california Experts

Alexander Theodoridis

Associate Professor of Political Science / Co-director of UMass PollUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Alex Theodoridis looks at the ways in which citizens interact with the political world in an era of hyper-polarization.

Tim Derdenger

Associate Professor of Marketing and StrategyCarnegie Mellon University

Sam Coogan

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringGeorgia Tech - COE

Sam Coogan researches in the area of dynamical systems and focuses on developing tools for cyber-physical systems.

David Carter

Chairperson of Music; Associate Professor of Music Theory & Composition, and Contemporary Styles & PracticesLoyola Marymount University

Chairperson of Music; Associate Professor of Music Theory & Composition, and Contemporary Styles & Practices

Allison Noyes

Associate Professor, Chair of Communication StudiesLoyola Marymount University

College of Communication & Fine Arts

Fr. Richard Rolfs, S.J. (1923 - 2022)

Emeritus Professor of HistoryLoyola Marymount University

Richard Rolfs is a specialist on the history of the Third Reich, the Holocaust and the roots of anti-Semitism.

Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D.

Professor-in-Residence of Mathematics, Director of the Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Center for Actuarial ResearchUniversity of Connecticut

Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D. is an expert in applied actuarial research projects such as calculating healthy years left in life.

Ram B. Gupta, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringVirginia Commonwealth University

Research interest: batteries, electrochemistry, sustainable energy, biofuel, biomaterials, supercritical extraction, manufacturing, lithium

Adilifu Nama

Professor of African American StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Malik Magdon-Ismail

Professor, Computer ScienceRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Learning from data and decision-making in complex data systems