faculty Experts

Nora Rubel

Elizabeth Denio Professor, Associate Professor of ReligionUniversity of Rochester

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

Martha Buell

Professor, Human Development and Family SciencesUniversity of Delaware

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

Swati Agrawal

Assistant ProfessorUniversity 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.

Steve Walton

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

Jessica Borelli

Associate Professor of Psychological ScienceUC Irvine

Jessie Borelli's research focuses on the links between close relationships and mental health

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.

Wendy Smith

Professor, ManagementUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Smith's research focuses on strategic paradoxes – how leaders and senior teams effectively respond to contradictory agendas.

Joseph E. Trainor

Interim Dean and Professor, Biden School of Public Policy & AdministrationUniversity of Delaware

Can discuss behavioral responses to disasters, including household risk management and decision making about warnings and evacuation orders.