Schools Experts

Richard Starnes

Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic AffairsWestern Carolina University

Lisa Fontes

Senior Lecturer II, UWW Interdisciplinary StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Lisa Fontes is an international leader in the understanding of intimate partner violence, or coercive control.

Ganesh Sitaraman

New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in LawVanderbilt University

Expert in constitutional law, the regulatory state, economic policy, democracy and foreign affairs.

Wujie Zhang, Ph.D.

ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Wujie Zhang is an expert in biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cell-based medicine, micro/nanotechnology, and drug delivery.

Andy Horowitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Connecticut State HistorianUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Horowitz is a public historian, scholar of the modern United States, and Connecticut's State Historian.

Tim Derdenger

Associate Professor of Marketing and StrategyCarnegie Mellon University

Benjamin Steere

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Ben Steere's primary areas of interest for research and teaching include Southeastern archaeology and Cherokee archaeology.

David Banach

Associate Professor of Medicine, Head of Infection Prevention, Hospital EpidemiologistUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. David Banach is an expert in the field of infectious diseases and epidemiology.

Greg Trahan

Assistant Vice President for Economic DevelopmentLouisiana State University

Greg Trahan works to build partnerships by connecting business and industry to LSU’s expert research and faculty.

Douglas M. Brugge, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Brugge is an expert in occupational and environmental health.