Academic Experts

Professor and Associate Director of the Scott InstituteCarnegie Mellon University

Valerie Karplus studies resource and environmental management in organizations operating in diverse national and industry contexts.

Artifical IntelligenceWaterSustainabilityResource ManagementInternational Management

Professor | Department of SociologyThe Ohio State University

Expert in social stratification, education and family.

Gender, Class, & RaceFamily

Department Head | Ocean Engineering and Marine SciencesFlorida Tech

Dr. Aronson's research combines paleontology and ecology to reconstruct the response of marine communities to environmental changes.

Marine BiologyCoral-Reef EcologyEcologyPaleobiologyAntarctica

Professor and Assistant Dean of FacultySoka University

Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of Faculty Research and Development.

Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern and Imperial Japan Japan's MinoritiesEconomic and Social History of Modern Japan

Director, Institute for Latino Studies; Acting Chair, Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Notre Dame

Luis Ricardo Fraga specializes in race, education, ethnicity, and Latino politics, as well as immigration, urban and voting rights policy.

Latino PoliticsPolitics of RacePolitics of EthnicityUrban PoliticsEducational Policy

Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Massimo Faggioli, PhD, is an expert on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church and of the papacy.

Pope Leo XIVPope FrancisChurch HistoryHistory of ChristianityHistorical Theology and Ecclesiology

Professor of CriminologyBirmingham City University

He is one of the UK’s leading criminologists and experts on Islamophobia and countering extremism.

Conspiracy Theories of LockdownBigotryExtremismIslamaphobiaCrime

Terry L. Maness Chair of Entrepreneurship | Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Research investigates how entrepreneurs and top executives make strategic decisions under uncertainty.

Behavioral EntrepreneurshipField ExperimentExecutive Mental Health and Well-Being

Vice President, Life SciencesMaRS Innovation

Parimal Nathwani received his M.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and his M.B.A. from Simon Fraser University

Forming Start-Up CompaniesRaising Early-Stage CapitalManaging Intellectual Property

Assistant ProfessorBaylor University

Award-winning scholar whose research and scholarship tackles supply chain management challenges confronting organizations and stakeholders,

Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementResponsible and Ethical Supply ChainsMulti-tier Supplier Networks

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