James Costa
Professor and Executive Director of Highlands Biological Station · Western Carolina University
Jim Costa's interests include insect behavior and ecology, environmental history and philosophy, and the history of science.
Charles Darwin Conservation Ecology Insect Behavior Evolutionary Biology
Amanda J. Crawford
Assistant Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Crawford is a veteran political reporter, literary journalist, and expert in journalism ethics and misinformation.
Literary Journalism Media News Literacy Misinformation Journalism Ethics
Dr Nasser Hussain
Senior Lecturer · Leeds Beckett
Nasser Hussain's writing and research interests revolve around contemporary poetry and poetics.
Poetry Contemporary Literary Studies Literature Writing
Jennifer Andrews
Professor, Department of English · University of New Brunswick
Jennifer Andrews’s areas of interest include nineteenth- and twentieth-century English-Canadian and American literature
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century English-Canadian and American Literature Native North American Literature Literary Theory Border Studies Cultural Studies
Paul Harris
Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Geo-Poetics & Geo-Philosophy Literary Theory Interdisciplinary study of time Outsider Art/The Watts Towers of Los Angeles OULIPO/writing under constraints
Selmer Bringsjord
Director, Rensselaer AI & Reasoning Lab; Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Expert in logic and philosophy, specializing in AI and reasoning
Artifical Intelligence Philosophical Foundations of AI Computational Economics AI Systems Formal Logic
Juan D. Mah y Busch
Professor of English and Chair of Chicana/o & Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Literary Cultural Studies Contemplative/Meditation Studies Chicana/O Studies Ethical Theory Multi-ethnic American literatures
Brianne Gilbert
Managing Director, StudyLA; Senior Lecturer, Political Science; Senior Lecturer, Urban & Environmental Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Social Science Research Public Opinion Research Survey Methodology Geospatial Data Mapping
Chuck Rosenthal
Professor Emeritus of English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Fiction Narrative Narrative Theory Magic Journalism Animal Consciousness
Angel M. Díaz-Dávalos
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures - Spanish · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Hispanic Studies U.S.-Mexico Border Studies Mexican Literary and Cultural Studies
Michelle Richmond
Founder · The Book Doctor
Bestselling Author, Publisher, and Corporate Writing Retreat Leader
Writing Publishing Creativity Books
Kathy Newman
Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Kathy Newman is a popular and mass culture expert primarily interested in the relationship between media and political formations.
Consumer Behavior Literary and Cultural Studies Film and Visual Media Humanities Analytics History of Technology
Neelanjana Banerjee
Lecturer of Asian and Asian American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Neelanjana Banerjee is an expert in Asian American arts, and Asian Pacific American and Asian diasporic literature.
Asian Pacific American and Asian Diasporic Literature American American Arts Creative Writing Third World Studies
Scott Rader
Associate Professor · Western Carolina University
Charles “Scott” Rader has entrepreneurial work experience in the areas of information technology product development and management.
Literary Deconstruction in Consumption Meanings Ethnographic Exploration of Experiential Consumption Postmodern Consumer Culture Postmodern Consumption Social Media Marketing
Richard A. Wilson, Ph.D.
Gladstein Distinguished Chair of Human Rights and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor · University of Connecticut
Dr. Wilson is an expert on hate speech and incitement on social media.
Human Rights Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Anthropology Human rights trials International Human Rights
James E. Malackowski, CPA, CLP
Co-founder and Senior Managing Director, Ocean Tomo · J.S. Held LLC
Intellectual Property Hall of Fame inductee | Testifying Expert | Board Director | On Air Tech Expert
Regulatory and Reporting Obligations Corporate Accounting Investigations Advisory Services Management Consulting Business Strategy
David Dodell-Feder
Assistant Professor of Psychology · University of Rochester
David Dodell-Feder's research looks at the processes that contribute to healthy and disordered social functioning, and their improvement.
Empathy Behavioral Methods Psychotic Spectrum Disorders Neuroimaging Relationship Psychology
Elliott Piros
Lecturer of Classics and Archaeology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Greek and Latin Novels Roman Poetry Classics Roman Social and Economic History
Shayne Piasta
Associate Professor | Teaching and Learning · The Ohio State University
Expert in reading and literacy in early and middle childhood education.
Child Development Early Childhood Education Childhood Literacy Literacy Reading and Literacy
Ronald Rash
Professor · Western Carolina University
Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall.
Southern Writing Poetry English Appalachia Novelist