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Dorothy Balabanos is president of DJB Communications Group, Inc., a communications strategy and planning firm. She has a Masters Degree in Advertising from the Medill School of Journalism and a BA Degree in English from Northwestern University. Email: dorothyj@rcnchicago.com
AI 284 The Brave New World of Marketing Communications
HC 207 MediaSmart—Understanding and Demystifying American Media
HC 224 Understanding & Creating Advertising
Marian Barell is a member of the SNL Visiting Faculty. Email: mbarell@depaul.edu
HC 236 U.S. Business and the Politics of Trade
Paula Bartholome has held policy-level positions in marketing and communications for more than 20 years. She is the founding principal of Parallax where she helps people in organizations work together toward shared goals. She also speaks on topics related to communication, collaboration and workplace community.She graduated cum laude from Indiana University with a BS in business, and received her MS in organization development from Loyola University Chicago. Email: parallaxpb@comcast.net
AI 162 Leading with Stories
FA 136 The Languages of Change
FA 252 Introduction to Organizational Learning: Principles and Practices
FA 344 Sustaining Relationships at Work
FA 350 Effective Collaboration: Skills, Structures and Cultures
HC 148 Collaborative Learning: Principles and Practices (SNL Online)
HC 168 The Stories We Tell
Eduardo Bascaran has M.S and Ph.D degrees from the University of Houston, and significant experience in all aspects of new product development, including design methodologies and tools. He works for Xerox Corporation where he is responsible for Engineering Learning programs and Design for Six Sigma. Email: ebas03@msn.com
FA 211 Development of Products and Services (SNL Online)
Frederick N. Bates earned his J.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1969. He has focused his legal practice on international business transactions, labor law and tort law. Email: fbatesitw@aol.com
HC 190 Law in America: Its History and Relevance in Today's World
Corinne Lally Benedetto, Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Student Systems and Retention
Ellen Benjamin, Associate Professor
Miriam Ben-Yoseph, Associate Professor
Barbara Berchiolli has a MS in Natural Science from the University of Rome, Italy where she also completed a 2 year research project in botany. She has a MA in Education from California State University and is a biology instructor at Prairie State College. Email: bberchio@condor.depaul.edu
SW 261 Explorations in Biology
SW 333 The Human Genome Project & Its Impact on Society
Jana Berger is an attorney who serves as defense counsel in cases involving premises and product liability. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Roger Williams University School of Law. She is an expert in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and has written extensively on Privacy rules. She is a member of the SNL Online Part-Time Faculty. Email: bergmeister@yahoo.com
FA 135 Property Law, Policy and Everyday Implications
Lorelei Blackburn earned a BA in English with a Spanish minor from Purdue University and an MA in Writing at DePaul. She works as a teen librarian. Formerly she worked at the University Center for Writing-based Learning and taught former child soldiers in Uganda. She also worked as a freelance writer and editor at an ad agency and a publishing house. Email: lblackbu@depaul.edu
LL 150 Academic Writing for Adults - Loop Campus
LL 150 Academic Writing for Adults - O'Hare Campus
Elizabeth Bleakley has a BA from DePaul earned through SNL, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law. She had extensive management experience with several national financial services companies before returning to school and is now in private practice. Email: elizabeth@bleakleylawoffice.comu
AI 155 Analyzing Leadership
James Bloch works in the Athletics Department at suburban high school. He is past president of the Illinois Athletic Directors Association. He holds an MA in Secondary School Administration. Email: blochj@newtrier.k12.il.us
HC 151 Coaching and Life Skills
HC 360 Sport and Society
Charlene Blockinger earned her doctoral degree in Adult Continuing Education from National-Louis University, Chicago, and her Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations/Communication through the Intercultural Communication Institute Program jointly sponsored by the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland, Oregon, and Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Email: cblock60657@aol.com
HC 339 Identity and Otherness in Cultural Contexts
Nadine Bopp has a Master's in Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and a Master of Science in Parks and Recreation Administration from the University of Missouri. She is an Environmental Planner with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and landscape design consultant. Email: nbopp@artic.edu
SW 212 Ecology and the Urban Environment
SW 224 An Environmental Sociology
SW 223 Principles for a Sustainable Lifestyle
SW 239 The Botanical World
SW 247 Science & Technology: Their Impact on Society
SW 357 Urban Geography
Michael Boruch is an architectural and fine arts photographer represented in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and many private collections. He holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Email: mboruch@depaul.edu
AI 142 Images of Ethnicity: Family Histories and Public Perceptions
AI 158 The Photograph as Historical Record: 1840 - 1990
AI 216 Photography as Art in the Modernist Era
FA 380 Artistic Expression Through Digital Photography
Thomas Bottum has a Master of Arts Degree in Applied Professional Studies from DePaul. He is a regional director in CNA’s Professional Liability Claims Group and has worked in the insurance industry for more than 31 years. Email: thomas.bottum@cna.com
FA 268 Human Dimensions of Project Management
FA 355 Using Performance Metrics to Analyze and Enhance Business Results
HC 353 Organizational Theory and Change Management Strategies
Kevin Brandyon Quinn graduated from DePaul through SNL in 2001, and will receive his PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a sociologist with a concentration in the intersections of race, class, gender and sexuality. He has won many teaching awards and has been voted one of the 100 best instructors each semester by his students. Email: kbquinn@uiuc.edu
HC 321 Contemporary Perspectives on the American Family: Realities and Misconceptions
HC 322 The Institutionalization of Human Sexuality
James J. Brask is a member of the DePaul faculty. Email: jbrask@depaul.edu
FA 381 Conflict & Cooperation Among Nations: Islam, Democracy, and War
AI 204 Expressing Individual Identity: Politics and the Creative Self
FA 391 The Politics and History of the Vietnam War
Paul Bucheit has numerous publications in Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on language development. He is the founder of fightingpoverty.org, and GIChicago.org, which promotes awareness of critical global issues among Chicago colleges and high schools. His Ph.D in Computer Science is from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Email: buchheit@speakeasy.net
HC 143 American Wars: Illusions and Realities
HC 179 Economic Inequality: The Role and Responsibility of Business
SW 229 Business and War from a Cognitive Science Perspective
SW 289 Making Multi-Media Business Presentations
Kevin Buckley has a Master of Liberal Studies degree from DePaul. He has more than twenty years experience in project management and in planning and conducting training programs for adults in both for-profit and non-profit settings. Email: kbuckle1@depaul.edu
AI 188 Making Difficult Decisions: Moral Life in Modern Culture
AI 244 Catholic Social Ethics
FA 371 Work and the Modern Self
HC 233 Christianities: Ancient, Modern, Global
IN 307 Advanced Elective Seminar: Spirituality, Culture, Technology
IN 369 Spiritualities of Work (Faculty Designed Independent Study)
Veronica (Roni) Buckley, an SNL alum, earned both an Ed.D and Master of Arts in Adult and Continuing Education from National Louis University. She is a Core Part Time Faculty Member, the current President of the DePaul Alumni Board, the former President of the SNL Alumni Board and the administrator of a Chicago law firm. Email: vbuckley@depaul.edu
AI 326 Living from the Inside Out
LL 302 Externship: Balancing Your Demanding Life
Bobby Burby is a member of the SNL Part-Time Faculty. Email: bburby@hotmail.com
FA 268 Human Dimensions of Project Management
Andrea Burleson received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from DePaul University, and B.A. in Psychology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She works in private practice, consulting to organizations in areas such as leadership assessment/coaching, succession planning, competency-based processes/tools, career management, and employee selection. Email: aburleso@depaul.edu
William Byrnes, MDiv, is a certified Employee Assistance professional and former family therapist who has worked in a variety of EAP environments, and is currently a Regional EAP Representative with United Airlines. Email: bill.byrnes@ual.com
HC 330 Assessment & Counseling: Skills for the Human Resources Professional