Minjeong Kang | Communication and credible information | Newswise pitch
Minjeong Kang is an assistant professor in The Media School at IU Bloomington and an internationally recognized expert on employee communication and relations. She has researched corporate crisis communications during a health crisis (E. coli) and the effects of a government's failed pandemic crisis communications on citizen activism (MERS outbreak in South Korea).
Contact info: 315-278-3778, kang60@indiana.edu
Media contact: Marah Yankey, 812-856-1442, mqharbis@iu.edu
Elaine Monaghan | Communication and credible information | Tipsheet
Elaine Monaghan, a professor of practice in The Media School at IU Bloomington who has worked for two decades in international journalism, can comment on how to find credible information from legitimate news sources about the novel coronavirus.
Contact info: 812-856-2781, emonagha@indiana.edu
Media contact: Marah Yankey, 812-856-1442, mqharbis@iu.edu
Esi Thompson | Communication and credible information | Newswise pitch
Esi Thompson is an assistant professor in The Media School at IU Bloomington. She has studied how communication surrounding the Ebola outbreak was undertaken and received by the affected communities and how this could inform public communication around other infectious disease outbreaks.
Contact info: 812-855-1726, esiethom@iu.edu
Media contact: Marah Yankey, 812-856-1442, mqharbis@iu.edu
Beth Trammell | Communication and credible information | Tipsheet
Beth Trammell is available to discuss common responses from kids, strategies to help parents communicate about COVID-19 and other mental health crises, how to have hard conversations with kids, grief/loss in kids, and how to help parents/teachers communicate. Trammell is an associate professor of psychology at IU East.
Contact info: 765-973-8362, batramme@iue.edu
Media contact: Barbara Brosher, 812-855-1175, bbrosher@iu.edu
Kurt Zemlicka | Communication and credible information | Expert bio
Kurt Zemlicka is a lecturer in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington and member of IU's Communication and Public Advocacy program. He is available to discuss public understanding of science, public skepticism toward scientific research in policymaking and popular discourse, and the role and value of the humanities during the pandemic.
Contact info: 414-531-0799, ekzemlick@indiana.edu
Media contact: Barbara Brosher, 812-855-1175, bbrosher@iu.edu
Jodee Ellett | Food and farms | Tipsheet
Jodee Ellett directs community engagement for the Sustainable Food Systems Science research group at IU Bloomington. She is available to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on local food supply chains, farmers markets and farm-to-consumer sales. Ellett has been active in research, education and outreach in the Indiana food system for 10 years.
Contact info: 812-855-8119, ellett@iu.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Shellye Suttles | Food and farms | Tipsheet
Shellye Suttles is an assistant research scientist in Sustainable Food Systems Science in the Ostrom Workshop at IU Bloomington. She can discuss the impact of COVID-19 on local food systems, food access, food policy and agricultural transportation. As an agricultural economist, Suttles researches local and regional food systems, food policies and energy consumption.
Contact info: 812-855-4572, shelsutt@iu.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Ann Carmichael | Historical context | Expert bio
Ann Carmichael is a professor emerita of history in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences. She can comment on historical resonances in ongoing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and also compare it with biomedical aspects of historical plagues and pestilences.
Contact info: 812-320-2417, carmicha@indiana.edu
Media contact: Marah Yankey, 812-856-1442, mqharbis@iu.edu
Colin Elliott | Historical context | Expert bio
Collin Elliott is an assistant professor in the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington. He is an expert on plagues in the ancient world and can provide historical context for the current coronavirus pandemic.
Contact info: cpe@indiana.edu or 540-817-5194
Media contact: Marah Yankey, 812-856-1442, mqharbis@iu.edu
Rebecca Spang | Historical context | Expert bio
Rebecca Spang is a professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington and a historian of politics, culture and consumption. She can speak about how plagues and pandemics have influenced politics and revolutions in the past.
Contact info: 812-856-4671, rlspang@indiana.edu
Media contact: Marah Yankey, 812-856-1442, mqharbis@iu.edu
Alain Barker | Impact on the arts | Tipsheet
Alain Barker is the director of entrepreneurship and career development at the Jacobs School of Music at IU Bloomington. With his expertise in music entrepreneurship, music careers and arts organization development, he can speak to what the future may look like for arts organizations post-COVID-19. Barker previously directed the Jacobs School's marketing and publicity operations.
Contact info: 812-325-9523, abarker@iu.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
David Brenneman | Impact on the arts | Tipsheet
David Brenneman is the Wilma E. Kelley Director of the IU Eskenazi Museum of Art at IU Bloomington. With over 20 years of museum experience, he is available to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on art museums and art in general. Brenneman also has extensive knowledge of art history.
Contact info: 812-855-0608, davabren@indiana.edu
Media contact: Barbara Brosher, 812-855-1175, bbrosher@iu.edu
Ed Comentale | Impact on the arts | Expert bio
Ed Comentale is a professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences and associate vice provost for arts and humanities at IU Bloomington and chair of the Arts and Humanities Council. He is available to discuss the role the arts and humanities play in understanding the coronavirus pandemic, and why the disciplines are important during a time of crisis.
Contact info: 812-855-3822, ecomenta@indiana.edu
Media contact: Barbara Brosher, 812-855-1175, bbrosher@iu.edu
Monika Herzig | Impact on the arts | Tipsheet
Monika Herzig is a jazz pianist and faculty member in arts administration at the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington. She can discuss the effect the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shift might have on the music industry and arts administration. Herzig has extensive experience within the music industry, having toured with various music groups around the world.
Contact info: 812-369-8217, mherzig@indiana.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Jon Kay | Impact on the arts | Tipsheet
Jon Kay is director of Traditional Arts Indiana and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington. He can discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed workers in the arts, crafts and culture sector.
Contact info: 812-855-0418, jkay@indiana.edu
Media contact: Steve Martin, 317-278-1505, stgmart@iu.edu
Ursula Kuhar | Impact on the arts | Tipsheet
Ursula Kuhar is a lecturer in the arts administration program in the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington. She is available to discuss the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on arts funding, community arts engagement, arts education, arts organizations and arts administration. Kuhar has an extensive background in arts administration, teaching and nonprofit work.
Contact info: 812-856-4013, ukuhar@indiana.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Doug Noonan | Impact on the arts | Tipsheet
Doug Noonan is an associate professor of public and environmental affairs in the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. He is available to discuss policy and economic issues related to cultural affairs and the arts labor force as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts these sectors. Noonan's current research topics include the arts labor force and the gig economy, crowdfunding and entrepreneurship, community flood management, green buildings, historic preservation, and environmental justice.
Contact info: 317-278-2448, noonand@iupui.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Philip Ponella | Impact on the arts | Tipsheet
Philip Ponella is the Wennerstrom-Phillips Music Library director and director of Music Information Technology Services at the IU Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington. As an expert in music and libraries/digital libraries, he can discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on library operations, digital initiatives and music production.
Contact info: 812-855-2972, pponella@indiana.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Michael Rushton | Impact on the arts | Tipsheet
Michael Rushton, director of arts administration programs and professor in the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington, is an expert in cultural economics and public policy of the arts. He is available to discuss the effect of COVID-19 on arts funding and management, nonprofit organizations and local development.
Contact info: 812-855-2947, mirushto@iu.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Darryl Heller | Inequities and COVID-19 | Expert bio
Darryl Heller is the director for student and community engagement at IU South Bend. He is available to discuss how the pandemic has disproportionally affected communities of color and how it pertains to civil rights and social justice. Heller has 20 years of experience in the fields of human services, community development and nonprofit management.
Contact info: 574-520-4343, daheller@iusb.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Elaine Hernandez | Inequities and COVID-19 | Expert bio
Elaine Hernandez is an assistant professor of medical sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington, with interdisciplinary training in public health and health demography. She is available to discuss how COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on minorities because of existing inequities in health care. Hernandez has expertise in the effect of the 1918 influenza pandemic on maternal/child health and teaches courses related to the sociology of health and illness.
Contact info: 651-338-4190, daheller@iusb.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Joshua Wells | Inequities and COVID-19 | Expert bio
Joshua Wells is an associate professor of anthropology and social informatics and director of the Center for Excellence in Research and Scholarship at IU South Bend. He is available to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has further opened up digital divides. Wells' research explores big data issues in heritage management and archaeological science, science-technology-society interactions, and affordances and limitations of technological strategies in evolving disciplines.
Contact info: 574-520-4434, jowells@iusb.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Justin R. Garcia | Intimacy and relationships | Newswise pitch
Justin Garcia is acting executive director and research director of the Kinsey Institute at IU Bloomington. His research interests focus on the evolutionary and biocultural foundations of romantic and sexual relationships across the life course. Since 2010, Garcia has been scientific advisor to the relationship company Match.com. He can discuss dating in a time of social distancing and how to use technology to create connection when physical closeness is compromised or unavailable.
Contact info: 812-856-1504, jusrgarc@indiana.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Amanda Gesselman | Intimacy and relationships | Newswise pitch
Amanda Gesselman is a social psychologist and head of research analytics and methodology core at the Kinsey Institute at IU Bloomington. Her research examines dating and sexuality of single adults, with an emphasis on technology and health behaviors. She can discuss dating in a time of social distancing and how to use technology to create connection when physical closeness is compromised or unavailable.
Contact info: 812-855-7686, agesselma@indiana.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Zoe Peterson | Intimacy and relationships | Newswise pitch
Zoe Peterson is a clinical psychologist and director of the Kinsey Institute at IU Bloomington's Sexual Assault Research Initiative. Peterson can share how the lessons of sexual assault and consent translate to situations of social distancing and asking for consent on how to connect. She can also discuss navigating the challenges of social interactions when initiating shaking hands or hugging.
Contact info: 812-856-8063, zdpeters@iu.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Jamie Levine Daniel | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
Jamie Levine Daniel is an assistant professor of nonprofit management in the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. She is available to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused deviations in donation behavior for nonprofit organizations and how nonprofit organizations can change their impact language.
Contact info: 317-274-8227, jlevined@iupui.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Brad Fulton | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
Brad Fulton is an assistant professor in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington whose research examines the consequences of social diversity within community-based organizations. He can comment on how the pandemic and stay-at-home orders have affected the revenues of religious congregations and community-based nonprofit organizations.
Contact info: 812-855-6948, fulton@indiana.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
Beth Gazley | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
Beth Gazley is a professor in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington. Her expertise is in public and nonprofit management, collaboration and volunteerism, and she can discuss how nonprofit organizations and the individuals who depend on them have been affected by the pandemic. She can also provide tips on how to support and give to nonprofits.
Contact info: 812-855-1464, bgazley@indiana.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu
David King | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
David King is the Karen Lake Buttrey Director of the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving and an assistant professor of philanthropic studies in the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. He is an expert on religious organizations and can discuss how their faith and giving have been shaped by COVID-19.
Contact info: 317-278-8976, kingdp@iupui.edu
Media contact: John Schwarb, 317-274-2195, schwarbj@iu.edu
Una Osili | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
Una Osili is associate dean for research and international programs; professor of economics and philanthropic studies; and dean's fellow, Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy, at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. She can discuss international trends in giving and African American philanthropy related to COVID-19.
Contact info: 317-459-7041, uosili@iupui.edu
Media contact: John Schwarb, 317-274-2195, schwarbj@iu.edu
Laurie Paarlberg | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
Laurie Paarlberg is a professor of philanthropic studies in the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and a professor and the Charles Stewart Mott Chair on Community Foundations in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. She can discuss the changing nature of community philanthropy in the wake of COVID-19.
Contact info: 317-278-8907, lpaarlbe@indiana.edu
Media contact: John Schwarb, 317-274-2195, schwarbj@iu.edu
Patrick Rooney | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
Patrick Rooney is a professor of economics and philanthropic studies and the executive associate dean for academic programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. He is available to discuss giving in recessions, motivations for giving and trends in charitable giving related to COVID-19.
Contact info: 317-459-7041, rooney@iupui.edu
Media contact: John Schwarb, 317-274-2195, schwarbj@iu.edu
Bill Stanczykiewicz | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
Bill Stanczykiewicz serves as the assistant dean for external relations in the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI and is the director of The Fund Raising School. He can discuss fundraising and philanthropic leadership related to COVID-19.
Contact info: 317-459-7041, billstan@iupui.edu
Media contact: John Schwarb, 317-274-2195, schwarbj@iu.edu
Marlene Walk | Philanthropy and nonprofits | Tipsheet
Marlene Walk is an assistant professor of nonprofit management in the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. She is available to discuss community stakeholders' local responses to COVID-19 and how community philanthropic organizations can use virtual tools to engage stakeholders in developing responses. Walk's current research includes implementing virtual town hall meetings with community stakeholders to share information, problem-solve, coordinate and facilitate discussion.
Contact info: 317-274-3098, mwalk@iupui.edu
Media contact: Mary Keck, 812-856-2148, marykeck@iu.edu