Sarah Hooper
Executive Director of UCSF / UC Hastings Consortium and Adjunct Professor · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: hoopers@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4831 / Office 377-200
Health Equity Health Law Comprehensive and Coordinated Care Health and Access to Civil Justice Elder Financial Abuse
Marlene Matarese, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor · University of Connecticut
Marlene Matarese works to improve access to and the quality of systems and services for children and youth with public system involvement.
Child Welfare Juvenile Justice and Behavioral Health Systems Family Reunification in Child Welfare Implementation Science Intervention Design and Evidence Based Practices
Ofer Sharone
Associate Professor of Sociology · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ofer Sharone is a nationally recognized expert on unemployment, work and career transitions.
Unemployment Career Transitions Sociology of Work Sociology of Aspirations American Society
Michelle L. Collins, DNP, APRN, CNS, ACNS-BC, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, LSSBB
Vice President, Nursing Professional Excellence · ChristianaCare
Michelle Collins is a national nursing expert on successful infrastructures related to governance, strategic planning, and innovation.
Clinical Nursing Advancement Magnet Designation Virtual Acute Care Nursing Professional Governance Nursing Innovation
Lisa Stephenson
Reader · Leeds Beckett
Lisa Stephenson's teaching and research specialism is creative (drama) learning.
Wellbeing Mental Health Education Culture Children
Don Duval
Chief Executive Officer · NORCAT
Experienced, dynamic, and engaging speaker on an array of topics related to innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship
Turnaround Strategies Entrepreneurship Academic Research Commercialization
Tricia Wachtendorf
Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice · University of Delaware
Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.
evacuations Multi-organizational coordination and responses in disasters Transnational crises Improvisation and adaptation Community-based approaches to preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
Shobha Gurung
Professor of Sociology · Southern Utah University
Specializes in gender and labor, comparative family and community, migration, globalization, and transnationalism, and civic engagement.
Global Civic Citizenship Human Rights and Social Justice Gender and Labor Studies Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Community Gender and Society
Dustin Haisler
President · e.Republic
President of e.Republic | GovTech GTM & PE-Backed Executive | GovTech M&A Advisor | Former Government CIO/ACM | TEDx Speaker (2x)
Crowdsourcing Innovation Management Local Government Emerging Technology Innovation
Michael Kang
Visiting Professor and Graduate Director of FIlm and Television Production · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Producing Writing Directing
Professor Persephone S. Sextou
Professor · Leeds Beckett
Persephone Sextou is a leading expert in applied theatre for health and wellbeing.
Wellbeing Performing Arts NHS Community Digital Arts
Professor Susan Watkins
Professor · Leeds Beckett University
Professor Susan Watkins is an expert in contemporary women's fiction and feminist theory.
Contemporary Women's Dystopian and Apocalyptic Fiction Doris Lessing Gender Culture Ageing
Hylton Gudmanz
Director · Focused People Consulting
Executive Coach, Leadership Facilitator, Team Engager
Leadership Development Executive Coaching Strategy Execution Employee Engagement Identity
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
Carolyn Penstein Rosé
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Carolyn Penstein Rosé's research looks to understand and improve human conversation through computer systems.
Language Technologies Human Conversation Text Mining Human-Computer Interaction Computational Discourse Analysis
Susan Birkhoff, Ph.D, RN
Program Director of Technology Research & Education · ChristianaCare
Susan Birkhoff is a nurse scientist with experience conducting clinical research using various forms of digital health technology.
Technology Innovation Research Nursing Robotics
Joseph A. Hamm
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Expert in: Public trust in legal and regulatory governmental entities
Public Opinion Trust/Confidence/Legitimacy Natural Resource Management State Courts Performance Measurement
Taryn Allen
Associate Professor · Texas Christian University
Taryn Allen researches the educational experiences of traditionally under-represented students, particularly Latino, in higher education.
Qualitative Research Methods Inclusion in Higher Education Diversity in Higher Education Equity in Higher Education Higher Education Leadership
Molly Youngkin
Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Gender Studies and Narrative Theory Nineteenth-Century British Literature Romantic and Victorian Literature
Sarah Young
Principal Librarian · Carnegie Mellon University
Sarah Young is a social sciences librarian, providing teaching and research support.
Information Systems Social & Decision Sciences Statistics Reference Public Policy