Principal Investigator and Cluster Director
Dr. Twyla Hill received the master鈥檚 and Ph.D. degrees in social sciences from the University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, in 1993 and 1998, respectively.
She is currently a Professor of sociology with the Department of Sociology, Wichita State University. Her research interests include sociology of aging, sociology of families, research methods, sociology of law, and public policy. Dr. Hill received a grant from the Regional Institute on Aging for an Interdisciplinary Project with a Faculty Member from Dance in 2020.
Research Interests: Sociology of aging, Sociology of families, research methods, sociology of law, and public policy.
Email: twyla.hill@wichita.edu
Phone: (316) 978-7151
Fax: (316) 978-3281
Dr. JANET TWOMEY received the master鈥檚 and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, in 1992 and 1995, respectively.
She is currently an Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and a Professor of industrial, systems, and manufacturing engineering at 黑洞社区. She has organized faculty development seminars focusing on research, assigns new faculty mentors, and travels to NSF with new faculty to meet program offices. As a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation, she together with two other NSF Program Officers, developed and delivered NSF Proposal Writing and CAREER Proposal Writing two workshops. Since leaving NSF, she has participated in over ten NSF sponsored CAREER proposal writing workshops.
Research Interests: Technology for environmental sustainability, intelligent computational methods, and industrial sustainability.