Kathy Roberts Forde
Professor of Journalism · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kathy Roberts Forde studies the Black freedom struggle and the press, First Amendment, literary journalism and history of book culture.
African American Freedom Struggle and the Press The First Amendment Journalism History Journalism Literary Journalism
Joshua W. Walker, PhD
President & CEO · Japan Society
Walker leads Japan Society to create deep bonds between the US & Japan through programs in culture, education, business, policy & technology
UN Conflict Diplomacy Asia Minor Japanese Language
Larry Bartels
May Werthan Shayne Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and political representation.
Campaigns and Elections Public Policy Public Opinion Electoral Politics Political Representation
Kristal Brent Zook
Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations · Hofstra University
Author and award-winning journalist whose work on race, women, culture and social justice has appeared in dozens of media outlets.
Journalism Media Analysis Social Justice Issues Politics Race and Gender Relations
Yong Chen
Professor, History · UC Irvine
Yong Chen is Professor of Hist. He also served as the Associate Dean of Curricular and Student Services in the School of Humanities.
Chinese American Experience Immigration History Food Asian-American History Cultural History
John R. Gerdy
Founder and President of Music For Everyone · Archway Publishing
Founder and Executive Director of Music For Everyone
Education Music Arts and Education Activism College Athletic Reform Role and History of Sports in American Education and American Society
Cameron Awkward-Rich
Associate Professor in the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Cameron Awkward-Rich is a poet and a scholar of trans theory/expressive culture.
Trans Theory Trans Expressive Culture Trans/Feminist/Queer Theory and Methods Disability Studies Contemporary American Literature
Arindrajit Dube
Provost Professor of Economics · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Arin Dube’s research focuses on labor economics, fiscal policy, minimum wage policies, income inequality and the economics of conflict.
Unemployment Benefits Public Finance Labor Economics Fiscal Policy Minimum Wage Policies
James Young, MD
Executive Dean, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; Chairman, Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute · Cleveland Clinic
Expert in Cleveland Clinic institute structure, model of care and medical student education
Institutes and the Model of Organizational Care The Evolution of Academic Medical Centers Modern American Medical School
Amilcar Shabazz
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amilcar Shabazz has been a prominent voice in the movement to make reparations to descendants of former enslaved Americans.
Reparations for Slavery Juneteenth African American Educational History and Public Policy Afro-Americans in the Caribbean, Central and South America African American Biography
Corwin Smidt
Associate Professor of Political Science · Michigan State University
Smidt focuses on American electoral and campaign politics, swing voters, presidential nominations, and Michigan elections.
Political Behavior Political Campaigns American Politics Swing Voters
Margarita R. Ochoa
Associate Professor · Loyola Marymount University
Department of History, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Colonial Latin American History Women, Family, and the Law in Colonial Latin America Race, racial mixture, racial classifications in colonial Latin America Aztec Empire (aka Mexicas; aka Triple Alliance) Law and Legal Culture
Audrey Kurth Cronin
Trustees Professor of Security and Technology Director, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Security and Technology · Carnegie Mellon University
Audrey Kurth Cronin's research explores how governments and private actors use accessible technologies.
National and International Security Technology and Security Innovation Terrorism
Chaya Crowder
Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Relations · Loyola Marymount University
Chaya Crowder is an expert in political behavior, race and ethnicity politics, social media and American politics.
American Politics Race and Politics Political Science Political Behavior Social Media
Steve Metraux
Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration; Director Center for Community Research & Service · University of Delaware
Prof. Metraux has over two decades of experience with research and policy work on homelessness, affordable housing and eviction.
Homelessness Housing Affordabiilty Veteran Homelessness Affordable Housing Eviction
Robert Schwartz
Visiting Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: schwartr@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8947 / Office 603G-200
Health Law Bioethics Health Care Decision-Making Legislative Process and Procedure Tort Law
Stephanie Smith
Professor · University of Florida
Stephanie Smith studies 19th and 20th century American literature and culture and the history of the American Renaissance.
Critical Literary Theory Science Fiction Novelist Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Literature Creative Writing
Glenda Bowen Daniels
Professor, Nursing · Texas Christian University
Dr. Daniels' research focus is health promotion, improving outcomes in gastroenterology, and increasing awareness of health disparities.
Education approaches to increase Colorectal Cancer Screening GI Symptoms and Adherence Among African Americans With End Stage Renal Disease Best Practices in the Gastrointestinal and Endoscopy Setting
Patrick Flavin, Ph.D.
Bob Bullock Professor of Political Science, Interim Chair of Political Science · Baylor University
Expert on Texas politics, political inequality & the impact of politics & public policies on citizens’ quality of life
Politics Inequality State Politics Teachers' Unions and Politics Quality of Life
LaShawn Harris
Associate Professor of History · Michigan State University
LaShawn Harris's research engages with women, gender, sexuality; labor and the working class; urban history; and social and cultural change.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Labor and the Working Class Urban History Social and Cultural Change