research Experts

Katherine Kahl

Extension Assistant Professor and Director of the UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine StationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Katherine Kahl studies sustainable fisheries and coastal resilience needs and is an expert of growing the "blue economy."

Richard Platt

Senior Managing PartnerThe Strategy + Innovation Group LLC

Senior Managing Partner | Innovation Manager | Intellectual Property Strategist

Nicholas Leadbeater, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of ChemistryUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Leadbeater specializes in cleaner, greener ways to make molecules.

Jessica Millward

Associate Professor of History and African American StudiesUC Irvine

Her research focuses on comparative slavery and emancipation, African American history, gender and the law.

Jay Heslen, PhD

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Cyber Institute facultyAugusta University

Dr. John “Jay” Heslen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and serves on faculty at Augusta University’s Cyber Institute

Ludovica Castiglia

Assistant Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Fernando Guerra

Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Latina/o StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Liz Walker

Managing DirectorYouth Wellbeing Project

Educator and advocate responding to porn harms. Author and professional speaker.

Andrew Straw, Pharm.D.

Chair of Pharmacy Practice, Associate Professor of Pharmacy PracticeCedarville University

Pharmacy educator and clinician specializing in chronic disease management, self-care and active-learning strategies

Teresa Scassa

Full Professor in the Faculty of Law | Canada Research Chair in Information Law and PolicyUniversity of Ottawa

Information law scholar shaping privacy, data governance and AI policy as Canada Research Chair and leading voice on law and technology.