Research Guides: UNC Charlotte Latinx/Hispanic Faculty and Staff Caucus: College of Health and Human Sciences

Dr. Yvette Huet (Kinesiology)

About Dr. Huet:

Dr. Yvette Huet is a Professor of Kinesiology and the Director for the UNC Charlotte ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office. Dr. Huet earned her B.S. in Human Biology: Microbiology from the University of Kansas; her Ph.D. (with Honors) in physiology from the University of Kansas Medical Center; and served as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Monsanto Company in Missouri. Her honors include a National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for Minorities. She has served in many other leadership roles at UNC Charlotte, including as Coordinator of faculty development, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Interim Chair, Kinesiology.

In 2014 and 2016, Dr. Huet served as the Keynote Speaker for the UNC Charlotte Latino Graduation Ceremony.

Dr. Huet grew up in Kansas. She loves reading and giant dogs.

Major or Recent Scholarship:

On the Reproducibility of Methods or Findings
Yan, S., Williams, C. & Huet, Y. (2020). On the reproducibility of methods or findings. Lab Anim 49, 29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41684-019-0461-0
Institutional Transformation Model to Increase Minority STEM Doctoral Student Success
Gumpertz, M. (2019). An institutional transformation model to increase minority STEM doctoral student success. 2019 CoNECD-The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity.
Decreased Viability of Nitric Oxide Synthase Double Knockout Mice
Tranguch, S., & Huet‐Hudson, Y. (2003). Decreased viability of nitric oxide synthase double knockout mice. Molecular Reproduction and Development: Incorporating Gamete Research, 65(2), 175-179.
Role of Early and Late Oestrogenic Effects OnImplantation in the Mouse
Huet, Y. M., & Dey, S. K. (1987). Role of early and late oestrogenic effects on implantation in the mouse. Reproduction, 81(2), 453-458.

Roger Suclupe (Social Work)

About Roger Suclupe:

Roger F. Suclupe, MSW, LCSW, is a Clinical Assistant Professor and MSW Part Time Program Coordinator at UNC Charlotte’s School of Social Work. He earned his MSW from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and BA in Psychology from Appalachian State University. He is licensed in the state of North Carolina as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been practicing in clinical settings for over 16 years. He also serves as the Co-Director of the CommUniversity and is a member of ARCHES (Academy for Research on Community Health, Engagement, and Services).

Roger is the Co-Director of The CommUniversity at UNC Charlotte which works to improve the health and wellbeing of Latinx immigrants and other vulnerable populations through service-learning and research. He also developed and taught an elective course, Social Work Practice with Latino Communities, which was a community and university collaborative learning experience for students with a community agency supporting Latino communities.

Roger is an avid soccer fan ("go Arsenal!"), coaches his children's soccer teams, loves the mountains and App State (his undergraduate school), and is a huge Duke Blue Devils fan, despite having attended UNC Chapel Hill for graduate school.

Major or Recent Publications:

"You Can Never Understand a Culture until you Experience it”: How an Experiential Learning Course Prepared Students for Practice with Latino Communities through Learning for Advocacy
Revens, K. E., Reynolds, A. D., Suclupe, R. F., Rifkin, C., & Pierce, T. (2018). “You can never understand a culture until you experience it”: How an experiential learning course prepared students for practice with Latino communities through learning for advocacy. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 38(3), 277-291.