Chris Melde
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Chris Melde is an expert in youth violence, gangs, school violence, and youth violence prevention and intervention strategies
School Violence Program Evaluation Adolescent Development Youth Violence Gangs
Julia Lee
Professor of English and Graduate Director · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Fr. Tom Batsis
Professor Emeritus · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology
School Safety Youth Gangs Psychology and Catholicism Counseling Psychology
Jessica Winter
Professor of Biomedical, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | College of Engineering · The Ohio State University
Biomedical expert, revolutionizing our knowledge of the relationship between nanoparticles and biology
Neural Engineering Nanotechnology Biomolecular Engineering Biomedical Engineering Nanoscale neural prosthetic devices
David J. Thomas, Ph.D., LMHC
Expert in policing in America · Florida Gulf Coast University
David Thomas is a veteran police officer specializing in mental health, police and minority relations, active shooters and mass casualties.
Psychology of School Shooters Law Enforcement Mental Health Policing in America Police Psychology Use of Force by Police
David Y. Choi, Ph.D.
Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University
Director, Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship
Financing of Entrepreneurial Companies Entrepreneurship Business Management Job Creation Small Business
Michael Ostrowsky
Professor of Sociology · Southern Utah University
Sociologist specializing in the topics of education, drug use, deviance, delinquency theories, and violent behavior
Social Psychology Delinquency Theories, Trends and Issues Sociology of Drugs Violent Behavior in Sports Fans Applied Research
Norbert Ross
Associate Professor of Anthropology · Vanderbilt University
Expert in child centered anthropology, including children and violence.
Central America Culture and Cognition Children and Violence Child Anthropology Theatre and Social Science
Amilcar Shabazz
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amilcar Shabazz has been a prominent voice in the movement to make reparations to descendants of former enslaved Americans.
Reparations for Slavery Juneteenth African American Educational History and Public Policy Afro-Americans in the Caribbean, Central and South America African American Biography
Benjamin Hebblethwaite
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Ben Hebblethwaite's research focuses on the languages and cultures of Haiti, Jamaica, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
Creole Linguistics and Historical Linguistics Cannabis in the Caribbean Caribbean Music and Culture Haitian Culture Jamaica
Renee Miller
Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Instructional Track; Director, Undergraduate Neuroscience Program · University of Rochester
Miller examines sex differences in brains and behaviors. She is author of "Cognitive Bias in Fantasy Sports."
Fantasy Football Fantasy Sports and decision making Neuroscience Cognitive Bias Neurobiology
Michael Ballard
President & CEO · Resiliency for Life
I help people gain the insight to be inspired, key skills to manage and lead, and an easy to understand process to create success.
Resiliency Self-Leadership Stress Mental Health Productivity
Andre Norman
Corporate Trainer · Andre Norman Inc.
Motivational Speaker | Professional Training & Coaching
Motivational Speaking Anti-Gang Strategies Leadership Training and Development
Jennie Noll
Professor of Psychology and Executive Director of Mt. Hope Family Center · University of Rochester
Noll is an expert in child maltreatment prevention and child psychology.
Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect Child Abuse Policy Child Maltreatment and Trauma Child Psychology
Shekhar Garde
Dean, School of Engineering & Elaine S. and Jack S. Parker Professor, Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Leads the largest of the five schools at Rensselaer and conducts research in statistical mechanical theory and molecular modeling
Engineering Thermodynamics Simulations of Biological Systems Molecular Theory Hydration Phenomena at Interfaces and Nanosystems
Karen Musalo
Professor of Law, International Law Professorship Chair and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: musalok@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4720 / Office 403-100
Refugee Law and Policy Gender Asylum Women's Rights Child Migrant's Rights Gender Justice / Central America
Yasser Payne
Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana Studies · University of Delaware
Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.
Gun Violence Street Ethnography School Violence and School-To-Prison Pipeline Experiences With Police Ethnographic Field Research
Jonathan Hiskey
Associate Chair of Political Science · Vanderbilt University
Expert on Latin American politics and Latin American migration.
Honduras Guatemala Migration Crime in Latin America Immigration
Germán Gutiérrez
Professor of Orchestral Studies · Texas Christian University
Germán Augusto Gutiérrez serves as director of TCU’s Latin American Music Center and biennial Latin American Music Festival since 1996.
Music Education to Prevent Kids from Joining Gangs in Columbia Latin American Music Symphony Orchestras
Lawrence Levy
Associate Vice President and Executive Dean of the National Center for Surburban · Hofstra University
Dean Levy works close with Hofstra’s academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study
Suburban Spaces and Development Suburbs Education Taxation Politics of the Suburbs