global Experts

Jason Pitts, Ph.D.

Director of the Biology of Global Health 4+1 Program | Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Investigates the sensory neuronal basis for behaviors in arthropod disease vectors such as mosquitoes carrying Dengue or Zika viruses.

Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology and Master TeacherBaylor University

Top educator/researcher who explores religious organizations and religion's impact on social life, community involvement, politics & work.

Jula Hughes

DeanLakehead University

Professor Hughes researches in the areas of criminal law, comparative constitutional law and judicial ethics

Aparna Gupta

Professor, Lally School of Management; Director, Center for Financial StudiesRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Leading quantitative finance and risk management expert advancing cutting-edge solutions to address risk challenges of the 21st century.

Alexandra Noël

Associate Professor and Director of Inhalation LaboratoryLouisiana State University

Dr. Noël's research focuses on the production and characterization of aerosols, as well as inhalation and developmental toxicology.

Kathy Roberts Forde

Professor of JournalismUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Kathy Roberts Forde studies the Black freedom struggle and the press, First Amendment, literary journalism and history of book culture.

Benn R. Konsynski

George S. Craft Professor of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Lou Russell

CEO / Queen / Learning FacilitatorRussell Martin & Associates

As a sought-after international speaker to leaders, Lou blends her humorous stories with her engaging on-the-ground experience to customize

Morton Schapiro

PresidentNorthwestern University

Named the 16th president of Northwestern University with an extensive background in economics

Jane Landers

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of HistoryVanderbilt University

Expert on digital archives and the history of Colonial Latin America, slavery, early American black history.