development Experts

Rebecca L. Heise, Ph.D.

Department Chair; Inez Caudill, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Biomedical and Health Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University | Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of PittsburghVCU College of Engineering

Professor Heise studies pulmonary mechanotransduction, including lung injury and pulmonary regenerative medicine

Michelle Leong Francis

Head ChatterBoxSpeak 2B Heard™

Gett'in Skinni? ... then Move Mountains!

Lisa Loutzenheiser

Associate Professor, Curriculum and PedagogyUniversity of British Columbia

Lisa Loutzenheiser's research is focused on the educational experiences of marginalized youth.

Cynthia M. Alcantar

Associate Professor & Co-Director of Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social JusticeLoyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Ky Henderson

Assistant Professor of JournalismLoyola Marymount University

Journalism Department | Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Evgeniya Pyatovskaya

Assistant Professor of Communication StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Kathleen "Kitty" Hernlen, EDD, MBA, RRT

Program Director and Professor in College of Allied Health SciencesAugusta University

Kitty Hernlen's research interests are online education, experiential/active learning, and technology in education.

Stedman Graham

CEOS. Graham & Associates

You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities.

Ariel Garten

Founder and Chief Evangelist OfficerMuse

Global speaker, female tech founder, and expert in brain, neuroscience, psychotherapy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and women in business.

Yue Hillon

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Yue Hillon's research interests include strategy, socio-economic performance management and action research.