Katia Campbell[30] copy
Katia Campbell[30] copy

The Metropolitan State University of Denver faculty brain trust reaches almost every point on the academic spectrum, and we are always proud to see Roadrunners sharing their knowledge. Each month, the Early Bird highlights a few faculty members who have served as subject-matter experts on timely news topics, providing dynamic perspectives on critical issues. 

Here’s a sampling from May:

Katia Campbell, Ph.D., Communication Studies professor, interviewed with Denver7 about the dangers of hate speech and racist death threats targeting Colorado Avalanche hockey player Nazem Kadri. 

Glenn Furton, Ph.D., Economics assistant professor, co-authored an op-ed in Fortune about the Food and Drug Administration’s restrictive requirements for importing baby formula from Europe.   

Christina Huber, Ph.D., Economics professor, interviewed with Scripps National about the Consumer Price Index and what its latest reading might mean for the economy.  

Sheryl Zajdowicz, Ph.D., Biology professor and chair, and Kishore Kulkarni, Ph.D., Economics professor, interviewed with CGTN America about the new avian-flu outbreak, how the virus is being transmitted among birds and the effect it’s having on commodity inflation.  

Steve Beaty, Ph.D., Computer Science professor and chair, interviewed with Denver7 about a SIM-swap scam in which criminals trick employees at mobile-phone carriers into switching a victim’s phone number to a SIM card in their possession.  

Stacey Hervey, MSSc, Criminal Justice and Criminology associate professor, interviewed with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle about gun-control laws being discussed after the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. 

View full list of faculty members in the media here.