UMass Lowell Experts Assist Print, Radio and TV Journalists
01/05/2016
UMass Lowell faculty experts are world-class researchers and scholars who lend authority to news and feature stories in an engaging and relatable way. From science and engineering, business and education to the social sciences and humanities, experts in a spectrum of fields are available in person, by phone or e-mail as sources for print, radio and TV journalists. TV options include live broadcast interviews in person or via satellite.
This month’s hot topics and featured sources are:
- Getting and staying fit in the New Year – Deirdra Murphy, exercise expert. Want to make good on those resolutions to join a gym or finally use the treadmill gathering dust in the basement? Murphy can talk about what is takes to start and keep to an exercise routine to shed pounds and gain energy. An authority on healthy lifestyles, she teaches physical therapy and exercise physiology in the College of Health Sciences, where she is associate dean of undergraduate student success.
- Security threats from terrorist groups – Joel Day, terrorism expert. Day is an authority on ISIS and its alliances, U.S. national security policy, religious terrorism and political violence. A professor and researcher in UMass Lowell’s Center for Terrorism and Security Studies, he leads classes in criminology and security and global studies.
- 2016 presidential caucuses, primaries – Frank Talty, U.S. politics expert. As the race to the Oval Office heats up, Talty can discuss the candidates’ campaign strategies and performance leading up to the Iowa caucus, New Hampshire primary and contests to follow. He is the co-director of UMass Lowell’s Center for Public Opinion, which conducts independent polling research on political, social and economic issues, and assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Winter weather outlook – Frank Colby, meteorologist. Will snowfall totals in the Northeast break records for the second consecutive year? What is the effect of El Niño across the United States? Will there be relief from drought in California? Colby, an expert in weather modeling and forecasting, is a professor in UMass Lowell’s Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, where he is a mentor to students and program graduates who work as researchers and TV meteorologists throughout the country.
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.