poverty Experts

Maury Nation

Associate Professor, Core Faculty, Human Development CounselingVanderbilt University

An expert in restorative justice, suspensions, equity for students of color and restorative discipline practices.

S. Megan Berthold, Ph.D., LCSW

Associate Professor and Director of Field EducationUniversity of Connecticut School of Social Work

Prof. Berthold's clinical and research expertise is with refugee and asylum seeking survivors of torture and the Cambodian genocide.

Wesley Longhofer

Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Senior Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Philip McHarris

Assistant Professor of Black StudiesUniversity of Rochester

McHarris is an expert in politics and race, policing, incarceration, housing, racism, and race and inequality.

Janet Austin

Chief Executive OfficerYWCA Metro Vancouver

Janet Austin is responsible for one of BC’s largest and most diversified non-profits

Rubén Martínez

Professor of English and Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature & WritingLoyola Marymount University

Professor of English and Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature & Writing at Loyola Marymount University

Laura Dickson

Executive DirectorWomen in Need Society

Non-profit leader, Social Entrepreneur and Social Justice Advocate

Karen Antell, M.D., MPH, FAAFP

Director of Maternity and Women’s Health EducationChristianaCare

Tim Slack

ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Slack's is an expert on social, economic, and demographic change with a special focus on rural people and places.

Edward M. Feasel, PhD

Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Professor of EconomicsSoka University

Professor Feasel is responsible for academic affairs at Soka University.