policy Experts

Molly Nation, Ph.D.

Expert in environmental educationFlorida Gulf Coast University

Molly Nation explores environmental issues within formal education settings.

Elizabeth Zechmeister

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Director of LAPOPVanderbilt University

Expert in Latin American political behavior and director of the world-renowned Latin American Public Opinion Project.

David Figlio

Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and EducationUniversity of Rochester

Figlio is an expert on educational, public, and social policy, including the link between health and education.

David Neumark

Distinguished Professor of EconomicsUC Irvine

David Neumark is a labor economist whose work focuses on minimum wages, discrimination in the work force, and worker compensation.

Karin Fry

Department Chair, Philosophy and Religious StudiesGeorgia Southern University

Karin Fry is an expert in continental, social and political philosophy as well as the works of Arendt, Lyotard, and Kant.

Virginia Parks

Professor of Urban Planning and Public PolicyUC Irvine

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.

Haesuk Park

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Haesuk Park studies economic and health outcomes of medications and pharmaceutical care services and policy regarding pharmaceutical use.

Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD

Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Research | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Elizabeth Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an expert in the use of social media by adolescents and the health risks posed by online behaviors.

Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Ph.D.

Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Bridge Zhao

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Develops human-centered AI for safer, more sustainable mobility—from human behavior to intelligent vehicles and transportation networks.