José I. Badenes, S.J., Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - Spanish · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Interdisciplinary Studies Comparative Literature Federico Garcia Lorca Hispanic modernismo Theology and literature
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
David Y. Choi, Ph.D.
Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University
Director, Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship
Financing of Entrepreneurial Companies Entrepreneurship Business Management Job Creation Small Business
Yu Li
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - Chinese · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
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
Martha Terris, MD
Witherington Distinguished Chair, Urology · Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University
Dr. Terris specializes in urologic cancers, including prostate cancer, kidney cancer, adrenal masses, bladder cancer and testicular cancer.
Oncology Cancer Prostate Cancer Kidney Cancer Bladder Cancer
Douglas Downey
Professor | Department of Sociology · The Ohio State University
Expert in social stratification, education and family.
Gender, Class, & Race Family
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
Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD
Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Research | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing · Villanova University
Elizabeth Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an expert in the use of social media by adolescents and the health risks posed by online behaviors.
Gun Violence Internet Safety Sleep Texting Violence and Victimology Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
David C. Hess, MD
Interim Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation and Dean of the Medical College of Georgia · Augusta University
Dr. David C. Hess, a stroke specialist, educator, and entrepreneur, is dean of the Medical College of Georgia.
Academic Medicine Stroke Neuroscience Telemedicine Neurology
Kinitra Brooks
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Dr. Brooks specializes in the study of black women, genre fiction, and popular culture.
Short Horror Fiction Genre Fiction Black Women Popular Culture Treatment of Black Women in Science Fiction
William Bridges
Assistant Professor of Japanese · University of Rochester
Bridges researches the intersection of modern Japanese literature, African-American literature, and comparative literature.
anime African American Culture African American Literature Japanese Literature Japanese Culture
Eric Gable
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Gable is an expert on museum studies, heritage, and the religion and politics of West Africa and of Outer Island Indonesia.
Anthropology Museum Studies Heritage Religion and Politics of West Africa and Outer Island Indonesia
Dr. Adey Nyamathi
Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Nursing · UC Irvine
Dr. Nyamathi conducts studies among vulnerable groups, including homeless, drug-addicted and incarcerated persons and gay/bisexual youth.
Vulnerable Populations Tuberculosis Role of Nursing Hiv/Aids Hepatitis
Jessica Millward
Associate Professor of History and African American Studies · UC Irvine
Her research focuses on comparative slavery and emancipation, African American history, gender and the law.
Anti-Black violence African American History Humanities U.S. History Juneteenth
Edda L. Fields-Black
Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Fields-Black is a specialist in the trans-national of West African farmers and enslaved laborers on rice plantations.
Higher Education Slave Trade History African History Rice Farmers
Vanessa Díaz
Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Music oral & life histories Latin America political culture diasporas
John L. Diamond
The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contact: diamondj@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4628 / Office M202-198
Tort Law Criminal Law Mass Media Law Defamation Law
Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology · Baylor University
Dr. Dougherty focuses on the impact of religion on other realms of social life such as community involvement, politics, and work
Religious Education Religion Sociology of Religion Religion Politics & Culture Facebook in Education
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