communities Experts

Greg Garrett, Ph.D.

Carole Ann McDaniel Hanks Chair of Literature and Culture, Department of EnglishBaylor University

Theologian & cultural critic, exploring the intersections between film & popular culture, literature, religion & politics

Brian Byrd

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

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

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.

Jeffrey Buler

Professor, Wildlife EcologyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Buler's current research focuses on radar biology, avian ecology and migration, landscape ecology, and conservation biology.

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.

Drew Bridges

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Bridges's lab uncovers signals bacteria use to coordinate their behaviors, aiming to turn those signals into new ways to treat infections.

Bree Akesson

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social WorkWilfrid Laurier University

Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University who conducts research with children and families affected by war and global social work

Ronald Rash

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall.

Ken Keen

Associate Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Heather Hampel

Professor I Department of Internal MedicineThe Ohio State University

Professor Hampel works to screen all colorectal and endometrial cancer patients for Lynch syndrome.