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Members of the Flagler College community volunteer their services in their respective areas of expertise to appear as speakers at area events.

For more information about these speakers, contact The Office of Public Information or view their details at ProfNet.


Flagler College expert Dr. Gerald GamacheGerald L. Gamache, PhD, Professor, Department of Social Sciences (Psychology).

Gamache conducted the world's largest longitudinal study of the physical and cognitive decrements in performance associated with Chernobyl and was involved in studies of the Mir Space Station astronauts. He has published three books and numerous research articles and was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from Kiev Polytechnic Institute in 1998 as well as being included in the 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century.


Flagler College expert Yvan KellyYvan J. Kelly, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Business Administration (Economics).

Kelly is versed in the history of economic thought as well as sociological applications of economics into family behaviors.

He also spent 14 years as a college basketball coach (Coach of the Year in the NJCAA) before becoming a regional scout for the Seattle SuperSonics. Performs player analysis for the NBA draft and advance scouting of upcoming NBA opponents.

 

Flagler College expert: Dr. Max WilsonM. Maximillion Wilson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Sociology).

Wilson's previous research at the University of Florida focused on welfare reform and rural poverty. Now at Flagler College, he devotes much of his time to research on contemporary race and class relations in Florida. In his lecture series on the history and contemporary consequences of the Civil Rights Movement in St. Augustine, he emphasizes the important contribution of the local experience in shaping the current nature of race relations in America today.