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Claire Smrekar

Associate Professor of Leadership, Policy and OrganizationsVanderbilt University

An expert who studies K-12 school choice, charters, magnet schools, vouchers, private schools and segregation.

Education PolicyDesegregationCharter School EducationDemographic Trends in SchoolsSchool Choice
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Paula Lemons

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Innovation | Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Transforming the curricular and academic environment

Learning and InstructionUndergraduate and Graduate educationBiochemistryBuilding Academic Programs
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Petra Molnar

Associate DirectorRefugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School

Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture

Technology and human rightsAnthropology of MigrationEthnography and Ethnographic WritingWomen's RightsRefugee and Human Rights Issues
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Jacque Micieli-Voutsinas

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jacque Micieli-Voutsinas is a leading scholar on the curation of feelings and emotion in places of difficult heritage.

Trauma-resilient HeritagePost-9/11Cultural Heritage at Sites of Terrorism9/11 CommemorationVisitor Experience of Heritage Environments
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Amy Fagan

Assistant ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Amy Fagan studies NASA’s planetary geology, with a focus on petrology, mineralogy, and lunar geology.

PetrologyMinerologyPlanetary GeologyLunar Geology
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Dara Parker

Vice-President, Grants & Community InitiativesVancouver Foundation

A nonprofit executive who is helping shift the sector from charity to justice.

Nonprofit LeadershipNonprofit ManagementGenderLgbtq IssuesDiversity and Inclusion
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Yong Chen

Professor, HistoryUC Irvine

Yong Chen is Professor of Hist. He also served as the Associate Dean of Curricular and Student Services in the School of Humanities.

Chinese American ExperienceImmigration HistoryFoodAsian-American HistoryCultural History
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Edward Truant

Chief Executive OfficerSlingshot Capital

Ed founded the world's first litigation finance fund-of-funds and is an active investor, both personally and professionally.

Litigation FundingLitigation FinanceFinanceCorporate FinanceMergers & Acquisitions
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Gail Silverstein

Clinical Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: silverst@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8920 / Office 300-100

Public Interest LawClinical TeachingIndividual RepresentationMediationEthics in Practice
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Metin Duran, PhD

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering | College of EngineeringVillanova University

Metin Duran, PhD, is an expert on using beneficial microorganisms to re-mediate pollutants and remove harmful microorganisms from water.

Microbial Water QualityRenewable Energy from WasteWastewater TreatmentWater Pollution