faculty Experts

Brandi Bradburn

Clinical Assistant Professor, Production Film & TelevisionLoyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Afroditi V. Filippas, Ph.D.

ProfessorElectrical and Computer Engineering

Professor Filippas is VCU’s representative to CCAM. Her research focuses on Smart Manufacturing, Data Analytics, and Modeling.

Ron Yurko

Director, Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center, and Assistant Teaching ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Ron Yurko develops methods at the interface of inference and machine learning, oriented towards problems in sports analytics.

Bruce Hecht

CEO and CTOVG2PLAY

Bruce Hecht is an expert at advancing architectural and design methodologies in hardware, software, and systems.

Tim DeSchriver

Associate Professor of Sport Management; Area Head - Sport ManagementUniversity of Delaware

Prof. DeSchriver’s research is in sport finance, economics and marketing; specifically professional sport and collegiate athletics.

Cynthia Savage

Professor of Professional Practice, Associate Dean of Undergraduate StudiesTexas Christian University

Cynthia Savage researches initial teacher certification at the undergraduate level.

Nilanjana Buju Dasgupta

Provost Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of the Institute of Diversity SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Nilanjana "Buju" Dasgupta studies how implicit or unconscious bias influences people’s first impressions and behavior toward others.

Gokila Dorai, PhD

Assistant ProfessorAugusta University

Dr. Dorai’s area of expertise is mobile/IoT forensics research and developing a targeted data extraction system for digital forensics.

Chris Manning, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Real Estate and Finance, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Richard Cleveland

Assistant ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Richard Cleveland's research is focused in school counseling outcome research, quantitative research methods and factor analysis.