Jordon Barkalow
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
(508) 531-2231 
jbarkalow@bridgew.edu

Dr. Jordon Barkalow is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science.  Specializing in the history of political thought, his primary area of research is American political thought.  Here, he has published and presented scholarly work on the development of American citizenship, immigration, naturalization, constitutionalism, liberalism, and Christianity.  He is currently working on a book manuscript that develops a commercial theory of American citizenship.  Elsewhere, Dr. Barkalow has research interests in modern political thought, politics and literature, and methods of textual analysis.  He has mentored an ATP summer grant and will be supervising an Honors thesis in the 2006-2007 academic year.  Interested students should contact Dr. Barkalow at 508.531.2231 or jbarkalow@bridgew.edu.

Christopher Bloch
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
(508) 531-2087
cbloch@bridgew.edu

Chris Bloch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. His research focuses on two major ecological themes; (1) the mechanisms driving broad-scale patterns of biodiversity, and (2) how animal populations respond to large-scale disturbances of either natural (egg., hurricanes, fire) or anthropogenic (e.g., logging, agriculture) origin. He has mentored students with both ATP semester and summer grants involving parasites of terrestrial invertebrates and toxicity of pesticides to non-target species. In addition, he has been able to involve students in his own research efforts in the El Yunque rain forest, Puerto Rico, through a collaboration with Dr. Michael Willig (University of Connecticut) and the Luquillo Mountains Long-Term Ecological Research Program (http://luq.lternet.edu/). Chris Bloch can be contacted at 508-531-2087 or at cbloch@bridgew.edu

 

Ann Brunjes
Associate Professor and Chairperson
Department of English
(508) 531-2435 
abrunjes@bridgew.edu

Ann Brunjes is chair of the English Department and Associate Professor of English at Bridgewater State College. Her own research interests are in Early American Literature, and she is currently working on a project that explores the relationship of landscape to nation building in Timothy Dwight's Travels in New England and New York (1821-22).  Dr. Brunjes has directed many honors projects, served as Co-coordinator of the Adrian Tinsley Program for Undergraduate Research (ATP), ATP summer projects and directed studies on a variety of subjects in American literature and culture. Her students have presented their work at both the National Conference of Undergraduate Research and at the Bridgewater State College Undergraduate Research Symposium, and several have published their work in BSC's journal of undergraduate research, The Undergraduate Review . Ann Brunjes can be contacted at 508-531-2435 or at abrunjes@bridgew.edu.

Ed Brush
Associate Professor and Chairperson
Department of Chemical Sciences
(508) 531-2116
ebrush@bridgew.edu

Ed Brush is chair of the Chemistry Department and co-coordinator of the BSC Center for Sustainability. He has mentored over twenty BSC science students, many of whom are currently attending graduate school or teaching high school chemistry. Dr. Brush invites students at all academic levels, including science and non-science students, to join his research group. The common theme is "Green and Sustainable Chemistry" that is aimed at designing inherently safer and more sustainable chemical processes that reduce the use and production of hazardous chemicals and materials. His "bioorganic team" is synthesizing simple organic compounds and evaluating them as potential therapeutic agents. The "energy team" is investigating simple and safe methods to produce biofuels. Finally, prospective high school teachers have the unique opportunity to develop green chemistry lab materials and class unit plans that follow Massachusetts State Frameworks. Dr. Brush and his student collaborators present their work at annual conferences of the American Chemical Society, Green Chemistry and Engineering, and the BSC Undergraduate Research Symposium. Students who want to "save the world" through research and teaching can contact Dr. Brush at any time at 508.531.2116 or at ebrush@bridgew.edu. 

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Benjamin Carson
Assistant Professor of English and Coordinator of the U.S. Ethnic Studies Program
Department of English
508-531-1456

Dr. Benjamin Carson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. While Dr. Carson specializes in and publishes on 20th century Ethnic American (i.e., Native American, African American, Asian American, and Latino/a) literature, since coming to BSC in 2005 he has expanded his teaching and research areas to include non-Western literature, in general, and East Asian Literature (Japan and China), in particular. He has directed both graduate and undergraduate theses. You can contact Dr. Carson at bcarson@bridgew.edu.

Kevin Curry
Associate Professor and Chairperson
Department of Biology
(508) 531-2303
kcurry@bridgew.edu

Dr. Kevin Curry, Biology: His love of the outdoors and countless hours spent on streams led him to a career in biology. Aquatic Ecology is his specific area of interest for research and specifically topics related to fish, aquatic insect communities, dragonflies, and biotic indicators of stress in rivers and streams. Students working with him on his research team have investigated the following areas: 1) how the compostion of aquatic insects reflect stress in stream communities; 2) whether patterns in the variation in body asymmetry of ebony jewelwings reveal environmental stress in wetland streams; 3) how much nutrient loading is entering the Upper Taunton River from some of its major tributary streams; 4) the extent of impact from the amount of residual chlorine in treated wastewater on stream fish communities; 5) what seasonal, sex, and habitat patterns occur in the timing of emergence for dragonflies in local ponds and rivers as well as parts of Nova Scotia. Dr. Curry can be contacted at kcurry@bridgew.edu or at 508.531.2303.

Ed Deveney, or Dr. D. by the students, wears two – and has been known to try a couple others – hats around the department.  Primarily he is the experimentalist for the department and in particular atomic/molecular and optical (laser) (AMO) precision quantum-mechanical measurements of atomic and molecular interactions and electronic-energy levels.  He built a well-equipped research laser lab with numerous lasers, detectors and supplies to perform some of the standard AMO measurements and techniques that will well prepare students for future work in the best graduate school labs and for industry.  Currently in his lab they measure Doppler free spectroscopy, and will soon add laser locking to cool and trap atoms and build Bose-Einstein condensates in the future.  Dr. D also wears the theorist hat for quantum theory and Standard Model particle physics working with students on Einstein’s EPR and computer code for Feynman diagram computations.  Dr. D. has many students under both hats complete work and present results on campus and at local New England Physics meetings.  Ed also collaborates at Yale University on fundamental measurement to look into parity violation (the mechanism that yields particles over antiparticle at the beginning of the universe) and also measurements of quark coupling constants via observation of Z0 boson and electronic interactions deep inside of the nucleus.  If you are interested in any of Dr. D.’s physics, please contact him to come up with some experimental or theory work. For more information, visit Dr. D's website at http://webhost.bridgew.edu/edeveney/e-f-deveney-home/

Dr. William J. Devlin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy.  His research interests include continental philosophy, philosophy of science, and the philosophy of popular culture.  He has written and presented scholarly work on religion and nihilism in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, as well the notion of truth and reality in Thomas Kuhn’s philosophy of science.  He has also written on philosophical interpretations of such films as No Country for Old Men, 12 Monkeys, and Terminator, and such TV series as Lost and The Prisoner. Dr. Devlin is currently editing a book, The Philosophy of David Lynch, a volume that philosophically analyzes the various films directed by Lynch. He has worked with students as an ATP mentor, an advisor for directed studies, and an advisor for an honors thesis.  These topics have included Søren Kierkegaard’s notion of faith, Nietzsche’s will to power, and Kuhn’s notions of paradigms and incommensurability.  Interested students should contact Dr. Devlin at 508.531.2602 or wdevlin@bridgew.edu.

Jason A. Edwards is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies.  His research interests lie at the intersection of rhetoric and politics, primarily focusing on presidential communication, foreign policy discourse, global rhetoric, and popular culture.  He is the author of Navigating the Post-Cold War World: President Clinton’s Foreign Policy Rhetoric (Lexington Books) along with over a dozen articles and book chapters.  Dr. Edwards has mentored ATP grants, NCUR projects, semester grants, and independent studies focusing on presidential rhetoric, American foreign policy, celebrities and international causes, and crisis communication.  He can be contacted at 508.531.2791 or j3edwards@bridgew.edu.

Tammy DeRamos King
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Sciences
(508) 531-2115
c2king@bridgew.edu

Tammy DeRamos King is an Associate Professor of Chemistry. She has been involved in undergraduate research since 1999. Her research focuses on environmental chemical analysis, focusing mainly on common pollutants like lead and arsenic. Dr. King's research group measures levels of pollutant in various forms of the environment: soil, surface water, and riverbed sediment. Dr. King has also presented her work at the ACS Meeting and at the Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water. Dr. King has mentored more than 20 undergraduate students, including ATP and NCUR/Lancy student scholars. Their work has been presented in regional and national conferences such as the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Environmental Research Symposium and the BSC Undergraduate Research Symposium. Dr. King can be contacted at 508.531.2115 or at c2king@bridgew.edu .

Teresa King
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
(508) 531-2742
tking1@bridgew.edu

Teresa King, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department. Her research focuses on psychological factors that impact health with a particular focus on body image. Her research has been presented at international and national conferences. She has authored or coauthored 20 peer-reviewed publications and five book chapters. Her most recent publication examines the role body image plays in women's smoking behavior. She has mentored ATP summer grants, semester grants, Honors theses, and Masters theses including the maternal transmission of body image, body image and motivation for plastic surgery, and emotional processing and college health behaviors. Dr. King can be contacted at 508.531.2742 or at tking1@bridgew.edu.

Lucinda King-Frode
Professor and BSW Program Coordinator
Department of Social Work
(508) 531-2255
cking@bridgew.edu

Dr. King-Frode is a professor in the Social Work Department where she has taught for 16 years.  Prior to coming to BSC she had extensive experience as a clinical social worker, supervisor and clinic director.  Her teaching areas include Human Behavior, Research Methods, and Community and Organizational Practice.  Much of her early research addressed domestic violence and work with area non-profits on program development and evaluation.  She is currently engaged in two studies on professional social workers and their views on their profession and on social work education.  She has served as department chair and departmental Honors Coordinator and is currently the coordinator of the BSW program. 

Thomas P. Kling
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
(508) 531-2303 
tkling@bridgew.edu

Thomas P. Kling views undergraduate research as both an important teaching activity and a critical part of his overall research strategy.  As such, he works with students on problems that are directly in line with his current research program. His areas of research are gravitational lensing and classical general relativity. Students working with him can expect to work on projects that further the understanding of how light rays propagate through spacetime, and how, by studying the properties of these light rays, the universe may be better understood. Past students have completed numerical and analytic projects. All students presented their work at the ATP Undergraduate Research Celebration, and summer students often published their work as senior theses, or in The Undergraduate Review.  Two students have appeared as co-authors in peer-reviewed journals: Bryan Campbell (BSC 07) in Physical Review D and Brian Keith (BSC 05) in Classical and Quantum Gravity. A third student, Louis Bianchini is co-author on a paper currently under review in Physical Review D.  Seven of Thomas Kling's former undergraduate students have enrolled in graduate school after completing their studies. 

 For more information, visit Dr. Kling's website at http://webhost.bridgew.edu/tkling/undergrad_research.htm Dr. Kling can be contacted at 508.531.2895 or at tkling@bridgew.edu

Michael Krol
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Science
(508) 531-2121
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/mkrol

Dr. Michael Krol is an Associate Professor of Geology. He has been engaged in undergraduate research since starting at BSC nearly six years ago. His research involves a multi-disciplinary approach to solving geologic problems. Dr. Krol's current research includes using structural Geology, Tectonics, Petrology, Geochemistry, and Geochronology in unraveling the geologic history of the Blacktail and Ruby Mountains in SW Montana. He has maintained a strong collaboration with his undergraduate thesis advisor, Dr. Peter Muller from SUNY-Oneonta, and they continue to work together on projects in Montana. Dr. Krol has mentored 8 ATP student projects and over 15 independent student research projects in the last six years and their work has resulted in the presentation of their results at various regional and national meetings of the Geological Society of America, the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), and the BSC summer and spring symposiums. Dr. Krol can be reached at 508.531.2121 or via email at mkrol@bridgew.edu. Check out Dr. Krol's homepage at http://webhost.bridgew.edu/mkrol  for more information on his research activities and potential research opportunities.

Arthur Lizie
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
(508) 531-2170
alizie@bridgew.edu

Arthur Lizie is an Assistant Professor in Communication Studies and Coordinator of BSC's First Year Seminars. He has numerous research interests, primarily focused on studying the process of meaning-making in electronically mediated situations, usually film. Most recently this has included research into how sound structures film narrative and an investigation into how films about food depict culture. He has mentored numerous student projects, including four ATP summer grants. He is interested in working with students on both scholarly and creative projects (such as screenwriting, short films, etc.). He can be contacted at 508-531-2170 or at alizie@bridgew.edu .