Nature Experts

Pankaj Patel, PhD

Frank J. and Jane E. Ryan Endowed Chair in Strategy and Innovation; Professor of Management & Operations | Villanova School of BusinessVillanova University

Pankaj Patel, PhD, is a leading expert on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Robert Talisse

W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy; Chair of the Philosophy DepartmentVanderbilt University

Expert in contemporary political philosophy, with a focus in democratic theory and political epistemology.

Kathryn Alexander

Speaker, Coach, AuthorThe Art of Leadership - Impact!

A Futurist for Life - Transforming Leaders

Yong Chen

Professor, HistoryUC Irvine

Yong Chen is Professor of Hist. He also served as the Associate Dean of Curricular and Student Services in the School of Humanities.

Zining Li, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Ugo Mattei

Distinguished Professor of Law and Alfred and Hanna Fromm Chair in International and Comparative LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: matteiu@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4646 / Office 623-200

David W. Stewart, Ph.D.

Emeritus President's Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Sean Mulholland

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Sean Mulholland research interests include human capital and economic growth, white supremacist groups and hate crimes.

Rachel Mandelbaum

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Rachel Mandelbaum's research interests are predominantly in the areas of observational cosmology and astrophysics.

Katherine Dennis

Public Program CoordinatorMiddlebrook Prize Winners

Katherine Dennis is the recipient of the 2013 Middlebrook Prize.