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Rachel Davidson

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Core Faculty, Disaster Research CenterUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Davidson conducts research on natural disaster risk modeling and civil infrastructure systems.

Disaster ResearchNatural Disaster Risk ModelingCivil Infrastructure Systems​Lifelines
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Inma Borrella, PhD

Research Scientist / Engineer | Academic LeadMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Borrella's research focuses on learning analytics and online education.

Massive Open Online CoursesSupply Chain ManagementOnline EducationDistribution NetworksSustainable Development
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John Leonard, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus (retired)VCU College of Engineering

Professor Leonard taught databases, user interfaces and video game design.

Modeling and simulation of traffic and transportation systemsTraffic flow theory and traffic engineeringIntelligent transportation systemsInstitutional ResearchStudies of higher education institutions
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Yu Li

Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - ChineseLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Kelly Herd, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Herd focuses on creativity and product design as they relate to social cognition, identity, and emotions

EmotionsProduct DesignSocial CognitionConsumer BehaviorCreativity
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Tricia Wachtendorf

Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal JusticeUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.

evacuationsMulti-organizational coordination and responses in disastersTransnational crisesImprovisation and adaptationCommunity-based approaches to preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
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Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch

Professor of Alcohol and Public HealthTeesside University

Her research focuses on reducing alcohol related harm in society, particularly young people & those in the criminal justice system.

Criminal JusticeAlcohol Related CrimeAlcohol AbuseAlcoholicsYouth Crime
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Yvette Lapayese

ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning

Human Rights EducationCritical and Feminist MethodologiesQualitative ResearchYouth Participatory Action ResearchFeminist Theories and Epistemologies
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Rachael Seidler

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Rachael Seidler researches the neural control of movement in health and disease, with a specific focus on motor learning.

SpaceParkinson'sCognitive AgeingNeuroscience and the BrainNeuroplasticity
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Kali Kniel

Professor, Microbial Food SafetyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kniel’s laboratory explores issues of food safety and public health that involve transmission of viruses and pathogenic bacteria.

Microbial Food SafetyFoodborne parasitesProduce SafetyCyclosporaFood Systems