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Mary Breunig

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Social Justice and Equity StudiesBrock University

Mary Breunig is an expert in experiential education and social justice pedagogy, an educational consultant, and professor

Environmental EducationExperiential EducationSocial JusticeSchoolground GreeningOutdoor Education
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Rayid Ghani

Distinguished Career ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Rayid Ghani designs and deploys AI systems with governments for health, housing and justice and advises them on AI governance & evaluation.

Public PolicyResponsible AIMachine LearningAI ProcurementAlgorithmic Bias
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Lisa Briggs

Professor, Director of Emergency and Disaster ManagementWestern Carolina University

Lisa Briggs specializes in forensic based criminology with a focus on missing persons, as well as the use of scent detection K9s.

Crime and DevianceForensic Based CriminologyCriminologyMissing PersonsScent Detection K9s
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Jase Bernhardt

Associate Professor of Geology, Environment, and SustainabilityHofstra University

Dr. Bernhardt's current research is focused on using VR technology to teach about dangerous weather conditions.

Rip Tide safetyHurricanesClimatologyClimate ChangeWeather
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Caitlin Elsaesser, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Elsaesser partners with communities to create health promotion efforts that are empowering, with a focus on youth violence prevention.

Technology and Interpersonal ViolenceYouth ViolenceGun Violence PreventionResearch MethodologyChild and Adolescent Development
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Philip Gable

Professor, Psychological and Brain SciencesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Gable has expertise in emotion and motivational science; our sense of time, and neuroscience

Emotional TheoryMotivationNeuroscienceSocial PsychologyAutism
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Heather Hampel

Professor I Department of Internal MedicineThe Ohio State University

Professor Hampel works to screen all colorectal and endometrial cancer patients for Lynch syndrome.

Clinical Cancer GeneticsLynch SyndromeColon Cancer ResearchUterine CancerCancer Genetics
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Linda S. Sprague Martinez, Ph.D.

Director, UConn Health Disparities InstituteUniversity of Connecticut

Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D. has expertise in health equity and the social determinants of health.

Participatory ResearchHealth DisparitiesHealth EquityCommunity HealthSocial Determinants of Health
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Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Ph.D.

Director of Teacher Education, Associate Professor of Curriculum and InstructionUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Dunn focuses her teaching, research, and service on urban education for social and racial justice.

Teacher EducationSociocultural and Political Contexts of EducationTeacher PreparationRacial and Social JusticeEducational Equity
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Thomas Powers

Associate Professor, PhilosophyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Powers specializes in ethics in information technology (including AI), ethics in science and engineering and research ethics.

Scientific EthicsBiomedical EthicsEnvironmental EthicsResearch EthicsComputer Ethics