it Experts

Steffanie Scott

Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental ManagementUniversity of Waterloo

Leading international scholar on food security, food system change, and COVID-19 impacts on the food suppy.

Jack Downey

John Henry Newman Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, Professor of Religion and ClassicsUniversity of Rochester

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

Burcu Akinci

Dean, College of EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Burcu Akinci focuses on emerging energy technologies and using AI to monitor energy use.

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Prof. Ruffin’s work focuses on contemporary Southern fiction, speculative storytelling, and explorations of race, identity, and inequality.

Alma Stevenson

Professor of LiteracyGeorgia Southern University

Alma Stevenson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in critical literacy, strategies, assessment and literacy in the content areas.

Charles F. Goetz

Professor in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Elizabeth Hintz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of CommunicationUniversity of Connecticut

Elizabeth Hintz’s research examines how individuals manage complex, stigmatized, and poorly understood health conditions.

Suzanne Tulien, Brand Consultant, Speaker,Author

Principal &FounderThe Brand Ascension Group

Brand Elevation Enthusiast! I align business + personal brands to walk their talk, from the inside out.

Andrea Hershatter

Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management; Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate EducationEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Adam R.T. Smith

C.E.O. / Director of Experience DesignLiquid Reality

Passionate about humanizing topics of mobile, user experience strategy & design