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Experts Available: Brain Injury Awareness Month; National Social Work Month; Returning to the Workplace; 50 Years of Jaws

Radford, VA (03/12/2025) — Radford University professors are available to speak about the following:

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
Radford University senior instructor Rebecca Epperly is available to speak with media on topics pertaining to Brain Injury Awareness Month. Epperly, a certified speech-language pathologist, serves as clinical director of the Radford University Brain Injury (RUBI) Center.

  • Email: rdepperly@radford.edu
  • Phone: (540) 831-7640

National Social Work Month
March is National Social Work Month, and Radford University Associate Professor Philip Mongan is available to speak about the important role social workers play in society and how Radford's School of Social Work is growing the profession. Mongan serves as the school's interim director.

  • Email: pmongan@radford.edu
  • Phone: (540) 831-7689

Returning to the workplace
Return to the workplace is "becoming the norm again," says Radford University Assistant Professor Management Benjamin Biermeier-Hanson, Ph.D. The professor is available to speak about why this is happening and why remote or hybrid work can be beneficial to employers and their workers.

  • Email: bbiermeierhan@radford.edu

Also available to the speak on the topic is Assistant Professor of Psychology and organizational psychologist Young-Kook Moon, whose research focuses on workplace issues such as employee turnover, workplace meetings (meeting efficiency and Zoom fatigue), and job stress (burnout, working hour issues).

  • Email: ymoon2@radford.edu
  • Phone: (540) 831-5361

Jaws 50th anniversary
This year marks the 50th anniversary since the movie Jaws was released in theaters. Radford University associate professor of media production Michael Meindl, whose research includes film and television history is available to speak about the Steven Spielberg classic.

  • Email: mmeindl@radford.edu
  • Phone: 540-831-6039

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Radford University

Justin Ward (540) 831-1953, jward53@radford.edu

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