,Humanities,Philosophy

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Jeffrey Simpson, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Biomechanics,Human Movements,Motor Control,Neural Control

SCIENCE

Jennifer Melcher, MA

Faculty Research Associate

Keywords:
Archaeology,GIs,Remote Sensing

SCIENCE, LIFE

Jennifer Brinkley, J.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Domestic Violence,Family Law

BUSINESS

Jill Plumer, Ph.D.

Instructor

Keywords:
financial accounting,Hospitality Management

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Jill Van Der Like, PhD

Director of Nursing Skills & Simulation Learning Center and Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice

Keywords:
Clinical Practice,Nursing,situation awareness

LIFE

Jim Jipson, MA

Professor

Keywords:
art,Mixed Media,Photography

LIFE

Jocelyn Evans, Ph.D.

Professor/Interim Director of Kugelman Honors Program

Keywords:
Religion And Politics,Women And Politics

SCIENCE

Johan Liebens, PhD

Department Chair

Keywords:
Earth Science

SCIENCE

John Worth, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Archaeology,Colonization,Prehistoric Archaeology

LIFE

John Markowitz, MA

Lecturer

Keywords:
abstraction,art,History,Painting

SCIENCE, LIFE

John Jensen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Historic Preservation,Marine Archaeology,Maritime History

SCIENCE

John Bratten, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Archaeology

LIFE

Joseph Herring, MA

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Environmental Design,Graphic Design,Sculpture

BUSINESS

Joseph Donelan, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Accounting,CPA,Finance,Information Systems

SCIENCE, LIFE

Judith Bense, Ph.D.

President Emeritus and Professor

Keywords:
Spanish Colonial

LIFE

Justin Sturgeon, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
chivalry,History,medieval art

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Justin Davis, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Sports Gambling,strategic management

BUSINESS

K.C. Ma, PhD

Mary Ball Washington/Switzer Bros. Endowed Professor of Finance

Keywords:
Accounting,Finance,Investment,Stock

SCIENCE

Karen Molek, PhD

Department Chair/ Professor

Keywords:
general chemistry,inorganic chemistry,Physical Chemistry

SCIENCE

Karen W. Barnes, PhD

Lecturer

Keywords:
analytical chemistry,Chemistry

SCIENCE

Katie Whitaker, PhD

Lecturer

Keywords:
Physical Chemistry

LIFE

Kelly Carr, PhD

Chair and Associate Professor

Keywords:
Academic Freedom,Law,Political culture,public discourse,Supreme Court

BUSINESS

Kelly Massey, MBA

Director of UWF Florida Small Business Development Center

Keywords:
Management

LIFE

Kevin Scott, Ph.D

Chair, English Department

Keywords:
American literature,Cultural History,Popular Culture

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Kevin Krieger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Finance,Sports Gambling

LIFE

Kimberly Day, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Child Development,Cognitive Development,Developmental Psychology,Psychology

LIFE

Kristi Gilmore, PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Advertising,Communication,Crisis Communication,Media Relations,Public Relations

SCIENCE, LIFE

Lauren Ricciardelli, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Criminal Justice

LIFE

Lauren Loeffler, MEd

Executive Director

Keywords:
Strategic Initiatives

SCIENCE, LIFE

Leasha Barry, Ph.D.

Director of the ABA Program and Professor

Keywords:
Applied Behavior Analysis,Behavioral Interventions,Special Education

LIFE

Lisa Blalock, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Professional Development,Psychology,research methods,visual cognition

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Ludmila Cosio-Lima, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Exercise Physiology

LIFE

Mamie Webb Hixon

Assistant Professor/Director of the UWF Writing Lab

Keywords:
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LIFE

Marc Cossich, MScs

Chief of Police

Keywords:
Campus Safety,Emergency Management,Security

SCIENCE

Margo Stringfield, MA

Research Associate

Keywords:
Archaeology,British Colony,Cemeteries

LIFE

Marie-Thérèse Champagne, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Ancient Rome,European history,Renaissance

SCIENCE, LIFE

Mark Malisa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Civil Rights,Qualitative Research

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Melanie Sutton, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Bioinformatics,Digital Mammography,Medical Informatics,Public Health

SCIENCE

Melinda Bowers, PhD

Dean of the Emerald Coast Campus

Keywords:
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LIFE

Meredith Marten, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
African studies,Anthropology,Global Health

LIFE

Michelle Hale Williams, Ph.D.

Professor and UWF Interim Vice Provost

Keywords:
Immigration,Multiculturalism,Nationalism,political parties

Mike Thomin, MA

Research Associate, Florida Public Archaeology Network

Keywords:
Archaeology,History,Maritime History

SCIENCE, LIFE

Natalie Goulette, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Criminal Justice,Juvenile Delinquency

SCIENCE

Nicole Grinnan, MA

Research Associate/Public Archaeology Coordinator-Northwest Region

Keywords:
Archaeology,Maritime Archaeology,Maritime History

BUSINESS

Nicole Gislason

Executive Director

Keywords:
business administration,technology adoption,Workforce Development

LIFE

Patricia Barrington, PhD

Instructor

Keywords:
Health Behaviors,Health Promotion,Stress Management,worksite wellness

MEDICAL, SCIENCE, LIFE

Philip Darby, PhD

Professor of Biology

Keywords:
Animal Behavior,Aquatic Ecology,Wildlife Ecology

SCIENCE

Phillip Schmutz, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
coastal vegetation,Earth and Environmental Sciences,Geology

MEDICAL

R. Wesley Farr, PhD

Lecturer

Keywords:
Environmental Health,Global Health,Infectious Diseases,Internal Medicine,Tropical Medicine

SCIENCE

Raid Amin, PhD

Distinguished University Professor

Keywords:
Mathematics and statistics,Statistical Process Control

SCIENCE, LIFE

Ramie Gougeon, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor

Keywords:
Anthropology,Historic Preservation

BUSINESS

Richard Fountain, JD, BA

Clinical Professor

Keywords:
Accounting,Economics,Finance,Taxes

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Richard Hawkins, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Economics,Unemployment Rates

LIFE

Rob Rotunda, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Addictive Behaviors,Psychology,PTSD,substance abuse disorders,Trauma

LIFE

Rob Overton, MA

Executive Director, UWF Historic Trust

Keywords:
Historic Preservation,Historic Sites,Public History

SCIENCE

Salih Kocak, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Civil Engineering,Construction Management

LIFE, BUSINESS

Scott Keller, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor

Keywords:
Logistics,Marketing,Supply Chain

LIFE

Sherry Schneider , PhD

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Psychology,Social Psychology

LIFE, BUSINESS

Sherry Hartnett, Ph.D.

Director, Executive Mentor Program and Clinical Professor of Business

Keywords:
Leadership,Marketing,Mentorship

SCIENCE

Sikha Bagui, PhD

Professor and Askew Fellow

Keywords:
Computer Science,Cybersecurity,Data Mining

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Stephen LeMay, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Logistics,Supply Chain Management,Transportation

LIFE

Steven Kass, PhD

Distinguished University Professor

Keywords:
Human Factors,Psychology

LIFE

Susan Walch, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Health Psychology

SCIENCE, LIFE

Thomas Asmuth, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Arts And Sciences,experimental media,Robotics

SCIENCE, LIFE

Thomas Reichherzer, PhD

Department Chair

Keywords:
Computer Science

SCIENCE

Tirthankar Ghosh, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Chair

Keywords:
Computer Engineering,Computer Science,Cybersecurity,Electrical Engineering,network security,threat intelligence

LIFE

Tony Nguyen, MS

Communications Liaison

Keywords:
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LIFE

Valerie Georges, PhD

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Keywords:
Sculptors,Sound Arts,Video Art

LIFE

Valerie Morganson, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Psychology

LIFE

Vanessa Rainey, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Developmental Psychology,Human Development,Psychology

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Vitaly Brazhkin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Logistics,Supply Chain Management,Transportation,Warehousing

SCIENCE

Wade Jeffrey, PhD

Professor Department of Biology

Keywords:
Oceanography,Ultraviolet Radiation

SCIENCE

Wayne Bennett, PhD

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Keywords:
Animal Physiology,Ichthyology,Marine Biology

SCIENCE

William Lees, PhD

Executive Director

Keywords:
Archaeology,History

LIFE

Wilson Maina, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Biomedical Ethics

LIFE, BUSINESS

Xuan Tran, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Macroeconomics,microeconomics

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Youngil Lee, PhD

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Alzheimer's Disease,Exercise Physiology,Parkinson's Disease,sports nutrition

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Lisa Waidner, Ph.D.

Adam Blood, PhD

Adam Cayton, Ph.D.

Alexis Janosik, PhD

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Alison Green, Ph.D.

Allysha Winburn, PhD

Amy Mitchell-Cook, Ph.D.

Andrea Mraz Nelson, PhD

Anthony Pinto, M.S.

April Holmes, MA

April Schantz, PhD

Ashok Srinivasan, PhD

Ata Atadil, Ph.D.

Athena Du Pre, PhD

Barbara Larson, PhD

Barbara White, Ph.D.

Barbara Albrecht, BS

Bill Huth, Ph.D.

Bob Kimball, Ph.D.

Brian Crisher, PhD

Brian Elzweig, JD

Brian Hood, Ph.D.

Caroline Sangeetha, PhD

Carrie Fonder, PhD

Charlie Penrod, PhD

Chris Fenner, PhD

Christopher Atkinson, Ph.D.

Crystal Bennett, PhD

Cynthia Smith-Peters, PhD

Daniel Miller, Ph.D.

Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka, PhD

David Strohmetz , PhD

David Ramsey, Ph.D

Debra Vinci, PhD

Della Scott-Ireton, PhD

Derek Morgan, PhD

Dr. Keri Fogle, PhD

Elizabeth Benchley, Ph.D.

Eman El-Sheikh, Ph.D

Erin Stone, Ph.D.

Ezhil Kalaimanna, PhD

Gil Fried, PhD

Gregory Prescott, DBA

Gregory Steele, PhD

Gregory D Cook, Ph.D.

Guillermo Francia III, Ph.D.

Guy Garrett, MS, MBA

Hakki Sevil, PhD

Haris Alibasic, Ph.D.

Hasan Buker, Ph.D.

Heather Riddell, PhD

Howard Reddy, LL.M.

Jacob Shively, PhD

James Arruda, PhD

Jamin Wells, PhD

Jeffrey Simpson, PhD

Jennifer Melcher, MA

Jennifer Brinkley, J.D.

Jill Plumer, Ph.D.

Jill Van Der Like, PhD

Jim Jipson, MA

Jocelyn Evans, Ph.D.

Johan Liebens, PhD

John Worth, PhD

John Markowitz, MA

John Jensen, Ph.D.

John Bratten, Ph.D.

Joseph Herring, MA

Joseph Donelan, PhD

Judith Bense, Ph.D.

Justin Sturgeon, PhD

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