communities Experts

Zach Kelehear, EdD

Professor of Research, Counseling, CurriculumAugusta University

Dr. Kelehear is thought-leader on organizational change and educator with more than 40 years of experience.

Luis Ricardo Fraga

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.

Efstathios Michaelides

W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Founding Chair of EngineeringTexas Christian University

Professor Michaelides focuses on lifetime of fossil fuel resources, alternative energy, geothermal energy and nanofluids.

Amanda M. Grannas, PhD

Vice Provost for Research; Professor, Department of ChemistryVillanova University

Amanda Grannas, PhD, is an expert in the study of snow and ice photochemistry, and the fate of organic pollutants in the Arctic.

Alina Ball

Associate Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: balla@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8852 / Office 300-100

Scott Wallace

Associate Professor of JournalismUniversity of Connecticut

Scott Wallace is a bestselling author, photojournalist and educator who covers the environment and vanishing cultures worldwide.

Jodi Bruhn

Director / DirectriceStratéjuste

Jodi Bruhn is a published policy researcher, author and facilitator specializing in governance and indigenous/Crown relations.

Thomas Strickland, PhD

Assistant Professor of LiteracyAugusta University

Strickland's research is in young adult literature methods and how it is conceptualized in secondary English teacher education.

Giacomo Negro

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organization & Management and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy); Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Harsh Bais

Professor, Plant and Soil SciencesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Bais conducts research in plant signaling – how plants recognize and communicate with one another.