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Becky Bloom
Assistant Director of Curatorial AffairsSouthern Utah University
Specializing in Art History, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist material culture, and issues surrounding the intersection of religion and museums.
Shawn (Sheng-Chieh) Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering
Shawn's research interests include airborne and liquid-borne nanoparticle filtration, NanoEHS, and indoor and urban air pollution control.
Lisa Briggs
Professor, Director of Emergency and Disaster ManagementWestern Carolina University
Lisa Briggs specializes in forensic based criminology with a focus on missing persons, as well as the use of scent detection K9s.
James Costa
Professor and Executive Director of Highlands Biological StationWestern Carolina University
Jim Costa's interests include insect behavior and ecology, environmental history and philosophy, and the history of science.
Channa R. De Silva
Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University
Channa De Silva teaches chemistry and carries out research in the areas of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computational chemistry.
Benjamin Steere
Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University
Ben Steere's primary areas of interest for research and teaching include Southeastern archaeology and Cherokee archaeology.
Jerome "Jay" Apt
Professor EmeritusCarnegie Mellon University
Jay Apt is an emeritus professor at the Tepper School of Business and in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.
Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D.
Alice T. and William H. Goodwin, Jr. Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; BS, San Diego State University; Ph.D. UC Santa BarbaraVCU College of Engineering
Bone, mechanobiology, regenerative medicine, effects of space travel on bone and muscle, gap junctions, osteoblast, osteocyte, osteoclast
Brett Riggs
ProfessorWestern Carolina University
A research archaeologist, Brett Riggs is a former deputy tribal historical preservation officer for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Lowell Gustafson, PhD
Professor of Political Science | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University
Lowell Gustafson, PhD, is an expert in the politics, political structure and cultural heritage of Latin America.