faculty Experts

Michael Chumley

ProfessorTexas Christian University

Research focus has been on the role of inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.

Kristy Towry

Professor Emerita of AccountingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

John Covach

Professor of Music and Director of the Institute for Popular Music; Professor of Theory at Eastman School of MusicUniversity of Rochester

John Covach is an expert on the history of popular and rock music, 12-tone music, and the philosophy and aesthetics of music.

Eric Gable

Professor of Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Gable is an expert on museum studies, heritage, and the religion and politics of West Africa and of Outer Island Indonesia.

Jenelle Slavin-Mulford, PhD

Professor in Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social SciencesAugusta University

Dr. Slavin-Mulford teaches personality assessment, psychopathology, and psychotherapy to graduate students.

AJ Burns

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Burns’s research focuses on organizational cybersecurity and employee behavior.

Robert Kazanjian

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organization & Management; Academic Director, The Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & InnovationEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Jan Lacina

Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Education | Interim Director of Starpoint and KinderFrogs SchoolsTexas Christian University

Dr. Lacina's teaching and research interests focus on literacy leadership, children's literature, and early childhood teacher preparation.

Zeyun Wu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringCollege of Engineering

Reactor physics, computational methods, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, advanced data analytics, machine learning

Sean Mulholland

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Sean Mulholland research interests include human capital and economic growth, white supremacist groups and hate crimes.