This listing is designed to give the media and community groups easy access to the expertise of Doane College faculty. These are just a few of the faculty resources at Doane. If you are an expert on a topic of interest and would like to be available to the media and/or the public, please contact OCM.
Doane contact information:
Jacque Pomajzl
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
402.826.8294
Jacque.pomajzl@doane.edu
Rebecca Svec
Director of Media Relations
402.826.8589
rebecca.svec@doane.edu
Art
Richard Terrell, M.F.A.
Professor of Art
Expertise: Art history, especially Early Christian, Medieval, Renaissance art history and the Da Vinci Code; Christian Apologetics (the branch of Christian theology devoted to the intellectual defense of faith.)
Contact information: 402.826-8273 or richard.terrell@doane.edu
Biology
Barbara J. Clement, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Expertise: Microbiology; Immunology; environmental microbiology; infectious diseases, including pandemic influenza; electron microscopy.
Contact information: 402.826.8643 or barb.clement@doane.edu
Education
Kay Loomis Hegler, Ph.D.
Professor of special education
Expertise: Teacher Education national accreditation (NCATE), Assessment, Diversity, First-Year Seminars, Scuba Diving (PADI AI 163249)
Contact information: 402.826-8208 or kay.hegler@doane.edu
Tom King, Ed.D
Professor of Secondary Education
Expertise: Secondary Education, Social Studies Education, Civil War. King is a member of the Nebraska Humanities council Speakers Bureau. He portrays Civil War characters General Ulysses S. Grant and Colonel Matt F. Locke, a Confederate Colonel.
Contact information: 402.826.8206 or tom.king@doane.edu
Lyn Forester, Ed.D.
Professor of Education, Chair of Education Division; Dean of the Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction Program
Expertise: Teacher education, Nebraska Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, State Board of Education
Contact information: 402.826-8631 or lyn.forester@doane.edu
English and literature
Evelyn Haller, Ph.D.
Professor of English, chair of the English Department
Expertise: Willa Cather, Virginia Woolf, Ezra Pound, Modernist literature, Louise Pound
Contact information: work - 402.826.8231
German language/Germany
H. Peter Reinkordt, Ph.D.
Professor German, Chair of Fine Arts and Humanities Division and the Foreign Language Department
Expertise: German literature and culture, European history of the 20th century, with emphasis on northern Europe, specifically Germany.
Contact information: 402.826.8642 or peter.reinkordt@doane.edu
Journalism
David Swartzlander, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Expertise: Journalism (news writing, editing and design) First Amendment Issues, the journalistic career of Williams Jennings Bryan, college newspaper issues.
Contact information: 402.826.8269 or david.swartzlander@doane.edu
Music
Kurt Runestad, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Music, Director of choral activities
Expertise: Choral and vocal music, music education, conducting, vocal jazz
Contact information: 402.826.8279 or kurt.runestad@doane.edu.
Theatre
Robin McKercher, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Director of Theatre, Director and Scenic Designer
Expertise: Theatre direction in musicals and plays, scenic design, scenic artistry, multi-media presentation and artistic collaboration in multi-disciplines
Contact information: 402.826.8280 or robin.mckercher@doane.edu.