Jeff Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor of Real Estate and Finance · University of Connecticut
Jeffrey Cohen is an expert on how airport noise, transit and highway infrastructure improvements impact real estate.
Residential Real Estate Applied Spatial Econometrics Real Estate Economics and Finance Transportation and Real Estate
Amanda J. Crawford
Assistant Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Crawford is a veteran political reporter, literary journalist, and expert in journalism ethics and misinformation.
Literary Journalism Media News Literacy Misinformation Journalism Ethics
Andrew Posner
Co-Founder & Executive Director · The Capital Good Fund
Founder & CEO, Capital Good Fund
Renewable Energy Non-Profits Fundraising
Jerry Burke
Professor · Georgia Southern University
Jerry Burke researches manufacturing and service operations management
Supply chain coordination Purchasing and Negotiation Manufacturing and service operations management Sourcing strategies Business Analytics
Jonathan Hiskey
Associate Chair of Political Science · Vanderbilt University
Expert on Latin American politics and Latin American migration.
Honduras Guatemala Migration Crime in Latin America Immigration
Jane Landers
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History · Vanderbilt University
Expert on digital archives and the history of Colonial Latin America, slavery, early American black history.
Africa Colonial Latin America Caribbean History Comparative Slave Systems The Atlantic World
Robert Mikos
Professor of Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in federalism and drug law, including marijuana legalization.
Hemp Law Sanctuary Cities Opioid Abuse Marijuana legalization Marijuana Law and Policy
Lisa Fazio
Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development · Vanderbilt University
Expert on how people process true and false information, and how to mitigate the effects of reading and sharing false information.
How to prevent sharing false information online Lies Fake News Developmental Science Cognition
Kelly Haws
Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker, Jr. Professor of Marketing · Vanderbilt University
Expert in food consumption choices, dieting, financial decision making, and self-control in consumption.
Diet Food decision making Financial decision making Self-Control
Jonathan M. Metzl
Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society · Vanderbilt University
World-renowned expert on gun violence and mental illness, white identity politics and race and health.
Mass shootings Mental Health Guns in America Guns and Mental Illness Race, Gender and Social Justice in Healthcare
Kirk Wakefield, B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Edwin W. Streetman Professor of Retail Marketing · Baylor University
Dr. Wakefield is the Edwin W. Streetman Professor of Retail Marketing at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.
Sports Marketing Sports Branding Sports Psychology Team Sports Marketing Entertainment Marketing
Kelly Herd, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Herd focuses on creativity and product design as they relate to social cognition, identity, and emotions
Emotions Product Design Social Cognition Consumer Behavior Creativity
Alexis Dudden, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of History · University of Connecticut
Professor of History specializing in modern Japan and Korea, and international history.
History/Memory Modern Korea Modern Japan Territorial Disputes Japan-Korea Relations
Michelle Zabel, MSS
Executive Director of Innovations Institute · University of Connecticut
Michelle Zabel and her team advance research-based, culturally responsive solutions for child, youth, and family-serving public systems.
Care Coordination Crisis Response Systems Implementation Science Sustainable Financing Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Elizabeth Hintz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication · University of Connecticut
Elizabeth Hintz’s research examines how individuals manage complex, stigmatized, and poorly understood health conditions.
Interpersonal, Family, and Health Communication Medically unexplained symptoms Chronic Pain Medical Gaslighting Voluntary Childlessness
Jason Parks
Motivational Speaker | CEO | Pastor · Professional Speaker
2000+ professional workshops, motivational keynotes, and faith-based sermons
Marketing Communications Leadership Spiritual Formation
Brian Alvey
Serial entrepreneur and startup advisor
Brian Alvey is a leader in online publishing. His software makes creative people more powerful.
Cloud Computing Startups Entrepreneurship Digital Media Software Platforms
Michael Margolis
President and founder · Get Storied
Motivational Keynote that teaches transformational storytelling, marketing, disruptive innovation, and social media
Storytelling Personal Branding Innovation Anthropology Social Entrepreneurship
Heather Battaly, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy · University of Connecticut
Professor Battaly works in epistemology and ethics, with a focus epistemic virtue.
Procrastinators Slackers Closed-Mindedness Human Characteristics Dogmatism
Fred Carstensen, Ph.D.
Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Fred Carstensen is an expert in the areas of public policy, economic history and economics.
Finance Public Policy Economic History Economics