Institutions Experts

Shaun Nelms

Professor (Clinical), Co-Chair Educational Leadership, William & Sheila Konar Director of the Center for Urban Education SuccessUniversity of Rochester

Nelms is also vice president for community partnerships at the University of Rochester

School Systems for Underserved CommunitiesUrban Education SuccessSchool CultureSchool TurnaroundK-12 Education

Carolyn Dudek

Professor of Political ScienceHofstra University

Professor Dudek specializes in comparative politics with regional focuses in Europe and Latin America

Latin American PoliticsEuropean PoliticsRegional Economic Growth and DevelopmentFluent in Spanish

Sona Gala, J.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Business Law, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Assistant Chair, Department of Marketing and Business Law | Program Coordinator, Business Law Minor

Small BusinessLawEntrepreneurshipBusiness Law

Shane Barter, PhD

Associate Professor of Comparative PoliticsSoka University

Professor Barter focuses on Southeast Asian politics, Civilians in war, as well as autonomous areas and conflict resolution

MinoritiesSeparatismIndonesiaConflict ResolutionSoutheast Asia

Lynn Salsi

Author, Storyteller, Teacher, Historian, SpeakerLynn Salsi Consulting

With boundless enthusiasm, Southern history and folktales come alive with this Pulitzer Prize Nominated author & storyteller

FictionEditing & WritingTeachingPublic RelationsMarketing Communications

Keith Mellinger

Professor of Mathematics University of Mary Washington

Dr. Mellinger blends mathematics and music.

Discrete MathematicsCoding TheoryGeometryMath

Kim Anderson

Associate Professor, Department of Family Relations and Applied NutritionUniversity of Guelph

Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies

Oral history and Indigenous knowledge translationCommunity-based Indigenous research Indigenous MasculinitiesIndigenous feminism Gender and Indigenous peoples