Faculty Research Interests

My research agenda focuses on ‘The Business of Healthcare’ and encompasses several key content areas:

1. Expenditures, financial and economic impacts 
2. Health policy and public administration (including ethics)
3. Pedagogy and teaching.

These concepts provide full breadth and depth of the healthcare administration, business administration and public administration (specifically health policy) industries, with common elements of each captured in my research. Supporting research on these topics will include the analysis of management functions such as planning, decision making, organizational design and resource management as well as the exploration of influences on these content areas.

• Addiction treatment
• Healthcare history
• Innovative clinical education

• 20th and 21st Century American Poetry and Poetics
• Multiethnic American Literature
• Jewish Studies
• Ecopoetry

My technical expertise is in the application of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) in concrete structures and precast sandwich panels. I'm an expert with nonlinear finite element analysis methods for ductile and brittle materials utilizing such software as ABAQUS. Past and current research is in the fields of static, creep and dynamic (blast) analyses of concrete structures.

My research interests include urban space and urban populations with a particular focus on the human/environment relationship, urban planning and social geography, and transnational exchange and adaption of ideas about nature and cities. 

I am working on two research projects: One examines the assignation of meaning to and responsibility for public space through an examination of a particular park location that became a suicide destination in fin de sicle Paris. The other work considers Franco-British greenspace design and exchange from 1660–1880.

My research interests include working to help universities drive curriculum development to align curricula with current technology trends in industry, such as software development and other "in-demand" technology fields.

I am interested in the research and development of bearing systems, seals, and dampers that will lead to energy efficiency and other improvements of turbomachinery. I am especially interested in compliant foil bearings and the applications where they can provide a major technological leap, such as oil-free propulsion, small turbomachinery, and ultra-high-speed micro-turbines for distributed power generation systems. 

Another related area of interest is the development of innovative rotor supports for high-speed kinetic energy storage devices (flywheels).

My research interests include the history of social and political movements, women's activism, anti-fascism, and pacifism. My current book project analyzes the political work of over twenty different British women’s organizations that opposed the rise of fascist regimes in Europe beginning in the early 1930s. While some former militant suffragists joined fascist organizations in Britain, British women’s organizations overwhelmingly understood fascism as the single largest menace to women’s rights. In the years before and during the Second World War, British women’s organizations used the threat posed by fascism to legitimize their engagement in political discourses and to emphasize the importance of protecting the democratic rights that women had fought for decades to obtain.

Applied Econometrics and Labor Economics

My research interests include: end-of-life nursing education; end-of-life nursing care; and mentoring.

My research focuses on reliability‑based geotechnical and foundation design, soil–structure interaction, and disaster risk analysis. More recently, my work has expanded to digital construction, using modeling, simulation, and data‑driven methods—such as three‑dimensional printing—to improve design reliability, construction quality, and engineering decision‑making through industry‑engaged projects.

My research interests include the transparency of government communication during times of turmoil, the use of artificial intelligence for qualitative analysis in accounting and finance, and fraud detection and training effectiveness in government performance audits—grounded in my extensive experience in federal auditing and oversight.

My research interests focus on process modeling and simulation, as well as new technology development centering on chemical processing

In general, exploring and developing new mathematical, statistical, and machine learning approaches to solve transportation, supply chain and logistics complex problems are among my current and future research objectives. Moreover, I am open to conduct cutting-edge research ideas including those involving multi-discipline expertise to come up with new perspectives and solutions to existing complex problems. Relevant areas of my current and future research include: data mining & statistical analysis, decision-making supported by big data, transportation network analytics, project scheduling problems, machine learning algorithms for smart manufacturing, and accident analysis.

• Grief, loss, trauma, and healing centered practice
• Policy within systems and communities

My interests focus on nursing education, clinical judgment, student success, and preparing nursing students for clinical practice. I am particularly interested in teaching strategies that improve knowledge retention, build student confidence, strengthen clinical decision-making, and help students connect classroom learning with real-world patient care.

My research interests are focused on obtaining a structure through x-ray crystallography of the Neutral Cholesterol Ester Hydrolase 1 (NCEH1) protein to better understand its role in cancer and atherosclerosis. I'm also very interested in the pursuit of research in the progression of science education with the application of technology. I'd like to work with new methods to provide quality feedback and interactive learning outside of the classroom to further the conceptual understanding of material learned in the classroom.

• Alzheimer's disease/Dementia
• Caregiving
• Older adults

My research includes studies on the integration of mathematical reasoning into computer science curricula, development and integration of innovative teaching approaches that aim to improve the learning process and enhance the comprehension of the study materials, evaluation and assessment of the effectiveness of the proposed techniques, curricular development issues related to core introductory programming courses, interdisciplinary courses, courses for non-majors, and elective courses for computer science and information systems majors.

Currently, in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Shea at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science, my students are exploring predator prey interactions using marine gastropod shell collections. Predators of marine snails often leave evidence of attempted and successful predation attempts on the shells of their prey, including drill holes and cracks in the shells. Paleontologists have used this type of predation evidence to describe ancient ecological interactions. In the Krumm lab, we are applying this technique to recent shell collections, allowing examination of predator-prey interactions of marine gastropod populations that are otherwise challenging to access due to location and depth. Our lab is currently working on:

1. Characterization of predator shell damage in Family Terebridae. Does damage differ in frequency, size, and other characteristics across species in recent (non-fossil) shells
2. Do different drilling predators of the Terebridae, distinguished by the shape of the drill hole, differ in where they attempt to create a hole in the shell? Is the hole location impacted by predator size or shell outer wall thickness?

The Krumm lab is also examining morphological variation in Family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells. These marine gastropods attach found objects in their environments to their shells, including shells and rocks. There are multiple hypotheses that attempt to explain this attachment behavior. We are currently working on:

1. Characterization and comparison of shell footprints between species in Family Xenophoridae. Do we see regional variation within species? Do species with overlapping ranges show similarities in shell footprint patterns, such as width and shape of footprint?

My research and service interests also extend beyond my laboratory at Widener University, leading to the creation of BCEENET (Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network), a research coordination network in undergraduate biology education. Undergraduate research experiences were a pivotal point in my career trajectory, leading me to pursue research in ecology and evolution. I am committed to expanding those opportunities for both my students, and undergraduates beyond my institution. As PI of BCEENET, I’ve had the opportunity to support faculty at diverse institutions in embedding research in their courses as CUREs (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences) through CURE development and faculty development workshops. Additionally, I am involved in a large-scale assessment of BCEENET CUREs, demonstrating the value of participating in these CUREs through measures of student belonging and skills building.