communities Experts

William Hatcher, PhD, MPA

Chair and Professor in the Department of Social SciencesAugusta University

Dr. William Hatcher focuses on public administration and social, economic and political institutions in local communities.

Erin Kavanaugh, M.D., FAAFP

Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Physician Executive, Complex Primary Care and Community MedicineChristianaCare

Dr. Erin Kavanaugh is a family medicine residency leader at ChristianaCare.

Bridge Zhao

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Develops human-centered AI for safer, more sustainable mobility—from human behavior to intelligent vehicles and transportation networks.

Fernando Guerra

Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Trevor Zink, Ph.D.

Professor of Management and Sustainability, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Brian Byrd

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Brian Byrd's research focuses on domestic mosquito‐borne diseases, specifically La Crosse encephalitis.

Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD

Associate Professor | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, is an expert in human milk and lactation, neonatal care and children’s health policy.

Steven Carnovale, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University

Steven Carnovale is a supply chain strategist specializing in interfirm networks, risk management and global sourcing/production networks.

James Waller, Ph.D.

Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights PracticeUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Waller is an expert in Holocaust and genocide studies, perpetrator behavior, and genocide awareness and prevention

Klaus Ley, MD

Founding DirectorImmunology Center of Georgia

Dr. Ley explores how T cell immunity drives atherosclerosis.