UMass Lowell Experts Assist Print, Radio and TV Journalists
UMass Lowell experts lend authority as sources for news and feature stories by print, TV and radio journalists.
05/02/2016
UMass Lowell offers world-class faculty, researchers and scholars to print, radio and TV journalists looking for expert sources. Lending authority to news and feature stories in an engaging and relatable way, experts are available in person, by phone or e-mail as sources. TV options include live interviews in person or via satellite.
This month’s hot topics and featured sources are:
- Gregory Denon, job search expert. Denon can talk about successful strategies college students graduating in May can use to launch their professional life and how they can avoid potential missteps. He is an authority on what employers are looking for in new hires and what the current job market holds for the Class of 2016. He heads UMass Lowell’s Career and Co-operative Education Center.
- James Nehring, education expert. Nehring, who spent 25 years as a public high-school history teacher and principal, can discuss how students of all ages can overcome year-end test anxiety, how they can retain what they’ve learned during the academic year over the summer and how parents can help them. He teaches educational leadership in UMass Lowell’s Graduate School of Education and is an expert on teacher training, curriculum development, the effectiveness of learning environments, performance measurements and the organization of school systems.
- Katherine Tucker, nutrition expert. Tucker is a nationally recognized authority on how what we eat affects our health. She can talk about the risks associated with consuming grilled, smoked and fried foods that are often so plentiful during the summer and discuss the best dieting techniques. The director of UMass Lowell’s Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, she teaches nutrition in the College of Health Sciences. Beyond campus, she contributes her expertise to the development of the Institute of Medicine’s dietary recommendations, which are used nationwide in the food-production industry and health care.
- Michael Jones, elite athlete and sports and entertainment law expert. A former teammate of Olympic champion Mark Spitz on the U.S. men’s swim team, Jones can discuss the upcoming summer Olympics in Brazil, including the threat of the Zika virus and other challenges facing the athletes and organizers. Jones is now a judge, artist and world-class triathlete who has served as a legal adviser to several national athletic organizations. His experience in these areas gives him unique insight into sports, entertainment and intellectual property law and related issues. He is a faculty member in UMass Lowell’s Legal Studies Program.
For a complete list of UMass Lowell experts, see www.uml.edu/experts. The university’s media relations team is ready to help connect you. Contact Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944, Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu or Christine Gillette, 978-934-2209, Christine_Gillette@uml.edu.