Sandro R. P. da Rocha, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Sciences Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. da Rocha specializes in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and nanotechnology.

Nanomedicine Nonivasive Drug & Gene Delivery Biomaterials Cancer nanotechnology Aerosol formulation

Vitaliy Avrutin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Avrutin specializes in the growth and characterization of oxide materials (ZnO, perovskite oxides)

III-Nitride expitaxial structures for light emitters and high-power devices including semipolar and nonpolar material on silicon and sapphire substrates

Jessika Rojas, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Rojas is a nuclear engineering expert specializing in nuclear materials, nanomaterials, and radiation processing.

Nuclear materials Radiation chemistry and radiation processing Radiation damage and radiation effects on nuclear materials Nanostructures for targeted radionuclide therapy and enhanced external radiotherapy Nanomaterials for nuclear engineering applications

Robert M. Sexton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Engineering mechanics expert exploring the response dynamics and vibrations of offshore drilling

Response dynamics and vibrations of offshore drilling and production systems Deepwater marine riser systems and the various nonlinear effects Simulation and control of sophisticated high capacity tensioning systems

Pedro Benach, Psy.D.

Associate Faculty - School of Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

With support, we can achieve more than we can dream.

Psychological/Neurodevelopmental/Neuropsychological Assessment Ethics Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interventions Alternative and Integrative Therapies Positive Psychology

Janice Rudestam, Ph.D.

Associate Faculty - Clinical Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

Adjunct Faculty in the School of Psychology

Buddhism and Psychotherapy Experiential Psychotherapies Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy Feminist Psychology Psychology of Trauma and Recovery

José García-Moreno

Professor of Animation, School of Film and Television · Loyola Marymount University

Multiple Award Winning Artist

Radio Broadcasting and Production Illustration Stop Motion and Experimental Animation (2d and 3d) Storytelling and Storyboarding History of Animation

Franca Dell'Olio

Associate Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Building & Sustaining Leadership Capacity. Creating & Maintaining Collaborative Cultures Reflecting On Self & Practice

Evan Gerstmann

Professor of Political Science and International Relations · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Constitutional Law Political Science

Beth Serlin

Professor and Chair of Screenwriting, School of Film and Television · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Short and Feature Film Writing Adaptation Writing for Production

Mary Pearson

Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Officer · Southern Utah University

Specializing in entrepreneurship in rural communities, financial accounting reporting requirements, and the history of accounting principles

Accounting Ethics History of Accounting Principles Cost-Volume Profit Analysis Financial Analysis and Decision Making Planning and Zoning in Rural Communities

Annette Hernandez

Clinical Associate Professor & Senior Director, Center for Undergraduate Teacher Preparation (CUTP) · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning

Higher Education Administration University Governance Role of Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Faculty in Academia Leadership

Dmitry Pestov, Ph.D.

Senior NCC Scientist · VCU College of Engineering

Chemical engineering expert, with a focus on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Electron beam-assisted polymerization Electron beam lithography for graphene electronics Molecularly imprinted polymers for sensor applications Chemical and biological miniature sensors Polymer nanomaterials developed by supercritical fluids and solid-state photopolymerization

Jodi Finkel

Professor of Political Science and International Relations · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Comparative Politics

Mohamed Askar

Program Director, Associate Professor of Construction Engineering and Management / Director of the Construction Management Program · Southern Utah University

Specializing in construction contracting, engineering consultation, real estate, strategic planning and development programs

Building Maitenance and Repair Residential Buildings Programming Hardware Construction Industry

Carla Marcantonio

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Media Studies · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Transnational/Global Cinema Film Melodrama and Genre Studies Film Theory and History Cinema and Biopolitics

Douglas Bennett

Associate Professor of Political Science · Southern Utah University

Dr. Bennett joined SUU after a successful career in D.C., specializing foreign commerce, trade, and product liability

Crisis Management for Corporations North American Free Trade Agreement Third Party Liability Insurance Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy U.S. Politics

Terrence Collins

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Terry Collins invented "TAML® Activators", the first small molecule mimics of any of the great families of oxidizing enzymes.

Chemistry and Sustainability Oxidation Catalysis Sustainability Green Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry

Chris Foss

Professor of English · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Foss specializes in 19th-century British literature, with a secondary expertise in disability studies.

British Victorian Novel Oscar Wilde British Literature Since 1800 British Romantic Literature British Romantic Women Poets

Virginia Saya

Professor of Music and Director, Sinatra Opera Workshop · Loyola Marymount University

Professor of Music and Director, Sinatra Opera Workshop

Musicology Music History Sinatra Opera Workshop