Marvin Druker, Ron Schmidt and Oliver Woshinsky are available to provide expert political commentary during election season
USM’s political scientists are following Maine’s contentious gubernatorial election with great interest, but also are able to comment on national trends such as the emerging Tea Party Movement.
Visit USM’s News Archive to read short biographical sketches on Professor Druker, Associate Professor Schmidt and Professor Emeritus Woshinsky.
To arrange interviews, call USM Public Affairs at 207-780-4200.
Environmental Science faculty member Daniel Martinez came to USM in 2008 to establish an energy teaching and research program after completing his postdoctoral fellowship through the University of Rochester and the AHEAD Energy Corporation. Using NSF grant funding, Martinez will develop an applied energy curriculum.
USM Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies Nancy E. Richeson presented at the “Best Practices in Dementia Care” conference in Norway’s Stavanger University the summer of 2010. Visit our 
With online education becoming more and more prevalent in the United States, questions often arise about the level of quality in online class discussions among professors and students. Does the use of a keyboard inhibit or enhance discussion and reduce or increase the flow and exchange of ideas?
USM’s Director of Prior Learning Assessment Joyce Lapping spends her days speaking with adults who can jump-start their entry to higher education, or complete a degree by receiving college credit for college-level knowledge gained through life experiences.
University of Southern Maine Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Education Susan McWilliams is leading the university as it implements a new Core Curriculum developed by USM faculty. The new Core will provide students with a quality, liberal education no matter what their declared major.
Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology Ed Collom is the recipient of the first annual Provost Research Fellowship for the 2010-2011 academic year. The Fellowship will allow him to continue his research for a book about time banks.
Professor of Economics and Women & Gender Studies Susan Feiner and Associate Professor of History Christine Holden recently returned from the United Arab Emirates where they began work developing a consortium that will offer faculty and students opportunities to learn more about Arabic culture.
Professor of English and medieval scholar Kathleen Ashley’s recent book, “Being a Pilgrim: Art and Ritual on the Medieval Routes to Santiago,” brings to life the voices of those who made the pilgrimage to a shrine that was once as important to Christianity as Jerusalem and Rome. Read more about this book that details the routes leading to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain at 