faculty Experts

Kent Messer

Professor, Applied EconomicsUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Messer specializes in topics in the nexus of agriculture and the environment and the economics of stigma.

Endia J. Lindo

Associate Professor of Special EducationTexas Christian University

Dr. Lindo’s expertise is in reading disabilities, comprehension instruction/intervention and the social-cultural factors of learning.

S. Megan Berthold, Ph.D., LCSW

Associate Professor and Director of Field EducationUniversity of Connecticut School of Social Work

Prof. Berthold's clinical and research expertise is with refugee and asylum seeking survivors of torture and the Cambodian genocide.

Kelli R. Brown

ChancellorWestern Carolina University

Kelli R. Brown is the chancellor of Western Carolina University, serving more than 11,000 students with a wide range of bachelor’s degrees.

Anand Jillella, MD

Chief, Division of Hematology/OncologyGeorgia Cancer Center and Immunology Center of Georgia at Augusta University

An expert in multiple myeloma, acute promyelocytic leukemia, leukemias and bone marrow transplant.

Tom Ashcraft

Distinguished Professor of Visual ArtWestern Carolina University

For more than 30 years, Tom Ashcraft has navigated his inquiry based practice, combining object making and community engagement.

Richard Starnes

Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic AffairsWestern Carolina University

Lance McBrayer

Associate DeanGeorgia Southern University

Lance McBrayer is an expert in organismal ecology

Janice Kiecolt-Glaser

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research | College of MedicineThe Ohio State University

Medical expert focused on the impacts of stress on metabolic response.

DeAnna Leitzke, P.E., Ph.D.

Chair, Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management DepartmentMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. DeAnna Leitzke is an expert in higher ed leadership and focuses her work on academic program partnerships and program innovations.