pandemic Experts

Andy Horowitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Connecticut State HistorianUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Horowitz is a public historian, scholar of the modern United States, and Connecticut's State Historian.

Mimi Ito

Professor in Residence InformaticsUC Irvine

Mizuko Ito is a cultural anthropologist of technology use, focusing on children and youth's changing relationships to media.

Jill Perry-Smith

Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Jaci Clement

CEO & Executive Director; Podcast Host, FMC Fast ChatFair Media Council

American Media Scholar

Charis Kubrin

Professor UC Irvine

Charis E. Kubrin is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and (by courtesy) Sociology.

Paige Marta Skiba

Professor of Law and Professor of EconomicsVanderbilt University

Expert in behavioral economics, including causes and consequences of borrowing on high-interest credit.

Ed Coulson

Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Real EstateUC Irvine

N. Edward Coulson teaches in the area of Economics and Public Policy and serves in the school’s Center for Real Estate.

Susan Postma

Regional ManagerCAA Manitoba

Susan oversees CAA Manitoba's retail and travel services with more than a decade of experience.

Ben Chang

Director, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) & Professor, ArtsRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Explores the intersections of virtual environments and experimental gaming with contemporary media art

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.