institutions Experts

Marta Vicarelli

Assistant Professor of Economics and Public PolicyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Marta Vicarelli's research focuses on the risks and the socioeconomic impacts of climate variability and climate change.

Christopher Mejía Argueta, PhD

Director, MIT SCALE Network for Latin America and the Caribbean | Director, MIT Graduate Certificate in Logistics and SCM (GCLOG) program | Founder & Director, MIT Emerging Market Economies Logistics Lab (EMeL) | Research ScientistMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Mejía-Argueta optimizes last-mile, retail, agri-food supply chains, global transportation and policymaking for emerging market economies

Gokila Dorai, PhD

Assistant ProfessorAugusta University

Dr. Dorai’s area of expertise is mobile/IoT forensics research and developing a targeted data extraction system for digital forensics.

Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD

Special Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Mission Engagement and Strategic Initiatives; Assistant Professor of SociologyVillanova University

Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD, researches Catholicism in the U.S. with emphasis on systemic racism and African American Catholics.

Elizabeth McRae

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Elizabeth McRae’s teaching and research interests include the intersection of race, gender and politics in America and in the modern South.

John Hayes, PhD

Associate Professor of HistoryAugusta University

Dr. Hayes is an expert in the history of the US South, with special focus on memory and commemoration, race and civil rights, and religion.

Theresa Mayer

Vice President for ResearchCarnegie Mellon University

Rosalyn Cooperman

Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Cooperman's expertise focuses on women in politics.

Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor

Assistant Professor in faith and peaceful relationsCoventry University

Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor specialises in how people engage with religion and with religious beliefs.

Samar Ali

Research Professor of Political Science and LawVanderbilt University

Expert in the intersection of conflict mediation, national security, economic development and human rights.