literacy Experts

David Owens

Assistant ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

David Owens' research is on motivating learning contexts that promote functional STEM literacy.

Cynthia Osborne

Professor of Leadership, Policy, and OrganizationsVanderbilt University

Early childhood policy professor specializing in family policy, child well-being and evidence-informed state policy.

Aarti Singh

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Aarti Singh's research focuses on design of AI agents that complement human decision making.

Ellen Peters

Professor of Psychology, Director of the Decision Sciences Collaborative & Professor of Medicine | Department of Internal MedicineThe Ohio State University

Decision psychology expert, with a penchant for the study of numeracy, risk and uncertainty

Christy Ledford, PhD

Professor in the Department of Family MedicineAugusta University

A leading expert in health and strategic communication

Liz Walker

Managing DirectorYouth Wellbeing Project

Educator and advocate responding to porn harms. Author and professional speaker.

James Williams, PhD

Professor of Rhetoric and LinguisticsSoka University

Professor Williams examines education using Baudrillard's perspective on consumerism and simulacra

Polina Durneva, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Christopher L. Gipson

Instructor of Classics and ArchaeologyLoyola Marymount University

Christopher Gipson's research interests include cannibalism in Ancient Greek literature, imperial Greek poetry, and the macabre.

David Y. Choi, Ph.D.

Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Director, Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship