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Tricia Wachtendorf

Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal JusticeUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.

Christopher Drew

Fred Jones Greer, Jr. Endowed Chair; Professional-in-ResidenceLouisiana State University

Prof. Drew’s work focuses on investigative and data journalism, accountability reporting, and newsroom leadership.

Edward Benoit III

Interim Director & Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Benoit coordinates the archival studies and cultural heritage resource management programs at LSU.

Mark Miller

Professor of HistorySouthern Utah University

Specializing in Native American identity and citizenship, wars of independence, and the economic history of the American midwest

Thomas Smith

Professor in the Practice of Finance; Academic Director, Master of FinanceEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Robert E. Hogan

Department Chair and ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Robert Hogan's research areas include elections, representation, political parties, and interest groups.

Richard Marcus

Distinguished Professor of Law & Horace O. Coil Chair in LitigationUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: marcusr@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4829 / Office 358-200

Juliet Brophy

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Brophy's research interests involve using morphometric analyses to examine taxonomic differences among Plio-Pleistocene fossil hominins.

James Hudnut-Beumler

Anne Potter Wilson Distinguished Professor of American Religious HistoryVanderbilt University

Expert in the history of religion in the American South.

Christopher C. Austin

Professor, Curator of HerpetologyLouisiana State University

Dr. Austin’s research focuses on evolutionary systematics, biogeography, and conservation of reptiles and amphibians.