literature Experts

Alan Franck

Collections ManagerUniversity of Florida

Alan Franck manages the Herbarium at the Florida Museum, which has around 500,000 specimens of plants, lichens and algae from worldwide.

Kimberly Wiley

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Kimberly Wiley's work strengthens the nonprofit sector’s role in society through public management and public policy solutions.

Nazeer Bacchus

Instructor of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Scholar of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism

Lynn Glenn, PhD, MSN

Assistant Professor, NursingAugusta University

Lynn Glenn's research and practice promotes high quality, equitable health care and enhanced outcomes in underserved, diverse communities.

Xilei Zhao

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Xilei Zhao focuses on developing and applying data and computational science methods to tackle problems in transportation and resilience.

Dong Chen, Ph.D.

Professor of International Business, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Mitra Fakhrashrafi

Curator and ArchivistMiddlebrook Prize Winners

Mitra Fakhrashrafi (she/her) is an independent curator and librarian interested in sanctuary and indebted to border abolition organizing.

Simon DeDeo

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Simon DeDeo is a cognitive scientist who studies the nature of mathematics, how mathematicians think and reason, and how AI is changing it.

Andrew Schwarz

ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Schwarz is an expert in issues related to IT strategy, change management and IT implementation.

Chris Jones

Professor of International BusinessAston University

Professor Chris Jones is an expert in multinationals, tax havens, profit shifting, sanctions, and the public finances of the UK.