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Amy Murphy-Nugen

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Amy Murphy-Nugen has more than 20 years of social work practice and policy experience in housing, community building and engagement.

Community Development and Housing IssuesHousing LossForeclosureDisenfranchised Grief
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Mark Anderson

Senior Lecturer of HistoryLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Later Roman EmpireEarly Medieval EuropeAncient MedicineHealth and WelfareCalendrics
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Richard Arum

Professor of Education and SociologyUC Irvine

Richard Arum's research is focused on education, social stratification and formal organizations.

Social StratificationLegal and Institutional Environments of SchoolsDigital Education
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Shauna Marshall

The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: marshall@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8922 / Office 603A-200

Race, Racism and American LawPublic Interest LawyeringRebellious Lawyering
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John I. Peña II

Home Mortgage ConsultantWells Fargo

Home Mortgage Consultant at Wells Fargo

Sales Management
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Brenda Spotton Visano

University Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional StudiesYork University

Spotton Visano engages a variety of research methods to examine ways to improve access to basic financial services for low income Canadians.

Financial LiteracyEconomic LiteracySocial JusticeFinancial EducationCommunity Outreach
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Cristina Wilson, Ph.D.

Professor and Interim Co-Director, PhD Program, School of Social WorkUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Wilson is a recognized Latina scholar and expert in health disparities and cultural humility working with Latino families.

Intervention and Prevention Programs for Substance UseFamily Mechanisms and Factors that Play a Role in At Risk BehaviorsLatino Families and Parenting in at Risk EnvironmentsTeen Pregnancy PreventionFathers in the Latino Community
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Mariana Chilton

Professor of Practice in the School of Public Health & Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Mariana Chilton is a nationally recognized expert on food security, human rights, trauma and economic empowerment with families.

Women's RightsHealth EquityFood Security/Food AccessFood Security Hunger
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Leila Janah

CEO/FounderSamasource

give work

Social EnterpriseEmploymentMicrowork
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Wang Feng

Professor of SociologyUC Irvine

Wang Feng is a leading expert on demography, aging, and inequality - particularly in China.

ChinaPost-Communist SocietiesSocial InequalitySocial DemographyContemporary Chinese Society