Billie Murray, PhD

Associate Professor of Communication; Assistant Director for Academics, Center for Peace and Justice Education | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Billie Murray, PhD, explores the timely territory of community responses to hate speech, and on issues of rhetoric and social justice.

Rhetoric and Social Justice Rhetoric of Protest Movements Community Responses to Hate Speech Civic Engagement Communication

Christopher Thomas

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Christopher Thomas studies educational policy and law, including issues related to democracy, student, teacher, and parental rights.

Education Law Education Policy

Christina Kirsch

Lead Researcher and Senior Consultant · ChangeTrack Research

Experienced presenter and key note speaker at national and international conferences on organizational change and organizational sustainabil

Organizational Change Organizational Sustainability Corporate Social Responsibility & Employee Engagement

John Brougher

Sales Director · NationBuilder

VP of Marketing and Nonprofit Outreach, NGP VAN and Founder, MaleFeminists.com

Public Speaking Podcasting New Media Strategy

Ahmed Bedier

President · United Voices

Social entrepreneur bridge builder inspiring groups to find their voice and impact the world for the better.

Fundraising Middle East Social Enterprise

William Henry Pruitt III

Assistant Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Twentieth and Twenty-First Century U.S. Literature Black Radicalism Black Intellectual History Black Performance Studies Black Queer Studies

Mark Seifert

Partner, Washington, D.C. · Brunswick Group

Mark Seifert offers insights and practical advice to clients addressing complex privacy issues.

Telecommuncations Media Relations Cyber Security Telecommunications Privacy and Data Management

Russell Lucas

Professor of International Relations and Global Studies · Michigan State University

Expert in U.S.-Middle East relations and politics of the Arab world

Democratization Saudi Arabia Public Opinion Middle East Politics Foreign Policy

John Parrish

Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Chief of Staff to the President, and Vice President for Institutional Strategy · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Ethics of War Political Theory Political Ethics Political Rhetoric History of Political Thought

Malik Magdon-Ismail

Professor, Computer Science · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Learning from data and decision-making in complex data systems

Probability and Stochastic Processes Pattern Recognition Machine Learning Big Data Algorithms

Sarah Mendelson

Distinguished Service Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Sarah Mendelson's current work is on creating a community of practice dedicated to growing the next generation of human rights experts.

Elections Human Trafficking Humanitarian Affairs Russian Politics Ukrainian Politics

Charis Kubrin

Professor · UC Irvine

Charis E. Kubrin is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and (by courtesy) Sociology.

Race, Ethnicity, and Crime Crime Trends Crime Immigration and Crime Rap Music and Media

Siobhan Gorman

Partner, Washington, D.C. · Brunswick Group

Siobhan Gorman concentrates on crisis, cybersecurity, public affairs, and media relations.

Cyber Security Cyberattacks National Security Litigation Media Relations

Jodi Finkel

Professor of Political Science and International Relations · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Comparative Politics

Antonia Darder

Professor Emeritus · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Latino Education Social Justice Language Rights

Carolyn Harris

Historian, Author, Royal Commentator, Instructor, University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies · www.royalhistorian.com

Author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada,Queenship &Revolution in Early Modern Europe and Raising Royalty:1000 Years of Royal Parenting

History Royalty Monarchy Queen Elizabeth II Europe

Thomas Dietz

University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy (ESPP) · Michigan State University

Expert in climate change, human driving forces of environmental change, environmental values, environmental decision making

Ecology Environmental Policy Human driving forces of environmental change Climate Change