Rock Valley College
Rockford, Illinois

Speakers Bureau (L-R)

Tony Lamia
Adjunct instructor, Business

  • Ethics in communication
  • Ethical Communication
  • Small business success – changes needed to improve the odds

Paul Laprade
Associate Professor, Music

  • Arts
  • Linguistics
  • Music

Tom Lombardo
Engineering and Technology

  • Astronomy (hobby)
  • Computer hardware
  • Educational technology
  • Home brewing (hobby)

Chuck Martin
Managing Director, Human Resource Services

  • Human Resource Management
  • Labor Relations
  • Disciplinary Practice
  • Quail Hunting
  • Basketball Coaching
  • Baseball Coaching
  • Basketball/Baseball Officiating

Amy Massoth
Job Developer, Refugee Training Program

  • Citizenship
  • Immigration

Mike Mastroianni
Vice President of Outreach and Planning

  • Rock Valley College’s role in regional economic vitality and quality of life

Kanwal Prashar
Professor of Sociology, World Religions

  • India
  • Interfaith dialogue 
  • Peace and non-violence
  • Poetry (Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu)
  • Population and poverty 
  • Race/ethnic relations (US and Global) 
  • World religions, especially Eastern

Bruce Roberts
Program Director, Traffic Safety

  • Law enforcement
  • Traffic safety

PS Ruckman Jr
Associate Professor, Political Science

  • Confirmation of Supreme Court justices
  • Constitutional law and judicial politics
  • First Amendment issues
  • Freedom of speech
  • Presidential pardons
  • Separation of church and state
  • Vote turnout and vote choice