Culture Experts

Monder Ram

Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship & Professor of Small BusinessAston University

Professor Ram is an authority on small business & ethnic minority entrepreneurship research & has appeared frequently in the media.

Industrial SociologyMigrant and Refugee EntrepreneurshipSMEs in the West MidlandsEthnic Minority EntrepreneurshipSMEs

Magi Curtis

Executive Vice PresidentJ.S. Held LLC

Trusted Advisor to Healthcare Executives | Change Management Expert | Executive Leader | Public Affairs Strategist

Strategic PlanningPublic Affairs & RelationsM&A & Post-Merger IntegrationChange ManagementCrisis Response & Management

Petra Molnar

Associate DirectorRefugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School

Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture

Technology and human rightsAnthropology of MigrationEthnography and Ethnographic WritingWomen's RightsRefugee and Human Rights Issues

Jodi Caldwell

Executive Director, Counseling CenterGeorgia Southern University

Jodi K. Caldwell is the Executive Director Sexual Assault Response Team Chair and Regent's Advisor Council of the Counseling Center.

Professional DevelopmentWomen's Health IssuesPsychologyCounselingMulticulturalism

Jerry Park, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of SociologyBaylor University

Expert on the sociological study of religion, race, identity, culture & civic participation, with a focus on Asian-American religiosity.

Racial and Religious Minority ExperiencesCultural Ideology and Cultural CapitalAsian-American Religiosity

Ford Saeks

Business Growth InnovatorPrime Concepts Group Inc

Business Growth Innovator|Keynote Speaker |Consultant

InnovationMarketing & SalesBusiness SuccessFranchise ConsultingBusiness & Leadership

René Olivares-Navarrete, D.D.S, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | D.D.S, National Autonomous University of Mexico | Ph.D., National Autonomous University of MexicoVCU DEPT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Olivares-Navarrete’s research focuses on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine approaches for Craniofacial and Orthopaedic needs.

Tissue EngineeringStem Cell Biology and EngineeringBiomaterials for Craniofacial and Musculoskeletal TissuesImmunomodulation and ImmunoengineeringWnt Signaling in Morphogenesis Healing and Regeneration