academic Experts

Ethan Zuckerman

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication and InformationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Ethan Zuckerman's work focuses on building alternatives to the commercial internet and interrogating tech platform power.

Amit Kumar

Assistant Professor of MarketingUniversity of Delaware

Professor Kumar’s research focuses on the scientific study of happiness.

Ryan Hamilton

Associate Professor of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

John Covach

Professor of Music and Director of the Institute for Popular Music; Professor of Theory at Eastman School of MusicUniversity of Rochester

John Covach is an expert on the history of popular and rock music, 12-tone music, and the philosophy and aesthetics of music.

Luca Cottini, PhD

Professor of Italian Studies | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Luca Cottini, PhD, is a scholar of 20th-century Italian design and literature and the creator of the YouTube channel "Italian Innovators."

Rayid Ghani

Distinguished Career ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Rayid Ghani designs and deploys AI systems with governments for health, housing and justice and advises them on AI governance & evaluation.

Vicki J. Magley, Ph.D.

Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Magley researches sexual harassment coping at individual and organizational levels

Molly Ryan Epstein

Professor Emerita in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Helping students and professionals lead and communicate better.

Cindy Ott

Associate Professor | Director, Graduate StudiesUniversity of Delaware

Expert in American food and culture, history and memory, material and visual culture, and race and ethnicity studies

Metin Duran, PhD

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering | College of EngineeringVillanova University

Metin Duran, PhD, is an expert on using beneficial microorganisms to re-mediate pollutants and remove harmful microorganisms from water.