IU School of Liberal Arts

• School Directory
• • Africana Studies
  • American Studies
  • Anthropology
    • Folklore
  • Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture
  • Center on Philanthropy
  • Communication Studies
  • The Confucius Institute of IUPUI
  • Dean's Office
    • Office of Academic Affairs
    • Office of Development & External Affairs
    • Office of Finance and Administration
    • Office of Research and Graduate Programs
    • Office of Student Affairs
    • Technical Services
  • Economics
    • Indiana Center for Economics Education
  • Emeritus/Retired Faculty
  • English
    • American Sign Language/English Interpreting
    • Creative Writing
    • Critical Inquiry
    • Drama
    • Film Studies
    • Graduate Faculty
    • Linguistics
    • Literature
    • Writing Program
    • Writing & Literacy
    • University Writing Center
    • Emeritus/Retired
  • English for Academic Purposes Program
  • Geography
    • (GENI) Geography Educators' Network of Indiana, Inc.
  • History
  • Indiana Campus Compact
  • Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication
  • IUPU Columbus
  • Individualized Major Program
  • Institute for American Thought
    • Center for Ray Bradbury Studies
    • Frederick Douglass Project
    • Peirce Edition Project
    • The Works of George Santayana
  • Institute for Research on Social Issues
    • Global Health Communication Communication Center
    • GIS Research Center
    • Partner Study
    • Survey Research Center
  • International Studies
  • Max Kade German-American Center
  • Medical Humanities
  • Motorsports Studies
  • Museum Studies
  • National Council on Public History
  • Philosophy
  • Philanthropic Studies
  • The Polis Center
    • (IMAGIS) Indianapolis Mapping and Geographic Information Systems
  • Political Science
  • Professional Editing
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
  • University Writing Center
  • World Languages and Cultures
    • Arabic
    • Chinese
    • Classical Studies
    • French
    • German
    • Graduate MAT in Spanish
    • Graduate Translation Studies
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Spanish
    • Emeritus/Retired
  • Spanish Resource Center
  • Women's Studies

» Update Your Bio

» Directory Admin

Faculty & Staff Directory

Institute for Research on Social Issues

Neale R Chumbler (Director)

Campus Address: CA
Email: nchumble@iupui.edu
Appointments: Professor of Sociology;
Research Scientist and Associate Director Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-based Practice, Roudebush VA Medical Center
Academic Interests: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Care Coordination and Home-Telehealth strategies to improve patient centered outcomes (e.g., improvement in functional independence; health related quality of life) and avert preventable health services for older adults with chronic diseases and central nervous system damage and their informal caregivers.

Developing and Implementing effective strategies by which to deliver accessible and appropriate health services for functionally impaired and cognitively impaired seniors and their informal caregivers.


Email
View bio

Aron Elizabeth Dibacco

Campus Address: CA 141
Phone: (317)274-8674
Email: adibacco@iupui.edu
Appointments: Social Science Research Specialist
Academic Interests: Interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, diversity

Email
View bio

David A. Ford (Retired)

Campus Address: CA 127F
Phone: (317)274-2449
Fax: 317-278-7919
Appointments: Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Founding Director, Liberal Arts Institute for Research on Social Issues
Website: http://irsi.iupui.edu/
Academic Interests: crime and society, control of crime, violence and victims, domestic violence against women
View bio

Tamara G.J. Leech

Campus Address: CA303
Phone: (317)278-5204
Fax: (317)278-3654
Email: tleech@iupui.edu
Appointments: Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Academic Interests: Adolescent Health Risk Behavior
Urban Communities and Neighborhoods
Racial and Gender Contexts
Health Disparities

Teaching: Social Factors in Health and Illness(R381), Quantitative Methods(R551), Community(R330)

Email
View bio

Vijay O Lulla

Campus Address: CA 121
Phone: (317)274-8646
Fax: 278-5220
Email: vlulla@iupui.edu
Appointments: Post-doc Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Institute for Research on Social Issues, Department of Geography 2010-2011 • Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Ph.D. Geography (ABD – dissertation submitted for final approval) 2005 - 2010 – Title: Neural network classification of hyperspectral imagery for urban environments: a case study Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN M.A. Geography 2002 - 2005 – Advisors: Ryan Jensen – Thesis: Biomass estimation using statistical and neural network analysis of ASTER data. Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda, India B.E. Electrical Engineering 1996 - 2000
Website: http://www.iupui.edu/~geogdept/
Teaching: • Physical Geography Lab Instructor Indiana State University Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2007 – Taught introductory physical geography lab which is a part of general education requirement. • Remote Sensing Indiana State University Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2005 – Assisted in lab for Remote Sensing course. – Helped students with all aspects of remote sensing data analysis. • Guest Lectures Lecture about India for World Regional Geography, – November 4, 2008 – April 19, 2009 Research Experience

Email
View bio

Yuanyuan Xu

Campus Address: CA127A
Phone: (317)274-5846
Email: xuyuan@iupui.edu
Appointments: Visiting Scholar
Academic Interests: Anti-poverty in Rural China Local Government and Regional Public Administration

Email
View bio

Associate Faculty ( Institute for Research on Social Issues )

Global Health Communication Communication Center

John Parrish-Sprowl (Co-Director)

Campus Address: CA 126
Phone: (317)278-3145
Fax: 278-1025
Email: johparri@iupui.edu
Appointments: Professor of Communication Studies
Co-Director, Global Health Communication Center
Adjunct Professor, Informatics
Russian & Eastern European Institute University College
Academic Interests: relational, organizational, and cultural transformation and change; global health issues
Teaching: Global Health Advanced Communication Theory Organizational Communication Intercultural Communication Study abroad

Email
View bio

GIS Research Center

Jeffrey S. Wilson (Director)

Campus Address: Cavanaugh Hall 207A
Phone: (317)274-1128
Fax: 317 278-5220
Email: jeswilso@iupui.edu
Appointments: Professor and Chair of Geography

Academic Interests: Environmental Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Science, Health Geography

Email
View bio

Daniel Johnson

Campus Address: Cavanaugh Hall 207C
Email: dpjohnso@iupui.edu
Appointments: Assistant Professor
IRSI Researcher
Academic Interests: Spatial Epidemiology
Medical Geography
Remote Sensing and Public Health
Climate Change and Human Health
Heat Waves, Extreme Heat Events


Email
View bio

Vijay O Lulla

Campus Address: CA 121
Phone: (317)274-8646
Fax: 278-5220
Email: vlulla@iupui.edu
Appointments: Post-doc Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Institute for Research on Social Issues, Department of Geography 2010-2011 • Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Ph.D. Geography (ABD – dissertation submitted for final approval) 2005 - 2010 – Title: Neural network classification of hyperspectral imagery for urban environments: a case study Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN M.A. Geography 2002 - 2005 – Advisors: Ryan Jensen – Thesis: Biomass estimation using statistical and neural network analysis of ASTER data. Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda, India B.E. Electrical Engineering 1996 - 2000
Website: http://www.iupui.edu/~geogdept/
Teaching: • Physical Geography Lab Instructor Indiana State University Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2007 – Taught introductory physical geography lab which is a part of general education requirement. • Remote Sensing Indiana State University Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2005 – Assisted in lab for Remote Sensing course. – Helped students with all aspects of remote sensing data analysis. • Guest Lectures Lecture about India for World Regional Geography, – November 4, 2008 – April 19, 2009 Research Experience

Email
View bio

Partner Study

Aron Elizabeth Dibacco

Campus Address: CA 141
Phone: (317)274-8674
Email: adibacco@iupui.edu
Appointments: Social Science Research Specialist
Academic Interests: Interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, diversity

Email
View bio

Survey Research Center

Tamara G.J. Leech (Director)

Campus Address: CA303
Phone: (317)278-5204
Fax: (317)278-3654
Email: tleech@iupui.edu
Appointments: Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Academic Interests: Adolescent Health Risk Behavior
Urban Communities and Neighborhoods
Racial and Gender Contexts
Health Disparities

Teaching: Social Factors in Health and Illness(R381), Quantitative Methods(R551), Community(R330)

Email
View bio

Associate Faculty ( Survey Research Center )