Julia Hanigsberg
President and CEO · Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Champion for children and youth with disabilities & healthcare CEO. Expert speaker and leader on diversity, innovation and inclusion.
Disabilities Patient Centred Care Children's Health Leadership Women in Leadership
Wang Feng
Professor of Sociology · UC Irvine
Wang Feng is a leading expert on demography, aging, and inequality - particularly in China.
China Post-Communist Societies Social Inequality Social Demography Contemporary Chinese Society
Yasser Payne
Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana Studies · University of Delaware
Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.
Gun Violence Street Ethnography School Violence and School-To-Prison Pipeline Experiences With Police Ethnographic Field Research
Thara Pillai
Director - Alumni Programs and Engagement · Harvard Innovation Labs
Thara Pillai is a marketing and business development professional who mentors and advises companies and entrepreneurs.
Brand Management Start-Ups Entrepreneurship Strategy Social Media
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor of English · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gretchen Gerzina is a specialist on the novel and biography, focusing on Black British studies, Victorian studies and mixed race studies..
Victorian Studies Black British Studies African American Women’s Writing Mixed Race Studies
Hillel Glazer
Principal & CEO · Entinex, Inc.
Peronable, passionate, experienced consultant to high performance operations wanting lean & agile in their compliance-driven world.
Lean and Agile Performance Improvement Compliance Culture Operations
Kate Einarson, Ph.D.
Knowledge Translation (KT) Specialist · Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
I'm a behavioural scientist working to ensure that health research makes a difference. My favourite questions are "so what?" and "now what?"
Behavioral Science Knowledge Translation Dissemination and Implementation Science Communication Child Development
Joshua W. Walker, PhD
President & CEO · Japan Society
Walker leads Japan Society to create deep bonds between the US & Japan through programs in culture, education, business, policy & technology
UN Conflict Diplomacy Asia Minor Japanese Language
Maurie Cohen
Professor, Humanities · New Jersey Institute of Technology
Maurie's research is centered in the field of environmental/sustainability social science
Socio-Technical Transition Management Sustainable Consumption Sustainability Science Environmental Social Science Environmental Policy
Andrew Forney
Associate Professor of Computer Science · Loyola Marymount University
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Reinforcement Learning Experimental Design Decision Theory Causal Inference Artifical Intelligence
Jocelyn Thorpe
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Program · University of Manitoba
Professor Thorpe explores the history and legacies of colonialism in the Canadian context
Critical Race Theory Feminism Environmental Studies Colonialism Social Inequality
Carolyn Dudek
Professor of Political Science · Hofstra University
Professor Dudek specializes in comparative politics with regional focuses in Europe and Latin America
Latin American Politics European Politics Regional Economic Growth and Development Fluent in Spanish
Ken Foote, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography · University of Connecticut
Ken Foote has studied sites associated with individual murders, as well as those associated mass murder and many other events.
Genocide Individual Murders Memorials Violence and Tragedy Natural Disasters
William D. Parham
Professor of Counseling · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology
Sport Psychology Multicultural Counseling Foundations of Counseling Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions Interplay Between Sports Psychology
Lynn Salsi
Author, Storyteller, Teacher, Historian, Speaker · Lynn Salsi Consulting
With boundless enthusiasm, Southern history and folktales come alive with this Pulitzer Prize Nominated author & storyteller
Fiction Editing & Writing Teaching Public Relations Marketing Communications
J.D. Swerzenski
Assistant Professor · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Swerzenski's research focuses on the effects of digital media production technology on cultural values and understanding,
Digital Media Film Studies Critical Pedagogy Cultural Production Critical Media Literacy
Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.
Director, Rudd Center for Obesity & Food Policy (Principal Investigator); Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies · University of Connecticut
Dr. Schwartz specializes in school wellness and nutrition programs, and food insecurity.
Nutrition in Food Programs Food Insecurity Nutrition School Food Options
Zach Hambrick
Professor, Department of Psychology and Director of The Expertise Lab · Michigan State University
Professor Zach Hambrick's research focuses on individual differences in expertise.
Intelligence Cognitive Psychology Expertise
Clark Freshman
Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: freshman@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8804 / Office 330-200
Civil Procedure Mediation Lie Detection Deception Emotion and Law
John Koch
Senior Lecturer and Director of Debate · Vanderbilt University
Expert in debate, including argumentation analysis, persuasive techniques and rhetorical theory.
Policy Debate Presidential Debate Political debate Debate Presidential Rhetoric