John M. Heffron, PhD

Director of the MA Program in Educational Leadership and Societal Change, Professor of Educational History and Culture · Soka University

Professor Heffron is a development scholar whose focus is the cultural and intellectual history of education nationally and transnationally

U.S. Relations in Asia and the Pacific Development History Educational History

Priscilla Leiva

Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

U.S. Latinx Sports History Comparative Race and Ethnicity Urban History

M. Eric Benbow

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Insect - Microbe interactions in aquatic ecology, forensics, and human health.

Forensic Sciences Infectious Disease Ecology Aquatic Entomology Aquatic Ecology Microbial Ecology

Alison Cooley

Writer, Curator, Educator · Middlebrook Prize Winners

Alison Cooley is a joint winner of the 2014 Middlebrook Prize.

Art History Museum Education Contemporary Art Curatorial Projects

Danaya Wright

Professor/Director · University of Florida

Danaya Wright has expertise in real property, including probate, homestead, heirs' property, rail-trails, easements, and equal rights.

Constitutional Amendment Procedure Legal History Railroad and Transportation Probate Procedures Constitutional Law

Katherine Dennis

Public Program Coordinator · Middlebrook Prize Winners

Katherine Dennis is the recipient of the 2013 Middlebrook Prize.

Curating Museum Collections Art History Public Art Art Education

Greg Waymire

Professor Emeritus of Accounting · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Waymire’s research has examined the effects of disclosure and the emergence of accounting institutions

Corporate Reporting and Disclosure Accounting History

Missy LeBlanc

Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners

Missy LeBlanc is a curator and writer of Métis, Nēhiyaw, and Polish decent currently based in Moh’kins’stis (Calgary).

Contemporary Art Indigenous Art Curatorial Studies Art History Art

Janet Favreau

Senior Lecturer and Applied Instructor of Music (Piano) · Loyola Marymount University

Applied Instructor of Music (Piano)

Applied Piano Class Piano Ensemble Theory Music History

Marcel Rotter

Associate Professor of German · University of Mary Washington

Associate Professor in German, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

German History Visual Cultures Propaganda History War History German-American Studies

Robert Winsor, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Pricing Competitive Strategy Branding Business History Franchising

Lauren Fournier

Creative Director, Writer, Curator, Consultant, Researcher · Middlebrook Prize Winners

Visual Culture & Theory Curating Filmmaking Environmental Humanities Contemporary Literature

Teresa Lenihan

Professor of Studio Arts & Director of ARTsmart, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Studio Arts & Director of ARTsmart

Culture Art Art History

F.E. "Jack" Putz

Distinguished Professor · University of Florida

Frances "Jack" Putz applies science to real-world problems related to ecosystem management and conservation.

Plant Ecology Indonesian Consevation Issue Economic Botany Applied Ecology Florida Natural History

Karin Fry

Department Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies · Georgia Southern University

Karin Fry is an expert in continental, social and political philosophy as well as the works of Arendt, Lyotard, and Kant.

Kant Feminism Arendt Philosophy of Art 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy

Michelle Faubert

Professor · University of Manitoba, Romantic Literature & Visiting Fellow, Northumbria University

Professor of Romantic Literature in the Department of English, Film and Literature

Romanticism Representation of Suicide History of Psychiatry Historical Feminism Literature of Sensibility

Kalliopi Kefalas

Lecturer of Modern Greek Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Kalliopi Kefalas is an expert in Modern Greek studies with an emphasis on Greece and the Modern World.

Late Ottoman Empire Modern Greece and the Balkans Modern European History

Stephen Kajiura, Ph.D.

Professor · Florida Atlantic University

He studies the sensory biology and behavior of sharks and their relatives as well as their seasonal migrations in southeast Florida.

Telemetry Rays Shark Behavior Sensory Biology Elasmobranchs

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted

Professor/Director · University of Florida

Sylvia Chan-Olmsted researches cross-platform media consumption and AI applications in media and marketing communications.

Media Management and Economics Communication Technology Brand Relationships Artificial Intelligence Media Competition

Michael Jecks

Partner · Michael Jecks Partnership

Experienced speaker, presenter, motivator and novelist for business or literary functions.

Writing Crime Stories in Today's Market Writing Series Novels The Knights Templar and Medieval England History of Computing Effects of Drug Prohibition