Community Experts

Distinguished Professor of Visual ArtWestern Carolina University

For more than 30 years, Tom Ashcraft has navigated his inquiry based practice, combining object making and community engagement.

Collaborative, Community and Socially Engaged ArtContemporary ArtSculpturePublic Art

Senior Design Manager, Keynote SpeakerIntercom

I lead content design at Intercom. I'm a Webby Award winner and keynote speaker who’s appeared at over 80 design & tech events.

ContentContent StrategyWritingProduct DesignUser Experience

Director of The Stonewall CenterUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Genny Beemyn is an expert on the lives of transgender college students and on trans-inclusive policies and practices on college campuses.

LGBTQ EqualityTransgender IssuesTrans YouthTransgender Mental Health Transgender Law and Policy

Associate Professor of Medicine, Head of Infection Prevention, Hospital EpidemiologistUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. David Banach is an expert in the field of infectious diseases and epidemiology.

CoronavirusMedicineHealth Care Associated InfectionsInfectious DiseasesInfections in Immunocompromised Patients

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

David Creswell’s research focuses broadly on understanding what makes people resilient under stress.

Social PsychologyHealth NeuroscienceNeuroscienceHealth PsychologyPsychoneuroimmunology

Art History Chair / Professor of Art History, College of Communication and Fine ArtsLoyola Marymount University

Professor of Art History at Loyola Marymount University

Italian Baroque Art HistoryItalian Medieval Art HistoryArt HistoryMedieval ArtItalian Renaissance Art History

Professor of PracticeUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: colesm@uchastings.edu

Civil ProcedureRace, Sex and Sexual Orientation DiscriminationConstitutional LawFreedom of speechJail and Prison Conditions

Founder & CEOTech4Life Enterprises

An innovator, researcher, and planner in global health for over 15 years.

Global HealthPublic HealthEhealthEpidemiologyProgram Evaluation

Associate Teaching ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Brett Crawford has presented lectures and workshops on marketing, audience engagement, audience development, business models and methods.

Arts ManagementAudience EngagementTechnology and the ArtsStrategy and Management SystemsCreative Theories

Dean, Mellon College of ScienceCarnegie Mellon University

Barb Shinn-Cunningham studies auditory neuroscience and hearing loss; as dean, she speaks on how AI and collaboration advance science today.

Spatial HearingRole of AI in ScienceEveryday CommunicationCocktail Party EffectHearing Impairment

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