Iman Zawahry
Lecturer · University of Florida
Iman Zawahry, one of the first hijabi American-Muslim filmmakers in the nation, works to amplify the underrepresented female voice.
Pop Culture Video Feature Films Muslims in Film
Adria Goldman
Associate Professor of Communication · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Goldman is an expert in the intersectionality of race, gender, culture and its connection to communication and media.
Mass Media Popular Culture Rhetoric Communication Research Public Relations
Andrew Selepak
Instructional Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Andrew Selepak can speak to a variety of topics, including pop culture, online education, fake news and partisan media.
Personal Branding Online Learning Online Media Media Effects Social Media
Frederick W. Gooding, Jr.
Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professor in Humanities · Texas Christian University
Race, Racism and Discrimination in Pop Culture and/or Mainstream Media (e.g., movies, music and sports).
Sports Movies Discrimination Representations of Race Mainstream Media
Emily Deering Crosby
Assistant Professor of Communication · University of Mary Washington
Emily Deering Crosby is a rhetorical critic of popular culture with research concentrations in feminist criticism.
Popular Culture Feminist Criticism Critical Sport Study Digital Rhetoric Women in Country Music
Paula M. Uruburu
Professor Emerita of English · Hofstra University
Professor Uruburu researches the Gothic and the Grotesque, the Gilded Age, and film history (genre, auteur, adaptation).
Film Anniversaries Celebrity Culture Pop Culture Film History Gender Studies
Melissa Avdeeff
Assistant Professor · Coventry University
Popular culture, specialising in pop music; music technology and society; social media and fandom.
Artifical Intelligence and music Popular Music Popular Culture Music Technology and Society Fandom
Claire Sisco King
Associate Professor of Communication Studies · Vanderbilt University
Expert in media and visual culture, with a particular emphasis on the study of gender and sexuality.
Pop Culture Civic Identity Gender Media Visual Culture
Stephanie Smith
Professor · University of Florida
Stephanie Smith studies 19th and 20th century American literature and culture and the history of the American Renaissance.
Critical Literary Theory Science Fiction Novelist Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Literature Creative Writing
Krystyn Moon
Professor, History and American Studies · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Moon is an expert on Northern Virginia history, with a focus on African American and immigrant communities.
Foodways Asian American History U.S. Immigration History Northern Virginia History African American History
Adam Frank
Professor of astrophysics, science commentator, and popular author · University of Rochester
Frank is a leading expert on how stars form and how they die, as well as civilizations before humans
Extraterrestrial Life Space Discoveries Life on Other Planets Civilizations and climate change Theoretical Astrophysics
Daniel Berkal
Partner; SVP Innovation · The Palmerston Group
Award winning Ethnographer. Global Speaker. Enveloped in the Cultural Zeitgeist.
Social Media Ethnography Popular Culture Trends Market Research
Ruth McClelland-Nugent, PhD
Chair History, Anthropology & Philosophy · Augusta University
Dr. Ruth McClelland-Nugent focuses on gender and politics in popular culture. Fields in US, Canadian, and British history.
Popular Culture Wonder Woman Gender Women 20th Century
Vanessa Díaz
Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Music oral & life histories Latin America political culture diasporas
Shobha Gurung
Professor of Sociology · Southern Utah University
Specializes in gender and labor, comparative family and community, migration, globalization, and transnationalism, and civic engagement.
Global Civic Citizenship Human Rights and Social Justice Gender and Labor Studies Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Community Gender and Society
Ethan Segal
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Japanese history, politics, foreign relations, society, social issues, earthquakes & tsunami, food, film and pop culture, women and gender.
Japan Constitution Ancient History (Japan) Tsunami Earthquakes Japanese History East Asia
Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, Ph.D.
Professor of History · University of Connecticut
Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar’s research interests include the 20th century United States, with a focus in African American history.
African American Studies U.S. Popular Culture Black Nationalism Social History Twentieth-Century United States
Julie Byrne
Professor and Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies · Hofstra University
The Professor and Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies at Hofstra University
Religion and Popular Culture Religion and Sports Pope Francis Independent Catholics Roman Catholics
Leanna Giancarlo
Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington
Leanna Giancarlo is a Professor of Chemistry and commentator on the portrayal of science in media and popular culture.
STEM Education Science Education Science and Popular Culture Chemistry
Dexter Gabriel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History · University of Connecticut
Dexter Gabriel's research interests include the history of slavery, resistance, and freedom in the Black Atlantic.
Abolition and Emancipation Slavery in Popular Culture Slavery Black Atlantic