excellence Experts

Rima Taher

Senior University LecturerNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Taher focuses on structural technology, stability of structures, architectural cognizance and engineering standards

Billie Murray, PhD

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

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

Theo Liebmann

Clinical Professor of LawHofstra University

Professor Liebmann has directed the interdisciplinary Hofstra Youth Advocacy Clinic since its inception

Jill Perry-Smith

Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian, Ph.D.

Interim Department Head and ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Tian is an expert in animal biotechnology.

Brit McKay

Associate Dean of Students & External AffairsGeorgia Southern University

Professor McKay's research focuses on the use of expert systems in designing decision aids and recent developments in taxation

Christopher Meyer

Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Experienced speaker in all areas of negotiation and motivation in an organizational context

Bonita Croft

Vice President Legal, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryTrican Well Service Ltd.

Diverse speaker on everything from minimizing risk of liability to building relationships in the workplace.

Jian Zhang

Associate Professor, BiostatisticsGeorgia Southern University

Jian Zhang's research focuses on chronic disease from both public health and preventative medicine perspectives.

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Prof. Ruffin’s work focuses on contemporary Southern fiction, speculative storytelling, and explorations of race, identity, and inequality.