Lori Van Wallendael is an associate professor of Psychology at UNC Charlotte. She has expertise in eyewitness identification and has consulted with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department regarding identification procedures.
M. Lori Thomas is the director of research and faculty engagement at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, where she also serves as director for the Institute for Social Capital. Dr. Thomas is an associate professor of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Services.
Mark I. West is a professor of English at UNC Charlotte, where he has taught since 1984. He regularly teaches courses on children's and young adult literature. He has written or edited 16 books, the most recent of which is "Shapers of American Childhood," which he co-edited with Kathy Merlock Jackson.
Mark DeHaven, Ph.D., is a community medicine practitioner and researcher and has developed three different medical school divisions dedicated to community medicine and community health science research.
Mark Wilson is a professor in the Department of History. He is conducting new research that explores the development of the so-called military-industrial complex in the USA from the 1950s into the early 21st century. He is also interested in working to archive the historical records of business firms with connections to the Charlotte region.
Mark Sanders is a senior lecturer of philosophy. He has been at UNC Charlotte since 2006 and has taught many classes during that time. Most recently, he has been focusing on philosophically informed civic engagement. This has manifested itself in the courses he teaches and the service and research he conducts.
Martha Kropf, Ph.D., conducts research about election administration and election reform. She has written two books about election reform and more than 25 articles and book chapters on the topic.
Mary Jo McGowan is a lecturer and undergraduate director in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at UNC Charlotte. She earned her Ph.D. in public policy from UNC Charlotte in 2014. Her research interests include election administration, candidate decisions, and complexity theory.
Melinda Forthofer, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences in the College of Health and Human Services. Prior to UNC Charlotte,Forthofer was on the fUniversity of South Florida faculty (1996-2006) and at the University of South Carolina (2006-16).
Michael Thompson, Ph.D., is an associate professor and associate chair of Public Health Sciences. He directs UNC Charlotte’s CAHME-accredited and nationally ranked Master of Health Administration program and its Health Informatics and Analytics programs.
