Media Experts
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
Associate Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations
402.826.8294
jacque.pomajzl@doane.edu
Rebecca Svec
Director of Media Relations & Communications
402.826.8589
rebecca.svec@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
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
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
English / 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
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.