Julie Cafley

Senior Vice President · Public Policy Forum

Julie Cafley is a frequent speaker and commentator on issues relating to higher education leadership and governance.

Governance and Public Policy Higher Education Administration Women & Leadership Community Development Innovation

Mary Louise Adams

Professor · Queen's University

Professor, Kinesiology and Health Studies

Physical Activity LGBTQ History Sexuality Studies Walking - history and sociology Fitness cultures

Cristina Turdean

Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington

Turdean's expertise focuses on museum studies, and the intersection of technology and society.

Technology and Gambling Museum Studies Historic Preservation Technology and Society

Julian Chambliss

Professor of English · Michigan State University

Julian Chambliss' research interests focus on race, culture, and power in real and imagined spaces.

Afrofuturism‎ Black Digital Humanities Comics and Culture Comic Book Adaptations Space, Place, and Identity

Beth Myers

Department Chair, Associate Professor of Fashion Merchandising & Apparel Design · Georgia Southern University

Beth Myers works to find relationships between brands, consumers and the apparel they purchase.

Consumer Behavior Branding Textiles Apparel Merchandising Fashion Trends

Peter Krapp

Professor, Film & Media Studies · UC Irvine

Expertise in: Secret communications & cryptologic history; cultural memory and media history; history of computing & simulations

Media History Cultural Memory Aesthetic Communication Cryptologic History Secret Communications

Joao S. Soares, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Engineered Tissue Multiscale Mechanics & Modeling Laboratory (ETM3)

Functional tissue engineering Thrombogenicity of cardiovascular medical devices Drug delivery devices Polymer degradation and erosion Continuum mechanics and its application to non-linear materials

Brendan Cantwell

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Brendan Cantwell's research interests include the study of higher education organization, governance, & finance in the US & internationally.

Educational Administration Higher Education Comparative Education

Ahmet Karagozoglu

Professor of Finance · Hofstra University

C.V. Starr Distinguished Professor in Finance and Investment Banking

Financial Modeling Computational Finance Derivatives Markets Advanced Derivatives Modeling Time Series Analysis of Financial Data

Sheku Kamara

Dean of Applied Research · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Sheku Kamara's is an expert in additive manufacturing (3D printing) systems, materials and processes; and design for additive manufacturing.

Technical Advisory Product Design Manufacturing Rapid Prototyping Product Development

Jack Downey

John Henry Newman Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, Professor of Religion and Classics · University of Rochester

Downey studies self-immolation as reistance, forms of protest, Roman Catholicism

Civil Disobedience Social Justice Christianity Roman Catholicism self-immolation

RJ Nowling, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Nowling is passionate about CS education and collaborating with students in research at the interface of computer science and biology.

Computer Science Machine Learning Data Science Genomics Data Structures and Algorithms

Petra Molnar

Associate Director · Refugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School

Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture

Technology and human rights Anthropology of Migration Ethnography and Ethnographic Writing Women's Rights Refugee and Human Rights Issues

Vashti Sawtelle

Associate Professor of Physics Education · Michigan State University

Vashti Sawtelle studies how learning environments support students from diverse backgrounds in their learning physics.

Physics Education Higher Educaiton

Trimiko Melancon

Professor of African American and African Studies · Michigan State University

Trimiko Melancon is an expert on race, gender, black feminist and sexualities studies.

Black German Studies African American Studies Black Feminism African Studies

Mary Kay Kane

Emerita Dean and Chancellor, and Distinguished Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: kanem@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4777 / Office M206-198

Civil Procedure Federal and State Courts Litigation Mediation

Mark Brand, Ph.D.

Professor of Horticulture and Plant Breeding, Nursery Extension Specialist · University of Connecticut

Professor Brand is a horticulturist who focuses on ornamental plant breeding, sustainable cultivars, and industrial hemp.

Woody Landscape Plants Nursery Crops Ornamental Plant Breeding Aroniaberry Fruit Production Plant Breeding

Gerald Gamm

Professor of Political Science and History · University of Rochester

Gamm is an expert in U.S and urban politics

Congress State Politics U.S. Politics Urban Politics State Legislatures

Gerald Kauffman

Project Director, Water Resources Center, Institute for Public Administration; Assistant Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration · University of Delaware

Prof. Kauffman focuses on drinking water: water supply, water quality, policy, handling droughts and floods.

Public Policy Water Policy Water Supply Water Quality Watershed Planning

Josh Shipp

Owner and Founder · Josh Shipp Productions

Helping Adults Understand Teens and Teens Understand Themselves

Making Positive Choices Peer Pressure Overcoming Adversity Benefits of A Positive Attitude How to Overcome Problems