MSU Denver Experts Guide
Workplace Issues
Brian Bagwell
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Professor
Expertise: Workplace violence, critical incident stress management, trauma, treating claustrophobic firefighters, and perception of threat and deescalation of violence strategies for first responders, employers and mental health clinicians.

Beth Frederick
Department: Management
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Modern employee organizations
Christian Hardigree
Department: School of Hospitality
Title: Dean
Expertise: Food safety, Risk management, Sustainability, Workplace violence, Employment/management issues, Bed bug litigation

Christina Huber
Department: Economics
Title: Professor
Expertise: Economics of the family, Maternal and child health, Intra-household bargaining

Brenden Kendall
Department: Communication Studies
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Organizational, workplace and professional communication, Communication ethics, Environmental communication, Organizational change, Public speaking/presentational communication, Communication theory and practice; Teamwork, teams and collaboration

Mike Monsour
Department: Communication Studies
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Personal relationships, Professional relationships, Conflict and workplace relationships, Communication, Friendships between men and women, Friendships in LGBTQ community

Sheldon Steinhauser
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Title: Associate Professor Emeritus
Expertise: Aging issues, Aging population, Social issues of aging, Transgenerational communications, Life expectancy and societal impact, Diversity, Civil rights, Aging workplace, Elderly in the workplace, Retirement

Whitney Traylor
Department: Management
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Corporate law (employment, civil rights, business, litigation), Race issues, Work/life balance, Workplace issues

Shawn Worthy
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Professor
Expertise: Gender differences in extreme sports, Psychology and performance of high-risk/extreme sports athletes, Sports training and fear, Youth adventure therapy, Crisis intervention, Family dynamics, Family systems, High-risk youth, Teen suicide, Parenting, Workplace stress, Job-family balance
