research Experts

Sam Bentley

Professor and Billy and Ann Harrison ChairLouisiana State University

Dr. Bentley's research interests include coastal and marine sedimentology.

Deborah Kurrasch

Associate Professor, Department of Medical GeneticsUniversity of Calgary

Kurrasch’s research is focused on genetic programs that govern hypothalamic development using both mice and zebrafish as model organisms.

Vera Gorbunova

Doris Johns Cherry Professor Professor of Biology and Co-Director of the Rochester Aging Research CenterUniversity of Rochester

Gorbunova's innovative research on DNA repair, cancer resistance, longevity, and the aging process has been internationally recognized

Ignacio Arana Araya

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Ignacio Arana Araya studies how personality traits and other individual differences of heads of government impact executive governance.

James Williams, PhD

Professor of Rhetoric and LinguisticsSoka University

Professor Williams examines education using Baudrillard's perspective on consumerism and simulacra

Dr Maria Maynard

Reader in Public Health NutritionLeeds Beckett University

Expertise in the health & diets of minority ethnic & migrant communities - exploring nutrition-related inequalities, obesity & diabetes.

Shehzad L. Mian

Associate Professor of FinanceEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Keith Schneider

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Keith Schneider’s research focuses on food safety and understanding foodborne illnesses.

Andrea Hershatter

Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management; Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate EducationEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Emily D. Crosby

Associate Professor of CommunicationUniversity of Mary Washington

Emily Deering Crosby is a rhetorical critic of popular culture with research concentrations in feminist criticism.