Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.
Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health (Principal Investigator); Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies · University of Connecticut
Dr. Schwartz specializes in school wellness and nutrition programs, and food insecurity.
Food Pantries School Food SNAP School Food Options Nutrition
William Perez
Professor · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Educational Leadership and Administration
Immigration Status & Nationality Race and Ethnicity Diversity Social Identity Motivation
Cameron Ward
Innovation Leadership Council, CATAAlliance // Senior Vice President, Global Electronics · Allied Electronics and lead executive for RS Components North America
Passionate about the unique opportunity global distributors and the supply chain have to enable innovation
Sustainability Technology Evolution Entrepreneurship Supply Chain Sourcing Market Dynamics
Preston Jordan Lim, JD
Assistant Professor, Law · Villanova University
Professor Lim focuses on contemporary challenges to the international legal system, with an emphasis on Chinese foreign policy.
Uyghur Forced Labor Prosecution of War Crimes Canada's Relationship with International Law Canadian Foreign Policy Canadian Domestic Politics
Laura Briggs
Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Laura Briggs is an expert on U.S. and international reproductive politics, child welfare policy and transnational and transracial adoption.
Transnational Adoption Reproduction Politics Adoption Child Separation
Jase Bernhardt
Associate Professor of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability · Hofstra University
Dr. Bernhardt has had a lifelong passion for studying weather and climate. His current research focuses hurricane preparedness.
Rip Tide safety Hurricanes Climatology Climate Change Weather
J. Aaron Johnson, PhD
Associate Dean of the School of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Public and Preventive Health · Augusta University
For two decades, J. Aaron Johnson's research has focused on evidence-based practices, primarily in substance use prevention.
Alcohol Screening Brief Interventions Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Opioid Epidemic
Dena McMartin
Associate Vice-President · University of Regina
Dena McMartin has developed and supported numerous academic and research partnerships within the university and with international partners.
Stormwater Quality Agricultural Water and Environmental Performance Monitoring Source Water Protection and Planning Chemical-Free Water Treatment Solutions Extreme Water Events & Climate
Kelly Welch, PhD
Professor of Sociology and Criminology; Program Director, Criminlogy | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Kelly Welch, PhD, is an expert on racial and ethnic profiling, racial disparities in school discipline and public punitiveness toward crime.
Criminology Racial Profiling School-to-Prison Pipeline Race and Justice Social Justice
Bryan W. Brooks, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Environmental Science and Public Health; Director of Environmental Health Science · Baylor University
Interdisciplinary expert researcher and author on water quality, environmental health and sustainability issues in rapidly urbanizing areas.
Contaminants of Emerging Concern Harmful Algal Blooms Urbanization Sustainability Issues Environmental Contaminants
Biplab Datta, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Public and Preventive Health and in the Department of Population Health Sciences · Augusta University
Dr. Datta’s research explores the niche areas in the junction of public health and economics.
Global Health Health Economics Non-Communicable Diseases Healthcare Financing Socioeconomic Determinants of Health
John Leshy
Emeritus Harry D. Sunderland Distinguished Professor of Real Property Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: leshyj@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4726 / Office 382-200
Real Property Law State and Federal Constitutional Law Natural Resources Law Public Land Law Water Law
Fernando Guerra
Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Public Opinion California Politics Los Angeles Politics Local Governance Reform
Francis Galgano, PhD
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Francis A. Galgano, PhD, specializes in coastal geography and military geography.
Piracy Environmental security Environmental Change Geophysical Processes Military Geography
Daniel Reichman
Associate Professor · University of Rochester
Expert on the cultural responses to economic change, especially the anthropology of trade and globalization in Latin America
Latin American Development Trade and Globalization in Latin America Latin America Politics Latin American Immigration Cultural Anthropology
Sascha Usenko B.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science. Director, Environmental Science Graduate Program · Baylor University
Dr. Usenko is the Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Director, Environmental Science Graduate Program at Baylor University.
Anthropogenic Contaminants Spatial and Temporal Scales The Transformation and Bioavailability of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals in the Environment Environmental Forensic Chemistry Identifying Unique Chemical Fingerprints
Lisa Rodrigues, PhD
Professor of Geography and the Environment; Director of the MS in Environmental Science Graduate Program | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Lisa Rodrigues, PhD, researches the environmental change impacting tropical ocean ecosystems and conservation and management strategies.
Marine Invertebrates Coral Reefs Ecosystems Ocean Environments
Don Duval
Chief Executive Officer · NORCAT
Experienced, dynamic, and engaging speaker on an array of topics related to innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship
Turnaround Strategies Entrepreneurship Academic Research Commercialization
M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Endowed Chair in Food, Society and Sustainability · Michigan State University
M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell is a political agroecologist with training in chemical engineering, ecology and evolutionary biology.
Sustainable Development Food Security Policy Anti-Hunger Efforts Sustainability Right to Food
Mical Raz
Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health · University of Rochester
Author of "What's Wrong with the Poor? Psychiatry, Race and the War on Poverty."
Foster Care and Adoptions Child Welfare Psychiatry Education Policy Race Culture and Ethnicity