faculty Experts

Martha Buell

Professor, Human Development and Family SciencesUniversity of Delaware

Research focuses on policies related to early childhood care and education.

Nora Rubel

Elizabeth Denio Professor, Associate Professor of ReligionUniversity of Rochester

Rubel is an expert in Jewish studies and Jewish food and holidays.

Ed Hale

Assistant Professor, Marine Science and PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Dr. Ed Hale is a fisheries and aquaculture specialist

Sandy Jap

Sarah Beth Brown Professor of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Global expert on partnering relationships, B2B routes-to-market, omnichannel, franchise, and ecommerce management

Greg Garrett, Ph.D.

Carole Ann McDaniel Hanks Chair of Literature and Culture, Department of EnglishBaylor University

Theologian & cultural critic, exploring the intersections between film & popular culture, literature, religion & politics

Steve Walton

Professor in the Practice of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Swati Agrawal

Associate Professor of BiologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Agrawal's research focuses on protozoan pathogens that cause serious diseases like African sleeping sickness and Toxoplasmosis.

David C. Hess, MD

Interim Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation and Dean of the Medical College of GeorgiaAugusta University

Dr. David C. Hess, a stroke specialist, educator, and entrepreneur, is dean of the Medical College of Georgia.

Costa Samaras

Trustee Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Costa Samaras's research focuses on the pathways to clean, climate-safe, equitable, and secure energy and infrastructure systems.

Helen A. Regis

Richard J. Russell Louisiana Studies ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Regis has been involved in urban, public, collaborative, and applied anthropology for over two decades.