poverty Experts

Micki McElya, Ph.D.

Professor of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Professor McElya is an expert in the histories of women, gender, sexuality, and race in the U.S., with a focus on politics and memory.

Gail Wronsky

Professor Emeritus of EnglishLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Devin Thorpe

Author

You can leave a mark on the world, make a difference for a cause you believe in, without quitting your job or leaving your spouse!

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.

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.

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

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.

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